AstraZeneca announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine is up to 90% effective and even shows signs of reducing asymptomatic spread. It’s effectiveness varied during clinical trials, depending on the dosage, but still averaged 70%. Dr. Uzma Syed, an infection disease specialist at New York’s Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss if the variation in effectiveness is something people should be concerned about. Source

The move will allow the president-elect and his team access to critical resources, including classified briefings. Source

Biden reportedly makes pick for Treasury Secretary; White House presented with 2020 Christmas tree Source

CBS News was granted rare access into Jackson Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 ward and the extremely cold freezer where the coronavirus vaccine will be stored. Source

Several key states are set to certify results in the face of furious — but so far fruitless — GOP legal challenges. Meanwhile, President Trump’s support among some high-profile Republicans is starting to slip. Ben Tracy has the latest. Source

A new government watchdog report is detailing the Trump administration’s efforts to seize thousands of acres of land to build a border wall. It found that as of July, officials had acquired 135 sections of private land. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined CBSN to break down the report’s findings. Source

President Trump and his allies have been trying unsuccessfully through the courts and other means to overturn Michigan’s election results. Source

Abortion rights advocates say the decision to end funding could affect a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women. Source

The General Services Administration, the government agency responsible for authorizing the official presidential transition, has been delaying the process. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Cato Institute’s Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, spoke to CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss President Trump’s losing battle against the election results. Source

Ashley Diamon is suing the Georgia Department of Corrections for failing to protect her from sexual assault. Source