because it slashes the dominant cost of launching. bride enstein says that sort of corporate innovation is key to nasa's future, too. >> now for the first time the government is saying, look, we want to be a customer for sure, but we want to be one customer of many and we want to have numerous providers competing on cost and innovation. this is the beginning of a commercial market place in space. >> reporter: spacex had 19 successful launches with cargo to the space station. the first time spacex will carry people. astronauts bob and john. by far it's the company's most pivotal test. is there one thing that keeps you up at night about this launch? >> not one thing. >> no >> reporter: no? >> there's a lot of things. >> reporter: because a million things have to go right. >> yes. thousands of things that could go wrong, one thing that can go right. anything anyone can think of to make sure there is success and they get to the space station, i

told the spacex team, it's not the top priority, it is the only priority. >> reporter: how does that responsibility weigh on you? >> it weighs very heavily. it's really all i can think about right now. i really kind of have to kind of mentally block it because otherwise it would be emotionally impossible to deal with. >> reporter: it's that significant? >> yes. i was asking them a few hours ago, you guys feel good about this? is there anything you want us to do? and, man, they're cool as a cucumber. they're like nerves of steel. >> it's astonishing. i mean, they're ready to go. i sent them a text yesterday. i said, if there's anything you want me to do to stop this -- >> please, totally. >> i'll stop it in a heartbeat. >> yes. >> and both of them said, we're go for launch, both of them. >> so the astronauts are cooler than you two. >> right. >> i think so. >> probably. >> reporter: one of bride enstein's goals, get americans excited about space again, a successful launch would do that.

nasa is also working with actor tom cruise to film a space movie. wait for it. aboard the space sta. at is the deal with astronaut tom cruise? >> we're waiting to see. it captures the imagination of the public. >> if they want to go to the international space station and make a movie and inspire a generation of explorers, that's exactly what we're looking for. >> it's cool. >> i'll tell you something i don't often admit. i became a navy pilot because i watched the movie "top gun" when i was in 6th grade. and it changed my life. the question is, is tom cruise making a movie about going to the international space station? is he going to inspire the next elon musk? that's the question. and if he can do that, then we win. >> the "cbs overnight news" will >> the "cbs overnight news" will be

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he's back. jerry signfeld has a new stand-up routine available on netflix. it was shot in front of a live audience before social distancing. signfeld discussed the state of comedy during the pandemic with tracy smith. >> sorry, jerry. of course -- >> that's okay, tracy. >> reporter: there you are, you just popped up. awesome. >> hi. >> reporter: hi. >> tracy, your house looks very nice. >> why, thank you. >> reporter: okay, after years of watching jerry signfeld on tv, it was kind of strange t have h watching me.

>> and i know that those two lamps, everything was done very. it's so weird being able to see into people's houses this way, isn't it? >> i know. it's -- most of them are quite sad. you realize, oh, they're not special people. they're just people. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> reporter: and to him, people are still the most fertile ground for funny. >> human beings like to be close together because it makes it easier for us to judge and criticize. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in his new netflix special, 23 hours to kill, jerry signfeld is back doing what he loves among the people he loves. but only to could be my favorit spot in the entire world right here right now. [ cheers and applause ] this is, in fact, my favorite type of intimate relationship. [ laughter ]

i love you, you love me, and we will never meet. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it struck me watching "23 hours to kill" that even though it was clearly taped before the world shutdown, it was somehow amazingly on point. and i'm wondering if for you watching it now, you felt that way. >> what do you mean that -- by na? >> reporter: there were some lines in there, one was when you were talking about your relationship with the aurdience, i love you, you love me and we'll never meet. >> oh, yeah, yes. oh, right, that does kind of fit this moment, doesn't it? >> reporter: yes. >> we're together but we're really not. >> even though your life does pretty much suck -- [ laughter ] >> and i know that because i know everyone's life sucks. your life sucks, my life sucks, too. perhaps not quite as much. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and the whole idea that everyone's life sucks, actually, seems pretty appropriate right now.

>> yeah, but it's also great that you're alive. you can get excited about a bowl of cereal now that you really couldn't before this. if it's l00 and you kind of wto reed and you go and, look, there's frosted flakes in the cupboard, it's like so great. what is the idea of the thing? well, things are bad. how can we make it worse? [ laughter ] why don't we put people that are already struggling with portion control -- [ laughter ] -- into some kind of debauched caligula food orgy. >> reporter: i know you love going out and testing material in clubs. how are you testing material now? >> i'm not. i'm not. i have no idea what's funny right now. no idea. >> reporter: at the moment, his audience is usually his wife jessica and their three children. do you try material on your

family? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: are your teenagers willing listeners if you try material on them? >> yeah, they'll listen. but they're not easy. because there's nothing better than to look at your dad and go, eh, i don't know about that one. >> the phones keep getting smarter. why don't we? >> reporter: seinfeld is hoping to take his new show on the road soon. >> you want bread? >> reporter: but for now that other show is finding a new audience. >> nothing for you. [ laughter ] >> reporter: seinfeld the series has been on a zillion lists of the thing to quaranstream or binge watch. >> oh, quaranstream, that's a new one. i didn't know that one. >> hello, numan. >> reporter: he said seinfeld is

timeless in part because it came out before smartphones. maybe that's part of it, seinfeld was set in the '90s. come on, do you think there is something more to it people are reaching for it? is it comfort food in a way? >> it's funny, it's funny. but no phones is a nice thing. there's texting now and every story they tell you, it's nice to have just people and faces. >> are you saying you want a piece of me? >> i could drop you like a bag of dirt. >> reporter: and talk about timeless, the great jerry stiller passed away just a few days after we talked with seinfeld. in a tweet seinfeld said that stiller's comedy would live forever. >> what ems lse is annoying in world than everything? >> reporter: of course, seinfeld's new show is funny, too. but what makes it special isn't just the jokes. it's the sight of the audience laughing together, shoulder to shoulder. the other thing that struck

me, i also felt a little sentimental seeing the crowd there together, people enjoying a laugh in a crowded theater. and i wonder, do you worry that that's gone forever? >> no, it won't be gone forever. this can't last forever any more than we could last forever. this is a virus. it's, you know, i think in show business terms, you got a lucky break. so it's having its good moment now, but it's going to be tired. it's going to get over, and pretty soon people are going to go, you know what, you've had your time. move on. >> thank you, new york city. you've been the best. [ cheers and applause ] i love you guys! >> the pandemic has given new life to a long-lost favorite, the drive-in movie. mireya villareal has the story. >> reporter: at the coyote drive-in, the fort worth city skyline serves as a backdrop for some of hollywood's biggest blockbusters. once a relic of the past, the nation's 333 drive-in movie

theaters are making a comeback with pandemic precautions pushing their popularity. >> we've been sold out every night since we opened. >> reporter: glen sullivan owns the coyote drive-in. >> people are excited to take their children, get in the car, come out and have a night out together in a safe place. >> reporter: in the small bed of this truck, the more even owe family is anxious to watch their first drive-in movie. >> we're feeling really, really good. we're eating snacks. we feel the wind and the weather and it's awesome. >> reporter: general manager chris fortune says even as business booms, customer and employee safety is their priority. >> we are doing social ancingverywh at the we can pos. we have a reduced capacity in the lots. it's 25% capacity. >> it's always been my dream to go to a drive-in or diner and my dream has come true. >> reporter: it's that sense of nostalgia. his father had movie theaters,

too. >> going to see films, it's what it is for people now, to come out and escape. >> reporter: a silver lining

the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a long list of changes to american society. not the least of which is how we look, and some of it is humorous. here's vladimir due tier. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: if it's your husband. >> don't be sad, get a tattoo. >> reporter: or whether it's yourself getting a d.i.y. tattoo. be honest, there are good natured laughs mis >> i gyself bal spot. >> repte you cld a bowl cut l uawl. >> my heart went -- >> reporter: and who knew changing your hair desire.

>> reporter: are you brave enough to raise your hat? >> reporter: and the rich and famous. >> consider this quarantine week 4. >> reporter: including nfl hall of famer brett favre. >> i may go with pink. >> reporter: comedian/actor jim carey is going on twitter so we can marvel at his transformation. his words, not mine. >> no, that looks terrible. >> reporter: when the internet went nuts when gwen stefani gave blake a mullet. that's our own producer sugar man buzzing away. he said it was less a make over than a latent curiosity. for gabrielle garcia shaving and losing those beautiful red curls had a much deeper meaning. enou lked atoribet moment. >> i wanted to skricry, but i wo happy that i couldn't in this time of being so cooped up, the way that i want to deal with that is to empower myself and to enlighten myself through cutting my hair, through shedding all of

that. >> do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head? >> reporter: we wondered, too. so we asked cbs news mental health cribber dr. sue varma. >> i think it's common for people when they're going through extreme stress to want to define themselves, to commemorate a change or a loss. just imagine all the stress and lack of control and lack of certainty that we're experiencing. and changing your appearance is one way to say, i'm in charge. this is my narrative. it could be sometimes celebrating our freedom. it could be accepting our mortality. bracing change and taking back control. >> and add me to the list of people overdue for a trim. and that is' the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs this morning". and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm chip reid.

♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ed by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, 100,000 deaths in america. more american lives lost to covid-19 than the wars in vietnam, afghanistan, and iraq combined. venight, we remember some of those lives lost. and as the death toll is expected to grow higher, las vegas casinos and disney world .nnounce their plans to open. plus major layoffs from one of america's biggest employers. historic launch scrubbed. >> spacex, unfortunately, we are not going to launch today. >> o'donnell: the two veteran astronauts say goodbye to their families as lightning delays liftoff and postpone the new era of space travel with a private company leading the way. change: protests: protests turned violent in minneapolis

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