>> roosevelt believed in action and action now. >> this nation is asking for action and action now. >> he used that word in his inaugural address six times and it actually got more applause than the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> reporter: at a time when democracy itself was being questioned, he recast the social contract. he convinced the american public they were all in it together. what is the new deal? >> it is a deal between the government and the people on what they expect of one another. and before roosevelt was president, it was basically every man for himself. rugged individualism, you know. >> the only real contact that the american people had with the federal government is when they went to the post office to buy a stamp. roosevelt changed all of that. >> he changed it by offering

information and hope says the professor at the roosevelt family estate. >> they would listen to the president explain what the government was trying to do. >> reporter: they were few in number but symbolic of a connection between the patrician, roosevelt and those suffering with poverty. something the president understood because he suffered. >> i would say that the symbol of his presidency, of his life is warm springs, georgia. >> reporter: roosevelt was stricken with polio and never walked again. he built a facility in warm springs, georgia for other polio sufferers and took charge of the operation. >> it helped him to relate to all kinds of people that is leaving a life of kindness and of respect and responsibility

for the people that we know as well as for the people that we don't know. that is the modern basis of democracy. >> roosevelt unleashed a flock of programs. >> they went to work building the infrastructure of the country in ways that are almost unimaginable now. they built 39,000 schools. they built 2,500 hospitals. more than 300 airports. 800 state parks. >> the hoover dam, lincoln tunnel, tennessee valley authority. created with a congress willing to work with the president. that didn't mean roosevelt did not have enemies. >> he had very, very strong opposition. there was plenty of

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would stare at me. >> reporter: masks and hand sanitizer, both part of her lifelong mental health battle with ocd or obsessive compulsive disorder. >> i plan for all of the worst things that can happen. i have first aid kits everywhere, multiple ones in my house. somebody could get their head lopped off and i could get it back on with the first aid kits. >> reporter: you describe suffering from contamination phobia. can you explain what that is? >> as far as germs go, i see somebody sneeze, i am okay with it. i don't go to haz-mat levels of cleaning unless someone is sick and i lose my mind. >> reporter: she has been accused of overreacting for as long as she can remember until covid-19 came along.

>> one of my friends came online and commented to me how does it feel to have mask wearing normalized finally. i am like i am not going to be stared at anymore. >> we are in the midst of a mental health epidemic right now and i think it will only get worse. >> reporter: you don't think the worst is over? >> not at all. no. maybe the worst is yet to come in terms of mental health. >> reporter: president elect of the american psychiatric association. >> there will be grieving and mourning for the lost people and lost opportunities and lost dreams and hopes that people had. >> reporter: she said the pandemic is aggravating mental illness among those already battling it and taking a toll on the rest of us too. >> anxiety always rises in the face of uncertainty. we are living in very uncertain

times. >> more than half of american adults say their health as suffered because of the pandemic. prescriptions for anti-depressants shot up 14% after the initial outbreak. you could argue given all that is going on, having a mental health issue is a normal reaction. >> absolutely. what we really need to be careful of when we are talking about mental health during this time is what is actual anxiety or depressive disorder and what is the stress response that makes sense given how uncertain that the world feels. >> dr. sarah vincent said that her days are packed with returning patients and first-timers, concerned that there is something seriously wrong. how do you know when you should really worry about it? >> a big thing that differentiates typical stress versus a disorder is if there is actually impairment. is it getting in your way.

is it making it difficult or impossible for you to do your work, fulfill your responsibilities in your household, sleep at night. when that continues for weeks at a time that, is when you should think it is maybe more than just a stress response. >> reporter: she splits her time between private practice and a public clinic. unfortunately business is booming. >> our wait list at the county clinic is around three or four weeks. >> reporter: long waits are standard fare due most to a lack of money and chronic shortage of providers. >> mental health services have been underfunded for a long time and they are still underfunded. one recent study found more than half behavioral health organizations have closed programs due to covid-19. 65% have had to reschedule or

turn away patients. all of which affect some groups more than others. how do you evaluate the entire mental health system in terms of meeting this challenge for people of color? >> i would definitely probably give it a d minus if not an f. >> reporter: that is why retired california school teacher valerie andrews recently launched a nonprofit for women of color facing mental health challenges. she has battled anxiety and ocd her whole life but did not get a diagnosis until well past 50. do you have a sense of what treatment is available in the community today? >> very little. there is no availability if you don't have insurance. for most people it is too expensive or there is too much negativity around it or not enough people that look like them to talk to.

all of those factors come in to play. >> reporter: like wendy, andrews says the pandemic aggravated her ocd, and even so after the death of george floyd she managed to take a very big step. >> i went to my first march. >> reporter: in a protest you are with hundreds of thousands of people. i thought that would have been terrifying. >> it really was. i did double masks. carried my hand sanitizer with me. my daughter, who is a nurse is with me. we did not spend long but it was important enough to get out there and have my voice heard. >> reporter: inspirational note to which all of us can relate.

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over a year ago. >> behind us in the dining room is the place that we hear the noises the most, the footsteps overhead. >> reporter: personal disclosure is all the more interesting. he is not just a homeowner but fixture of local politics. you are the city council president of new orleans. >> second term. >> reporter: in no city in america could i imagine a politician happily saying that yes, i live in a haunted house. >> we have a different relationship with the dead in the city of new orleans. >> reporter: not only is it not a liability for a politician to say he lives in a haunted house in new orleans, but a ghost could be a selling point here. >> you know, new orleans has a storied past and i feel that people relate to the narrative in stories that the houses have had. >> reporter: we headed to the oldest and most famous

neighborhood in new orleans, the french quarter. there is a ghost story around every corner. one bedroom, one bath. i asked why she put haunted on the sign. she said the owner had felt spirits or ghosts actually in the space. >> here they don't just benefit residential properties but commercial ones too like restaurants. the restaurant's video of possible paranormal activity. >> bottles kept flying off of the shelves. now people really want to be th. >> it strikes me that for a record seventh time this year alone as we do this interview, new orleans is in the path of a hurricane. >> you know, there is no other american city that experienced such tragedy. we are a city of survivors. we have resilience. >> reporter: even our ghosts. >> why would they leave?

why would they leave? an that's the it is thursday, november 5, 2020. this is cbs this morning news. america waits. the presidency awaits in the balance. the vote counting continues. the race to 270 tightens. breaking down the results and the legal challenges. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the still undecided presidential election. vote counting stretches into another day. former vice president joe biden is closing in on 270 but president trump is mounting legal challenges in a handful of battleground states that will