weather hour of news. >> we've got 30 minutes of news and then our own news. captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight new restrictions as the coronavirus outbreak intensifies. inspections accel-- -- infections accelerate out of control, hospitalizations hit a new record, states and cities cracking down. >> we need to hold this pandemic down until the cavalry arrives. >> also tonight president trump golfs, silent on the crisis, still tweeting that he will not concede. supporters react on the airwaves. >> this is another attempt to try to defeat him by illegal means. >> yuccas: and in the streets. >> president-elect joe biden attends church and stays focused on a transition. >> ignition, liftoff.

>> yuccas: plus resilience soars. four astronauts blast off on a historic mission. at the masters a spring time classic gets a new fall winner. and a new museum tells the u.s. soldier's story. >> i'm looking at everything from the past to the present. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> yuccas: good evening, i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. today nearly two weeks after the election president trump acknowledged president-elect joe biden's victory. it happened in this tweet. mr. trump writing he won but then he quickly took it back in following tweets. america now confronts two intercepting dilemmas. a president who refuses to accept defeat and a pandemic out of control. look at this.

new infections are surging. on saturday more than 16 3,000 new cases were reported. and deaths yesterday 1300. we'll get to all of that in a moment. but first breaking news from the kennedy space center. >> three, two, one, zero, ignition, liftoff. incredible. tonight four astronauts lifted off aboard a spacex rocket on an historic nasa mission. mark strassmann is there and mark, what an experience. >> got to tell you, jamie, that was really something to see. and it was especially spectacular against the night sky here in florida. look at with what we are just witnessed the falcon 9 reusable rocket blation sky ward with nine engines in, at full power generating 1.7 million pounds of thrust. this six month mission is under way, about 2 minutes and 45 seconds into flight the first

stage separated and began returning to earth. eight minutes into liftoff the capsule and crew were in orbit and 40 seconds later the spirs stage landed nose up on a recovery ship off the coast of the carolinas. spacex will refuse this rocket again on its next crew flight in march. it has been a very busy day here, late afternoon today the four as tronauts suited up, three americans and one japanese, they walked out of their crew porters, headed to the launch pad and made their way up the launch tower. loading them it into the crew dragon capsule took about an hour. engineers at one point had to double check the seal of the hatch but that issue was resolved. everyone knew here that this was a milestone moment for spacex. te flightses are over for the company. this was its first regular operational flight and also its first full flight. but it was also momentous for nasa. for the first time since the final shuttle flight in 2011 the space agency knows it has a reliable american taxi to the iss again.

it will take this crew a little more than a day to get to the space station. it is now orbiting about 260 miles above earth. docking should happen about 8 p.m. pacific time on monday. and jamie, nasa and spacex just have to hope that the rest of this mission goes just as smoothly as this spectacular liftoff. >> yuccas: we'll all have fingers crossed. thank you so much. now to the covid crisis. the virus is surging everywhere. confirmed infections in the u.s. have now surpassed 11 million. the death toll topping 246,000. cps's lilia luciano has the latest. >> new covid infections are skyrocketing across the country, icu's anding mores at capacity, mobile units deployed in texas. a new crackdowns tonight as americans battle pandemic fatigue. >> we need to hold this pandemic down until the calvary arrives. >> washington governor jay insurance lee today ordered

restaurantsk gyms and other businesses to cease indoor operations starting tomorrow night. also beginning on monday the hard hit navajo nation will reinstate a stay at home order, no visiters will be allowed. >> we're going to do everything in our power to keep our people safe. >> hospitalizations across the country at a record high of more than 59,000. the worst hot spots, north and south dakota which lead the nation in highest death rates. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. >> we're clearly headed in the wrong direction. >> the pandemic right now feels like awhile fire. no matter what you do, it keeps spreading, why is that happening. >> imagine if you had a football game. and there were 50 different coaches. we need one national game plan. and than if people on a local level want to call audibles, fine. >> if everything goes according to plan with the vaccine, when will we be back to normal. >> people need to know we not going to suddenly be back to normal. it is going to be gradual change over the course of 2021. >> the largest school district

in the country, new york city won't shut down tomorrow after all. this as share-- more than 200 people each, again panic buying, toilet paper and cleaning products disappearing from store shelves. el paso's lori burnett lost her husband, brother and four friends to covid. >> i turn on the news and i see the numbers. you know, every time we see the numbers it's like a shot in the gut. >> and in san antonio raiden gonzalez is turning five in a week. >> but neither of his parents will be there. covid killed both his dad and his mom. >> he wishes he could bring her back. >> lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> yuccas: thank you. there were new calls for president trump to allow for an ordinarily presidential transition. but most republicans remain silent or support the president's baseless accusations about election fraud. cbs's chip reid is at the white house. >> president trump spent this sunday golfing and tweeting up a

storm. early this morning writing this about president-elect joe biden. >> he won because the election was rigged. critics and even some republican supporters took that to mean that mr. trump was finally admitting that he had lost. >> i expect joe biden to be the next president of the united states. it is good actually to see president trump tweet out that he won. >> but the president soon followed up with another tweet stating he, biden, only won in the eyes of the fake news media. i concede nothing. rudy giuliani who is heading the president's team challenging the election results told fox news mr. trump is not backing down. >> if the president right now in this tweet conceding this election? >> no, no, far in it. what he is saying is more, i guess, you would call it sarcastic. obviously he is contesting it vig rowsesly in the courts. >> but several lawsuits filed by the president and his supporters have already been dismissed by

the courts. and an election oversight team in the president's own department of homeland security found this election was the most secure in american history. >> that is just the reality. joe biden won this election. >> ron klain named by president-elect biden to be his white house cheef of staff said today that because mr. biden will become president during a pandemic, the transition must be seem its. and that-- seem-- seamless and that including giving access to the people working on a vaccine. >> we now have the possibility. we need to see if it gets approved, of a vaccine starting prps in december, january. our experts need to talk to those people as soon as possible, so nothing drops in this change of power. >> klain said that scientific advisors with the biden transition team will start meeting this week with drug companies that are working on vaccines. jamie. >> yuccas: chip, thank you. we turn now to the biden transition. the president-elect is forging ahead even as the trump

administration continues to block access to key agencies. nikole killion is traveling with mr. biden. she joins us from wilmington delaware, how is he kicking off the week. >> monday joe biden and kamala harris will deliver remarks on the economy including on the recovery and their long-term plans for the country. earlier today the president-elect went to church, he also met with his transition advisors and he got in a little biking over the weekend at his beach home where he told reporters he is getting closer to making a decision about his cabinet. >> do we have a time line on that cabinet decision? >> well, the transition team says soon, likely within weeks. those familiar with the process tell cbs news that several of mr. biden's long time advisors will likely get top rolls in the white house. as for the cabinet, many names have been tossed around for various positions including bern yea sanders for labor secretary in an interview earlier today. the vermont senator would not

say if he had talks with the biden team about the position but said he is in touch with them. and will do whatever he can in any capacity to help working families, jamie? >> interesting. nikole killion, thank you. >> now to augusta. the best golfer in the world finally won the greatest tournament in the world. dustin johnson smoked the competition at the 84th nasdaqer-- masters. manuel bojorquez was there. >> dustin johnson, last year's masters runner-up finally put it all together this week at the delayed masters golf tournament. and in record fashion, with the lowest total score ever. >> i start add head by four but he has a history of frittering away leads in big towrnlts. not today, he was steady as a rock an slammed the door shut, birdieing three of the last six holes. camron smith rallied early and several times came within two shots of johnson saving par here on the 9th with a great escape from the trees. but the field was no match for

the machine-like play of johnson. he closed out a dominating performance on 18, a big embrace from his fiance paulinna dawfer wayne gretzky. finally they pulled out 9 extra large green jacket for the 6, 4 johnson who was moved to tears. >> i've got a great team who-- who-- i can't even talk. >> johnson will be back here at augusta national to defend his tight nell just five months. that is because after thissier's covid delay, the masters is expected to return to its traditional week in april. jamie in. >> glor: negative 20 sounds more like a windchill than a golf score, manny, thank you. straight ahead on the weekend news the infected economy, a look at who is winning and who is losing. the climate change fight, will america warm up to an action plan.

and the new museum showcasing stories of the american soldier.

>> yuccas: democrats and republicans remain far apart on a new stimulus package to help americans and the vy-- virus infected economy. and on wall street the recovery appears to be in full swing. here's cbs's michael george. >> hopes of a coronavirus vaccine help the dow end the weekend a record high. >> with the virus now spreading, the next few months could be challenging. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell said to bankers, we are not going back to the same economy. >> the economy will not fully recover until people are confident that it is safe to resume activities including crowds of people within the nation's employers have added almost 3 million jobs in the last three months but restaurant owners are struggling. one in six, about 100,000 restaurants are now closed permanently. sean kennedy from the national restaurant association says

business owners are surviving week-to-week. >> too many are going to say it's done. they've had it and they will have to give the keys back to the bank. >> but the housing market is booming. in maine, people who sell homes are seeing more buyers than listings. but that is not helping the long-term unemployed. over 3.5 million americans still out of work have been unemployed for more than suks months now. it's even higher for people of color. many of them struggling to mawk ends meet. this thr is trouble ahead and no help from washington. federal programs which provide aid to people who need it are set to expire next month. illinois governor jd pritzker. >> the people, businesses, landlords, renters, workers, states, local governments and entrepreneurs of this country are in deep, profound pain. >> low paid and public facing workers are bearing the brunt.

over six million food service employees lost job this spring, with oregon in a two-week freeze on businesses, governor kate brown has been managing expectations. >> i know it's really, really hard. but unfortunately z it is a necessity right now. >> michael george, cbs news, new york. >> yuccas: it's really, really hard, that is an understatement for many. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, the climate crisis, why the world is asking america to make a change.

>> yuccas: there are two weeks left in the atlantic hurricane season and the storms keep coming. iota was upgraded to a hurricane overnight becoming the 30th named storm of what has been a record-breaking season. it is expected to smash into honduras and nicaragua tomorrow. those are the same countries devastated just over a week ago by hurricane eta. scientists say the record number of storms this season is connected to the climate crisis.

the evidence is not in the storms number, but their power. president-elect joe biden insists that climate will be a top priority for his administration. as roxana saberi reports, america's allies say there is no time to waste. >> with sea levels rising, wild fires raging and wildlife threatened with extinction, several world leaders are welcoming president-elect biden's pledges to protect the planet. >> the european union stands ready. >> to work together in the fight against climate change. >> we as a nation have a collective role to play and it is. >> now there is considerably more hope. >> environmental lawyer michael gerregard-- gerard -- gerrard have tracked more than 160 rollbackses of environmental regulations under president trump. >> there was a whole host of actions that the trump administration took to encourage fossil fuels and discourage

renewables. i think we'll see a reversal of that. >> mr. biden has promised to rejoin the paris climate agreement aimed at cutting green house gases to slow global warming it has also proposed a $2 trillion plan to move the u.s. the world's second biggest emit tore clean energy, like electricity from the wind and sun. >> my 2050 the united states will be 100% clean energy economy with net zero emissions. >> but he'll likely face fierce political opposition at home. >> it looks like the biden administration will not have a cooperative senate. and that mawks those things hard but there are still a lot of tools in the toolbox. >> like what. >> the government can require cleaner cars, cleaner trucks, it can require more energy efficiency in appliances and equipment. >> that would help the u.s. cut

its green house gas emissions, aligning it with the european union, japan, south korea and china. they're already pushing ahead with plans to reach net zero emissions over the next few decades. energy analyst dave joans says the world needs to know that the u.s. will take climate change more seriously. >> america-- it say critical part of the puzzle, this is a global problem and needs a global solution. >> and he say there is no time to lose. we all need to work together fast. roxana saberi, cbs news, london. >> next on the cbs weekend news, it looks pretty grim for this poor pup but then help arrives.

>> yuccas: you've got to see this survival story, that pup is cold, wet, frightened and as you can see hanging on for dearlife. rescue workers found the dog in mexican flood waters swamped by heavy rain from back to back hurricanes. it did take a little time but after a pat on the head and a little encouragement this four-legged survivor climbed on board as you see and rewarded his hero with that cold shower. the record price for a racing pigeon has flown the coop, you could say. a belgian bred bird named new kim was bought at action for $1.9 million shattering the previous record of a mere $400,000ment a waley chinese fan placed the winning bid. i don't know about you but there is alot of other things i would buy with almost $2 million. but you know, to each their own. when we return we'll visit a new museum dedicated to telling the stories of america's oldest fighting force.

yrs finally tonight from the revolutionary war at home to

afghanistan abroad the u.s. army has always been this country's first line of defense. now the brave mern and women who wore the uniform are being honored in a mu museum. once again here's chip reid. >> the u.s. army, the nation's oldest military service has 245 years of heroes and history. >> this is the actual bradley fighting veak that lead the army's charge into iraq. >> museum director tammy call has overseen its creation for six years. >> why is this museum so important to you? >> well, to me, the history that it contains, the stories that it contains of our soldiers that are so willing to serve this nation, to sacrifice for this nation and just to be able to share that with our american society. >> the 1400 artifacts go back to the revolutionary war. battle themes are middic-- scenes are portrayed here climbing too a landing craft on d day in 1944 and here

in afghanistan. >> so you use real soldiers to pose for these figures. >> absolutely. they can show their families. they can show them what it was like. >> sergeant james akinola, the 2020 u.s. soldier of the year was overwhelmed. >> i'm looking at everything from the past to the present. and i'm like dang, this is really what i am serving in, this is really what i chose to join. >> one of the most prized items is a sword carried in 1814 at fort mchenry. the battle that inspired the star spangled banner. >> that same year congress directed the army to preserve its history now more sthan 200 years later the u.s. army has a national museum to call its own with. chip reid, cbs news, virginia. >> it is about time, thank you veterans. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes," i'm

jamie yuccas in los angeles, i hope you have a great night. it's really sad. we've been here for 15 years. >> and now at 6:00 as the pandemic claims another bay area business, others are hoping the holiday miracle to keep them afloat. and plus a somber display for san francisco's city hall for the victims of the very different epidemic. >> we really want them to be safer against those that don't operate motor vehicles in safe manner. >> this is for most of us, a glorious beautiful day. don't get fooled by that and it is coming. we will time that out coming

up. >> pushing the unusual thanksgiving appetizer. the testing before turkey campaign. good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. as california and the rest of the country experiences another wave of covid cases, seeing a new wave of businesses following victim. the latest is san francisco cross fit. live at the presidio where they produced a lot of sweat, but even more tears. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of tears indeed of the very passionate. they had a last training today at noon, when that was all done, not a dry eye here at this facility. you know, sf cross fit revolutionized and broadened the appeal. a lot of people didn't know about it and now it's a big thing. not just here in san francisco, but across the country. so it is a big surprise this well-known facility