take another shot at mission peak from fremont. it's foggy but still beautiful in the bay ar . >> a ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, november 19th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. unimaginable loss and heartbreak. the u.s. hits 250,000 dead as coronavirus cases soar. plus, an urgent plea from doctors and breaking news in the race for a vaccine. the controversy over school closures intensifies. a rising number of districts are closing classrooms, often in places where businesses remain open. first on "cbs this morning," new york mayor bill de blasio on why students in the country's largest school district are staying home again. whistleblowers speak out about the military's inability to fight sexual assault within

its ranks. more on the investigation and why a multimillion-dollar program created to help survivors is not working. and dancing through pain. sam smith on how they turned heartbreak into hope and found a way to express their true self on their new album. >> can't wait to hear from sam. first, here's today's "eye opener. "it's your world in 90 seconds. >> too many people still seem to think covid-19 is a hoax. >> there is no way to sugarcoat any of these numbers. >> we need to redouble our efforts. >> more than a quarter million americans have died from the coronavirus. >> we are in an absolutely dangerous situation. this is not crying wolf. this is the worst rate of rise in cases that we've seen in the pandemic. >> joe biden met virtually with frontline health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. >> as many as another 200,000 dead by the time we get sworn in. it's skyrocketing. it is skyrocketing. >> the u.s. army is responding

to an exclusive cbs news investigation into sexual assault in the military. >> it is clear we have significant work to do to regain our soldiers' trust. >> hurricane iota swept through central america. crews are continuing to search the area for survivors. nevada rnd a state of emergency. >> all that -- >> first round of the nba draft is complete. >> with the first pick, the minnesota timberwolves select anthony edwards. >> and all that matters. >> supermarket chain is apologizing for an ad that reads hosting? plan a super spread. >> if you're going to go, death by shrimp cocktail is not the way to do it. >> according to reports, trump's news has become increasingly bleak to the point he's even decided to cancel his annual thanksgiving dinner at mar-a-lago and stay at the white house instead. >> trump is so upset, those two turkeys, the president usually

pardons, have gone straight to the electric chair. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> allow me to translate. >> i just said, what? >> there's an annual tradition. >> i know. and the turkeys are spared. >> i guess -- >> i will remind people we've got one week until thanksgiving. if you haven't secured your thanksgiving, please do so. >> nice pivot. i'm like, huh? we're going to begin with this. the raging debate over how to respond to this pandemic as it spirals out of control. more than 250,000 people in this country have now had their lives cut short due to the coronavirus. more than 19,000 people have died in this month alone. think about that for just a singled. the daily cases are now up 80% in just the last two weeks. >> our team is covering the crisis from multiple angles, including the toll on hospitals and breaking news about another

possible vaccine. but first, our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in new york where the nation's largest public school system is going remote again starting this morning. david, good morning to you. what led mayor bill de blasio to make this call? >> well, look, he said if we had 3% test positivity rate in the community i'm going to shut down the schools. a lot of parents and health experts are saying, wait a minute, mayor. you're shutting down the schools but haven't closed the bars and restaurants? what sense does that make? the mayor's 3% threshold is reportedly the most conservative threshold in the country and the school system, you know what their test positivity rate is? 0.19%. it was the announcement a lot of parents were dreading. new york city closing schools and going to remote learning 100%. >> textbooks, backpack. so i guess we're ready, but we're not really ready. >> it's ridiculous that

restaurants and gyms are still open and schools are closed. >> it's really disappointing for parents who are constantly scrambling. >> reporter: some of the kids are just as frustrated. >> how long are we going to not be able to go to school? >> they haven't told us. you're going to be at home again. >> ugh. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio called it a setback but said the city and state officials are working on a framework to restart in-person learning as soon as possible. >> we'll be deploying a lot of our testing capacity towards the schools under this new model. >> reporter: new york city is not alone. in-person classes have recently been suspended in all or parts of michigan. south dakota, georgia, indiana and new mexico. suspensions are planned in philadelphia and a large kansas district. while plans to reopen schools have been delayed in las vegas and chicago. here in new york city, rates of transmission inside schools have remained very low since schools reopened eight weeks ago. but the rate of spread outside

of the classroom is an important part of school safety. according to american federation of teachers president randy winegarden. >> in new york city, should be credited for doing what no other major school system did which was to reopen in-school instruction for kids in a safe way. but having a community spread the way it's now going all across the country, schools are not impervious to that. >> reporter: the white house coronavirus task force is not advocating for the closure of schools because, as of right now, the data just doesn't suggest the virus is really spreading in schools to the point where they need to be closed down. the task force is advocating for the close are of restaurants and bars. >> we'll took mayor bill de blasio first here on "cbs this morning." despite the terrifying upward trend in coronavirus cases, many are still reluckant

to take action that could save lives. carter evans is in twin falls, idaho, where the numbers are alarming. carter, good morning. >> good morning. community spread of covid-19 in idaho is severe. according to the covid tracking project, there are now more than 85,000 cases in the state. 2 in every 5 people who get tested in idaho are infected with covid-19. with hospitals across idaho nearing capacity, doctors worry about what will happen when there are no more beds. >> we would be in the unimaginably bad situation of needing to make decisions about who gets it and who doesn't. >> reporter: dr. souza -- if a heart attack victim comes in and the icu is full of covid patients, what do you do? >> we do our best. if one of those covid patients has a lower chance of survival, we make decisions about who gets the bed. >> how far away are you from

something like that? >> our modeling is suggesting that we may be facing that scenario in december. >> reporter: despite nearly 800 deaths, idaho's republican governor has resisted issuing a mask mandate, a requirement some residents oppose. >> all they're trying to do is control you. everything you do is based on the mask and the disease. and it's wrong. >> reporter: with the u.s. now averaging about 160,000 new cases a day, nearly three dozen states now have a mask mandate with kansas being the latest to issue the order on wednesday. >> how we choose to respond can turn the tide for our businesses, our hospitals and our schools. >> reporter: but in south dakota, which is experiencing one of the worst covid outbreaks in the country, republican governor christi nome reiterate

ed. >> i don't want to approach a policy or mandate just looking to make people feel good. >> reporter: around the country, frontline workers are concerned and frustrated. in nebraska, more than 1700 health care workers signed a letter pleading with people to wear masks stating the life you save may be your own. >> there's a sunny day on the other side. i'm way more interested in cooperation than compliance. >> so you're saying, wear the mask, social distance six feet and you don't have to shut down the economy. >> that's exactly what i'm saying. >> for doctors to decide which patient gets a bed and which doesn't, the governor would have to declare a crisis standard of care. in the meantime, with hospitals inundated, doctors are concerned they won't be able to give a high-level of care to current covid patients. >> carter, thank you very much. we have breaking news overnight on another coronavirus vaccine candidate. the most recent testing shows astrazeneca's works well, is

safe and highly effective for older patients. charlie d'agata has the story. >> reporter: its peer-reviewed evidence that it not only triggers the robust immune response they'd hope forward but packs a punch where it's needed most, on older adults. the vaccine is even tolerated better in older people than younger people. the results published in the "lansen" medical journal reviewed oxford's study. it reviewed people over the age of 70. the group at a significantly higher risk of severe disease and death, more likely to fill overstretched icu hospital wards and earmarked to receive the vaccine first. the good news from pfizer and moderna was a boost for oxford's vaccine, too. they use a similar approach. the study's chief investigator said the news is encouraging but not definitive. >> we're not in a rush.

and it's not a competition with the other developers. what we're trying to do is to make sure that we have very high quality data. >> reporter: researchers say they are hoping for more high quality data in terms of efficacy and safety in the coming weeks. it's worth remembering that this vaccine can be stored in a basic refrigerator, rather than a deep freeze. gayle? >> that's good news. very good news. thank you, charlie d'agata. dr. david agus joins us to sort this all out. when dr. fauci was here earlier, he said the cavalry was coming. you were very excited about the pfizer news. now the oxford vaccine. what does this mean for all of us? >> well, i mean, it really is hope in a bottle. it's the notion that these vaccines can prevent spread of the virus. the critical question we don't know about these vaccines is are

you still contagious when you're asymptomatic with the vaccine? the oxford study is the only one that actually was swabbing people every week so we'll know that data very shortly. and if that data show you were not infectious, there will be a much smaller tail to the curve and we're going to end this sooner in the united states. >> i like the sound of that. the oxford vaccine seems to work very well with people in their 60s and 70s. how significant is that? >> you know, obviously people in their 60s, 70s and 80s have much higher likelihood of symptomatic covid-19, being in a hospital. many other complications. if it works, they have a strong immune response, we're cheering for joy. it showed a 94% protection in elderly. so that's exciting that these are going to work in the broad population. >> have you seen any side effects that concern you, david?

>> well, what's interesting about vaccines and really over the last several decades is that almost all vaccine side effects are in the first several weeks. in the first several weeks of these studies, we have seen side effects of fever, chills, pain at the injection site. occasionally fatigue. but we have not seen anything that is long lasting or very serious. and that's an over 90,000 patients that have been told to be vaccinated. that's very, very positive. >> a big story here in new york, we're going to talk to the mayor later on. the new york city schools have shut down after 3% positivity rate in the city. yet the bars and restaurants remain open. the schools are closed. does that make sense to you? >> well, obviously the priorities are a little bit strange. but, you know, the notion of it, trace 3g%. in the state of new york that threshold is 9%. and not saying in schools that are doing it right, with almost no infection, we're going to let them stay open, doesn't make a

lot of sense. broad policies in today's world, we can use data to make targeted policies for various neighborhoods. schools are not the vector of spread right now in new york city. and yet we're shutting them. >> we had an interview with a little girl when her mom said you're going to go back home for school and he went, oh, a lot of kids feel that way. how does it affect your kids' mental and physical health, not to mention how the parents are feeling. >> right. that's what i was going to say. parents also are very similar to that child. the children are isolated. many children can't thrive educationally in those kinds of environments. they are distanced from all their friends. all the interactions are two-dimensional, rather than three-dimensional which our brains are designed for. it's really difficult for children. we have to think of the cost of doing this. it's not just blocking virus spread. it is the long-term mental cost on these children that's part of the equation.

>> all right. we'll be talking to the mayor in our next hour. david, thank you very much. you are looking at pictures of the white house where it's been six days since president trump made any public comments about the coronavirus. he is staying out of sight while he challenges the election results. president-elect biden speaks with democratic and republican governors today in a virtual meeting to discuss the pandemic. as ed o'keefe reports, the next president had an emotional and revealing meeting yesterday with medical workers. >> i have not been tested yet, and i have been on the front lines in the icu sfebruary. >> you're kidding me. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden virtually coming face to face with the crisis he's set to inherit in january as he heard directly from nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. >> there is something seriously wrong when nurses have to take to the streets to beg for protection in the middle of a

pandemic. i'm sorry i'm so emotional. >> no. >> it's just -- >> you got me emotional. >> reporter: biden said the trump administration's refusal to certify his victory means he cannot yet coordinate with federal agencies responding to the pandemic. meaning the distribution of a vaccine could be delayed. >> we've been unable to get access to the kinds of things we need to know about the depth of the stockpiles. we know there's not much at all. >> reporter: president trump remains out of public view and made no mention of the pandemic. instead he spent the day tweeting baseless and unfounded accusations of voter fraud. his tweet comes as a new poll finds while 7 in 10 americans as a whole agree mr. biden won the election, when it comes to republicans, nearly 7 in 10 say they are concerned the election was rigged. the president's campaign continues to spend time and money trying to reverse the election results. securing a recount in two counties in wisconsin where mr. biden won by more than 180,000

votes. meanwhile, today the president-elect is set to speak with nine democratic and republican governors about the pandemic. mr. biden says he'll keep pushing state leaders for stricter covid restrictions. >> so one of the things i'm going to be doing is thanking the governors who have already moved but calling on all the leaders in the states to have mandatory masking, testing, tracing, social distancing. >> reporter: and just as many americans are adjusting their thanksgiving day plans, the president-elect said yesterday that his family is also significantly scaling back. usually they head to nantucket island in massachusetts. aides wouldn't confirm that's the plan but the president-elect seemed to suggest that they would be staying here in delaware instead. heeding the suggestions of the cdc that people scale back their holiday plans. tony? >> well, sometimes the only thing harder than seeing family for the holidays is not seeing family for the holidays, which will be the case in many

households. ahead, the final part of a massive cbs news investigation into the military's failure to fight sexual assault. advocates fired by the military to help stop the abuse tell norah o'donnell why some cases were never turned

much more news ahead. california's governor tries to explain how and why he attended a large dinner party at the same time he asked the public to keep their distance from each other. and there are pictures. princess diana's legendary tv interview shattered the royal family's image. 25 years later there's investigation trying to figure out if she was tricked into opening up. you're watching "cbs this morning." we thank you for that. be right back. many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it.

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ahead, we speak with sam smith about the new heartbreak album full of dance hits and how sam is still singing during the pandemic. >> are you doing much singing? do you sing in the shower, sing in the hall? >> that's my favorite place to sing, honestly. i would actually describe myself as more of a private singer, extrovert in many ways, when it comes to singing, i feel most comfortable when i'm alone.

>> four time grammy winner tells us about coming out as good morning. it is 7:26. immoral agree. the school district is deciding which two districts to close because of declining enrollment. this school district in newark, this is after two months of debate and protests. parents say the district did not properly notify them. two san francisco officers and a suspect in the hospital following a crash. early morning high speed chase began at castro and market. there is no word on with a started the police chase. a former recology executive charged with bribery and money laundering.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." after a massive cbs news investigation into the military's failure to handle sexual assaults, the army now admits it must do better. in a video statement released last night, secretary of the army ryan mccarthy also said the sexual assault prevention and response program in the army has not done its job. this morning, women hired to work for the defense department program are speaking out about problems they witnessed. cbs evening news anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell spoke with them as part of her exclusive investigation. >> i was violently raped in my room. >> two dozen survivors that spoke with cbs news say the

military sexual assault program put in place to protect them instead failed them. >> was bleeding, had bruises, proof was on my body. yet i didn't think it would be enough. >> they described problems with reporting assaults and backlash they experienced when they did. >> i was being harassed so bad by my commanders that ended up having a nervous breakdown. >> they just go after you because you're the victim, you're the problem. >> i cannot work at another junior soldier sobbing, know they have been assaulted and be like it will get better, go deploy. it is not okay. >> they were all hired by the defense department sexual assault prevention and response program to help fix the problem. >> my greatest concern with the program itself is that there are some bad actors and commanders found a way to sweep these things under the rug. >> commanders are required to refer reports of sexual assault

to criminal investigators, but amy found evidence commanders were investigating some cases themselves, which violates the military's own code of justice. >> i discovered written documentation of illegal investigations and victims' languishing, continued to ask for help over and over again, and to no avail. >> the military says there's zero tolerance when it comes to sexual assault. is that true? >> no. i feel like the commanders are ill equipped to make these decisions. that's why we are here. we are the subject matter of experts but they do not listen. each day they allow these things to occur, there's no zero tolerance, there's tolerance. >> of sexual assault. >> absolutely. >> we are seeing increase in reports, decrease of convictions, more service members reporting being retaliated against. >> in the recent anonymous survey, 64% that reported sexual assault said they experienced retaliation. >> people are afraid.

when i have young ladies and men say the rape was bad but i don't want to go through this other thing because it is worse than the rape. >> what's worse than the rape? >> the retaliation, treatment, judgment. >> amy was suspended from her position as victim advocate. day after she contacted a commanding general about retaliation she was seeing in the army. >> i think the breadth and depth of the problem is so large, they really don't want the general public to understand they don't have it under control. >> marianne was fired in june after the commander she complained to about the culture on base took away her credentials. >> they didn't want change, refused to do it. they said you're going to be gone and they were right. >> that's how powerful the system is. >> it is powerful. here's three women trying to fight a male dominated system where men are the ones deciding whether women were assaulted or

harassed. it is a difficult fight. >> lindsey believes reporting her concerns about the army's elite fighters to a commanding general led to her firing in july. >> it all came to a head when i reported that delta force was covering up. >> what do you believe they were covering up? >> i don't think they want people to know their elite fighting force is capable of doing these kinds of things. >> you were retaliated against for advocating on behalf of the rape victim? >> absolutely. >> how can this be fixed? >> don't put us under commanders where if i'm going to tell you you are violating the law, you can turn around and fire me. doesn't make any sense. >> we are not even the sexual assault survivor, we're the advocate. then you see usury tal ated against and being fired for standing up for them. >> one thing we fail to mention here is things we are talking about are crimes. for anyone to overlook that, not handle it appropriately, that's a crime in and of itself.

>> not just people that carried out the assault and rape, talking about ones that retaliated against and covered it up? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> you think it is time for the military to have a me too movement. >> it is time. i encourage everybody that experienced this, report it to koenl leaders, office of special counsel, flood them. you matter. your voice needs to be heard and needs to be heard now. >> the military declined request for interview. last night, the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, responded to our investigation. >> this topic has captivated the attention of america and our army leaders. it is abundantly clear we must do better. >> the army promised a new action plan next month. nor a o'donnell, cbs news, washington. >> the army says it encourages program employees experiencing retaliation to report it. air force told us its advocates

are crucial in efforts to combat sexual assault and their guidance is valued. >> all of those women are strong, very credible. i don't understand how you can report it to someone and the person you are reporting it to is the one that makes the decision whether it moves forward or not. it doesn't make sense. >> i agree. bravo to norah and the team, for the army to say it is clear we need to do better, only because these stories exist. well done. >> this has been incredibly comprehensive investigation. >> over a year. in the beginning they weren't saying anything on the record. they have the army secretary on the air saying that, very, very powerful. more is coming out of this story, i am convinced of that. >> we'll be right back.

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britain's prince william speaking out about one of the most controversial moments in his mom's life. she stunned the royal family when she admitted in a tv interview her marriage to prince charles was over. as rocks and a sibber ee reports, allegations that diana was tricked into revealing troubles with her husband and his future wife, camilla. >> well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. >> in 1995, 23 million people watched princess diana candidly detail her failed marriage to prince charles and admit her own affair. >> did your relationship go beyond a close friendship? >> yes, it did.

yes. >> were you unfaithful? >> yes. >> her statements forced queen elizabeth to tell charles and diana to divorce, catapulted the interview that pushed martin bashir to fame. 25 years on, they'll consider new allegations whether he acted unethically to secure the scoop. the move comes after earl had fake documents to win the trust. a graphics designer said bashir asked him to forge documents. >> martin asked me to makeup a couple of bunk statements about people being paid to do surveillance that he needed the following day. >> according to spencer, statements show security services were paying two senior palace aides for information on diana, playing on her vulnerabilities, persuading her

to do the interview. a bbc investigation the next year cleared bashir of wrongdoing. wednesday, they announced a new investigation led by a former british supreme court justice. now her eldest son, prince william, calls it a step in the right direction, should help establish the truth behind action that led to the program. >> this is something that happened when he was a young boy, had catastrophic implications for his mother, deeply painful at the time. >> it is important for prince william to know how his mother's interview came about. >> do you think that the truth will be revealed this time? is it difficult to say? >> i think the fact there's independent inquiry means yes. if there was ever chance for the truth to be got at what happened here, this is it. >> the controversial interview was a quarter century ago. bashir hasn't responded to the

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photo showing him at the event for jason kinney, his long time political pal. no one at the table was wearing a mask or social distancing, something he encouraged people to do as cases surge. earlier, newsom apologized and said it was outdoors. images appear to suggest otherwise. >> it was to be an outdoor restaurant. i can quibble about guidelines, but the spirit of what i was preaching was contradicting and i have to own that. >> a spokesperson said the eating area was confirmed as outdoor seating by the restaurant and all applicable guidelines were followed. newsom hasn't returned request for comment. so many other americans, marion and i are having the heartbreaking discussion with parents, telling why we can't do thanksgiving in person. you see images like this, it is disappointing, do as i say, not as i do.

>> they're at french laundry, a fancy place, $400 a seat, you want to talk about top notes, top notes of hypocrisy, arrogance, elitism. >> there were two high level members of the california medical association at the dinner upsetting people as well. >> even he agrees the optics aren't good, says i made a mistake. he is not trying to justify. but it is not good. >> you ask yourself, when you walked in, realized it wasn't outdoors, no one was wearing a mask, how come you didn't walk out. >> all right. when you go shopping for that thanksgiving dinner, you may notice you're shelling out less cash this year. the price for a meal for ten people, turkey, fixings, dessert, 4% cheaper than last year by survey of american farm bureau association. the cost of the turkey 7% lower

than 2019. federation says grocers are discounting the meal center piece to lure customers that may be too intimidated to cook a holiday feast on their own. >> gayle failed at banana bread three times, ain't trying to cook a turkey. >> whole foods has an insurance program. if you burn the turkey, you can get another one, try again. pop eyes is having turkey. >> sounds good. looks like turkey on the inside, full of fried chicken. >> all right. let me share a wonderful story. a covid-19 patient has to breathe through a tube, not good, wanted to spread joy at a utah hospital. watch this. that is a retired orchestra

teacher playing tennessee waltz on the violin to show gratitude for hospital staff. caring for the 70-year-old, couldn't speak, made the request to a nurse. spent about one month in icu, expected to recover, folks. when you're sick, you don't want to do anything. to do something for somebody, that's wonderful. >> his nurse said it was a small light in the darkness of covid. it is tough in there. vlad, thank you. ahead, more than a quarter million students are back home after new york city abruptly stopped in person learning. mayor bill de blasio coming

good morning. it is 7:56. a nasty crash in san francisco early this morning has left two officers injured. it happened in the lower hate district. a police car and another car came spilling into fillmore and waller intersection. warriors star klay thompson suffered a leg injury while working out yesterday. he is expected to have an mri this morning but initial reports do not sound good for thompson who missed last season due to an acl tear. meantime, an ambitious testing plan by warriors to allow fans inside chase center has been shot down. the health department rejected

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you are correct, it is thursday, november 19, 2020. welcome back to cbs this morning. i'm gayle king. a terrible milestone, the number of deaths in the u.s. tops a quarter of a million. how the country is coping. >> schools go remote. some say it is not necessary. new york mayor joins us with his big decision on closures. >> and love shines through and sam smith tells me how they fought through heart break for their new album. >> love me some sam.

more than 250,000 people in the country have had their lives cut short. >> the nation's largest public school goes remote. >> he said if they reached 3% they would shut down. a lot are saying, wait a minute you are shutting down schools but not bars. >> two in every five people that are tested are infected. >> the astrazeneca vaccine showing to work well and be highly effective for older patients. >> hoping for more data. worth remembering this vaccine can be stored in a basic refrigerator rather than a deep freeze. the head of his own cyber security confirmed there was no issues, he let him go.

>> trump only wants to be surrounded by yemen. isn't that right? >> you are the best in the business, steve. >> don't you think? >> you are the best, steve. >> don't you think? >> no. >> get out. >> a lot of people calling this revenge firing and petty stuff. it is a joke but not a joke. >> welcome back this morning. we begin this hour by marking another milestone of unimaginable loss from the pandemic. more than 250,000 people have now died from the virus. 170,000 cases confirmed yesterday, the second most ever recorded. the numbers go up, fears of infection rise as well. long lines like this one to get tested are now common across the country. the rate of those tests coming back positive is soaring.

all but six states fail to meet the threshold for reopening. the largest public school district here in the country has stopped in-person learning. the mayor announced the move to make all public schools virtual again leaving many parents scrambling as 3% of coronavirus tests in the city come back positive. that number has not been that high since the spring. the mayor joins us now first on cbs this morning. your ears must be burning today. parents are mad with you, the kids are upset, critics are questioning your competencies for the job. help us understand. >> gayle, look, my kids went to new york city public schools. i feel what the parents are going through. parents are scrambling because it is really tough to be a

parent especially in the age of the coronavirus but the number one job i have is to keep people safe. we said from the beginning we would be led by the data and the science. the largest school system in america. a lot of people said we would never be able to reopen it and we did in september. >> this is the question, how are you justifying that 3% number when the data doesn't seem to support it and neither do the public health experts? >> i disagree with that, gayle. the data is very clear that we have to keep our kids safe, our staff. we've had an increasing rate here. we set a clear standard. we said if it goes above 3%, we'll shut down and reopen with a new set of additional health and safety standards. that's the key thing. >> the question for parents and everybody right now is why 3%.

world health organization says 5%. the governor says he wouldn't take action as long as it stays below 9%. other states have higher thresholds. you've chosen 3%. you are sticking to it, how come? >> we were the epicenter of the crisis, everybody knows that. we set a whole lot of standards. distancing and face macks for everyone. we proved schools would be safer. we said if that rate went up higher, we would stop and pause and reset. we are going to come back but with additional standards. >> you are leaving bars and restaurants open where it is proven those are super spreader places as opposed to the schools. >> gayle, the governor made clear yesterday that new york city is going to very soon be applying what they call an

orange zone standard to new york city. that will be closing indoor dining and other things, so a number of restrictions are coming. that is quite clear. >> parents are joking, i guess i'll send my kid to the bar today because it is still open or maybe they can go to the gym. the cost will be significant in terms of learning, the economy, parents can't work, domestic turmoil. new york city apartments are very small. can you quantify the benefit here? >> keeping people alive and safe. we have to be clear about this history. we were the epicenter of the crisis and a lot of people truly believed it would never be safe for our schools to come back until there is a vaccine. we have to keep faith with people and show we'll keep themself. >> we know now and there has

been an evolution to the approach. europe has bars and restaurants closed but schools are open. trump was calling for this in the summer and a lot of democrats opposed to it and states have come around and said we are with going to priorities schools because it is so important. you can't put any number at all on what the benefit is going to be. we note cost. 60,000 kids don't even have ipads to learn at home. >> wait, wait. we have been providing free ipads. your chancellor said yesterday you don't have ipads for 60,000 kids. >> every child in new york city who needs one can get a free ipad. we've distributed over 300,000 and will do more. safety and health come first. we can and will reopen schools. we have a higher standard. bottom line. new york city schools will come back. it will require a lot more testing but we will come back.

>> what about the quality of learning. my wife is a teacher at a charter school here in the city. a lot of teachers are concerned about the virus and going in but also about kids falling behind. >> listen, i'm really concerned about that going all the way back to march when we had to close originally. i'm a believer in in-person education. i want to get the schools back with the right standards. once the vaccine is here, we'll distribute it quickly. >> that's not until spring at the earliest. >> we've lost something here with our kids. we have to continue to improve and make sure every kid has a device and get them back in the classroom as quickly as we can do it. >> was there an up tick of cases in schools? is that guiding here? >> the challenge is everywhere in the city. it went from a few weeks ago

very isolated up ticks to now all five boroughs. >> i'm talking the schools? >> of course, we've had a number of schools shut individually for that reason. we can put in more string enter standards. this is going to be the key. a lot more testing school by school to get them back and running. >> another thing is that private schools are open. so that exacerbates inequality even more. >> i'll call your attention to an editorial from the "new york times" who said president trump was right over the summer to call for schools to reopen because the science has come around and supported that position. you were opposed then. it seemed political. what do you say to people who look at you holding to this 3% and say he's sticking to a political decision. >> i don't think it is politics

in the least. it is ironic, you are right. president trump wanted schools open and i generally disagreed across the board. i believed from the beginning we had to reopen. a lot of people thought it couldn't be done safely. we proved it. we are dealing with a new circumstance tans, a surge we have to be very, very concerned about. i say to my fellow parents. i don't expect this to go for long. we are going to ask a lot of parents. we'll ask them to get their kids tested a lot. >> what is your time line to reopen. do you have one? >> the next few days, we'll come up with new standards and announce them before thanksgiving and i hope to be back in a few weeks. i'll ask a lot of parents to make sure kids are tested consistently. that's key. >> the same time, overwhelmingly black and brown districts and kids will be back in small

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as we have been reporting, teachers in the largest school district in new york city are adjusting today to all remote learning. a survey of teachers nationwide finds 28% say they've considered retiring early or leaving the profession due to stress and health concerns. this comes when there's already a shortage of qualified teachers. janet shamlian outside a school in chicago. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it is a tough job with low pay, but teachers are suffering further in the pandemic. a recent study in illinois found 66% say they feel more burned out than usual. in new york, with yesterday's lockdown order and shutdown order at schools, it is forcing teachers there to pivot once again. >> it is like a snow day, but indefinitely. >> reporter: this high school teacher matt baker thought new york city public schools might close again, didn't know for sure until wednesday afternoon.

>> you're running around the room, throwing what you can think of into a bag to be sure you have what you need because we don't know when we are back to the building. >> reporter: he worries eight months into the pandemic some students don't have what they need for remote learning. >> it is really hard because it is like well, i can have the most amazing lessons, great outreach, but if the doe doesn't give a laptop that can connect to the internet consistently, it is crushing a little bit. >> reporter: they implemented a patch work of learning plans. teachers faced with pressure to carry them out. david finkle has been teaching 29 years. never had one stressful as this. >> end of the year tired. you reach a point end of the year, summer can't come soon enough. we already feel that way. >> reporter: many high school english students are remote. others physically in the classroom. he is worried not only about the

virus. >> i am doing my best to engage them, give them as much as i can, i don't think they're getting as much as they usually get from me. >> reporter: a study found 27% of surveyed teachers considered giving it up because it is just too hard with distance learning. >> i don't want to leave teaching, but i also don't know when this will be better. i don't know when it is going to feel like i'm not making things worse. >> reporter: mariah klein teaching at the same chicago school she attended as a child. >> i felt guilt, i could be the one that gets them sick. if i don't watch them carefully enough, they can get each other sick and bring it home. >> reporter: what do you want parents and the public to know about what teachers are facing now? >> we don't want to be seen people saving the world by going in and doing our jobs, we just want people to understand it is hard and that it is hard in a way they don't know.

>> reporter: here in chicago, public schools announced they'll go back to in person learning in january. that announcement came just as the illinois governor was announcing new restrictions in the state to help control the virus. the decision on schools is being left up to the individual districts and anthony, i know this is a subject you know very well from having a teacher in your family. >> janet, i sure do. something we talk about constantly because teachers are having to adapt as the situation changes. they're worried about kids falling behind, about their own health, their kids' health. many respects feel taken for granted. >> you make a good point. teachers, most of the teachers have their own families, trying to coordinate their own kids, your kids, their lives, it is too much. not to feel there's light at the end of the tunnel, not to be appreciated for the work they're doing. >> there is light. i hope enough good teachers hang

on. we need them. >> the discussion about retiring is happening all over the place because it is so hard. >> tony, they're trying to hang on, and hear how the schools are shut down. >> big calculations. may be 2021 september before it is back to normal. that's a long time for them. >> sure is. >> paying attention. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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ahead, grammy winner sam smith tells us about creating new sound for the third album

"love goes." he talks about the courage for accept acceptance. it is an extraordinary good morning. 8:25. fire crews are investigating a fatal fire, the house on 8th avenue went up in flames last night before 8:30. a man inside was killed. the cause is under investigation. two san francisco officers and a suspect in the hospital following a crash. an early morning high speed chase began at castro and market and ended in the lower hate district. there is no word on what started the chase. it may be a while before we see klay thompson back on the floor. he suffered a right injury while working out yesterday in southern california. he is expected to have an mri this morning to determine the severity. as we look at the roads,

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is that time again. time to bring you some of the stories that are talk of the table this morning. gayle king is going first. >> all right, i'm ready. mine is former president barack obama on a roll, set to make history with his memoir, his book, "a promised land" sold 890,000 copies in the u.s. and canada in the first 24 hours after its release. that's huge, guys. on traago, best selling book of 2018. still sold over 12 million

copies. it is clearly the number one memoir of all time. when we asked barack obama because we had him on for 60 minutes, "cbs this morning" and sunday morning, friendly competition between the two of us? he said no, i am waving the white flag. there's no competition here. to put it in perspective, by comparison, bill clinton's book sold 400,000 the first day, george w. bush's book decision point sold 220,000. to make the best seller's list, you have to sell 10,000 copies. he is way ahead of that. >> he might be number one this week, i don't know. we'll see. >> i walked in to my local bookstore couple nights ago, there was a wall of his books. >> it is a big book. i mentioned this before. but it is well written, well done. he takes you inside the room, gives you back story. >> also good for putting the computer on a stand, good angle.

>> highly recommend it. i read it. >> my talk of the table is about life imitating sitcoms. a new junior associate jumps for justice. a wall a be. wally. >> what's he eating? >> i don't know anything about them other than this shows up for work at a law firm in knoxville. brought in by one of the attorneys there. no one in the office knew they were getting a new co-worker. he showed up. here's the reaction. >> i had no idea the animal would be here. he came hopping around the corner behind us, i exclaimed out what the fudge. >> common term, what the fudge. >> yeah. polite. helps the firm by comforting clients, you can see that, can be a bit of a troublemaker, untying shoe laces of lawyers

while conducting depositions. >> when you said you had that story, i assumed in australia. >> that's all the information i have. that's great. >> my talk of the table is sam smith's new album "love goes." it has a bonus track, how do you sleep. ♪ how do you sleep when you lie to me. >> first two albums multi-platinum hits, number one and two on the charts in the u.s. and uk. the singer's emotional, revealing music earned four grammys, an oscar, and golden globe. smith who identifies as nonbinary, uses pronouns they, them, said the third record explores a new side of himself. >> first of all, sam, how are you doing? >> good. i'm good.

yeah. it has been hard few months. we are in lockdown here again. ♪ >> sam smith has performed just one live concert during the pandemic. at abby road studios last month to promote the album "love goes." >> how much do you miss performing? >> miss it a lot, really do. it has been hard to have a record and not sing songs in front of my fans. ♪ i want to be wild and young and not be afraid. >> it feels like in some ways you found new parts of your voice. >> yeah. completely. ♪

>> i'm always having lessons, trying to learn more and more. hopefully i am getting better. >> still taking vocal lessons, really? >> yeah. of course. stevie wonder said he still has voice lessons all the time. when i read that, i was like there's no excuse. ♪ stay with me. >> the british artist broke out in 2014 behind the international smash "stay with me." ♪ darling, stay with me. >> it helped explain where i come from actually. >> smith was just 22 when we met that year in their hometown outside of london for "cbs this morning." we walked the same country roads he wandered as a teenager, wearing headphones, listening to beyonce. >> this is my little spot.

ran my first ever job at a news agency over there. >> how did you pick this spot? >> i don't know, something about listening to music, looking at that. >> even then, smith told me they had a plan. >> wanted to move to london. >> working out remarkably well. >> do you even think about it. >> six years later, the singer says success has been a challenge. >> what's the hardest part about it? >> the hardest part has been fame. you saw where i grew up in a village. until i was 19, 20, a lot of my growing up as a gay person as a queer person has happened in front of people. >> it all came to a head last year. >> 2019 for me was a fight with

my mental health for the first time ever, started to get panic attacks. fear and anxiety. i think that's because i was facing it really for the first time. >> smith was facing a realization, came out as nonbinary. >> to people who are confused, how in the simplest terms would you explain what it means to be nonbinary? >> queer people all around the world, we don't identify within those two places. gender for me has been nothing but traumatizing and challenging throughout my life and i just don't feel like, it is hard to explain. i just feel like myself. i don't feel like a man basically. >> september smith announced on

instagram i am changing pronouns to they, them, after a lifetime of being at war with gender, i decided to embrace myself for who i am. >> would you say it took courage to do this? >> obviously i can't express to enough people how much courage it has taken. i wasn't prepared for the amount of ridicule and bullying really that i have experienced. >> you're still being bullied in. >> yeah, honestly, the comments and the types of things i have to answer and walk through every day is very intense. ♪ >> but in life and in song, sam smith says they're fighting through it. >> how is that fight going? >> it is going so much better, after being able to talk about .

>> do you regret at times being a public figure? >> sometimes, yeah. when i do feel that type of regret, i always come back to music and how i feel like at the basis of all this, people who hopefully want to hear my sing, i still love singing. that's what gets me through. >> singing better than ever. >> thank you. >> sure is. they sure are, i should say. that's my favorite sam smith album, this album. sam describes their decision to announce they're nonbinary as a second coming out which i thought was really interesting. sam told the family first, but somehow it leaked, so they made a decision to go public. as they describe, it has been painful at times.

>> i'm so glad, anthony, you're talking about it. i find myself trying to figure it out. i don't want to look out of touch, judgmental, when you say they, them as opposed to he, she, it goes against everything you're taught in school about pronouns. i find myself struggling how to, it sounds grammatically incorrect. >> yes, listen, it is a struggle for me, i was an english major in college, i'm used to grammar. you heard sam explain it. i think the point is they don't want to be put in a box, and the pronouns. this is something people in college, you're seeing more often, people introduce themselves, say my pronouns are. it is becoming more common. it is difficult for us that have grown up with it like this. sam understands how difficult it is for a lot of people, but asks that they try. >> i appreciate the comment about the grammar. i also appreciate sam's comment about not feeling like a man. anyone that grappled with what manhood means knows it can bea

straightjacket, a burden. it helps everybody actually for people to acknowledge there are differences. >> i didn't know what he meant whether he said that, that's why i'm curious. >> it is about expression of these ideas that we have about what a man is and woman is. also about what the culture thinks you should be, how you're being coded. that coding is what people, we're all going to benefit if we break it down a bit. >> sam pointed out their parents have been incredibly supportive. >> want to get the music. >> hear an extended version, go to "cbs this morning" facebook and instagram or check out the podcast. he revealed how being a people pleaser caused ♪

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our series a munion aims to as is far greater than divides us. a boarding school helping at risk children stay safe and thrive. monument academy, head of school is a driving force fighting homelessness, he pushed to keep doors open even during the pandemic. jeff, good morning to you. what's going on at that school? >> reporter: well, good morning. classes are about to get under way any minute now.

this is a school, tony, that reopened last month after being shutdown paubecause of the pandemic. 10% that came back to class, they were the ones having the hardest time with remote learning. now they have a place to learn and live. after nearly seven months, monument academy opened its doors again. parents brought their children back to a school that kamari says is a refuge. he is one of seven kids his mother raises alone working multiple jobs. is school an escape for you? >> yes. >> in what ways? >> taking a little off my mom's plate, she don't have to deal with another child, spend more money than she has to.

>> reporter: his struggles are common for students. the majority of the student body is at risk, on medication or have special needs. the school ceo, jeffrey grant, says the academy serves students that need more than just an education. >> we are able to support parents by ensuring the most precious assets are fed, housed, clothed, nurtured, provided opportunities to become successful community members. >> reporter: all of that put on hold during the pandemic. we first visited the school in february, before the pandemic began. at the time, the students lived here under supervision in apartment-like student life homes. >> how has your life changed since you have been in the school? >> they feed us, roof over our head, getting a good education

here. >> reporter: the pandemic could be the school's greatest challenge to date. >> we require additional funding so we can get services, emotional support, we need to do great fundraising in the spring to close the gap we have to close each and every year. the pandemic shut that down. >> reporter: too early to tell how successful bringing students back into the building will be. they are still virtual learning with laptops and teachers are not yet allowed to teach in classrooms here. but the up side, this is a safe space for students like crystal. >> you realize when it is gone that you're not in school how much you miss school, how much it helps you throughout the year. >> reporter: for grant, the mission is to keep the doors open, to protect the students

who need it most. >> we bring them into an environment seven days a week for seven weeks so they can have that stability, they're not going outside, being exposed to crime, abuse. that's what we're here to do. that's what we're going to do. >> checking in. we'll be back. >> reporter: so school gets out here this afternoon, then the students will be allowed to go home for thanksgiving break. the goal of the program is to expand number of students going to the school in coming weeks and months. all of that, gayle, depends on the pandemic, of course. >> this pandemic has changed everything. thank you so much, jeff. you know you've got a special place when kids want to stay at school, don't want to leave seven days a week, it is giving them safe space. thank you so much. we'll be right back.

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good morning. it's 8:55. the newark school district will decide which two elementary schools to close because of declining enrollment. this is after two months' debate and protests. some parents say the district did not properly notify them. san rafael doing learning the safe way. so far with 48 days there have been zero cases. paul frederick charged with bribery and money laundering. he is accused of steering

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