for him. we will see you back here at 6:00 with a full hour of news.>> we will see you in 30 minutes with the cbs ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, defiance and denial. thanksgiving travelers ignore pleas to stay home, as covid roars out of control. airports packed. >> i get it, but it is thanksgiving and people want to be with their families. >> yuccas: protests against new restrictions. why the week ahead could become america's most dangerous yet. >> we are in a very, very difficult situation. >> yuccas: also tonight, president trump digs in, despite new pressure to concede. >> the content of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> yuccas: president-elect biden pushes ahead, roadblocks and all. plus, teachers feel the strain. caught on camera, a florida man wrestles an alligator to save his dog. the remarkable rescue, ahead. >> there are a lot of children.

>> yuccas: and later, a reality check on thanksgiving, 400 years after the arrival of the "mayflower." >> it's important that people understand it so they can start and compassionate. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> yuccas: good evening. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> yuccas: good evening. iem jamie yuccas in los angeles. yuccas in los angeles, we beg we begin tonight with millions of americans on the move, ignoring warnings and pleas from health experts to stay home this thanksgiving. the consequences could be deadly. take a look at this, this is the airport in tulsa, oklahoma today. it's jammed with people. it's a similar story in several cities. at the same time, the covid outbreak uncontrolled. new cases saturday topping 181,000. total cases in the u.s. now well over 12 million.

the death toll more than 256,000. and, despite hopeful news about breakthrough vaccines and treatments, america seems to be facing its toughest test ahead. lilia luciano leads us off. >> reporter: americans refusing to let the covid crisis ground them, packing airports across the country despite the c.d.c.'s plea to stay at home. >> i get it, but it's thanksgiving, and people want to be with their families. >> reporter: two million passengers took flight so far s weekend.nd. this beh this behavior worries washington governor jay inslee. >> we have to understand the house is on fire right now. >> reporter: deaths are now climbing in 43 states and puerto rico. hospitalizations are at a record high and jumping in every state. dr. anthony fauci telling "face the nation," the numbers speak for themselves. >> we're in a very, very difficult situation at all levels. just look at the numbers. almost 13,000cts. cases sat >> reporter: texas reaching

almost 13,000 cases saturday alone. in el paso, with a back log of over 230 deaths, the texas national guard activated to assist with the overflow of bodies at the morgue. defiance across california where cases have tripled over the last month. >> the 10:00 curfew, we're not going to abide by it, it is ridiculous. >> u.s.a.! >> reporter: protestors burning masks in orange county. >> whooo! >> reporter: restrictions gripping the economy, making many americans anxious. >> i lost my job. i had four months with no income. >> reporter: thanksgiving giveaways like this one in los angeles are more welcome than ever. >> it's going to support us about like maybe up to a month, it is only my mom and i. >> reporter: here in l.a. county we are on the brink of new restrictions including possibly an end to all outdoor dining. and if the numbers keep getting worse-- which they are expecting to-- that could also mean a whole new stay at home order. jamie? iano inas: lilia luciano in los ang los angeles, thank you.

as you have seen, despite all the travel warnings, friday and saturday were two of the busiest days at u.s. airports since the start of the pandemic. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook joins us. and jon, families are feeling such a pull to be with their loved ones for the holiday, but is it really a good idea? >> you know what, i >> reporter: you know what, i am completely empathetic. we're all aching to be with our loved ones. we're aching for those hugs. but look at a map of the united states-- it's on fire with covid right now. and the good news is that we've got two vaccines with about 95% efficacy that look like they will probably be approved or given authorization within a couple of weeks. so by the end of december we might have first responders and people who are vulnerable getting it, and by next year tens of millions of people getting it each month. s if people can just hang in e,ere, you don't want to have, if you are lucky enough to have gotten to this point and not gotten covid, you don't want to get it now. >> yuccas: so you are saying there is light at the end of the tunnel and we just got to keep

focused on that? >> reporter: i think there really is. you know, we still are in the middle of the tunnel which why it is so hard but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we just have to hang in. there the safest thing to do is really to minimize your risk by not traveling. >> yuccas: you know, jon, i hear but i went to get but i went to get a test, it was negative, now i'm going to go see grandma. is that really okay? >> reporter: it is not okay, jamie, and it's one of the biggest misconceptions that i heard during the entire pandemic. so here is the deal. it is a two- to 14-day incubation period-- that means i could get infected today and will not become infectious, able to infection other people, for two to 14 days. i could get tested every day up until day five or six and be negative, seven or eight, be negative, and then suddenly turn positive. and the added problem is that people don't necessarily have to have symptoms in order to be infectious. bottom line, the 14-day period where you have to be in quarantine is to make sure that you are not infected without knowing it and then suddenly become infectious and infect

somebody else. so at the end of the day, we are in this holiday season, we all want to be seeing our loved ones, but now is the time when we really want to be safe, so that, guess what, once we get the vaccine and hopefully we're protected, we can see them in the future and a year from now have a wonderful and much safer holiday season. >> yuccas: dr. jon lapook, thank you. it's not just the u.s. that is suffering in this devastating covid spike. countries like canada have been plunged into fresh lockdowns by a surge of infections, and europe is once again a global epicenter like the pandemic. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: in liverpool, the military helped out with a vast trial of new rapid coronavirus tests. if they work well, the idea is to test everyone in england, every week, as politicians in the west grapple with guidelines for a covid-safe christmas and holiday season.

o itse is now well into its second wave of covid-19. there are hot spots across the continent, and the w.h.o. estimates that one european is dying from covid-19 every 17 seconds. i.c.u. beds, especially in france and switzerland, are filling up. their hopes, like the worlds, are focused on the vaccine. here the shipment from china is arriving in brazil where it's arriving in brazil where st being tested. the data so far it is safe but not as effective as the two american/european frontrunners. a third top candidate being developed at oxford university showed promising interim results this past week, including in the elderly. eanwhile world leadersrs gathered this week on the mot gathered this week on the mother of all zoom calls, in a virtual g-20 meeting. they pledged fair distribution of the covid vaccine to poor countries like iran, where cbs traveled earlier this month to

witness the deadly toll of an inection out of control; and india, where millions celebrated the main hindu festival of diwali are paying the price-- a surge in both infections and deaths. in spite of international goodwill, developing countries that have to rely on the w.h.o. for their vaccines are facing a deadly 2021. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> yuccas: stunning numbers. to politics now. a defiant president trump took to twitter today, again contesting the outcome of the election that he lost. at the same time, some republicans are expressing frustration with his refusal to accept defeat. cbs' chip reid is at the white house. >> reporter: on the golf course today, president trump took a break for several minutes to talk on the phone. he was probably not talking to maryland republican governor larry hogan, who said this today about the president's efforts to change the election outcome:

>> we're beginning to look like we're a banana republic. >> reporter: the president fired blicant hogan, tweeting, "this in name onl 'republican in name only' will never make the grade." to which hogan responded, "stop golfing and concede." the president was also probably not chatting with republican chris christie. >> the content of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, a federal judge rejected the president's election lawsuit, comparing it to "frankenstein's monster, haphazardly stitched together." pennsylvania conservative republican pat toomey described the judge as a long-time conservative republican, and wrote, "i congratulate president-elect biden and vice president-elect kamala harris on their victory." nspite the growing number of critics, most republicans are ilill quietly supporting the president in his largely- unsuccessful quest to overturn the election. some, though, are speaking out, like senator kevin cramer of north dakota. >> i don't know why we are so easily offended by a president that is carrying out all of his

legal options. >> reporter: but even he said it's now time for the president to start sharing information with joe biden. >> it is past time to start a transition, to at least cooperate with the transition. >> reporter: today, president trump's campaign says it plans to appeal that case in pennsylvania, and the president's attorneys say they hope to take it all the way to the u.s. supreme court. jamie? >> yuccas: chip reid at the white house, thank you. for more on the biden transition we turn to nikole killion traveling with the president- elec in wilmington, delaware. nikole, mr. biden is planning a major announcement this week. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is expected to name some members to his cabinet tuesday. top advisors won't say how many or which positions. last week, the president-elect k id that he has already selected his treasury secretary, he said it was someone who would be accepted by moderates and progressives in the democratic party. ars news has learned one of the bop contenders is federal

reserve board governor lael brainard. there is also former federal reserve chair janet yellen. as for secretary of state, the president-elect's top foreign policy advisor tony blinken is a front-runner, and former susansador to the u.n. susan rice remains in t rice remains in the mix. -ele of the president-elect's former democratic rivals, like eg a buttigieg and bernie sanders, are also vying for top posts. posts. whoeve whoever the president-elect names could face more hurdles. transition aides point out that they can't get background checks until the general services administration recognizes the president-elect. jamie? >> yuccas: nikole killion in wilmington, delaware, thank you. the spike in covid outbreaks is forcing several smithsonian museums in washington d.c. to close again, indefinitely. that includes the national zoo. today was the last day to stop by in-person, so it is back to virtual visits for now. usually we're told never to feed wild animals, but officials in canada's jasper national park have a different message for

drivers: yeah, you're reading that right, "don't let the moose lick your car." it turns out they're obsessed with the tasty road salt on it. look at that. authorities say it is best not to indulge them-- avoid their big antlers and just drive on. now, to a remarkable rescue in florida. it was all caught on a wildlife surveillance camera. yes, that is a man wrestling an unleashr to unleash his dog hi from the jaws of death. richard milbanks says he was walking with gunnar near a pond when that gator shot out of the keter like a "missile." without hesitation, milbanks jumped in and dragged it to pupe, saving the pup. miraculously, gunnar is doing all right, but milbanks says he got a little chewed up. very lucky ending there. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," from a to zoom, m,e nation's educators' stress in a school year like no other. also see how nurses in new york pe tending to patients' needs

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>> yuccas: finally tonight, people in plymouth, massachusetts had big plans to mark the 400th anniversary of the pilgrim's arrival... but then covid happened, and, well, you know. still, like this year, the real story of that first thanksgiving gathering is complicated. here's cbs's nancy chen. >> reporter: a newly-restored "mayflower 2" returned to plymouth, massachusetts this summer, nearly 400 years after its namesake original first arrived on these shores. the pilgrims on board cramped and cold, hoping for a better future. >> what happened here really shaped american history. >> reporter: michelle pecoraro is the executive director of plymouth 400, a nonprofit that commemorates the pilgrims and ims andegacy. this year, they added collaborators who were left out of past anniversary events. >> we have wampanoag board

members. we have a wampanoag advisory committee made up of native people. so, it is the first real attempt to have a historically accurate and a culturally-inclusive commemoration. >> reporter: a member of the mashpee wampanoag tribe, steve peters, created an exhibit for plymouth 400 called "our story." >> it is pretty of the beginning yf the end for my people, here. you know, it is important that people understand it so that they can start to be a little bit more humane and compassionate. >> reporter: the wampanoag people have lived here for thousands of years. a pandemic nearly wiped all of them out before the pilgrim's arrival. that tragedy made the wampanoag more acceptable to new alliances. the two groups came together the fall harvest in 1641, what we now call thanksgiving. they lived side-by-side for 50 years, until war broke out, devastating the wampanoag and

their way of life. that part of the story isn't often told when we gather for thanksgiving. >> really, so much is left out of history. just because it's written down, does not mean that it is, a, completely truthful and, b, the only way of expressing it. >> reporter: that organizers are careful to call this 400th year a "commemoration," not a celebration. peters says this week he will still have a feast. he will also remember. >> we give thanks for our ancestor's ability to persevere in spite of every obstacle that has been faced in front of them over the past 400 areas since the european arrival and the colonization of this country. so that's what we give thanks for. >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news, plymouth, massachusetts. >> yuccas: what a great message. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. i know i've been very grateful

to be with you tonight, d hope live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. this is kpix5 news. >> another coronavirus related record. heading into one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. >> plus, as the pandemic drags on, this small east bay downtown is getting smaller by the day. >> is kind of like a ghost town because a lot of the businesses have electric >> most every business here is struggling just struggling to get their doors open. >> 10:00 ovi? not going to abide by. it's ridiculous:>> complex by the curvy going into the second night, but one big area city will not have to comply just yet. >> good. tonight san francisco is seeing red and that is a good thing, despite concerns, the city

could fall into the states most district of purple tier as early as today, it hasn't happened yet. that means it is still not subject to the statewide overnight curfew that takes effect again in four hours. here is a look at the latest numbers the state reported about 40,000 new cases overnight. that is actually an improvement over the 15,000 plus reported yesterday. nearly 6000 patients are in the hospital and the 14 day test positive a average is at 5.5%. tonight, the state has hit a new daily record for testing. more than 265,000 tests reported today and is about 86,000 more than the daily average. with cases rising and thanksgiving just around the corner, public health officials are urging folks to get swabbed. that is what brought these people out to redwood city today. some know firsthand what it is like to see their loved ones get sick. >> i am not taking that risk.