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♪ defying and denial. -- >> people want to be with their families. >> protests against new restrictions, why the week ahead could be america's most dangerous yet. >> we are in a very, very difficult situation. >> also, president trump digs in. despite new pressure to concede. >> the conduct of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> president elect biden pushes ahead, roadblocks and all. teachers feel the strain. caught on camera, a florida man wrestles an alligatoro save his dog. the remarkable rescue ahead. >> they are like children to us.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening. 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 a this. this is the airport in tulsa, oklahoma, today. it's jammed with people. it's a similar story? several cities at the same time, the covid outbreak uncontrolled. new cases saturday doing 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 break through vaccines and treatments. america appears to be facing its toughest test ahead. lilia is leading us off. >> reporter: americans refusing
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to let the covid crisis ground then. packing airports across the country despite the cdc warnings to take home. >> i get it, but it's thanksgiving interest people wa -- thanksgiving but people want to be with their families. >> we have to understand that the house is on fire right now. >> deaths are climbing and hospitalizations in a record high and jumping in every state. dr. anthony fauci tellingface the nation, the numbers speak for themselves. >> we are in a very, very difficult situation in all levels. just look at the numbers. look at the facts. >> texas reaching almost 13,000 cases saturday alone. in el paso with a backlog of 230 deaths. the texas national guard activated to assist with the over flow of bodies at the morgue. defiance across california. >> the 10:00 curfew, we are had not going to abide by it, it's
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ridiculous. >> protesters burning masks in orange county. >> restrictions crippling the economy, making americans anxious. >> i loft my job. i have -- four months with no income. >> thanksgiving give aways like this one in los angeles, are more welcome than ever. >> it's going to support us for up to a month, it's only my mom and i. >> 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 expected to, that could mean a whole new stay-at-home order. jamie? >> lilia thank you. >> as you have seen, despite 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, john is joining us, families feel a pull to be with loved one withes for the
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holiday, is it a really good idea? >> i am empathetic, we are all aching to be with our loved ones and aching for the hugs but the map of the united states is on fire right now with covid are. and the good news is that we have two vaccines with 95% efficiency that looks like they are going to be approved or given the okay in a couple of weeks. so by next year, 10ss of millions of people getting it each month. if you can hang in there. if you have gotten to this point and not gotten covid, you don't want to get it now. >> so are you saying there's light at the end of the tunnel and we have to keep focus on that? >> i think there really is. you know, we still are in the middle of tunnel, which is why it's so hard, tlhis there is a and the safest thing to do is minimize the risk by not traveling. >> i saw so many people say, i
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went to get a the test, and it was negative, so i'm going to see grandma, is that okay? >> it's not okay, jamie, and it's one of the biggest misconceptions i have heard in the pandemic. here's the deal, it's a 2-14 day incubation period. i could get infected today and will not be able to infect people for two to 14 days. i coco be tested every day up to 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 have to have symptoms to be infectious, bottom line, the 14 day period with you have to be in quarantine is to make sure that you are not infected without knowing it and then suddenly becoming 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 are protected that we can see them in the future and a year from now, have a wonderful and much safer holiday
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season. >> dr. john, be thank you. it's not just the u.s. that is suffering in this devastating covid spike. countries like canada have been plunged in to fresh lockdowns by a surge of infections. and europe is once again a global epi-center of the p pandemic. >> in liverpool, the military helped out with a vast trial of new rapid tests. the idea is to test everyone in england every week. as poll tuiticians in the west grapple with guidelines for a covid safe christmas and holiday season. europe is well in to the second wave of covid-19. there's hot spots across the continent and the w.h.o. estimate this is that one european is dying from covid-19 every 17 seconds. >> icu beds especially in france and switzerland are filling up. their hopes like the world's are
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focused on the vaccine. here's a shipment of china's arriving in brazil, where it's being tested. the data so far shows it's safe, but not as effective as the two american european front-runners. a third top candidate, being developed in oxford university showed promising interim results this this past week including in the elderly. meanwhile, world leaders 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 infection out of control. and india, where millions celebrated the main hindu festival are paying the price. a surge in both infections and death. in spite of international good will, developing countries that have to rely on the w.h.o. for their vaccines are facing a
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dadly 2021.
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to politics now, a defiant president trump took to twitter today again contesting the outcome of the election that he loft. at the same time, republicans are expressing frustration with his refusal to accept defeat. chip reid is at the white house. >> on the golf course, president trump took a break for several minutes to talk on the phone. he was probably not talking to larry hogan, maryland governor who said this about the president's efforts to change the election outcome. >> we are beginning to look like
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we are a banana republic. >> the president tweeted back, this republican in name only will never made the grade. to which hogan retorted, stop golfing and concede. he was probably also not talking to chris christie. >> the conduct of the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> a judge rejected the fraudulent lawsuit. pennsylvania conservative senator pat toomey described the judge as a hong time conservative republican and said he congratulates president elect biden and vice president elect harris on the victory. some are speaking out like senator kevin cramer of north dakota. >> i don't know why we are so easily offended by a president
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who is carrying out all of his legal options. >> even he said it's now time nor the president to start sharing information with joe biden. >> it's past time to start a transition to at least cooperate with the transition. >> today, president trump's campaign said 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? >> chip reid at the white house, thank you. for more on the biden transition. we turned to nicole, who is traveling with the president elect in wilmington, delaware, nicole, mr. biden is planning a major announce. th -- >> top advisers will not say how many he is adding to his cabinet. but he has selected his treasury secretary, it was somebody that would be accepted by moderates and progressives in the democratic party. cbs news learned that one of the top contenders is federal
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reserve board governor branard and yehlin, as for secretary of state, the top foreign policy adviser tony blinkin is a top runner and susan rice is in the mix. some of the president elects former rivals,s also vying for top posts. 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? >> nicole, in wilmington, delaware. thank you. the spike in covid outbreak is forcing several smithsonian museums to close again indefinitely. that includes the national zoo. today was the last day to stop by in person. so it's back to virtual visits for now. usually we are told never on to feed wild animals but officials in jasper national park have a different message for drivers.
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yeah, you are reading that right. don't let the lick your car. it turns out they are obsessed with the tasty road salt on it. authorities say it's best not to indulge them. avoid their big antlers and drive on. now, to a remarkable rescue in florida, it was all caught on a wild life surveillance camera. yes, that is a man, wrestling an alligator to unleash his dog from the jaws of death. richard milbank said he was walking with gunner near a pond when the gator shot out of the water like a quote, missile, he jumped in and dragged it to shore, saving the pup, and gunner is doing already. but millbank said he got a little chewed up. >> very lucky ending there. >> straight ahead from a-zoom, the nation's educators stress and a school year like no other. and also see how nurses in new york are tending to patients
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needs in and outf o the thanksg. the guest list finally righted after 400 years.
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struggling the too. here's cbs janet shamulen. >> reporter: with students in zoom and in person he has never been as stressed. >> we are end of the year tired. we reach a point near the end of the year, where you are like, summer cannot come soon enough and we already feel that way. >> reporter: schools across the country have implemented a patchwork of learning plans. but it's teachers charged wither carrying them out and it's taking a toll. an illinois education study found 27% of surveyed teachers said they considered giving it up. it's just too hard with distanced learning. >> i don't want to leave teaching. >> reporter: mariah kline is among them. >> but i also don't know when it's going to be better. i don't know when it's going to feel like i'm not making things worse. >> reporter: klein teaches at the same chicago elementary
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school she attended as a child. >> i felt such guilt, guilt i could be the one that gets them sick. or if i do not watch them carefully enough, they could get each other sick. and bring it home. >> we are going to focus on the character traits and the feelings. >> reporter: lynnette was featured in 2020 teacher of the year. she works with third graders on a indian reservation, where learning gaps were present long before the pandemic. how is your minutal health? >> it's a rough work. >> there's no in person or virtual learning. she is sending work home. the lack of contact is challenging. >> i feel very isolated. i don't have anybody to collaborate with. >> reporter: frustration and fear for our nation's teachers in a time they are needed more than ever. chicago. >> tlhere's much more ahead on
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cast a balancie -- cast a ball polls or by mail. there were new york city nurses that made sure their patient's votes counted. >> reporter: a stroke sent her to the hospital bed before election day. but it was not her health she was worried about. >> i'm saying, i did not vote what am i going to do. >> reporter: little did she know, the nurse navigators aaron smith and lisa started northwell hospital systems vote north initiative in new york two years ago. it puts ballots in patient's hands. >> being in the hospital should not preclude you from being a citizen and being a voter. >> reporter: some states will not accept votes from patients. here in new york, the process is possible -- >> now that i voted they can operate. >> reporter: but tricky. >> i had spent several hours in
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a board of elections begging to have ballot reece leased to me on election day. >> she is at the board of elections zooming with a judge. >> what's the message in this? >> every hospital should enable their patient to vote. >> reporter: what was the feeling you when you were handed your ballot? >> jubilation, i'm going to cry now, i started to cry, i was so happy. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: a man with covid and this woman were among the 275 patients that were able to vote this year, thanks to a team of health care workers. heroes once again. going above the call of duty. >> i just was so relieved, that somebody was making an effort for me. >> she is an angel. >> nicky batiste, cbs news, new york. >> 400 years after the mayflower thanksgiving gets a reality check.
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finally tonight, people in plymouth, massachusetts, had big plans to mark the anniversary of the pilgrim's arrival. the first story of the thanksgiving gathering is complicated. >> a newly restored may flower returned to plymouth, massachusetts. the pilgrims on board, cramped and cold, hoping for a better future. what happened here really shaped american history. michelle is the executive director of plymouth 400. it's something that commemorates the pilgrims and their legacy. this year, they added
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collaborators that were left out oft past events. >> we have board members and an advisory committee made up of native people. it is the first real attempt to have a historically accurate and a culturally inclusive commemorate. >> a member of the tribe steve peters created an exhibit for plymouth 400, called on our story. >> it marks the beginning of the end for my people here. you know, it's important that people understand it so they can start to be a little bit more humane and come passionate. >> the people have lived here for thousands of years. a lethal pandemic nearly wiped them all out before the pilgrims arrival. that tragedy made them more r receptive to new alliances and that led to what we now call thanksgiving. they lived side-by-side for 50
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years before way broke out, devastating the tribe and their way of life. that part of the story is not often told as 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 truth ful and b, the only way to express it. >> they are careful to call it a commemorate, not a celebration. peter said this week, he will still have a feast, he will also remember. >> we give thanks for our ancestors' ability to persevere in spite of every obstacle that was faced in front of them since the colonization of the country. that's what we give thanks for. >> cbs news, plymouth, massachusetts. that's the overnight news for this monday, for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for
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cbs this morning and follow us online, any time at cbs news.com. reporting from los angeles. this is the cbs overnight news. >> evening, i'm germane any los angeles, we begin tonight with millions 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
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256,000. and despite hopeful news of break through vaccines and treatments, america appears to be facing the toughest test ahead. >> americans refusing to let the covid crisis ground them. packing airports across the country, despite the cdc's plea to stay at home. >> i get it, but it's thanksgiving. and people want to be with their families. >> two million passengers took flights so far this weekend. this behavior worries washington governor jay insley. >> we have to understand that the house is on fire right now. >> deaths are now climbing in 43 states and puerto rico. hospitalizations are in a record high and jumping in every state. dr. anthony fauci telling face the nation, the numbers speak for themselves. >> we are in a very, very difficult situation. at all levels. just look at the numbers. look at the facts. >> texas reaching almost had 13,000 cases saturday alone. in el paso with a back willing
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of 230 deaths. the texas national guard activated to assist with the over flow of bodies at the morgue. defiance across california, where cases have tripled over the last month. >> the 10:00 curfew, we are not going to abide by it, pits ridiculous. >> protesters burning masks in orange county. restrictions crippling the economy, and making americans anxious. >> i lost my job. i -- four months with no income. >> thanksgiving give aways like this one in los angeles are more welcome than ever. >> it's going to support us for about like maybe up to a month since it's only my mom and i. >> 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 expected to, that could mean a whole new stay-at home order. jamie. >> thank you. as you are have seen, despite all the travel warnings friday
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and saturday were two of the busiest days at u.s. airports since the start of the pandemic. >> cbs news chief medical correspondence is joining us. john, families are feeling a pull to be with their loved ones at the holiday. is it really a good idea? >> you know what? i'm completely empathetic, we are all aching to be with our loved ones. we are aching for the hugs. but look at the map of the united states, it's on fire with covid right now. and the good news is, that we have got two vaccines with about 95% efficiency that look like they are going to be probably approved or given authorization within a couple of weeks. so, by the end of december, we may have first responders and people who are vulnerable getting it and by next year, 10s of millions of people getting it each month. so, if people can just hang in there, you don't want to have, if you are lucky enough to have not gotten covid, you don't want to get it now. >> so are you saying there's light at the end of the tunnel, and we have to keep focused on that? >> i think there really is.
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you know, we are still in the middle of the tunnel which is why it's so hard. there's a light at the end of the tunnel and we have to hang in there, and the safest thing to do is to really minimize your risk by not traveling. >> you know, john, i hear so many people say, but i went to get a test, it was negative. now i'm going to go see grandma. is that really okay? >> it's not okay, jamie and it's one of the biggest misconceptions that i heard in the entire pandemic. here's the deal, it's a 2-14 day incubation period, i can get infected today and i will not be able to infect other people for 2-14 days. i could get tested every day up to day five or six, negative, seven or eight, negative, and then suddenly turn positive. the added problem is that people don't necessarily have to have symptoms in order to be infectiou 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
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infect somebody else. at the end of the day, we are in the holiday season, we all want to see our loved ones. now is the time that we really want to be safe, so guess what? once we have the vaccine and hopefully we are protected we can see them in the future and a year from now, have a wonderful and much safer holiday season. >> dr. john, thank you. it's not just the u.s. that is suffering in this devastating covid spike. countries like canada, have been plunged in to fresh lockdowns by a surge of infections. and europe is once again a global epicenter of the pandemic. our senior foreign correspondent is reporting. >> 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. europe is now well in to its second wave of covid-19.
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there are hot spots across the continent and the w.h.o. estimates that 1 european is dying from covid-19 every 17 seconds. icu beds especially in france and switzerland are filling up. their hopes like the world's are focused on the vaccine. here's a shipment of china's arriving in brazil, where it's being tested. the data so far shows it's safe. but not as effective as the two american european front-runners. a third top candidate, being developed in sox ford university shed promising interim result this is past week, including in the elderly. meanwhile, world leaders 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 infection out of control.
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and india, where millions celebrated the hindu festival, are paying the price, a surge both in infections and death. in spite of international goodwill, developing countries that have to rely on the w.h.o. for their vaccines are facing a deadly 2021. cbs news. lone dochblt. we are told never to feed wild animals, but officials in canada's jasper national park have a different message for drivers. yeah, you are reading that right. don't let the moose lick your car. it turns out they are obsessed with the tasty road salt on it, look at that. now to a remarkable rescue in florida. it was all caught on a wild life surveillance cam rampt yes, that is a man, wrestling an alligator to unleash his dog from the jaws of death. >> richard millbank said he was walking with gunner near a pond and that gator shot out of the water like a quote, missile.
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. this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jamie in had a l.a., thanks for staying with us, thanksgiving is just around the corner. traditionally a day set aside for family and feasting. but for millions americans the coronavirus pandemic has upended the holiday. one study found the number of americans who do not have enough to eat surged from eight million at the start of the pandemic to 30 million now. charities, nonbe profit organizations and volunteers are all stepping in to help. but experts say the problem of food insecurity will only get worse without government help had. here's lee. >> reporter: as a staff
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photographer for the san antonio express news. william luther may have done more to help hungry americans this thanksgiving than anyone will ever really know. we were hearing from politicians that they were calling each other saying have you seen the picture? and people, they didn't have to describe it. they already knew, what did you see the picture. >> the picture he is talking about is this drone shot taken on april 9th, high above some 10,000 people, the cars parked bumper to bumper in a vast san antonio parking lot, waiting for food. look. look at the lines. >> that is the stark reality of this pandemic. >> that went viral. >> and i can't get the image out of my head in san antonio. >> do you know how many places that picture went? >> no. >> it's a lot though. >> it was a lot. >> you i think it really helped put clarity on something that was really difficult for people to understand. >> if there was any doubt, that covid is deepened american's
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hunger c er crisis, that pictur dispelled it. folks at the san antonio food bank and the hundreds of volunteers like paul drummond. >> one more chicken. >> one more chicken. >> have not seen the lines stop yet. >> you know, when it's the kind of thing that you keep thinking it's going to be over, and not only is it not over but the need just grows. >> there we go. >> there have been thousands of other food distributions all across the country. this past week, this massive one in dallas fort worth. what all the lines have in common is many of the people have never asked for food before. what would you do without them, you think? >> well, probably go, start growing my own food in the backyard, probably. >> we are relying, i think, too much right now on the charity food system. >> diane is the director for the institute for policy research at
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northwestern university. she found that in the first few months of the pandemic the number of americans who didn't have enough to eat surged from around eight million to nearly 30 million. >> this is revealed some big holes in our safety net. but they are holes that congress can fix. >> since the pandemic started as many as 7 million people have enrolled in the federal government's food stamp program, now called s.n.a.p. she said americans need a 15% increase in the benefits to sur sief. but negotiations over the next covid relief package are stalled. in a lame duck congress. >> do they not believe that so many people are hungry? have they not gone out to see what is happening at the food banks and food pantries? >> those impacted the most are black and latino americans. especially those with children. >> we were in need of food. >> catherine wynn a mother of five. lost her job as a house keeper in san antonio during covid. >> you have to like decide if
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you are going to pay a bill or not, or decide to go to the groceries and maybe your water or your lights may get turned off the next month or something. >> it's down to that now? >> yeah, it's down to that. >> hardship is nothing new. the overall poverty rate in the city has hovered between 18 and 20%. that is nearly twice the national average. in 1968, a cbs documentary, hosted by our very own charles kerault put the city's strugglings with hunger right in to everybody's living room. >> cbs news has spent the last ten months investigating hunger in america. >> the hour long special offered an unflinching look at hunger in the richest country in the world. >> ralph ruiz lives and works with the poorest of san antonio's mexican americans. >> cameras captured this moment with a young boy named jared. >> do they have a cafeteria
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there? >> yes, sir. >> he told father ruiz, he could not afford the $.35 at the school. >> we found ruiz, now 85, retired from the priest hood and now living in san antonio. >> the poor needs, yes, there's knows that have. >> that never changes over time. >> that's why we have to work hard to make a change. >> we met him at the inner city development community center. it also houses a food pantry. >> it's a program ruiz started after the documentary. it's fed more than 3 million hungry san antona antonians, si. >> the world is full of hungry people. you find poor people, you find hunger. >> it's probably fair to say that ruiz never could have imagined san antonio's food bank this busy or this big. >> the warehouse holds about two
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weeks worth of food. >> eric cooper is president and ceo here. >> how are you? >> but, hardly a desk job. >> you will get through this. >> he routinely walks the lines, getting to know those he serves. >> without the food bank, we would not make it, sir. >> in april, he was in the midst of that endless line. apologizing to the hungry. for having to wait so long. >> i wanted to make sure that those families knew that i was sorry. and instead of being greeted with like yeah, we have been here for hours. i was greeted with this like, god bless you. you know, thank you. >> not a single family left that day empty handed. the loafs and fish kind of miracle. that is being performed here and all around the country. almost every day. >> i think we in life go through
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been devastating for singers, songwriters and musicians who are used to spending nights in front of audiences. some have taken to streaming their performances online, and another company has connect them directly with their fans. we have the story. >> thank you, we just got married. >> when the pandemic struck, this couple had to reconsider their wedding. >> you ended up having a much smaller wedding than you planned. >> yep, yep, basically i think we invited around 250 people to the original reception and just cut them all out. >> yep. >> we wound up with 18 peep, i think. >> they also had no band. but still wanted a wedding song. >> you ready for your first dance? >> yeah. >> so on their may wedding day, feeding sound to a blue tooth speaker, they had their first
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dance. ♪ baby you, you got what i need ♪ >> to joshua's rayden's you got what i need. ♪ baby you got my sunshine >> the songwriter sang it himself. ♪ when i see you it's a beautiful world. >> so you had a personal serenade. >> yes. >> it ended up being perfect. ♪ i want you in my arms >> we could hear the music perfectly and dance and be ourselves right there and not feel any pressure. >> that special moment cost the couple $500. and was arranged through a new company called topeka. >> that was actually our 100th one. >> andy lavigne is the ceo. >> we can set you up to do have a conversation. >> he has helped add the sound track. >> yes, i did.
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>> to wedding proposals. >> good to see you yaul, yaul are great. >> and has attracted top art i. ists. ♪ last night i have dreamed that i was drinking ♪ ♪ come on, cry to me baby ♪ you could even lie to me, baby ♪ ♪ >> and singer-song writer sean h hadiatt. >> who performed his first topeka concerts this had summer. >> were you surprised at all at the demand tore ticketfor ticke? >> i kind of was. i didn't expect 900 people to say, let's go online and watch him sing songs. it was good. >> nthat's just how many fans paid for tickets for two concerts. the top price $100. bought you a front row seat,
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pairing zoom and its own technology. topeka can put up to 240 fans right in front of the artist. ♪ hyatt came face to face with them when he performed with his daughter lilly. >> is it a different experience to have like zoom screens staring back at you? >> initially i was a little, i thought oh, this may possibly be odder than just doing a zoom show. but in fact, after a few songs, i started to get really comfortable with it and feel like oh, this is fantastic. that's is the audience. >> thank you so much for sharing the evening with us. >> that connection is what topeka is all about. >> we are real topeka people from the movie almost famous. >> in the 2000 cameron crow
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film, billy hammond is approached by a van load of fans. >> i know you are a big rockstar and all, but do you want to hang with good people looking to have a good time? we are just real topeka people. >> for artists forced off the road in the pandemic. topeka offers an intimate arena. and income. >> we have a couple of artists that are doing a few hours a week and making anywhere from $25-40,000 a month. >> and for fans. like matt johnson and josie, who salvaged their hwedding dance, the moment was priceless. what does that recording mean to you? >> it means so. i enjoy listening to the song, and now that i go back and
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listen toyo it, and knowing he sang it for us.
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in europe the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hospitals over flowing and the travel industry on life support. one small town in italy has come up with a unique way of attracting tourists in a age of covid. chris paid a visit. >> southern towns have a reputation for hospitality. but perhaps none and deserve it more than this town. the remote italian village, poll la -- population 500 is rewarding them for just coming here. the idea to put the village and the region on the tourist map. >> it's a wonderful gorgeous surprise. >> this couple arrived a few days ago to a hero's welcome. >> what was your first impression? >> it was amazing.
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we said, all these things is for us? before coming they aapplied online. they were laooking for inspirations for his paintings that he donated to the town. it may not have the stunning canals of venice, but it has genuine italian life, virtually all to yurgz. not to mention rustic food you will not find on tourist routes. so i'm about to eat a local delicacy that is stuffed sheep intestines and it would be rude not to. and handmade sauce and pasta, even italians joke this had place does not really exist. that's the despite boasting roman ampitheaters and ruins and areas ideal for social
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distancing. they have had one of the lowest rates of covid-19 in the country. that is partly because village populations have been declining for decades. >> do people live in all of the homes? >> as locals sell or abandon r jobs in cities like rome and milan said the mayorer. the tourists who come here stay in apartments restored by the town. luring them here with free vacations has been a spectacular success. for such a tiny ham let. >> 8,000 people requested to come here? but mass tourism is not what they are after. a lack of crowds is its own attraction. as are the friendships that can only be formed on an intimate scale. >> people here is really special. really wonderful. >> now, of course, getting here is still a challenge with the eu travel ban still in place on americans. fortunately, the town said that as soon as its lifted, americans
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are more than welcome to have their free vacation here too. and that's the overnight it's monday, november 23rd, 2020. this is the cbs morning news. travel warning ignored. millions of americans are leaving home for thanksgiving while the pandemic worsens across the u.s. selecting his cabinet. president elect joe biden plans to nominate a long-time aide for a major post as court losses pile up for president trump. to the rescue. a florida man rescues his 3 month old puppy right from the jaws of an alligator. ♪ ♪ well, good morning. good to be with you. i'm ann-marie green. we're going to begin this morning with yet another promising vaccine in the battle thainst the coronavirus.

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