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again topped 5,000 cases. those flyers are now the bracing for another limited stay at home order that goes in to affect tomorrow. jamie? >> thank you. we want to go now to cbs news senior foreign correspondent, elizabeth palm er. where lockdown rules are being met with resistance. >> a crowd of mostly young protest thes marched through the center of london. they are fed up with the restrictions that have shut down businesses and social gatherings in the uk for a month. prime minister boris johnson. >> what we want to avoid is relaxing now too much and taking on, putting off the throat off the beast. >> reporter: but there's signs of of a holiday mood, as restaurants will be able to reopen at leaast if in a couplef

days. >> the past few weeks of covid measures have been painful, and the good news is they are working. the infection rate is coming down almost everywhere, and some of the restrictions are being lifted. >> paris' main department store reopened after a month with an ovation for returning customers. some sectors will remain moth balled. ski hills, for example, are not due to open until january. though some swiss resorts, high in the alps are bucking the trend. there's a winter wonderland in moscow too, the traditional ice rink has opened on red square. those skaters have to glove up and enter through a so-called disinfection booth. unlike europeans, russians are facing a worsening covid infection. it has grown 30% in november. >> compare that to australia, where a heat wave has packed the beaches, regional lock downs, some of them you will extra strict have paid off.

the virus is under control with only eight cases report nationally in last 24 hours. elizabeth palmer, cbs news. london. tonight, the state of wisconsin has completed a recount, requested by the trump campaign, and it confirms joe biden won the state. but president trump who spent the weekend in camp david is still falsely claiming the election was rigged. cbs's ben tracy is at the white house. president trump back at the white house tonight and still making baseless claims of election fraud. signaling he may never concede. >> in other words, my mind will not change in six months. there was tremendous cheating here. >> there's no evidence of widespread fraud and the president's legal team has racked up a string of defeats. in an interview this morning. president trump questioned why the department of justice is not helping him, and seemed to not understand why the supreme court may not take his case. >> we should be heard by the supreme court. something has to be able to get up there.

i wanted to file one suit, donald j trump, president of the united states. and they say sir is, you don't have standing. i say, i don't have standing. you mean as president of the united states, i don't have standing? what kind of a court system is this? >> on saturday, pennsylvania supreme court threw out at lawsuit filed by republican congressman mike kelly, trying to halt certification of president elect biden's win. >> the transition is what is important. the words of president trump are not quite as significant. >> president trump is claiming that foreign leaders are calling him and telling him it's the most messed up election they have seen. but the white house has not released a read out of any call with any foreign leader since the election. and almost every u.s. ally has called joe biden to congratulate him. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight the president elect is back in wilmington after the thanksgiving break. that's where we find nicole and nicole, mr. biden is not commenting on the president's claims today, but he is making news, what happened? >> well, jamie late today we learned that president elect joe biden got checked out by a doctor. he slipped while paying with his daughter majima -- his dog major and twisted his ankle. they say that he is being examined by a doctor out of an abundance of caution. >> well, the president elect is kicking off the week with more announc

announcements what do we know? >> the president elect announced the new white house communications team. it is all female led by kate beddingfield, she was previously communications director for the campaign. but will now become white houses communications director. jenn socky will serve as press secretary. she was formally a spokesperson in the obama administration and had other roles. he plans to role out the economic team next week and starting tomorrow, he and the vice president elect will receive their first presidential daily briefing. jamie? >> nicole killian in wilmington, delaware, thanks. the people of cubar waiting to see if the biden administration will mark a new thaw, following icy relations. >> western unions, more than 400 locations across cuba are shut down. they don't have a way to receive the money transfers they rely

on. the executive director of the washington think tank. >> they have been going after the cuban military which does manage several aspects of the island's economy. >> reporter: that's the argument that president trump used to reverse obama era reengage. with cuba, including a travel ban, banning cruises that were growing in popularity. during a pretrump visit to th havana, some were benefitting economically and they are hoping the tide will turn again. >> translator: i hope that with biden things will get better because honestly each day gets worse. said this man. >> they want to turn america in to communist cuba. >> reporter: butmany cuban americans embrace president trump's hard line approach. >> it's a sharp turn to the left and the extreme ideology that

the democratic body is taking is losing the latino culture. >> reporter: but he believes that real change will require more engagement with the u.s. how do you do that without further especialmpowering their government? >> that's always the catch. if a policy that helps to especially power the cuban people, creates a collateral people for the cuban government, it should still be pursued. because ultimately change in cuba will come from within. it must come from the cuban people. >> reporter: they say that it failed to improve human rights on the island as biden has yet to relisa plan, he may start by restaffing the embassy in havana. >> we learned today that the actor or who played darth vadervader in the original can "star wars"

trilogy has died. he provided the hulking fap of vader. the frame, rather, while james early jones provided his voice. standing 6'6", the former body builder said he was offered the role of vader or chewbaca. he made his choice saying everyone remembers the villain. he was 85 years old. food insecurity surges as americans struggle. and meet the naval academy mid shipman breaking barriers and making history. and later, traditional holiday lights get a 2020 upgrade. on thanksgiving, many of us

enjoyed an abundance of food on the table. the pandemic has revealed how many americans are one paycheck away from hunger. >> these massive give aways have become the new lines of the types. >> unemployment, a lot of things are sky high. this is a great help for everyone. >> reporter: beyond the holiday season, feeding america projects more than 50 million americans will have faced hunger in 2020. up from around 35 million before the pandemic. simply put, people don't know where their next meal will come from. the north texas food banks said they are serving ten million meals a month. that is four million more than this time last year. >> history tells us that we can expect to see this elevated need for at least the next two years. >> reporter: schools like the texas academies are helping hungry families. brandi glasgow lost her home

health care job. and scraping by. >> as a mother, you never want your kids to see you worry or panic. it got hard and questionable. >> did you have money in your bank account? >> no. >> reporter: in texas, more than two million kids are expected to go hungry this year. a reality this 17-year-old is facing. >> i am trying to graduate and get a job. that will help with the bills and stuff. >> reporter: it's a wake--up call for a generation coming of age in the midst of a pandemic cbs news, dallas. >> r

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a bit overwhelming. >> for a black female to be taking command of an institution that once never had a single tee mai -- a single female, let alone a black person speaks to how far we have come. >> reporter: her story began with her father. a 1991 naval academy graduate. >> to mark your name in 175 years of history of the u.s. naval academy is quite humbling. >> reporter: barber becomes only the 16th woman to serve in the top job since the academy went co-ed in 1976. the same year, her mentor, ja e germane nines the -- jamie mines became the first black woman admitted. you were telling me that you almost didn't go out for this. >> yes.

you are right. i almost didn't. my sponsor mom spoke it in to life. >> reporter: captain tasha lacy, an academy alum could not let the opportunity sail by for better bett barber. >> i did not think i could be the brigade commander and so the did not apply to the job. when i saw her going the same route, i was like, oh, no ma'am, you have to go for the stars. >> i'm blessed in so many ways that i have, i have to do give back. >> reporter: still, there are times when she doubts herself. and that's when she turns to her brother justin. >> i would say, if there's anyone in my life who's inspired me most it's him. ♪ >> reporter: born with a rare condition that's left him blind and deaf, justin was given less than two years to live. >> we celebrated his 19th birthday this past may. he just reminds me that every day is a blessing. every day is a gift.

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pandemic weary americans are going all out for some extra holiday cheer. here's cbs's nancy chen. >> reporter: it's the most wonderful time of year. even in 2020. >> makes you just forget the wrld for a teeny bit. >> americans are doing to great lengths to capture the brightness and magic of the holiday season, with some decorating earlier and more elaborately than ever. >> this year because of corona, we wanted to start earlier, we saw our neighborhood as depressed and dreary. >> reporter: with so much out of the the norm and so many at home, many americans crave the traditional and then some. >> christmas can never come too soon. >> reporter: in mcnorth carolina, she said that requests for her christmas decorating services started as early as august. why do you think it is that people are seeking such elaborate decorations? >> this year has been so incredibly hard. a lot of people are losing the

opportunity to be with family at the holidays. christmas and decorations brings joy in to people's homes. >> reporter: sales at this holiday shop in southern california are well above average. >> sometimes double and sometimes triple, our busy is crazy. people want to be happy and we sell happy. >> reporter: tree venodrs are reporting strong demand. 21% said they were more likely to buy a real tree this year after displaying an artificial tree last year or no tree at all. >> maybe you should not be celebrating stuff because it does not feel acelebratao are ry -- >> making spirits bright. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. >> and that's the "overnight news" this monday. follow us online, any time at

cbs news.com. reporting from los angeles, i'm jamie yucus. >> this is the "cbs overnight news". good evening, tonight, top federal health experts are warning of a surge is on top of a surge. this after americans defied warnings and pleas not to travel or gather this thanksgiving. but we did. by the 10s of millions. so far this month, we have recorded 4 million new cases. more than double the infections in october. the fear now all that travel will drive the numbers way up. as dr. debra birx told face the nation, travelers should assume, quote, you were exposed and you became infected. we begin with los angeles.

>> reporter: tonight, americans are packing up after the holiday on what could be the busiest travel day since the start of the pandemic. most are on the road. nearly million others packing airports. and with them, fears of a new wave of infection is on the way. white house coronavirus task force dr. the debra birx with a warning on face the nation. >> we are entering this post thanksgiving surge with three, four and ten times as much disease across the country. >> today, hospitalizations hit a record high in 33 states with more than 91,000 patients draining icus in places big and small. dr. vanessa walker in sacramento provides intensive care remotely. >> we put an intensive care unit physician right there in your hospital room, even though we are 300 miles away. >> what has been the most impactful or concerning for you? >> i am really very, very worried that we are going to have a large population of

patients with long-term health effects. >> covid is tackle he will the nfl, several teams with infected players. today the denver broncos playing without quarantine quarterbacks. >> so, here's the first nfl snap. >> the team starting a wide receiver instead. and the san francisco 49ers need a new stadium to play after santa clara county banned all contact sports. and the new orleans saints appealing a reported half a million dollars fine and losing a draft pick for players not wearing masks during a postgame celebration. there's hope, infectidr. fauci that vaccines are imminent, and now they decide who gets it first. >> there's only going to be 40 million doses available throughout the month of december. >> travelers coming back to california are urged to quarantine for two weeks. l.a. county today once again

topped 5,000 cases. those flyers are now bracing for another limite stay at home order that goes in to affect tomorrow. jamie? >> thank you. we want to go now to cbs news senior foreign correspondent in london, where lock down rules are being met with some resistance. >> a krud of mostly young protesters marched through the center of london. they are fed up with the restrictions that have shut down businesses and social gatherings in the u can k for a month. prime minister boris johnson. >> we want to avoid relaxing now too much and taking our foot off the throat of the beast. >> reporter: but there are early signs of a holiday mood as many stores and restaurants will be able to reopen at last in a couple of days. the past few weeks of covid lockdown measures across europe have been painful but the good news is, they are working. the infection rate is coming

down almost everywhere, and some of the re restrictions are being lifted. pairs' main department store reopened after a month with an ovation for returning customers. some sectors will remain moth balled. ski hills, for example, are not due to open until january. though some is swiss resorts high in the alps are bucking a trend. there's a winter wonderland in moscow too. the traditional ice rink has opened on red square. those skaters have to glove up and enter through a so-called disinfection booth. unlike europeans, russians are facing a worsens covid infection, it has grown 30% in november. compare that to australia, where a heat wave has packed the beaches. regional lockdowns, some of them ultra strict have paid off. the virus is under control with only eight cases reported nationally in the last 24 hours.

elizabeth palmer. can cbs news, london. tonight, the state of wisconsin has completed a recount requested by the trump campaign and it confirms joe biden won the state. but president trump who spent the weekend at camp david is still falsely claiming the election was rigged. cbs's ben tracy is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump back at the white house tonight, and still making baseless claims of election fraud. signaling he may never concede. >> in other words, my mind will not change in six months. there was tremendous cheating here. >> reporter: there's no evidence of widespread fraud and the president's legal team has racked up a string of defeats. in an interview this morning, president trump questioned why the department of justice is not helping him and seemed to not understand why the supreme court may not take his case. >> we should be heard by the supreme court. something has to be able to get up there. i wanted to file one suit, donald j trump president of the united states and they say, sir,

you don't have standing. i say, i don't have standing. you mean as the president of the united states, i don't have what kind of a court system is this? >> on saturday, pennsylvania supreme court threw on out another lawsuit filed by republican congressman mike kelly trying to halt the certification of biden's win. republican lawmakers are finding it harder to defend the president's claims of fraud. arkansas good afternooner. >> the transition is what is important. the words of president trump are not quite as significant. >> reporter: at tpresident trum claiming that foreign leaders are calling him and saying it's the most messed up election they have seen. but they have not released any readouts of calls to the white house from a foreign nation and almost every ally has called president elect biden. >> biden is back in delaware after the thanksgiving breaking and he is not commenting on the

president's claims today, but he is making news, what happened? >> late today, we learned that president elect joe biden was checked out by a doctor, according to his office, he slipped while playing with his dog major and twisted his ankle. it happened saturday while he was spending the weekend at his home. he this say he is getting examined by a can doctor out of an abundance of caution. >> the president elect is kicking off the week with more announcements. what do we know? >> the president elect just announced his new white house communications team. it is all female led by kate beddingfield, she was previously communications director for the campaign and now will be white house communications director. jenn soki will serve as press secretary, and was formerly in a role in the obama administration. starting tomorrow, he and the vice president elect will serve

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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jamie yucus in los angeles, thanks for staying with us. today is cyber monday. traditionally the biggest online shopping day and this year, it's expected to break rd ros. -- break records. on friday, americans built $9 billion on retail websites. setting a record likely to be surpassed today. we report on the new toys that young kids have on their wish list. >> pull the rip cord and let it fly. >> reporter: the race is on to

buy the must have holiday toys kids are clammering for. the toy insiders say this this year, many parents have their own wish lists with old school item thes, including the plinko game. >> this year, families are really looking for things like board games, and activity toys and things they can all play together. >> the national retail federation said that chalassic toys are popular. and this mario kart live. one of the hottest toys this year is hadthis kiddie cap. kid s can create their own backgrounds. >> kids are watching videos and this camera is a safe way for them to dabble in making their own videos. >> kids will be asking for new

toys from ryan and lol surprise. the latest version of baby shark is expected to be a hit. and may the force be with parents trying to get this star wars toy. the child is definitely one of those big hot items this year. >> the whield, aka baby yoda now comes in a row mote control version. >> and they can use it to control all of the child's movements and they can walk, you can make him play hide-and-seek. >> experts say that parents are seeking a hot toy and they should not wait too long, the pandemic has more people buying online. which leads to shipping delays. >> the nation's largest school district new york city will start the process of reopening in person learning a week from today. school buildings were shuttered a week ago, when the positivity rate in the city reached 3%. andofficials have no idea what the local infection be rate is. because testing is so limited.

mark straussman reports. >> lay your head back a tad, there you go. >> reporter: lisa wright wanted a covid test, without the mobile testing lab, the 70-year-old retired nurse will have to drive an hour to get one. >> i want to know whether, you know, i have it or not. >> reporter: set your mind at ease? >> yes. >> reporter: roughly 13,000 people live in sumpter county, the poorest pocket of alabama, they learn to do without. but marcus campbell, a county commissioner here drew the line at covid testing. >> we were a testing desert. and people would always ask when they heard about testing going on in other areas, why not in sumpter county? >> reporter: according to research by jons hopkins, communities of color have less access to covid testing. in alabama, majority black counties have few er tests available than majority white counties. there's similar trends in hispanic and indigenous american

counties. >> i lost two cousins. that was heartbreaking. we buried two family members on the same day. >> did it motity vat you to get testing to folks that need it? >> absolutely. >> reporter: they set up drive through testing in west alabama, since march, more than 4,000 people have been tested. 10% tested positive. >> it is rewatering to know that they can get it done. >> make sure you continue to wear your mask. >> reporter: these mobile labs test 2-3 times a week in west alabama. a testing desert no more. mark

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efficiency. >> he oversaw the vaccine development on 44,000 volunteers. his team learned the good news that it was 95% effective on a zoom call. >> they had tears in their eyes. it was an extraordinary, extraordinary moment. >> reporter: the new so-called rna vaccines use a new approach. instead of of giving you a dead or weakened version of the virus itself, like the measles and chicken pox vaccines. these contain only a tiny fr fragment of the virus. it trains your immune system to fight off the virus when it encounters it in the future. it's a watershed moment because it's safe and effective for coronavirus and it could be a pivotal moment in the ability to develop better vaccines. >> reporter: pfizer tested several different formulas for the vaccine or constructs as they call them.

>> we didn't know what would work best, and we used methodically and expeditiously. >> but development is the first hurdle, you have to ship it out now. it goes to walgreen's and doctors and offices directly. >> you have to keep it cold. >> some of the vaccines are getting down to minus 70 degrees celcius, minus 94 farenheit. >> ultra cold, at scale, that is unusual. >> reporter: this is the ceo of direct relief, a nonprofit that distributes medicine to health centers and free clinics. he gave us a concept of the cold chain. >> welcome to the cold room, mr. bond. >> if you buy ice cream, you are receiving it through a cold chain. it's manufactured and kept cold until it's in the distribution center of the grocery store, where you are the picker and packer, you are your own last mile. >> reporter: if approval is given to the vaccines some of them will be crossing the country in boxes like these.

> silides? . >> surrounded by frozen slabs. >> we can measure the temperature and it has a gps tracker. if it's out of temperature range, you will know where it was when it was out of temperature range. these are one use boxes uses and devices. >> reporter: what is the grand total? >> all in, with these data loggers at different positions. $300 in packing material. on a fork lift you can bring it, it has its own battery. >> reporter: it's a self contained battery power shipping freezer. >> it's rated for minus 4 farenheit. >> reporter: there seems to be a big difference from the pfizer vaccine with the minus 94 requirementsand moderna that can survive in different temperatures. the next had hurdle -- hurd hals

making enough. these companies started months ago, before the trials were complete. >> you have to come up with 330 million doses. >> oh, no, it's more than that. we have to think of ten times that. >> reporter: this is an expert on manufacturers. >> a lot of the carriers they have been building these freezer farms in anticipation of having to ship urgent quantities of covid-19 vaccines at very cold temperature thes. >> the bigger problem he said will be managing our expectations. the pandemic won't end once you get the shot. >> i worry people understanding, once i got the shot, i should be good, right? i can go back on out to dinner and get my haircut, go to the gym. not so fast. certainly until we have broader immunization. people will have to wear masks. they are still going to have to

practice social distancing. i don't think the american public is ready for that yet. >> i was probably with a lot of the country thinking, in is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. >> no, only when the contagion rate goes down will we get back to some but of normal and that will take a long time. >> reporter: the government plans to al lot the vaccines to the states, according to the populations. the vaccines will be free to all. the cdc will give it to health care works and older americans and by the spring of 2021, a vaccination will be available to anyone who wants one. but the question is, will enough people want one? >> convincing people to get vaccinated will be our biggest challenge of all. >> dr. saline is a ep deemi-- epidemiologi

epidemiologist, we have a group of people who do not trust pharmaceutical companies and communities of color that have a long distrust of the health care system. >> this may seem like a dumb question, what are people worried about? >> people are afraid about side affects. they are afraid that they might get sick. i've even heard theories that people think it's a vaccine for mind control. a lot of this is all over the map. we have a really tough road ahead in terms of convincing people it's not the case. >> reporter: so you are a member of president elect biden's advisory committee on the coronavirus. is there a plan in place for addressing the skepticism? >> we will have to think outside the box and be creative. this is something that we have not had to do here before. >> have you thought of public announ announcements? >> you will have to see more grassroots community outreach partnering with local leaders. people who are trusted by the community. >> well, let me ask you this

the. dr. gounder on national television. would you take the pfizer moderna vaccine for your family right now? >> i will be among the first lining up to get it. i'm a front line health care worker. i would of to get vaccinated before i have to put myself at risk in that way again. >> you are not worried about mind control? >> i'm not worried about mind control. >> the reputation of the astrazeneca vaccine has suffered because of testing irregularities, the stakes were high, society was shut down and somehow in the clutch, researchers and scientists came up with a new kind of vaccine that they say is 95% effective in a matter of months. i asked pfizer's bill gruber, how that was possible? >> we live in a remarkable age. science is really progressed to a point where we have the tools to do this type of thing.

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a young girl in little rock, arkansas has received a christmas gift that she has been waiting on for years. we found the story on the road. >> it's already the best christmas ever for 7-year-old vivian lord of little rock, arkansas. >> look at this. >> but why such gleasoe over plastic toy soldiers. to understand, you have to go back to the summer of 2019.

it was during one of her brothers air raids that she was struck. struck by the fact that her army men were all just that. men. >> i noticed that there was no girl army men. >> no girls. >> they don't make them. >> my interview from last year. >> and were you disappointed when you found out there were not any? >> very. i don't know why anybody has not thought of that. >> so vivian wrote a letter that read in part, please, can you make army girls that look like women? she sent copies to several army men manufacturers. including jeff who is owner of bmt toys. >> every now and then, someone asked do you have female toy soldiers. >> and the answer was always no, but he even had concept drawing. >> they were the doing sketchs but they were busy making boy

army men. >> vivian just couldn't understand the injustice. and when poor jeff was faced with the puppy dog eyes. so he surrendered. >> i'm going to do it. >> you are going to do it? >> i'm going to do it. vivian put it to the top of the list? >> easily. >> short hadly after receiving vivian's letter, jeff enlist willed the first woman in the vintage plastic military. today, there are 22 figures in all. and this holiday they will be taking up positions under christmas trees across the country. >> and that makes me super happy. i want to play with them every day. >> every day. >> a decisive victory in the battle for equality. steve hartman. on the road. in little rock, arkansas. and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues and for others, check back later for cbs this morning and follow us online at cbs

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