don't forget the news continues all day on cbs bay area. >> cbs this morning good morning to you our viewers in the west and welcome to cbs "this morning." it's wednesday, december 2nd, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. breaking news, the uk approves a coronavirus and will roll it out next week. how it could affect the u.s. time line after our second deadliest day since this pandemic began. plus, who could get the vaccine here first? >> shocking allegations of a pay for pardon scheme. the justice department investigates bribery claims involving potential pardons from president trump. plus, attorney general william barr declares there's no evidence of widespread fraud that could change the election. and coming out as

transgender, his message for others trying to find themselves. watch out for puppy scams. new information ow criminals try to exploit the need for companionship during the pandemic. >> not good. first, here's today's "eye opener," it's your world in 90 seconds. >> a cdc advisory panel recommend that health care workers and nursing homes be the first to get the coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available. >> the ultimate decision of how it's distributed is to the local, state, and city health officials. >> joe biden is calling on congress to pass an interim relief package as lawmakers announced they have a bipartisan one. >> our message to everybody struggling right now is this -- help is on the way. >> attorney general william barr says he's seen no evidence of widespread election fraud. >> isn't it interestings a news story that the attorney general

is caught red-handed telling the truth? >> the u.s. justice department is investigating a possible bribery scheme for presidential pardons. >> it's a bribery presidency smashing grab out the door. >> winter weather making for dangerous conditions on the roads. >> heavy wet snow fell knocking down trees and power lines. >> the massive telescope at the arecibo observatory in puerto rico collapsed. the telescope had a 57-year of discovery. >> all that. >> actor elliott page announced he is trans gender. he is known for in "june yoi." >> and all that matters. >> and our president-elect was out and about today showing off his brand new orthopedic boot. that's right, jack. these boots were made for walkin'. that's just what they'll do in four to six weeks. i'm 78 and my bones are as hollow as rice crispies. >> on cbs "this morning." >> there's a giant spider crawling inside the car. >> shut up. shut up.

shut up! i'm really scared. i don't know what to do? >> at that point, i'm guessing you just have to pull over and just run out of the car as quick as you can. right? >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> get it! >> oh, my god! this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> oh, man. >> i was more scared than they were. >> but i never got over my fear of the movie in a phobia since 20 years ago. >> i understand the screams. welcome to "cbs this morning." we want to start with major breaking news. the united kingdom is the first country in the world to prove the coronavirus vaccine. charlie, this is great news. how soon could it become available? good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. pfizer headquarters in germany has just announced an 800,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine are currently, their words, being packed and will be shipped soon

to the uk. hospitals like this are going to handle the initial rollout. mass vaccinations are scheduled to begin here early next week. now, regulators gave emergency approval this morning saying the vaccine has met their strict standards of safety. pfizer says it's 95% effective with more than 43,000 people involved in that trial with no serious side effects. regulators here have had a rolling review. that's important of the research, meaning they've been reviewing the clinical trials since june. this morning the health secretary promised millions of doses here by the end of the year. as for the united states, the federal government has a deal for 100 million doses pending fda approval. now they've got the deep freeze capacity needed at big hospitals here for that pfizer vaccine. who's going to get it first? in their words, those at most risk of dying get it first with the health care workers who are looking after them right after that. anthony? >> charlie d'agata from london.

thanks, charlie. here in the u.s., if you need a more stark example of how bad the pandemic is, take a look at this. we have just recorded the second highest single day death toll since the pandemic began. nearly 2,600 people lost their lives. we're also seeing progress this morning toward a cdc recommendation on who should get the vaccine first once it's approved in this country. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in indianapolis this morning. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're in indianapolis. the increase within the last two months, darn near leading the country when it comes to hospitalizations. let's start with the cdc and that panel making recommendations who should get the vaccine first in this country. it is up to the government who gets it first. >> we have to be selective who we give this to.

>> reporter: meet chairman of the committee at the cdc making these recommendations which affect all of us. >> we selected these two groups, based in science, they're based in equitable distribution of vaccine, and maximizing benefit and minimizing harm. >> reporter: according to cdc analysis about 3 million people live in long-term care facilities and roughly 21 million health care personnel including non-medical custodial and administrative staff also getting the vaccine first. that's about 24 million people in just group 1a. both vaccines require two doses. several weeks apart. so that's roughly 50 million doses for just those two groups of people. right now there's only about 40 million doses available. so that means most of us, most americans, will still have to wait several months for a shot

in the arm. according to former cdc director dr. to frieden. >> companies are ambitious in what they say they were produce and we hope they're right. remember, earlier this year told 300 million doses by end of the year. then 45 million, then 40 million. so it's been a shrinking number. it's still an amazing, close to miraculous accomplishment, but we can't let optimism get in the way of reality. >> reporter: given all of this information the reality, the pandemic is far from over and taking an emotional toll. on frontline health care workers like this doctor, an e.r. doctor in hammond, indiana, just outside chicago. we spoke to him at the very beginning of the pandemic in march, and this is what he said. >> this is the most scared i've ever been deerg an e.r. doctor. >> reporter: spoke to him yesterday. >> everybody day is groundhog day. go home, sleep, sanitize yourself and go back for more. this is just a marathon and every day is the same.

covid patients, people are sick, people on ventilatorventilators dieing. >> reporter: i tell you, scott and his team are doing the lord's work over there. one more thing before we go. interesting news out of the cdc. they sent a team of researchers to the red cross to look at blood donations. turns out those donations from as far back at december 2019, some had antibodies for covid in it meaning the virus was in the country long before we thought even before china reported its first case. decide whether or not you want to believe china's reporting. interesting coronavirus was here as far back as december 2019. >> numbers aren't good there. thank you, david. joined now by dean of brown university school of public health. doctor, so much to get to. distributed next week in the uk. how were they able to get ahead of this? >> thanks for having me on.

the uk doing a rolling review as your journalist mentioned. looking at the data all along. our fda working really fast as well and i expect an authorization next week. we're only a few days behind them. >> once you get the vaccine how soon does it become effective and how long does it last? >> great questions. so, you know, we need to remember everybody needs to remember that there are going to be two dose that's everybody gets. you may need to get a little pretection after the first one. it's the second dose that makes the big difference. and we think you have protection relatively soon thereafter. probably a week or two after. that how long it lasts we don't know. my hope is it lasts at least a year. obviously, we haven't done the longer-term studies yet. so we're not sure. >> are you concerned about the distribution? this is a massive, massive effort. never been done before. what concerns you about that and how that's going to work? >> yeah. you know, gayle, this is probably the most complex immunization effort our country has ever undertaken.

it's very complicated. we'll have multiple vaccines, multiple groups getting vaccinated, tracking to make sure serve getting their second dose. it's really complicated. do i think we can pull it off? we do. we need an effective federal government. we need state governments to act effectively and work closely with pharmacies and doctors offices. it's going to take a lot of work. i think we're up for the task. we have to pay close attention to all of it. >> is it important to remind people that -- many people say, yeah. we got the vaccine. we're all good. we're still not out of the woods right? don't people need to be reminded about our behavior still matters? >> yeah. gayle, we're absolutely not out of the woods. in fact, we're in the darkest days of the pandemic. the next six weeks, while the vaccines are starting to roll out, they're going to be very, very hard. lots of infections, lots of hospitalizations. unfortunately, lots of deaths. i tell people -- even who gets infected now and dies is somebody who would have gotten

the vaccine two, three months from now. so we really, really need to kind of watch our behavior, protect people until we get the vaccinations. >> okay. you know, the cdc is talking about changing the quarantine guidelines, moving it from 14 days to 7 to 10 days d.c. pending. depending. does that make sense to you? i this a good idea? >> it does. i'll tell you why. most of the evidence now says if you're going to get infected, by seven to ten days you are. and so if we can shorten it, we can lower the burden of quarantining. we can make it easier for people to quarantine. again, this is just the evidence is changing. we're learning new things about the virus. so i'm in general support of this change. >> all right. thank you, doctor, for taking the time. we appreciate it. >> okay. thank you. this morning we have new information about alleged bribery in exchange for a presidential pardon. washington, d.c.'s top federal trial judge says the justice department is now investigating.

paula reid is at the white house for us. paula, good morning to you. startling information. we don't know a lot at this point. do we? >> reporter: that's right. tony, last night a federal judge released this heavily redakted and in some places completely redacted order partially describing a scheme where two individuals lobbied top white house officials on behalf of another person who is seeking a pardon. now this document does not name names. the white house is not saying if it's cooperating. last night president trump weighed in on twitter describing this order from the federal judge as "fake news." 20 pages of heavily redacted court documents show they're investigating a possible secret lobbying scheme in which certain people allegedly acted as lobbyists to senior white house officials to secure a pardon or a reprieve of sentence for -- blank. the documents reference communications between people including at least one lawyer that were seized from an office that was raided some time before the end of the summer.

no one has been charged at this time. a doj official told cbs news that no government official was or is currently a target of the investigation. earlier in the day, attorney general william barr was at the without for two and a half hours meeting with chief of staff mark s meadows. the white house says the meeting had been previously scheduled but it came just after barr's interview with the associated press in which he said the doj had found no widespread fraud in the election. barr who is one of the president's most loyal supporters told the ap the justice department has looked into complaints about the elebds but has not seen fraud on a scale that would have effected a different outcome in the election. trump campaign attorneys rudy giuliani and jenna ellis shot back saying barr's opinion appears to be without any knowledge or investigation. judges across the country have dismissed the campaign's allegations of voter fraud for lack of evidence.

but the campaign is relentless and continues to solicit money from supporters. there are multiple reports indicating the trump campaign raised about $170 million since election day. when you read the fine print in those asks for donations it shows most of that money goes to save america, a political action committee formed by the trump campaign last month that can be used to fund future political endeavors. [ cheers ] last night president trump alluded to just that. in a speech at a white house christmas party for mostly republican national committee members. you can hear him in this now private video. >> it's been an amazing four years. we're trying to get another four years. i'll see you in four years. >> rudy giuliani is denying reports that he is seeking a preemptive pardon from president trump. the president's pardon power is vast, and presidents sometimes come under scrutiny for decisions they make in the final

weeks of their administrations. last week president trump pardoned on his former national security adviser mike flynn. anthony? >> paula, thank you. president-elect joe biden meets today with workers and small business owners hurt by the pandemic's economic impact. the next president is urging congress to pass a new covid-19 relief bill. congress is under new pressure to approve additional aid before the end of the year. as ed o'keefe reports. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden is signalling he supports a new bipartisan push to pass a covid-19 relief bill before the end of the year, but that it's just a start. >> my transition team has already worked on what i'll put forward in the next congress to address the multiple crises we're facing. art ak a dozen democrats -- >> reporter: about a dozen democrats and republicans support a new $908 billion compromise with more funding for small businesses and

unemployment benefits. >> in a crisis, the people expect congress to act. >> it's not support bid nancy pelosi or mitch mcconnell. he is pushing his own smaller proposal. >> it's likely to be a discussion about additional -- some additional package of some size next year. >> reporter: as there's been no discussion between mcconnell and the president-elect who formally introduced the top economic advisors on tuesday. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: among them, former federal reserve chair janet yellen. >> now we're facing historic crises again. >> reporter: poised to be the first woman to lead the treasury department. >> it's an american tragedy. and it's essential we move with urgency. >> reporter: and as the president-elect continues filling out his team, cbs news has confirmed that the transition office is preparing to meet soon with the leaders of civil rights organizations and the naacp and the urban league who are increasingly concerned about the lack of diversity in some of the president-elect's top positions. a transition spokesman points out that mr. biden has already announced several historic and diverse picks as did he on tuesday and that his success in

building a diverse team will be clear when our full slate of appointees and nominees is complete. the pressure is coming from black, white, latino and gay rights groups saying that the support they gave to the democratic ticket in november, they deserve seats at the table not just at deputy or assistant level positions but in top cabinet positions as well. latino leaders are pushing to have five latino cabinet members in the new biden administration. so far he's only named one. tony? >> talk about pressure, ed. hope pressure on the congress before they go home for the holidays to reach compromise. a lot of people in need and a lot of governors looking to restrict this or that for public health but don't want to dot it because it's going to hurt the economy in their state. people need that support. appreciate it. up next, the oscar nominated store of juneau announces he is transgender. see elliott page's message to transgender people and why he fears for their safety.

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. good morning. it's 7:26. a homicide investigation in san mateo has shut down a portion of highway 35 overnight. the road is expected to reopen around noon today. officials say that the man had been dead for some time. today marks four years since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. 36 people were killed. the city council agreed to pay $399,000 to a dozen residents who lived there. and today the 49ers hit the road for their temporary stay in arizona following santa clara county's sports ban to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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welcome back to cbs this morning. in what is viewed as a water shed moment for the trans community, the oscar nominated star of the movie "juneau" has come out as transgender. in a powerful social media post, elliott paige wrote my joy is real but it is also fragile. the truth is despite feeling profoundly happy right now and knowing how much privilege i carry, i'm also scared. we're here with more on paige's heart felt message. good morning. >> good morning. paige also came out as nonbinary, a gender identity that is neither man nor woman. so she uses they, them, and he. her message is resonating with trans and nontrans people alike.

in coming out as transgender, the umbrella academy star elliott paige writes, i can't begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who i am, enough to pursue my authentic self. >> i think i'm in love with you. >> paige's career spent more than two decades including "juneau" and "inception." >> what happens when you start messing with the psychics of it all? >> paige came out as gay in 2014 and has been married to emma porter for nearly three years. in this post, he shared his fears. i'm scared of the invasiveness, the hate, and of violence. the discrimination towards trans people is rife, insidious and cruel resulting in horrific consequences. according to the hume han rights campaign, at least 40 transgender or gender nonconform being people have been killed this year alone. most of them black and latin ex-transgender women. nick adams is with us.

>> while we see growing acceptance, we see growing backlash particularly during the last four years of this administration. >> celebrities are showing their support. anna kendrick wrote, elliott paige's words are beautiful and he will consequent. miley cyrus simply posted, "elliott rules." paige told others like him that deal with harassment, self loathing, abuse. i see you. i love you. i will do everything i can to change this world for the better. nick adams told me how powerful paige's coming out s he is someone that so many people feel they know and love and that helps change perceptions and gives other transgender people the strength to live their truth as well. >> yes. say bravo to elliott page. there is something when someone admits that i'm afraid, when you're doing something that is very brave and very personal that i think is very empowering. it's going to change lives and help a lot of people. i think that's -- >> i think for younger viewers this is a shoulder shrug.

congratulations and courageous. fwh but this is part of their life f you're older, this wasn't a part of your vocabulary. we can't get to all of it here. i encourage people to go to glad. read about it a little bit, talk about it with people. and this is the new world. >> there is some that don't understand it. they need to. >> exactly. >> they certainly need to try and, i mean, as nick -- interesting what nick adams said, there is growing acceptance but there is growing backlash because this is confusing a lot of people and it's happening. >> elliott page is going to make a difference and people will pay attention. we'll all be educated. that's always a good thing. >> exactly. >> all right. thank you very much. we'll see new just a moment. first, ahead, new pressure to help ailing veterans. there is a push for action from the va and defense department after a cbs news investigation into toxic conditions at a remote base. you can always get the morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. today's top stories in less than

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hundreds of veterans have come forward after a cbs news investigation revealed new evidence of toxic material at a remote base. the u.s. military used after 9/11. according to the defense department, more than 15,000 american troops passed through the base known as k-2 to support missions in nearby afghanistan. now nearly 2500 current and former service members report rare cancers or other illnesses they believe are linked to those deployments. senior investigative correspondent recently spoke to one k-2 veteran who says his

illnesses have baffled doctors for years. she's at the pentagon with more on this story. katherine, it has to be so scary and so unsettling to be ill and nobody can tell what you is wrong with you. good morning, hopefully you have answers. >> good morning. our investigation was cited during recent congressional testimony that put new pressure on the va and defense department to acknowledge a link between time served at the base and illness. >> the air here is poison. >> this is a raw, unsettling account of his time overseas. >> the ground and dust that is covered it is contaminated. everywhere decay and environmental degradation. >> the document is ten months at k-2. after 9/11, u.s. forces used the former soviet air base in uzbekistan to hunt haal qaeda. >> how many doctors have told you that your illness is related to toxic exposure?

>> at least five that i've spoken to. they believe that it has to do with the exposures and what they did to my body when in my 20s. >> more than a dozen k-2 veterans told cbs news about toxic conditions from soil saturated with jet fuel. a running track marked with warning signs. to this site, nicknamed skittles pond for the changing shade. two years after jackson left k-2, his health quickly deteriorated. >> i went from being able to run a marathon to not being able to walk up the stairs. my thyroid did not function. >> now he takes a cocktail of drugs to manage symptoms and sees doctors on a regular basis. >> i see an oncologist every six months to make sure that nothing else is cropped up. that's why i call it a ticking tom time. >> a federal investigator by training, jackson has gone to capitol hill to support a k-2 veterans advocacy group the strong hold freedom foundation. on the facebook page, members

self report rare cancers and other illnesses. >> just under 5,000 k-2 veterans are members. half have some sort of medical issue. >> in october, our team revealed new evidence about k-2's toxic history and a defense department eyewitness came forward. >> we learned that the soviets had had a chemical weapons decontamination unit next to our camp. >> the investigation was immediate. we had hundreds more reach out to us. some of whom are very sick. and all of whom thought they were alone. >> but neither the defense department nor the va acknowledges a link between k-2 and illness >> is that a betrayal? >> of course it's a betrayal. they promised -- they promised to take care of us after we raised our right hands and promised to take care of them. >> testimony you're about to give -- >> a recent congressional hearing cited the cbs in his investigation. the profile of a former air force mechanic in k-2 veteran whose cancer caused brain

damage. >> mr. wilson rides a mile and a half in a mechanical wheelchair to attend his physical therapy appointments. >> in a share of bipartisan, they pressed the va and defense department on the lack of action. >> they need help and now. >> the va's continued denial left hundreds if not thousands of k-2 veterans ineligible for certain preventative health programs and unable to receive a disability benefit. >> while a long term study on going, the va maintains there is not enough scientific evidence to make the connection. >> it would be a disservice to the veterans to simply say -- this is all veterans, to simply say we don't know how you got it. we're just going to cover it. my office looks at the science. i want to find out what the exposures were. >> u.s. forces left k-2 in 2005. satellite images from earlier this year show the area where troops worked and slept appears

abandoned. >> the most telling part of that to me is that in 15 years, they haven't moved a stone. >> why? >> they know it's poison. why else wouldn't they use half of their own base? >> while six pieces of legislation are pending, jackson says the acting defense secretary and va secretary can take action on their own. >> help. you can help us. this is a cry for recognition. recognize our sacrifice. we are still sacrificing. >> a senior pentagon official tells cbs news the acting secretary of defense is considering a number of options to provide immediate help to the k-2 veterans with the goal after dressing the issues in the coming weeks. tony? >> so glad we're covering this. and satellite images certainly catch your attention. katherine, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. ahead, we'll look at the stories you'll be t

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i love that song. time for what to watch. wooer in we're into the christmas season. you are better than the 12 days of christmas. >> wow! >> all right. >> better than 12 days of christmas. >> why do you like that song, tony sfwh. >> i -- look, i'm a very uncool dad. i struggled yesterday. will everyone had a little fun at my expense saying the name of the singer. i couldn't even try right now. i'd get it wrong. >> help me out. >> there are new rules. second story today. but let me begin with the stories we think you'll be talking about today. starting with this one. a high ranking georgia republican is slamming president trump and gop lawmakers saying they haven't condemned threats of violence against people overseeing the election in his state. the implement manager for georgia's voting system spoke at a news conference yesterday. mr. president, you have not condemned these actions or this language. senators, you have not condemned

this language or these actions. this has to stop. we need you to step up and if you're going to take a position of leadership, show something. this is elections. this is the backbone of democracy and all of you have not said a damn word are complicit in this. stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. someone is going to get hurt or shot and someone is going to get killed. >> you can hear the passion in his voice. >> rather than condemning the actions, he doubled down on his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and asked what georgia officials are afraid of. we just heard what they're afraid of. >> i applaud him for speaking that way. when he started, i'm so angry i can barely speak. he told the story of a 20-year-old election worker getting death threats. he said this should not be in this country. i think he's right about that. >> let us recall that georgia did a five million vote hand recount. >> that's right, tony. >> yeah. they've done everything they're supposed to do. the they're getting constantly

harassed. >> he's a republican which also makes it even more powerful. he is speaking up to say this is not right. i worry that someone is going to get hurt. >> the backbone of our democracy and being attacked by the president of the united states. am u.s. women's soccer team scored a major victory in the fight for equal treatment. they made a deal with the u.s. soccer federation promising the same travel accommodations and staffing as the men's national team. the women sued the federation for unfair treatment last year claiming they were paid less than the men and subject to unequal conditions. the deal does not cover equal pay and that is the team's next goal. in may, a judge dismissed the argument for equal pay. the women's team plans to appeal. i'm shocked they didn't already have equal accommodations. >> me too. >> or the same accommodations? what time are we living in? >> what is also encouraging is that u.s. soccer president says they're now engaged in more substantial conversations on the equal pay front and this is the quote like, "we're taking a new

approach." that is encouraging. >> we're rooting for the women's soccer team. >> they're our best performing team in america. on a national level. all right. we have a happy update about the world's loneliest elephant. there he is holding -- look at this aimtimage. it's the first time he had contact with another elephant in eight years. with he showed how he started the new life at this cambodian sank warey. he lived for decades at a zoo in pakistan. cher moved for kaavan to move to a safer environment. he lost his companion in 2012. eight years he hasn't had contact. >> hard to tell that an elephant is happy. i think that is elephant happiness. frolicking around. >> he has a tire i like. that i want a tire the ahome. >> kaavan is going to have 25,000 acres of land to spread

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. good morning. it's 7:56. new strict coronavirus measures could be introduced in san francisco any day now. right now the city is averaging four times as many new daily coronavirus cases as a month ago. hospitalizations have also doubled in a matter of ten days. san francisco mayor is facing backlash for attending a dinner party last month with several people outside her household. at the time both indoor and outdoor dining were allowed in napa county and in san francisco. rent prices continue to plunge this morning across the bay area. some of the biggest declines in

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it is wednesday, december 2, 2020. welcome back. hump day. i'm gayle king. tony dokoupil and anthony mason. the uk approves a pfizer vaccine before the u.s. just had the second deadliest day of this pandemic. >> u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez says humans need to stop what he called a war or nature. >> puppy scams and how predators would prey on suspected pet owners. >> and bryan cranston to play a judge in a show called "your

honor." the uk becomes the first country in the world to approve the pfizer vaccine. >> max vaccinations to begin next week. saying the vaccine has met their strict standards of safety. >> the cdc research looking at blood donations at the red cross turns out as far back as december 2019 had antibodies of covid-19 meaning the virus was in this country even before china reported the first case. >> we are not out of the woods yet. >> we are not. we are probably in the darkest days of the pandemic. the next six weeks, while the vaccines are starting to roll out will be important. >> the governor held a press conference to certify arizona's election when his phone went off.

previously he said he had changed the ring tone to hail to the chief whenever trump called him. look what the governor of arizona does after his phone started playing that song. ♪ >> trump just got friend zoned. >> is that for real? >> is it for real that president is on that ring tone on his phone? >> he didn't miss a beat. ignore. okay. we are going to begin with this this hour. a major development regarding the vaccine. the uk has approved the pfizer vaccine. >> in the u.s., 2,600 deaths reported yesterday. the second deadliest day of the so far.

in indianapolis. >> behind me right now in indiana, at methodist hospital. hospitalizations in the state of indiana have quadrupled. you started the show mentioning the big news out of the uk, so let's go there. some pretty good news for the folks there. the british government said it is safe to begin distributing the pfizer vaccine next week. they've preordered about 40 mill your honor doses. enough to vaccinate roughly 20 million people. the first in line to receive the vaccination will be those considered most vulnerable to the virus such as the elderly. in the u.s., we could be weeks behind the uk. there is a panel advising the cdc that voted yesterday. health care workers and

long-term care residents will be the first in line to receive the vaccination in the u.s. that will cover about 24 mill your honon people. covering vaccines from pfizer and modern later this month. it is estimated at least 20 million doses will be viable av end of this year. those will be divided to two shots per person. shots will rationed. >> a team of researchered at the red cross looked at blood donations as far back as december 2019 and they found antibodies for covid-19 in those donations. that was before china even reported its first virus. you can decide whether you want to believe china's reporting. that goes far back, even further

than we thought cov-19 was in the united states. >> we keep hearing that this was around earlier. i'm looking forward to when we can say this is gone. maybe in the spring. >> the un secretary-general saying humankind is waging a war on nature. antonio gutierrez spoke to us ahead of a major address today he's calling a state of the planet. in a word, that state is broken citing man-made global warning and is hoping to push the world towards a way to address it. dedicated to explaining the problem and dangers of a warmer earth. >> with our old familiar planet increasingly gone, burned, battered and melting in ways we've never experienced before. more than 200 countries struck a

deal to at least begin to address the problem of global warming. while the paris agreement was ushered in with cheers, five years later, it has not yet resulted in significant change. >> i would say the majority of countries have not been able to fulfill the commitments made in paris. >> why the un second general antonio gutierrez is saying that it is not only dangerous but suicidal. >> the way we are moving is a suicide to the future and our future generations. >> to take your met for, the world is on the length and your job is to convince the world to step off of itth raer than jump? >> it is true. >> as we speak here today, the united states is the only country to leave the paris agreement. we are not in it. how important was it for joe biden to have won the election in 2020? >> i think that fact that the

coming administration has announced that they will begin join the paris agreement and commit to that emissions in 2050 is crucial to rescue the planet. i understood some people in the united states, there is this idea that what makes sense is to have a policy more inward looking. it is my true belief we all need to be kos mow poll continue and we need to improve conditions for everybody, everywhere. >> with science on his side predicting a planet forever marked by stronger storms, heat wave and drought. if the temperature rises by 1.5 degrees celsius by the end of the century. right now, we are in line for twice that increase. >> we are expecting a hiez of 5

degrees. that would be absolutely devastating. it is time for the war between humankind of nature to end. >> why is humankind at war with nature? >> because the logic of the economic development for the long time was a logic of skploi exploitation, every resource. >> the bulk of the world's energy has come from oil, gas and coal fr coal. finding a way to stop. >> oil and gas companies have trillions of dollars of oil and gas that they know about, waiting to give up and sell. who is going to pay those companies to not dig it up and burn it? >> the value of companies in history changes with the

changing conditions in the economy. there was a cycle of oil as the key engine of the world economy. that cycle is finished. the value of the conditions and i'm totally convinced inevitable a lot of the oil and gas in the soil will remain in the soil. >> that last point is why president trump would say that paris agreement was a job killer. what is interesting about gutierrez is that he's acknowledging, yes, it is a job killer if you work for oil and gas but a job creator on the other side. more importantly, he's calling for a basic income to help bridge people out of the old industry to the new. that's a change. talking about the economic change and key pain is new. >> talking about it and not

addressing it is a job killer. >> it is important we are having the conversation again. very important. >> thank you. you'll hear more been the cbs podcast. >> just gets better and better. we find out how scammers are preying on those seeking the company of a

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first on cbs this morning, a better buzz bureau report on pet scams show complaints this year of more than doubled from last year. consumer investigative correspondent has been looking into this. anna, good morning to you. here's a question. how skuzzy do you have to be to scam lonely people with puppies? it just tugs at everything we believe in. >> i wish we knew the answer to. that the bbb says that americans lost more than $2 million to scammer as l scammers and also left real heartbreak. >> there is something that everyone seems to want right now, pets they can love. in the case of jeannie dixon of spokane, washington, it was to help with the loss of her

daughter, 19-year-old charlene who died after a knee surgery last year. >> charlene was going to change the world. she was a magnificent, beautiful, loving kind girl. >> one thing her daughter always wanted, she says, was a new foundland puppy and in her grief, dixon says she decided to get one. >> i sought out a puppy to honor charlene's legacy and let her know how much i loved her. >> so in june dixon found the website newfiehome.com and picked out ben who assured her would be registered and vet checked. >> we came to an agreement. >> $950. but after she sent an initial payment, she says -- >> the breeder is like the money didn't come. the money didn't come. you can put it in my bank. >> she says he told her to take the money to an atm and put it in his account which she did.

>> and i came home and waited for a puppy. >> but then the breeder told her via text she would have to pay an additional $1500 for what they called a refundable insurance fee which she also paid. >> i'm waiting, waiting, waiting for my puppy. >> it wasn't until she got another e-mail from the breeder's so-called shipping company telling her she now had to pay another $2600 for a temperature regulator crate and anti-pressure vaccine that she became suspicious. >> it was at that point that you realized, okay, this is not right. >> yeah. right then i real yuzed i had been scammed. >> scammers are very clever at tapping into the emotion of the person they're trying to scam. >> katherine hutt is with the better business bureau. >> that makes this so sad. this is not just a scam you lose money. this is a scam where your heart gets broken.

>> more than three quarters of the web sites that advertise puppies for sale aren't real. and this online security expert says -- >> the pandemic has been a wind fall. it created a perfect storm for puppy scams. >> he goes by the name paul brady and runs a website called petscams.com, monitoring fake breeders. people he says who typically are operating out of foreign countries including south africa, singapore, and cameroon. >> these countries run on an industrial scale. it is an actual gang. it is easy money if you're in cameroon because the relative payback is very high. >> nearly 4,000 people filed complaints with the bbb from january through november. victims saying they lost $900, $2400, $4700, even $6200 to pet scammers. >> they will keep going until you decide to stop paying money.

>> jeanne dixon did stop but only after lose ing $2400 and t puppy she thought would help with the grief over losing her daughter. >> i blame myself because it was a stupid thing to do. to believe that i could send money to some anonymous person and get some comfort out of that. that was dumb. >> we tried to contact newfiehome.com and that shipping company but no one responded. the newfie home site is now down. if you have a story to tell us about what happened to you, e-mail us, won't you? coronavirus@cbsnews.com. we would like to hear your story. >> i bet these people are just evil what they're doing to these people who just want some companionship. >> they're exploiting

humanitarian. it's not dumb to do what that lady did. it's human. that's what makes us people. >> what he said about what you lose money, you lose money and breaks your heart. i'm going to change from -- >> that woman is feeling after being exploited. >> and losing her daughter. >> i'm going to go from skuzzy and steal your daughter's line, douche canoe. i'm going to steal olivia's line. i that i is very appropriate for that. >> yeah. >> all right. >> disgusting. >> former broadway performers amanda klutz has a new angel. you're watching "cbs this morning". >> this is good news. >> it is.

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welcome back. it is time to bring you talk of the table now. tony up is first. >> i want to talk about something that caught my eye over the weekend, right? now we have the first approved vaccine in the uk for the coronavirus. we're going to get one here in the u.s. soon. and so we can start to talk about people experiencing some side effects. there is an article in the journal "science" that advises the two companies to tell people once you get this, it is effective and safe. there are no major safety concerns, however, there may be some one day or two day discomfort including fevers, muscle aches. you could have joint pain. that is normal. and since we're giving it to millions of people, you could have thousands of fevers and achy days. be prepared.

people should not think that because you start hearing reports of this and my friend of a friend had that that this is not a safe vaccine. it's an advise are i to say look out. this is coming. do not be alarmed. >> right. >> expect it. >> even with the regular flu vaccine, people often get side effects. >> yeah, a little higher than the flu vaccine which is why the advice is to start talking about it and being open about it. so people are prepared. >> that's a really good idea when we should bring that up. i think you're right about that. i've got some exciting news and it involves the cbs family. you know the hit show "the talk." they just announced they've got two new co-hosts. tony dough coppola and anthony mason. that's a joke. that's a joke. they are former broadway performers. i'm really excited about. this turned fitness instructor, there is amanda. you remember her and "project runway" judge. they're joining sharon osborne and cheryl underwood "the talk"

starting january 4th. they shared the news on instagram and said my angel in it heaven is certainly looking out for us. we know amanda lost her husband. her two broadway actor to covid-19 over the summer. we've interviewed her a couple of times. and we know her story and her favorite son elvis. elaine is a big deal too. she is a "new york times" best-selling author. i love the book, more than enough claiming space for who you are no matter what they say. she was editor in chief of teen "vogue." that made big news in the magazine industry. these are two really great additions. cheering them both on. >> this is going to significantly impact my activity in the afternoon. this is on tv. i have to stay clear of afternoon chat or it sucks me in. >> you're wife katie tur is also on at 3:00. whalt you are going to do?

family? wife? cbs family or wife? >> can you also have two -- >> can you dvr. >> it's exciting. >> congratulations to amanda. >> absolutely. >> this say big deal. >> all right. i was intrigued by youtube which just released the annual top trending videos of 2020. topping the list is dave chappell's 846 where he got serious about the protests killing george floyd. >> this is the streets talking for themselves. they don't need me right now. >> the tight 846 is how long he was on his neck on george floyd. other top trending videos of 2020 include the "saturay night live" cold open on the first presidential debate. the first episode of some good news with john and youtube blogger mr. beast buying and setting off the world's largest

fireworks. he spent $600,000 on fireworks and it worked parentally. he was youtube's top creator of the year. he has 46 million subscribers. those are the big winser of the year. >> all right. >> all right. award winning actor bryan cranston is known for range on screen. he won six awards for "breaking bad." he played the iconic role of walter white. last year he earned his second tony award for his role in the broadway smash network. now cranston is back on scene for a limited drama series called "your honor." it airs on show time. he plays respected new orleans judge michael desiato. >> adam, you drove away before

they even -- >> i tried to help him. i couldn't get him to breathe. >> you called 911? >> i tried to. >> what do you mean tried to, adam? yes or no. >> help me please, dad. i can't breathe. >> okay. i got you, buddy. i got you. >> this is a gripping show. and bryan cranston is incredible again. you like intense shows. this is really intense. >> it is. i guess i'm just attracted to very damaged characters. and he is one, for sure. >> yeah. this show basically asks -- this is every parent's nightmare. you are a judge. your son hits someone in a car accident. it turns out to be the son of the biggest mafia kingpin in the city and you basically -- your lives are now at stake, aren't they? >> i don't know that it's every parent's nightmare if you're a

judge. but, yeah. anything that threatens the life of your child, an animal instirvelgt kicks off and you would do anything in your capability to protect him. and that's the premise of "your honor." it's gripping. it's exciting. and it will take you on a ride for sure. and the ending of the series is going to be very shocking. >> very hard to go to bed after you watch one of these episodes. you're so concerned for everybody. >> i don't know. bryan, i started -- listen, i was going to much wap one episode. i knew you were coming. sthent they sent us four. i watched one, two, three, aand then last night i watched episode number four. you're so good it in, bryan. so, so, so good. and -- >> thank you, gayle. >> i mean it. just shows how one decision leads to another decision leads to another decision. i was actually in pain watching it because it affects so many people in the movie. so i'm wondering, you play this judge.

in preparation for it, you went to court to study other judges. what were you looking for and what did you learn? and how difficult was it for you to walk in with your bryan cranston face? >> that's the funny thing about actors doing research. you don't actually know what you're looking for. but you're just like a dry sponge. you just want to take everything in. and trust that it will sort through itself and like a funnel and out comes a sense of what you're going to do with any particular character. it's a big trust exercise. so i did. i watched a variety of different trials in new orleans. and i was able to come away with a sense of how i want to play this particular judge. >> yeah. it's funny. one of the writers here when introducing you earlier said breaking the bench. isn't that good? i like. that breaking the bench. you get to play on "breaking bad" -- i thought that was

really good. go ahead. >> well, i don't know if that kind of writing is going to win an emmy. but it's good. >> i thought it was very clever, bryan cranston. do you like playing characters under pressure or it is all just good acting for you? >> no, i do. i'm first -- i first respond to the story. if it is touching, if it is curious and interlekt you'lly, if it's socially important. anything like that that gets me interested in the story. i put ate side. i go on to other things. and it's a trigger for me if i pull that back and i go, boy, that story is staying with me. it's usually a good sign that i should get connected with it even further. >> bryan, production on "your honor" got shut down as virtually all production did when covid-19 hit. and i know you and both you and your wife both got covid-19. and had some lingering symptoms.

didn't you? >> well, yeah. we were very lucky as it turns out. we got it early in march. and had a few days of achiness and about a week of extreme lethargy. couldn't sleep enough. and then the residual effect is we lost our sense of taste and smell. of course, i joke that my wife lost her sense of taste when she married me. but that was 31 years ago. but to this day i still have about -- i've lost about 25% of my sense of taste and smell. >> whoa. >> it's weird. >> bryan, listen, i've been submiten with you for a long time since "malcolm in the middle." i loved you in that. then i read you recently had a malcolm in the middle reunion earlier on zoom. i'm so sorry -- i would love to see that. do you ever consider an actual scripted reunion with the cast? what was it like to get back with them?

and look at you, bryan. can you see the tape? look at you with malcolm in the middle. yeah. >> no. i have this -- i have a lovely background here that i could actually do the weather for you if you'd like. >> you're equipped for it based on your training in "network". >> what was it look to be back with them? would you consider doing something? >> i would absolutely do something. it had been 20 years this year that we premiered. it's bittersweet. you see faces of people you haven't seen in 14, 15 years. and you remember -- you immediately go back. it's like going to your high school or college reunion and you see the face and it immediately takes you back to that moment. and it is sweet. and a little melancholy as well. >> i get it. congratulations. this thing is so good, bryan. >> bryan cranston "your honor"

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at what united states us as americans is far greater than what divides us. as the country struggles to fight systemic injustice, many parents are searching for ways to discuss diversity and privilege with young children. this morning we meet oakland, california, alphabet rockers, a hip hop group for children and families and jamie is showing us how they're standing up to racism and breaking down barriers. ♪ that is something that i might need you to do ♪ >> that's a jam right here. ♪ just because you say we need equality too ♪ >> e is nfor equality. >> and what you're hearing is know illusion, the alphabet rockers rap about inclusion. >> these 11 and 12-year-olds ask others to stand up for others.

♪ i'm going to stand up for you ♪ zblo >> do you think can you change the world? >> yes. most definitely. >> do you? >> yeah, it's a in you generation. like things change. >> yeah. >> the group was founded by kaitlyn mcgaw and thomas shepard. they teamed up to tackle discrimination. >> there's no words to describe what our country will turn into if we don't turn it around. we first met the kids earlier this year in a recording studio after their album earned them a second grammy nomination. now covid-19 forced them to take their message online. >> most adults think that we're supposed to just sit back and be cute and smile. but we have powerful ideas and we can use those to create a better world. ♪ take a look >> they created an anti-racism course for families in the hope of sparking conversations about

equity, empathy and race. >> for folks that haven't been engaging in this conversation, might be a little harder. but it's definitely necessary. ♪ and curls that's my world even if it's short i'm a beautiful girl ♪ >> why is it important to teach other kids to stand up to racism? >> i think it's important because there is so much of it in the world right now. this generation has no choice but to stand up. >> as protesters filled the streets demanding social justice, the young rockers joined in and marched too. >> we just want to be treated like human beings and not get killed and not have our people killed. is that too much to ask? i feel like it's really not. >> what do you think about if people were watching this and they say to themselves, wow this is just way too much to put on a 12-year-old? >> i think it's good for kids to stand up for social justice because we're going to be the next adults. ♪ who you wanna be >> all have stories of racism at

school. >> there was a lot of teachers and she is like targeted the brown and black kids and gave them worse punishments, yelled at them more. >> racism is the reason why i have gotten teased about my skin color and gotten told things such as you're too dark to play with us. ♪ everybody long inhale exhale everybody be strong ♪ >> it layer for the alphabet rockers, making the world safer for lgbtq youth much suicidal thoughts decrease by 34% when the preferred name and pro noun are used. ♪ i have my feelings >> 11-year-old aris is gender fluid. >> what pro nouns do you use? >> i use they and them. >> do people ask a lot of questions. >> sometimes they want to explain a lot.

my gender is always changing. >> this allowed you to feel more like yourself? >> i think, so yeah. let the sunshine in. on my beautiful skin ♪ >> it's music with a message, making the world better one beat at a time. >> hear our voices. join our action. >> we're leading with love. >> you coming? >> if i learn early, then it will be easier when i become an adult. because i don't want to be a bad adult. ♪ you know that i got >> for cbs this morning, los angeles. >> tommy just asked the best question. you coming? yeah. we're coming, tommy. beautifully done, jamie. >> i love what he said. >> all of them. awesome. >> all right, you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

. good morning. it's five minutes before nine. a homicide investigation is now underway in san mate oh, county. shutting down a portion of highway 35 oar night after a man's body was found on the side of the road. he had been found for some time. he has yet to be identified. today marks four year since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland that killed 36 people. several legal matters are still outstanding surviving victims and families claim the city was negligent in its inspections of the site. and starting tomorrow every child living in san francisco will be offered free food. sfusd officials say that anyone

under 18 can pick up meals at one of 18 school sites set as food distribution centers. and your wednesday morning drive is end on a positive note. things have let up nicely. if you are making that trek out of the east bay in to the city no delays or brake lights. you may find a pocket or two of slowing. overall things are nice. san mateo bridge. we have no brake lights or delays between 880 toward 101. 101 itself moving in both directions at the limit and if you are taking up 580 everything in the green. cold start to the day with mainly clear skies and as we head through the afternoon mild with the mix of sun and clouds. upper 50's along coast. low 60 he around the bay and mid-60s's inland this afternoon. a beach hazard statement today and tomorrow. dangerou

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