watching. you can see the news all day on cbsn bay area. >> and cbs this mo ing is ♪ ing is good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning. it's tuesday, december 8th, 2020. i'll gayle king with tony mason and tony dokoupil. the first coronavirus vaccine anywhere in the world. what it means for the global fight against the pandemic and why we could see vaccine delays in this country. governors and mayors consider new shutdowns to fight the pandemic. the tough choices facing elected leaders and the latest on whether congress will pass a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus plan. the military is set to release a bombshell report after the murder of soldier vanessa guillen. what it will say about danger and ft. hood and in the army at large. we'll have reaction from guillen's family.

he had the right stuff. the life and legendary grit of general chuck yeager. how he inspired us to go faster than ever before and reach for the stars. >> that's what he did, reach for the stars. first your "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> what we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december and january. >> the white house is denying a report that the administration turned down an offer to buy more doses of the pfizer vaccine. f. we don't slow the spread of this dangerous virus now, the reality is that covid-19 will overwhelm our hospitals. >> overwhelming the hospital system means people die on a gurney in a holding. >> the uk has officially begun its vaccination roll-out. just earlier this morning. >> biden nominated retired army general lloyd austin for secretary of defense. he'd be the first back leader of the pentagon.

>> it's time we all focus on the future. >> the state gafof georgia certified its election results for the third time. chuck yeager, the test pilot who first broke the sound barrier has passed away at the age of 97. >> pittsburgh steelers are no longer undefeated. washington stripped them of the title title. >> interpreted by washington. >> the guinness world record for the most diamonds in a single ring. 12,638. >> that's not a ring. you can't say something is a ring because you can put your hand in it. >> i can't stick my hand in a muffler and say look at my ring. >> the national institute of health is turning to private industry to keep safety at top of mind this holiday season. >> introducing fauci on a couchi. the holiday helper that keeps covid in check. >> don't go outside without your

mask. >> hey, sneeze into your elbow. we don't want blind droplets. sing a happy birthday song twice. happy birthday to you. >> each one hand crafted and actual size. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> oh, no. though he be small, he's mighty. >> they could sell a lot of those. >> nicely done, jimmy kimmel. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." we begin with a sign of hope from the united kingdom in the global fight against this pandemic. this morning, a 90-year-old woman, a grandmother, became the first person in the world to take the pfizer biontech vaccine outside of clinical trials. she'll be the first of millions, and that's according to the british government plan. >> the uk's roll-out could be a model for other countries, including our own where the fda has yet to approve the vaccine.

charlie d'agata is outside the hospital where the first dose was given. charlie, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. this is a landmark moment. the first time at this very hospital, a person in the western world received an approved covid-19 vaccine. here they are calling it v-day. mass vaccinations have just begun. it's the shot seen around the world. first on the globe to receive it, 90-year-old grandmother maggie keenan made history. >> all done. >> i say go for it. go for it because it's the best thing that's ever happened. so do, please go for it. that's all i say. >> reporter: poetically second to go for it was william shakespeare. even a 99-year-old world war ii veteran. here are the first to be innoculated with the pfizer biontech vaccine which was

granted approval here only last week. it will be administered from around 70 hospital hubs across the uk to people over 80 and some frontline health workers. before being rolled out to thousands of temporary vaccine centers, including converted parking lots, sports stadiums, even race courses. >> it's amazing to see this tremendous shot in the arm for the entire nation. but we can't afford to relax now. >> reporter: not with a death toll of 61,000 and climbing, one of the highest in the world per capita. even higher than the u.s. the uk has ordered 40 million doses, enough for 20 million people. the u.s. has an order in for 100 million doses, pending fda approval. after shielding for many long months, maggie is hoping to see her family again in the new year. there may be a long road ahead, but now there's a route out. maggie will be back here in 21 days to receive her second shot.

she develops immunity or should develop immunity about a week after that. this is the same kind of roll-out you may be seeing in the united states in the coming days. anthony? >> very exciting to see that, even if it's overseas, charlie. the white house is pushing back on reports the trump administration turned down an opportunity to buy millions of extra vaccine doses from pfizer over the summer. "the new york times" reports officials made a decision that could have allowed other countries to lock in contracts on the limited supply. weijia jiang is at the white house. what do we know? >> good morning, anthony. senior administration officials are denying the reports and said they are absolutely confident that there will be enough doses to vaccinate the american people before the middle of next year. in july, the u.s. government signed a contract with the american company pfizer locking in 100 million doses of the vaccine, enough for 50 million people. but there are reports it had the

option to buy much more than that. in a statement, pfizer said any additional doses beyond the 100 million are subject to a separate and mutually acceptable agreement. the company is not able to comment on any confidential discussions with the u.s. government. today, president trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize american citizens for the doses of vaccine that are procured by the administration. before they are given to other countries, though it's unclear what power that order will have. mr. trump plans to sign that order at a three-hour long vaccine summit here at the white house that will focus on distributing the vaccine. moderna and pfizer were invited, but they are not coming. and the white house did not invite anyone from the incoming biden administration saying the event will be live streamed so everyone can watch it. tony? >> all right, weijia, thank you. a lot of questions remain. we'll get to some of them. pfizer's coronavirus vaccine could be approved for use in the

u.s. by the end of this week. we want to bring in admiral bret giroux. he's helping determine how the vaccine will be distributed. dr. jgiroir, good morning. people are counting on this for most of us to be vaccinated, but we've had two setbacks. one being pfizer itself cutting its manufacturing goals from 100 million to 50 million by year's end and the second being this report that we did not secure enough of the vaccine when we had the opportunity. do either of those reports change this timeline of late spring, early summer? >> so thank you so much for asking the question. it's good to be on. no, none of this changes the timeline for late spring and early summer. we will be able to vaccinate about 20 million people this month and another 20 to 25 million in january and another 20 to 25 million in february. and again, there is strong commitments that we will be able to provide vaccine for any american who wants it, you know,

by late spring, midsummer. that's still our commitment. and the numbers i gave you for december, january and february is only assuming authorization of the moderna and pfizer vaccines. it does not assume any other vaccines being authorized. and we certainly are hopeful that that will happen. >> does part of the plan for that late spring, early summer somewhat return to normalcy, people get vaccinated, does that depend on more authorizations beyond the potential for pfizer and moderna? >> it does not depend on it. again, moderna has a very large capability to increase manufacturing. and as you know, we van option for another 500 million doses from pfizer. but we really are very hopeful that some of the other vaccines will be available. remember, some of them have different cold temperature requirements. it certainly is possible that the johnson & johnson vaccine, a one-shot regimen, so you don't have to wait that three to four-week period in between. but we are very confident that what we have, assuming it gets

authorizationed. remember, we're not cutting any corners here on safety or efficacy. assuming we have authorizations, we'll have enough to vaccinate any american who wants it by the may or june time frame. >> you mention you have the option to get more vaccines from pfizer, but the reporting is that pfizer cannot guarantee those vaccines until june because they have given deals to other countries. on that subject, the president today is going to sign an executive order prioritizing americans. from where you're sitting, what effect will that order have? >> so from where i'm sitting, i think it's fair to say that the vaccines purchased by america, we need to use those on the very highly vulnerable individuals that we have in our system. you saw the reporting. you've reported some of it even earlier in the intro. our hospital systems are strained. our death rates are going up. and we certainly want the vaccines procured by america. that doesn't mean procured by

other countries or procurements by other countries like the uk and around the world. but those procured by america should be used for americans who are vulnerable to -- >> dr. giroir, many americans would agree. does the executive order change anything and have you heard any discussion of the defense authorization act prioritizing the pfizer supply chain here in the u.s., so forcing them to sell to us? >> no, i'm not aware of any discussions of that. i'm not on the warp speed side but i'm not aware of any discussions. we use the dpa all the time on the testing side and for supplies. but i have not heard any discussions about that p. all right. some straight talk, admiral brett giroir, thank you. more states consider lockdowns to save lives, many businesses are bracing for new setbacks. that's according to yelp. nearly 100,000 businesses permanently closed because of the pandemic. and that's just through august. the unemployment rate is down since the spring but it's still at 6.7% nationwide. our lead national correspondent

david begnaud is in las vegas. good morning to you. we know how much that city relies on tourism. so this pandemic has got to be having a huge impact there. >> it is, but let me tell you, gayle, when we arrived, we were all surprised how busy the strip was. now having said that, nevada has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. las vegas is a big driver for that. but here in las vegas, they are affected by the governor's occupancy limits. the nevada governor limited casinos, bars, restaurants to about 25% capacity. that's not keeping people away as you'd expect. the famous las vegas strip is a little less crowded in the age of coronavirus, but those we spoke to who are still coming here say they feel safe, gambling their luck in sin city. >> i have seen people wiping down the, you know, games and stuff stuff. >> it's very quiet. i'm sure it's difficult for people here to make a living. >> how hard hit has vegas been

by covid? >> we got hit hard by the pandemic. there's no other way to look at it. >> reporter: that's jonas peterson, ceo of the las vegas global economic alliance. he says the city's unemployment numbers hit great recession levels, but he says the hospitality industry is primed for a major comeback in 2021. >> the big key to success is that the vaccine. so once that hits and now has a program, delivery schedule, i think you see a confidence return. >> reporter: but the vaccine is still months away for most americans, and right now businesses across the country are facing down new restrictions. in new york state, governor andrew cuomo warned that indoor dining could again stop in new york city. that's if the rate of covid hospitalizations does not stabilize soon. >> if you overwhelm the hospital capacity, you will have to go back to shut down. there are no options. >> reporter: and in california, some small business owners are pleading with governor gavin

newsom to reopen outdoor dining and salon services. >> let us prove to you that we can do this. that we are being safe. >> and then there are the workers who say they're close to losing everything. people like jeffrey gove. he was laid off from his it management job as a casino in may. and with a few casinos hiring, there has been no income for himself and his wife. who uses a wheelchair. >> i am 56. and i'm tapping my retirement to survive now. i have to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. >> reporter: for people like mr. gove, what's in this federal stimulus relief bill the congress is still debating. according to nancy cordes, here's what's included. extended $300 a week federal unemployment. more money for loans to small businesses. money that cash-strapped states and local governments can use to retain public employees and there's a good chance the bill

will include rental assistance money and extend the eviction moratorium to make it possible for those who have fallen behind on their rent to not get kicked out of their homes. >> all very encouraging to hear but let's just get it to the people. that's what we need at this point. thank you very much. cbs news confirms that president-elect biden has chosen retired general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary. austin is a former commander of u.s. forces in iraq and he became the army's number two general. he would be the first african-american to lead the pentagon, if the senate confirmed him. congress will have to give him a special waiver as it did when another retired general, jim mattis, became president trump's first defense secretary. the idea is that there should be a gap between your service and your leadership. >> he's got an incredibly impressive career. that's what biden was impressed with. he worked with him during the obama administration. but general austin was the first black officer to command a division, oversee a theater of war.

presided over the drawdown of troops in iraq during the obama years. >> his resume is good. widely respected and much admired. and joe biden said he wanted to get a cabinet that looked like america. and so far, he certainly seems to be taking steps to carry that out. >> and we'll be hearing a lot more. >> yes, we will. legendary air force pilot chuck yeager died last night. the retired one-star general was the first person to break the sound barrier becoming almost mythical american hero. yeager was 97 years old. our national correspondent jericka duncan looks at the life and career of a country boy who became the model for the right stuff. >> yeager up clear. >> reporter: it was october 14th, 1947, and chuck yeager was already an accomplished world war ii pilot who shot down more than a dozen german adversaries across 64 missions. but on that day -- the 24-year-old captain of the army air corps said his course

for the history books. >> and he does it. the first human to crack the sound barrier. >> there he goes. >> reporter: 65 years later, to the minute, he rode along to re-create the historic flight. across a decades-long career, all the aircraft he flew were named glamorous glennis for his first wife who died in 1990. >> until that time we'd never before able to get above the speed of sound, pushing through mach-1. opened up space to us. >> reporter: breaking the sound barrier wasn't yeager's only brush with speed. he broke mach-2, twice the speed of sound in 1953 and his soing booms would set the stage. he later played a key role in developing u.s. space exploration, training nearly half the astronauts who served in the gemini, mercury and apollo programs. those milestones would later be

memorialized in a book and film "the right stuff." >> i'm still going upstairs like a bat out of hell. >> we didn't know that we would ever break mach-1. it's duty. just like flying combat. it didn't make any difference to me whether i thought the airplane would go faster than sound. i was asisigned as a test pilot on it, and it was my duty to fly p. he did that at 24. you think of grit, that's what you think. >> i was going to say, the first flight of anything was 1903. and just 40 years later we're going mach-1 and he's the one doing it p. he w. >> he was asked on twitter, how did it feel breaking the sound barrier? >> anyone who did would blow all apart to pieces, surviving was good. >> the right stuff was one of my favorite books. any time you hear a pilot even to this day talk on the intercom about, i'm going to go up around

here and duck around here. they are mimicking the style of chuck yeager. his voice in the cockpit is the voice that all pilots use. that's what tom wolf reported p. he was an aviation legend from the moment he broke the sound barrier, but "right stuff" made him a hero. >> he

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." the u.s. army will release a long-awaited report today after investigating the command culture at fort hohood, texas. ththe investigation was launche after the murder of vanessa guillen back i in april. her death was one of at leastst5 the army

can rebuild trust with its soldiers. in a one-on-one interview with norah o'donnell, army secretary ryan mccarthy admitted the army has failed to keep its soldiers safe, especially from sexual harassment and assault. >> so you ordered this review? >> yes. >> in part because of what happened to vanessa guillen? >> yes. i wanted a fresh pair of eyes. >> what surprised you? >> the scale and retaliation with high numbers of individuals reporting that because of fear of retaliation. >> people don't feel it's safe? >> the individuals, yes. >> he says he's committed to change and last month he promised accountability and transparency within the ranks. >> leaders, regardless of rank,

are accountable for what happens in their units. must have the courage to speak up and intervene. >> we want justice for vanessa. >> reporter: today's report is expected to propose an action plan for problems with leadership at fort hood with leadership and assignment. those problems were magnified by vanessa guillen's murder. her body was found miles off base months after she disappeared. we spoke to her sister after the investigation was commissioned. >> do you feel like the soldiers on that base are safe? >> i don't. it's one too many. either it's accidents or they claim to be accidents, we don't really know the truth. different murders outside, inside the base. and, you know, at this point i don't feel that anyone is safe in there. >> reporter: before her death

guillen told her family and friends she had been sexually harassed on the base. the army says it has no evidence into an assault. an investigation is still ongoing. this launched a movement worldwide. thousands of former military members shared their stories with #iamvanessaguillen. in september congress introduced the i am vanessa guillen act to change how the military handles sexual assault within the ranks. they are not confident this will provide them with any closure. >> we can't ask the wolf that guards the hen house. we can't ask them to fix themselves. we need to step up as civilians or as the world later today from

fort hood. tony? >> thank you very much. you can watch more of norah o'donnell's interview including his response to cbs news's year and a half long investigation tonight on the cbs evening news. >> we all remember nora's report. kudos to nora and the investigative team because the questions that they raised were so disturbing, so troubling and just wrong on so many different levels. i appreciate the army secretary sitting down with her knowing what that interview was going to be. a lot of guys in that position run for the hills and don't communicate, but i can't stop thinking about vanessa guillen's family. it's a shame this young woman with so much promise had to lose her life to get to this point, but at least we are talking about it and want to make changes. >> looking forward to that and

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it was spotted by a remote camera network that firefighters used to locate wildfires and dispatch crews. you can see the fire growing in this time lapse video. carter evans shows how the cameras are making a big difference. the massive wildfires that burned through california burned with an intensity few have seen before. entire towns over run by flames moving at unprecedented speeds and some barely made it out alive. >> every fire that starts has this potential to grow like we've never seen it grow before. >> reporter: now firefighters like cal fire san diego unit chief tony meachem are turning to a statewide network of 650 fire cameras. as soon as a flare-up is spotted, firefighters remotely control nearby cameras to try angulate its location. >> when you pinpoint with a camera where a fire is, how quickly are you acting on that

versus without a camera? >> the things that used to take us 20, 30 minutes to get to the fire and make those decisions now we're doing within seconds. >> reporter: how much of a difference does the first few minutes make? >> i can't even put it into words. our dispatchers will start moving additional resources before the first fire engines are on scene asking for that. what we've done is we've built the modern day fire tower. >> reporter: geologist neil driscoll is part of the group. he proposed adding the towers after a close call at his own home. he took us to see one high atop pa palomar mountain at the site of a fire tower. >> on a clear day they can see on the order of 70 miles. at night using the near infrared they can see 100 to 120 miles. >> when the lilac fire exploded,

commanders were able to watch the fast-moving flames on cameras and quickly determine the engines they dispatched would not be enough. >> we doubled the initial response that we sent. we had over 40 fire engines going to the lilac fire before 10 minutes before they were on scene. >> reporter: did that save lives? >> i think it absolutely did. >> reporter: each is self-sufficient with solar and battery backups and a microwave link transmits the live images which anyone can watch online. >> what's it like to watch the fire approaching one of the cameras? >> it's scary and then the image froze of that orange sky around the camera in the middle of the day. >> reporter: each camera station can cost up $40,000. when we measure the cost of wildfir wildfires, a 30 or $40,000 camera that can allow us to

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♪ ♪ time now for what to watch. this one requires a little bit of explanation. i recently found out what an advent calendar is. it's an illustrated calendar that counts down to christmas. i think you know where this is going. imagine my delight when someone sent me not an advent calendar but this -- a vladvent calendar. that is derek connor from clifton park, new york. >> what's his name? >> derek connor from clifton park. >> thank you. where did you get all of those pictures of me? >> vlad's going, i'll take 10. >> the internet provides. >> everybody in my family. >> thank you very much for that, derek. appreciate it. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. frightening video shows armed agents raiding a home.

>> please come down now. please come down. >> my children. >> rebecca jones tweeted this video from yesterday's raid. police deny that anyone pointed weapons at her family. jones claims the state department of health fired her in may after she refused a request to downplay covid rates. a spokesperson from the governor said she was terminated due to a repeated course of insubordinati insubordination. yesterday police took her cell phone away and that computer she uses to run her own covid site in florida. it was part of a cyber crime investigation. they allege that jones hacked into the department of health and sent a message encouraging employees to speak out about case numbers. jones denied that in a cnn interview last night. >> this is just a very thinly veiled attempt of a governor trying to intimidate scientists. desantis needs to worry less about what i'm writing about and

more about the people that are sick and dieing in their state. >> they found that the office of the governor did mislead the government through misinformation and spin and muzzling health officials across the state. she says as you can hear in the video, stop pointing the weapon at my child. >> you have to understand, the officers have a piece of paper telling them to complete an assignment. they don't know what they're going into. you can't blame them for following the proto col but there are bigger questions about why they were there. >> very intimidating that video. i'm still -- >> it's not like they went in and thought i'm going to point guns at children. they're going on an assignment. the bigger question is why the assignment came down. >> the larger question is was the governor suppressing information. >> the crime was cyber crime, guys, it wasn't, you know -- >> the state has suffered greatly in the wake of this pandemic and you have the investigation. we'll wait. >> there's more to this story.

>> yeah, there's a lot to it. >> all right. break dancing, can you believe it? >> no. >> it's made it all the way to the olympic games. so breaking is a competitive form of break dancing for those of you that don't know and it was added to the list of events at the 2024 summer olympics in paris. check out these competitors at the finals last month. advocates have fought for years to have breaking become an olympic sport. one breaker. it says that in the script. that's what they're called, breakers. they hope that they'll attract young people who may not follow some of the traditional sports. >> i don't doubt the athleticism to do that. i didn't know breaking was a thing. mx on camera 2 told me it is. laz who does my makeup told me it is. >> you adopted the lingo. now you're calling it breaking being all cool.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning, some local medical experts are questioning the use of stay-at-home orders, calling them a blunt instrument inviting the virus. they're asking for the data saying i toward dining spreads the virus. california's plans to launch an app on thursday that will notify you if you've been exposed to covid- 19 called ca notify and it will alert you if you've been near someone for more than 15 minutes, who ended up testing positive. three state campgrounds in marin campground will close to curb the spread of covid-19. the state park, china camp and

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♪ along th ♪ you're right, it's tuesday, decemberleth, 2020. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. a british grandmother makes history while congress fights over near a trillion-dollar stimulus. plus joe manchin, if the deadlock can be broken. a decade-long treasure hunt that turned deadly for some comes to an end. why some things remain a mystery. tiktok tips. a nashville couple is helping people hurt financially by the pandemic. >> it's hard, but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. a 90-year-old woman became the first person in the world to

take the pfizerbyon tech vaccine outside of clinical trials. >> this is a landmark moment for the first time at this very hospital, a person in the western world received an improved covid-19 vaccine. senior administration officials are denying the reports and said they are absolutely confident that there will be enough doses to vaccinate the american people. we will be able to vaccinate about 20 million people this month, and another 20 million to 25 million in january. here in las vegas, the nevada governor limited casino, bars, and restaurants to about 25% occupancy but that is not keeping people away in droves like you might expect. as you know, trump's been criticizing his attorney-general william barr, ever since barr announced there was no evidence of fraud in the election and gotten so bad barr is apparently considering quitting. on the bright side he can fully commit all of his time to doing appearances as a grownup rafflie from "a christmas story."

>> i hadn't noticed the resemblance. when you. you the that way, it is there. >> works. >> love to be a fly on the wall in the white house these days. good morning to you. good to see you again. very encouraging news in the battle against the coronavirus. maggie keenan, there you are, the very first person in the world to get a dose of the pfizer biontech vaccine. she's 90 years old, a grandmother, getting the shot as part of a mass inoculation program in the uk. the vaccine is not yet available in this country but that could soon change. in two days the fda will hold a hearing to decide whether to allow emergency use and i love maggie keenan, who sat in the chair and said "you need to go for it. it's the best thing that's ever happened" and she pointed out, it's free. >> that's the best part. it's coming here soon, we hope. >> yes. lawmakers working to keep coronavirus benefits have a plan to extend a friday deadline and house and senate leaders are

considering a $908 billion package to help small businesses, unemployed workers and state and local governments. they want to attach that $908 billion to a larger spending bill that will keep the government operating in the new year. now the house plans to vote tomorrow to keep the government running for one more week, giving negotiators more time. the senate is expected to follow suit. democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia is part of that bipartisan group promoting that coronavirus relief plan. he joins us from capitol hill. senator, good morning. thank you for being with us. >> good morning, anthony and gayle. >> good morning to you. first question, do you have the votes to pass this? >> i sure do think so. this is -- failure is not an option. we can't fail. there's too much at stake here. people running out of their lifelines which end and are eliminated at the end of december. we all know that. food assistance, shelter, the basic necessities of life are something that we have to continue to help people. businesses are falling through

the cracks because basically been ordered to close or shutter down or basically no indoor dining. the restaurants venues, so many people are hurting so badly and it's been said by both sides, anthony, if you hear both sides talking, if we don't invest, this is an emergency relief covid package. remember the word emergency. this is not a do-all/end-all but if we don't do something now, the $908 billion that we're coming together on democrats and republicans working bipartisan, bicameral with the problem solvers in the house, all of us working together if we don't do this, they said this is much more important and probably is more effective than the $2 trillion it might take in february or march to pull us out of the hole. >> you acknowledge it's not enough. there will need be more. >> correct. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, president trump, neither have endorsed this. have you spoken to either of them? are you expecting them to come on board? >> i think they both give encouraging signs that something needs to be done, and they're looking and very encouraging.

leader mitch mcconnell has said that basically bipartisan deal can be done and that's very encouraging, because we are prepared to do a deal. you'll see what we call section by section be rolled out this afternoon, probably in the 3:00/4:00 range. the people have been drafting, the staff working around the clock, and we just have a couple more things we're waiting on more information but we'll get 90% of it out today so the american public can see how we want to roll this out. >> senator manchin, you said you're optimistic and a lot of people are counting on this, and christmas break is coming up. if it's not done, should christmas break be delayed when you have so many people in pain and waiting and hoping on you guys to get this done? >> i don't know how any senator or congressperson could return home not making every effort. how can you look at people that will be displaced, evicted or hunger lines. >> exactly. >> people that you've never seen in long lines for food assistance. all the things that were hurting. businesses closed down that

might not every open back up. i don't know how you can go home, sorry, we had to come home for christmas vacation. they'll say take a vacation and don't go back. >> will direct cash payments be included in this? there's a bipartisan push? a push from the right from the right and left? >> sure, i understand that. i used the word emergency. >> yes. >> we had a hard time having our republicans move off the $500 billion, and then we've had a hard time for democrats to come down below $1.2 trillion. can we at least meet the emergency needs of america and if you look at everything that is going to be eliminated as of december 31st that's where your priorities must be for an emergency relief package. that's what we've done. and joe biden said this is a downpayment. our president joe biden coming in, he'll come back and lay out a new plan of what he thinks it takes to have this economy recover and stay on a course, vaccines are coming out.

people's spirits will be lifted. we just got to get through a very difficult first quarter. the most challenging we've ever faced. >> congress has only passed one stimulus bill so far and everybody agrees people are hurting. why is this so difficult? why hasn't congress done more at this point? without finger pointing? it must be frustrating to you, too. >> oh, my, it's so frustrating. i think that's wrapping, gayle, people are looking at the stock markets are soaring. unemployment has come down some. >> yes. >> what they're not talking about is still the unemployed and underemployed. people that went back to work that can't make their full paycheck because the economy is not there, if they worked in the restaurant, entertainment or any venues. so this is a tremd uendous recommend it we have, people being evicted. the landlords are trying to pay their mortgage payment, when the person is evicted there's no money. we're trying to address everything we need to be addressed today that we think could have been done better the first time. we're learning from that and trying to correct those mistakes. i can tell you this, i am so

proud of the democrats and republicans. we're all friends. we've always been friends. we just don't always sit down and work together. for the last three weeks we've been hooked to the hip, probably four to five, six hours a day, back and forth on zooms and it's encouraging, and a bicameral, too, from our house members, have been so constructive. >> senator joe manchin, thank you very much for being with us this morning. we hope the deal gets done. >> let's remember that word, friends. let's remember that "f" word friends. >> that's right, gayle. can't wait to see you all in person again. >> us, too. us, too. >> for sure. >> thank you. all right, the mystery surrounding a famed treasure hunt is finally solved. ahead, who the person is to discover the million-dollar trove in the rocky mountains.

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we have new information about a real life treasure hunt that helps people all over the world. if you are still hoping to find this treasure, it's not good news for you. ten years ago a new mexico art dealer created a poem with clues to the location of a hidden treasure. his challenge created a frenzied hunt that contained more than $1 million of valuables. the treasure had been found. here's the news. now we know who found it. we have the report. >> reporter: with the clue into the mountains north of santa fe, it's believed tens of thousands have searched the rockies for the treasure chest filled with millions in gold and precious

jules. several lost their lives doing so. in june they said it had been finally discovered but the finder wanted to remain anonymous, a secret he took to his grave when he died in december at the age of 90. now the mystery is over. after they posted anonymously about his discovery. >> how are you able to find out who he was? >> i figured out a way to flag a typo inside the story which allows you to get a little bit of information to send to the author of the post. >> he's 32-year-old michigan medical student jack stoop who revealed himself to author daniel barbarisi. chasing the thrill. >> we had a good relationship for a few months going back and forth about the treasure until out of the blue one day he said, i think it's going to come out. you want to know who i am? i said, all right, let's talk. why stoop revealed himself? fearing a lawsuit would

eventually name him, he came forward. in the suit an illinois woman claims stoop found the treasure by hacking her computer and emails. she believed it was in new mexico. he found it in wyoming after a two-year search and says he's never met the woman. in a statement to c b s nbs newf says we can confirm he's the legitimate winner. the allure wasn't the value but the chance he said to live out a teenage fantasy of treasure hunting. >> that is to be the one to crack the code. the code steuf said he cracked was written in 2010. he wrote the thrill of the chase which included a poem with clues to the treasure's location. cbs sunday morning's barry peterson spoke to fenn in 2015. >> i made it hard deliberately. if it was easy, anyone could do

it. >> he won't reveal where he found the treasure. >> even with the best of intentions, people tramping in and out of there is going to ruin the pristine nature of that place. it's anachronism. a fantasy. it shouldn't exist. >> the woman filing the lawsuit in a statement to cbs news calls the statement by the fenn family more nonsense and continues to question the legitimacy of the discovery. on a separate note, i have covered forest fenn and this story and have met with him at his home at least a half a dozen times over the past several years. i was among those who questioned whether he even hid the treasure in the first place, especially this summer when he announced there was an anonymous finder just two months before he passed away. now we know jack steuf is the finder. he had student loans to pay off and he will auction off that treasure. anthony? >> a lot of money for it. didn't you -- >> so i was the first person to

do a big old long article back in 2012 and then i went on tv on cnn, brooke baldwin, thanks for having me on, appreciate that, and it exploded from there. and -- >> you had doubts too though, tony? >> i always thought the chess was sfleel. >> you did? >> my article helped lend credibility. forest was an unusual guy. >> you always thought there was money. >> always thought it was real, but until now i doubted that it had really been found because forest wanted -- immortality. >> you had a doubt about something. >> finding surprised me. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas during commercial breaks. how the pandemic is changing the sales pitch. you're watching "cbs this morning." ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52

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have you noticed one of the many things that are different for the holidays this year? the ads. >> oh, hi, santa.

>> good morning, everyone. you know what, i can't even fake it. look, after the year we just had, the usual gifts are just not going to cut it. so we have to find something else and fast. that's all. figure it out. good luck. >> okay. so you might not recognize the face, but i'll bet you recognize that voice. that's steve carell. santa in a new business. xfinity working remotely. our consumer investigative report anna warner talks about how advertisers have changed their approach because of the pandemic. >> reporter: flip on the tv and you may see more ads like these. a girl and her grandmother separated by glass ♪ i'll be home for christmas >> postal carriers, essential workers diligently bringing the mail. a year like 2020 calls for a different kind of holiday advertising. says "new york times" advertising writer tiffany chu.

>> the fact that everyone is still cooped up at home. people are social distancing. the holidays are not going to work the way they normally do. strike the balance. you guys can still shop. you can still celebrate. >> let's deck the halls over video calls. this walmart ad acknowledges the current reality of social distancing and mask wearing, but not every company is emphasizing the pandemic. take lifetime which is owned by a&e networks and kfc. >> colonel sanders. >> they're rolling out this 15 minute mini movie featuring mario lopez over the weekend. it's branded content featuring kfc's star in a typical lifetime made for tv style drama. >> david desosio is with a&e networks. >> i think the project is done with a wink. we know what the audience loves. kfc knows what the audience loves so we're giving them all

of that. >> a little bit of an escape. >> andrey yeah zahmunsky is with kfc. >> it's about telling our brand story in a fun way. >> not all new approaches are proving to be popular. hershey's is getting negative feedback for changing its iconic holiday kisses ad. this year it cuts to a family making cookies. >> there's a lot riding on the success of these ads. >> it's make or break for a lot of companies. they know that if they don't get the exact right tone with these ads, their consumers are going to be all over them with complain complaints. >> reporter: well, ch usaid hershey's said it would run the new ad and traditional ad but goes to show you that striking this delicate balance right now with advertising can be a little tricky. anthony? >> yeah. it's such an interesting year in every respect, even christmas is complicated.

anna, thank you. >> you can't even do her xi kisses on cookies now. people are complaining this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> i am len kiese. in oakland, one person is dead, two injured. it happened just before 8:00 last night. officers say they found two people shot inside a car. one of the victims rushed to the hospital. the other died at the scene. marin county is hours away from joining four other bay area counties and the shelter in place order. this means indoor and outdoor playgrounds will be closed. retail will be limited to 20% capacity. as for restaurants? it's only take-out or delivery. southbound 680 right at monument, we've got brake lines. it's still pretty busy for

coming up at 242 heading toward 689. still tracking a few brake lights on highway 4 as you work your way out of a point. taking a look at traffic along the eastshore freeway, westbound right at powell street. you've got an accident there. you work your way out of berkeley where that trouble spot is come so keep that in mind if you are heading towards the northbridge. into oakland, we've got a slow ride there. southbound 880 busy as you head out of a word, and still some slight delays as you approach the pay gates, mary? get ready for a sunny and warm the across the bay area with calm and quiet conditions. it's a chilly start to the day so grab that jacket if you are heading out the door. mid-60s along the coast. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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♪ all you need is love >> that's right. talk of the table. anthony, first. >> we're playing that song because it was 40 years ago today that we lost john lenin. >> gunned down on this day in 1980 as he was entering a new york city apartment building. he was just 40 years old. the news of his death devastated fans around the world. he's memorialized of course in the strawberry fields section of central park which is right across the street. his killer still behind bars. his legacy lives on especially in the fractured times with the messages of peace.

i happened to walk by the dakota on my way home last night and -- >> are there flowers there? >> there weren't yet. a pair of gas lanterns that always flicker outside the dakota. they're absolutely beautiful. they seemed so poignant to me last night. i posted this image that you see there on instagram and all these memories, comments started coming in of people saying things. there was one woman, debby, she said that day gutted me. i can still conjure up the feeling and how i wept for weeks. it's 40 years later but it's still such a powerful moment to so many people. such a sense of loss. >> anthony, it was so shocking. >> yes. >> not only that it happened, but that it happened to john lenin and all that he represented and the way that it happened, outside of his apartment. >> on the streets of new york. if you were a new yorker -- i was working, i got a job out in tulsa. i was shocked and so upset i couldn't be home to be there. >> to be there. >> 40 years old.

>> just turned 40. tony? i have a dispatch about the weird future that is coming to us. >> weirder than the present? >> weirder than the present. the air force is preparing to deploy its first robot patrol dogs. they're going to do it next month. these are high tech canines called vision 60. there they are on your screen. >> so creepy. >> extremely creepy. if you rub their belly, they don't respond. >> don't curl up on your lap and watch a movie. >> they look like they could kill you. >> i think they can. they can climb steps. if you knock them over, they can get back up. >> roll over. >> so the idea is that these will replace stationery surveillance cameras. they have censors. they pick up movement. and they are going to track intruders around the perimeter of the base. >> i like the idea of them of what they're going to do. >> definitely replaces a

dangerous job for people. i'm going to be very weirded out. this is along the panhandle of florida. if i see an air force officer running with one of these things, i'm going to lose it. >> so creepy. we've had remembering john lenin, robotic dogs. remember elf? a man meeting his biological father. he had a unique way of doing it. this is 43-year-old doug henning dressing himself as buddy the elf for the meeting, the first time meeting his biological dad at boston's logan airport. he thought the costume would be a great way to break the ice. >> interesting choice. >> i love you. i love you! >> oh, my gosh. >> that's quite the hello. >> hi, dad. >> who are you? >> kenny, he even did the song

that ferrell sang in the movie. he had never seen the movie. >> unprepared. >> he hadn't seen "elf" but he gave his son a big hug. you have to think, my son has an interesting sense of humor. there's something very sweet about this to me even though it's a little jarring. it's very sweet. >> i can only imagine being the father. >> meeting -- >> so they had been talking on zoom so they had some idea what the other one looked like. communicating on zoom. to see each other face to face that's how you decide to do it. he was adopted by amazing parents he said but he always wanted to know his father, who his real father was. after he met his dad he said his father gained a son and became a grandfather. he is the first of his father's children to become a parent. story that's just beginning there. >> happy ending. >> nice. one nashville couple is harnessing the generosity of their massive social media following to leave huge tips for

strangers. videographer lexie burke and austin burke captured the moment they surprised people with tips of at least $500. the couple uses tiktok to raise money to help americans financially hurt by the pandemic. we spoke with erroll barnett with how this grew to help so many people. good morning. >> good morning. the kids call this the venmo challenge. alexey and austin burke asked more than 1 million followers to send in their spare change, anywhere from 25 cents to $1. for a week on week thousands of people have done exactly that. now from wales to uber drivers, waiters, peoples lives have actually been transformed. people who didn't expect it at a time of uncertainty for so many. >> if i give you $1,000, that would cover it? >> $1,000? >> tipping strangers $1,000 has become the norm. the nashville couple leks si and

austin burke. >> are you serious? oh, god. >> it's a popular tiktok trend known as the venmo challenge. >> i noticed different users were asking followers to venmo them. i decided to do this venmo challenge but for the service industry. >> they both waited tables before. >> i got a big tip years ago so i wanted to pay it forward. >> she had this simple request. >> if every follower venmos me 50 cents we could leave a massive tip. >> her venmo account filled with donations totaling more than $3,000. >> reporter: did you expect, lex lexie, that you would raise the amount that you did the first time? >> absolutely not. >> 20, 40 -- >> reporter: those receiving the

tips were just as shocked. the newlywed couple has now raised more than $155,000 sharing it with more than 100 strangers. >> we just did one on thanksgiving day. we ordered some pizza. they were so sweet and so gracious. >> i live paycheck to paycheck. >> we had a server, she broke down because she just said she unfortunately was getting evicted from her home. >> oh, my god. thank you. thank you. >> we made a pact that, number one, we would give all the money out and, number two, that we would leave it up to god to who we got as a server. >> yeah. i'm going to tip you $1,000. >> really? >> inspired by all those that gave to him, nail technician tommy nguyen decided to pay his tip forward. >> i split it out. i gave some to my family. i gave it back to my dance community. >> how much of the 1,000 did you

keep for yourself? >> 50 bucks. there are so many people that i wanted to give out. >> reporter: so many people. >> thank you! >> reporter: touched by a simple act of kindness. >> this isn't from lexie or myself. this is from thousands and thousands of people that genuinely care about you and love you. >> reporter: what's your thought for people who are on the receiving end of this? >> my hope is to keep doing what you're doing whether you're serving, a nurse, you're so appreciated. i feel like this year we've all been able to come together and a lot of them have been talking >> reporter: keep in mind, they do get permission every time they record someone and surprise them with a massive, fat tip. leks si and austin are fundraising for their last round of 2020. they do get something in return. take a look at this video clip. it's them dancing to true percs. the two now are taking dance

classes together and they credit this challenge and the entire experience for bringing them close. of course, their hope is that this becomes contagious and everyone effectively pays it forward. tony? >> wow. lexie's got moves. >> that's so lovely. >> go lexie and austin. it shows you. everybody can give 50 cents. i like how they're starting with that. it shows you how kindness begets kindness. do it for somebody and what can i do? >> seeing all of those reactions together. >> we do need a venmo challenge in congress. maybe they filmed it. >> they need to meet with the people on capitol hill. you're right about that. >> could be on its way. >> erroll, thank you very much. more uplifting messages, this one from a man whose optimism is guiding his today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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while the u.s. faces a record-breaking surge of new coronavirus cases, many of those infected earlier in the pandemic, they are still healing. 64-year-old mark taragosa contracted the virus earlier this year and faced complications that led to not one, not two, not three, but four amputations. meg oliver has his remarkable story of percent is he veern and recovery. good morning. quite a story you've got. >> reporter: quite a story

indeed, gayle. it was a choice to live or die and mark hasould say it's not et it's a miracle. >> reporter: in aipca rat tee master caught covid. >> i went to work friday. then nighttime i had temperature already and then i had two cardiac arrests. that's all how it started. >> the healthy 64-year-old quickly developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, a condition that causes fluid buildup in the lungs. >> how hard was it for you to see your dad like that? >> it was hard. i remember when they took him to the hospital the first time.

i was thinking in my head, give him a big hug because i didn't know if that would be, excuse me, the last time. so at that moment we were hearing the horror stories so i gave him a great big hug. >> after three weeks in the icu mark's hands and toes were turning purple. he had limb ischemia. it caused significantly reduced blood flow to his extremities. his family faced the decision to amputate both hands, left foot and part of the right foot. >> end of life this is different. brain wise he was doing great. >> mark, a medical technologist grew up in the philippines, one of 11 siblings. a father and grandfather who says he lives for his family. >> when you woke up and you saw your wife after your amputations, how did you process how you felt? >> i never thought of the amputations at all or laying

there, the thought of oh, i lost my limbs. what i'm thinking is how to go on about it, to stand up again, but where i work at it, it's always starting from the mind. your best weapon is the mind because everything else goes through the mind, your choices physically, spiritually, it's always the mind. >> reporter: his family say they were concerned mark would wake up and be angry that they took away his independence. >> we really thought he might be angry for a while. like he might be depressed. he's going to have to rely on us for a while for things he was able to do when he was awake. >>. >> reporter: was he depressed? was he angry? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: how has it changed your relationship? >> we're much closer. every waking hour i'm not at work i'm with him. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: looking back the the eternal optimist can't help

but brag. he likes to tell everyone he was up and walking within two weeks. >> my therapist alex was surprised. like oh, my god, this is the first time i saw somebody without training with walkers or platforms. you just went and walked, you know? >> yeah! >> reporter: after 98 days in the hospital, the avid philadelphia eagles fans celebrated his triumph, walking out of the hospital his arms in the air. >> how did it feel when you walked out of the hospital? >> oh, believe it or not, i am so grateful. i am so happy. i could breathe again. >> what was it like when the eagles beat the giants? >> more than that. i'm just kidding. >> reporter: eight months after being diagnosed with covid, mark continues his work at physical therapy. >> it's like relearning it again

like a baby. >> reporter: he has to relearn everything, from how to sit up without assistance to feeding himself. >> just wait for the day and i'm really grateful. >> reporter: grateful for another chance at life. they're an amazing family. one of the reasons mark wanted to share his story. as he puts it, sometimes we don't believe what we don't see, and he wanted people to see the devastating impact he suffered as a healthy person so hopefully more people will take it seriously. tony? >> meg, that's a delightful piece in the end. hard journey. >> what a family. what an attitude. your best weapon -- >> i wrote that down. your best weapon is your mind. first the tiktok story that tugged at your heart strings and then you have a story that tugged at you in another way. it makes you so appreciative and grateful for what you have.

so admiring of people like that family. >> the best weapon is the mind is right. >> all right. we'll be right back. >> we all have one of those. >> we do. >> they can't amputate that. >> some people use it differently. that's the best way to say it. bay area homeowners,

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