food chain. he said unless they receive $12 billion in federal help over the next several years, massive cuts in jobs and service will take place. why should people from nebraska and iowa fund the new york city subway system? >> one answer to that question is, you mentioned nebraska. so, let's start there. a company called you ka sa ed - kawasaki builds the subway cars. we have production products in florida, iowa, texas, obviously new york state, it's now on pause, it touches literally every state in the nation. including nebraska had. >> in just the new york area, one study estimated 450,000 nontransit jobs are depending on public transportation services. first generation american born to irish immigrants grew up six

subway stops from the building was appointed by a fellow queens native, democratic governor cuomo to lead the nta in 2019. >> should people feel safe riding public transport right now? >> the answer is absolutely. the research around the world in the united states, and abroad is that public transit as ridership has increased has not been a vector of the virus. to get more people on board, the mta is pioneering new ways to keep people safe. both now and post pandemic. that includes ultra violate lights. electrostatic sprayer, and new kinds of air filters. >> when it's all over with. >> yep. >> how do you convince people to get on public transport on again who have not been on in months? >> look, new york, after the

1918 flu pandemic, the united states experienced the roaring 20s. i think there's going to be bent up demand. offices will open, broadway will come back, the new york mets that are across the road will have a terrific season. people will want to go see them. >> some people may disagree with the last projection. >> i understand. >> but we wish you luck. >> absolutely. >> with just six weeks until president trump leaves office, his administration is rushing to build as much wallace possible along the border with mexico. the project has faced tall hurdles, perhaps none more challenging than long the mountain region where new mexico and arizona meet mexico. we have more. >> reporter: the last 35 miles of building the president's wall in arizona, is under way. and the rugged mountains. it's terrain so difficult that roads have to be carved in to mountain sides, so mens, machines and materials can sink the 30 foot high steel beams in

concrete. construction costs here have been reported at $41 million a mile. more than any other stretch of the 738 mile project. but jose manuel perez sees a greater are cost. >> it's a huge richness of diversity of culture and relationship between the two nations. we are losing that with this wall. >> the wall intended to stop people also stops migrating animals. >> the biggest corridor for big mammals like the mountain lions, the jaguars they don't recognize boundaries. they have been here forever. >> perez runs a land preservation organization. his border cameras capture images of the animals here. a local land owner, started it all. she learned barren land can flourish by piling up rocks to

retain scarce water and her crew made 10s of thousands of them. later, she bought 130,000 acres on the mexico side for them to care for. >> i fell in love with dirt. >> she also convinced reluctant ranchers to join the conservation effort. but now, decades of work is literally being blown up. unlike other projects, that require review under the national environmental policy and endangered species act, some of the protections blew up to after the 9/11 attacks. what is going on here has attracted lawsuits and spectators. >> the majority of my day is looking lu looking through a lens to find out where the crews are. >> he arrived after the pandemic brought his business to a stand still, he since made wall construction from texas to

california his focus. >> i think it's insulting. people on drugs. this will not stop any of that. what it will stop and what's kind of sickening to me is wild life migration. you have species that they won't be able to get through these paths. that will end. but migration is not going to stop. and neither is the drug trade. >> president elect biden wants to stop the building. and leave motion s is ensors he already to track human movement. but until then, construction continues, conquering a landsca landscape, transfo ordinary tissues burn when theo blows. so dad bought puffs plus lotion, and rescued his nose. with up to 50% more lotion puffs bring soothing softness and relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed.

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jewels. several lost their lives. in june, it was said that the treasure had been found and the finder wanted to remain anonymous. the finder has posted about his discovery. >> how were you able to find out who he was? >> i figured out a way to flag a typo inside the story that allows you to get a little information to send to the post. >> he is a medical student, who revealed himself to a fellow treasure hunter and author who is talking about the hunt, chasing the thrill. >> we had a good relationship going back and forth about the treasure until out of the blue, he said, hey, i think it's going to come out. you want to know who i am? i said okay, let's talk. >> why he revealed himself? fearing a lawsuit would eventually name him, he came

forward. in the suit, an illinois woman claimed he found the treasure by hacking her computer and e-mails. she believed the chest was in new mexico and stuef said he found it in wyoming after a two year search and he has never met the woman. in a statement to cbs news, the family said, we can confirm that jack is the legitimate finder of the chest that my granddad hit and we wish him the best. for steuf, the allure was not the value, but the chance, he said, to live out a teenage fantasy of treasure hunting. >> the code he cracked was written in 2010. when he released a self published memoire the thrill of the chase with a poem with clues to the treasure's location. barry peterson spoke about the hunt in 2015. >> well, i made it hard deliberately. if it was easy, anyone could do it. >> he said steuf will not reveal

where in wyoming he found it. >> even with the best of intentions, people tramping in and out will ruin the pristeen chase. it's a fantasy. it should not exist. >> the woman filing the lawsuit in a statement to cbs news called the statement by the family more nonsense and continues to question the legitimacy of the discovery. on a separate note, i have covered this story and have met with him at his home at least a half a dozen times over the past several years. and 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 and steuf said he has student loans to pay off and he will auction off the treasure. >> there's a scientist on the cover of time magazine and she is only 15 years old.

we have her story. >> there's some stories you do, and you know you will be back for a sequel. in 2017, we introduced you to a then 12-year-old girl, she had created a testing kit. inspired by flint michigan. >> i have never tested my water. >> that's a big problem. >> we ended the piece asking what will she do next? well, this was next. she was just named time magazine's first ever kid of the year. >> this is so beyond exciting. nothing i could have ever imagined. >> now, 15 years old, she beat out 5,000 others. not just for the led testing kit, she has created apps to fight cyber bullying and opioid addiction. after a year like 2020, take

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the coronavirus pandemic is casting a shadow over the traditional celebrations, most events have been cancelled or scaled back. we visited bethlehem to see how the city is working to keep the spirit of christmas alive. >> all the trimmings of a holiday wonder land, while the tree is up and the ornaments are on, the crowds are missing. the square is bracing itself for a christmas like no other. >> christmas will be alternative b -- be a little bit sad, we feel that by praying and raising up our voice to god, things will change and coronavirus will

disappear. >> last year, this was what christmas was like in bethlehem, streets teaming with tourists from around the world. soaking up the festive cheer where jesus was born. in march the gates of the city were shut after the first major covid-19 outbreak happened here. there's been over 65,000 cases in the palestinian territory, and more than 620 deaths. resulting in strict lockdowns that spelled doom for bethlehem's small businesses. >> a lot of people are afraid, and you feel the spirit and prayers of jesus, but these days, there's nothing and don't feel any spirit. it's sad. >> the erie silence is not just on the street, it's in the churches. here at the church of the nativity, where it's believed jesus was born on this spot. there's no crowds, no choir singing and just a precious few

of the faith. but for those that speak for bethlehem's local government, it's an opportunity to get closer to the teachings of christ. >> this year we go to the essence of the christmas, we go inside ourselves. think about the spirit of christmas. the religious meaning of christmas. we think, and we feel with our beloved ones having family and friends safe is christmas. especial headline in the situation. >> it's a really beautiful thing to say, that the spirit of christmas is keeping each other safe. >> true. >> with coronavirus infection still rising across bethlehem, midnight mass has also had to be scaled back. >> merry christmas. and the closest many will get to the annual tree lighting ceremony will be by watching it online via a live feed. digitally bringing light in to a world that this year, has seen so much darkness. and that's the "overnight

news" for it's wednesday, december 9th, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." awaiting approval. a covid-19 vaccine could get the green light this week in the u.s. how hospitals are getting ready and the challenges still ahead. last-ditch effort. the state of texas is asking the supreme court to block the election results. why it accuses several battleground states of wrongdoing. fallout at ft. hood, the army's next move after punishing 14 officers and soldiers over violence on the base. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin with the anticipati a