this morning on cbsn bay area. and cbs this morning is co good morning to you viewers in the west. it is wednesday. hump day. welcome to cbs "this morning" on december 9, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. the coronavirus is spreading faster and farther than ever before. the new warning from the government's task force and how misinformation and misbehavior and political tensions are making this pandemic worse. the fda could be on the grinch of a proven vaccine. how big pharmacy chains are preparing to help with the rollout. plus, president-elect biden's pandemic plan for his first 100 days. a controversial police shooting in ohio faces new scrutiny. casey goodson jr. was killed by sheriff's deputy near his own front door. why the justice department is now getting involved in the

investigation. and army abuse crackdown. the military takes unprecedented disciplinary action after a blistering report on ft. hood showing sexual assaults and deaths. nora o'donnell talks exclusively with the army secretary. it's powerful, but first, here's today's "eye opener: your world in 90 seconds". newly released documents suggests fda will approve pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. >> if pfizer gets approved doses shipped out by this weekend possibly. >> i've been through many public health crises before, this is toughest one we've ever faced as a nation. >> president-elect biden unveiling members of his team. the coronavirus continues to rage on. >> we're in a very dark winter. things way well get worse before they get better. >> supreme court is not going to overturn pennsylvania's election results. >> we won in the swing states and there were terrible things that went on. we'll have to see who the next administration is. >> the u.s. army fired or suspended 14 officers and soldiers at ft. hood, texas, over extreme violence in the

ranks. >> the commanders set the culture. >> and those commanders will be held accountable? correct. >> an alleged racial slur from the referee has the champion's league to be band beyond during mid game. >> all that and all that matters -- >> a second man that got the vaccine and this is real, william shakespeare. they had to have done that for pr. that is the most english name a person could possibly have next to lady margaret cadbury paddingtonshire avon. >> the olympics will include a new sport, break dancing. >> i bet can you break dance, can't you? >> i can do some robotics. ooh. you've got great robotics. >> yeah. ♪

>> ah, yes! come on, now! >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by -- he was very good. >> the judges give him a ten at this table. >> james gordon didn't expect that. very well done. >> nicely done. welcome to cbs "this morning." we're going to begin with a stark warning from the coronavirus task force. it says -- this pandemic is spreading faster and farther than ever and that more must be done to stop it. 15 million people have now gotten covid-19 in just over nine months. >> there is hope in the form of the pfizer biontech vaccine the fda reviews tomorrow, but for most of the u.s., that vaccine is still months away. our lead national correspondent

devd david begnaud is in los angeles county, which has the most confirmed cases in america. >> reporter: good morning. here in l.a. county you can't eat indoors or outdoors or even gangy in public with the family that you live with. okay? the vaccine will help. 100 million vaccinations may not happen until end of spring. however, the vaccine appears now to be on the verge of emergency use authorization. scientists found that pfizer's vaccine is 95 effective after two doses. that is true regardless of race, age, or weight. now, this chart which tracks covid infections tells the story. the red line is the placebo group. the blue line received the vaccine. just eight vaccine recipients actually got infected after the vaccine trials. the fda group said they found no serious side effects. though some participants did report a little pain at the

injection site and flu-like symptoms that lasted for a day or two. >> i'm certainly encouraged. tla tla tlart. >> reporter: has is the acting chairman on vaccines. tomorrow his group will meet and recommend whether or not to recommend emergency use for the vaccine. >> we're using the same standards as far as how the vaccine protects. the owning thing that's different is that we're moving a little faster because of the raging outbreak. ♪ >> reporter: a raging outbreak because behaviors don't seem to be exchanging. changing. look at this concert in columbus, ohio. 500 people packed into this nightclub, mostly unmasked. then there was this christmas pageant in missouri. and in idaho, officials had to cancel a mask mandate vote after protesters became a safety concern. one public health official is in

tears as she interrupted the meeting to tell the board she needed to rush home. >> my 12-year-old son is home by himself right now and there are protesters banging out side the door. i'm going to go home and make sure he's okay. >> reporter: near california, some icus are completely full. some restaurant owners are openly defying a lockdown order issued by the government for regions where icu capacity is now below 15%. that triggered a ban on outdoor dining. >> we're staying open. outdoors. it's that simple. i'm not [ bleep ]. the governor is. >> reporter: that is andrew gruel who owns several restaurants in southern california and he says the state's order is unfairly targeting small businesses while allowing larger companies to still operate. >> if the government wants people not to congregate outside and they truly want people to stay home, then everyone should stay home. 100%. people are still taking the virus very seriously. they're all wearing their mask, all socially distancing. so they also seem to understand

that we can have certain safety measures but with he can also be rational. >> reporter: take, for example where we are this morning. the kitchen in west hollywood, california, spent $150,000 getting everything set for outdoor dining and doing it right then the county banned it. a judge here in l.a. county, described as a searing rebuke of the county saying, where's the data, science, to back up the fact you guys say the virus is spreading because of outdoor dining? have you considered the economic and psychological impacts on the restaurant industry? a judge here in l.a. county issued a searing rebuke of the county. he said where's the proof? where is the medical science to justify shutting down outdoor dining to say it's spreading the virus? told the county if you don't take into account the psychological impact and bring me the data, showing that outdoor dining is contributing to the spread of the virus, your ban here in l.a. county, ban on dining is going to end in a week. anthony? >> all right. mr. secretary, david azar, thanks for being with us. on monday on this program a member of president-elect biden's task force said regarding vaccine distribution,

she said "we have yet to see any kind of detailed plan from your administration." is that still the case, mr. azar, and if so, why haven't they seen a plan yet five weeks away from the new administration. >> i'm sorry. it's just not factually accurate. we spent yesterday, the president hosted a vaccine distribution summit with a bipartisan group of governors, cvs, walgreens distribution partners, u.p.s., fedex and mckesson where we laid out how we will ship vaccine and how it would replicate the flu vaccine for people. we're collaborating very closely with the biden transition team in making sure that planning is in effect. but all the distribution plans are minutely detailed. this is the u.s. military that is leading this operation with these great power houses of the american private sector. so, no, it's very well in hand. so there is a -- >> so you can ensure there is a

plan in place, and you can assure u.s. that it's going to meet the deadlines you're talking about? >> absolutely. it's what all the leaders said. this is what we do. don't try to build a system that's new and different for covid-19 vaccine. they do vaccines every day. hundreds of millions of vaccines every year. don't try to build a different system than what works. leverage the tried and true. >> so we're still looking at late spring and early summer for americans to get vaccinated? >> no. actually, we're hoping within days we'll start vaccinating americans, our most vulnerable people. >> that i understand. but i mean most of the population by late spring and early summer? >> no. i actually think that we'll start seeing in february and march more general vaccination populations moving into april. we think by the end -- during the second quarter we'll have enough for all americans. second quarter next year, but we're just going to each week progressively be releasing more and more vaccine and the governors expanding groups. so it's not like there is a one day event where all of a sudden vaccine becomes available. >> you said this week, mr.

secretary, the u.s. has the option to buy 500 million more doses of the pfizer vaccine. what are we waiting for? >> we're waiting for pfizer to commit that they can actually deliver by a date certain. so we committed to buy 100 million doses of their vaccine back in july before they even had initiated phase three clinical trials. we did that sight unseen. made that commitment. the most we could get out of them was an option for 500 million additional doses. we're actively trying to get more and we have said we'll use the defense production act and any authorities and powers we need to ensure the american people get what they want and need. >> how soon to you expect other vaccines to hit the market? >> if everything is on track for moderna, we could be releasing their vaccine in days. we're in late state trials with astrazeneca and johnson & johnson's vaccine. results relatively soon from

both of those, and you mentioned pfizer. but with he have contracts with six vaccine manufacturers that add up to options to buy up to 3 billion doses of vaccine. so we have been very aggressive in spreading our bets around, spreading the risk around. creating backup capacity for the american people. >> all right. secretary azar, thanks for being with us this morning. >> my pleasure. thank you. the supreme court has shut down one of president trump's latest and last attempts to overturn the election, and election eclearly lost. in one short sentence the court denied the republican challenge to the vote in pennsylvania. ed o'keefe is covering the biden transition in wilmington, delaware. ed, good morning to you. the president-elect has a lot going on these days. has he responded in any way to this latest ruling? >> reporter: good morning, tony. his campaign said overnight the election is over and that mr. biden will be sworn in as president in january. the president-elect is focusing instead on how to fight the pandemic. laying out what exactly he would do about it in his first 100 days. >> masking, vaccinations,

opening schools. these are the three key goals my first 100 days. >> reporter: president-elect biden says he wants 100 million vaccines given to americans in his first 100 days. that's the same number of vaccines promised by the trump administration. but mr. biden is warning that president's vaccination plan could fall short without additional funding. >> there's a real chance that after an early round of vaccinations the effort will slow and stall. >> reporter: the president-elect also rolled out his health team including dr. anthony fauci who will remain in his current role and be chief medical adviser to mr. biden. >> the road ahead will not be easy. >> reporter: fauci skipped the vaccine summit hosted by president trump tuesday which featured no representatives from vaccine manufacturers.

the prez used to falsely say he won the election. >> hopefully the next administration will be the trump administration. >> reporter: mr. biden continues to fill up other parts of the cabinet. cbs news announced he plans to hire marcia fudge and tom filsack. today he plans to introduce retired army general lloyd austin as his pick for defense secretary. if confirmed, he'll be the first black man to lead the pentagon. but some democrats on capitol hill are skeptical of his leadership because he's been out of service less than seven years. they require them to wait that long before taking top civilian jobs at the pentagon. austin would need congress to pass a waiver exempting him. in an op-ed mr. biden said congress should do so as it did for president trump's first defense secretary james mattis. and marc morial, president of the national urban league agrees. >> my encouragement is democrats and republicans hear it loud and clear. don't impose a differential

standard on general austin. >> reporter: morial was one of the civil rights leaders who met with the president-elect last night to discuss his cabinet picks and what he's doing about racial justice concerns. now if you're keeping score at home, at this point the president-elect appointed a dozen cabinet picks, eight of them are people of color, six men, and, gayle, six of them are women. >> thank you for the breakdown. a lot of people, ed, are keeping score. the white house also weighed in on those stimulus negotiations. >> they are. >> i know they are. what can you tell us about the latest on that? >> reporter: yeah, so the white house is injecting uncertainty into the talks over the bipartisan plan that would cost $908 billion in exchange for another round of $600 stimulus checks. the white house would offer $40 billion for federal unemployment insurance. that might sound good but $140 billion less than what's in the bipartisan plan. it would help tens of millions of jobless americans. democratic leaders are calling the administration's proposal unacceptable.

then there is the defense policy bill. usually this thing passes without any controversy. lays out all the different plans for the pentagon for the forthcoming year. but the president is threatening a veto. last night, however, the house passed it with enough votes to, if necessary, override a veto from the president, which could come in the closing days of his presidency. gayle? >> we need to remember the people really need this money. thank you very much, ed. the justice department will join the investigation into the controversial police killing of a black man in columbus, ohio. 23-year-old casey goodson jr. was his name. he died after a sheriff's deputy shot him on friday afternoon. and goodson's family says he was shot in the back at his own home. authorities say that goodson refused an order to drop a gun. we're at the justice department with more on this story. jeff, good morning to you. it's a song that we heard many, many times. but in this particular case, why are the federal authorities fweting involved now? >> reporter: well, gayle, the

justice department is reviewing the detail of this case, which as you know are in dispute this morning. the goodson family, they want concrete answers as to why the 23-year-old was shot. >> my grandson just got shot! >> reporter: on a call with 911, kasie's goodson's grandmother says her grandson has just been shot as he entered their home. >> i heard the gun shots. i got up and he's laying in the door. >> reporter: the family says goodson had just arrived home with sandwiches just moments before the shooting goodson was spotted by a sheriff's deputy who was working as part of a u.s. marshals fugitive task force conductsing a search for a suspect in the neighborhood. goodson was not the target of the manhunt. authorities say goodson was seen waving a gun as he drove by. >> definitely at some point after that confronted him, and it went badly. >> reporter: goodson then got out of his

vehicle and ordered to drop his gun. when he failed to comply, the deputy opened fire. law enforcement stated at least one person heard that verbal command and they say a gun was found at the scene. but goodson family attorney shawn walton disputes that chain of events saying no one from goodson's family heard any confrontation, and that the 23-year-old was killed in front of them, including several children. >> casey was executed while walking into his own home. and that is something that was curiously left out of the initial statement. >> reporter: goodson's family say that they did not see a gun on kasie. they also say he had no criminal record and was a legal gun owner and concealed carry permit holder. >> the question to ask immediate sli why was casey shot for having a gun? we have every legal right to do so. >> reporter: in an interview with cnn, goodson's mother says that she feels race play add part in her son's death. >> because of the color of our black man's skin they're not protected.

they become targets. and it is somebody they have to protect. >> reporter: we are hearing from our columbus affiliate the autopsy results are expected to be released sometime this morning. the sheriff's deputy who was accused of firing the fatal shot is a 17-year veteran. he's been identified as jason meade. anthony? >> thank you so much. so many questions in this case. people looking at this again. ye yes. it's getting very old. as you said, there are a lot of questions. the family says there was no gun. they said he was holding sandwiches. there is a big difference between a sandwich and gun. i don't know what the police officer saw. we don't know really what led to the confrontation, really. >> no. the bigger picture this happens disproportionately to black men versus other men. and that's why it keeps coming up. >> that's the problem. >> all right. ahead, the doctor of actress lori loughlin and husband

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loughlin.

more than a dozen army leaders are fired or suspended after an investigation into sexual assault and deaths at the base. we have powerful words from some survivors of sexual assault in the military and the army's plan for sweeping changes. plus, nora o'donnell's exclusive interview with the secretary of the army about whether the military can police itself. you're watching "cbs this morning." this year you got it done. now walmart can help check off your gift list with free curbside pickup, fast delivery from your walmart store, or gifts shipped right to your door. let's end the year celebrating. ♪ let's end the year celebrating. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." the u.s. army says we'll fix this. that is a vowerful message following a scathing report and scathing is a word into leadership failures at ft. hood. 136 page report describes a pattern of command failures, sexual assaults and soldier deaths. 25 of those deaths happened at this year alone. 14 people were fired or suspended and unprecedented action in the army's history. the report was commissioned after the murder of vanessa guillen. we've been covering this story and report from ft. hood. >> emotional stories of sexual assault, intimidation and

leadership failures quieted a stadium filled with thousands of ft. hood soldiers. >> even if i didn't get justice, if anything i could help not only females but other soldiers and really anybody out there who is violated like that to speak up and have people help them. >> specialist sa mania pemberton and this woman share their stories. >> most of the women i know have been raped and assaulted by military men. >> they follow the army's long awaited independent you are vee results. they named five major flaws in the army as a whole. among them, the command climate at ft. hood has been permissive of sexual harassment and sexual assault. and the army sexuality reporting program known as sharp is structurally flawed. what do you say to the victims who did not have enough confidence in the army to report

crimes like sexual harassment and sexual assault? >> that is the first thing you have do as a leader is establish a connection and let them know, hey, look, if it's not working right now, you don't want to report it, there is something you can report to. call me up. >> the numbers in this report are staggering. of the 507 female soldiers interviewed, the review found 93 credible cases of sexual assault but only 59 of those were reported. it also found 135 cases if any them see this, i want them to know we believe you. >> specialist vanessa guillen told her friends and family she was sexually harassed by a fellow soldier before murdered in april. yesterday's term inations are a positive step but not the final one. they're asking congress to pass

the vanessa guillen act to change how they handle sexual assaults within the ranks. >> i ask the public watching this i ask everyone that hears vanessa's name or about sexual violence in the military or anywhere to endorse the bill, the act, i mean. because this will keep my sister's legacy on post. tony? >> thank you very much. we wand to remind viewers before that report was released, cbs evening news anchor and managing

editor nora o'donnell spoke with the a army secretary ryan mccarthy.. the inview follows a year and half long investigation into sexual assault in the military including interviews with survivors and families. allegations were ignored and retaliation was rampant. about problem and where the army goes from here. >> is there a sexual harassment and sexual assault problem in the u.s. army? >> currently the trend is going the wrong way. and we're going to take some pretty dramatic steps in order to reverse this trend. >> do you think it's clear that sexual harassment and sexual assault that there is zero tolerance for it in the u.s. army? >> there is zero tolerance. at times, it does persist. >> the soldiers that we spoke with served at numerous army installations all across the country. they expressed a real concern about whether the army can police itself.

can that be done? >> i believe it can, yes. >> you do think the army can police itself? >> they have the focus, energy against anything that i believe there is nothing we can't do. >> the command hasn't been able to do it in the past. >> these individuals are not been able to. >> and they will be held accountable? >> correct. >> and are there any additional structures that you put in place to make sure that commanders are held accountable in the future? >> yes. this is the message that we're sending to every echelon below me which is all of them that this is unacceptable. >> secretary mccarthy told nora he wanted to take action before january when president-elect joe biden is likely to appoint a replacement because as mccarthy put it, he doesn't want to pass this issue to his successor. isn't that sflg. >> it is very interesting. i mean those numbers that she put up from the report of the number of women who said they were assaulted, it's just staggering. >> i can't say enough about nora's reporting and the investigative team and the producers who work with her. they've been working on it for

over a year and a half. kudos to secretary mccarthy. he knew he was walking into a buzz saw. i'm not calling nora a buzz saw. what i'm saying there is that she and her team felt passionate about it. he knew the questions wouldn't be easy. we had had very difficult questions to answer and he sat down and he seemed agrieved by it. he talked about having a daughter himself. if the family didn't spoke up the way they dshgs they refuse to let this go. >> he was a leader here. of he didn't run and hide when the reporting came out. he sat in the chair and said we're going to make changes. the fact he wants to do it before january so it's him and not the next person is big. >> and they are sweeping changes. >> up next, lori loughlin's daughter speaks for the first time since her parents were convicted in the college admission channel. why she calls herself the poster child for white privilege. you're watching "cbs this morning." stressballs gummies have ashwagandha, an herbal stress reliever

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the daughter of lori loughlin and mosimo giannulli. her parents paid bribes and were accused of faking their daughter's resumes to make sure they got into college. carter evans reports. >> i don't want pitty. i don't deserve pitty. we messed up. i just want a second chance to be like a recognize i messed up. >> in the first public comments, she recalls the moment she found

out her parents were arrested, telling red table talk co-host she was on a spring break trip when she got a call asking if she spoken to her mother. >> i didn't know what she was talking about. i was like, i'm just going to search my mom's name up. and then it's everywhere. and i remember just like freezing and feeling so ashamed. >> lori! >> last year lori loughlin and her husband were accused of paying half a million dollars to get their two daughters into usc. after initially fighting the charges, the couple pleaded guilty in may and are now in federal prison. giannulli five months and loughlin two months. >> i'm super close with my parents, especially my mom. she's my best friend. i know she's strong and a good reflection period. >> the 21-year-old said at first she didn't see anything wrong with what her parents did. >> my parents came from a place of just i love my kids. i just want to help my kids. and in their heads, i'm going to donate to a school like all my friends did with their kid.

>> she now sees things differently. >> that's embarrassing within itself that i walked around my whole 20 years of life not realizing, like, you have insane privilege. you're the poster child of white privilege and you had no idea. >> do you have any understanding of why i would be upset you being here and what you all did? >> i also love to hear it from you because i feel like it's a good learning thing. i think i can understand how wrong it is and we had the means to do something and we completely took it and ran with it. it was something that was wrong. >> giannulli said she hasn't been able to speak with her parents since they began the prison sentences because of covid-19 protocols. >> no matter what the situation is, you don't want to see your parents go to prison. but also i think it's necessary for us to move on. >> right. >> and move forward. >> for "cbs this morning," cart carter evans, los angeles. >> acknowledgement there. >> yeah. >> sounds like there's a big lesson learned for everybody. it's really telling to know i didn't know it was wrong.

>> yeah. i think a lot of people of privilege are raised that way. if that's all you know, you don't realize it's wrong. i think it's been a great lesson for her and everybody else who thought the way she did. >> and a lot of 20-year-olds don't know a lot. >> exactly. i applaud her speaking out. >> why servers from all over the world are traveling to northern california to wide the waves you're looking at right now. wow. i could not ride them if became family.

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ps wednesday, december 9, 2020. welcome back. i'm gayle king with tony tony dokoupil and anthony bay son. >> and a battle to overturn wrongful conventions. we'll talk to one of 15 people that has been exonerated in philadelphia. >> and the gift of friendship. helping one little girl fulfill an unusual wish. >> first today's eye opener at 8:00. a stark warning from the white house that this pandemic is

spreading faster and farther and more must be done to stop it. >> you can't be indoors or outside. you can't even gather with people not in your own family. >> within days we'll start vaccinating americans. >> most of our population late spring early summer? >> i think more like march general population. >> the president-elect is focusing on the fight of the pandemic and what to do with it. >> the justice department is reviewing the details of this case which are in dispute. the goodson family want concrete answers as to why the 23-year-old was shot. >> the united kingdom started giving out the covid-19 vaccine. the 90-year-old woman became the first person to get the shot. >> an overnight sensation.

on the way home from the hospital, they dropped her off at picadili circuit where a large crowd gathered to watch her. >> that's what it does. a lot of people will be waiting in lane. >> exactly right. welcome back to cbs this morning. the u.s. officially surpassed $15 million. we could be on the verge of the first covid vaccine being approved here in the u.s. tomorrow, a committee will meet and an approval could follow in days. the uk is on day two of the roll out. 800,000 doses will be administered in the coming weeks. we are learning more about president-elect biden's approach signing an executive order on day one requiring masks for 100

days were legally possible and open schools will be a priority. his health team xavier becerra and dr. fauci. >> once approved, long-term care facilities first in line. big chains like walgreens and cvs are stepping up to help. >> rick gates with cvs, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> you are a pharmacy by training. you might like to know this that the pharmacist is the top three of the most trusted professions in the country so kudos to you. this is what you do, you administer vaccines all the time but never on this scale.

how does the process work so long as nursing homes get this done and get it done effectively? >> what you said up front is the most important. this is what we do. i would say pharmacy has been vaccinating well over 10 years. if we step back, we were one of the leads expanding it in the h 1 n 1 pandemic. vaccinations and getting out and protecting americans is core. when you look at it from the covid pandemic, we've been working tirelessly over six to eight month 0s with ows, hhs and states to make sure there is a solid plan when the vaccine is approved and getting it out to get to long-term care facilities. >> do you have logistic call concerns? this is massive.

>> if you think off site clinics. we've been doing that for years. we've done about 150,000 off site clinics about five years. something core to what walgreens does. logistically, there are nuances, in particular, the pfizer and the ultracold storage. we are confident the freezer storage facilities we have and dry ice solutions and hub locations will allow us to safely store and get it to the long-term care facilities for administration. >> once it is open to the general population, what would prevent people from just storming the stores. how are you going to handle that? >> there are concerns i would say, you are going to see consistent amounts of vaccines out in the population.

that is something we'll be managing within states to make sure the right patients are scheduled and protecting those by the states as well. i don't for see it being long lines waiting. >> do we sign up. is it going to work in a signup or first come, first serve? i'm trying to get people to understand how it will work. >> a lot of the details will be worked out for phase two. we've been focused on the phase one. we will follow state guidelines for prioritized populations to have the right people signed up and scheduled with appointments sos it easy and seamless so they get a second dose of a vaccine. >> your rivals say they are hiring thousands of workers and

distribution. cvs a talking potential hero pay and those going into long-term care is that something you thought about for team members making sure we have the right staffing there making sure we can't reach the safe. >> people are still very afraid to take the vaccine. we were making a joke about the lady in britain and then we saw her break dancing. that's great but what are you going to do to help people with their comfort level? >> that's great. looking at the flu vaccine, we've had record numbers of

people get it. close to 50% of americans did not get it. we'll have similar challenges from an education perspective when it comes to a covid vaccine. we have to work with the cdc and understand the science behind it. you call us one of the top three trusted professions, i think pharma can play a huge role of what it is to ensure that safety going forward as well. >> people trust the white coats. >> thank you very much. ahead we hear from a man who spent more than two decades behind bars before he was

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philadelphia's district attorney is getting national attention in the fight against wrongful convictions. more wrongful lyn kars rated people were exonerated of murder in philadelphia count qui last year than anywhere else in america. since taking office in 2018, larry crasner exonerated 15 people. we first spoke to him more than a year ago and checked in over the summer to hear about reforming his office's culture. she's also caught up with one of those 15 exonerated people terrance lewis. good morning. >> good morning. to understand terrance lewis' story, you have to go back to

1999. he was 20 years old and found guilty of second-degree murder. sentenced to life in prison. last year they dropped the charges. it's now been a year since harris lewis was released. >> at that moment that, was shear, genuine joy. >> in may of 2019, after more than two decades behind bars, terrance lewis walked out of a pennsylvania prison a free man. >> coming from a box of despair, you know, when i was being warehoused, to be able to feel the breeze on that side of the wall and get a genuine hug. surreal. >> i was convicted of -- >> that reality was starting to set in when he first met lewis last year, 87 days after his release. >> although i'm grateful, it is definitely been difficult because i've enslaved, you know, mentally and physically.

>> it's been over a year since you were released from prison. how do you feel? >> i'd be remiss to say that life has been a cake walk. initially it felt like i was leaving one prison to come home to another. >> lewis was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. prosecutors built their case around the testimony of one eyewitness. a drug addict. >> i proved my innocence unequivocally speaking, factually speaking. >> it wasn't until 21 years later and after the da's office expressed really grave concerns about where lewis was guilty that a judge threw out his conviction and ordered lewis' freedom. >> i got the weight and i zoned out. i zoned out. thinking about freedom. >> he sued the city of philadelphia, that's because exxon rees are not automatically entitled to compensation in pennsylvania. lewis alleged that police practices including coercion,

suppression of evidence and fabrication of evidence violated his constitutional rights. this past june the city and lewis reached a settlement for $6.25 million. >> i did 21 1/2 years for a crime i did not commit. no money in the world can amount to what i felt inside. >> he says he's using some of that money to fight for justice. launching the terrance lewis liberation foundation a nonprofit partnering with students to investigate claims of wrongful convictions. >> he has a sincere belief that there are innocent people sitting in jail now which is surely true. >> he was inspired by philadelphia's district attorney, his conviction integrity unit helped restore lewis' freedom but he made it clear from day one he wanted to take on the entire system. in the first week in office since 2018, he fired 31 employees. >> i did not enjoy it.

but it was necessary to do. especially when i see the exonerations happening. >> the people you let go? >> yep. that story will be developing. stay tuned. >> i can tell you a lot of what has done since i said stay tuned is in the nature of education. we put a ton of time into educating the prosecutors about things like the obligations to turn over information that helps the defense. >> do you feel you have done an effective job at changing that culture? >> i feel we have. it's a struggle and we've had the opportunity to become credible within the system to people who may have had misconceptions about what we were trying to do. we are just as focused on going after serious gun violence as we are focused on making sure innocent people do not sit in jail. >> since last year, homicides

have increased 40%. >> how do you convince people that you are just as serious about focusing on homicides at a time where philadelphia is facing some of the worst violent crime in over a decade? >> let's be fair about this. almost every big city in the united states is in the same position. >> why do you think that is? >> i think there is no question that it's related to the pandemic for the first time in probably close to 100 years we have the philadelphia court system shut down for months. you have changes in policing. that police are making decisions not even to arrest for certain offenses when you have all of that going on, you have a perfect storm. >> in spite of that storm, there is hope, says terrance lewis, that no matter how long it takes, justice is possible. >> i'm a believer from among the believers in regards to reform. and irrad indicating the racial disparities and inequalities. i'm hopeful that change is going to come.

>> the philadelphia police department declined to comment on lewis' case. as you can hear that lewis is really focused right now on his foundation and helping other people like himself. tony? >> it's a powerful story. thank you very much. >> we were talking about larry here at the table. very, very touched. very moved. very thankful that he's taken the position that he has. is he getting a lot of support? >> he is getting support from those who support the ideas that he is talking about. i think it's still considered radical, maybe not in philadelphia but when you look across the country in terms of what he had to say even when i asked him about, you know, defunding the police and that idea and him wanting to focus more on not just putting people behind bars, but really understanding why they're there to begin with and looking at other ways that we can use money to fund schools, to fund programs that will keep people from behind bars. >> listen, the story of terrance

lewis is a classic example and why this is so important. i was worried about him. he said he goes from the box of despair to almost going into another prison: he seems to be doing okay. money isn't going to make the difference from what was taken from him. i'm sure glad he got some money. >> exactly. >> all right. thank you very much. we appreciate it. there are 49 now additional conviction integrity units modelled on the pennsylvania one. the philadelphia one around the country. getting it right as larry said, there are innocent people that go to bed tonight in prison. think about that. >> very impressive reporting. >> ahead, the tallest place on earth gets even taller. imagine that. why it took two countries years to establish the real deal height of mt. everest. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪

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zbl . >> my sister, i commend you and you deserve this award. you're getting the courage award, the word is courage. >> i never would have imagine out of my whole 17 years of living that this will be me. just a lot to take in. but i couldn't say thank you enough for everything that has been coming to me. >> we thank you. that cell phone video of floyd is credited with launching nationwide protest against racism and police violence. frasier who is a high school senior now is focused on school and looks ford to attending college. i'm so glad that the penn america acknowledged her. they called her a dauntless quick thinking woman. this is the line that got to me, with nothing more a cell phone and guts. she changed the course of history in this country. she only recorded, guys, for ten

minute ands nine seconds. george flied died in eight minutes and 46 seconds. they describe her as a high school senior now. she started working at the age of 16 at a local pretzel shop where promoted to manager. she is an extraordinary woman. an extraordinary young woman. just think about what she saw standing five feet away and how that really did change the course. without that video -- >> she would have been told a different story about what happened to george floyd. >> that video changed history. it is a piece of history. >> congratulations. >> spike lee is right. >> exactly. >> all right. my talk of the table is inspired by maybe my favorite comedian of the moment, nate bargazi who has bate about mount are a near t. . they did a reheight measure of mt. everest and turns out it is taller than we thought. china and nepal worked together

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a musical comedy with a huge lineup of stars led by meryl streep. it premiers friday on netflix. how does it compare? >> yeah. so this is based on the broadway musical. it comes from ryan murphy who is the mastermind behind "glee" and "politician." he directed this for netflix it's about a troop of broadway performers led by meryl streep and nicole kidman and they travel to a conservative town in indiana to help a lesbian student bring her girlfriend to the prom. this is really an upbeat film. its a musical and all about inclusive ti. it's what we need during the holiday season and has a huge a-list cast. >> you're right. i watched the closing scene three times. james cordin' is great it in. meryl streep is wrapping. they have andrew ramos in it. it is so good and fun and full

of color and dancing and joy. i love. that i want to talk to you about "soul." i keep hearing about this animated film starring jamie foxx. it's getting a lot of buzz. i really want to see this. what do you know about this one? >> yes. so "soul" is a pixar film. it was originally set to be released in theaters like every other film. it was supposed to be released in june. now it is coming out on christmas day on disney plus. it is bypassing theaters completely. it is just going to be streaming. now it is actually going to be streaming at no additional cost for disney plus subscribers. if you remember, mulan was on disney plus for about an additional $30. well this is -- they didn't like. that. >> it didn't. >> they heard that. this comes with your subscription if you're already a subscriber for disney plus. >> one ofst most anticipated action movies of the year is a wonder woman sequel, "wonder woman 1984." what can you tell us about that? also, can we get a poster?

he likes wonder woman a lot according to his comments earlier this morning. >> you are know, this fill testimony, the first one, it made almost $900 million at the box office. of course, people very excited for this sequel. and this is really going to serve as the litmus test for where the industry is going. it was supposed to be released in theaters. it was delayed numerous times. now it's in theaters december 25th and also simultaneously on hbo max. so if theaters by you are open and feel safe to go, you can see it on the big screen. if not, you can see it from the comfort of your own home. also, it comes free with that hbo max subscription which is about $15 per month. but a lot of people in the industry are saying is this where we're going to go? are we just going to be on our couches or can we really preserve the movie theaters. >> that will be really interesting. one thing i'm looking forward to is "black bottom" which stars viola davis and chadwick

bozeman's final film. >> so this is getting is oscar buzz for both viola davis and chadwick bozeman. viola davis stars as the first queen of blues. she is getting rave reviews. now viola davis, if you didn't know, she's in a very elite club of actors where she has a tony, emmy and oscar. so if she was nominated again, she could get her second oscar and by the way, she is the only black actor to hold that title of having the triple crown. now chadwick bozeman, he is also getting rave reviews. this will be his final performance, very sadly. a lot of critics saying it is the best performance of his entire career. and he seems to be a shoe in for the lead actor nomination if not the win. >> so good. i think viola davis should start looking for an oscar dress. just saying. let's talk about -- she's awesome it in. regina king, directing her first movie. i'm really excited about this for her. i think she is so talented.

what are people saying about "one night in miami". >> she is so talented behind and in front of the camera. "one night in miami" is a fictionalized tale of the meaning of a ton of legends, malcolm x and muhammed ali. they neat a hotel room in miami in the 1960s. as you said this is regina king's directal debut. she debuted this film at the venice film festival. the first black female director to ever be at that festival. if she gets the nomination for best director, she will be first black female to get an oscar nomination in the directing category. >> wow. >> all right. a lot of hours. >> team rejean why right here. >> a love hours of my holiday is filled. thank you. >> thank you, elizabeth. >> we appreciate it. ahead santa claus helped bring two young friends back together making a 7-year-old's christmas wish come

it's not even december 25th yet. that is 16 days and counting. santa claus is already making christmas wishes come true. 7-year-old anna of new hampshire wrote to the big maen in the suit asking him for one thing for christmas. all she wanted was to find her friend nyla. the two girls, how cute are they, became best friends in school last year. but when nyla's family moved and the family went into quarantine,

they lost contact. nicky is in new york city's hudson yard neighborhood with this charming is the word for this. what did she say in the letter to santa? they're both adorable these two. >> so adorable. good morning, gayle. while, of course, most kids asking for toys for christmas, sweet anna simply wanted to find her best friend's new address so she could write her. and when santa and his elves read the letter, they decided to make christmas magic. >> dear santa, for christmas i would like it to be a surprise. please tell nyla that i miss her. >> this priceless christmas wish from this 7-year-old. it stood out when it arrived at the north pole last week. >> please tell her my address. >> he is simply wanted help finding her 8-year-old friend. >> a lot of kids ask for toys. why did you want to ask to see

your friend this year? >> i asked to see nyla because i really missed her. >> the two girls became best friends last year after nyla helped her whose family was new in town feel welcome. but when her family moved away in february, the second graders lost touch so she turned to the one person who makes miracles happen. santa claus with a little help from her mom leslie posted a photo of the letter to facebook asking if the community could help find nyla. over 100 people responded. >> i was definitely crying a little bit. santa posted it on facebook and all these people had helped him, we found her. like i can't believe this happened. >> it actually chokes me up right now. it's just amazing that a little girl would ask that. >> moms leslie and sarah knew they had to get their daughters together. so they planned a surprise meetup. >> nyla poked her head up.

>> in. yla. >> you were surprised? >> yes. >> we hugged and i couldn't talk. i didn't know what to say. >> if you could say something to santa right now, i think he's listening, what you would tlik say? >> thank you for making my wish come true. >> leslie and sarah are grateful for all of santa's helpers who made their daughter's reunion possible. >> people in this time of year are feeling extra sense of giving and i think this brought out the best in people in a lot of ways. >> sayer yashrah, how has that your family? she's in a new school now. >> it's been great seeing her smile. it's been so hard. this has definitely made her so much more cheerful. she still has her best friend. >> in a difficult year, two best friends reminding us of the simple joys this holiday. >> they now face time regularly and their families hope to get

them together again when the pandemic slows down. both girls have been remote learning so seeing each other was extra special. anthony? >> yeah. power of connection, nicky. thank you. >> power of connection. and power of friendship. >> yeah. >> just the fact that these two bonded the way they did at such an early age. >> you can see in that photograph. i couldn't watch enough. all right. before we go, this special reason of beloved toy story character got to work in a home depot. we'll be right back. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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before we go, a home depot went to infinity and beyond to get a certain someone home for the holidays. woody from "toy story" was found in a parking lot of a home depot in new hampshire. they launched a social media campaign to find the owner. she got him a vest and jobs around home depot. i love. that he found his way aren't store. >> that's my favorite. >> he can do anything. mix the paint, you know, help customers find the light bulbs and the campaign worked. woody and his owner desmond were reunited just this past monday after desmond's mom saw the post on social media. >> i love that he has a buzz light year too. buzz is my favorite. >> you can imagine the conversation at home when it's like i have buzz but where is woody? where is woody? >> you know what i think? the think i person that launched that had to be a parent. a parent knows when your child has a favorite blanket, toy you think i got to reunite them. bravo to home depot for going above and beyond. nice. >> yep. >> i want to know who got the

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