cbs this morning is coming up next. enjoy your thursday. good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, december 10th, 2020. i'm gayle king. that's anthony mason. and that is tony dokoupil. the first coronavirus vaccine could be recommended for use in this country by the end of the day. a crucial fda panel is considering emergency use of the pfizer vaccine. how hospitals are getting ready and what you need to know about potential allergic reactions. a new milestone in the covid tragedy. more than 3,000 lives lost in the u.s. in the deadliest day yet. what a priest on the front lines is saying about the unbearable suffering. new calls to break up facebook. the federal government and nearly every state are suing the tech giant claiming it's an

illegal monopoly. story parents won't want to miss. a congressional investigation says millions of u.s. children have been put in danger by some popular booster seats. see disturbing new video uncovered during the investigation. >> very scary stuff. first, here's today's eye opener. it's your world in 90 seconds. >> we're now experiencing a devastating increase in deaths. >> the state of indiana is on fire. >> this is no time for any of us to get lax. >> for the first time this pandemic the united states reported more than 3,000 ds in one day. >> health authorities are saying people with a significant history of allergic reactions should not be given the pfizer vaccine. >> you may start seeing effects in some that might not have been picked up when you were dealing with thousands. >> facebook now facing two massive antitrust lawsuits and a possible splitup by forcing it to sell instagram and what's

app. no company should have this much power. >> president-elect joe biden's son hunter biden announced he's under a federal investigation into his taxes. >> all that. >> no one was on board when a spacex test flight came to a fiery end in texas. >> all that matters. >> british chef is going viral. >> listen to how she says microwave. >> a bit of milk or fat warmed in the microwave. >> i'm sorry, what? >> the microwave. >> on "cbs this morning." >> israel's former head of space security who's claiming in a new book that alien beings from outer space have been in contact with the u.s. and israeli governments for years. >> that's amazing. in fact, we have footage of israeli scientists making contact. ♪ ♪

♪ >> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. >> colbert. we all remember that movie. >> we do. >> yeah, i do remember it very well. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to get straight to some very important news. key fda panel meets today to assess a coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on the heels of the deadliest day yet in this pandemic. yesterday we recorded the loss of 3,124 lives. researchers recently said covid is now the leading cause of death in this country, even more than heart disease. >> our correspondents are covering all the new developments. we begin with nikki battiste on the vaccine story who's at mount sinai hospital in new york. nikki, are they ready? >> reporter: good morning, anthony. if the pfizer vaccine is approved, the first shots could

come within days. to prepare, mount sinai is turning this area used for flu shots into vaccine pods. they will have an observation area to monitor people for severe reactions after they've been vaccinated. >> we'll be setting this up for a robust way. >> as early as next week, mount sinai hopes to be able to administer up to 50 covid sack scenes every hour. susan is the vice president and chief pharmacy officer for the mount sinai health system. >> with 40,000 employees, you need about 80,000 doses. how many vaccines do you expect in the first round? >> we hope to get in the thousands. >> reporter: she says front line workers in the er and icu will receive the first doses. >> folks like the nurses and physicians as well as people as the environmental service workers, the workers that provide food service, the transportation workers.

>> reporter: once the emergency use authorization is approved, it's expected ups will deliver the delicate viles to the eastern part of the country while fedex tackles the west. after they pick up special cold voxs containing the vaccine from pfizer, they'll drive to the nearest facility before flying to a distribution hub. ups has an ultra low freezer hub in louisville. they will closely track the location and temperature of the shipments. in the u.k. where vaccinations began this week, the government is now warning people who have severe allergies not to take the shots. the move comes after two health care workers who carry adrenaline shots for their allergies suffered reactions. they're recovering well. now u.s. officials are urging caution saying those with severe allergies should not get the vaccine. back at mount sinai machne says once a dose is pulled from the

freezer it must be used in six hours. >> timing is everything. timing and time. get them scheduled and get it going as fast as we can so we can vaccinate as many people as possible based on how many doses that we get. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna each say they will produce about 100 million doses which at two doses per person would only vaccinate about 30% of the population. johnson & johnson plan to submit its phase 3 vaccine trial data next month and may seek emergency use authorization in february if the vaccine is deemed safe and effective. gayle? >> nikki, thank you. an fda advisory committee is meeting today to discuss recommending emergency use of the pfizer biontech vaccine in the united states. fda commissioner dr. steven hahn joins us now to discuss. good to see you again. i know this is a very big day for you. really for the country, really.

i'm wondering, what does the advisory committee need to see to pull the trigger on this and give it a go? >> so it's important to remember that the advisory committee is just that, it gives a recommendation to fda. it's nonbinding on us but they will make recommendations to us today. after review a full review of the data, we're the only regulatory body in the world, gayle, that does an open public review with an advisory committee like this so that the american people, all of us, can see the data, have it laid out in front of us and have a full discussion of the safety and efficacy. after we receive their recommendations we'll incorporate that into our decision and we hope shortly thereafter once we have the recommendations to make our own decision. >> are you concerned about the allergic reactions we're hearing about, the two people in the u.k.? does that concern you or is this typical in this process? >> so we, of course, are concerned about any issues related to safety or efficacy of

any medical product, in this case the covid vaccine. we're working closely with our u.k. partners to understand what went on with respect to those allergic reactions. this is why we do a very careful review of the clinical trial data. we put in our label around the vaccine or medical product who should receive the vaccine but also we study the data very carefully to say who should not receive the vaccine and these are things fda does to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. >> who should not receive it? i know i'm allergic to cats. i know people allergic to strawberries. when we say people with allergies, what does that mean exactly? >> so, gayle, you're bringing up an excellent point. there's different levels of allergy. we know from the clinical trials that have been performed and were public, people who were allergic to vaccines and components of vaccines were excluded. that's a starting point. we look at the data and the

characteristics of the individuals on the study. we look for the allergies. what will come out of our decision aye or nay will be an answer to that question. >> some people are worried they say, listen, this vaccine was rushed through too quickly. people are very concerned about that. on the other hand they're saying why is the fda taking so long when it's already been approved in the u.k. what do you say to both of those schools of thought? >> so we find ourselves in this position all the time. gayle, fda is the gold standard for regulatory approval or authorization of medical products. we do a very careful line by line by line review to answer the very important scientific questions. if our career scientists say the vaccine is safe and effective, i have complete confidence and i think the american people should as well. remember, those reviewers are people, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, they have kids and grandkids.

they understand the importance. but we have a solemn commitment. >> i wonder how you're feeling on this day. some friends are feeling very emotional about what is about to happen, the potential of it all. >> well, i share your friends' feelings. this is an important day as we think back on the last ten months. the urgency of the situation, the lives that have been lost. this, if there is an authorization, a vaccine, will be the beginning hopefully of the end of this that we can put this behind us and get to a more normal and healthy life. my heart just goes out to the people who have suffered from covid-19. i think that's what makes it most emotional is the fact that if this does go forward, it is a big day for our country. >> dr. steven hahn, we're all watching. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, gayle. as we await news on the vaccine, coronavirus cases unfortunately continue to soar. yesterday was the second highest

daily total since the pandemic began. our lead national correspondent david bagnaud is in santa monica, california, this morning. what's the situation in la county? >> reporter: consider this analogy. if the vaccine is the fire hose and the fire department is coming, the forest is burning and the virus is the forest burning. the virus is burning. l.a. county, this is the most populated county in the nation. covid hospitalizations have quadrupled in the last month. the post thanksgiving surge of coronavirus is here. it is on us and it is pushing cases to unimaginable highs. in los angeles county the overwhelming loss of life brought public health director barbara ferrer to tears. >> the more terrible truth is over 8,000 people -- sorry, over 8,000 people who were beloved members of their families are

not coming back. >> reporter: nationwide covid hospitalizations are at their highest levels ever. up nearly 80% in just the last month. this is providence saint mary in apple valley, california. there's a tent set up outside to triage them and the lobby is now an in patient covid unit because they've run out of room. >> i know today we have 60 patients holding in the emergency department that are waiting for beds inside the hospital. some of them have been there as long as seven days. >> consider the health care workers who have been going nonstop for months and are getting sick. at the university of kansas health system there are more than 150 staff members who are out after testing positive for the virus and it got another 121 out because they're awaiting test results. at this minneapolis hospital covid patients are now being treated in rooms that are usually reserved for pediatric patients. >> it's very hard. it's our reality. we are holding people's hands on

their last breath every day. >> then there's the work of father michael lewis, a roman catholic priest in el paso, texas, which has been overwhelmed with coronavirus hospitalizations. he is so busy giving last rites to covid patients dying on a daily basis, his bishop told him it is your full-time job. >> how many of your calls to give last rites to covid patients? >> almost all of them. i realize i'm the last person that is going to see this person alive, that they are alone in that room and as much as i would like to stay there and be with them as they breathe their last, i can't because there are other patients to see. >> reporter: you know, father mike told us many times patients and family members will say, can i have a picture? i said, is it because they don't believe you? they said, no, not necessarily. sometimes it's because those left to do the living simply

want the tangible proof to look at as a peace of mind that their loved one was given the last rites in their final moment. anthony? >> yeah, some comfort, david. that's all. thank you very much. hunter biden, the president-elect's son, says the u.s. attorney in delaware is investigating his tax records. sources tell cbs news the fbi has been looking into hunter biden's taxes since 2018. under justice department policy, law enforcement didn't actively pursue the case during the weeks before the presidential election to avoid politicizing the election. ed o'keefe is covering the biden transition in wilmington, delaware. ed, what else do we know about this case? >> good morning, anthony. in a statement released by the president-elect's office, hunter biden said he learned of the investigation on tuesday and he would find out if he acted legally and appropriately.

in a statement tuesday mr. biden said he is deeply proud of his son who has fought through difficult challenges including the vicious personal attacks of recent months only to emerge stronger. the president-elect announced his pick for defense secretary. retired army general lloyd austin, the first black man to lead the pentagon. he understands concerns from lawmakers including several democrats who say he hasn't been out of the army long enough and they have reservations about granting him a waiver. >> i recognize being a member of the president's cabinet rekwoors a different perspective and unique responsibilities interest a career in uniform. i intend to keep this at the

forefront of my mind. >> while mr. biden is preparing for his administration, president trump is focusing on overturning the election. he's seeking to invalidate ballots from four battleground states won by biden. 17 attorneys general joined the lawsuit. at a hanukkah party at the white house president trump praised the new legal strategy. >> i want to thank texas. and the papers were so compelling that everybody's just joining. >> reporter: legal experts and some republican officials say this latest lawsuit has no chance of succeeding just as all the other cases to try to overturn state results have failed so far. anthony? why are so many attorneys general joining the suit? there is something up here and it deserves to be challenged in court. it's the concept of one state trying to overturn the result of

nother state many experts doesn't believe holds water. part of this for the president is politics. forgive the holiday metaphor. to some extent what he's doing, he's keeping a list, checking it twice, and trying to figure out which republicans are being naughty or nice to him. this pressure extends to other state officials across the country. the atlanta journal constitution reporting this morning that the president called that state's attorney general on tuesday night asking him not to rally other gop officials against this lawsuit brought by texas. georgia, of course, remains critical to the biden agenda. we've learned the president-elect plans to campaign next tuesday in atlanta facing a runoff election on january 5th. >> a lot at stake in georgia. ed, thank you very much. even with political divisions across the country, 46 states have joined the government's ground breaking legal challenge to facebook. they accuse the biggest social network of illegally shutting down the competition. if these lawsuits succeed, facebook may have to sell two of

its most popular apps. jeff peguese has the story. >> reporter: they're asking a court to sell off instagram and whatsapp arguing in acquiring those competitors, facebook illegally created a monopoly. >> today's enforcement action aims to restore competition to this important industry and provide a foundation for future competitors to grow and to innovate without the threat of being crushed by facebook. >> reporter: facebook shot back calling the ftc's lawsuit revisionist history. they said the commission cleared these acquisitions years ago. the government now wants a do over sending a chilling warning to american business no sale is ever final. it's not just the ftc that has its eye on facebook. on wednesday a bipartisan group of attorneys general in nearly every u.s. state filed its own

lawsuit against facebook accusing the company of predatory behavior. back in july ceo mark zuckerberg defended facebook's acquisition of instagram which it bought in 2012. >> the ftc had all of these documents and voted not to challenge the acquisition. >> reporter: facebook has acquired 70 companies over the past 15 years and since facebook acquired instagram and whatsapp, both platforms have become far more popular. and helped facebook reach its most current value of nearly $800 billion. for "cbs this morning," jeff peguese in washington. ahead first on "cbs this morning," terrifying new crash test video uncovered during a congressional investigation. lawmakers say it shows how some popula astronauts begin

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good morning. 7:26. i'm and back. . depending on what happens with the fda california is set to receive the pfizer vaccine next week. 327,000 doses of it santa clara county will get almost 18,000 doses, nearly 2000 doses will go to marin county. santa clara county only has 31 icu beds available. o'connor regional medical medical center and saint louise hospital in gilroy all reporting no icu beds left at all. dr. sara cody will give an update later today on the covid- 19 response.

today the family of oscar grant will hold a press conference in oakland demanding charges be filed against officer anthony perrone. in october the d.a.'s office announced it will reopen its investigation into the fatal 2009 art police shooting. as we look of the roadways right now we still have a few brake lights at the toll bridge plaza. you have a few stop and go condition spots as you work your way across the upper deck heading into the city. looking at traffic elsewhere, still working on a crash northbound 101 just past the two 8680 connector. a, darren. good morning. a beautiful view from our camera on top of the sales force tower looking for the east you can see oakland that there just below the haze underneath the inversion. that's what you look at over the dry valley, beautiful clear skies. a bit cool out there right now. for daytime highs today

first on "cbs this morning," a congressional investigation raises serious concerns about the safety of some popular children's car booster seats. the probe began after cbs news and propublicly ka reported in february. some seats got a passing grade, despite disturbing video of crash test dummies being tossed violently around during safety testing. this morning, we have new crash test videos uncover may not

offer adequate protection in a crash. the videos are hard to watch. child size dummies, flail violently in booster seats during side impact crash test. in each case, even here in this graco vehicle where the head escaped the seat, strikes the side, booster seats all passed because there are no federal standards. >> those tests are shoddy and meaningless. it is appalling. >> reporter: these representatives launched an investigation involving seven brands of booster seats.

keep your kid in the hardest car seat following the reports in february. >> i have to credit you folks with shining a light on this issue. >> reporter: their findings obtained by cbs news showed it endangered the lives of millions of american children, mislead consumers about safety of booster seats, deceiving consumers with false and misleading statements about side testing protocols, unsafely recommending children under 40 pounds and light as 30 pounds can use booster seats. the report calls for the federal trade commission and state attorneys general to launch investigations. >> parents are relying on companies to sell safe products and they're relying on the federal government to regulate those products, and unfortunately neither of those two things happened and that is disgraceful. >> when the manufacturers guidance is false hoods and

lives, kids lives are at risk. >> reporter: she's a lead author of recommendations for american academy of pediatrics. >> not a scenario in which i would ever want to see a child under 40 pounds in a booster seat, it is just not necessary. >> reporter: we asked him to review the test video. >> would you have given any booster seats in the videos a passing grade? >> i can't imagine i give those a passing grade. videos where impact was on the far side, those were especially terrifying, there was so much movement of the head and neck or dummy outside the shelf the booster seat. >> reporter: since 2002, american academy of pediatrics recommended kids be at least 40 pounds before transitioning to a booster seat. canada required it since 1987. u.s. regulations still allow kids weighing as little as 30 pounds to be in a booster. julian brown was a five-year-old when the car she was riding in was hit on the side on the way to school. >> first thing i did was look

back to check on the girls. >> reporter: brown was strapped in her evenflo big kids booster seat. the crash left her internally igned and the injuries were due to severity of the crash or driver error, adding the seat meets or exceeds federal standards and passed internal crash tests. the company settled a lawsuit with the brown family this summer. but four years before the crash that left jillian paralyzed, internal emails from 2012 showed evenflo spent $30,000 in additional labeling costs to market boosters to kids 30 pounds and up instead of the 40 pound standard in canada for the same seats. one executive writing i looked

at 40 pounds for the u.s. numerous times and will not approve this. house investigators found several makers adopted a 40 pound minimum, evenflo and graco as early as earlier this year. baby trend, kids embrace continue to offer it for kids as little as 30 pounds. we were able to buy a booster tuesday that says 30 pounds and up. >> as a parent, i am begging people, please not put children under 40 pounds in a booster seat. what we have seen from this investigation is terrifying and heartbreaking. >> reporter: the companies declined to go on camera, so did the trade association which says a correctly used car seat is a child's best defense in a car crash, reducing risk of injury by 45%, compared with vehicle seat belts alone, adding they support stringent standards. the report i critical of national highway traffic safety

administration that sets standards, despite being directed by congress 20 years ago to create a side impact crash standard, the agency hasn't done it. they say the process is highly complex and standards are coming soon. parents, what do you do? experts say for kids in that 30 pound range, safest staying in a car seat like this with five point harness until they grow out of it, at least 40 pounds, some up to 65 pounds. if you look on the side, this says 40 to 100 pounds, and at least four years old. then make the transition to a booster seat. oversight committee wants to hear from parents, more on that as well as from the car seat companies at cbs news.com. >> kris, i am happy you're on top of this. you think as a parent, you put them in the booster seat, that's okay, clearly it is not depending on weight. important information. it will be on the website for people that couldn't take it in in one setting.

very important information. thank you, kris van cleave. up next, introducing you to the astronauts chosen by nasa for the next mission to the moon. one could be the first woman to walk on the lunar surface. you're watching "cbs this morning." we always appreciate that. we'll be right back. with a top-rated app that lets you deposit checks and transfer money anytime, anywhere, banking with capital one is, like, the easiest decision in the history of decisions. kind of like... i'll take barkley. yes! yep, even easier than that. what's in your wallet? yep, even easier than that. 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. once-weekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24/7. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it,

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nasa has selected 18 astronauts for a program that could establish a sustainable presence on the moon and prepare for future trips to mars. vice president mike pence revealed a list of new astronauts for the program yesterday at the kennedy space center. said the first woman to walk the moon will come from this group. mark strassmann looks at the candidates for the first lunar mission since 1972. >> make way, apollo era. in 2020, this is what the right stuff looks like. >> the artemis generation.

>> they range in age from 32 to 55, including flight test pilots, geologists, former navy s.e.a.l. half have never been to space, half are women, and nasa intends for one of them to become a space first. >> i am either going to walk on the moon or one of my friends is going to walk on the moon. both those scenarios are beyond my wildest dreams when i was a kid. >> it really took my breath away. >> we talked to nicole mann, she's currently going to the international space station next year. the moon is on her horizon, too. >> would it be important to be the first woman to land on the moon? >> i would love to be the first woman to walk on the moon but in reality it is the bigger mission that's more important. it is important that we get there as americans and we get there as a human race. >> to get there, nasa is developing a mega rocket and

crew capsule called orion. they have a 2024 landing goal. the incoming biden administration has to agree that the moon mission matters. >> one of the important things for a huge program and endeavor is to have that continuity across administrations and i feel confident that we have that. this is the future of human exploration. >> if the goal was to create moon excitement, mission accomplished. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, atlanta. >> i'll say mission accomplished. human beings are fundamentally explorers. that's why we live on every couldn continent. we need to explore above and we are beginning to get back to it. >> we'll be watching that. what to watch, v ♪ oh, oh, o♪

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time for what to watch. well done. ring a ding ding. >> thank you very much, appreciate that. >> nice intro. >> and the music matches. >> perfectly. >> we did that on purpose. >> here are a few stories you'll be talking about. test flight of mars rocket ended in a massive fireball. everything was on track when the unmanned starship lifted off for a high altitude test in south texas, then the rocket came down too fast, returning to the launch pad and blew up when it hit the ground. the spacex ceo elon musk said the flight was a success, noting the successful climb. gave the team a shoutout, said they got all the data they

needed and tweeted mars, here we come. >> true what you say, you learn more from failure than you do from success. this is one of those times. >> that's why it is called test flights. >> i love how he thinks so. he said we got what we needed and no one was on board. >> this is what happens. it is a prototype. they're testing. mars, here we come. >> thinking outside the box. a four-year-old boy in texas recovering after he was trapped in a water well for six hours. look at the dramatic video showing the moment when crews got hold of the child, lifted him to safety. worked around the clock tuesday night to chisel him out of the 8 inch wide well. the boy who was more than nine feet underground was alert and talking to first responders when rescued. he was flown to the hospital to undergo tests, he is going to be okay. >> 8 inches. anthony, how do you do that?

>> i don't know. they had to dig a hole alongside to get him. >> they were talking to him throughout the entire ordeal, he was alert. reminded me when i saw the video, you may remember baby jessica, i was maybe seven i believe. she was trapped in the well like 18 hours. and those days, only had three networks, everybody was watching that. >> i remember that very well. >> we are glad he is okay. now to an update on a story gayle you first told us about last month. hard to forget this video of richard wilbanks, prying open an alligator's jaw to free gunner. you hear him yelping, he suffered a puncture wound in the belly but is doing well after a trip to the vet. florida officers were so impressed by his tenacity, he was sworn in tuesday as honorary deputy. >> do you swear to uphold the

constitution for the sheriff's office. >> this is a big day. >> do you swear? he just wants to give kisses. >> i love the badge. >> so adorable. he is going to help educating young people about dangers and pitfalls of the surrounding area. >> we do have to again comment on tenacity of the owner to go in and grab a gator, pull the jaws. >> not losing his cigar. >> you look at the video, figure gunner is a goner. there's no chance. >> at least it has puncture wounds or something. >> i thought well, you're getting the dog out. but that's it. i don't know who makes him cigars, send him a box. >> they always talk about adrenaline when you see a loved one in dire straits. >> we have been talking about,

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it is thursday, december 10, 2020. welcome back to cbs this morning. the u.s. seeing the most deadliest day yet from the coronavirus. we'll talk about what to expect once the vaccine is released. >> fighting false hoods. one bio engineer is fighting back on tiktok. >> a more person union series is heading to chicago. how a map is changing conversations. first, today's eye opener. >> the fda fanl meets today.

the heals of the deadliest day yet. the first shots could come in days. mount sinai is using this area used for flu shots to vaccine pods. >> the if our career scientists say it is safe and effective, i have confidence. >> if the vaccine is the fire hose and the vaccine is coming. the forest is burning. >> legal experts say this latest lawsuit has no chance of succeeding just as all the other cases. >> biden also set the bar for best name administration by nominating marcia fudge as

housing secretary. >> she has been dogged that she was steering government catering contracts to her cousin e.l. >> they are good cookies. >> welcome, we'll begin with the big news about pfizer's vaccine. it could become the first in the u.s. recommended for use. it could not come soon enough as the pandemic has become more dire. yesterday marked the highest single day death toll with more than 3,100 deaths. >> coronavirus hospitalizations are at an all-time high and a number of severe cases. more than 31,000 people are currently in intensive care units across the country.

more than 7,600 of those are on ventilators. another all-time high. >> more of what you need to know as the fda considers the biontech vaccine. canada approved its use yesterday. there are some is side effects. two of the first team who received in the uk experienced adverse affects after the injection. both had a history of allergic reactions and both are recovered. joining us now with how this could affect the rollout. we hear there were two significant adverse events. what does that tell us about here in the u.s. about what to expect? >> good morning, tony. we don't have a ton of information. we know they were two health care workers that had such severe history of allergies that

they carried epi pens with them. shortly after getting the vaccine, they developed a reaction. they were able to give the epi pens and got better. that type of reaction is rare. i spoke with tony fauci about if. he said, you can bet today those will be the discussions the fda is having. the more common reactions are milder. >> what are those reactions? what should people be prepared for? >> their reactions that show that the vaccine is working and stimulating your immune system. redness at the injection site, pain, fever, fatigue, they trend to go away in a couple of days and off you go. actually a sign that says, okay. my immune system saw something.

it reacted and hopefully is the beginning of it being protected. >> i don't want someone to lose sight of the main effect. the well described protection of coronavirus itself. on that subject, if you dug into the data provided by the fda. what stood out to you? >> how much information there was and the detail that was there. 53 pages from the fda alone and more from pfizer. i looked at every word. i would be flabber gafted if this emergency use authorization is not approved. with a 95% efficacy rate at a time when there is a raging epidemic. looking at the stasistics across the country. right now, it looks like it is on fire. less than 1%.

.63% of reaction in the vaccine group versus baut 51 in the placebo group. they are going to be looking over the years and months to see what happens not when 44,000 people take it but when millions of people take it. >> what is the magic number we are paying attention to. how many people need to get vaccinated before we can feel like, okay, we are going to get past this. >> we are hearing this about herd immunity number that could be 70 to 80, 85% of people that need to be protected. how do you get there? one thing is some natural immunity because it is such a huge outbreak. on top of that, the vaccine is 95% effective. we heard yesterday by midmarch,

we should have 100 million people vaccinated but that's not going to get you to the 75, 80% number especially if 40% of america is not taking it because they are afraid right now. we have a lot of education. we still need to be wearing masks. washing our hands. doing everything we are told. at the beginning, until we know what is going on, you can't assume because you have the vaccine you are protected. belt and suspenders. >> thank you, doctor, we appreciate it. we'll continue our coverage. as we get closer to emergency use authorization, our doctor will be joining us tomorrow to answer your questions. i know you have them. we'll talk about the time line, the distribution plans. send us your questions to coronavirus @cbs news.com. >> the latest on a story we told

you about last week, brandon bernard is scheduled to be executed by injection tonight. he was 18 at the time, convicted in the murders of a couple in texas. the prosecutor said they resent the conviction partly because they say his role was not as big as others. kim kardashian, senator cory booker. only the president can commute bernard's death sentence to life in prison. no question, there is no responsible and people believe he should be response but should he pay with his life. it has been widely reported he

is considering preemptive pardons for his older children and rudy giuliani. the clock is ticking. >> people watching, ask yourself are we the kind of country killing people through its legal system or not. countries come down differently on that subject. we are a bit of an outlier in the west. >> i urge you to look at the details of the case. a lot of

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a group of 37 american companies and their leaders are coming together to advance economic opportunities for black americans. the coalition called 110. why? the next ten years, seeks to

train, hire, promote one million black americans. that's the one ten who do not have a four-year degree into families sustaining jobs. partner companies including a well known group, american express, delta airlines, nike, target, walmart. first on "cbs this morning," co-founders join us now. ken is ceo of merck, jenny chairman of ibm. good morning to you both. this was announced moments ago, really appreciate you coming in to share details. ken, i want to start with you about the selection criteria. many are fascinated that you don't necessarily have to have a college degree here. >> yes. so first of all, good morning, thanks for having us. you know, the challenge that many americans face and it effects black americans in a particular way because only about 20% of black americans have a four-year degree is that many times companies require four year degrees for the kinds

of jobs that really do not require a four-year degree. what we are trying to do is urge companies to take skills first approach rather than credentials approach, which will eliminate some of the systemic barriers that african americans have faced. if you look at the data, you can see there's a huge disparity between opportunity and wealth between black families which have on average $4,000 and white families with about $140,000. that's what we are trying to address. >> ken, i saw the numbers this morning. honestly, i thought it was a typo. it has been my experience to be honest with you that book smarts don't often translate to skills or even your intelligence in some cases. jenny, i want to know, you've gotten a lot of prestigious companies to sign on. what was your pitch to entice them? >> well, i think the pitch is that we all need talent and there's a large talent pool in

america we're not tapping into. as ken said, skills first. we have been at this at ibm almost eight years, and now after working hard, adjusting job requisitions, one of the structural barriers to address, we want to require a four-year degree to start for 43% of jobs. 15% are people that represented the skills first group and as i shared with ken, had our first ph.d.. it is not lack of talent, it is lack of access. one of the structural barriers we remove is giving them a new pathway into our companies. i add to something ken said, it isn't even just a job, we believe these can be upwardly mobile careers. therefore, we really do break the cycle. >> ken, you've said that we've been at these defining moments before and let them go by, essentially corporate america

made passification moments. how is this different? >> i do believe it is very different. this group of ceos are very interested in not passing the challenges, historic challenges onto the next generation. i think we also recognize looking forward that this will be a more diverse country, the work force will be more diverse. if we are able to take advantage of all of the talent in our country, we can strengthen our economy and eliminate some of the racial and social barriers we worry about in this country. i think it is different. i think after the george floyd killing, these conversations were happening across kitchen tables and board room tables. >> i would like to think it is different this time, ken. this seems intentional and specific, ginni, are you worried about being accused of excluding people? >> we view this as a startup. while we start with latin

americans, we're moving to other under served groups. like any startup, you have to start somewhere. we'll start with a group we believe should be at the top of the list. i must say the idea we're all going to do what we can do best, provide economic opportunity and jobs, and when we do that for one group, it benefits all of them because the barriers we remove, we remove them for everyone. >> thank you so much. listen, this warrants further conversation. i hope we can do this. so much to unpack. thank you so much for starting it off with us. more to come. ahead, more perfect union series finds out how neighbors from different sides of chicago tackle deep rooted issues together. >> i am adriana diaz in chicago which like many cities is laid out on a grid. many streets span the city north to south. there's a 2,000 north halsted that konds with south halsted.

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ahead, a bioengineer getting creative on tiktok to make sure people know the truth about the coronavirus vaccine. coming up, how she turned into a social media star making up songs and dances to stop the spread of misinformation. local news coming at you next.

good morning. it's 8:25. telephone is set to receive 327,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine next week. nearly 2000 doses will go to marin county. today the family of oscar grant will hold a news conference in oakland demanding charges be filed against officer anthony perrone. in october the d.a.'s office announced it will reopen its investigation into the 2009 bart police shooting. the warriors have lost their appeal over their debt from 1996 renovations at the oakland arena. the contract required the team to continue paying off bonds. now they will have to pay more than $30 million to the city of oakland and alameda county.

good morning. traffic center, southbound 680 has a couple of cars tangled up to the right shoulder. adding to a busy right as you work your way southbound they're coming out of concorde you have some brake lights heading over toward that pleasant hill area. keep that in mind if that takes you towards walnut creek. west on 80 highway 4 to the may still seeing some delays. 19 minutes to make that portion of the route. a live look at the golden gate, sing some extra volume for the morning commute and it looks like a bit of fog on the north end. just a heads up if you're traveling through their. just a patch that has come into the golden gate together story with the clouds has been the high clouds that have come in today. it will be windy this afternoon. that is probably the main thing to know about today. the temperatures are cold in the north bay. everyone else doing okay. sunny and and in the low to mid 60s today. windy at the coast. a wind advisory goes into effect , it has actually gone into effect and st s in

welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is that time to bring the stories we call talk of the table. tony, you're in pole position. >> i am going first. i get to announce on "cbs this morning" ten finalists for the 2021 music educator award. we do it every year. i love it. presented by recording academy and grammy museum. it recognizes teachers who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education. without further adieu, finalists are justin anto, steven cox from eastland high school, pamela dawson, michelle full at that from columbus state university.

elizabeth hering, chris manu, brian mcmath, and donald walter from northwest guilford middle school and northwest guilford high school. congratulations to all ten of you. the winner announced during the grammy awards next week, during grammy week. you can watch those awards sunday, january 31st here on cbs. you could say they've already won. they get matching grants as a result of being finalists, and they walk away with at least a thousand dollar hon rare yum. ten if they win. >> all of these people changed kids' lives. especially now when schools are in funding trouble because of covid, music programs are cut

back, work they do is so important. >> pieces are good. showcase a winner. trevor noah hosting the grammys this year, that will be fun. nice show. >> we are talking about how we enjoy wildlife sightings in new york city, began with the owl in the christmas tree, humpback whale in hudson river. yesterday i got an unexpected guest on my window ledge. there it is. a red tailed hawk, literally sitting outside my window. that's ten floors up. overlooking broadway, he or she, not sure, looking down on broadway. natural habitat is open country for red tailed hawk, but some make new york city a permanent home. it does most hunting watching from a high perch. judging from the pigeon at its feet, looks like it just got dinner. >> he murdered the pigeon. it is a murderer. >> the circle of life.

there was some debate on instagram. >> he is looking at you. >> this was the stare down. i know it sees me, the hawk's eyesight is eight times better than a human's. they can see a mouse from 100 feet away. i love what somebody said on instagram feed, it always feels like a privilege when you get to take a close up look at wildlife. >> didn't creep you out a little bit? >> it was so beautiful. such a beautiful bird. >> i think the key thing, there was protective pane of glass. >> i wasn't opening the window. >> did you try to save the pigeon before he was murdered? >> you and the pigeon. it is a pigeon. are you in love with a pigeon sitting on the window ledge? >> actually no. >> these things can dive at 120 miles per hour. i have watched them out the window pluck a pigeon out of mid air. >> i think it was a cool shot.

you captured it very well. mine is about plastic surgery. according to some plastic surgeons around the world, business as you might expect is way, way, way up. why? zoom, part of the reason. one cosmetic surgery office in cincinnati says injectable procedures like botox and fillers up 90% from last year. during virtual consultations, nine out of ten noticed a problem looking at themselves on zoom. one plastic surgeon in beverly hills say they focus on the chin and jaw line because camera angles highlight the features. a lot of people considered it in the past postponed because of recovery time, two to four weeks. now that you're home and can do zoom, turn off the camera. do you want to share with the class what you did with your jaw

line? >> i don't think, i mean, people understand they're not on zoom forever, bad lighting is not real life. the fact they can turn off the camera and recover at their leisure, that seems to me the significant part. >> i do. if you're going to do it, now is a good time. there's an excuse. now when you go out, you have a mask, just saying. can't wait to show you my new look! you're not even going to recognize me. >> can't wear the mask on the air. >> research shows conspiracy theories and misinformation about coronavirus vaccine are convincing some people they should not be immunized. on tiktok, a bioengineer using the platform to fight false hood with facts. she's part of the teamworking on a covid vaccine. elizabeth cohen has the story from london. >> reporter: week one of vaccination rollout in britain. soon this will be an option for everyone. we headed out to ask london commuters if they're on board. >> oh, yeah, absolutely.

>> definitely go for it. >> yes, i will, yes. >> i'll have the vaccine. >> you will have it? >> there's nothing really wrong with it. >> by far, most said they would have the shot. research shows too many, half the population, remain skeptical or downright refuse. enter social media. health agencies say a big part of getting people on site is making information easy to find, like here on tiktok. >> how does the vaccine induce immune response. >> meet anna blakney, a bioengineer that's taken to tiktok to prove hard facts about the covid vaccine don't have to be boring. >> vaccines 9 to 5, what a way to make a living, working 9 to 5. >> we caught up with her on zoom. >> i have been looking at some of your tiktok posts. they're hilarious. you're a great dancer.

>> thank you. >> how often do you do a new one? >> i try to do four to five per week. >> anna is a tiktok sensation. one of her videos got 50 million hits. >> my personal strategy is that people come for the entertainment but stay for the science. >> you package the rna into little particles, made of different fats or lipids. >> then there's vaccine misinformation which ranges from plain inaccurate to wild conspiracy. social media companies have started removing it, but it continues to do the rounds, shared widely and carelessly and scaring people off. heidi larson runs the vaccine confidence project. >> one of the main factors that lead people to not want to take the vaccine? >> one of the dominant ones is the anxiety about how quickly

the vaccines were made and approved with knowledge that previous ones have taken so long. >> anna blakney got reassurance on that point. >> no matter what vaccine it is, it has to pass the same regulatory check points. >> but anti-vax activists maintain without a shred of evidence that the vaccine is a gateway to mass surveillance, that neither the government or big pharma can be trusted. to complicate the picture, confusing trial results like recent ones from astra-zeneca undermine the confidence of people who otherwise want the shot. >> trust is so fundamental. i often say we don't have a misinformation problem as much as we have a trust problem. >> we have a good biological understanding of vaccines. >> so an army of young scientists have taken to the internet. anna blakney is one of the most influential, determined to fix

that trust problem one tiktok at a time. >> i think by having connection with a single person who is there and personal and can show them exactly what you do in the lab, it helps alleviate people's fears. >> one uplifting thing out of the research from london school of hygiene is that people were more inclined to say yes, they'd take the vaccine if presented as something that would protect their family and friends, instead of something that will just protect them themselves. anthony? >> that's an interesting point. thank you, liz. she complemented her dancing. we talked about you have to get the word out to people to build trust. >> going to read my papers here. >> doing good work. >> she sounds like me when i sing. i'm just looking at the message which i think is really, really

important. >> she's hitting the right notes. exactly righght. ahead in our more perfect union series, peoplee from vasay different neighborhoods in chicago are comin today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow.

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our series a perfect union shows what unites is is greater than what divides us. bridging divides in chicago, neighborhoods from the north and south side are banding together to take on some deeply rooted issues. the differences between the communities are stark. add rihan adriana diaz shows us. >> reporter: chicago residents, nanette tucker, wade wilson, share love of gardening and craft beer. they're like neighbors, sort of. wade called you twins. why are you twins? >> when you follow the map, we touch one another on the map, north and south. >> reporter: like many cities, chicago is a grid, many streets spanning north to south. you fold the map in half, you can match addresses with the same block on the south side.

you lived your life never thinking you had a twin. and now? >> i have one. >> reporter: they live 15 miles apart. wilson and his wife jennifer live in the majority white north side neighborhood of edge water, while tucker is in the mostly black south side neighborhood of englewood. how would you explain the differences between your neighborhoods which are he can we distant from the center but worlds apart. >> it is clear that neighborhoods on the north side have had more investment, everything from street lighting to grocery stores, restaurants is plentiful on the north side, and it is not here. >> almost like you feel a light come on at a certain spot going north. when you are coming back south, you can feel the gloom that's upon us in englewood. >> reporter: they met through a social justice artist that grew

up in englewood, a community often in the news. >> two mass shootings. >> claims the life of a 15-year-old in west englewood. >> reporter: this film was created to change the conversation. she contrasts how the same street like ashland avenue looks on the north side. >> they look different. the sidewalks, maintenance of the building. none of which have anything to do with gun violence. only disinvestment. >> reporter: chicago segregation due in part to racist policies like red lining, banks would designate properties in minority areas, delineated in red as too risky for mortgage lending, excluding black americans from a primary pathway of building wealth, home ownership. >> you have neighborhoods that are predominantly black with low home ownership as a result of discriminatory practices, businesses left, don't have a business corridor, therefore you

don't have jobs. now schools are starting to fail because they aren't properly funded. >> reporter: the solution, bring the north and south together with map twins. >> trying to take on systemic racism, but you found a way to almost chip away at it one person at a time, one pair at a time. >> yes, use segregation as the actual thing to connect us. >> reporter: in the project, she doesn't shy away from uncomfortable truths. >> how much is your home? >> $61,000. >> and how much was your home? >> 135,000. >> you ask what they each paid for the house, it felt awkward. >> it helps people understand we are all participating in a system that was created before us. and it doesn't truly reflect how we want to connect with each other today. >> frankly, we are privileged and it is hard to sit next to a friend who hasn't enjoyed that

privilege. we realize there's an opportunity to actually do something. >> wilson and tucker are doing something together. three years after they met through the folded map project, they created englewood renaissance. which is helping beautify parts of englewood and focusing on increasing home ownership. >> creating community together. the economics might be different, the neighborhoods might be different, but the core of who i am is pretty much the same as wade and jennifer. i want the same things they want. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," adriana diaz, chicago. >> this is such an important story. such an important story. you have the same street, different economic values, why that's happened. >> and the difference in the numbers, anthony. 61,000 versus 500,000 plus. perfect example to show that story on the same day we did the one ten project. it shows you that it starts there. and that's why the disparity and

pointing out the disparity. there are many white people saying i don't have the privilege either. >> it shows it is not ancient history. the legacy of these practices from mid century are with us today, will continue to be with us, val uf the homes is the value of the homes. the question is as we become aware of it, what are we going to do about it. >> recognizing it is an issue. it is a major problem in this country. >> as long as that economic disparity continues to exist, we will have these differences. >> so much more than planting a garden together. that's lovely, but so much more than that. >> we'll be right back. >> nicely done, adriana.

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