>> lot of sun. >> i know. he doesn't want to be left out. >> have ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, december 15th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason. that's tony dokoupil. america gets a boost in the fight against the coronavirus. frontline workers line up in a massive roll-out of the new vaccine. we'll talk with two of the first people in america to get the shots. >> sharp words from the president-elect. joe biden accuses president trump of refusing to respect the will of the people. what republicans are saying now that the election results are official. >> william barr resigns as attorney general. why one of the president's most loyal defenders is quitting just weeks before mr. trump leaves the white house. >> and machine gun kelly's new sound. the musician tells us how a

crisis in his career and sheer grit changed his music and his life. >> can't wait to hear what he has to say. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> historic day to get vaccine into the arms of people at a time frame that is really unprecedented. >> across the country, frontline workers rolling up their sleeves, getting the first doses. >> 200 million vaccines out by the end of february and hundreds of millions more. if the next administration follows the plan that we have. >> that vaccine isn't a second too soon. over 16 million cases and now over 300,000 deaths. >> we're still in the middle of what will be a very, very, very dark winter. >> the electoral college officially made joe biden president-elect and kamala harris vice president-elect. >> the rule of law, our constitution and the will of the people prevail. >> u.s. attorney general william barr is stepping down amid continued tension with president

trump surrounding the election. >> all that -- >> ailin kim making her debut and wins the women's u.s. open. >> you didn't expect to hear from me. >> josmokey robinson. >> they wanted me to wish you happy chalukah. i have no idea what chalukah is because they said so. ♪ >> on "cbs this morning." >> feel the joy and relief. those are health care workers at the boston medical center celebrating the arrival of the first doses of the vaccine. ♪ baby how you feeling ♪ need to kick off your shoes take a deep breath ♪ >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> perfect, perfect song with the lovely lizzo.

they all did their spin on their dance moves. it was great. >> you can understand why they feel that way. >> and all good dancers. >> i think so. we try to keep our public humiliation to a minimum. no public dancing. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin with this. that vaccine roll-out is ramping up today in a big, big way. health care workers got the first shots yesterday. many after months on the front lines. today, hundreds more sites will receive the vaccine as part of a massive operation that hopefully -- hopefully will eventually end this pandemic. >> it's a huge cause for hope at a time of great suffering in this country. the american death toll has surpassed 300,000 since the pandemic began and consider this. the u.s. has around 4% of the world's population but more than 18% of the dead tied to the coronavirus. our lead national correspond begnaud is at uc davis in sacramento. good morning to you. >> i've referred to this as the

super bowl of medicine. but not everybody gets to play on day one so there's a second day. and that's what's happening around the country. today uc davis and other health institutions will get their shipment. you know when it arrives, the pfizer vaccine is frozen. we've asked nurse mary rosen who will get the vaccines to show us what reconstitute means. she just took saline out of a bottle. she'll now inject it in what will be a vial of the vaccine when it arrives. you get the saline with the vaccine, mix it up and you are ready to go. doesn't take long, and that's what's happening at health institutions around the country. >> okay. a little poke. one, two, three. >> reporter: these were the shots seen across america. from the first nurse in queens, new york, to california. frontline workers are leading the way yet again. receiving doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. dr. melisha cumberland was the

first person vaccinated at her hospital in connecticut. >> do you have any symptoms outside of the shot? >> no. outside of some regular, when you get a shot you have that sore innocence yoness in your a. that's it. >> reporter: she's aware of the public's concerns and admits she was hesitant at one point. >> i'm proud of myself for doing it. >> proud of yourself, why? >> because i was selfless. i did it to make sure that, yes, you know, i'm safe, but i did it to start to almost build trust within our community. and to really say, you know, we trust science. >> reporter: to west virginia now. governor jim justice became one of the first elected officials to be injected. he said he wanted to build public confidence in its safety. 141 sites received shipments on monday, and the government plans to deliver 2.9 million doses to 636 locations this week. now, u.s. leaders want to vaccinate about 50 million people by february.

reaching that number will also depend on the fda's approval of the moderna vaccine which would be available for distribution as early as next week. >> we have enough vaccines already purchased to ensure we can meet our goal of vaccinating every american who wants it by the end of the second quarter of 2021. >> reporter: back to dr. cumberland. she could not be more proud to be part of this historic moment. >> the legacy i want to leave is that i gave myself to let people know that they are safe. i gave myself so that someone else is healed, cured and they find peace of mind. >> and what a legacy dr. cumberland. when you get pfizer's vaccine you get a card like this to remind you the date you got the vaccine and that you need to get a second one in order to be complete. that's for pfizer's vaccine. the race to find out when the vaccine is getting here is like waiting for your gifts on christmas morning. chad is the chief pharmacist.

what's the delivery expected to be? >> this morning. >> is it already in sacramento? >> it is in sacramento. >> they've been tracking it all the way from memphis, gayle. this morning, it arrives. >> we saw chad yesterday looking at that same machine. i love how you showed how mary rose took us through the process of how it all works. that's very interesting. >> yeah. >> just to let us know every step of the way. >> quick and easy. >> david, thank you very much. in our next half hour, we'll speak with new york icu nurse, sandra lindsay. >> pfizer developed its vaccine in less than a year, an unprecedented achievement. bill whitaker got an exclusive look at the labs outside new york city where researchers did their work in collaboration with the german company biontech. he spoke with pfizer's head of vaccine research and development, kathrin jansen. >> you live in new york city. and when you were starting off

on this mission, new york was on fire with this virus. >> yeah, we were living in a hot zone in new york. and we saw firsthand what was happening every day. and, bill, the most chilling thing for me was when we walked our dog and we go by the hospital complexes. and you see one refrigerated truck after the other. appearing in the parking lots in front of the hospitals. >> refrigerator truck morgues. >> morgues, right. it was just chilling. absolutely chilling. and then the economic aspects, as well. that was absolute ly fueling th desire to come up with the vaccine no matter what it takes.

>> this was kind of personal. >> it became very personal. >> i saw this as the enemy. >> the virus? >> the virus. i took this very personally. i wanted to fight it. beat it. fight it down. it was -- nothing else mattered. >> this sunday on "60 minutes" we'll have more of that interview plus a closer look at the lab that developed the first authorized vaccine in the u.s. >> very compelling. the pfizer vaccine is great news. but experts warn we've still got a very long road ahead. dr. anthony fauci says we must, we should continue measures like social distancing during the roll-out. you all heard this before. he believes we'll likely be wearing masks for most of 2021. now that timeline depends on how many of us actually get the vaccine. that's why this is crucial. jonathan vigliotti joins us from santa monica in hard-hit california. good morning to you. what can you tell us about the situation there? >> good morning to you, gayle. the situation is so dire here in

california that hospitals like st. john's here in santa monica have set up tents like this in their park lot to deal with the possible overflow of covid patients. the patients will be brought through this tent and then entering here through this area where they will be treated and they will recover. this is all necessary because in the central valley, all icu beds are gone. just 3% of beds are left here in southern california as the death toll continues to rise. >> america's hospitals are under siege as doses of the first coronavirus vaccine arrive on the frontlines. in california, hospitalizations are up almost 250% in the last month. at usc medical center, capacity is falling fast. >> we had no more icu beds. we were completely full. >> reporter: dr. frank lovecchio works in phoenix. he says his hospital is treating

more coronavirus patients than at any other phase of the pandemic. >> the positives are, it's almost over. the negatives are, it's going to be a tough haul for at least the next 90 days. i think we're going to be at capacity, over capacity. >> reporter: there are now more than 110,000 people in the u.s. hospitalized with coronavirus. an increase of about 60% from a month ago. dr. anthony fauci warns that american life may not return to normal until late next year. >> the vaccine right now is not a substitute for the normal standard public health measures of wearing a mask, keeping your distance. >> reporter: every day, thousands of americans are lost to the virus. over the last week, the u.s. has averaged more than 2,200 covid related cases per day. people like 86-year-old david childress. childress was a retired firefighter and a father of five. he died on december 6th. his wife of 66 years, julie, was

by his hospital bed. >> so many families don't get to do that and even the ones that are -- they're so sick. they're all alone and i was blessed. i was just so blessed. >> reporter: blessed just to be able to say good-bye. doctors are worried about a surge on top of a surge as millions of americans get ready to travel for christmas. the two leading deaths right now in the country are heart disease and, of course, the coronavirus. tony? >> the scale of the loss is hard to express, jonathan. thank you very much. the electoral college has done its constitutional duty confirming that joe biden will be our next president. and in a speech last night, the president-elect said the rule of law had prevailed. he received 306 electoral votes. that is the exact same number that president trump called a landslide just four years ago. nikole killion now reports. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden celebrated his electoral college victory and praised the

estimated 155 million americans who were determined to have their voices heard. >> this election ranks as the clearest demonstration of the true will of the american people. >> reporter: mr. biden skewered president trump's exhaustive efforts to overturn the election results. attempts that have been unsuccessful. >> president trump was denied no course of action he wanted to take. he took his case to republican governors and republican secretary of state as he criticized many of them. to republican state legislatures. to republican-appointed judges at every level. >> reporter: the president-elect also sharply criticized republicans, including the 17 attorneys general and 126 house members who supported a lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results in four key states. >> it's a position so extreme we've never seen it before. a position that refuses to respect the will of the people, refuses to respect the rule of law and refuses to honor our constitution.

>> reporter: mr. biden spoke about the threats election officials faced across the country. >> it is my sincere hope we never again see anyone subjected to the kind of threats and abuse we saw in this election. it's simply unconscionable. >> reporter: legislative offices in michigan were closed yesterday amid threats of violence and state police had to block a group of pro trump supporters from entering the capitol. but the process went on. >> the electors have unanimously cast 16 votes for joseph r. biden. >> reporter: as the president continued false claims of massive fraud, more republicans acknowledged the president-elect. >> it's time for everybody to move on. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin is now the latest foreign leader to formally congratulate president-elect biden on his victory after weeks of holding out until the results were finalized. today, mr. biden travels to georgia to campaign for two democrats in runoff races that will decide control of the

senate. anthony? >> nikolle, thank you. president trump will finish his term without his attorney general. william barr handed in his letter of resignation yesterday. he praised the president that he had assisted, defended and occasionally rebuffed over the past two years. ben tracy is at the white house. ben ben, why is barr leaving now? >> the timing of this is certainly strange but it's no secret the president has been unhappy with the attorney general, mainly because barr has not backed up the president's claims of election fraud. >> mr. attorney general, were you fired, sir? >> reporter: sources tell cbs news attorney general bill barr was not forced out of his job. his resignation letter is a full-page tribute to president trump. barr writes the president's unprecedented achievements in the face of a partisan onslaught. >> and bill barr should have stepped up. >> reporter: but lately, president trump has been upset that barr said the department of justice found no evidence of

widespread fraud in the 2020 election. a direct contradiction of the president's false claims. barr also followed justice department procedure when he did not reveal a federal investigation into hunter biden during the campaign. but it clearly angered the president. >> bill barr, frankly, did the wrong thing. bill barr, i believe, not believe, i know, had an obligation to set the record straight. >> reporter: barr's resignation came after the two met at the white house on monday. in a tweet, president trump said our relationship has been a very good one. and that barr has done an outstanding job. >> there was no evidence of the trump campaign collusion with the russian government's hacking. >> reporter: barr has been a loyal defender of the president. famously providing his own summary of the mueller report in 2019 which created space for the president to claim he had been exonerated, which he was not. >> no collusion. no obstruction. >> reporter: but barr has also admitted the president's interference in the department

of justice made his job impossible. in an interview with cbs' jan crawford, barr did not seem concerned about his reputation. >> i'm at the end of my career. >> it's a reputation that you worked your whole life on, though. >> yeah, but everyone dies. i'm not -- you know, i don't believe in the homeric idea that mortality comes by having owed something about you over the centuries. >> reporter: barr's last day will be december 23 rd. there won't be time to confirm a new attorney general so the deputy attorney general jeff rosen, he will become the acting attorney general. gayle? >> ben, got it. hopefully bill barr will sit down with jan crawford again. she'd love to have another conversation. >> really interesting conversation p. conversation. >> or catherine herridge. nearly 50 million americans are in the path of a snowstorm.

this storm is dumping snow in parts of the west. it will create near impossible driving conditions in much of the northeast by wednesday afternoon. that sounds like fun. parts of pennsylvania could see two feet of snow. suburbs of new york city and philadelphia could see a foot. and 5 to 10 inches likely along i-95 from philadelphia to boston. but we haven't had any snow this season. >> it is december. >> i was going to say -- >> but i'm thinking about those vaccines on the road. >> yeah, that's true. that is true. >> can they get through? >> that's a really good point, tony dokoupil. >> i'm sure they're planning for it. a new twist in the ahmaud arbery case. we'll show you police video that may contradict the account of one of the suspects charge inside arbery's killing.

ahead we talk to the first two u.s. health care workers to get the coronavirus vaccine o outside of trials.

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ahead our candid discussion on his surprising career turn coming up on "cbs this morning," but your local news is next. . good morning. it's 7:26. this just in. a 3.6 earthquake just struck morgan hill. we have had some calls into the newsroom from people who felt it. no damage or injuries reported so far. today the first bay area vaccinations for coronavirus will be carried out in san francisco. four california cities got a share of the first 33,000 doses. health care workers with the most patient interactions will be first in line. a house fire in san jose is being blamed on a christmas tree. it happened on lake a. officials say that it sparked after an electrical fire. a firefighter and resident were injured.

taking a look at the freeway. we are starting to see improvement on that southbound side of 880. we had after earlier spot. still a little slggish. northbound 880. a few brake lights. red on the sensor itself you are going into union city. keep that in mind if are you working toward the san mateo bridge and east shore freeway. a couple of brake lights. a couple of hot spots out of hercules. it's a chilly start to the day. we are down to the 30's and 40's for the morning. lows with patchy fog and frost. as we look to the afternoon a dry day with a mix of sun and clouds rain returns as we look to tomorrow. about 60 degrees. there we go with that rain, late wednesday into thursday morning. dryer as we look to the end of

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any complications whatsoever? doesn't seem like it looking at your pretty face and smile. >> good morning, gayle. thanks for having us on. i feel great this morning, and i just want to put great in perspective for people. and so great is the injection site on a scale of one to ten, my pain level is a one and this morning i just took my temperature just, you know, for the hell of it to see what's happening. >> and what was it? what was your temperature for the hell of it? what was it? >> 98.1. >> very good. >> i really feel great. >> dr. yves, how are you feeling? >> absolutely i second exactly what sandra said. i feel great. a little minor soreness at the site of the injection and otherwise i don't feel feverish. i have no aches and pains. everything is feeling grad. >> sandra, yesterday i was so struck by your video because you literally applauded in the chair.

i'm wondering at that moment what were you thinking and why did you want to be one of the first people to get the injection? >> because i think as a health care professional it's my duty to preserve public health and i see this as a step in the right direction, just a small part of what i can do to put an end to the pandemic. i cheered because i felt a huge sense of relief, not just for myself but for health care workers, essential workers and everyone that has been doing a yeoman's job with putting an end to this pandemic. so i feel hopeful. i see the finish line. the light is brighter in the tunnel and i just want to tell people, don't look back. it's like running a race. you look back, you're going to fall behind. >> but there is still a lot of skepticism out there. what do you say to people that just think, no, you guys rushed it. the medical community rushed it too fast and corners were cut.

>> i think what we have to continue to do is message that the science is behind the vaccination, that this is a new technology. it's different than the old technology that required eggs to grow the vaccinations and that's why it actually came about more quickly, more efficiently. this is actually great news that is being picked up. this may help us in the future with the development of vaccinations. i would add, we've been through so much. we've just absolutely been through a lot. we are still going through a lot. >> we're still in it. >> too many lives every day. this is the hope that we have in front of us and we just have to encourage people to take it. >> that's what my doctor said yesterday, gayle, you have to look at the science. they don't cut corners with the science. i'm very, very focused on that. you have to get over this fear of needles. you have to let that go. here's the other question. just yesterday there was a guy at costco i believe in california who went nuts saying this is all a hoax, that coronavirus doesn't exist.

you two have both lost family members to covid. the death toll is now well over 300,000. what do you say when you hear that kind of response and considering the work that you do? sandra? >> so we just have to keep educating people that it's real. we've lived it. we continue to see it. and that it's not a hoax. they should listen to the experts. listen to all the health care workers who have come on before us to share their story that it's incredibly dark. it is not a hoax. it is real. >> what was the feeling among your co-workers yesterday as they watched you all take the injection and the conversation yesterday at your respective hospitals? >> oh, they're incredibly proud of us and i've had people come up to me and say, you know, i was planning to put off and wait, but i was so inspired by your story and your courage and

your bravery that i can't wait to get the shot now. i am ready. i am like you, i am ready to put an end to this pandemic. >> well, i have to say this, sandra. whenever they talk about getting the shot here in this country, your face is the one we'll see. dr. yves, any closing comment from you? >> yes. i thank you for this opportunity. one thing that we really have to emphasize is the importance of continuing to do what we've been doing the whole time, and that's wearing our masks, washing our hands, social distancing and please, please if at all we could refrain from gathering. this is -- this and the combination of taking the vaccination is what's going to get us to the end of this nightmare. >> all right. sandra said it's finally the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. we thank you both. we thank you. >> thank you, gayle. >> thank you, gayle. >> such good news. ahead, new questions in connection with ahmed arbery's killing. why newly released video could prove that one of the suspects was more involved than he

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more involved. >> not necessarily. >> this body camera footage obtained by our jacksonville station shows him talking to them. >> brian recorded that video of the february 23rd shooting. it wasleading police to arrest well as gregory and travis mcmichael. now brian and the mcmichael's face several charges in the killing, including felony murder. they have all pleaded not guilty and have been denied bail by a judge. >> i truthfully need to be cleared of this because i had nothing to do with it. >> before his arrest, bryan said his reputation was being smeared, but in the body cam footage he told police this. >> i pulled out of my driveway, was going to try to block him. he was going all around it. i made a few moves at it.

he didn't stop. >> we think he was an active participant. >> reporter: i spoke to cobb county prosecutor and he said there's evidence to suggest that bryan hit arbery with his truck while trying to box him in. this is how bryan's attorney kevin goff responded. >> he's never been more than a witness to this shooting. >> there's dents on the truck. >> there is no evidence that mr. bryan did anything improper with his vehicle. >> reporter: in a statement responding to the new video, arbery's mother said this is feet away from where my son laid shot to death and seems to brag about his part. he and all involved must be held accountable to the fullest extent ase the video itself.

this case is being litigated. >> it's another example. video proof in these particular cases. >> it's telling a different story than what he told. >> very different story. ahmaud arbery's attorneys said he was more involved than he was saying. >> that tape raises question. >> makes me wonder if the lawyer for bryan knew that tape was out there. he may not have. >> it's his own testimony that he was in essence an active participant. ahead, vla

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>> you better change the way you're living and if that ain't enough. >> there she is. playing roy schyer's lover, "all that jazz." she was already well known as a broadway dancer with a bold style. she played the lead role of roxy hart twice in the original and the rerival. she earned a tony award for best choreography. she died at age 71. the cause of death still unknown. >> she looked great. >> incredible dancer. >> incredible dancer. >> we will miss her. >> all right. check out this wild video out of australia of a woman trying to rescue her dog from a sea of foam. this is the real thing. look at the sea of foam there. this intense scene played out yesterday in byron bay south of brings b brisbon. she waded through the brown

bubbles. the dog named hazel emerged. there she is. >> wow. >> cutie. >> what just happened? >> what the heck is going on? she was quickly scooped up, brought to safety. the sea foam was created by heavy rain that has hammered australia's northeast coast. >> i've never seen that before. >> i saw it a big storm earlier this year. it's amaze whg it happens. it wasn't to that degree. i've never seen it that severe. >> glad hazel's okay although mom is saying, god, you had to get that shot of me. >> i disagree completely. i know the shot you're talking about. >> you're trying to rescue hazel. >> you're right, gayle. hazel when she popped up, what's going on? where am i? what is happening? >> what is happening? >> smokey robinson. we love smokey. he wants a redo for miss pronouncing hanukkah. he made the mistake to a fan on cameo. >> they want me to wish you

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♪ ♪ it's tuesday, december 15th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil. that is anthony mason. hundreds more sites across the u.s. will receive the pfizer vaccine today. we'll ask dr. david agus how long it will take to end the pandemic. and as the trump presidency draws to a close, senator mitt romney will tell us about the republican party's future. plus, the new effort in congress to get a bipartisan covid relief package. and machine gun kelly is changing his tune. how the musician surprised everyone with his top punc album that soared to number one. >> looking forward to this conversation, anthony. first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. health care workers got the first shots yesterday, many after months on the front lines.

today hundreds more sites will receive the vaccine. >> the super bowl of medicine, but not everybody gets to play on day one, so there's a second day. that's what's happening around the country. >> hospitals like st. john's have set up tents like this in their parking lot to deal with the possible overflow of covid patients. vladimir putin is now the latest foreign leader to formally congrat lit president-elect biden. >> this is a demonstration of the true will of the american people. >> were you fired, sir? >> just about a month left until president trump leaves office, the timing of this is certainly strange, but it's no secret that the president has been unhappy with the attorney general. barr's last day will be december 23rd. ♪ made a list, checked it twice ♪ >> james gordon teamed up with meghan stallion for her very first christmas album. ♪ jolly, happy, merry ♪ faces plump and hairy ♪ sack of gifts i carry ♪ i'm santa

>> i like it. i like it a lot. nicely done. it is day two of the rollout of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine right here in the united states. a number of sites with initial doses will nearly quadruple to 570 today. that's what she was trying to say. yesterday front line health care workers across the country received the first shots of the vaccine. >> it comes as the u.s. surpasses 300,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began. one of the locations getting doses today is uc davis medical center in sacramento. that's where we find our lead national correspondent david begnaud. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is game day part two and this is the room where it happened. after employees get the first vaccine this morning, they'll be asked to sit to be monitored. if you have never had an allergic reaction, they'll sit you for 15 minutes. if you are prone to allergic reactions, they'll ask you to sit for 30 to see if you have any immediate side effects.

it's been really interesting as we've watched health care workers around the country get injected with the vaccine. so many of them have been emotional when talking about what the moment means to them. take uwc medicine in wisconsin. tuna shubert is a respiratory therapist who said this when asked what the moment meant for her. >> i want to inspire people, especially the patients that look like me and i take care of every day, that it's okay to get vaccinated. it's safe. i wanted to put a name and a face. >> reporter: front line workers step up to be first yet again. listen, they are the first to receive the vaccine. elderly care facilities like nursing homes and assisted livingsters are next. tony, they should start getting the vaccine this friday in states across the country. >> another big milestone. david, thank you very much. the first vaccine doses are just the beginning of a long and intricate process to loosen the grip of the pandemic on this country.

dr. david agus will join us to look at the big picture. dr. agus, good morning to you. let's talk about loosening that grip, beginning with tamping down the death toll which recently passed 3,000 per day. how quickly will the vaccines begin to make a difference there? >> you know, over the next weeks, we'll vaccinate 1% to 2% of the u.s. population, so it's a very small number. it's probably going to be towards the end of the spring, beginning of the summer where we start to see the vaccine having a significant impact. every week though we're going to save lives. every week we're going to protect people which is critical. it's going to take a while to get towards that 70% to 80% herd immunity which we require in this country. > when you think about a return to normalcy, dr. anthony fauci says masks will be worn through the end of 2021. or define normalcy for me and when will we meet it? >> what we know with these

vaccines is in most people, at least we know is that it dramatically lowers the virus level. we don't know if there's not necessarily blocking asymptomatic spread. it probably does, but we don't know yet. there's going to be 5%, 10% of people who get a mild cold, and those people are contagious. you need to wear a mask and those numbers come dramatically down. the new normal is like asian countries where when you're ill, you wear a mask. i hope that continues forever in that we can stop spread of other viral diseases also. >> how are you feeling about next summer? a lot of people are mentally thinking at least by next summer there will be movies. there will be baseball games. there will be barbecues, birthday parties. weddings will be back. do you anticipate the vaccine opening up that closed world to us? >> you know, i think the announcement by live nation a couple weeks ago saying if you come to our concerts sometime in 2021, you have to have a certificate that you have a vaccine. there will be certain privileges, if you will, to people who have received a vaccine.

there will be mass vaccinations. hopefully the rest of the country will be vaccinated by april, may, june time frame. at that point, i think we're going to see some loosening of the restrictions. we'll still be wearing masks, we'll still be socially distancing, but we're going to enable much more gatherings in more normal, no the a normal but a normal way of life this summer. >> privileges tied to get a vaccine will motivate people who are on the fence to get that vaccine. i want to ask you a technical question about the vaccine itself. it's very complicated going from out of the box, into the vial and then into the person's arm. there's an opportunity there for error. what concerns you the most about how technically specific that process is? >> well, it's a tough process, right? heroes have stepped up over the last four or five months. patients across the country, tens of thousands in the clinical trials. that went very smoothly. now the rollout happened. yesterday, 140 hospitals, 400 plus today, and the problem is, you're taking a vaccine that is stored at minus 94 degrees fahrenheit.

you are thawing it. it has to be given in a certain period of time while the vaccine is still good. then you have to watch the patient, as just david just alluded for for 15 to 30 minutes and make sure there's no allergic reaction. in a sense it is a very complicated process. in the u.k. when they did it they expected to vaccinate 3,000 to 4,000 people a day. in the first week or so it was hundreds a day. we're going to get it. we're going to get it right. we'll vaccinate the whole country. there may be a few missteps in the beginning but it's going to happen. >> complicated process but here's the result. at least 95% effective. dr. david agus, thank you very much. ahead we'll talk with republican senator mitt romney about the electoral college vote conif i wering joe biden's election victory and whether compromise is possible on a coronavirus relief package.

we visit new york's apollo theater with machine gun kelly. he got his first big break at amateur night there 11 years ago. >> when i got to about here, booze started coming. >> booze? >> i had never. it happens like that with everybody, but if you look like me and you are coming to out to do a rap song. they are like, no. >> the talks about how his latest album restored faith in hisself and how he reconciled

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the rule of law, our constitution and the will of the people prevailed. our democracy pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient, true and strong. >> that's president-elect joe biden who spoke last night after the electoral college confirmed his victory in november. that effectively shuts down president trump's efforts to overturn the election that mr. biden won by more than 7 million votes. healing will take a little

longer. joining us now is utah senator mitt romney who's working with democrats and republicans on a coronavirus relief package. senator, good morning. thanks very much for being with us. i want to talk about the relief package in a moment, but i want to pick up on something mr. biden was talking about. you've been very critical of the president's rhetoric -- of president trump's rhetoric, but it has been effective. a new cbs news poll finds that 8 out of 10 trump voters do not consider mr. biden to be the legitimate winner. when you have a divide like this in this country, how do you counter that rhetoric? how do you heal the country and move forward? >> well, i think it's a very difficult position that president-elect biden is going to be in as a result of president trump's efforts to try and overturn the will of the people, but now you've had every court say that president trump does not have a case. you have the electoral college that has voted. it's very clear that

president-elect biden will become our next president and it's time to move on, but i know that's going to be a real challenge for president biden to get there. he will choose an agenda to bring the american people together, not just rhetoric but an agenda. i'm on the opposite side of the aisle. we're not going to agree on every policy proposal he makes but i'm going to greet him and his administration with respect. >> several have backed the president's legal fight. what impact do you think that's going to have on the republican party long term? >> well, of course it's totally appropriate for people to exercise their legal rights, but i never saw any evidence of any kind of substantial voter fraud that would suggest there was any reason to overturn the election. that was never presented. actually, the court filings that were made in, what, over 50 courts, there was no evidence of that nature ever presented. a lot of rhetoric, but not even evidence. even attorney general barr said

after the investigation carried out by the fbi, they found nothing of a substantial nature. clearly if one pushes long and hard, once you've lost, you've lost. move on. look, i've lost. i lost in 2012. i didn't like losing, but you have to acknowledge it and move on. >> do you think it's fractured the party in any significant way? >> well, i think the party is uncertain of the course that we're going to take going forward. the principals that have long been the haul mark of my party are very much in question which is do we believe in balancing the budget? do we believe in standing up to people like kim jong-un and vladimir putin? are we committed to the principle that character counts? we have to decide over the coming years. >> it's really good to see you, senator romney. i'm wondering how you're feeling. the history books will be remembering you for many things. how do you navigate that personally, mentally and physically? do you feel ostracized by your

party? do you feel that you get a lot of support behind the scenes privately but maybe publicly people don't have the courage to say what many feel -- how many feel exactly the way you do? >> it's interesting. in my caucus among the republican senators i wondered after my vote on impeachment, for instance, how i would be received. i got a call the next day from john cornyn who is a leader and strong trump supporter. he said, mitt, i wouldn't want to be part of any group that didn't respect someone who told him to do what his conscious told him to do. that came from mitch mcconnell. there is respect within our party and frankly across the aisle. people like each other, get along with each other. it's a very positive aspect of the senate that i frankly hadn't anticipated. >> that's good to hear. do you ever say to donald trump, can we just sit down and have a

private meeting? >> i don't think that's something which he would like to do. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> we've had a couple of meetings in the past and they haven't been terribly fruitful. >> let's talk about your bipartisan economic relief plan. you're helping lead two of them. i'm wondering where things stand. christmas break is coming this friday. where do things stand with that? >> well, the good news is you had about 12 senators, 6 republicans, 6 democrats come together, 50 members of the house, evenly divided republican and senate. we put together a covid relief package which is designed to help people that are really in need. people that get unemployment insurance we'll have that extended at $3 a week. we also get rental assistance. food assistance, then ppp loans for small businesses. a whole series of things that the economy really needs right now and i'm pleased that we get that done together. i hope it gets taken up by the senate, passed by the house.

going home for the holidays without relief to people who need it would be a huge mistake. >> i'm glad to hear that. why is this so difficult? only one relief package passed since march. why has it been so hard to get something across the table that we know the country needs desperately? >> the need is so great. >> people staked out very different positions. you remember speaker pelosi said it was $2 trillion or nothing, and republicans in the senate, we put together a bill of 500 billion. we were a long way away. nothing got done. somehow at a dinner at lisa murkowski's house several weeks ago a group said, let's see if we can't put something together that we all agree on. we accomplished it and brought it forward for leadership to see just yesterday. >> do you think you're close to having the votes? >> that will depend on mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi who decide to bring it forward or perhaps pick elements of it in their own legislation at the end of the year. either way, we need to get help to the people that need it most

as quickly as possible. >> are we going to have it by the holiday? >> we better have it by the holiday because the day after christmas you have millions of people who will lose unemployment benefits so we need to act. >> december 15th. you have ten days. do you have any thoughts of bill barr announcing he's leaving to spend time with his family during the holiday? >> a lot of people have been trump loyalist ths who find the can't get their way. the president stepped over it with the ongoing effort to overturn the will of the voters. bill barr apparently had enough. >> senator romney, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we do appreciate it. >> thanks, anthony and gayle. >> happy holidays. >> and to you, thank you. ahead we meet a 13-year-old whose joyful social media post are capturing the attention of celebrities like cardi b. you're watching "cbs this morning."

christmas came early for a california woman who thought she lost a precious family heirloom. she was working at a home goods store in elk grove, california. she realized that her great-grandmother's diamond ring slipped off her finger. joyce chok did. she discovered the ring in her home goods bag when she was wrapping presents. she found a social media post dedicated to locating the ring and returned it. >> she said it was a christmas miracle and i'm just glad that they got it back. >> it made me realize there are still good people out there because i didn't really have that much faith in someone coming up or doing the right thing, but there still are people doing that. >> ford said she plans to have the ring resized again. >> i always believe there are still good people out there. >> so great when that faith is rewarded. >> most people are good. >> i do. i believe that, tony, i really

do. >> that's so tough. that's not just a ring, that's family history there. when you've lost it, so great she's got it back. ahead we . good morning. you may have felt it. a 3.6 earthquake hit morgan hill. we have had calls into the newsroom from people who felt it. a house fire in san jose has been blamed on a christmas tree. it happened on lake avenue. officials say it spark after electrical fire near the tree. a firefighter and a resident were injured. a group of restaurant owners is suing contra costa in hopes of overturning the outdoor dining ban. they have to prove they have been hurt by being shut down.

. we have some slow and go conditions as you head on 101. working on that northbound side near washington street. we have a crash blocking at least the left lane. give yourself a few extra minutes. looks like traffic is still slow as you work on the bay bridge. bundle up this morning. it's a chilly start. we are down to the 30's and 40's. a mix of sun and clouds, a dry day but rain returns as we look to late wednesday and thursday with our next storm system. daytime highs seasonal for this time of year in the mid to upper 50's to about 60 and there we go with that extended forecast, with the return of the wet weather as we look to wednesday night into thursday morning. snow in the sierra w h the

welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is now time to bring you some of the stories that are talk of the table this morning. mr. mason is going first. >> yeah, i've got an encouraging update from the actor jeff bridges who says he is feeling good as he continues to battle cancer. the actor posted a social media update saying he has shaved his head. there he is. he's gotten a puppy named monti. he just celebrated his 71st birthday. he revealed his limb foam na diagnosis in october which was a shock to everybody. we see he looks to be doing well there. >> he does. >> he's steered everybody towards his website where he's been a big supporter of music. we need it, man. all of our musicians are having

a hell of a time to make money these days. we support him. >> yes, we do. >> we love jeff bridges. >> monti. >> happy birthday 71, man. >> i saw him a year ago i did an interview with him. he looks amazing. he looks great. we're rooting for him. >> we are cheering him on. we're also cheering on this person. encouraging signs from ke koent johnson. you might find this footage hard to watch. he collapsed face first during a game on saturday. he was taken off the court on a stretcher and then hospitalized. university said yesterday that he's following simple commands, that's a good sign. earlier in the day his grandfather said he had been in a medically induced coma. he remains in critical but stable condition. the cause of his collapse is not known. he did test positive for covid

during the summer. many critics are saying these basketball players and stars are being pushed too hard during this particular time. >> i think the hard part is when you are playing basketball at that level, that's a big-time program. these players are super human. to see one fall like that, it's very hard to watch. >> we're sending long, strength and cheers to you, keyontae. >> i have a great story. back in 2002, 2003, there was an nba player who had an average season. anthony carter. 4.1 points per game, that is very low. he had an option to come back for the next season and make $4.1 million. even though he only scored 4.1 million per game. all he had to do is tell the heat, i'm going to be there. his agent forgot. the deadline passed. >> oh, wow. >> losing him at least $3 million because as a result he went onto the free agent market

and only made 750. so $3 million he lost. >> man. >> he lost it. this is what i love about the story. didn't fire his agent. >> really? >> loyalty for you. >> the agent said, you know what, i made a mistake. i'm going to make this right. for the last 15, 18 years he's been slowly paying back the $3 million. he recently finished the payments. it is a done deal. he made him whole. >> great story. >> great story? >> yes. bill duffy. >> oh, my gosh, i know bill duffy. >> you do? >> no does he owe you any money? >> it's not great but it is great. you know what, it's all worked out. >> it all worked out. to this day anthony carter is an assistant coach. >> they're still friends? >> not only friends but he still looks over his contracts. >> bill duffy is a really smart guy, too. >> it was a mistake.

we all make them. >> we make them. the multi-platinum selling musician machine gun kelly is known for his rapid fire lyrics, wild partying and his famous girlfriends. in september his album "tickets to my downfall" debuted atop the billboard chart. the first rock album to hit a million this year. it had half a billion streams in under a week. the 30-year-old is one of the stars of the benefit concert play on airing tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs. we talked to machine gun kelly at the apollo theater in new york where he taped his performance and where he made his first big break. ♪ >> reporter: machine gun kelly felt his career was floundering last year when he started working on his fifth album. ♪ ♪ >> i had nothing to lose. everyone thought i was a failure anyway. everyone kind of already wrote me off. ♪ ♪

>> reporter: so the rap star surprised everyone with a pop punc album. ♪ ♪ >> when you titled it "tickets to my downfall." >> that's because i was falling. >> you didn't think it was ironic? >> it wasn't ironic. >> reporter: then ironically "tickets to my downfall" went to number one. how did that feel? >> sad to say, but it made me believe in myself again. >> reporter: machine gun kelly was full of ambition when he started rapping as a teenager in cleveland, ohio. born coal son baker, his actions gave him his nickname. his first big break came at new york's apollo theater. >> do you remember walking out on the stage for the first time. >> i walked out this exact door, this side. >> reporter: he was 18 when he decided to test himself in front

of the apollo's notoriously tough audience at amateur night. >> right when i got to about here boos started coming. >> reporter: boos. >> uh-huh. >> i had never gotten booed. they were like, nah. >> what made you decide to come here in the first place? >> i was broke, i had a kid on the way and i was working at a buyer recei burrito restaurant. >> literally? >> literally. that was the first check i got for music, 45 bucks. >> 45 bucks? >> yeah, first place at the apollo. >> reporter: he was signed to bad boy records by sean combs and his first three rap albums all went gold. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but baker's been haunted by a turn bu lent childhood. his mother abandoned him when he was 9 and he had a rocky relationship with his father who died in july.

>> and ton honest, man, when my dad passed during the middle of all of this, like i changed. everything changed. i thought that was my last chance at feeling loved. >> reporter: you reconciled at the end? >> we did. and that -- >> reporter: did that mean a lot? >> yeah, i learned to cry for the first time. i learned that i was turning all my sadness into anger and that's why i was so angry all the time. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at the end of his song "lonely" he included a recording of his father describing how coleson was born. >> it was just a dangerous birth. his umbilical cord was stuck around his neck. >> i came into this world trying to take myself out of this world. when you learn that and realize why i struggle with so much depression or why i struggle

with so much why am i here? why should i be here? it's because from zero years old i was already asking myself the same question. i came in and my head was blue. they had to -- you could feel my skull. you can feel where the tongs grind my head and twisted me off. it really wasn't supposed to go like this. >> you weren't supposed to be here? >> no. >> reporter: as coleson baker, he has an acting career. he was on a film set this year that he met his new love, megan fox, who was with him at the apollo. ♪ ♪ she makes a cameo on the album. and he also dedicates a song to his now 11-year-old daughter, casey ♪ ♪ >> i want to encourage love.

see how special it is, even if for a moment you can feel what that magic is real. >> would you ever want to do an album as coleson? >> i don't think so, no. >> that guy -- >> reporter: different guy. >> different guy. they don't get along at all, dude. >> reporter: he's working on reconciling the two and has started going to therapy. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but machine gun kelly still dances dangerously on a ledge between between them. >> i'm trying to get away from those ledges. it would be nice to be on a plateau. no, i don't. i always want to be on a ledge, man. i think you're going to be more aware, exciting, excitable when you're about to fall. so as long as i keep my balance, i prefer to just be on that ledge. >> reporter: you're comfortable being uncomfortable? >> yeah, that's how art should be. ♪ ♪ roup why hunger.

his performance is amazing. so is maran morris, l.l. cool jay, sarah berellis, john baugh tooes. >> i know. let's talk about him for just a second because he seems very complicated but very thoughtful. he said so many things, turned his sadness into anger. he came into this earth trying to take himself out. it seemed, anthony, even when you were talking to him that he's thinking about what you're asking and trying to figure out -- not to avoid the question but what does he want people to know about him. he has a lot going on. >> he's an extremely thoughtful and smart guy who now that he

has 30, lost his father, has started realizing a lot of what's affected him without knowing it before. 30 is still so young. >> yeah. >> interesting him saying art is best made from the ledge. >> which a lot of artists feel. sometimes you have to save yourself to get off the ledge. >> i think it's good he mentioned he's in therapy, too. i think that that -- clearly he thinks he needs it and i'm hoping that will be very helpful for him. >> yeah. as you see, he is an incredibly dynamic live performer and a very thought full person. >> i didn't know anything other than meagan. i knew he was dating megan fox. >> i knew he wore a pink suit. >> i didn't know anything about him. you're producing. you're the producer on this. >> as i have said, i'm one of the executive producers of this show. we've worked for months and it's finally airing. >> i don't know how hard other people have worked, i know you have worked hard. >> hats off to all of them and to all the artists who came out, including coleson baker, machine

gun kelly. >> i like the name coleson baker and machine gun kelly. that could be magic. you can hear more of anthony's conversation with machine gun kelly on this morning's cbs podcast. how a brave girl is facing illness and touching hearts and winning celebrity fans with her spirited ♪

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♪ ♪ yes, we do, baby girl. that's d.j. "d" nice. joined celebrities, beyonce, justin timberlake, held a virtual block party in support of lyric jacks. she's been fighting brain cancer and touching hearts across the country. jericka duncan has more on the teenager who's been winning so much support. >> reporter: she makes her own support. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she dances. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and loves singing to beyonce. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but for the past two years, 13-year-old lyric jacks has been battling

anaplastic brain cancer. last month doctors recommended hospice care. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she's been documenting her journey on social media where she's caught the attention of big names like p diddy, meek mills, offset and cardi b. her favorite artist, beyonce, sent her flowers in september. >> i love all of you guys. thanks for partying with me. >> reporter: this past sunday she was the starve a 16 hour virtual block party organized by a d.j. out of miami. that included dejas from across the country. >> can i see some smiles in the comments. >> it started off with gospel. >> reporter: club quarantine "d" nice. >> she's had four brain surgeries, four of them. >> reporter: rapper trey the truth met lyric this past fall.

he learned about her story through instagram. has been by her side helping the family and trying to keep lyric motivated. >> when it come to lyric, anywhere she goes, she instantly lights up the room. she's a comedian at heart. she will have you laughing at all times. >> reporter: the day after the joy-filled virtual party, we checked back in with lyric and her mom. >> what does it tell you about humanity? >> that people out there, you know, they have a heart. you know, they care. they're paying attention and lyric has a really -- she has a really good spirit. ♪ ♪ >> and she has a fighting spirit, refusing to give up. for "cbs this morning," jericka duncan, new york. >> four brain surgeries. i love that people are cheering her on so and wishing her well. we certainly join that chorus.

13 years old. she's going through a lot. >> she is going through so much. >> a tough time. >> beyonce music always makes it better, i think. the fact that beyonce sent her flowers is great. >> pitching in, that's right. >> we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate.

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before we go we want to tell you about an illinois couple bringing new meaning to the phrase date night during the pandemic. kim and doug turned their van into a mobile dining room. what they did is they put a table and two chairs in the back of the van. so for the last few weeks they've been parking at local restaurants to eat the takeout food in their little mobile dining room. >> i love this. >> they call it van dining. they have a facebook page for it. they post about the places they've visited. kim told "cbs this morning" that food can feed the body.

great food eaten in a van can feed the soul. >> this is what i miss more than anything, the chance to go out on a date night and have

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