today is his birthday. he watches us every morning. >> happy birthday. >> good morning to you our viewers in the west and welcome to cbs "this morning." it is wednesday, december 16th. i'm gayle king with anthony mason. that is tony dokoupil. there is new hope on the horizon. we'll take you to a city where they unbox a second vaccine. we'll take you inside a hospital as it unboxes a vaccine delivery. a massive nor'easter threatens more than 70 million americans. we're tracking what could be the biggest snowstorm to hit the east in years. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell splits from president trump and congratulates joe biden on his election win. plus, president-elect biden's message in georgia to win control of the senate. and inspiring young minds. how a missouri p.e. teacher who turned his life around became a real life hero to his students. >> wait until you hear his

story, but first -- here's today's "eye opener: your world in 90 seconds". >> hopefully on friday the vaccine will be approved, its efficacy, its safety its performance is similar if not identical to that of the pfizer vaccine. >> the fda says a second potential covid vaccine developed by moderna appears to be safe and highly effective. >> this could be the biggest storm in several years. >> the northeast is about to get a lot of snow. >> it's a nor'easter, right? those winds are whipping in from the northeast. >> hello, atlanta! >> president-elect joe biden was in georgia campaigning for democrats in the january senate runoff. >> i need two senators from this state. i want to get something done. >> the electoral college has spoken. >> mitch mcconnell finally recognized biden's win for the first time. >> it would have been better if it were earlier, but it happened. >> joe biden has tapped pete buttigieg to be his secretary of transportation. >> all that -- >> a florida man goes to great lengths to retrieve his golf

ball. >> oh, my gosh! >> -- and all that matters -- >> forbes has released its list of the highest paid celebrities of 2020. coming out on top, kylie jenner who brought in $590 million. >> more money than lebron james has made playing basketball in his whole life. i'm starting to think maybe my lips aren't plump enough. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> the fda confirms that moderna's covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, which means we may have two approved vaccines by the end of the week. i mean, inject this news straight into my veins, reggie! i'm going to get both. pfizer and moderna, they're like the ps 5 and xbox series x of the vaccine world. it doesn't matter which one you want, you're not getting either until june. >> announcer: this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by progressive. making it easier to buy

and bundle insurance. yeah. but the headline is possibly two. that's really, really great. >> and it may be earlier than june. >> and 95% is still a really good score, no matter how you slice that. welcome to cbs "this morning." we're going to begin with this. as you just heard the encouraging news this morning about a second coronavirus vaccine. wow. a new fda analysis shows the moderna vaccine is at least 94% effective, and there are no major safety issues. it could be approved for emergency use as soon as friday. >> our lead national correspondent david begnaud is that uc davis medical center in sacramento this morning. david, you had exclusive access as the first shots were given. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, anthony, they're vaccinating people right now. that's how aggressive they're being. what's happening just next door in the emergency department? dealing with what was described as mountain of coronavirus

vaccine. the hope what's happening here and other parts of the states, central and southern california nearly 98% of icu beds are full this morning. an emergency room doctor here at uc davis medical center in sacramento recorded this video of the emergency room on his iphone and he shared it with us to show what was described as a tremendous surge of coronavirus patients. >> the pandemic has never been worse here. >> reporter: dr. nate kuppermann runs the erchltsds e.r. here and yesterday -- >> i've never been so excited to get an immunization in my life. >> reporter: he was one of the first 300 frontline workers to receive that vaccine. >> with this immunization, i now know that i will not die from >> reporter: cbs news had exclusive access when 4,875 doses arrived in one box tuesday morning. three hours ahead of schedule, thanks to the fedex delivery man who said he was just -- >> doing my part. >> reporter: and because of that, the wheels were in motion.

>> as soon as they came off the truck, the first stop is the pharmacy to start opening the box. >> reporter: pharmacy supply chain manager erin st. angelo took the lead. >> this moment is about to happen. >> reporter: once the box was opened, she immediately placed the vials into this ultra cold freezer. as erin is putting it in, it's negative 79 degrees celsius in the freezer. >> mission accomplished. [ applause ] >> reporter: the next step, take out 100 vials, label them, and give them 30 minutes to thaw out. then it was time to transport them to the vaccine room using a mobile refrigerator. as they move through the hospital, one man was pumping his fist in the air. >> finally we're able to give them more or less absolute prevention given the efficacy of this vaccine. >> reporter: once those first 100 vials, which had 500 doses inside, arrived in the vaccination room, they were allowed to continue thawing out while the call went out to eva teniola. she was the nurse who would be

the first uc davis health employee to get the vaccine. >> okay, thank you. i am super ready. >> reporter: as her husband drove her the 18 minutes to the hospital, the vaccine had thawed. it was then mixed with saline solution and given to teniola right after she arrived. [ applause ] that signalled the first of thousands more to come. you can see how excited eva and her co-workers are. this is the pfizer vaccine. moderna's is up next. they could get approval as early as friday. gayle, they could be giving moderna's vaccine to frontline workers as early as next week. >> david, thank you. dr. anthony fauci joins us. he's in washington right now and he is the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and a member of the white house coronavirus task force. good morning to you, dr. fauci. good to see you. it seems like a good day. we're hearing news of a second vaccine possibly be authorized by the end of the week. 95% effective, which is really exciting. so what do you think it's going

to take now to have a real impact to slow the spread of this virus with two possibilities now on the market? >> well, what we're going to see, gayle, is an increase in the number of people who ultimately get vaccinated. when you reach a certain percentage of the population to get vaccinated, you can really have an important and profound impact on the dynamics of the outbreak. so it's going to take a few months to do that. you know, the first level of people are the health care providers and those who are, for example, in nursing homes and long-term facilities. and then after that you're going to start seeing other priorities coming. i would imagine by the time we get to, let's say, march, end of march, beginning of april, we'll have people who are in the general population that are not in any particular priority groups, and we hope that the overwhelming percentage of the population will accept the vaccine. if we do that, we will get a veil or an umbrella of herd immunity over the population

that would dramatically diminish the dynamics of the outbreak. when we do that, that will be the end of the outbreak. so it's going to take months to do, but we're certainly on the right track. >> we hope so, too. we keep hearing you need 70% of herd immunity for it to be really effective. what's the biggest challenge do you think in all of us getting there? >> well, the challenge is the acceptance on the part of various elements in our society. you know, particularly, and we're working very hard. the minority populations, understandably, have somewhat of a skepticism. i've been out there, my colleagues have been out there trying to outreach to this group of individuals and explain to them the things that make them skeptical are, for example, the speed with which this has happened, that's a really good thing, gayle, because the speed is a reflection of the extraordinary scientific advances in vaccine platform technology that allowed us to get here quickly. and, also, the enormous investment that has been made in

developing and producing doses of vaccine so that they're ready when the fda makes that decision. that's exactly what happened with pfizer, and that is what is going to happen with moderna. >> i'm wondering how you're feeling during this time, dr. fauci, as you see the vaccine roll out? we had a moment at the table the other day, we actually thought -- we got emotional looking at the trucks rolling out. you've been working on this most of the year. so i wonder what this is like for you to be here at this place at this time? >> well, it's an extraordinary feeling, gayle. it's a very positive feeling. you know, as i've also even mentioned to my own family, my wife, is that as wonderful as this is, because it's been an extraordinary manifestation of the fruits of science done in a very rapid way, it's also bittersweet, because, you know, the other day at the time that the vaccine was first rolled out and put into someone's arm, we

reached the 300,000th death in the united states from this virus. >> hmm, yes. >> so, know, we should celebrate the fact that the science has come through, but it is not over yet. we have a ways to go. we have to abide by the public health measures that we talk about all the time. >> yes. >> this is not going to just turn around overnight. we have a ways to go, and public health measures is the bridge to get to the vaccine which is going to get us out of this. >> all right, dr. fauci. thank you very much. and before we go, are you on a couchie? >> not really, gayle. >> that's what i'm getting you for christmas, a fauci on a couchie. >> all right. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. thanks-game. great to be with you. >> oh, gayle, i love that. i love when he can laugh a little bit and smile in a new way. i know he wants one of those! >> it's a hopeful moment. he is full of hopeful details,

the vaccine is coming. one of the first people that got the shot at uc davis happens to be my brother-in-law, jamie tur. >> so good. >> an icu covid doctor there at uc davis. i had not put two and two together where david was reporting and jamie was. got the video last night. he's the first member -- >> how is he feeling? >> he's doing great. >> no side effects? >> no side effects and he's raring to go. >> i love david's piece, how he took us from point a to point b all the way to z and you see them actually getting the shot. i don't think we can emphasize enough how important this is and how hopeful that it is. > and it's great to see how excited everybody in the hospital is. >> the protection and the relief, we're feeling it. moving on -- more than 70 million people are in the path of a massive winter storm this morning. take a look at these pictures from oklahoma just yesterday. it shows you how dangerous conditions could be in much of the rest of the country. this is what it looked like in indiana. those are the roads overnight. meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is

tracking the storm here in new york for us. jeff, good morning to you. >> good morning tony and good morning, everybody. we're at the iconic grand army plaza, just across from the south side of central park. behind me you can see some of the beautiful decorations that make new york city and this area along fifth avenue such a magical place to be during the holidays, but it is clearly the calm before the storm, because there is no snow out here yet, but by later teed it will be a winter wonderland, and by tomorrow morning we could see ten inches where i am standing. two parts to this storm, one across the ohio valley and one across the southeast and it will all come together for a blockbuster nor'easter later today and tonight. snow moves into d.c. later this morning, into new york city later in the day today, but during this evening, you see a little warm nose of air and that will change stuff over along the coast. philly, new york city a mix of snow and sleet before it goes back to snow tomorrow morning. along the coast wind gusts of 50 miles an hour. that means blizzard-like

conditions near zero visibility. inland areas it is all snow and it is a lot of snow. we're talking some places 16 to 24 inches of snow, especially interior parts of pennsylvania. along the coast new york city maybe 10 inches, boston maybe 10 inches or so. just outside of there, though, probably as much as 15 plus inches of snow. so this is going to be quite the snowstorm. watch out for power outages, especially close to the coast, because those winds will be very gusty. >> jeff, thank you. i like that expression, a warm nose of air. air.'s a new one on me. that's a new one on me. >> reporter: warm nose. i could use a warm nose. >> you're going to need one tomorrow. thank yo >> reporter: warm nose. i could use a warm nose. >> you're going to need one tomorrow. thank you, i think, jeff. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell publicly congratulated president-elect joe biden for the first time yesterday after the electoral college confirmed mr. biden's victory over president trump. hours later, the president-elect was back on the campaign trail in georgia, as ed o'keefe reports, he's supporting the democrats trying to win two

runoff elections and flip control of the senate. >> let your voices be heard so the voice of georgia can be heard! >> reporter: back on the campaign trail ahead of the senate runoff elections in georgia, president-elect joe biden joked about the recounts demanded by president trump and some republicans in the state. >> i'm starting to feel like i won georgia three times. >> reporter: mr. biden is urging voters to support democrats jon ossoff and reverend raphael warnock in the january 5th elections. early voting started this week, and democrats need both wins to gain control of the senate. >> i need two senators from this state. i want to get something done, not two senators who are just going to get in the way. >> reporter: his trip to georgia comes as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell recognized mr. biden as the president-elect for the first time. >> the electoral college has spoken. so today i want to congratulate

president-elect joe biden. >> reporter: and encouraged other republicans to accept the results. >> our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on january the 20th. >> reporter: mr. biden called mcconnell after his remarks, as president trump still refuses to concede. regardless, the president-elect is tapping former rival pete buttigieg as transportation secretary. the former south bend, indiana, mayor would be the first openly gay senate-confirmed cabinet official, and cbs news has learned mr. biden is also expected to name former michigan governor jennifer granholm as energy secretary. granholm as energy secretary. the president-elect plans to announce mr. buttigieg later today just up the street. meanwhile, mr. biden says that he'll be taking the covid-19 vaccine soon, at the urging of dr. fauci, who says it's actually in the interest of national security. the president-elect says that when he takes the vaccine, he'll do so publicly. gayle. >> we'll all be watching.

thank you very much, ed. on capitol hill a new covid relief deal is still on hold. it's been 264 days since congress passed the original stimulus bill. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where congressional leaders met late into the night. nancy, i know christmas break is fast approaching, so how did that meeting go? >> reporter: well, gayle, all of those leaders left the meeting saying they're getting closer. they're making progress. they're exchanging numbers and they're going to meet again today, so that is a big development. they actually met twice yesterday. we haven't seen negotiations this involved for months. here's another positive sign. the senate's republican leader, mitch mcconnell, told us yesterday congress will not leave town for the holidays without a deal. and house speaker nancy pelosi has said the same thing, an indication that they both now believe that an agreement is within reach. and the deal would likely include a combination of things. a renewal of federal unemployment insurance, another round of loans and grants for

small businesses, rental assistance and food assistance for struggling families, and money for schools and of course for testing and tracing and vaccine distribution. and it can't come fast enough because we've spoken to public health departments across the country who say they need that money to go towards public education campaigns, to convince americans that the vaccine is safe and to track everyone who has been inoculated. so far these talks don't appear to have involve any conversation about another round of stimulus checks. that is a very expensive part of this puzzle. but leaders say they are going to be talking again this morning, hoping to reach a deal by the end of the week, anthony. >> sure hope they do, nancy, thank you very much. the fbi is investigating after hackers posted nazi imagery on the website of a jewish day school. the disturbing pictures included swastikas, video of nazi soldiers marching, and

anti-semitic songs defacing the site of north shore hebrew academy in new york. in a statement, nassau county police said these attacks will never be tolerated, adding that the extra resources have been assigned to the school. according to the latest report from the antidefamation league, antisemitic incidents in the u.s. increased 12% from 2018 to 2019. incidents against american jews were at their highest level since the group began tracking them in 1979. >> people are so easily triggered, anthony. that's so upsetting to see. ahead, the dramatic video showing what happened when chicago police raided the wrong apartment. >> and i'm just standing there. i mean terrified, humiliated, not even understanding why in that moment that this is happening to me. >> we'll hear from the woman detained after police burst in and what she had to do, why she had to sue the city to reveal the video of the officer's

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. good morning. it's 7:26. marin officials say all ic beds at marin's hospitals are in use. the first coronavirus vaccinations will take place tomorrow at marin health medical center. kaiser sabra yell and nev ado. today solano health officials will reveal their vaccination plan. they expect 3900 doses from pfizer with in the week and 4,000 doses from mader na once they get emergency authorization. an emergency ordinance named at housing the homeless in san francisco until the end

of december has been extended. more than 2,000 people can now stay until they can find stable housing. it's a slow ride as you work in to the grade. we have a trouble spot there. the good news is that the traffic alert has been canceled. the damage is done and you have a lot of brake lights for that ride. the crash out of lanes to the shoulder but slow and go taking a hit as well. we have a lot of brake lights. your drive time just about 30 minutes. that's an improvement from south 680 from 580 toward 237. all right. its quiet this morning on high definition doppler that. will change. high was mostly cloudy skies in the mid to upper 50's. looking at mostly cloudy skies with ia few shower from the north bay. otherwise the rain

welcome back to "cbs this morning." we have an update on a cbs news investigation that revealed u.s. troops were exposed to toxic material after 9/11. they were assigned to a remote military base in the former soviet republic of uzbekistan. more than 2,000 current and former service members report illnesses including rare cancers that they believe are linked to the former soviet base known as k2. now, acting secretary of defense christopher miller says he's getting directly involved in this case. our senior investigative correspondent, catherine herridge, spoke with him in his first tv interview. >> reporter: after years of struggling for recognition, the executive order would acknowledge the ongoing suffering and sacrifice of the k2 veterans and open the door to medical help and financial relief.

>> throwing the kitchen sink at this. >> reporter: acting secretary of defense chris miller, one of the first into afghanistan after 9/11, launched from the former soviet air base karshi-khanabad or k2 in neighboring uzbekistan. >> for you is the k2 issue personal? >> it's very personal. i feel that i have an obligation to help through those that went through there and are suffering illnesses. >> reporter: of the 15,000 service members who passed through k2 between 2001 and 2005, more than 2,000 flooded this facebook page, self-reporting illnesses, including rare cancers. >> do you accept that there is a link between the illness of these veterans and toxic exposure at the base? >> what i want is let's err on the side of the veteran and not get caught up in bureaucracy and endless studies like we've done in the past. that's my commitment. there's something going on, undoubtedly. >> and you're telling us today

that you want to fix this before january 20th? >> that's my fundamental goal and desire and will sprint till the very end to try to make this happen. >> and you've drafted an executive order for the president of the united states to make it happen? >> yes. >> how close is it? >> i'm very confident. >> reporter: a cbs news investigation documented new evidence of toxic conditions at the base. soil saturated with jet fuel. a running track marked with warning signs. high levels of radiation. and this site nicknamed skittles pond for its changing shade. >> i had no idea at 40 that this would be my life. >> reporter: among the affected veterans, former air force mechanic doug wilson, who says he can no longer work or drive after a rare cancer caused brain damage. >> i don't have a sidewalk, so i ride on the side of the road. so i constantly have to check and make sure there's no cars coming. >> yes, i did see the doug wilson story. it was enormously powerful and

very compelling and drove me to take this on even more rapidly. >> every yellow tab is a day where i felt sick. >> reporter: veteran mark jackson recently received a preliminary diagnosis of cancer. he told cbs news that he felt the last 15 years had been a betrayal. >> i'd like to just offer, i'm taking this very seriously. >> reporter: working with the va, miller says the executive order would add uzbekistan to the toxic exposure registry alongside afghanistan and allow k2 vets access to preventive screening and financial support. >> this executive order will do what for the k2 veterans? >> will recognize their service as being involved with the operations in afghanistan and open up programs and benefits to them that currently they are not able to access. >> reporter: there was a congressional hearing on the k2 issue last month, and the defense department and the veterans affair witnesses threw up a lot of bureaucratic

roadblocks. >> my office looks at the science. i want to find out what the exposures were. >> what's changed since then? >> i think there's now irresistible momentum. and i think my ability to actually have some influence now can hopefully break through a lot of these bureaucratic log jams. >> reporter: a white house spokesman would not comment on any potential executive action. it's important to note that if president trump declined to sign the drafted order, a biden administration could pick up the issue. both jackson and wilson told cbs news they fully support executive action, gayle. >> it's clear action has to be done sooner rather than later. thank you very much, catherine, very important reporting there. coming up, chicago police caught on camera raiding the wrong home. why the officer should have known ahead of time that they were in the wrong place and certainly at the wrong time. you're watching "cbs this morning." smooth driving pays off

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disturbing body camera footage shows how chicago police raided the wrong apartment and detained an innocent woman. an investigation by wbbm-tv uncovered the video which we have to tell you is very hard to watch. police tried to withhold it and city officials tried to keep you from even seeing it. anjanette young sued the city of schiff over -- chicago over the botched incident. a judge forced chicago police to turn over video of this raid. dave savini broke the story and spoke with ms. young as she watched the body cam footage.

>> i had just gotten home from work. i was undressing in my bedroom. >> reporter: anjanette young, a social worker, had just finished her shift at the hospital when police entered her home. >> go, go, go, go, go. >> and it happened so fast, i didn't have time to put on clothes. >> reporter: she was surrounded by 12 male officers. >> and i'm just standing there. i mean terrified, humiliated, not even understanding why in that moment that this is happening to me. >> hands up, hands up! >> reporter: almost immediately, young is handcuffed. >> if i had made one wrong move, i feel like they would have shot me. i truly believe that they would have shot me. >> reporter: a police officer wraps a short coat around her shoulder, still leaving her front fully exposed. eventually one of the officers holds a blanket in sglas you need to tell me what you're

looking for. >> it felt like forever to me. it felt like forever. >> reporter: young tells the raid team at least 43 teams they are in the wrong place. >> you've got the wrong house! you've got the wrong house! >> reporter: she was right. they were in the wrong house. wbbm's investigation discovered police simply took the word of an informant. >> i've been living here four years and nobody lives here but me. >> you don't have to shout. >> the i don't have to shout? this is ridiculous. you've got me in handcuffs, i'm naked, you kicked my door in and i keep telling you it was the wrong place. >> reporter: so where was the target? our investigation showed he was awaiting trial in a different apartment in anjanette young's complex. how easy would it have been to locate him? easy. real easy, because he was wearing a police tracking device, an electronic monitoring bracelet.

>> keenan saulter is anjanette young's attorney. >> if this had been a young woman in lincoln park by herself in her home naked, a young white woman let's just be frank, if the reaction would have been the same. i don't think it would have been. they viewed ms. young as less than human. >> reporter: police eventually did walk young to a room so she can get dressed. >> i'm a social worker and have been a social worker for 20 years. i follow the law. i don't get in trouble for anything. i don't do illegal stuff. i'm not that person. you've got the wrong information. >> reporter: at this point the sergeant tells the officer who got the warrant to step outside. >> let's go talk outside. >> reporter: once outside, the body camera is shut off. but the sergeant returns with this message. >> we believe your story. >> reporter: none of the officers have been disciplined. mayor lori lightfoot's administration tried to block cbs chicago from airing this body camera footage by filing an emergency motion in court. a judge ruled against the city, but the mayor said she saw the

footage for the first time tuesday. >> what i've directed my law department to do is with respect to to this one if there is a pending case, get that case resolved. >> the work is warranted. they need to do the work but they need to do it right. they can't just callously do it and leave people's lives in ruins because they got it wrong. >> reporter: in a statement, mayor lightfoot says she has no further comment because of pending litigation and ongoing investigations. we talked to her office last year about the raid and the body cams so it's unclear why she's saying she's just seeing the video now for the first time. meanwhile young and her attorney are refiling their lawsuit in state court next week. anthony. >> dave savini from wbbm with great reporting. thank you, dave. 43 times she told them they were in the wrong apartment. >> i can't get over that stand-up from dave there. they had a tracker on the suspect. they could have known exactly where he was. >> my heart breaks for ms. young, guys.

number one, the way she said it was so callous. if you look at the video, you can see one officer just whacking on a piece of gum like this is a normal thing that happens. and the fact that you're naked and the most vulnerable that anybody can be, to be treated that way is just heartbreaking to see. it's just -- it's unfathomable when you look at this video and you see the way that this woman as treated. then to be told don't shout. how do you not shout when you are being treated this way? >> in the report no one has been disciplined so far. in any other career field you make a mistake of that magnit e magnitude, something happens to you. >> as hard as it is to ms. young, i'm glad we all got to see that video. it just shows you once again the importance of videotape and the changes that need to be made certainly when it comes -- i agree with that attorney. if the woman had been white, i doubt that it would have been treated that way. >> she will live with that trauma forever, no matter what the city does. >> heart goes out to her. ahead, vlad

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burrell's name even if it was just hearsay. burrell thanked the people who fought for justice in this case. >> i can't even explain my gratitude or my supporters, i love y'all, man, y'all take care and keep on pushing. we're fighting for this. too much injustice going on. >> we just saw that piece from wbbm's dave savini with anjanette young. another similar case here where somebody is put in jail for a crime he says he does not commit. he says this does not in any way shape or form him minimizing the tragedy of the loss of tyesha edwards. this is remarkable photos from the past year. "time" has posted its top 100 photos of 2020 and we've got some highlights for you. this powerful scene played out at a hospital in houston on thanksgiving day. go nakamura captured a doctor holding a patient in the intensive care unit. black lives protester patrick hutchinson carried a

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♪ ♪ it's wednesday, hump day, december 16, 2020. we welcome you back to cbs this morning. a second coronavirus vaccine could be approved in days. w are honoring front line workers you told us about who don't often get the spotlight. >> missouri's teacher of the year. how he is enriching young minds. >> garth and tricia live. country's power couple talks about their new cbs holiday special and how they plan to celebrate christmas today. >> first is today's eye opener at 8:00. a moderna vaccine is 94% effective. there are no major safety

issues. >> the differences could not be more stark. you have hope happening with the vaccine. in other parts of season electrical and southern california, nearly 98% of icu beds are full. >> what do you think it's going to take to have an impact? >> when you reach a certain percentage of the population to get vaccinated, you can really have an important and profoundy outbreak. >> mr. biden will take the vaccine soon at the urging of dr. fauci. >> leaders are making progress. they are exchanging numbers and going to meet today. we haven't seen negotiations this involved for months. a woman in australia brought a gingerbread house to discover later the home already had a resident. look at this. it's a massive spider. must have been frightening. australians are like, you mean

steve, the stocking spider? that's an australian original. that's steve. come on. >> everything is bigger and scarier in australia. nature is not to be messed with there. that's a small spider in australia. we will talk about this. the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to soar in this country. we do have good news. more help could be on the way in coming days in the form of a second vaccine. moderna's vaccine is more than 94% effective with no serious risks. a panel will meet tomorrow to vote on whether to recommend it for emergency use. >> more pfizer vaccines are arriving at locations across the country today. yesterday, at uc davis, we were there as the first nurse was given the vaccine.

what's the situation there this morning? >> reporter: here goes another nurse. they started this at 4:00 a.m. this morning. these folks are being aggressive in terms of distribution. we had exclusive access yesterday when the first box arrived with more than 4,000 doses. even the fedex driver was happy to be here. he said, i'm just doing my part. they drove it straight to the pharmacy, rolled it to the pharmacy, where aaron was the first to unbox it and start mixing it. put the saline in the vaccine after it is thawed out. mix it up and it's ready to go. this is the good news. california is in crisis. to the video. let's explain what's happening in the state of california. icu capacity is pushed to the brink. los angeles county, 250 health care workers are coming down

with covid h-19 every week. last week, we spoke with a nurse who was terrified to bring the virus home to her family. she's now sick with it along with her husband and 21-year-old son. they spoke to her again yesterday. she was too sick to get out of bed. watch this. >> i want people to know this is not a picnic in the park at all. if you have mild symptoms, thank god. thank god. just when i think i'm out of the woods, it gets worse. i would have thought i would feel better by now. the last three days have been hell. >> she was describing to our colleagues in los angeles, she's dealing with dizziness. >> reporter: the governor put 60 mobile morgues on standby because they believe the worst is yet to come. >> we feel for that emergency room nurse. that's the thing. this illness, this virus is so

unpredictable. we all loved your piece from the last hour to show us the process. it's encouraging and exciting. thank you very much. >> the employees were pumping their hands in the air and waving at cameras. they were so excited. >> we feel the joy. one of president trump's key supporters has finally acknowledged that joe biden will be the next president of the united states. mitch mcconnell congratulated the president-elect and vice president-elect yesterday. mcconnell spoke with the next president on the phone. he waited more than a month to do so after the election until the electoral college confirmed joe biden's victory. >> our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect. our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on january 20th. the electoral college has spoken. >> it seems senator mcconnell is

working behind the scenes. he is privately warning other republicans not to dispute the electoral college vote when congress meets to confirm the results next month. >> let's talk to a republican senator. we have josh holly. let's touch on two matters of politics. mitch mcconnell, most senior republican in the senate, now con ggratulating president-elec biden. do you join him? >> i'm not there yet. this process will end on january 6th, which is when congress has to certify the results. the electoral college is very significant. the vote very significant. the certification happens on january 6th. until then, i think president trump has every right to pursue the legal remedies and to be heard. january 6th is the key date. >> the legal runway is very short.

january 6th is typically a formality. congress tabulates the votes that come in from the states. mitch mcconnell is reportedly asking senators like yourself not to object to that formal count. are you considering objecting in the senate? >> i'm studying what's been done in the past. after the 2004 election and 2016, democrats raised concerns in the house and senate. this is the only forum the constitution gives to senators and to congress people the opportunity to raise concerns about the election. i'm reading what's been done in the past. we have a hearing today in the senate on the election. we will see. >> this could come to a full vote, both houses of congress. very interesting. in the meantime, many americans are in need. there's a discussion about how to get them relief. you and senator sanders are working together to push the idea of direct payments, checks, $1,200 for individuals, $500 for

children. is that part of the latest bill that was discussed last night among leaders? >> i don't know the answer to that. i hope it is. the most important thing that congress can do now is to get assistance into the hands of working families and people. these are the folks who should be first in line for covid relief. they shouldn't be an afterthought. they need direct support. i'm willing to do everything i can, in my power to make sure they get it. >> the pushback from members of your party as well as democrats is that the current bill, the $748 billion bill already includes targeted payments relief for rent, for hunger, for joblessness. what you are talking about is expensive and goes to everybody as opposed to the particular people in need. what's your response to that? >> first of all, working people are in need. when you see the people, the lines of folks lining up for food support, trying to get help paying their rent, making their car payments.

i talked to a young mother in st. louis who said she can make her car payments or else she can do something for her kids for christmas. she can't do all of it. this is repeated over and over and over. the need for food is through the roof in my state. demand for food up 50%. working people are in need. we're not talking about giving checks to everybody. we are talking about working families. the quickest way to get them help and relief is to get them direct support, to give them a check like in march. >> something is better than nothing. are you willing to support -- we need everybody's support in congress for this to go forward. are you willing to support the $748 billion bill they provide some relief if it doesn't include the checks you are talking about? >> i made clear that unless there's direct support for working americans, i'm not going to support covid relief. why would the government give hundreds of billions of dollars to big business or government

and not give it to working families who need it the most? that makes no sense whatsoever. we need to target it to the people who need it the most. that's working families. >> quickly, if you could, because we have to go, you are prepared to hold congress back from holiday break unless you get the direct vote on payments? >> every option is on the table. the working people of the country need somebody to stand up and say, they need relief and that's what i'm going to do. >> as you have said, it's an interesting week. thank you very much. >> thank you. ahead, we will talk with garth and tricia about their cbs holiday special. they will share their secret to enjoying marriage for 15 years

we have much more news ahead, including your moving accounts of every day front line heroes. hear the stories from the teachers to delivery drivers who are touching other people's lives during this pandemic. plus, the inspiring journey of one national teacher of the year candidate. how his difficult childhood helps him connect with his students. wait until you hear his story. you're watching "cbs this morning." we thank you for that. we'll be right back. every glass of tropicana pure premium orange juice has a million little sips of sunshine.

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here at cbs news we're honoring some of the many frontline heroes helping america get through this pandemic. not only the doctors and the nurses, but also the teachers and delivery drivers and so many more people. we're calling this segment "my frontline hero" because it's based on your submissions from all around the country. here are just some of those stories. >> my name is mike and my frontline hero is my fiancee, melissa. she's a fifth grade teacher at garners avenue elementary school in levittown, new york. ever since the start of this pandemic she's done more than i thought was humanly possible. she never fails to give 110% to

her students. she still with all of this going on is able to dedicate herself fully to his students. as a fellow teacher, i hope i'm as inspirational to my students as she is to me. >> hi, my name is beni and my frontline hero is my fiance, jared, who works for u.p.s. i hear very amazing stories from jared delivering to different people and how he helps them and just takes the time to listen to them and talk to them and just get friendly with them, and that makes me feel good because this is the man i love and i just know how she is towards us and it makes me feel nice that all these people feel the same way i do about him. >> hi. my name is joyce smith and my frontline hero is my son, evan w. smith. the owner and founder of evan w. smith funeral services located in delaware.

he and his colleagues were experiencing the very same issues of other frontline workers, the fear of being exposed to the coronavirus, the fear of exposing their families. >> if you feel lost or alone, we're here to listen to you. >> one thing never changed. providing each family he encounters with compassion. i am so immensely proud of you. >> hi, i'm barb from minnesota. >> you can do it, ryan, can't you? >> our frontline hero is sandy sanders, ryan's art teacher. >> the pandemic has had a real impact on people with special needs, and trying to process what's going on in the world. through art, sandy and zoom, ryan has learned a better way to cope with feelings of being so isolated during the pandemic. >> my name is ronnie craft and i am 10 years old.

my frontline hero is my mom, susie kraft and my father, chris kraft. my parents own a meat locker and they are my frontline heroes because they have done so much during the pandemic. >> oh, it wasn't an option to close, not in our eyes anyways. he's got a whole crew of people down there that rely on him. they work their butts off and it's hard work. they're pulling 1,000-pound beef and they don't complain. i don't know how he does it. it's been nonstop since march. it's what rural iowa is about. it's rough work and he gets up and does it every day and doesn't complain. >> my name is mandy. i'm from sapulpa, oklahoma. my frontline hero is my mother-in-law, vivian. vivian is 71 years old, she's diabetic, she has asthma, and then five years ago became a single parent to her great great nieces. any of these things could have prevented her from working her cashier job on the front lines

during this pandemic, but it hasn't. my husband and i have voiced our concerns to her regarding her working on the front lines. her response was i have the girls to think of, so she's definitely an inspiration for myself and everybody that knows her. >> not a hero, i'm doing what everybody else would do. i'm doing what thousands of people around this country does. you do what you have to do, but i'm not a hero. but i love you, mandy, and dennis and mckenzie and the kids. >> wow. >> boy. that's a tough choice there, you know. you know you're in an at-risk category but you've got to be the provider, that late in life as well. >> it's a reminder of the simple things, the stuff we take for granted every single day. you see people doing it without complaint, without seeking any kind of recognition. they're doing it because they want to and because they think that they have to and they have a duty. >> what i love in there is so many kids as you saw family members paying respect to other family members.

>> that's the best part. >> and really seeing something that -- really special. >> i don't think there's anything better than a mother saying and vice versa i'm proud of you. >> yeah. >> to make your family members proud is something everybody wants, everybody. >> also nothing better than a good butcher and we saw one of those. >> i love a good burger, tony, you're right. ahead, mckenzie scott gets big. we'll look at a year of extraordinary charitable donations from jeff bezos' ex-wife. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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list. that's interesting. coming up, though, your local . good morning. marin county officials say all icu beds are now in use. the first coronavirus vaccinations will happen tomorrow at four hospitals. in san francisco an emergency ordinance housing the homeless in hotels has been extended. more than 2,000 have now stay until they can find stable housing. sf supervisors voted 10-1 on a resolution to condemn naming zuckerburg yep hospital after the facebook ceo. it won't require the hospital to do anything if approved. as we look at the roadways right now we have a traffic alert on the east shore freeway

as you approach the maze. westbound 80 near that 580 connector right around howell street. they have two lanes blocked until further notice. have you a lot of brake lights with a 49 minute travel time to go from highway 4 to the maze. the situation has been out since 7:40. they have at least two lanes shut down until further notice. expect the brake lights. making it easier as you approach the bay bridge as most traffic is being held there. it's a chilly and dry start to our day. changes ahead as we look to tonight with our next weather system. a cold front that will push through. mostly cloudy skies at this afternoon with highs to the mid to afternoon 50's. we are looking at that cold front bringing the wind and rain and snow in the sierra. hopefully that rain moves in overnight an likely while

welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk of the table. anthony is sglifirst. >> i'm starting this off. i want to pay tribute to a friend and fel legend in new york radio. rita was a program director for wfuv here in new york. she was on the air for 26 years. i was a huge fan of her show, "the whole wide world" she curated amazing playlists across genres were so smart and so clever. she championed artists like brandi carlile. she was absolutely packed full

of life. koez anne cash wrote i will miss rita so much. what a light she was. she worked with willie nelson, paul simon. i've known her many years. that's a picture of us that i asked to take -- >> you asked to take a picture? >> i was such a huge fan of hers. i loved seeing her at concerts and miss seeing her at concerts. i want having a drink before a show and we talked about our love of radio. i said my secret desire was to be an overnight dj somewhere and she said, well, that can be arranged. >> i was going to say. >> i've thought about it ever since. she was just a champion of music in this city and we really will miss her. my condolences to her wife, laura, and to her family and her family at wfuv where the station manager said she was a north star. >> i love the name of her show "whole wide world."

>> yes. if i even missed the show i would study her playlist, they were that smart and inspiring. who's next? >> i'm next. mine is about the world's richest woman. her name is mackenzie scott and she announced her latest donations to charity and they are huge with a capital h. she had given more than $4 billion in gifts to 384 organizations in the past four months. she has donated nearly $6 billion this year alone. scott, who was once married to jeff bezos said the pandemic has been, quote, a wrecking ball in the lives of americans already struggling. some of the groups receiving her donations include meals on wheels, good will and easter seals. and she's not done yet. scott plans to continue donating her fortune as part of a giving pledge to commit a majority of her wealth to charitable causes. they say that her network is $56 billion, that's according to forbes. but this is the thing. this is someone who is -- went through a very high profile,

painful divorce, but it clearly hasn't knocked her off her game. she still wants to do good and help others at this particular time. she's smart, she's compassionate and i think bravo, bravo to her. listen, she was with jeff bezos at the very beginning. she was loading up those boxes and packing things up, going to the post office. she worked hard too so it's good to see that she's being acknowledged for the work that she does. >> it's amazing that she's giving away billions now. i know she pledged to give away money but i thought she'd live with it a bit longer. >> bravo, mackenzie scott. i'm talking about a man in wilmington, delaware, who said he wanted to go bigger and better with christmas decorations. not everyone is glad about it. check out this display in his front yard. it has caused traffic jams. hours-long lines, cars backed up. >> it is very pretty, though. >> it is very pretty. the display has 255,000 lights. charles fiori and his friends put them up. it took three months and $55,000

just for the equipment. this is all the result of a -- him winning a competition on television, the great christmas light fight. that's why everyone knows about it, that's why everyone is going there. there are some grumbles about the traffic. but i want to let wilmington, delaware, know there's another major competition that was also won by a resident of their city, the presidency. so you're going to have a lot of traffic when joe biden is going through there. >> love those lights! really awesome. all right, country music power couple garth brooks and trisha yearwood recently celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary. they have been recording music together for decades, including their first collaborative studio album "christmas together" released in 2016. that year they sang a song from the album at the national christmas tree lighting ceremony with kim and james taylor. ♪ who was that came before my turn ♪ ♪ from whom i've gathered lessons learned ♪

>> this holiday season they are hosting a cbs special called the garth and trisha live, a holiday concert event, and they join us now. good morning to you both. first, congratulations on your 15th wedding anniversary. how did you celebrate? >> we -- well, you know, it's covid, so we spent the day together at home. we rode four-wheelers on the farm and just had a nice, quiet day together. it was perfect. >> yeah, that sounds pretty typical these days. that's great. we mentioned your special and that you're taking requests. you do not have a set list for this show, which is very bold. what brought you to that idea? >> we just put it out there, just requests. it's kind of a thing that we do every now and then. we'll just go on live and just take requests. it's kind of fun. the truth is, it's not that hard. if you start to get stuck or things go bad, just hand it off to the wife and everything is

great. >> yeah, that's what they say, garth, happy wife, happy life. so i'm curious about the two of you. number one, i so marvel at 15 years. as a divorced person, i want to know how did you do it, just tell me, how did you do it? i have great, great, great respect for that. >> we're both divorced people too. >> i know. >> so i think the difference in the tries before, if i may speak, is we ask each other the question why are we being together to be apart. our lifestyles are very much that way. so what we decided to do is not miss a night together. i bet you there's not five nights, ten nights during the whole year that we're apart. we just simply coordinate our schedules if she's got something going, i go with her and if i've got something going, she goes with me but 99% of the time we've got something where we go

together. >> i think we shouldn't get married until we're maybe 40. >> if we didn't have the baby thing, i'd so agree with you. garth, we showed video of you on stage. this is what i love about watching you perform, you always seem to be having so much fun. i can't imagine anything that is more of a kic you. >> i enjoy it because you know how our cultures change. pretty soon what we get to do for a living is going to be illegal, it has to be, because it's just too much fun. so i'm just enjoying it. you know, my dad always told me play every gig like it was your last one because one of those days you've going to be right so i just enjoy it. i can't believe people come to this thing. i can't believe people fight the

parking, they fight the crowds. they come in and they're there to make you happy. they're the ones paying the ticket. it makes no sense to me. so i really just enjoy it. >> it's unusual for cup 'ems to tour together. there are some, but how do you make that work? >> we really are best friends, you know. i will say that we enjoy each other's company. like garth said, when we got married, we thought why do we want to be together to be apart? i've done that. i wasn't a very good partner because my career was always first. so you have to put a relationship first if you want it to work. so for us we were lucky enough to be farther enough along in our careers, we get to make those choices together. so it's more fun to go on stage knowing that your best friend is either there with you or waiting in the wings. i did a very small tour when i had an album out last year and i'm playing theaters. i'm like how is garth brooks going to go sit -- >> i know how he's going to do it, because he loves him some

trisha yearwood, that's why. that's why he's going to do it. >> amen. >> amen, amen. >> garth, i want to ask you real quick about charley pride because i know you recorded a song with him in september and you were old friends. i'm sure it's a very big loss. a very big loss to country music. but what's your favorite remembrance of charley pride? >> i just think the fact that he's never going to go away. that's what i love about charley pride. when i think about the greats like haggard, jones, wynette, they don't go away, because we were all raised on them. this is one of those guys that you loved and worshipped. once you met him, you loved and worshipped him even more. he's just one of those rare guys that i'll always see his face, always hear his voice and he'll live in me forever. >> that's a beautiful thing to do. trisha, there's one other thing that i'm very jealous about you,

you're a very good cook. so you're a good cook, i'm a good eater. i would love to come to your house for dinner with you cooking and me sitting there. so what's your favorite thing to cook, and garth what's your favorite thing to eat? >> well, it might be the same thing, i don't know. for us in our house growing up sunday dinner was always the thing, coming home from church. my mom would make a big roast before church and then you come in and you smell that roast cooking and you just have to wait until the rice and gravy was done. so i still do that. that's my go-to if i want to impress somebody i'll make a good ole roast beef, maybe mashed potatoes and gravy and biscuits kind of thing. >> i like that. i like roast beef and gravy and mashed potatoes. garth, what's your favorite thing that she cooks that you like? >> my favorite thing that she makes is a lot. whatever she makes, it's just great. it doesn't matter if it's breakfast or dinner. >> all right, thank you both. good luck with the special.

we've been showing you clips, but as we said it's live. you can watch garth and trisha live, a holiday concert event this sunday night at 8:30 eastern, 8:00 pacific right here on cbs. we've got a whole lot coming up but we did something dumb that i have to correct right away. we all assumed wilmington was delaware. it's wilmington, massachusetts. it's a whole different state, the christmas lights. so carry on with your lights and your traffic jams. >> in massachusetts. >> wrong place. we apologize. i got that one wrong. >> i thought it was delaware too. >> we all did. we made an assumption. you know what your mom says, never assume. >> assume nothing. >> because it makes a what out of what. >> you know how it goes. here's what's coming up. national teacher of the year candidate who has overcome huge odds to find success as an educator. why students say he bay area homeowners,

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call now so you can... retire better with distance learning separating so many students from their teachers, one candidate for national teacher of the year worries that some may fall through the cracks, because it almost happened to hip. missouri p.e. teacher darrion cockrell said educators saved his life and that inspired him to help a new generation of students build up their minds and bodies. errol barnett shows us his against-the-odds journey to success. >> reporter: it's easy to see why mr. d.c., as his students

call him. >> he gone, he gone. >> reporter: was named missouri's teacher of the year. >> who is the most popular teacher in school? >> mr. d.c. >> reporter: but some students at crestwood elementary school near st. louis were surprised to learn recently mr. d.c. used to go by a much different name. >> six deuce kitchen gangster. your 2021 teacher of the year used to be in a gang. >> reporter: a gang he joined at just 9 years old in this north st. louis neighborhood that's 15 minutes and what seems like a world away from the suburban school where he teaches today. >> i felt like i was born just to fail. like my mother was a drug addict, my father was murdered when i was 4 years old. >> reporter: he felt sdin tinned for that fate or jail. >> this is where my little brother was murdered. >> reporter: early on his grandmother swooped in to save him. >> i feel sorry for my grandmother because she had to

put up so much. we didn't have mr. d.c.s to help us and support us and get us through those tough times. she did everything by herself. sorry. >> reporter: eventually school and sports became his refuge, in eighth grade he was adopted by his football coach. >> no, i am not michael oher from "the blind side" although i did have dreams of the nfl. >> reporter: he was more inspired by educators so he became a teacher, landing here at crestwood elementary school. >> how did you get to crestwood? >> i took a cab. [ laughing ] >> reporter: that laugh makes the fun infectious in his classes. >> whenever you're sad, he cheers you up. >> reporter: how can a teacher tell when students are sad? >> i have no idea. it's a magical power. >> he teaches us how to stay healthy and have fun at the same time. >> reporter: something cockrell shares online, in workout videos

with his 3-year-old son, dawson. how he is competing to be national teacher of the year. he's only been an educator for under a decade, but in reality, mr. d.c. brings a lifetime of experience. >> i've seen so many bad things and i'm just so happy that i'm alive, that i have a job that i love. so if people are tired of me laughing, being positive and giggling all the time, they're just going to have to get used to it. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm errol barnett. >> can we vote for teacher of the year, mr. d.c.? can we vote, does that count? oh, my gosh, his story. >> i love what the girl said, how does the teacher know when a kid is sad. she said i have no idea, it's a magical power. >> what she said too about learning and having fun at the same time. you like everything about him. >> i also love that he's a p.e. teacher. p.e. is something people forget about it and when there's budget cuts, it goes first to p.e. it matters and he's showing why.

>> one great teacher can change your life. >> and they do every single day. you're watching "cbs this morning." that's great, errol. you're watching "cbs this morning." needed that after the story of the woman in chicago, so thank you. we'll be right back.

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. good morning. marin county officials say all icu beds in the hospitals are in use. the first coronavirus vaccinations will take place tomorrow at marin health medical center, kaiser and nevado community hospital. an emergency ordinance aimed to house the homeless as been extended. more than 2,000 were told they would have to leave by the end of december. now they can stay until they can find stable housing. a new bipartisan anti trust lawsuit against google could be filed as soon as tomorrow. a coalition of states, expected to allege that google as changed the designs of its search engine to the disadvantage of rivals. good morning. the traffic center and we are

still tracking headlights. it's in the clearing stages. they should have lanes opening up and looks like things getting better now with your travel time just about 30 minute its to go from westbound 4 over toward the maze. still busy as you head through there. what it's doing is making traffic at the bay bridge very light. the approach off westbound 580 not seeing any brake lights or into the maze traffic is light there. just a few brake lights across the upper deck into san francisco. it its a dry and quiet start to the day. changes as i track a cold front. in the meantime mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid to upper 50's to low 60's. that cold front will bring the rain and wind tonight and snow up in the sierra. this is really an overnight event for us picking up ernest hemingway wrote the old man and the sea at 52

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