50s to low 60s. back to you. >> thanks ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, december 17th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. a deadly nor'easter blasts tens of millions of americans. snow, sleet and howling winds sweep across hundreds of miles causing a travel nightmare. a vaccine surprise that could save even more lives. how the number of doses is higher than expected. plus, breaking news from overseas as french president emmanuel macron tests positive. >> disturbing new details about a botched police raid on the wrong home in chicago. why the city's mayor is now under fire. and a woman who helped bring down the leader of the alleged fxivm cult is breaking her silence.

she tells how she skaeb escaped. >> she's got quite the story to tell. >> first, it's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> first major storm of the season creating chaos up and down the east coast. >> with that path, the numbers are big, okay? >> oh, my god, this is crazy. i didn't think it was going to come down this crazy. >> you put the brights on, you can't see nothing. >> high winds, snow, sleet, more snow. it made driving conditions awful. >> as the country stands on the verge of having two vaccines, the u.s. said new daily records for cases, hospitalizations and deaths. >> our hospitals are under siege. >> president-elect joe biden is set to receive a vaccine early next week. he plans to do it in a public setting. >> i want to make sure that we demonstrate to the american people that it is safe to take. >> it's not a done deal yet. but we are very close. >> congress nears a deal on a covid relief package. >> both sides are going to keep

working until we get this done. >> major league baseball today announced it's now reclassifying the negro leagues as a major league. >> all that -- >> scary moments for tifrts on a safari in kenya. a giraffe chased down their car. look at the animal run. >> and all that matters. >> while filming the new "mission impossible" movie, tom cruise lashed out at crew members not following covid protocols. five of them have quit. >> they've changed the name of the movie to "mission impossible seven feet away or you're [ bleep ] gone. >> this much snowfall we'd expect to see school cancellations but because of at-home schooling, mayor de blasio had some bad news. >> even though they're home, they'll still be learning. >> the snow day is the rare opportunity to wake up your child with the greatest news imaginable. honey, there's no school today. you're just going to toboggan

for eight hours and drink hot chocolate. now go back to school while daddy finishes his morning wine. >> this morning's eye opener is sponsored by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> you cannot abolish snow days. >> you absolutely -- >> the boo pronounced across the city. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin with this. the snow, the deadly winter storm that's slamming the east coast, wind and even the flood warnings to go along with that snow. you are looking at overnight footage from upstate new york. one of several hard-hit areas. more than 45 million americans are under winter weather alerts this morning. >> the noreaster has already dumped up to 2 1/2 feet of snow in the southern tier of new york including more than a foot in just three hours. mola lenghi joins us from perhaps the aptly named suffering new york near the border of new jersey. it does look like they are suffering there. how does it feel there?

>> suffrin is what we're doing here in suffrin where we've seen just under a foot of snow since last night. and as you can see it's still coming down. the occasional strong wind gusts are sweeping through, blowing snow all over the place at times. making it difficult to see. especially when you're out on the roads driving. in nearby new jersey, which is about a mile away from here, they are seeing similar conditions. which is part of the reason why they've already declared a state of emergency as more snow, more ice and more wind is on the way. >> heavy snow and icy roads made driving dangerous if not nearly impossible, as the nor'easter gained steam. one person died in this weather related crash on interstate 81 in virginia wednesday. in pennsylvania, a man was hit and killed at this intersection by a public works plow truck. emergency workers in collier township narrowly avoided a

similar outcome when a truck spun out and into their vehicle. >> biggest storm we've had in four years. we are ready. i am telling all new yorkers, do these guys a favor. stay off the roads. >> reporter: in new york, not everyone heeded mayor bill de blas blasio's instructions. a 19-vehicle highway pile-up left at least six people injured. >> some of my employees, they call out already. they can't go to work. >> reporter: overnight tens of thousands of people face power outages. a worst case scenario that some people prepared for in advance. >> i came to get gas for my generator just in case we lose power. >> reporter: the conditions prompted states of emergency in new jersey, pennsylvania and virginia, which were also among at least eight states to temporarily shut down coronavirus testing centers. >> covid-19 has impacted crew availability for the state and for some cities and towns. >> reporter: the pandemic may also mean a slower storm response with some officials warning social distancing and worker shortages could delay

road treatment and plowing. another concern? vaccine delivery. the process that health and human services secretary alex azar stressed the snowstorm would not impact. >> this is fedex, u.p.s. express shipping. they know how to deal with snow and bad weather. >> reporter: u.p.s. tells cbs news that vaccine deliveries are still their top priority. and given the conditions are safe, primarily roads and airports are open, they will continue to make those deliveries. in the new york area, we're still expecting about a half foot of snow by the end of the day. if it sticks around, you could be looking at a white christmas. >> sure looking like it, mola. thank you. are for more on the path of storm let's bring in lonnie quinn who is in times square here in new york. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, anthony. anthony, you know, for guys like us living here in the city, we have not seen this sort of sight since 2018. we have not had a storm like

this. as far as what the storm is doing right now, we still have some snowfall here in new york city. it's not the heavy stuff. but i want to show you the radar picture. we can talk about what's going on right now. heavy snow is falling now in new england. thus far, the big prize winner in the snowfall sweepstakes right around binghamton, new york, endicot, new york, has picked up over three feet of snow with this system and you'll see that there's, you know, that bright blue color shows you where snow has been coming down. they picked up 15 inches in three hours in endicott. as for who is getting the heaviest snow right now, it's like anywhere from worcester to boston, into new hampshire. new hampshire with some snow bands holding on to that two to three inches of snowfall per hour. so there's more snow to fall for places in new england. we're talking maybe another 9 inches in new hampshire. from this point moving forward. so we're not done with this storm until the end of this day. boston, you're going to pick up

about another 3 to 6 inches or so. then the story becomes the cold air. i mean, we are below freezing. we say below freezing tonight. we stay below freezing throughout the entire day tomorrow. probably will be close to it on saturday. the point here is, the snow that has fallen is going to stick around for at least a little while, even though metro cities, but plenty of folks right now, picked up this snow and some will be in place for that white christmas that you guys were just talking about. that's the very latest. we're here in times square. en tony, let's go back to you inside. >> lonnie, thank you. switching gears to the coronavirus. a second coronavirus vaccine could be approved as soon as tomorrow after an fda advisory panel meets today. that's a good news moment at an especially dire time. daily cases hit nearly a quarter million yesterday. that is an all-time high. more than 3,600 deaths were reported at the same time. that's also a record. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is at a hospital

in fresno, california. david, good morning to you. word is there it's a desperate situation where you are. >> yeah, look, we were told we're sick and tired of getting sick and being tired. that's what they said to us when we called this hospital, the largest hospital in the central valley here in california. we started the week in northern california, made the drive south. stopped here to check on them. and we found tents outside. they told us there are no icu beds available. they have 450 employees who are out. half of them are sick with covid. the other cahalf were exposed t covid. they have more employees out than covid patients in the hospital, and they're so busy with those patients. they're busting at the seams. in california, hospitals are doing everything they can to keep up. whether that means setting up beds in the hospital's conference room or tents in the parking lot outside. >> our bed capacity is zero. >> reporter: dr. rais vohra is a doctor in fresno. >> we see influenza, pneumonia. everything is coming in at the

same time, in addition to this surge in covid. and we're just running out of space. >> reporter: more help couldon the way very soon in the form of another coronavirus vaccine. this time from moderna. today, it goes before the fda's independent advisory committee on vaccines. dr. arnold monto is the acting chair of that group. >> i think the discussion may be a little simpler because they are not asking for authorization in the 16 to 17-year-olds. >> if approved, moderna would be available to people of which age groups? >> 18 and above. >> reporter: as moderna's vaccine gets closer to approval, doses of the pfizer vaccine are now arriving at nursing homes across the country. and over the last 72 hours, tens of thousands of doses have made it into the arms of doctors, nurses and seniors nationwide. but on wednesday, officials in alaska reported the first known instances of an adverse allergic reaction to the vaccine here in the u.s. it happened to two health care workers in juneau within ten minutes of each other. one fully recovered while the

other remained in the hospital for observation. >> she was still enthusiastic that she got the vaccine. >> reporter: and then there are the stories of survival. like natalie herrera. the 35-year-old was hospitalized in southern california with coronavirus at 37 weeks pregnant. to save her life, they performed an emergency c-section and delivered her son felipe. but natalie got sicker. she spent a month in the hospital critically ill, unable to see her son. but on tuesday, she got to go home and meet that baby boy. >> what is the first thing you did when you saw him? >> i smelled him. >> i smelled him. >> i smelled his little head, yeah. >> how sweet it is. i want to go back and talk about those allergic reactions. listen, experts say those are extremely rare. but if you are prone to usually having a reaction with a vaccine, you should not get this vaccine unless you talk to your doctor and you guys agree that it's right for you. as for the moderna vaccine, listen, it doesn't require those ultra cold freezers that pfizer

does. so moderna could be more widespread, maybe even arguably more popular because for the smaller nursing homes, doctors' offices in rural america, they can put the moderna vaccine in the common freezer like you and i have at home. >> that is good news. i'm still stuck on the lady who smelled the baby's hair. i love that part of the story. >> how sweet, right? t. is. i love that kind of moment. we need those. pharmacists taking deliveries of the pfizer vaccine are getting a pleasant surprise as it turns out. there are up to two extra doses per vial which the fda says are safe to use. today he's in cleveland reporting from one of the city's hardest hit hospitals. >> reporter: when lieutenant del mar henderson escorted the pfizer vaccine on wednesday, he knew he was part of something big. >> it was a good day. this is history. >> reporter: but even the pharmacist thawing and mixing the vaccine had no idea just how

big a moment it would be. >> i'm having trouble going even more than a few minutes today without crying. >> reporter: dr. brook watts is the chief quality expert here and realized there were more than the expected five doses of vaccine per vial. >> the manufacturer, as we understand it, was trying to be particularly cautious. they wanted to make sure that each dose was full and there was room for error. but what we've learned from our colleagues around the state and country is that if you follow the manufacturer's directions, very specifically, you actually have six full doses in each vial. >> reporter: that means hundreds of additional doctors, nurses and support staff like janitors and security can be protected against the virus. >> it's a miracle. >> reporter: responding to cbs news, the fda issued this statement writing, quote, it is acceptable to use every full dose obtainable. the six or possibly even a seventh from each vial. meanwhile, pfizer responded saying, at this time, we cannot provide a recommendation on the use of the remaining amount of

vaccine. and behind me you can see hospital staff spending another 12 hours vaccinating everyone. up right now, first responders. now all of this is happening while the hospital's covid wing has three times as many patients right now as it did during the worst outbreak in the spring. and for those who will celebrate, you'll know last night was the seventh night of hanukkah, commemorating a time when one night's worth of oil lasted for eight and that's why for dr. watts she said this dosage discovery is this hospital's hanukkah miracle. >> you sure can call it that, errol. that's great news. those additional doses, especially right now. this morning, the president of france revealed that he has the coronavirus. emmanuel macron attended a european summit meeting less than a week ago. now other leaders who recently met with macron are going into quarantine. roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: days after emmanuel

macron greeted european leaders he'sest toed positive for covid-19. the president's palace says he has symptoms but didn't specify what they are and that he'll keep working while isolating for seven days. now a series of officials he met, including spanish prime minister pedro sanchez will do the same. the news comes as france this week eased its national coronavirus lockdown and tightened an overnight curfew. the virus is still raging there. and, across europe, including in sweden where king karl gustav is acknowledging his country has failed to protect the elderly in nursing homes from the pandemic. sweden has long stood out for shutting national lockdowns and relying on people to social distance themselves. in germany, which closed schools and nonessential shops yesterday, and in london, which is now under tighter restrictions, officials are calling for this year's christmas celebrations to be much more subdued. >> we should exercise extreme caution in the way we celebrate

christmas. we can celebrate it sensibly, but we have to be extremely cautious in the way we behave. >> reporter: and we just learned portuguese prime minister antonia costa is also now self-isolating. he met with macron yesterday. tony? >> no one is immune. roxana saberi, thank you. the white house says vice president mike pence and his wife karen will get the coronavirus vaccine tomorrow in a public ceremony. the aim is to boost confidence in the shots overall. president-elect joe biden also plans to be vaccinated in public as soon as next week. mr. biden said he wants to get vaccinated publicly to demonstrate to the american people that it is safe to take. lawmakers on capitol hill are inching closer to a deal on a new covid relief package after five months of delays. it would provide aid for everything from housing to health care to education. the federal reserve warned yesterday that americans still need help. because of past economic recovery, it's still very

uncertain. nancy cordes is covering the talks. >> reporter: the relief bill that's nearly done is aimed at helping everyone from health care workers to students to the unemployed. it's a roughly $900 billion package with a stocking stuffer for most americans in the form of a $600 to $700 stimulus check. >> direct assistance to working people and working families is in the bill. >> reporter: the bill also contains rental assistance, food assistance, money for schools and vaccine distribution and $300 billion in relief for small businesses. there's also about four months worth of federal jobless benefits. $300 per person, per week, down from 600 this past spring. it would also suspend student loan payments and extend the eviction moratorium. >> i'm one of those people. i cannot back pay all of my rent. i'll lose my apartment in january if they don't pass any

relief this week. >> reporter: stephanie freed is a production electrician in new york city who last worked in march. >> it must happen this week. it absolutely must. but it is disappointing that it has taken five months. >> reporter: months of congressional gridlock have taken a toll. retail sales fell last month, right at the start of the holiday season. and weekly jobless claims are inching back up. federal reserve chair jerome powell has been urging congress to act and did so again yesterday. >> i think it would be very good for the economy if we did get something soon. >> congressional leaders insist they are this close to cementing the deal and releasing a bill. but they are running out of time. they want to attach it to a government funding bill, and government funding runs out tomorrow leading to more questions, gayle, about why they waited this long to negotiate in earnest in the first place. >> i know. nancy, as you know, this close doesn't matter when it's not done. oh, boy. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much.

ahead -- only on "cbs this morning," we hear from the woman who helped take down the leader of the alleged cult nxivm. her experience inside the group and how she finally got out. first, it's 7:19 exactly.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." the woman who helped take down alleged cult leader keith raniere is speaking publicly for the first time. in an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." raniere the former head of nxivm was sentenced to 120 years in prison in october after being convicted on charges that included sex trafficking. nikki battiste spoke to the woman who said she was the first person to escape a secret female-only society within nxivm. >> why have you decided to come forward now publicly, and what is your name? >> it finally felt like i was ready, and my name is jessica joan. >> reporter: in keith raniere's arrest warrant she is referred to only as jane doe number 2.

but now jessica joan is revealing her name, her face and her truth publicly. >> this is part of my healing experience. >> reporter: joan, a model and actress from california was in her late 20s in 2016 when she joined nxivm. the group was founded in albany, new york, by keith raniere and marketed as a self-help organization. >> i had a really traumatic childhood. the appeal was that they offered something that they said would help you get rid of all of your limitations. >> reporter: shortly after joining, joan said she was approached by india oxenberg the daughter of catherine oxenberg about joining a female-only secret group within nxivm called dos or the vow. >> reporter: india described dos as a secret womans-only mentorship program, like a secret society. i wanted to surround myself with powerful women that wanted to do great things in the world. >> the biggest limitation that

women have is that they're women. >> reporter: but dos turned out to be something sinister with raniere and smallville actress allison mack allegedly at the top. the women had to give over collateral, like compromising photos and videos in order to join. members were organized in levels as masters and slaves. >> what were some of the red flags you started to see. >> the calorie restriction assignment. >> you were eating 500 calories a day? >> it got to the point where i had to, yes. >> reporter: some women in dos say they were branded with initials and other former members say they were also coerced into having sexual relations with raniere. one of them is india oxenberg who told us recently she now believes raniere was a pedophile and predator. >> what i believe dos really was, was a grooming and filtering system for keith and for his personal desires. >> reporter: joan had the same realization when she says she was given a so-called special

assignment from allison mack. >> the assignment would be to seduce keith and have him take a naked picture with me. >> what was your reaction? >> the whole room started spinning. everything just started crumbling. for me it was literally my worst nightmare come to life, that i ended up joining a cult and that the leader behind it wanted to sleep with me. >> reporter: joan began plotting her escape, but before she did, she says she collected evidence and eventually met with the fbi. >> how i feel about keith and allison now is i see the evil and i see the sinister that lives inside of them, but i also see all of that coming to an end. >> reporter: last year raniere was convicted on seven charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering, an offense which included the production and possession of child pornography. he was sentenced to 120 years in prison. >> he got exactly what he deserves. >> allison mack is awaiting

sentencing. what do you think she deserves? >> i feel like allison deserves the maximum sentence so she can spend time thinking about her actions and all of the havoc and destruction that she's caused for myself and many other people. >> reporter: now joan's testimony is credited with helping put raniere behind bars, likely for the rest of his life. >> i will always stand up for what's right and no one can ever take my power away. >> reporter: india oxenberg's team declined to comment. allison mack pleaded guilty to racketeering but she has no sentencing date yet. keith raniere maintains his innocence. joan's testimony reflects her tremendous bravery. joan recently started a podcast called "the untouchable jessica joan." >> it does reflect her bravery. thank you very much, nikki. i'm glad she's speaking out. >> for sure. ahead, there is new

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if your financial situation has changed, we have the power to harness abundant wind and solar energy, but it's not available all day long. use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california for generations to come. chicago's mayor has apologized for the very diturbing police raid that we showed you yesterday. the body cam video we should warn you again is very tough to watch.

12 chicago police officers broke into an innocent woman's home and handcuffed her while she was naked. the target of the raid actually lived next door and was even wearing a police ankle monitor bracelet at the time. now, city officials fought very hard in court to keep you from seeing this video. investigative reporter dave savini of wbbm-tv broke the story and has the mayor's response. >> knowing that my words will not change what happened to you and your family almost two years ago, i nonetheless say i am sorry. >> reporter: in february 2019, 12 armed male police officers burst into the wrong apartment and handcuffed a naked anjanette young. >> what is going on? >> reporter: that was three months before chicago mayor lori lightfoot took office. the mayor says she first saw the video of the raid this week. >> the first i knew of this

incident was yesterday morning. >> reporter: but it was lightfoot's law department that tried to not only stop cbs chicago from showing the video but also asked a federal judge to punish young over the video's release. mayor lightfoot said she was not aware of those efforts. if she had been, she would have stopped it. >> we are not nor would we ever seek sanctions against miss young. she is a victim. >> reporter: however, the city has requested a hearing scheduled for next tuesday in federal court seeking sanctions against youn me or my team, that's more of a betrayal. >> reporter: young also has not been told if any of the officers have been disciplined. the city has not admitted any wrongdoing. but listen to this audio captured during the raid.

>> it wasn't initially approved or some crap. >> what does that mean? >> i have no idea. they told him it was approved and then that person messed up on their end. >> reporter: the chicago police department refused to explain what you just heard. young says what she wants is accountability. >> so come back and tell me how you're going to fix this so that this never happens again to me or anyone else. >> reporter: now, the sergeant in charge of that raid apologized to miss young before he left, but that raid should have never happened. like we said, the suspect was wearing an ankle bracelet, he was in the apartment right next door. police should have known exactly where he was. in fact records show he may have even heard the raid happening because he was home that night. gayle. >> oh, my goodness, dave, the more we hear of the story the more upsetting it is. kudos to you, bravo for bringing this story to light. i'm curious, you said that the police sergeant apologized. when you showed us the video

yesterday, we see somebody going in and saying we believe your story. that made me so angry because it implies that it was a story she was telling when the reality is she's telling the truth. it implies she's still a suspect. so when you say that they appall jie -- apologized did they do anything else to help her that night? what about the door they broke into? >> reporter: they tried to fix her door and couldn't fix it so they put an ironing board there to wedge it shut. they promised someone would come out from the city to fix it the next day but nobody ever came. >> thank you very much, dave. i'm so glad that anjanette young didn't have to die for this to become a national story, that's how big this story is getting. >> it's very similar to -- >> breonna taylor. >> i actually called her yesterday, guys. i called dave first to get her number. i wanted to talk to her because i figured that this would trigger her, this story. she's been living -- this happened two years ago. >> february 2019.

>> this happened two years ago so she's been living with it for two years. i thought it would trigger her with all of us seeing that public humiliation. i asked her what is getting her through. she said her faith, her best friend, you always need a best friend, her best friend and she has a support group. she says that she is a social worker who specializes in trauma, and now she's using her own skills to help herself. but it's very, very, very difficult for her. >> she's not the only one that's been in a situation like this. there are broader and deeper questions about what these raids are based on. >> yeah. the question is -- i mean you hear the guys questioning in the police car apparently maybe about the warrant. the question is where did that come from? >> i'm sure there are cops in that room who are very angry at their fellow cops who got them in that situation on bad information. >> exactly right.

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major league baseball is officially adding negro league statistics to its official records calling it a long overdue recognition. the decision means 3,400 players from seven leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 will have their records become part of major league history. it also means negro leaguers inducted into the hall of fame like josh gibson, oscar charleston and cool papa bell have finally achieved major league status. now that honor was denied them while they were alive because of baseball's color barrier that lasted until 1947. retired big leaguer jerry hairston jr. spoke with our jim axelrod in july about the oppression his grandfather, sam, faced as a negro league player. >> they would entertain these white fans, but when it came time to go get something to eat or maybe stay at the hotel, they wouldn't allow them in. >> this was the sentiment echoed by alvin patrick, the head of our culture unit who said now thousands of black families will be able to say my dad, my

grandpa was a major leaguer. >> so many names we didn't even know. >> and this is going to significantly rewrite the record books. >> yes. >> like josh gibson, who you mentioned, had a career batting average of .365. that will put him second on the list only behind ty cobb. and his slugging percentage will eclipse babe ruth, the highest of all time. >> i think it just shows you the effect, i believe, of the black lives matter movement, that a lot of people of looking at things very, very differently and taking a look at history, for example, to say we need to right this. >> by the way, this is good for baseball fans who love to debate stats and those numbers there are going to be churned over and talked over. >> i've never heard of any of these names. you clearly did. >> josh gibson is 75 homers in 1931. that puts him -- there's going to be a revamping of these record books because the way these games were played back then, they were shorter sked ulds, barnstorming, but this is a great development. heart pounding video shows

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good morning. it is 7:56. the new shelter in place order for san mateo goes into effect at 11:59 tonight. private gatherings and outdoor dining is banned. outdoor church services and political protests are okay though. retail stores' capacity is capped at 20%. data from the 15th showed icu capacity had dropped to nearly 13%. nine beds are left. southwest airlines eyeing massive furloughs due to pandemic losses. bay area can lose more than 1,000 workers.

cut backs can happen sometime in march. powerful coastal waves forcing emergency repairs on several streets. workers have been trying to patch a large hole in front of the city's pier. large waves have been smashing ashore tearing at a segment of the street. west bound east shore freeway, slow and go ride. if you are headed to the bay bridge, a few brake lights to contend with and metering lights remain on, stall vehicle near treasure island. we are starting to dry out after the rain. here is high def doppler. we are catching some clearing out there. mid to upper 50s to low 60s later today. with high

you are correct, you are correct. it is still thursday, december 17. a monster storm is slamming the northeast. the worst affected areas and where it is headed next. the holiday spirit. we tour the city to see hope. >> "home for the holidays" with leslie odom jr. to help children in need. deadly winter storm slamming the east coast. >> bitterly cold temperatures.

occasionally strong wind gust sweeping through and blowing snow making it difficult to see especially when you are out on the roads driving. >> we have not seen this sort of sight since 2018. as far as what the storm is doing right now. heavy snow is falling in new england. >> we started the week and made the drive south. they have 450 employees who are without. half are sick, the other half exposed. >> prince harry and meghan are becoming podcasters. they will host and produce podcasts for spotify. >> meghan markle has flipped the royal family on its head. >> five years ago, they are like

meghan markle is a duchess and must be addressed as such. now they are like, prince harry selling casper mattresses. >> not quite like that. they are royal and using their celebrity for good. i wasn't laughing. just me. we are going to begin this hour with the deadly nor easter. >> what are cditions like there? >> good morning, we've seen about half a foot of snow since last night with more on the way. about another half is expected by the end of the day. you can see it is still coming

down. the southern tear of new york was the hardest hit. some people already working to shovel snow off the side walks. trying to get ahead of the more snow on the way. officials told people to stay home as the heavy snow and icy roads made drifing unsafe. several cars veering off course at one point. caused a 19-car pile up that left six people injured in new york. in pennsylvania, emergency workers were nearly hit by a truck as it lost control. kyw was filming as a jeep spun out on the high way. another concern, as you can imagine is the coronavirus pandemic. eight states have already closed down, shut down testing

facilities. this is the first major snowstorm of the pandemic. hss secretary insisted the snowy conditions we have seen will not interfere with vaccination distribution. >> speaking of vaccines, a second vaccine could be approved by tomorrow for the coronavirus. the u.s. set records for cases and fatalities. more than 247,000 cases and more than 3,600 dead. the majority of vaccinations have gone smoothly. two health care workers did suffer brief responses in alaska. the quick response shows how the system is working. they are studying off these reactions occur and why. >> for more, we bring in dr.

lavitan, a doctor from new hampshire. you know more than anybody the daily death tolls are climbing. paint the picture. what are you expecting today? >> i'm in rural new england about an hour south of canada. people in major cities may not appreciate much of rural america did not see covid for a long time. the best areas for the country were vermont, new hampshire and maine. over the summer, new hampshire had eight cases one day in august. this week, we've had daily case counts over 1,200. over the next you few weeks in new hampshire, we'll see more cases and likely more deaths than we've seen over the entire pandemic. >> what has happened? why the big change in the number, do you think?

>> the transmission is just accelerating tremendously. >> we spoke to you back in april, you recommended one of those oxometers. after our conversation, i got one myself. now that we have a vaccine, does that change your advise? >> it is wonderful the vaccine is coming. i'm supposed to be vaccinated on saturday. between now and when the vaccine takes the wind out of this pandemic, we are looking at 15 to 20 million americans getting infected with covid. the greatest chance of these patients who go on to develop few mownia. only 1 in 25 patients will. the best chance they have is to come into hospital early before their oxygen saturation falls. i recommend everybody who test

positive for covid be monitoring oxygen levels and be in touch with their doctor if they see that number fall be llow 93%. >> the cdc website don't remember this. some doctors say it is more accurate to measure the patient's breath per minute. what is your response to that? >> the best hospitals in the country are doing this -- >> are doing what? >> are doing pulse oximtry monitoring of covid patients. these oximeters you buy at pharmacy are reliable. you should be following them, trending them and be in touch with your doctor. i'm telling you the best hospitals in the country are doing this. the state of vermont is one of

only 50 states doing this. new york city in the last two weeks have distributed hundreds of thousands of these to monitor every patient in new york city. britain they've distributed 200,000. we are seeing a growing movement of government agencies and i hope this happens across states of monitoring these because early detection of illness leads to better treatment and better out comes as we saw with president trump and boris johnson. >> that does make sense the earlier it is treated. but because the cdc doesn't recommend it, people should check with their doctors. you say you believe people are betting set up to fail. what do you mean by that? >> when you get patients with

diffuse lung disease. oxygen absorbing is already impaired. their lungs have become so stiff that they can't breath, those patients end up on ventilators. when you get to this advanced injury, it is poor. there are still unacceptable high rates of death. it is important to note that we had reduced the death rate of one quarter what it was in the city. things have really changed practice. using dexamethasone, which is widely recognized. turning people over. you do not want to get to the hospital with low oxygen. that's what i'm hoping your listeners hear. >> thank you. on the podcast, dr.

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tonight some of you will celebrate the final night of hannukah. for others, christmas is just about a week away. and so in this year unlike any other, we wanted to see how our city, new york city, a city so many of you love to visit, has changed this holiday season. ♪ new york lights up like no other city during the holidays. 600,000 bulbs are twinkling at sak's fifth avenue alone this season. walk the streets of new york and you'll see the city is putting up a good front. but it isn't quite like christmas past.

the lights are on at radio city music hall, but there's no christmas spectacular this year. normally the rockettes put on five shows a day this time of year. i went as a kid. i took my own kids. but for the first time in 87 years, the rockettes won't be kicking. ♪ it's coming on christmas ♪ they're cutting down trees >> about 7 million tourists visited new york last holiday season to browse the department store windows -- ♪ i could skate away >> -- or skate in bryant park. this year the pandemic has kept most of them away. at rockefeller center, you can still see the tree as long as you stay socially distant. the tree has been a tradition here since the 1930s, back when rockefeller center was built during the great depression. those were bleak times too.

but the tree became a symbol of this city's spirit. >> does christmas in new york feel different to you this year? >> well, come on. are you kidding me? of course it's different. i mean we're trying. everybody is trying to get into the spirit. >> for the past ten years, cyndi lauper has hosted a holiday benefit concert at the beacon theater on broadway uptown. this year it was streamed. ♪ there's no place like home for the holidays ♪ >> it's got to feel pretty cool having made your own sort of new york christmas tradition. >> to me, yeah, it is. it is a tradition. and i hope we're back next year doing it. i think we will. we're coming back. >> down broadway, lincoln center is also quiet. the centerpiece of its holiday season, the new york city

ballet's production of "the nutcracker" has been cancelled for the first time since 1954. >> "the nutcracker" has been very important in your life. >> when i saw the new york city ballet's production, i said, daddy, i want to dance on that stage some day. >> principal dancer tiler peck, who's been dancing in "the nutcracker" since 2004 gave us a special performance. ♪ in a theater that will otherwise remain dark this holiday season. >> i can't pretend that it's not very sad, but getting to just dance on this stage and show you the sugar plum fairy was so wonderful, because this feels like my second home. >> in times square, where tourists normally flock during the holiday season to take in a

broadway show -- >> you can feel that people want to celebrate, but they're not sure how. >> we met up with tony award winner brian stokes michigan sglel this was your first theater? >> this was my very first theater. >> your first show. >> broadway has been shuttered since march and will miss out on its most lucrative weeks of the year. >> how does broadway feel to you like this? >> it feels kind of sad. that's part of the heartbreak of being in new york. the nice part is this too shall pass. ♪ the unreachable >> mitchell has been determined to make the best of it during the pandemic. after recovering from covid himself last spring. >> i was singing out my window, for instance. and i didn't realize how people wanted to see a live performance. ♪ >> with a traditional hannukah

hymn, central synagogue's cantor shares the message of the season. remain strong when times get dark. >> we need to know that things are going to be brighter, and we are going to pull through this as a city. >> do you feel that what you give is more important than ever now? >> i think so. many people have been broken down in a way, and we need to lift others up and rededicate ourselves to bringing light to other people. that's what the message of hannukah is to us. >> light reflected in holiday decorations around the city. ♪ there's something about >> or in a christmas wreath to brighten up the home. >> so should i guess this? >> and cindy lsinlcindsinl cind

>> i think so. listen, i was born here. >> me too. >> you can't kill this city. this city will always come back. there's no place like new york. ♪ happy, happy christmas to you ♪ >> produced by kara cleveland, edited by craig shea, i could say. >> told beautifully by anthony mason, we should say. but i could also say that you can see the new york city ballet's production on video of course, rather streaming on marquee tv of "the nutcracker" this year. >> anthony, that was so good. >> so good. >> you know, it's been such a tough year here for everyone. three seconds? oh, ahead a more perfect union. we'll be right back. >> new york will be back too. >> we will. >> yes.

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"hamilton" star leslie odom jr. about his new music and the good morning. it's 8:25. a stay-at-home order will go into effect for the entire bay area at midnight. the icu capacity dropped to 12.9%. san mateo, napa, solano are join the rest of the area. teens and juveniles some as young as 11 are committing violent crimes such as carjackings and armed robberies. starting today foothills park in palo alto will open to people who live outside the city. a campaign to keep nonresidents out failed to gather enough signatures. we had that rain over the

weekend, widespread soaking rain and even over night as well. high def doppler, it's a quiet start. we are looking at things wrapping up. the low pressure system that dropped that cold front will be moving out and a ridge of high pressure will be moving in. drier, quieter weather ahead as we look to our afternoon, catching clearing this morning in spots. for the coast, mid 50s, upper 50s around the bay and looking at upper 50s to low 60s inland this afternoon. let's check the daytime highs. 59 in san francisco, around the bay, 60 oakland for inland locations, 58 san jose, 60 concord, 59 santa rosa. the extended forecast, breezy for today. behind this cold front we are looking at high pressure building in, dry, quiet weather friday and through the weekend and in fact

i like this song. welcome back. oh, no, i thought it was christmas -- >> i like this one too. >> but it's not. okay, never mind. welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that we call talk of the table. anthony mason is in pole position. >> i thought this was interesting. former new jersey governor chris christie is once again urging americans to wear a mask to fight the coronavirus. he released a new christie says the ad began

running yesterday. he got covid in october after he was seen without a mask at a white house ceremony for then future supreme court justice amy coney barrett. christie had just helped president trump prepare for a presidential debate. there's speculation christie could be laying the groundwork for a second presidential bid. >> i don't care about that. i say bravo, governor christie. >> that he went to the lengths to do this and put this out there. >> whatever the motivations underlying it, it's a good message. >> so he had a rough road in the hospital there for a week. >> thank you, governor christie, i think that's very important. he knows what he's talking about too on this particular subject. he knows. i'm up next. some people say america has a drinking problem and some people say it's no problem at all. the survey suggests happy hour -- >> what do you say? >> i'll let you know. there's an interesting study suggesting that happy hour starts early for some people working from home during the pandemic. so one poll surveyed 2,000

americans. 46% of those working from home have clocked out early, secretly as well, to pour themselves a drink, at least once during their time in work-from-home mode. another 45% admitted to drinking during the work day. 45% drinking during the work day. and this is an uptick. 53% say they are drinking more alcohol more frequently during these restrictions on our movement. other habits being picked up, wearing your pajamas all day. but let's talk about the drinking. is it good? is it bad? what does it mean? >> i think it's totally understandable, i'll say that much, when you're confined to home and this whole year gets inside your head. >> i think if you think clocking out early to go to the corner bar in the old days, it's not that surprising people would have done it at least once. but drinking during the day and the uptick, that's a little more worrying. >> it is worrying. but as i say at the same time, i think psychologically the effect this has had on us, we aren't

even beginning to understand yet. i think it's going to take us a while. >> definitely agree with na. >> alan jackson says it's 5:00 somewhere, and he's right. >> here's something i bet you never, ever thought about. a deep fried discussion about kfc's colonel sanders logo. have you been talking about that lately? i bet you haven't. this is hard to unsee once you see it. it was a funny tweet that reignited the debate. freddie campian wrote my wife just confessed for her entire childhood she thought colonel sanders' bow tie was his whole body. now i can't stop seeing a tiny stick body every time i look at him. this tweet has nearly 400,000 likes. here's a closer look at the logo so what do you think? i've always thought bow tie but i think it's funny that someone would say their entire life that's what they were thinking. >> i agree. now that i've seen it, i can't unsee it. >> i think that's funny. i think we all need a chuckle from time to time. this sunday we are hosting the 22nd annual home for the

holidays on cbs. this special brings awareness to the thousands of children in foster care across the country and shares the uplifting stories of children who are adopted into loving homes. this year jason and chad watkins describe seeing their son for the very first time. >> i'm at work. i rush home. i call grandma and then a car pulls up. >> chad was so excited, he just runs out the door. and i see this little boy asleep in the car seat. and i pick him up. and he just grabbed on to me. and i said you're home. you're home now. you're safe. our bond happened instantaneously. >> wow. you're home, you're safe. something we take for granted a lot of us. there will also be special performances from artists like josh grobin, miranda lambert, leslie odom jr., love him too. ♪

i just love that. that song is called "heaven and earth." you've got to go online and listen to it. better yet, buy leslie's album, it's really great. it's an original track from his new release. guess who joins us now, leslie odom jr. hello, leslie! it's so good to see you. last time you were here at the table and we miss you but we understand the circumstances. this special, let's talk about it, we'll see three virtual online adoptions right on camera. this certainly does tug at the heart strings when you watch it. do you have a personal connection to the story or are you just thinking i like this special and want to be a part of it? >> i have two little nephews that came through the foster care system, and so my -- you know, my dear friends that have adopted their children that way, i've been talking for years about the way that americans, they really wish that we thought of all the ways to expand our

families. you know, a lot of people go through great lengths to have children on their own, which of course is an option that's available to you. but this is something else. it's a viable option and a way to help the 400,000 kids we have in the foster care system here in america. >> leslie, they call it a forever home when you move from the foster care system into a permanent family. how does life change other than the address for kids? how do their prospects change when they make that transition? >> i mean i can only imagine. personally, these are still very little kids that are a part of our family. all i can see is that, you know, they came together in a different way than certainly nicollet and i have expanded our family and no different. these kids are thriving in their new forever home. >> did you just say you and your lovely wife nicollete have

expanded your family? i was going to ask what are you doing in the time of quarantining but now i think i hear. and you guys -- listen, nicollete is great, she can also -- she's got a beautiful voice. you all did the series love in the time of corona. there she is holding her itemy, baby number two is on the way. when is baby number two coming to join lucy? >> we have a little boy coming in march. >> that's really exciting. >> a lot of people of your stature say that they become more creative during this time. has that happened to you too during the pandemic? >> i don't know if it's been -- i don't know if i'm more creative, but i have the limits of this little rectangle, you know. so i've gotten creative within the confines and we've tried to innovate and stay creative in this time. my favorite thing is when i can feel useful. so much of what i do can feel

superfluous or silly from time to time so when i can feel useful like a home for the holidays special or to make this christmas album, you know, when i hope it's just an offering of joy at the end of a really challenging year, that's my favorite thing. >> i want to talk about the christmas album. i was listening to it last weekend and it is just beautiful. i've heard artists say it's not as easy to make a christmas album as you might think. >> no, no. because you are -- there is a tradition. there is a tradition of really fantastic music that is dear to us. >> yeah. >> for generations. and so you need to -- if you want to attempt to write new christmas classics, which we did for the very first time on this record -- >> it is stunning. >> thank you. you need to write something that can sit side by side with some of the most beloved songs of all time. >> mission accomplished. there's a lot of oscar buzz for you, mr. leslie, for your

original song in the film. i want to get the name right, "one night in miami." you play legendary sam cook. is an oscar you even dare to go and think about? listen, if you win an oscar, you would be an emmy -- you've already got the grammy and tony, sorry. is an oscar something you even dream to think about? what did you think of your performance in "one night in miami"? what did you think? >> well, you know what? i always watch myself like this. and i'll say this, by the end of "one night of miami" i was like this. that's the most i can give myself. i open the crack a little bit. now, we -- regina king as a director, you know, what i can say is that she made me better. whenever she came and had a thought or a suggestion for me, she always made me better. >> and you love the film? >> i really do. i think it's very special.

i do. and when that happens, it's a miracle because it's such a collaborative art form. so so many things have to come together to make something that is this special. it's rare. >> i can't wait to see it, leslie. i love what you said, regina king made me better. so note to yourself, that's what womens do, we make you mens better. >> that is the note. let me write it down. >> happy holidays to you and your lovely nicollete and the baby on the way. good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> the 22nd annual "home for the holidays" airs this sunday night right here on cbs. ahead in our series a more perfect you know union, how a u racing program our new house is amazing.

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our series a more perfect union aims to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. the pandemic is stressful for almost all of us, and that includes frontline workers and service members. many soldiers face serious additional challenges after repeated deployments overseas. now there's one group getting military members, veterans and first responders, back on the track. jamie wax shows us how they're finding help behind the wheel.

>> reporter: here near houston, veterans are on the fast track to rebuilding their lives. >> i remember going, man, today was amazing. and i want more of that. >> reporter: three marine deployments left ryan fogarty facing depression and ptsd. >> you're talking about the killer of the human soul and often the human life. >> absolutely. i got to ride the world's greatest roller coaster. i lived my childhood dream. when you don't have that anymore, you just don't feel purpose. you don't feel worthy. >> reporter: now he's finding purpose with the help of the unique nonprofit, usmc racing, started by a fellow marine, brian check, to help struggling vets meet up and shift their healing into high gear. >> i get out of the car, they were like shaking from adrenaline. they're smiling ear to ear. >> it's amazing how healing that adrenaline can be. >> it's unbelievable. >> reporter: the usmc doesn't stand for u.s. marine corps but uncle sam's misguided children, reflecting how some returning

servicemen and women see themselves while adjusting to life back here at home. >> it's a group of guys getting a car running, getting out on the track and doing your part in order to accomplish your mission. >> it feels familiar to you? >> absolutely. >> and to everyone who races in this. >> and we all feel that camaraderie and having that purpose. >> reporter: reclaiming that purpose is personal for check. >> i have buried more friends due to suicide. i have seen more guys go to jail, drinking problems. i got sick of seeing it and i felt like i needed to do something. >> reporter: and with almost 18 veterans a day taking their lives, something more than just spinning his wheels. >> making people aware of something, to me that's kind of a cop-out. we're actually out here doing this. >> reporter: but this is no race to the cure. like the process of helping vets, it's a test of endurance and teamwork. >> all right, go ahead. >> reporter: and relays that can run 24 hours straight called 24 hours of lemons. that's lemons because, well, look at them, squeezing all

that's left out of these junkyard jewels. >> when you ride in it, you get a sense of the speed of these cars. >> reporter: once called halloween meets gasoline, here the crazier and more colorful the cars, the better. each rehabbed for a second chance, and maybe that's part of the appeal for those who served. they're able to find new life here. like army special ops veteran a.j. jackson, who says he ended up in a dark, dangerous spiral. jackson now finds new thrills, challenges and rejuvenation racing with his wife, rebecca. as the track shut down for the night, we spoke with the couple. >> you have somebody who's so driven, a team guy. it just all went away. >> what have you seen in him since he has discovered this kind of racing? >> he's back. >> back on track. like the over 300 troops, veterans and first responders usmc racing has put in the

driver's seat. >> the family environment that's created here, a lot of times it just gives me goosebumps. i don't know what i would do without this. this is my therapy. >> reporter: a therapy that's raising the spirits and pulses of those who have risked everything to keep us safe. for "cbs this morning," jamie wax, on the track in texas. >> wow. >> that makes so much sense to me about how it could be helpful to get behind the car like that and just go. >> and just go. >> i like his wife's face when she goes "he's back." >> i love that he's racing with his wife. >> me too, me too. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. make your holidays happen... at ross! surprise! ahhh! yes! i love it! you don't have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. you've got the holidays, and we've got you, with the best bargains ever... ...at ross. yes for less!

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which was just -- >> did you shoot that in one day? you had cyndi lauper, brian stokes mitchell -- >> no, we walked all over the city. >> what was your premise? what were you thinking? >> i just wanted to see how new york felt over the holidays, because it's such a bustling city normally and there's so many people who would normally be here who were not. i wanted people to see that too, that the city is still doing the things that it's always done. there may be fewer people here, but it's still trying to celebrate the holidays. >> i like what you and cyndi said, this city is coming back. >> if you're a native new yorker, you believe the city has been through -- i mean in my lifetime alone so many hard times, but it's always found a way back. >> and now it's like a time capsule that piece. it's like this is new york pandemic version. >> which is another reason we did it too. to mark this moment in time. >> we've got a quick promigrammg note. stephen colbert will have

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good morning. it's 5855. in solano, icu capacity dropped to 13%. officials say the surge in patients and hospitalizations can be directly rink todd thanksgiving. in san francisco china town leaders argue many won't survive without millions in grants and investment. powerful coastal waves forcing emergency repairs on several streets. crews have been trying to patch up a large hole in front of the city's pier. huge waves have been smashing ashore tearing at a segment of the street. just like that, the rain is

out of here. on high def doppler you see quiet conditions. we had the rain that pushed in overnight, the widespread soaking rain with the cold front. now we are looking at a drier air mass pushing into our region. the low with the cold front now moving out of here and high pressure building in. as we take you through your afternoon, we are looking at seasonal temperatures with the clearing and already catching clearing in some spots this morning. mid 50s with breezy conditions along the coast, upper 50s around the bay, upper 50s to low 60s inland this afternoon. checking specific daytime highs, 59 san francisco, 60 oakland, concord, fairfield, 58 san jose, 59 santa row s we will stay dry over the next several days, through the weekend, into next week. monday, the first official day of winter, winter solstice, and monday will be the warmest day out of ♪

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