everybody. have a good one. >> you know everything. have a good one. ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, december 18th, 2020. christmas seven days away. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. a second covid vaccine may be just hours away from approval. how it could help the frontline fight. plus our exclusive look inside a california hospital that's run out of icu beds. the massive suspected russian cyberattack. federal officials are calling it a grave risk. new details on where the hackers struck, including the agency that oversees the nuclear stockpile. >> getting serious with the bidens. stephen colbert gets a reaction to accusations against hunter biden and the controversy over dr. biden's title. >> and chicago's mayor calls for

change. she gives her first interview to cbs news after the release of that disturbing police video showing a raid on an innocent woman's home. >> many people want to hear what the mayor has to say. but first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> i would anticipate that we will be seeing two vaccines implemented in the sense of vaccinating people during the month of december. >> an fda advisory panel recommended a second covid-19 vaccine. this one made by moderna. >> the 100 million inoculations in the first 100 days. i don't know how that's going to be achieved. >> it's going to take a lot more than we have now. that's why i'm praying the house and senate pass that $900 billion proposal. we're going to need more. >> federal lawmakers are scrambling to finalize the $900 billion relief deal as we get closer to the deadline. >> even if that means working through the weekend, which is highly likely. >> federal officials warn a

likely russian-based hack has penetrated deep into u.s. national security infrastructure. >> our defense is worthless. now we're in a position we don't know what we've lost. >> millions of people in the northeast are still digging themselves out after this first snowstorm of the season. >> all that -- >> the congressman finished up his term with a bang. >> i raise this glass to my colleagues, both democrats and republicans. >> and all that matters. >> some people have recently taken it upon themselves to question that title of yours. >> one of the things i'm most proud of is my doctorate. i mean, i worked so hard for it. >> did you ever want to like get out and go full corn pop on these people? >> the answer is -- >> no. the answer is no. >> on "cbs this morning." >> warmest wishes to those of you snowed in by what the weather channel has dubbed winter storm gayle named after your mom's best friend from

college. people were forced to stay indoors. they couldn't travel. couldn't go to school. it was like really -- like every other day since march. a blizzard on top of covid is like a hat on another hat. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> jimmy kimmel, such a great analogy. it's like, how much more can we take in 2020? almost done. >> almost done. welcome to "cbs this morning." we come on the air right now, we're expecting the fda to approve a second vaccine for emergency use. it could happen just hours from now. this comes after moderna's coronavirus vaccine won a near unanimous recommendation yesterday from an fda advisory panel. >> and earlier this morning, vice president pence received the pfizer vaccine live on television. in remarks afterward, he said the american people could be confident that these vaccines are safe. he called the development a medical miracle. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in san bernardino county just outside

los angeles. good morning to you. southern california is at zero percent icu beds remaining. what does that even mean? >> well, take arrowhead where we are this morning. they have no icu beds available. so people who need icu care are being held and treated in the emergency room. and people who are coming to the er are triaged outside and inside those tents that are lit ul behind me. that's what's happening. they have 128 patients. covid patients in the hospital right now behind me. that's the highest one-day total over the course of the entire pandemic. and they gave us exclusive access inside to take a look so you can see exactly what's happening. >> healthy 33-year-old? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: right now there's not a single available icu bed at arrowhead regional medical center. as the unrelenting crush of covid patients is simply pushing staff to their limits. listen to this nurse. >> we're at the point we no longer can take care of them.

the wait is a lot longer. patients are really sick. >> reporter: with no beds inside, patients are being triaged and treated in tents outside. and then there are the frontline workers like albert amador. he's a custodian at arrowhead. every day wrapped head to toe in ppe. he cleans and cares for the rooms that house the covid patients. >> i wonder what you think when you're in there thinking and the patient is there p. i pray for the patients. as i clean. >> but for reports like arrowhead, there's more help on the way in the form of a second vaccine. this time from moderna. yesterday, the fda's independent panel on vaccines endorsed the moderna vaccine for emergency use. dr. eric ruben is a member of that commission. >> what should people take away from the panel's nearly unanimous yes? >> i think the important message is the panelists felt very confident in the vaccine. and these are going to be some

of the first people in line to get the vaccine themselves and give it to their families. >> reporter: all week we've noticed enthusiasm from frontline workers who were either giving the pfizer vaccine to their colleagues or receiving it. >> it was like you were giving them a shot of gold. they were so excited about it. >> reporter: for this nurse in lafayette, louisiana, it was giving the vaccine that was the real gift. on thursday, she was able to vaccinate the oncologist that she says helped save her life when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> he saved my life 20 years ago, and me giving him this injection today, i hopefully could help save his. for me to be able to sit with the man who soothed me, comforted me, gave me hope, and here i had in my hands hope for him. >> reporter: that louisiana nurse is my mother, sid begnaud. she's a retired nurse but now works part-time looking after the health and safety of other frontline workers.

and i'm so proud of her because i know for her, it was giving back in terms giving the shots but also paying it forward as a former patient because it was a real full circle moment for her. >> full circle moment indeed. david, that was a great story before i even knew it was your mom. that was so great. and for you to be interviewing your mother, too. very nice. very nice. thank you. >> i'm proud. >> she's proud of you, too. thank you very much. as we've been showing you, the pandemic has affect someday communities harder than others. mireya villareal reports from a hard-hit hospital near the southern border in texas where the latino population has suffered immense loss. she arrived as staff were beginning vaccinations. >> reporter: these vaccines are a small sign of hope for frontline workers along the south texas border. >> i'm so excited that it's here. even with a little fear, but a heart of gratitude because it's

so needed. >> reporter: nurse melissa gonzales said over 20 of her family members were diagnosed with coronavirus, including her mother and aunt who died from the disease. >> i have dived into work a little bit more because i don't want to deal with -- i have no mom to go home to. >> reporter: hidalgo county where gonzales lives and works is around 92% latino. according to the cdc, roughly 1 in 4 people who contract coronavirus are hispanic. a study found they are disproportionately at risk because of factors like lack of access to health care, multigenerational households and a higher proportion of frontline jobs. >> this is going to save lives. >> many of them. >> reporter: dhr chief health medical officer robert martinez was one of the first to take the vaccine to ease people's skepticism. >> we can show the community we're serious about this because

we know it's going to work and save your community a lot of pain. >> reporter: that nurse that brittany's parents know firsthand. after just starting her job in march, she was just 27 when she died in november. >> take my baby away from us. she was too young. it wasn't her time. >> reporter: the family is skeptical of the vaccine but they say their daughter, a nurse, would have wanted them to take it. today the dedicated staff here at dhr, pharmacy staff, they are getting ready for the day. it's early here but they're ready to go. they have three different areas set up. the vaccines are here. they are thawed out. they did yesterday a 12-hour shift. there was a line around this building. more than 1600 doses were given out. they want to do the same again today but they remind everybody, do not let your guard down right now. you still have to social distance, and you still have to wear these masks.

>> such important work and that's an important story, mireya. thank you. u.s. officials say a massive cyberattack discovered a week ago and blamed on russia was far more wide reaching than previously thought. reports say the security breach has struck at least seven government agencies and sources tell cbs news president trump has been briefed on the attack. so far, though, he's made no public comments about it. catherine herridge has more. >> reporter: a sobering warning from senior cybersecurity officials. hackers believed to be linked to russian intelligence are now feared to be deep inside american infrastructure networks and across government agencies. u.s. officials called the hack highly complex and a grave risk. the hackers made their move at least as early as march. and remained undetected until last week. they broke into solarwinds, a texas-based software company that serves government agencies. and many fortune 500 companies. but officials now say they

managed to infect networks using other methods. >> it's going to take a while for our forensic cybersleuths to find out where this attack is. where the russians have gotten their technicals in. >> reporter: jack thomas tomarchio is a former principal deputy undersecretary for homeland intelligence. what i'm hearing you say is that it will be very difficult to fully understand the damage and then get the bad actors out of the system. >> we don't have an easy fix here. >> okay. >> and i would say that if you look at that as a hemorrhage, the hemorrhage is probably still happening. >> reporter: cbs news has learned evidence of the hack was detected at the department of energy, which maintains the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, and operates the los alamos national lab in new mexico. the department said, so far, there's no evidence the hack impacted nuclear weapons security. some lawmakers are calling on the current administration to act now. >> in this setting, not to have

the white house aggressively speaking out and protesting and taking punitive action is really, really quite extraordinary. >> despite what u.s. officials are doing, vladimir putin's government denies involvement. late last night, microsoft confirmed it is a solarwinds client and malicious activity was found on its systems. the company also confirmed customers are directly affected in at least eight countries, including the u.s. one country apparently not impacted is russia, gayle. >> that's very disturbing information. thank you very much. president-elect joe biden appeared exclusively with his wife on the "late show with stephen colbert" here on cbs last night. he was asked about republican attacks on his son hunter biden, who faices a federal tax investigation. >> you know that the people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a cudgel against you. how do you feel about that, and what do you have to say to those

people? >> well, look, i have -- we have great confidence in our son. i am not concerned about any accusations that are made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play, but, look, it is what it is. and he's a grown man. he is the smartest man i know. i mean, from a pure intellectual capacity, and as long as he's good, we're good. >> as a father, i understand that, and i admire that. but, i mean, in terms of your job as president, can you reach across the aisle to people who will be using this as an attack on you when it is such a personal attack because it's about family. >> but if it benefits the country, yes. i really mean it. >> ed o'keefe is covering the biden transition. he's in wilmington, delaware, this morning.

ed, good morning. what did you make of the president-elect's comments last night on colbert? >> well, good morning, gayle. happy friday. first of all, these are his most extensive comments to date since hunter biden announced he's learned he's under federal investigation for his tax affairs. the kind of foul play that the president-elect is referring to is not the investigation, but the republican attacks that have been made, making hay of hunter biden's legal troubles. ever since he started running for president he's talked about the idea of restoring the soul of the nation. the idea that democrats and republicans have to come together to do that is a key part of his argument. and he had a history as a senator of working with republicans. notably people like lindsey graham who last night he called a personal disappointment because he is among the republicans making hay of hunter biden's issues, legal troubles, as the investigation continues. so, you know, we will see how that continues to play out, but the president-elect focused on bipartisanship and is not making -- or not going to make

those attacks that much of an issue. one other notable thing that happened last night in the colbert interview, he asked the future first lady about controversy surrounding her recent "wall street journal" op-ed that questioned whether she should call herself dr. biden after earning a doctorate in education. take a listen. >> that was such a surprise. >> it cause me by surprise as well. i did not see that one coming. >> nor did i. and, you know it was really the tone of it that i think that, you know, he called me kiddo and one of the things i'm most proud of is my doctorate. i mean, i worked so hard for it. >> now, mr. biden also said to make more mystery with his cabinet, announcing plans to nominate new mexico congresswoman deb haaland to lead the interior department. she would be the first native american to serve as interior secretary if confirmed. notable not only for that history but also because the interior department oversees the bureau of indian affairs.

and also michael regan. he would be the first black man to lead the environmental protection agency. tony? >> first, first, first. key keep saying that. thanks, ed. a lot of notable nominations. they are trying to complete work on a stimulus deal by midnight. they're working on a $900 billion package of benefits. they want to attach that package to another funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown overnight. as nancy cordes reports, the delay has real implications for millions of americans. >> we're staying right here until covid relief is out the door. >> reporter: as negotiations over a stimulus bill drag on, food banks just miles from the capitol are being inundated. radha muthiah says the number of local people in need has grown

by 50%. >> they used to be our volunteers. they used to be our donors. they never anticipated being on the other side of the line, so to speak, and asking for food. >> should have been done months ago. >> reporter: house majority leader steny hoyer argues that even belated aid will help families, especially that new round of stimulus checks. >> how big are they going to be, and who is going to get them? >> we're now talking about $700 per family. so that would be $1400 for a husband and wife or partners. >> reporter: the bill also contains $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits. and $300 billion for small businesses. but the restaurants act may get left out. that's a proposed $120 billion fund aimed at helping small restaurant owners. like amanda cohen who runs a vegetarian joint in new york city. >> it feels a lot like we have been abandoned. >> reporter: more than 110,000 restaurants have already closed

for good this year. without help, cohen worries hers will be next. >> there comes a point when you just can't keep throwing money down the toilet. we are hemorrhaging it right now. >> reporter: congressional leaders continue to insist they are almost done with the deal. but if the house and senate do not vote today, we are looking at the possibility of a short-term government shutdown over the weekend. the good news, tony, is that once the bill does pass, the first stimulus checks can start going out within a couple of weeks. >> all right. sooner than i expected. nancy, thank you. ahead, an interview with chicago's mayor in response to the disturbing video of police raiding the wrong home and detaining an innoc

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smaller than expected. the latest projections just weren't updated in the tracking system. good morning. i'm gianna on the traffic center. it's not a bad ride. we're friday light for the most part. if you're getting ready to head out, not seeing major brake lights or issue this is morning. lots of green out there as you make your way through the bay this morning. our bay area bridges moving along nicely with a live look at the bay bridge. easy commute into the city. mary? love seeing friday light. it's a beautiful start to our day. a chilly start for sure with clear skies looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning. as we head through the afternoon with the sunshine, daytime highs the about 5 degrees above average. mid to upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. you're going to continue with this weather pattern of chilly rnings, mild we have the power to harness california's

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use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california for generations to come. ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." this week, we've had a series of reports on a botched police raid in chicago. we need to warn you that this video is extremely upsetting. 12 male police officers, picture this, burst into the wrong apartment and detained an innocent woman who was changing at the time. so she was buck naked when the police arrived. that was nearly two years ago and none of them has been disciplined. now chicago mayor lori lightfoot says she wants change and accountability. she spoke to cbs chicago investigative reporter dave savini who broke this story. dave, good morning. i can't wait to hear what the mayor has to say about this now. >> yeah, good morning, gayle. for two years, we've been exposing a pattern of bad raids

in chicago and add to that, anjanette young. gayle, today the mayor is promising change. >> when i see something like this, i take action. >> reporter: chicago mayor lori lightfoot is calling for immediate change after watching these tapes of anjanette young. >> my name is anjanette young. what is going on? >> even though this happened in february of '19 it's coming to light on my watch so i own it. >> reporter: young stood naked before heavily armed chicago police officers who had just burst into her home during a raid that should have never happened. men broke into your home, cuffed you, bound you and videotaped you naked. >> that's sexual assault, dave is what that is. in any other context, that's sexual assault. >> reporter: mayor lightfoot said it was painful to watch as

a black woman. >> the trauma that she was experiencing, it was impossible for me not to put myself in her place. >> reporter: when you see the reaction from the mayor, she told me this was a painful week for her p. her saying this has been the hardest week for her, it's been two years for me. >> reporter: in a press conference thursday afternoon, mayor lightfoot wants to sit down with young, but young and her attorney don't believe it is sincere. >> she sent that email immediately prior to her walking to that press conference and then telling everyone that she's requested a meeting. and so that was the first time we ever heard that. >> reporter: lightfoot admitted on thursday she was wrong when she said her administration didn't tell her about young's case until this week. acknowledging she was told in november of 2019. she said she doesn't remember that. >> you know people saw this video in your administration. >> uh-huh. >> does that make you wonder why

you didn't know about it? >> no, it makes me anger that i didn't know about it. it makes me angry that decisive action wasn't taken. >> if she didn't see my video, dave, you have been reporting on this for two years. >> reporter: our investigation began months before lightfoot took office. that's when i met a 9-year-old peter mendez who told his story of police wrongly raiding his home and pointing guns at him and his family. after mayor lightfoot took office in 2019, she wanted wrong rai raids and mistreatment of children to stop. >> this was an active attempt to cover these things up. and that's a refrain in chicago that is all too familiar. >> reporter: late thursday, the city released more body camera videos of anjanette young's raid. more than they ever knew existed, including a body camera

of the first officer through the door with a rifle pointed out her. the city says they'll no go after anjanette young for sanctions for releasing the video but they're still going after the lawyer. there's a hearing about this on tuesday. >> you said you've looked at 50 cases of what you called bad raids? what do they have in common? >> well, they all have pretty much one thing in common. police believe a confidential informant or a john doe informant, without ever checking it out, without ever checking out the address. you can't take an informant by their word. you have to independently verify it. >> that's about the standards in this case. dave savini, thank you very much. it's a powerful story. >> very powerful. >> i'd be curious what dave thinks about what the mayor is saying now. when i talked to anjanette young, she said, i supported the mayor, told everyone to vote for the mayor and i feel let down and betrayed by the mayor. it will be interesting if the

two of them eventually have a conversation. because she's still reeling from it. >> what strikes me with what dave said, like in the breonna taylor case it goes back to the warrant. how did the warrant get generated, on what information, and then the police themselves are put in a tough situation if they're given bad information. >> if mayor lightfoot is saying change now, is she going to change that. ahead, different communities are getting different customized messages. and on the cbs this morning podcast, cardinal george pell who was cleared by australia's highest court of sexual abuse charges talks about his more than 400 days in solitary confinement and the catholic church's finances. we'll be right back.

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vice president pence was vaccinated on camera this morning in an effort to build confidence among americans. a series of ad campaigns in the coming weeks will try to educate people about vaccine safety and effectiveness. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook looks at how the ads will address concerns and may involve some very high-profile celebrities. >> friends don't let friends drive drunk. >> reporter: from warnings about drinking and driving -- >> mcgruff here. i want you to learn a song. >> reporter: -- to taking a bite out of song. iconic figures like smokey the bear, public service campaigns have long played an important role in educating the public. >> our goal is to have the right

message. >> reporter: now the ad council, the nonprofit behind those campaigns, is working on a new project. spreading the word about the coronavirus vaccine. ad council president lisa sherman says their campaigns will be far reaching. >> broadcast television, it's going to be radio, it's going to be digital and social platforms, celebrities that we're talking about. and it could be -- you could go to church on sunday and hear a message from your minister. >> reporter: the ad council largely runs on donations. they secured $400 million in donated media for their covid campaigns such as ads that started rolling out in march encouraging people to mask up and wash their hands. that's roughly four times what they received from messaging about hurricane katrina. >> is there a challenge you're facing right now which was unexpected? >> the biggest challenge is just getting underneath the complicated nature of what makes people hesitant. for some, it's really just, i need to understand that this is safe for me and my family.

>> dr. anthony fauci says roughly 70% to 85% of americans will need to get a covid vaccine in order to achieve herd immunity. the percentage of willing people has been slowly climbing in recent months from 63% in september to 71% now. in the past, familiar faces have been used to boost vaccine confidence. ♪ including royalty on both sides of the atlantic. in 195 6, elvis presley got the polio vaccine in front of reporters. and queen elizabeth announced her children, prince charles and princess anne had already received it. dr. francis collins is head of the national institutes of health. >> who is today's elvis presley? >> i think we need a bunch of elvis presleys. i'd like to see beyonce. let's get oprah. let's get a bunch of athletes. maybe a few doctors. >> like the ad council, the national institutes of health says when it comes to covid vaccine messaging, it's not a one size fits all approach.

>> how do you figure out which populations to target and how to target them? >> there's a lot of research that's already gone on in terms of focus groups with particular communities to find out what is the source of their concerns. ♪ >> latinx actress rita plans to get the covid vaccine as soon as possible and is encouraging others to get it. >> not just famous people. i think you need to have real people who have, let's say, a gift for gab. >> would you consider taking it publicly as an example? >> absolutely, and i think it's a wonderful thing that elvis presley did. and by the way, i used to date him. did you know that? >> no, rita, we did not know that. for cbs this morning, dr. jon lapook, vermont. >> we know it now. >> we did not know that. >> go rita moreno. >> i would tell people, too. i used to date elvis presley. >> remember to get your vaccine

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members of the billionaire sackler family testified in oath in public about their role in the deadly opioid epidemic. lawmakers on the house oversight committee accused the members of the purdue pharma's family of their role in the crisis. dave and kathe sackler dodged questions and blamed the company, testifying they were unaware. david sackler offered regret for oxycont oxycontin's role in the opioid epidemic. >> i believe i conducted myself legally and ethically. i still feel absolutely terrible that a product created to help and has helped so many people has also been associated with death and addiction. >> the hearing was held as the sacklers try to settle thousands of civil claims filed against them. the lawsuits claim both parties marketed it as less addictive than other pain killers and pushed to increase sales of the

drug. the health and human services department says since 1999, 760,000 people have died from drug overdose. in 2018, two out of three were from opioids. >> family members agreed to pay $225 million, vlad, which sounds like a lot but it's literally 2% of their family net worth. this weekend's pnc golf championship features tiger woods and his 11-year-old son. his name is charlie woods and he already looks like -- look at that, prodigy, prodigy. the pair were spotted on the practice tee yesterday in orlando where everyone was talking about charlie's smooth swing. woods says he's just happy to see his son living his best life. >> so much fun for me to see him just enjoying this, enjoying the game. that's the whole idea. >> chip off the ole block. >> wow, that is a great swing. >> i'll bet it reminds tiger of what he and his dad used to do. i really like watching tiger watch his son and to see how much charlie does. i don't know anything about

golf, but i'm just watching, imitating -- he seems to be imitating exactly what his dad today. >> he's got it, he's got it. we'll be watching. i'm sure all the other young golfers across the country are like -- aye, yi yi. with clenched teeth. he looks great. a tallahassee, florida, woman found an unexpected package under her christmas tree. watch this. [ screaming ] >> what is that? >> raccoons. >> exactly. aubrey iacobelli thought it was a cat. >> is that a dog? >> oh, wow! >> that was her dog, freedom, spooking the raccoon. it bolted from the tree, knocking it down. it's hanging on the chandelier there before she was actually able to sweep it out of the house. >> i love the broom.

>> she and her pup are okay. doesn't it remind you of that same scene in national lampoon's "christmas vacation"? >> yeah, it does. i think she's very brave to get out there with the broom. >> most people would be running out the door. >> i would have called animal control, i think. >> they did. the raccoon was up on the chandelier for a half an hour, by the way, before they got it down. thanks, vlad. ahead we'll show you vice president mike pence receiving the coronavirus vaccine. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." .a l dust? ver bothered. until i found out what it actually was. dust mite matter? ewww. dead skin cells? gross! so now, i grab my swiffer heavy duty sweeper and dusters. dusters extends to 6 feet to reach way up high... to grab, trap and lock away gross dust. nice! for dust on my floors, i switch to sweeper. the heavy duty cloths reach deep in grooves to grab, trap and lock dust bunnies... no matter where they hide. no more heebie jeebies. phhhhew. glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering.

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valley is at less than 1%. a fire tore through a vacant office building in richmond this morning. firefighters rushed to the scene at about 2:30 and it went to two alarms. a fire captain says part of the roof has collapsed. 20 minutes is your travel time as you work your way across the freeway. no travel spots as far as accidents go but we are seeing some extra volume across the east shore freeway commutes. westbound 80 out of berkeley towards the bay bridge, a little slow as you go through there. when she get to the bay bridge things are pretty quiet. it is a chilly and cold start to the day with clear skies. temperatures down to the 30s and 40s. about 10, 15 degrees colder than

♪ ♪ it's friday, december it's friday, december 18, 2020. welcome back to cbs this morning. i'm gayle king. vice president pence received the coronavirus vaccination this morning. we'll tell you what is behind his message to the american people. >> do you still believe in the kindness of strangers? >> an historic year draws to a close. looking back at the heart ache of a year like no other and how the pandemic brought us closer together. >> first, today's eye opener at 8:00. we are expecting the fda to approve a second vaccine for emergency use that could happen just hours from now.

>> they have no icu beds available. people who need icu care are being treated in the emergency room and people coming to the er are being treated outside in those tents behind me. >> the vaccines are here. a 12-hour shift with a line around this building. >> his most extensive comments since hunter biden found out he's under federal investigation for tax affairs. >> working on work on a new coronavirus relief bill tonight. >> leaders insist they are almost done with the deal. >> finding that the pfizer vaccine files contain one or two more dozes than previously thought. look at that, on the last night of hanukkah. they had the vile and it lasted longer. it is a hanukkah miracle. it's the feeling you get when

you finish the fresh finds and find those crunchy little bits. imagine if those french fries prevented disease. >> a short time ago, vice president mike pence got the coronavirus vaccine under public demonstration of support for operation warp speed. he took the shot along with his wife dr. karen pence. he arranged this as a way to reassure people who are skeptical of getting the vaccine. hour is how here is how it happened this morning.

>> all right. small poke. >> thank you.

>> that's great. great job. great job. >> so before you leave today, you'll be getting a shot record proving you received the vaccine from us today. this vaccine is a two-dose series. you'll have to come back in 21 days for the second one. with any vaccine, you may have a pretty sore arm. if anything else happens, contact a medical presider or go seek medical care. >> okay. okay. thank you.

>> well good morning. thank you all for being here. i want to thank my wonderful wife, our second lady dr. karen pence, dr. fauci and members of the coronavirus task force. thank you for those here at walter reed who administered the vaccine today. i didn't feel a thing. well done. as the christmas holiday approaches, this is always a season of hope. we gather here today at the end of an historic week to confirm to the american people that hope is on the way. karen and i were more than happy to step forward before this week was out to take this safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured and produced through the american

people. it is a truly inspiring day. as the people of this country have witnessed this past week, the first coronavirus vaccine is being administered in states across the country to millions of americans. make no mistake about it, it is a medical miracle. the average vaccine i'm told by our experts usually takes between 8 to 12 years to develop and manufacturer and distribute. we are on track in the united states to distribute millions of doses to the american people in less than one year. it is a miracle indeed. i also believe that history will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic but with cases rising across the country, with hospitalizations rising. >> vice president mike pence after taking the pfizer coronavirus vaccine, he said he

didn't feel a thing. joined by ben tracy at the white house. ben, good morning. a very public display here. the big signs behind him say safe and eflktive. trying to rally the country to get this vaccine going. >> exactly. this is not just a photo op, this is a concerted effort by the white house. they know that there is significant anti-vaxxer movement and some of those people are supporters of the trump administration. the reason is, we need about 70% of people in this country to be vaccinated by getting the shot or by having coronavirus to reach herd immunity to get back to some normal semblance of life. after mixed messages from this administration about coronavirus over the last year and even from the vice president himself, keep

in mind, about six months ago, he wrote an op-ed saying there is no second wave of coronavirus. we've seen him hosting a holiday party with people with no masks on. this is an effort to say do as we do and do as we say. >> the sign there says safe and effective and the science supports that. the follow-up question will be when might be see the president himself take this vaccine? a lot of people believe what he has to say. he has flirted with anti-vax positions in the pafst. >> they've really dodged the question. the president tweeted himself he looks forward to taking the vaccine at the appropriate time but right now is not scheduled to do so. he is the president of the united states, so any time he wanted to, he could get the

vaccine. keep in mind, the president did have the coronavirus and was given one of those antibody treatments. it would be a good message if they saw the president doing this as well. >> i would ask you, have you ever had a needle and didn't feel a thing? >> i have. >> i never had. >> the guy giving him the needle, his hands were shaking. >> i want somebody whose hands are not shaking. i'm nervous. i'm going to do it but nervous. >> this year is ending with hope as we watch people receiving the long-awaited

we have much more news ahead, including this. a social experiment at the end of a tough year. we intentionally lost our wallets to see if people would actually return them. take a look. >> it's the right thing to do. >> how many people do you think would do that in this day and age? >> i think a lot more than people think. >> yeah? >> not all of them dacame back. we tested how much good there is left in the world. i hope it's more than you think. you are watching "cbs this morning."

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there hasn't been a whole lot of uplift to the year 2020, which is why "cbs this morning" went looking for some better news. not in the headlines, but in something a little more eternal. here are a couple of questions for you. are most people basically good? can we count on our fellow americans? and when it really matters, who among us would be there to help? with those questions in mind, we adapted a simple experiment from the world of social science. take a look. >> how are you? >> as we flagged down shoppers last week on new york's long island. >> we got one simple question. >> reporter: it didn't take long to discover -- >> if you were to lose your wallet, how likely do you think it is it would get returned?

>> reporter: a lot of us have lost faith in our fellow man. >> probably like -- what, like 10%. >> what do you think? >> i think it would be gone. >> you think it would be gone? >> yeah, i think it would be gone. >> reporter: many people wouldn't expect to see that wallet ever again. >> people who find it, take it. >> reporter: and if there was cash inside. >> probably the wallet gets returned and the cash is missing. >> my i.d. might be in there, that's about it. all the credit cards, the cash, gone. >> reporter: and sure enough, a recent study found that most people think this way, believing the more money in a lost wallet, the less likely it is to be returned. but what if we're wrong about humanity? with only one way to find out, we set up hidden cameras and filled several plastic wallets with $65 in cash. to make it look authentic we included a key, a grocery list and a stack of business cards with a name and phone number. and then we lost them. >> excuse me, sir, is this yours? >> reporter: or more precisely,

our producer passed off each wallet to a perfect stranger. >> hi. i found this just now right there in the corner. do you guys think you can figure this out because i really have to go. >> reporter: there was absolutely nothing to stop these people with wandering off. >> yeah, he seems to be pondering it. >> reporter: and in fact, as we watch from a nearby car, some folks did walk away with our cash. but they were the exception. of the eight wallets we lost, five found their way back to us, as people either delivered the wallet to a business or police station. >> we work for cbs. we're doing a little social psychology experiment. >> reporter: or took the time -- >> oh, you found my wallet, thank you. >> reporter: -- to see it safely returned in person. >> thank you very much, i appreciate it. >> no, no, definitely, sir. >> you returned the wallet! >> what else would you do? >> i don't know, you tell me. what else would you do? >> i couldn't take it, that's for sure. >> why did you do it? >> i shouldn't have to answer that question. it's the right thing to do. >> it's the right thing to do. >> how many people do you think

would do that in this day and age? >> i think a lot more than people think so. >> yeah? >> reporter: she's right. our little experiment was inspired by and got results similar to those of a landmark study published last year in the journal "science." more than 70% of lost wallets were returned if they had a large amount of money inside. and despite our assumptions, the more money the wallet contained, the more likely it was to be returned. >> i found it right over here on the corner. >> reporter: in other words, the more it mattered, the more people did the right thing. but steven pinker could have told you that. >> it feels good to help someone. >> reporter: he's a cognitive psychologist and professor at harvard. >> if there's an opportunity to confer a large benefit to someone else at a small cost to yourself, then you do it. >> would it be too trite to say there's more good in the world than we expect? >> i don't think it would be too trite. i like the expression of abraham

lincoln, the better angels of our nature. it implies that we do have those better angels but it also implies that's not all there is to human nature. >> it also suggests that the angels are not the underdog. in fact they win quite often. >> they win quite often. the imperative for all of us is to jigger the rules, the norms, the incentives so as to bring out our better angels and to marginalize our inner demons. >> reporter: he says the many negative things we typically hear in the news overshadow the many positive things all around us. man returns wallet, after all, isn't much of a headline. and yet in his 2018 book "enlightenment now" pinker makes the case for good news, saying that our lives by almost every measure are improving, and the worst off parts of the world today are better off than the best off parts not long ago. >> poverty has gone down, illiteracy has gone down, violence has gone down. not by magic but when humans apply their ingenuity to solving

problems, every now and then they can succeed. >> so we've got to admit it's getting weather? >> not everywhere. >> and you're saying they literally lost $650,000? >> yeah, all around the world, virtually every country in the world. everywhere, humanity does the right thing most of the time. and in particular when there's more money involved. we are there for one another and we don't appreciate the sent to which we are. >> so they got most of that back? >> they did, yeah. >> i'm really happy to hear that. i always believe that there is more good than not. but the 72% number did surprise me, 72% will do that. >> and steven pinker of harvard said it's also important to recognize that even right now humanity is working on our behalf. human ingenuity is coming to the rescue in the form of the vaccines we've been talking about this morning. so while we still think of this as a rough year and it's coming to a close, we should recall that the world is in a better

place today big picture long term than we were a hundred years ago. as we gird ourselves for progress in the new year, that's a little bit of inspiration for you. it does get better over time. >> did you ask steven pinker about his hair? i just wanted to know about the hair. >> is that a quarantine haircut? >> in addition to the story, i want to know about his hair. >> it was a little too cold outside at cape cod to get into those questions but he does look like a guru of some sort. ahead, we'll look back at the key moments and people that shaped this historic year, a year when the pandemic changed everything. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ highs ♪ welcome back to cbs this morning. 2020 will be a year we always remember and one that has forever changed our country. the coronavirus claimed the lives of more than 300,000 americans just in 2020. businesses closed and tens of millions of people filed for unemployed. we witnessed a new president and a global demand to end racial injustice. a look back at the moments and people that shaped 2020. >> the coronavirus spreading fast and raising concerns around the globe. icus are packed and beds filling quickly. >> it doesn't get anymore

critical than this. >> it does not. >> we keep hearing young people has not been as affected by this? hs that been your experience? >> we have seen everyone affected. >> it is like a fireman running into a burning building with a bikini on. >> plan a, don't go in a crowd. plan b, if you do, wear a mask. >> they are not just telling you to wear a mask, they are requiring it. >> resist tense is so strong, people have sued. >> the president going on to say he would not wear one. >> i wore one in this back area. >> a mask is not a political statement. >> on wall street, stocks fell so quickly trading was suspended. >> we have not seen job losses like this since the great

depression. >> i might lose my whole business. >> challenge for educators on the school year. >> in march, that wasn't distance learning. that was emergency. >> anxious about going back in the classroom? >> everybody. >> the death toll has surfaced 300,000. >> behind every one of those numbers is an individual. >> somewhere known to the world, others known only to loved ones. >> this virus does not discriminate. we are survivors. we will beat this. >> the first coronavirus vaccines are under way here in the united states. >> this is unbelievable, oh, my god. >> the greatest medical achievements this planet has ever seen. >> health care workers on the front lines. we are going to get it an vaccinate the whole country. >> i am hopeful. i've seen the finish line. the light is brighter in the

tunnel. >> this is a life-saving election. >> americans came out to vote thoroughly. >> every vote matters. they are really going to matter in some of these states. >> you chose joe biden as the next president of the united states of america. >> this is not a political opinion. it is a math computation. >> i won by the way. >> at this point, the trump campaign has not provided any evidence of fraud. >> i understand the disappointment. i've lost a couple of times myself. now, let's give each other a chance. >> rising anger over the alleged police murder of george floyd, they are here to stop police violence and demand equality. >> black lives matter. >> chants echoed around the world. >> mr. trump doubled down on his threat to deploy the u.s. military to control violence in

the streets. >> setting this truck on fire here is how some responded to the authorities. what we are seeing is a lot of destruction. the kind that will take years to recover from. >> former officer derek chaufen is charged with murder. >> louisville police shot and killed 26-year-old breonna taylor in her apartment. the kentucky general saying those officers were not charged because they acted in self-defense. >> they said there were other possible charges we considered but nothing we could make stick. >> people ask me all the time what they could do for me. i say, say her name. >> continue to say her name. breon breonna taylor. >> the change has to come. it is happening far too many

times. >> one people, one family. we all live in the same house, the world house. >> we must say wake up america. wake up. >> congressman john lewis has died. he never gave up. >> you cannot give up. you cannot give in. you have to be persistent. >> sometimes getting in a little trouble leads to major life hand changes. >> ruth bader ginsberg has died. >> fighting over who will replace her and when. >> amy coney barrett has been confirmed. >> she was confirmed almost across party lines.

>> beirut lebanon experienced a massive, deadly explosion. >> a quarter a million people made homeless in seconds. >> the united states military killed the number one terrorist in the world. >> the world is a better place without him. the problem is that comes at a very high cost. >> this is the scene in iran's revenge attack against u.s. troops here in iraq. >> raging wild fires in california, oregon and washington state burn out of control. >> there is a neighborhood on the other side of this that fire crews cannot get to. >> the smoke is so thick. >> it is the worst thing i've ever seen. >> this was a happy place. it is nothing nout. a waste land. >> her name is laura. she is no joke. >> the strongest storm to pass

over this area. >> the wind so violent, we could feel our hotel shaking. >> thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. >> may you both rest in peace and have fun in heaven until we meet again one day. >> bryant and his 13-year-old daughter and seven other people killed when their helicopter crashed in california. kobe bryant transcended sports. >> bryant on the move. >> he inspired a whole generation of people. that's quite a gift. >> i love you guys, what can i s say? mamba out. >> when i get to heaven, i'm going to shake god's hand ♪ ♪ make me an angel

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at your place in los angeles. >> i'm sorry, i just lost you. we have a bad connection. boy, every time tyler perry got guilt. i look at those year enders, such a reminder. we've been through a lot. >> it feels like about five years. >> it does. >> when you look at those in memorium pieces, there is always someone you go, oh, yes, we lost them this year. >> that was our year. that was 2020. >> i'm ready for a change. >> are you? >> it is coming, for all of us. >> this year, i believe has brought us all closer together including us here at cbs this morning. looking back at some of the fun. we had some fun too. let's not forget that.

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bored in the house, i'm in the house bored. that was such a great meme. so how's your year been, crazy,

right? us too here at "cbs this morning." we broadcast from here at the table to the ed sullivan theater to our homes. >> the washington bureau too. >> the washington bureau too. so i was in the family room, you were in your -- >> basement. >> you were in your -- >> dining room. >> but the best place to be for me is always at the table. >> yes, indeed. >> the pandemic kept us apart physically. in many ways it also brought us together as a country. so let's take a look back at the fun times, including before we needed to socially distance. remember that? >> when was that? >> roll the tape. >> vlad, we know -- >> vlad, you're on. >> you're on, vlad. >> you're on tv! >> you cannot plan spontaneity. that's the beauty of what we do. >> we're coming to you from each of our homes this morning because we, like you, are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution. >> do you wear a mask, elmo? >> wearing a mask helps everybody stay healthy. >> do all the vaccines work the

same, david, or are some better than others? for instance, for a 67-year-old woman? >> who's wearing purple today? >> no, no. >> you're 64, i'm sorry. i'm so sorry. >> i used to really like you. >> i never asked you for anything. are you going to wear your sunglasses the whole time? >> this is early. >> you can do whatever you want, lenny kravitz. are we catching you two at a bad time? is that the marital bed? >> this is where the magic does not happen. >> oh, wow. >> did you have a little chicken for breakfast? >> no! god. >> tony may have been stung by a bee, but vlad is all the buzz. >> when my day is going slow, i don't get mad, i get vlad. it may be getting cold outside but vlad duthiers always comes in hot. >> how was it for you?

>> it was sauce bon. >> your first job was a hands model if it had gone differently. let me see your hands. >> you know what i'm going to say, all right, all right. >> i'm a hustler, baby. i'm a hustler. >> you've written so many songs. do you have any favorites? >> it changes for me all the time. >> what is it now? >> you're good. i almost answered that question. mr. mason is good. >> why is anthony mason standing there with a firefight jacket on? drew barrymore it's good to see you. i wore yellow in your honor. >> i wore yellow in your honor. >> you've got a yellow mic? >> yes. >> is that yours. >> no, i brought it down. >> how did you get that? >> i know what to get gayle as a present. >> it's almost thanksgiving! sorry. >> i dream big. >> you dream big?

we've got a latte going on around here. >> it's a big, big day so we're in a big, big space. we're coming to you from our cbs news election head quarters. >> today is election day. >> am i proud of my tv gimmick? yes, i am. >> please, i'm begging to take it away. >> are you still wearing the same clothes you had on yesterday? i am. >> break out the blue balloons, our favorite baby panda is a boy. >> altogether now, ahhh. >> we have a new name? >> they call me frampa. i'm stuck with it. >> spotify has the big songs of 2020. dua lippa. >> your dad genes are showing. >> lizzo happens in middle school. we just put "o" on the end of our name. >> you say you're happier than you've ever been? >> you've got to work on it every single day. >> all the people who didn't participate, i'm going to remember you all. >> how are we doing this? >> do you think we'll be sitting

here at 102? i'll go first. >> i don't think they'll let us sit here at 102. >> i'll gayle king on "cbs this morning." >>let me put in my teeth. >> can we hide that dancing video? >> why were we doing that? >> there was a viewer or a viral video of an older american dancing for some cause. i can't remember all the details. >> oh, that's right, that's right. >> i don't ever want to see that video again. it's scalding me, my eyes hurt. >> oh, that was fun. that was fun. it's okay, listen, i'm doing the same dances i did in seventh grade. i'm glad we can still get up and move. special shoutout to those who edited those pieces. >> thanks for a great year. >> thank you, thank you. we'll take a break, we'll be right back.

♪ it's the most wonderful time

of the year. >> i feel it's even more wonderful this year because we all got through it. now we look forward to every year, we set out to do one thing: help the world believe in holiday magic. and this year was harder than ever. and yet, somehow, you all found a way to pull it off. it's not about the toys or the ornaments but about coming together. santa, santa, you're on mute! just wanted to say thanks. thanks for believing.

good morning it is 8:55. frontline healthcare workers for kaiser are getting a vaccine against covid-19. the initial group includes doctors, nurses and respiratory therapist. a similar round of shots happens this afternoon in san jose. northern california icu capacity is under 26%. greater sacramento is at 11, southern california is down to zero. the san joaquin valley is less than 1%. sierra ski resorts will open up more slopes after the latest storm. a reminder, if you want to travel there from santa clara

or san francisco counties, you need to quarantine for 10 days when you return home. we have a few brake lights lingering, a early trouble spot that is being cleared out. still some slow and go conditions as you work your way out of oakland. just prepare for that if you're getting ready to head out the door. northbound 880 no troubles at all. everything is moving pretty well on that side. south of there not bad at all. both directions near the colosseum is moving really well. no delays at the plaza. it is eight clear and chilly start to the day. 40s this morning and a live look at our tower camera with sunshine out there. plenty of sun as we go through the afternoon with daytime highs about 5 degrees above average. mid and upper 50s and low 60s this afternoon. we will continue with this dry and quiet weather pattern with

wayne: i just made magic happen. - let's make a deal! jonathan: it's the new audi! this season, this is totally different. wayne: jimmy's gotta give him mouth to mouth. - oh, god! - this is my favorite show. wayne: i love it. - oh, my god, wayne, i love you! wayne: it's time for an at-home deal. - i want the big deal! jonathan: it's a trip to aruba! (cheering) wayne: this is why you watch "let's make a deal," this is so exciting. we look good, don't we? hey! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: hey, america, welcome to "let's make a deal." wayne brady here, thank you so much for tuning in. i've got my tiny but mighty audience. and i've got the at-homies playing with us at home. who wants to make a deal? one person, let's go-- that's you. (cheers and applause) michael, come on over here. michael, what are you? you are box number one or...? - so, let's first off to tell you,