sghoet ♪ . good morning to our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it is tuesday, december 22nd, 2020. i'll jericka duncan with vladimir duthiers and jamie yuccas. congress passes a massive covid relief bill in a late-night vote. what's in it and why lawmakers complain they didn't have time to read it. >> refusing the president's demands. blunt words from attorney general bill barr in his last week on the job. the latest in president trump's increasing crusade to stay in power. cbs news investigates after a woman is run over and killed by her own luxury suv. why the victim's family blames the manufacturer and the response. >> and a jump ball for the nba. how the league plans to keep players safe in the new season without a bubble. first, here's today's "eye

opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> finally, after nine months we're about to cross the finish line. this is as close to a christmas miracle as you can find in a polarized washington. >> now that the house and senate have passed a $900 billion covid relief bill it is headed to the president. >> the american people have waited long enough. >> today is a good day. but it's certainly not the end of the story. >> calls across the country for a uk travel ban as a new strain of the coronavirus spreads there. >> this is another disaster waiting to happen. >> bill barr says there is no need to appoint a special counsel to look into allegations of election fraud. >> i have not seen a reason to, and i have no plan to do so before i leave. >> president-elect joe biden received the first dose of the pfizer vaccine as a sign of good faith that the american people can trust it. >> all that -- >> the steelers have lost three straight after starting the year

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to embarrass her with it. >> i don't know who you are, si. calling the police. gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are off. jamie yuccas and jericka duncan are here with us. we've got you. financial relief could be on the way for millions of americans. congress passed a nearly $900 billion covid aid package late last night after months of fighting. when the president signs it, it will allow $600 checks to go out by the end of the year. >> the bill includes a lot more than just covid relief. take a look at this. we want to show you what it looks like on paper. a whopping 5600 pages long. can you believe that? many lawmakers said they had just hours to read it before voting or perhaps just skim through it really. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning. despite that last-minute attempt this big relief bill did pass both houses of congress overwhelmingly, the senate vote was 92-6 showing that there was plenty of support for a large

stimulus package all along. now the bill is headed to the president's desk just in time for christmas. in the literal 11th hour, congress acted late last night. >> the motion to concur is agreed to. >> reporter: to bring relief to beleaguered americans. $600 could start arriving in people's bank accounts between christmas and new year's. a promise from president trump's treasury secretary. >> people are going to see this money the beginning of next week. so it's very fast. >> reporter: but it was a slow road to get here. as businesses shuttered, congress sputtered over how to help the nearly 11 million unemployed americans, nearly double the jobless numbers from before the pandemic. >> we've assembled another historic bipartisan rescue package. >> reporter: democrats wanted a bill three times larger. >> today is a good day. but it is certainly not the end of the story. it cannot be the end of the story. >> reporter: the stimulus checks will go to individuals who make

less than $75,000 a year or couples making less than $150,000. $600 more per child means a family of five will get $3,000. >> i would like them to have been bigger, but they are significant. >> reporter: there's also $25 billion to help renters. $13 billion for food stamps and child nutrition benefits and $10 billion for child care to help parents get back to work. plus, $300 a week jobless benefits for the next 2 1/2 months. the top republican in congress insisted it's enough, for now. >> it's not too little, too late. it's directly targeted at exactly what the country needs. >> democrats agreed to the shorter time frame for benefits in the hopes that they will have a stronger hand in another round of negotiations in 2021. that's when they will have a democrat in the white house and they are hoping their party will

control the senate. >> we'll have to wait for that. between this bill and the larger government spending bill, i read lawmakers would have had to read ten pages a minute. do they even know what they voted on? >> they knew the broad outlines but there's no way they were going to be able to read in any detailed fashion through that enormous pair of bills before they had to vote on them. so there were some extraneous measures that ended up in these two pieces of legislation. let me give you some examples. first of all, there was one provision that would make some illegal streaming a felony and would create two new smithsonian museums dedicated to latinos and women. that is something that had a lot of support. the bill also makes business meals tax deductible and it includes tax breaks for craft brewers and distillers and even race horse owners. now, obviously, few of these measures are related to the pandemic but a fact of life here

on capitol hill is that at the end of the year when congress is scrambling to get out of town, they will often slip some of these measures into a bill that has to pass. >> i don't see a lot of mom and pop stores on that list. thank you. a fight is brewing over the trump administration's response to a new coronavirus strain that's raging in britain. numerous flights from london land in the u.s. every day, even as more than 40 other countries have added restrictions or bans on travel from the uk. mola lenghi is at newark liberty international airport where holiday travel is also ramping up. good morning. >> good morning, jamie. new york governor andrew cuomo said he, himself, negotiated with airlines that fly from the uk to the new york area to make sure that all passengers show proof of a negative covid test before getting on the plane. this as you mentioned, the governor continues to blast the trump administration for what he describes as a lack of response to this new strain that he insists could be a disaster for

his state. >> we have been victimized by federal incompetence and federal negligence. >> reporter: harsh words from new york governor andrew cuomo as he fights to keep a mutant strain of coronavirus out of the united states. british scientists said monday that strain is up to 70% more transmissible. there's no evidence that shows the new strain is more deadly. still, former fda commissioner scott gottlieb believes at this point it's too late to stop it. >> i think this is already in the u.s. i don't think a travel ban at this point is going to prevent this mutated strain from coming into the u.s. >> reporter: that has hospitals pushed to the brink with covid patients even more on edge. f. it were to be the face this virus would spread more easily and infect more people, that could make the burden on our health care systems even worse. >> but more help is on the way in the form of a second covid vaccine. >> it's very exciting. >> reporter: dr. caitlin jones in jersey city, new jersey, was

one of the first to get the new moderna shot. >> we're going to feel a lot more comfortable when we walk out of the hospital and aren't wearing ppe at home amongst our children and family. >> reporter: a new "usa today"/suffolk university poll shows a growing acceptance to take the covid vaccine. 46% of people said they would take it as soon as possible. nearly double from october. president-elect joe biden received his first dose of the pfizer vaccine monday in the hopes of getting those numbers even higher. >> people should be prepared when it's available to take the vaccine. there's nothing to worry about. >> reporter: it's worth noting it's common for viruss to mutate. late yesterday, pfizer said in a statement that its vaccine has been tested to protect against multiple mutant strains. it's now just gathering data to see how effective its vaccine is against this specific strain in the uk, jericka. >> mola, thank you. we want to talk more about

this new coronavirus variant and the vaccine rollout with dr. ashish jha, the dean of brown university school of public health. thank you for joining us. first, we want to get to this new evidence. there is no new evidence, rather, that this new strain is more severe. so what more do we know at this point? >> good morning. thank you for having me on. what we know right now is that it does look like this strain is more contagious. that means if you are exposed to it, you're more likely to get infected than other strains. and i agree with dr. gottlieb that it probably is already in the u.s. but there's nothing that tells us that it's any more severe and that is good news. and so at least we can feel reassured about that, so far, based on what we know. >> to that point about it already being in the u.s., do you agree with new york governor andrew cuomo? he's among a few people who are calling for a ban on travel from the uk. do you think that makes a difference right now? would that help?

>> yeah, so what we know about travel bans is it can slow spread by a couple of weeks. it might give us a little more time to prepare. i like what governor cuomo is doing on asking airlines to test people before they get on the plane. that feels pretty reasonable. i don't think a travel ban will keep that strain out of the u.s. but it certainly might slow things down by a little bit. >> with seeing these new changes and new variants with this time of infection, do you think that we're going to have to modify the vaccines as it changes? >> you know, so these kinds of variations do happen and whether we'll need a year or two down the road to change our vaccines, we don't know right now. it is possible. we should be ready for that, that a bit down the road that might happen. but i'm not worried the current vaccines we have will somehow become ineffective against this variant. that seems much less likely to me. >> christmas travel is already outpacing thanksgiving. we know that we're telling people, try not to travel, but

people are getting on planes, trains, driving to see grand ma, if you will. what is your concern and, again, best advice, if you are going to travel. >> yeah, you know, i totally get it. we always get together during the holidays with our family. we're not doing it this year. my advice is if you can avoid it, please do. if you can, keep it small. try to wear masks around vulnerable people. stay safe because vaccines are so close. we want to make sure everybody is safe through the holidays so they can get vaccinated and get back to normal next year. >> all right. dr. ashish jha, always great to see you. thank you. >> thank you. president trump, who has 30 days left in his term, met with lawmakers yesterday about contesting the electoral college vote that he lost. he's also pushing attorney general bill barr to have a special counsel investigate the election and take over the tax investigation of hunter biden. as paula reid reports, the man who report supported the president for so long is firmly

saying no. >> if i thought a special counsel at this stage was the right tool and was appropriate, i would name one, but i haven't, and i'm not going to. >> reporter: attorney general william barr torpedoed several of president trump's political priorities monday saying there is no need to investigate the president's claims of election fraud or name a special counsel to investigate president-elect joe biden's son hunter. >> i think to the extent that there's an investigation, i think that it's being handled responsibly and professionally currently within the department. >> i appreciate everybody there. >> reporter: on a call monday with a young conservatives conference, president trump seemingly shot back at barr's thoughts on the election. >> we need backing from like the justice department and other people have to finally step up. >> reporter: the president also met monday with his personal attorney rudy giuliani and several members of congress.

chief of staff mark meadows described the meeting as an effort to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud, but didn't elaborate on any evidence or examples. sources tell cbs news the group discussed challenging the electoral college vote in january, but a top republican senator immediately shot down the idea. >> this is not going anywhere. i mean, in the senate it would go down, you know, it would go down like a shot dog. >> reporter: vice president-elect kamala harris said republicans privately believe the election has been decided. >> i have to believe that at some point, reality will set in and that everyone will understand that we need to govern. >> reporter: president-elect biden is expected to speak later today in delaware. we're still waiting to hear his pick for attorney general. tomorrow, president trump heads to his resort in palm beach, florida, where he's expected to spend christmas and new year's.

jericka? >> paula reid at the white house, thank you. we have exclusive new information this morning in the death of a louisiana teenager that we first reported on last month. 15-year-old quawan charles disappeared october 30th. his body was found in a sugarcane field. attorneys for the family say the newly revealed audio implicated janet irvin who was allegedly the last woman seen with him. those attorneys now calling for her arrest. >> i should have called the copped. i should have went further. >> reporter: attorneys for the family of quawan charles say this audio is janet irvin, admitting to a private investigator she did not call police right after she realized quawan ran away from her home. irvin and her 17-year-old son are allegedly two of the last people to see the 15-year-old alive. >> i get off work at like noon on a friday. so we go out to baldwin.

we pick him up. >> reporter: surveillance video appears to show irvin picked quawan up outside his father's house in baldwin, louisiana, october 30th. the same day he was reported missing by his parents. and the audio recordings, irvin's son tells a private investigators, he and quawan did drugs at irvin's home. >> did smoke something or did he -- >> yeah, he smoked some weed. >> there's enough evidence right now in our legal opinion to arrest her for a slew of charges. >> reporter: ronald haley and chase trichell are attorneys for quawan's family. their private investigator recorded his conversation with irvin and her son. when irvin did not call the police until days after quawan disappeared, she committed a crime. >> she knew something was wrong and did nothing. and the fact that she did nothing, it speaks volumes as to what her involvement was in this case. >> reporter: on november 3rd,

quawan's body was found in a sugarcane field 30 minutes from his home. the coroner's office said he likely drowned. according to the family's attorney, the water in the sugarcane field is very shallow. they believe, if drugs were in quawan's system, it contributed to his death. >> we think the toxicology report is going to vindicate what we're saying today. janet irvin could be charged with delinquency to minors. serving minors drugs. >> reporter: the local sheriff's office says it did not know about this recording and the information was not shared. quawan's family attorneys say the sheriff has agreed to meet and they are hoping to compare notes. we did reach out to janet irvin, but she has not responded. when we first covered this story, guys, it was a very difficult one. the parents want answers, and they just felt like the police, the sheriff's office isn't doing enough. >> well, i couldn't believe at the beginning of this case the sheriff's department didn't have the technology to track the cell phone. such a basic technology to be able to go in there. you hear these recordings.

it seems like so many missteps along the way, i imagine the mother does want answers. >> any mother and father would want answers. >> of course. ahead -- the spike in covid cases raises concerns about the new nba season that starts tonight. how the league plans to play a 72-game schedule without the

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from all of us at comcast business. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the nba tips off a new season tonight. with the number of new coronavirus cases surging, there are serious issues about how the season will proceed. last season ended barely two months ago with playoff teams playing inside a bubble in the orlando area. that effort was successful with no positive covid tests for commissioners of the

nba who is nervous because so much is unknown about how this season will play out. >> it's over. this historic 2020 nba championship belongs to the los angeles lakers. >> reporter: this was just two months ago. the los angeles lakers' championship celebration capping the longest, most unconventional year in league history. >> we had zero positive tests. we had zero positive tests for as long as we were here. >> reporter: but this season the nba is doing everything it can to replicate that success outside a bubble environment. have you ever now faced a test like this? >> not that i can think of. >> reporter: at the forefront of that effort is commissioner adam silver. >> when we went into the bubble there were positive cases where guys were living their lives

like other americans, and then in time between when we finished in the bubble and when we restarted, when guys came in to training camps, we were very public about this, we had roughly 50, 5-0 positive cases guys coming in. >> reporter: to help prevent the spread of covid, the nba released a 150 page memo to the teams detailing stringent protocols including twice daily testing and intense contact tracing. team violations can lead to fines, suspensions, adjustment or loss of draft choices and game forfeitures but there are no criteria dealing with when the league may suspend play. but even if it is a safer environment and past is pro log and you're playing the games across the country where cases are up virtually everywhere, then this almost guarantees there will be at least one or two confirmed cases. what happens then? >> we think with the combination of all of these tools that we're

going to be able to quickly isolate a player who tests positive. if that's not the case, we're going to have to rethink our protocols. >> reporter: last march after the first known positive case in the nba, silver decided to postpone the season, a decision lasting almost five months. this year coaches and players will be the willing guinea pigs in a season long experiment. despite so much unknown, many believe the league has their best interests in mind. the miami heat's andre iguodala is the spokesperson. >> reporter: what are the team's thoughts? >> every player you have some type of fear, but with that fear, sometimes fear can be a good thing. so, you know, that puts every player in a position to make sure that the environment is safe. guys are holding everyone accountable and that fear

championship rings to the lakers out in l.a. vlad? >> some important reporting there. errol, thank you very much. we appreciate it. i get worried when i hear as a fan and human beings that players are afraid. they're guinea pig. >> you have carl anthony towns had seven family members die of covid. this is something that hit the league very, very hard. i think everyone likes that they took it so seriously in orlando. >> i think it's like errol said in the beginning, it's unknown. >> you don't want to be a guinea pig in your job.

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which uses a dial like this one instead of a stick to change gears. >> reporter: did she complain about it at all? >> she complained about it a lot. i can't tell if it's in park, reverse, drive. >> reporter: his lawsuit cites this with the gear shift module being stuck in position or has erratic or intermittent operation. it recommended repairs. these company documents from 2017 indicating the automaker was aware of hundreds of potential unintended roll away complaints with a dial shifter including 28 in the range rover. gina warsavsky said it happened to her. >> my car started reversing towards me. it knocked me down. >> reporter: her lawsuit claims the suv ran over her right hand requiring reconstructive surgery. >> it was horrific. it is an accident that's forever haunting me which i'm so

grateful to be alive. >> reporter: nhtsa spent years investigating this. they closed the probe saying it has not identified any mechanical faults causing it to shift out of park and blamed operator error. >> isn't it on the driver to put the car in park before they get out of it? >> sure. drivers are confused. land rover knows drivers are confused. this is unfortunately the inevitable result of what happens when people think the car is in park and it's not. >> reporter: following the 2016 death of anton yelchin, many car makers added safeguards on new vehicles to prevent such an incident, including automatically shifting to park. jay fischer, "consumer reports." as soon as i open the door, the car hasn't rolled at all. they started requiring roll away

protection for cars to earn top marks. >> if you get in the habit of putting your parking brake on, that could absolutely prevent the car from rolling. >> reporter: land rover added that to hybrid range rovers only. >> i want to get out there that there is a problem with this car because i don't want anyone to go through this again. >> if a driver opens the door of a range rover when it is not in park, an audible alarm sounds and a message flashes. it is aware of the incidents. jaguar land rover declined comment but says it is committed to safety and saddened to hear of these incidents. for "cbs this morning," kris van cleave, washington. >> what i take away from that is what the one gentleman said about putting the parking brake on. you never think about that, but what a simple solution of getting in the car and doing that. >> we rented cars that have those types of shifters and, yeah, it's a little confusing when you're trying to figure out if it's in drive or neutral. i was driving and i kept

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were studying remotely. a spokesman says 55 cadets admitted cheating. they are enrolled in an honor code boot camp. it gives them a second chance instead of immediate dismissal, which was the usual punishment for cheating. west point is known for having a very strict honor code. that honor code is 12 words. a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. a 20 year professor at west point says this is a real problem. when these officers graduate, they will be given national security secrets, authorities and have to answer to a civilian chain of command. you want cadets to have the utmost -- >> i thought the rehabilitation program was interesting. they have to write essays. other cadets came forward. >> the old west point, you were just out. >> no, 50 years ago they had a scandal. out of 150 --

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it's tuesday, december 22, 2020. welcome back this morning. the first doses of moderna vaccine are being handed out. we'll talk with alex azar about the distribution and the new strain overseas. >> and four new sheriffs, they are all black. how they've made history. george clooney's apocalypse and his own near-death experience. first, the eye opener at 8:00. >> congress passed a nearly $900

trillion deal after months of fiesing. >> this relief bill did pass both houses overwhelmingly and is headed to the president's desk just in time for christmas. >> new york governor cuomo negotiated with airlines that fly to the uk area to make sure all passengers show proof of negative covid test. >> this strain is more contagious, that means if you are exposed you are more likely to be infected. nothing that tells us it is more severe. and that is good news. ♪ >> impressive. >> those pajamas impressive as well. >> absolutely. all the way around. >> i have a feeling you are

going to go home and try that. >> i wish i had a skill like that. i can't juggle nor can i play the piano. >> you can play the guitar. you do a lot. >> i pay you to say things like that. >> gayle, tony and anthony are off this morning. we begin with the pandemic overshadowing this year's holidays. the u.s. surpasses 18 million cases. the fourth straight day of more than 100,000 cases. a warning to americans to stay home. how does it look this morning? >> good morning. holiday travel does not appear to be slowing down or there are few signs it is sloeg down. this security check point wasn't even open yesterday. this morning, it is as passengers continue to make their way on to flights. all of this comes amid new

concerns over this new coronavirus strain which appears to have originated in the uk. here in newark, there is one flight arriving from the uk here today. others are heading to airports across the country. the u.s. is not among the 40 plus nations banning or restricting travel from there. something the trump administration has largely been criticized for. new york governor cuomo is calling on the feds to halt al travel from britain to the united states. he says he himself, has negotiated with british airlines which will begin pre-flight testing from the uk to new york area airports. delta and virgin atlantic airlines will do the same of course on christmas eve. for holiday travel, triple a expects 34 million fewer

travelers this year compared to last year. that is significant drop off, it is still anticipated that 84.5 million people will travel between tomorrow and january 3. so still significant number of people and as the cdc continues to tell people to stay at home. >> troubling numbers there. thank you. >> the first doses of moderna vaccine have been given out and more people are expected to get it today. the first shots to patients at long-term care facilities. the first shipment about twice the size of the pfizer shipment. president trump has not been vaccinated but vice president pence has. today dr. fauci will get the vaccine along with alex azar and

other top officials. we are looking at how a new strain of the virus might affect vaccine development and distribution. hhs secretary joins us. good morning. >> yesterday, we had new jersey governor on saying states really need more help. states are having problems saying they are didn't receive as much vaccine as they thought they would. what are you doing to ensure these states are going to receive these vaccines. >> there is not an issue. we put out some estimates back in november that were just broadests broadests -- estimates to help with planning. we give them the allocations they've be able to distribute. 2.5 million of pfizer and

5.9 million of the moderna. we've been very clear. they are allocating and getting it distributed out there. i'm going to get the moderna vaccine in just about an hour. >> i wanted to ask you that. you are getting the moderna vaccine, joe biden, president-elect got it yesterday. i have a number of people in my circle who are health care providers. i know there are elected officials who are getting criticism. what do you say to health care workers that are saying, i haven't got mine yet? >> for me, dr. fauci and others out there as leaders, it is really important we demonstrate our confidence. we have seen a surge in vaccine confidence. now over 80% of americans say they'll take the vaccine. literally, they are approved

under my name. i committed early that i would get vaccinated publicly on tv to demonstrate my belief in the safe process of these vaccines. that's what i'm encouraging other leaders to do. we want to make sure other thought leaders and individuals that will really help convey in underrepresented and underserved communities. >> are you privately encouraging the president? >> the president just recovered from covid. he's going to have interpretations with his physicians. he has tweeted he will get v vaccinated. that is important to know. >> do you think he should get vaccinated? >> i think everybody should for whom it is indicated. it needs to be at the right time and in consultation with your health care providers. people on the outside should be

very careful. we don't want to get in the business of vaccine shaming. we don't know the advise they are getting from their physicians. >> someone who already had covid and has an ty bodies, should they be discussing with their doctor? >> they should be discussing. if you've gotten the monoclonal antibodies, you want to make sure enough time has passed. it is appropriate to be vaccinated after having recovered from coronavirus and gotten antibodies. you want to make sure sufficient time has passed in consultation with your physician. >> you have a plan of 100 doses by february. a lot of people are saying they do want to take the vaccine but not right away. i don't download software at 1.0.

i download at 1.6, 1.8. what do you say to those people? >> we have seen incredible up tick. every hospital i've been to, the health care workers, it is overprescribed. people want to get vaccinated. these two will not be sitting on shelves. those people, as they see friends and neighbors it will only fin to build confidence. it is that word of mouth that helps build confidence. >> secretary azar, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. ahead, four newly elected black sheriffs in georgia talk about making

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georgia voters made big news this year, and it goes beyond president-elect joe biden's surprise win or the two upcoming senate runoffs. for the first time ever voters elected black sheriffs. mark strassmann spoke with the four sheriffs elect about this milestone in the deep south. >> reporter: in this group photo, no mask can hide the face of progress in metro atlanta. >> i'm the highest ranked elected official in the county. the first time ever in that position. >> reporter: we got together these four newly elected sheriffs to talk about this

moment. could you ever imagine sheriffs would look like this group? >> no. we have a right to be prideful about this. >> reporter: patrick labat, sheriff elect, fulton county, craig owens, cobb county, keith taylor the first black sheriff in guinett county. >> my job is to be the inspiration for the next group of law enforcement officers of color. >> and melanie madison the first black female share i have of dekalb county. >> for us to be sitting here as a group, it's amazing. no, never in my wildest dreams. >> reporter: a moment of pride? >> it's a huge moment of pride. >> reporter: they're all career law enforcement and lifelong georgians with long memories. >> men raised up in atlanta, you didn't come to cobb county if you was african-american.

>> how many people as kids were profiled. >> you don't look to be in this neighborhood. you don't have the right skin color to be in this neighborhood. >> reporter: you never forgot it? >> no. how to treat people the right way. >> reporter: keith o taylor grew up resenting cops. >> it was the worst situation when they left. >> did you have to fight that as memories when you decided to wear uniform yourself? >> i did know that i was going to use that platform to be different. >> it's the what if, right? what if i was a sheriff? what if i was a chief? i could really change the colors. >> don't shoot. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> with trust in police hard to imagine. back in june, atlanta exploded in protest after a white atlanta cop shot and killed a drunk driving suspect named rayshard brooks. >> the voters of georgia voted for change.

>> reporter: how broken is the trust? >> it's extremely broken. >> i think we all ran a similar type of campaign on truth, trust, transparency. those are all the things that are critically missing in our communities. >> reporter: everyone wants it. how do you do it? >> you run for office. we stepped out and ran for sheriff because we knew the trust was broken. >> the community doesn't care how much you know until they know you care. >> these young folks have to have a seat at the table and we have to invite them in and include them. >> reporter: that's the challenge ahead. like the woman who walked up to owens in a coffee shop. >> i even had my mask on and covered up. she said, are you the sheriff elect? she said, well, i'm proud to let you know you are my sheriff. i've never said it before to anyone. now i can walk around and say that's my sheriff. >> i want people to not identify us as being the first, i want to

be identified by the work that we have con and what we will continue to do. >> it matters to be less to be the first than the best? >> it goes hand in hand because if you are the best, you're going to be first. >> reporter: they'll take the oath of office and begin making history january 1st. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, atlanta. >> about time. >> just goes to show we've come a long way as a country. atlanta, historical context, civil rights, all of the things that happened especially in the deep south as we mentioned to have those people there. amazing. >> chief tailor and la bat said they're best. >> right. ahead, how to make the most of virtual celebrations when we're not supposed to be together for christmas. you're watching "cbs this morning."

this is such a great story. indiana preschool director is using every moment of her spare time to brighten christmas for her students. on top of her day job, renee dixon drives for uber and lyft 30 to 40 hours a week. a full-time job. she does it to help her kids. many of her 50 preschoolers come from families that are struggling, especially as we've talked about in the pandemic. she buys them christmas gifts

and winter gear with the money she earns. >> this is just something i do. i don't want fame. i don't want -- i just want these kids to have a smile on their face. i want these kids to know somebody cares. i want these parents to know no matter what you going through, somebody's out there that will help you. >> i've got a smile on my face. >> tissues, please. >> diks xon bought presents forr students brothers and sisters. she will keep driving as long as her students need her. >> better to give than to receive. >> 30 to 40 hours a week. >> the message to the kids no matter how bad it gets, there's somebody out there who cares for you, who's looking out for you. >> yeah. >> i love this. i'm inspired. >> i know. >> we all need to do more. >> we do. we do. we need to talk about george clooney who appeared in movies and tv shows for the past four

decades. watch this. >> the thing about being an actor in general is you are one of the sort of . good morning. nearly 200 workers at a san francisco nursing home were just vaccinated. most of the facility's staff members, patients and residents will have to wait about two weeks for their vaccinations depending on allocation from the state. a gas leak erupted in to a building fire this morning around 2:00 a.m. on forest avenue. the leak is now secured there were no injuries. no estimate on the damage to the building. today the warriors will face off against the nets. the team will be without green but weissman will be able to play. it'll be his first game in more than 400 days. the warriors are back in action. taking a look at the roads. you would be hard pressed to find any brake lights.

it's a seamless commute. everything looking clear. let's get a look at the bay bridge. no delays. looks like a few clouds. other than that an easy ride out of the east bay into san francisco. look at this live shot of 880 through oakland. we are not seeing any trouble at all there in both directions. if you are taking the san mateo bridge only about a 13 minute commute to travel westbound working over toward the peninsula. travel times, all in the green. lots of good news to report. that was a pretty shot of 880. little bit of haze. patchy fog this morning has developed. the closer to the delta you could likely hit fog again, this morning. shouldn't be as widespread. low 60's for daytime highs and in the seven day it looks busy. you will see rain chances scattered. christmas day into monday but it's mainly friday night and then again sunday night when he have

♪ ♪ >> love that song. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's trial to bring you the stories we're talking about. jamie, what have you got? >> there's a reason for the song. >> i would think so. >> i know. i know. >> if you want a hippo pot at that muss for christmas, just like the song, take a look at this. two pigmy hippos nibbled on the wreath. >> ohhh. >> are we supposed to say that? >> they're adorable. >> you don't think they're cute? >> i mean, you know -- >> all right. to each their own. eating watermelon, their favorite food. the first holiday for the zoo's

first successful pigmy hippos. he's thriving with his mother mabel. they are listed as endangered. they are found in only four african countries and they are fewer than 2500 of them. what i also love about pigmies hippos, this is what makes them cute. they're ten times smaller but they can weigh 550 pounds. >> jericka, all babies are cute. >> i'm trying to sell you but i don't know if that works. >> she keeps nodding. >> that's all right. vlad, what have you got? >> babies are cute for the record. i don't want anybody texting me and emailing me. they are all beautiful, all babies. >> i love it. i love it. john krasinski dropped a surprise episode of some good news on sunday night. he talked with jay abel, a single father of two selling his prize comic book memorabilia to afford christmas presents for his kids.

their zoom call included a sleb bert at this surprise. take a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, juanta clause. >> oh, my god. >> right? right? >> yes, that's dwayne the rock johnson in a santa suit. duantaclaus. he offered to buy his kids while making sure their dad did not walk away empty handed either. watch. >> i'm going to take the script, my official black adam script the one that i will work on every day and i'm going to sign it to you and that's your gift. >> dude, no way. >> dude, way. abel was invited to southern california to visit dc universe. yes, and get some dc swag. of course, the rock is going to star super villain adam in movie. how school are they.

>> to do this? >> to do something like this. he just wanted a retweet to bring attention to his ebay listings. >> that's what's so great about zoom. >> you know what else i like on zoom? >> the doorbell really made it like, here we go. >> that was a good effect. >> some mcdonald's fans may not be loving it. remember that? a new addition, a new limited additionburg ger sold in china. take a look. made of two slices of spam. >> i do like spam. >> oreo style cookie. oreo style cookie crumbs sprinkled on top and a layer of mayonnaise. pictures of the burger left people debating whether they would be willing to try. one user said this is what you serve when you invite someone over to dinner that you don't like. another called it unexpectedly delicious. would you try that?

>> i would. i love spam. >> i love spam and i love spam sushi. have you ever had that? rolled in crispy rice. >> spam is single mom, like spam is nice and cheap. >> single mom? >> my mom -- >> i don't know the oreo mayonnaise. >> i grew up loving it. the one thing about this sandwich, the mayo. >> with the oreo. >> spam and the oreo. the mayo. >> i could do the spam and the mayo. >> everybody could do that. spam and mayo is not hard. >> never done spam. >> really? >> you know what? >> in addition to taking her to italy, we're making her -- >> i'm making a call to my minnesota people. we'll get it to you by the end of the show. >> please do. i'm societiesocietied. >> so many gifts for you. oscar winner george clooney is the starve "the midnight sky." tracy smith visited clooney. he talked about walking away

from a 40 year hobby and aging gracefully in the public eye. i can't wait to hear george clooney talking about aging -- >> growl. >> you want to dwroul? hi, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. yeah, george clooney's latest film is getting oscar buzz. one notable critic called it one of the very best films of 2020. after almost four decades in hollywood, it's clear clooney is still enjoying the ride. >> this is barbeau observatory. are you receiving this? >> reporter: in the netflix thriller "the midnight sky," george clooney has a mission to save a spaceship from an earth no longer inhabitable. a wornout look you might never have seen before. >> is anyone out there? >> you look really hagared in this movie. you look beat up. is that the way you're wanting to try to move your career? i don't want to try to move my

career that way. i'm getting old. i'll be 60 this year. that's when you go -- you know, there's not much you can do about it so i think it's better to just face it head on, you know? that's a good old irish way of doing things, midwestern kind of way of doing things, i think. >> that's your approach to abling, face it head on? >> yeah. well, i don't color my hair or anything, you know? there isn't much you can do about it, right? i think every time you try to do something about it, try to pretend, not aging, the thing about being an actor in general, you are -- one of the unfortunate things for them you have to age in front of the camera. people go, oh, wow, that guy has really gotten old. >> how big a deal is it if we don't get the diamonds? >> reporter: truth is he's aged gracefully. >> jordan rivers and these here are the soggy bottom boys. >> reporter: very often the smooth operator on the wrong

side of the law. >> i played mostly crooks, which is kind of surprising to me. i always thought of them as loveable. >> reporter: they are loveable crooks. >> there's something -- you're right. that's true. >> reporter: what does that say about you? >> i've got problems. >> reporter: we should all have such problems. george clooney is a millionaire many times over and married to famed human rights attorney amal clooney, with whom he has two children. that's not to say life has always been easy. he suffered from a crippling back injury from 2005. he had a serious motorcycle crash in 2018 that very nearly cost him everything. >> are you physically okay now? >> yeah. yeah. i mean, i had to do these neck injections where they try to build back some of your disc which was --

>> that sounds horrible. >> after being smacked around a bit. i hit the windshield head first first. i smashed in his windshield with my helmet, and i've been riding for four years and i know what that means in general. it means your neck is broken. and then i went up in the air and landed. so i thought, this is it. this is the last i'm going to be around. when i hit the ground, you know, i was really -- i was screaming. i was just waiting for the switch to turn off. and then i thought my teeth were broken up. my mouth was filled with glass from the windshield. i was broken up. nothing was really broken up strangely. if i was a cat, i used up all 9 on that one. >> reporter: clooney said his wife and friend went to the hospital prepared for the worst. >> amal came to the hospital. i was bandaged up. grant who was there holding me at the accident, we were all

shook. we were rattled on this one because this was a good, solid proper accident. grant thought -- he was sitting in the waiting room and he thought they were going to come out and say that i died. >> reporter: seriously? >> yeah. he tells the story. he was sitting out there crying and he said, you can take george home and he just started sobbing. and we were all sort of very emotional. and in the middle of the emotional -- everybody's tearing up and amal's crying, grant's crying. amal goes, no more motorcycles and i was like, well -- i mean, come on. she got me at a very vulnerable moment. so i made the agreement. she's right. look, i've got 40 good fun years out of it and got kids now. so it was time. but, you know, every once in a while you hear a harley go by and it's like -- you know. like jimmy stewart in "a wonderful life" a train whistle.

but that one -- you know, it's all, again, luck sort of plays a big part. i've lived a very blessed life in many ways so, you know, fun. >> reporter: now he's got plenty to do without the bike. he told us he's been doing lots of housework. he's tackling some home improvement projects. you may remember he made news when he told us a few weeks ago he cuts his own hair with a flobe, jamie. >> sales went through the roof. >> that's right. >> what housework is he doing, tracy? >> reporter: he actually does the laundry and he does all of the cooking because he says, amal, she's an amazing human rights lawyer but she cannot cook. she once tried to hard boil an egg by putting it in a pan, no water. >> i'm glad to know she's not 100% perfect. just like us. >> but george clooney, i've got to say, tracy, he looks amazing.

he looked amazing when he was playing george on facts of life and he looks amazing now. >> back to facts of life. >> facts of life. that's how long i've been a george clooney fan. >> that's right. >> reporter: yeah, he does. he says it's all just facing it head on, you know? >> i wish we women could face it head on. >> i'm going to try. >> thank you, tracy. you can stream "the midnight sky" on netflix starting tomorrow. ahead, happiness expert laurie santos talks about overcoming zoom fatigue. we were ta bay area homeowners,

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even christmas isn't safe from the coronavirus pandemic. the cdc recommends people celebrate virtually or with members of their household. laurie santos cree oughted the most popular class at yale university. psychology and the good life. she has a happiness lab. she has ideas to make the most of the virtual gatherings. good morning. >> thanks for having me on the show. >> happy people take time for social connection. how can we do that now given our current situation?

>> i think most of our social connection has to take place virtually. this sucks. this wasn't the holiday season we planned. the cool thing is we have lots of tools we can use to connect with one another. zoom happy hour is like face time new year's celebrations, netflix parties, these are ways we can connect with each other and be social even though we're into the physically together. >> i have a close knit family and it's hard. we have canada, minnesota, washington state, california. the virtual happy hour got a little old so this week we ended up doing a scavenger hunt. i was skeptical at first. it turned into one of the most fun things. as long as you get creative with some of this stuff, it can bring a lot of joy to people. >> yeah, i think this is one of the things we forget. we get used to doing zoom calls at work. work it's very formal. you're sitting there facing each other. that's not how family and friend activities work, right? you need to make it a little less formal. you need to get a little bit

creative. sometimes that means treating your zoom call a little different than you would at work. these days when i'm zooming with family members, i get up. i bring the cocktail stuff and get it set up there. try to bring in the sort of interactions that you would normally have over zoom -- in real life over zoom and then you can make that social event much more fun. >> professor santos, jericka duncan. i know you talk about your class being one of the toughest ones when you talk about practicing happiness and saying it's not about being aware but it's also about actually doing the things day in and day out to make sure you stay less stressed and happy. what number one tip would you give our viewers and to us to remain happy? what should we be practicing? >>

your mood. take time to think of other people. when we're in challenging times, we can get stuck on treating yourself. self-care. the act of doing kind things for others, doing things outside of yourself becoming other oriented. that's another boost for happiness. the last thing i suggest is when times are tough, it's worth admitting times are tough. don't pretend there's not going to be sadness, anger, anxiety. take time to notice and feel the emotions. that's part of the happiness science. >> jamie mentioned having a zoom scavenger hunt. what other zoom activities for those of us who are zoom fatigued would you offer up? >> yeah. i think, again, it involves

getting creative. one thing is to try to do an activity together. this year no spoiler to my family who's watching, i'm mailing out gingerbread kits. each of us in our own town is going to be doing our own gingerbread kit. things like netflix parties, games you can play over zoom. these are fun ways to get to know each other a little bit better and to make the best use of our time. a final way to get creative is bring in people you wouldn't normally bring in. our dinner table live is kind of con constrained, right? bring a friend from high school that your family hasn't seen in a long time. >> thank you so much, professor santos. we appreciate it. on tuesdays or today "cbs this morning" podcast, which will be tuesday, actress amy adams discusses her role in the netflix movie hill billy elegy. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right

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. good morning. nearly 38,000 new coronavirus cases and 83 deaths were reported statewide. the positive rate was at 12% with more than 2700 lives lost over a two week period. the governor says that stay at home orders will likely be extended. today the san francisco board will meet. they will hear from more than 200 small business owners about how the pandemic has impacted them and discuss how the city plans to support them. the bart station will offer free coronavirus testing. they will accept walk ups and appointments. for the most part traffic is doing okay.

just a couple things to look out for if you are getting ready to head out the door. westbound 580. we have reports of a crash. traffic just a little slow as you work through there. once you are past that point things look better. also taking a look at traffic off the bay bridge. it's a little slow as you work off the skyway into san francisco. and the toll plaza pretty light conditions. no delays. san mateo bridge looking good. good-looking day with plenty of sun and low 60's for daytime highs and we cleared out what little patchy stratus we had. beautiful look from the top of the sales force tower and a much clearer scene now over the tri valley and the camera from dublin. things get interesting on friday. that is when the rain arrives. merry christmas. it'll rain, second half of the day an christmas day and then another st m

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