morning. don't forget, the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. good morning. to our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's monday, december 28th, 2020. i'm vlad duthiers with david begnaud and jericka duncan. breaking news, president trump abruptly changes course and signs the $900 billion relief package before a threatened government shutdown. what this means for millions of americans. health experts have a dire warning about the pandemic. holiday travel can lead to the surge on top of a surge. investigators say the nashville bomber acted alone and killed himself in the christmas day explosion. what we're learning about the 63-year-old suspect and why he may have done it. and in our series "school matters" why the black colleges and universities are attracting more students but not enough financial support. but first, here is today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds.

>> what the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel. >> we have a bill that his administration helped to negotiate and i think we ought to get that done. >> under intense pressure, president trump has signed the massive covid relief and government funding bill. >> people are desperate. the economy is in terrible shape. if this bill is one way to help them so that the president is finally decided to do that is good news. >> authorities in this -- say that this explosion in nashville say they have identified the bomber as 63-year-old anthony quinn warner. >> likely this was a suicide mission. >> authorities say the u.s. army special forces sergeant has been charged in a deadly shooting at an illinois bowling alley. >> he was taken into custody without any officers firing their weapons. >> millions of americans are headed home after the christmas holiday. marking the busiest travel period since the pandemic began. >> hospitalizations are over 120,000. we're really at a very critical point. >> baseball hall of famer phil

niekro passed away after a long battle with cancer. he was 81. wonder woman secured the highest box office opening domestically since the pandemic began. >> all that matters. >> a kentucky man bringing out some serious fire power to melt some christmas day snow. >> you can see timothy browning using his flame thrower to remove the snow and ice. >> reminding us of cousin eddie from national lampoon's vacation. >> that's how you clear a driveway. >> on "cbs this morning." >> adams dives. >> it ended in snowy green bay. >> aaron rodgers and davante adams led the way for the pack. >> pulled in by adams. >> yeah, you can crown him king. >> too easy for him all night long. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance.

>> right there on the frozen tundra. >> i know. >> lambeau field. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are off. happy birthday, gayle. >> that's right. happy birthday. >> but let's begin with some breaking news. president trump suddenly signed the coronavirus relief bill that he threatened to derail last week. he accused the chinese and the democrats and he said it's full of waste and does not give people enough direct help. mr. trump approved a larger spending package that was needed to keep the government running. paula reid is traveling with the president at his mar-a-lago resort. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, vlad. after days of pressuring lawmakers to increase these payments to americans, president trump caved to pressure from both sides of the aisle and just

signed this bill as is. but his delay has already resulted in a lapse in unemployment benefits for some americans. with the president's signature millions of struggling americans will now get some help in extended benefits and protections from evictions at the same time the government avoided a shutdown. it was a sudden shift. hours earlier, the president had retweeted a video of his demands for lawmakers to more than triple payments to individuals. >> increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple. >> reporter: in a statement released after signing the bill, the president insisted congress will now be moving forward on his demands writing, i have told congress that i want far less wasteful spending and more money going to the american people in the form of $2,000 checks per adult and $600 per child. but that's not what the president just signed into law. president trump has remained on

the sidelines through months of negotiations. on sunday morning, members of both parties called on him to just sign the bill as is. >> what the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel. >> you don't get everything you want even if you're the president of the united states. >> reporter: the president has remained mostly out of view since he landed in florida to spend the holidays, but cbs news captured him at the palm beach golf course sunday where he played for three out of the last four days. >> i feel powerless in many ways. >> reporter: mr. trump's change, of course, on covid relief is welcome news for unemployed americans like jovaun anderson. they're counting on this to pay for the rent and medical bills. >> we have to visit a lot of food banks. we have to visit -- you know, a lot of places that were giving out toys. you know, just to try to keep things normal for her. >> reporter: in exchange for signing this bill as is, the

president has only received assurances for process for reviews or possible votes. not any actual policy changes. now, the vote was already scheduled later today in the house to try to increase these payments, but last week republicans blocked a similar effort and based on the reactions we have seen to the president's signing over the past few hours it does not appear as if enough republicans have changed their mind to get the president what he's demanded. >> paula, thank you. millions of americans traveled for christmas, and millions more planned to celebrate on new year's eve. that has experts warning the worst of the pandemic is yet to come. as the total number of cases in the u.s. tops 19 million. more than 330,000 of those patients have died that means we have lost 1 of every 1,000 americans to covid this year alone. carter evans is in santa monica, california, in a county where every icu bed is full.

>> reporter: after millions of americans crossed the country and gathered over the holidays, experts are warning of another surge on top of a surge. as we get into the next few weeks, it might actually get worse. >> reporter: adding to those concerns, the spread of the new more contagious virus. it's been found in france, australia, japan and now canada. experts believe the strain is likely already here in the u.s. but dr. fauci says public health officials worldwide are monitoring the situation. >> does it make someone more ill, is it more serious virus in the sense of virulence and the answer is it doesn't appear to be that way. >> reporter: the numbers in the u.s. are already staggering. roughly 200,000 cases daily. nearly 120,000 people currently hospitalized and more than 2,000 people dying every single day. yet, there are still people

ignoring public health rules. in beverly hills, california, the famous la scala restaurant was reported to authorities by its own customers after giving out invitations to a secret indoor new year's party. it said welcome back to the '20s prohibition. the restaurant didn't respond to our request for a comment. city officials say they have contacted management. it's frustrating to frontline health care workers like vanessa walker who said that the hospitals may not be able to handle a bigger surge in the coming weeks. >> it feels like we are working hard every day trying to save lives and it's just falling on deaf ears. we will take care of you. we'll find places. we'll put you in hallways, put you in conference rooms. but ask yourself, is a bed in a conference room as good as a bed in the regular patient room? i don't think so. >> reporter: it appears vaccine distribution may be going slower than originally planned. operation warp speed originally

said it planned to vaccinate about 20 million people by the end of 2020. that's just three days from now, but according to cdc data roughly 2 million having been vaccinated so far. we are joined right now by dr. ashish jha. dr. jha, good morning. let's start with what carter just said, only 2 million vaccinations so far. they were hoping for 20 million and if enough americans are vaccinated which could return to normal by the summer. does this now throw off that timeline? >> good morning, thanks for having me on. i'm still hopeful about that timeline but there's no doubt about it that things are going a little bit more slowly than we want. i think we need to really ramp up the vaccination, get the vaccines out to states but then also get the vaccines from the states into people's arms. it's going more slowly than i think any of us would like. >> let's talk about the oxford university astrazeneca vaccine. uk media reported it would be

approved by the end of this week. what do you know about the data regarding that vaccine? >> yeah. you know, the data that's been released so far suggests that it's not quite as good as the moderna and pfizer vaccines. over the weekend, the ceo of astrazeneca came out and said, we have found a magic formula and we figured out how to make it as good. well, that's good, i love that, we want more vaccines can you show us the data, please? we don't know what the new data is he is promising. i'm hoping we'll see it this week. >> when you say not as good, what do you mean? >> well, it's just not quite as effective. it seems safe, but not as effective as the moderna and pfizer vaccines. those are both 95%. the data from astrazeneca/oxford suggests it's more like 70%. >> let's talk about the new few mutated covid strain found in the uk, france and spain and canada. are the current vaccines effective against that strain? >> two great questions, i think it's probably here.

we don't know. we're not monitoring for it in the way that the uk and other countries are. first thing we have to do is start really looking to see if that virulent is here. my hope is that the vaccines probably are going to be -- end up being effective. we have no reason to think they're not, but we should obviously verify that and test that out. >> when it comes to receiving the vaccines we know it will reduce the symptoms. i had a doctor say in california say i'm not going to die from it anymore. will it reduce the possible transmissi of it once you have the vaccine? >> yeah. that's absolutely critical question. my best guess is it will, most of the data suggests it probably will. but the data is pretty light on this. again, you know, we're learning so much about these vaccines. i expect in the next few week we'll know more. they should lower it substantially. >> dr. jha, what happens to the global rollout once astrazeneca is approved?

will it be more widely available in countries like india and other parts of asia? >> yeah, the reason i'm paying attention to astrazeneca, india has made hundreds of millions of the vaccine. if the uk to approve it this week, i expect india to approve it and other countries and a global vaccination program getting going. probably based on this vaccine. one of the reasons i'm anxious to see the data. >> dr. jha, thank you for your time. >> thank you. there are new clues this morning about a possible motive in the nashville bombing. federal authorities have identified the bomber as 63-year-old anthony quinn warner. dna evidence confirms his remains were found at the scene of the rv blast on christmas day. the vehicle exploded outside an at&t communications hub knocking out cell and wi-fi service from tennessee to alabama.

authorities say there are no other suspects and nashville is considered safe. mola lenghi is in nashville with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jericka. sources tell cbs news that investigators are looking into whether anthony quinn warner was targeting the communications infrastructure by blowing up the rv outside of the at&t building. one source says that his late father had once worked at at&t. investigators are also looking into whether he may have been influenced by online conspiracy theories into 5g technology. surveillance video captured the sheer power of the christmas morning blast which brought downtown nashville to a grinding halt. yesterday, the fbi named 63-year-old tennessee resident anthony quinn warner as the bomber. according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by cbs news,

agents found a note while searching his house which led them to the witness and they spoke to warner about a week before the bombing. and that warner gave them his car saying he had cancer and didn't need it anymore. gloves and a beanie hat were found in the car and dna was used to match the dna from the remains at the scene. >> we are still following leads but right now there is no indication that any other persons were involved. >> reporter: at least three others were injured in the blast. these six brave officers rushed to the scene that morning. saving lives. >> probably about five minutes after we were there, i would say that the timer then started counting down. >> reporter: officer tyler luellen was the first to arrive, charging into harm's way as the rv eerily played the song

"downtown" by patula clark. >> we essentially made contact with i believe six or seven apartments. and asked them to evacuate. >> the explosion happened, i is a this huge fireball in the sky. at least twice as tall as the building. >> reporter: among those rescued is noelle and jeffery rasmussen. >> so grateful that they were so insistent. i mean, if they had kind of just -- you know, walked up and down the hall and said everyone evacuate, we probably would have slept through. >> reporter: this shows officer james wells walking away seconds before the explosion. he said god told him to check on fellow officer amanda topping just down the street. >> so i turn around and i started to walk in the opposite direction. then three seconds later, boom. so, yeah, i won't shy away from that because that saved my life that's what got me to see my

kids and my wife on christmas. >> reporter: well, authorities have not yet settled on a motive. they are looking at all possibilities including credit card records which preliminarily show the purchases of chemical precursors and alarms which are the material that could have been used to create a homemade bomb. they have recovered a hard drive that may have belonged to warner. they're trying to access that, but at this point, david, they do believe that he acted alone. >> mola, how are the three people who were injured doing this morning? >> reporter: well, those injuries are said to be nonlife threatening. they are expected to be okay. we should note they were civilians. not law enforcement. they are expected to be okay. >> a bombing on christmas morning, thank you. an active duty soldier is in custody after a shooting at a bowling alley. duke webb was arrested and the

special forces sergeant is charged with killing three men ranging from age of 65 to 73. this happened at the bowling alley complex and three others were wounded including two teenagers who remember just waiting to pick up carryout food. investigators say the suspect had no known ties to the victims and so far, we don't know what the motive is. ahead, we'll ask john dickerson why the president suddenly signed a covid relief bill

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. it is 7:26. i'm michelle griego. about one hour ago, we learned actress lori loughlin was released from prison. the full house star was serving time in dublin for her role in the college admissions scandal. she had been incarcerated since october 30. tsa numbers show lots of people are still traveling for the holidays despite pleas from public health officials to stay home. people returning to san francisco and santa clara counties must quarantine for 10 days. today, oakland families and seniors are moving into a warmer dormitory. oakland purchased clifton hall at california college of the arts. funding comes from the state's project home key to help the

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>> well, it is not certain. let's take it at face value. the president's strategy seemed to have been that in this crisis moment he wanted to basically use the deadline and the high stakes, the fact that people were in danger of losing benefits, that people were really hurting, use that to get more in terms of benefits and also to cut spending. that's what he said out loud. the problem is he had no leverage. and so when he tried to use the crisis of the deadline to get leverage to get more, it didn't work at all. of course, there has been plenty of reporting that suggests also that he was throwing a kind of tantrum, angry at republican leaders for not buying his notion about a stolen election. and that he was basically causing chaos. but either way, it didn't get him anything. >> it is not clear what his strategy was. the president waited until the bill was on his desk before weighing in with criticism of his own party's demands. and i'm just trying to understand the strategy.

what are you hearing? >> well, i mean, you're right, so this -- people should remember this was patiently worked out by his own administration, by his treasury secretary. and the problem with government is that it is sometimes imperfect and sometimes you can only get half a loaf or three quarters of a loaf and it was all worked out to the best deal they could get, given the situation, and given the approaching deadline. so by coming in at the last minute, he tried to use that as leverage, but there was no leverage to be had. and it was highly ineffective and it wasted a lot of time and it is not like the stakes aren't high for all the other things on the agenda, in front of government. there was a lot to be concerned about and so this was really just a lot of wasted effort running around the mulberry bush. >> as you know, john, the president demanded that wasteful items be removed from the omnibus, which keeps the government funded. i saw you musing about this on

twitter. it struck me that the president was like a big city editor looking at the bill and red lining it. does he have the ability to even do that? >> well, important thing to know when looking at this entire drama is it is not that the goals the president had were somehow unworthy, it was the process by which he went about trying to achieve the goals that was highly ineffective, and so what ended up happening in the end is he signed a bill, the bill didn't change in the way he wanted it to, and he got out of the things he asked for. what he said is he'll be red lining the bill using something of the impoundment control act of 1974, as all americans know, and this is a real thing, it has been used not since the year 2000, but it is used in highly specific situations, and basically if you read the letter of that impoundment control act, there is no way congress is going to do what he's asking it to do. in a sense, even though what he

says is not completely made up, it essentially has no effectiveness and will do nothing to change the spending. so it is kind of a pretend thing. >> john, let me ask you about the senate runoffs in georgia. could the president's claims of election fraud, his resistance to this bill, could that potentially affect voter turnout in georgia? >> you know, it is always difficult to try to predict what voter turnout is going to look like. we learned that in the last election and we shouldn't have had to learn it again. it is always dangerous. i think what we have seen is there has been a great deal of money that has been donated, more money to the democrats than the republicans. that was true in many races this last cycle, and the republicans went ahead and won. there has been confusion, people acting on the president's behalf who say the election is stolen, telling republicans in georgia not to vote for the two senate candidates that the president is now going there for a rally. so, you don't want confusion in elections, you want people to be riled up and on your side, and one of the strongest arguments

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getting a later start, europe's health system may have an edge on actually getting shots in arms. professor scott greer is an adviser to the european observatory on health systems. >> the problem that everybody is facing is how to get -- turn a vaccine into a vaccination. how to go from having a little vial into doing some real good. and that's where a lot of the most difficult politics are going to be, but it is also an area where i think we can expect most of europe is going to be doing better than the united states by the end of january. >> reporter: in addition to pfizer, pending eu approval is moderna, and oxford astrazeneca, in all, the 27 nation block secured 2 billion doses with the goal for inoculating all adults during 2021. >> we can start traveling, meeting our friends and family again and have normal holidays which we all long for. but until then, we have to continue being careful. >> reporter: that can't come quickly enough for hardest hit

italy. coronavirus may have originated in china, but once it got a foot hold in italy, it ravaged the population. back in early march, we were there when the country served as a tragic bellwether of what was to come in the u.s. one week ago we reported around 1700 cases, that number has now quadrupled. unimaginable the number would climb to more than 15 million cases and 350,000 deaths across europe. the pace of mass vaccinations will be no match to the spread of coronavirus anytime soon. but at least the race has begun. and there is an added urgency, that new mutant virus has become the dominant strain in the uk. it spreads faster and has already been detected in parts of europe. david? >> already dominant, charlie d'agata in london, thank you. ahead, jamie yuccas looks at the stories you'll be

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nickname knucksy. he recorded close to 3,000 strikeouts. niekro played nearly all of his 24 years in the major leagues with the atlanta braves. he also played for the yankees, cleveland and toronto. but he never pitched in a world series. can you believe that? >> wow. >> niekro earned 121 wins after he turned 40, so there is hope for all of us after the age of 40. major league record, he pitched until he was 48 years old. he did die in his sleep on saturday after battling cancer. phil niekro was 81 years old. guys, seven hall of famers passed away this year. end of an era. >> you know what i thought was so interesting, he was known as a humanitarian and his family is asking that in lieu of flowers, people donate to the child advocacy center. for children who have been sexually and physically abused. >> really good heart. he learned the knuckleball from his dad in the backyard in ohio.

>> 5,404 innings. >> that's a lot of baseball. i don't know a lot about sports, but that's a lot of baseball. >> no one has ever done it. >> let's keep going here. hilaria baldwin is reacting to criticism that she's not being authentic about her spanish heritage. she went on instagram days after she was accused on twitter of pretending to be spanish. take a look. >> this is a country of a lot of different cultures. and i think that we can be different parts of ourselves with different people. and i'm somebody who i feel really lucky that i grew up with two cultures, i grew up speaking two languages, i grew up -- >> she feels she's influenced by her spanish culture and american culture that is her choice. the 36-year-old acknowledged she was born in boston, but said she spent some of her childhood in spain too. online critics called her out for saying in interviews she grew up in spain and came to the u.s. for college. others pointed to her

inconsistent spanish accent. i can tell you, i'm from minnesota, sometimes you have a glass of wine, the accent comes out. you got to give her the benefit of the doubt. >> what is fascinating to me is her agency's website states she was born in mayorca spain. i'm checking it now on my phone. >> that will probably be changing. she was born in massachusetts. >> my mom's new york accent comes out when she's pretty upset. >> have you heard that very much, jericka? >> i was going to say, how often do you hear that? >> never. soon you'll be able to visit an ancient fast food restaurant in the roman ruins of pompeii. the shop was destroyed when mount -- mountain erupted 2,000 years ago. look at the paintings. aren't they cool? they're believed to show what was served, including chicken and duck. archaeologists discovered it last year and unveiled it over the weekend. the shop will open to the public next year for viewing only.

you guys, they also found in jars traces of fish, snails, beef and pork. and only a third of the city they believe has been uncovered at this point from that volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. >> have you ever visited? have you ever been? >> you kill me with this have you been. i'm just happy to be here. >> vlad, last week we talked about it, we're taking a trip to italy next year. >> let me put out the fire. >> i like to travel. what? >> i miss it. i miss it. >> we're doing a girl's trip, right? >> absolutely. >> steph curry outdid himself the other day when he sank more than 100 three-pointers in a row during warriors practice. check this out. the two-time mvp keeps hitting shot after shot. this goes on for five minutes. so i don't know, do we want to keep watching? >> i don't think we have time. >> poetry in motion. >> we don't have five minutes. he made 105 consecutive three-point shots. he's number three on the nba's

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. it is 7:56. i'm michelle griego . we have confirmed actress lori loughlin was released from prison early this morning. the full house star was serving time in dublin for her role in the college admissions scandal. she was incarcerated on october 30. alameda county firefighters put out this garage fire early this morning. this is on nady street in san leandro. firefighters check the area and determined everyone got out safely. some free new covid testing sites are opening up today. people can drop by the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints in san bruno. in sonoma county, there will be

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♪ it is monday, december 28, 2020, 2020, welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm david begnaud. president trump finally signed the covid relief bill. the impact for millions of americans. and we will look at politics in 2021. >> in our school matters series, how a financial squeeze may put america's hbcus at risk just as their role is expanding. and queen elizabeth praises essential workers after coronavirus fierce left her to celebrate without most of her family. first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> president trump signed this bill as is, his delay results in a lapse of unemployment benefits for some americans.

they said they wanted to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2020. that's three days from now. according to cdc date roughly 2 million people have been vaccinated so far. >> i think we really need to ramp up the vaccination. get the vaccines out to states and also get the vaccines from the states into people's arms. it is going more slowly than anybody would want. investigators are looking into weather anthony quinn warner was rgt tag communications infrastructure by blowing up that rv in front of the at&t communications building. slams it home with a foul. >> it was an afternoon to forget for the l.a. clippers. >> trey burke for three. he does. >> thank you trey. >> there is your 50-point advantage. >> the clippers trailed dallas by 50 points at halftime making it the largest halftime margin in league history. >> 124-73 is the final score as dallas wins by 51.

yikes. 51 points. not good. >> uh-huh. >> gayle, tony, and anthony are off. we begin with this this morning. the newest coronavirus surge is rough enough. but experts tell uls our holiday activities could soon make it jump again. covid did not take a christmas break. the u.s. reported more than 19 million cases since the pandemic began. the death toll in this country, 333,000. more than 64,000 of them have died just this month alone. >> the cdc and other agencies encourage people to stay home for christmas but millions of americans traveled to visit family and friends. millions more could do the same for new year's eve and that is woring health experts. they say the risk of a surge upon a surge is growing. >> after days of delay, president trump has finally signed that nearly $900 billion coronavirus relief bill. later today, democrats will move to increase the package's $600 direct payment to $2,000. now, the president wants that bigger benefit, but senate republicans may not go along

with him. that means it is unclear how much money millions of americans are actually going to get. paula reid is in south florida where the president is spending the holiday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. last night the president reversed course and signed this massive coronavirus relief and government funding bill. doing association he averted a government shutdown and sent millions of dollars in aid to americans just as unemployment benefits, some of them had lapsed this weekend. and an eviction moratorium was expected to end this week. now, for days the president has been pressuring lawmakers to more than triple these payments to individuals. but while this bill was being negotiated the president was mostly on the sidelines. in his 11th hour demand angered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. on sunday lawmakers from both parties were call on him to just sign the bill as is. while he has been down here in florida the president has largely avoided cameras.

he also did so last night while signing this bill. but just a few hours before he signed it the president was retweeting his previous demand to increase these payments sending a lot of people to wonder, well, what exactly changed his mind? in a statement, the president insists lawmakers will now move on some of his priorities. that includes holding a vote to increase these payments, reviewing protections for technology companies, and looking into allegations of fraud. but these are all assurances of process, not guarantees for any kind of policy or outcome. and especially when looking at the statements that many republican lawmakers released in response to the signing, it is just not clear what if anything concrete the president actually got in he can change for this reversal. >> paula reid for us. thank you. ahead our new series looking forward to 2021. we will ask two our political regulars what to

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this morning, we are launching a new series called this morning, we are launching a new series called looking forward to dwun. everything from politics to education and travel. in less than a month joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. he will enter the white house during an unprecedented time of contributors robby mook and terry sullivan, robby, the presidential campaign manager for hillary clinton in 2016 and terry managed marco rubio's campaign that same year. good morning. good to see you both. >> good morning. >> robby, let me start with you. despite the pandemic, divided nation and voters who incorrectly claim an

illegitimate election, you say that president-elect biden once inaugurated should focus on the economy. explain that reasoning. >> yeah, absolutely. during the campaign this was really about big things, light versus dark, dividing the nation versus bringing it together, but the fact of the matter is when president biden comes into office, all the things you talked about are going to be there. it is going to be a very divisive environment and incumbent on him to focus like a laser on getting the economy working for people and, look, that's going to be a fight. we're already talking today about a vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000. and, you know, his team is so far projected that. i think that's the plan. but he's got to start to demonstrate that he has a plan that is about people's lives, that, you know, transitioning from, again, this campaign that was about much bigger symbolic matters. >> i want to bring terry in here and his final weeks in office, the president went against

congressional republicans. the same republicans who just a few weeks ago over 100 of them supported the president when it came to challenging some of those election results. what does that say about where the republican party is right now? and what do you think the president should be prioritizing? >> well, i think the president should prioritize his golf game at the moment. him staying out of the politics of it, more importantly the policy of it, is a good thing. look, the republicans in congress put together the best kind of plan they possibly could after nancy pelosi obstructing it for so long and playing politics, by keeping it from coming to a vote before the election. she didn't want to give republicans or donald trump the benefit. and now she finally agreed to and passes it as bragging about a bill that was strikingly similar to what she said would no way pass in october. i think republicans need to focus on policy. this is a rebuilding time for

them. they need to focus on the fundamentals of what it means to be a conservative. >> so, robby, the president-elect campaigned as a moderate democrat. there are some who criticize president-elect biden who are democrats and say, look, the political landscape that the president-elect knew as a senator doesn't exist anymore. for example, members of the progressive wing of the democratic party. he's seen some pushback from them. how does he do that delicate dance, that balance between the needs of the country, but also appeasing his progressive wing? >> well, he's doing that delicate dance now, you know. we have seen he's had to manage a number of opinions and a number of different wings of the party in terms of putting together his cabinet, and it is historically diverse cabinet. both in terms of representation of, you know, different groups, but also different ideologies. you know, i think the other thing to keep in mind here is right away there is going to be an engagement with the

republican senate and with mitch mcconnell. so everybody's going to be fighting on the same team. like i said, there is a vote today to increase payments from $600 to $2,000. and they're going to be more fights like that do unify the party. so i think in some ways having divided government helps to keep everybody focused on the game, to keep the party unified, in a way that just wouldn't be possible if democrats could do whatever they want. >> sorry, robby, you mentioned the cabinet. the president-elect has filled his cabinet with a lot of obama administration folks. lot o off totoo.o. this alwlwayayss h hapappens wh obama cabinet was coming together, there were a lot of clinton people in there. you have to bring in people with experience, that's one of the things that biden ran on, he wanted competent people who could handle the covid crisis, for example. but we're seeing new folks as well. in a number of posts, pete buttigieg is a good example of

that, someone who came along after the obama administration was over. and i think you'll see more as the cabinet fills out in its entirety. they haven't named all the positions yet. >> terry, very quickly, if you could, tell me what impact if any do you think the president's claims of voter fraud will have on the senate runoffs in georgia? >> well, first of all, i'd like to point out and thank robby for his confidence that republicans are going to retain the senate and thus win those seats when he talks about divided government. so thanks for being on our team, robby, i appreciate that. look, you know, i don't know that the voter fraud issue is going to play nearly as much of a role as some of the other theatrics that happened with, you know, after those two senators were very loyal to him and issued a statement supporting president trump, he pulled the rug out from underneath them on voting for this legislation. they literally had commercials in the can ready to go to take credit for this stimulus and he's out there on twitter saying

how awful abomination it is. i think that is going to do far greater damage to the republican people, republican senate candidates there. >> yeah. the president said he's going to travel to georgia to help bolster their aspirations. robby mook, terry sullivan, we appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thank you. coming up next, in our school matters series, how historically black colleges and universities are trying to overcome funding challenges with the help of some big names in the tech world. you're watching "cbs this morning."

in our school matters series, we're looking alt the important role historically black colleges and universities played in america's education system. oprah winfrey, spike lee and vice president elect kamala harris are all graduates of these institutions. the majority of hbcus were found after the civil war to provide higher education for african-americans. most u.s. schools continue to

prohibit black people from attending for a century after slavery was abolished. "cbs this morning" saturday co-host michelle miller shows us why many hbcus are seeing increases in enrollment, but still facing big funding challenges. ♪ >> reporter: at the heart of historically black colleges is the black experience. so why howard? >> we had a collective understanding that we come from different places, but we have this collective unity. >> reporter: beyond culture is curriculum. what have you seen this provide you that you don't think you would have gotten at a pwi, a predominantly white institution? >> learning about my history, learning about where we come from, before slavery. i think it is something that needs to be discussed because in regular school, we don't learn that. that's not a part of the curriculum. >> reporter: since 1867, howard university in washington, d.c.

has awarded more than 100,000 degrees, and ranks among the highest producers of the nation's black professionals. howard university president wayne frederick md. >> over the past 50 years, the number one producer of afric african-americans who went to harvard's mba program was harvard and howard. >> reporter: 50% of its black doctors and now -- >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. >> reporter: -- the first woman who happens to be black elected vice president of the united states. >> once about 400 historically black institutions or hbcus. there are about 100 left and they're the ones that survived and made it through all the tough times. >> reporter: van newkirk is the interim president of fisk

university in tennessee. >> we turn out folks like w.e.b. dubois, ida wells, john hope franklin, john lewis, a history of turning out folks who are in social justice. >> reporter: one third of hbcus expressed record increases in applications and enrollment over the past three years according to the center for minorities serving institutions. why do you think we're seeing record-breaking enrollment? >> we look at what's going on in the nation right now, issues around social justice, and racism -- >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> -- you see students coming back to hbcus, we want to move more into the mainstream and become a university that is sustainable. >> reporter: that becomes more challenging with students in need. according to the american council on education, over 70% of hbcu students have limited finances. why have so many of the hbcus

struggled financially? >> well, for two reasons. one, the black community is one of the poorest communities in america. and frankly because philanthropy. >> reporter: michael lomax of the united negro college fund says hbcus have rarely gotten large donations, resulting in endowments that are about 70% smaller than other schools. but 2020 ushered in the biggest donations in hbcu history. 120 million from netflix ceo reed hastings and half a billion from mackenzie scott, the ex-wife of jeff bezos. >> these big gifts mean that american philanthropy is beginning to see that equity and equality mean equitable giving as well. >> reporter: students tell me you can't put a price tag on what they gain at hbcus.

>> i feel like i'm getting a foundation to help develop the framework of how i'm going to live the rest of my life. >> fisk gave me confidence i could be myself in every arena. i didn't have to change who i was. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," hbcu brad and howard alum michelle miller. >> i love that. >> we're a better country because hbcus exist. >> to hear that stat, 80% of the nation's black judges, 50% of its black doctors, but then you look at the endowments, that's huge, that you don't have the samehbcus. impact of the pandemic on nzie the rest of the royal family. your local news is next. come on back.

this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning. i'm anne makovec. san ramon police say an officer fired shots at a man in a specific vehicle this morning after the suspect drove away, dragging another officer. they arrested him and santa clara county. we have confirmed actress lori loughlin was released from prison this morning. the full house star was serving time in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal. vandals damaged a sculpture in oakland that honors breonna taylor, the kentucky woman killed in a police raid last march. the creator believes it was an attack on the black lives matter movement and vows to rebuild the bust.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that we are talking about at talk of the table. vlad will start us off. >> all right. so, kids opened up plenty of toys on christmas day. here's a word of advice. hang on to those toys. hide them from your parents. hide them from your parents. here's why. this hot wheels vehicle from 1969 is believed to be the most valuable in the world. it is the beach bomb volkswagen bus and estimated to be worth as much as $150,000. >> what? >> it belongs to mr. bruce pa pascal, the bus is a rare prototype, only 50 are known to exist and it got me thinking about all of the toys, they're not really toys, they were

collectors items that i collected over the years, that my mom threw away. comic books, my comic book collection, i had some of the greatest comic books. i had the new teen titans number one, i had x-men 137, the issue of daredevil where electra dies. all in the trash. here's a side -- >> but look at you now. >> the most expensive comic book in the world is action comics number 1 from 1938 that featured the debut of superman. mom! it is worth more than $3 million. i also collected action figures, which i had to remind my father, he would say you can't play with dolls. i would say they're action figures. but even if they were dolls, dad, who cares? the most valuable action figure of all time 1963 prototype gi joe. it sold at auction for $200,000. >> i love your enthusiasm. >> this is more talk of toys than my entire childhood. >> my fellow comic book nerds will know what i'm talking about.

>> collectors items, i feel like in your -- >> it stinks to have to buy them as an adult and pay top dollar for those things when i had them when i bought them for 35 cents. >> 150 grand for a toy bus. >> gi joe was a big deal, had the real hair, the real beard. awesome. what do you got? >> to ireland, a little boy in ireland embodies the christmas spirit. back in november, 6-year-old callum thornhill heard a coronavirus vaccine was being developed. what did he do? he wrote to the vaccinemaker pfizer saying i hear you made a must vaccine for coronavirus. good job. callum went on to ask, can you please send some to the north pole for santa and his elves? well, to his surprise, little callum received this response from pfizer's ceo. and it said, i want you to know we are doing everything we can to help bring hope to people around the world. and we will make sure to take care of santa and his elves too. the ceo said letters like that from children like callum remind

them why they do what they do. >> we see so many stories of kids stepping up in the midst of this pandemic. you've been reporting all across the country, you had stories about that, of little kids stepping up. oftentimes when adults are not. >> i heard the story, it reminded me as young as callum is, they are impacted, they watch what is happening in this pandemic and they too are overcome. right? >> yeah. so many times my daughter has been, like, i can't wait until this pandemic is over and the fact that she understands pandemic and she's only 7. >> she gets it. >> yeah. >> jericka? >> many of us will ring in the new year at home, so the major networks and streaming platforms are beefing up their programming with fun ways to say good-bye. we all want to say good-bye to 2020. amazon is releasing a one hour special yearly departed that features some of the funniest women in comedy. take a listen. >> let's take a moment of silence. moment over. cynara, 2020! >> that was sarah silverman.

the special stars tiffany haddish and phoebe robinson from two dope queens delivering a eulogy for the year 2020. netflix also has a mockumentary called "death to 2020." it is made by the people who brought us "black mirror." so i'm looking forward to seeing some of all that is on tv to say good-bye. i've seen a lot of memes and people are created all kinds of videos. should be pretty interesting. >> what is a mockumentary? >> like spinal tap or best in show, see those, best in show? i don't want to be that guy about to embarrass myself. >> you don't want to ask me what movies i've seen. you would shame me for the rest of -- >> always on the road. >> you're always hard at work. >> working hard, man. don't have time for movies. >> thank you. all right, here we go. a lawsuit scheduled to go to

trial next month pits a rural california region against a city of los angeles and reigniting decades old tensions. it focuses on something we all need to survive, we take for granted, water. los angeles gets half of its water from the eastern slope of the sierra nevada. for more than a century, people have battled the city's department of water and power. over its methods and its environmental responsibility. >> and now one county claims the agency is breaking state law by withholding vital water deliveries from the valley it has always irrigated. this comes as climate change shrinks the snow pack in these mountains. in our continuing series eye on earth, jonathan vigliotti reports on a new round of water wars raging over how we share what's left. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people visit the eastern sierra to fish alone. >> reporter: on the back side of yosemite national park, water is life. for chris leonard, it is also

big business. >> we have to have lots of it for quality fishing is what it boils down to. >> reporter: what is the state of water up here right now? >> the american west, you know? whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. >> reporter: the fight playing out here is the stuff movies are made of. >> you steal water from the valley, ruin the grazing. >> reporter: the 1974 jack nicholson classic "china town" fictionalized a very real early 20th century water war, it started when william mulholland and his department of water and power or dwp built a system using gravity to deliver mountain fed water 300 miles south from this remote region to the growing but water starved city of los angeles. >> he bought the land, he imposes a rancher and bought the water rights and channeled all the water down through the owens valley. that's when the water wars really started. >> reporter: many locals claimed dwp stole the water, but to this

day, the agency owns almost 500 square miles of land up here, along with the rights to all the water that flows through it. much of it flows south to l.a., but for decades, some of it dwp diverted to irrigate ranch lands here in the valley. like the 1600 acres leased by cattle rancher matt kemp and his wife maria. how much of this is dependent on water? >> everything you see. if we don't have water to spread out here, none of this looks like it does now. you can take these if you want. >> reporter: they're one of ten ranching families who worked about 6,000 acres of irrigated land here for generations. they say that until recently, dwp would release billions of gallons of water a year to keep the fields green and the cows fed. then came a devastating five-year drought. >> and the culmination year 2015, they came to us and said, look, we're going to dry you guys up.

it was a shock. >> reporter: dwp cited the drought as the reason. but three years later, when the snow pack in the mountains had rebounded, they told the ranchers again, zero water would flow to them. >> my thought was just how are we going to make it work? how am i going to sustain this? how am i going to support my family? >> reporter: the chief of dwp's water system richard harasick points out the leases with the ranchers never guaranteed any water deliveries. but the agency is still committed to providing them. >> in 2018, there was a pretty moderate snowfall, water to be had, and yet none of it for ranchers. what happened that year? >> well, i would say nothing has changed year to year. >> reporter: except that year it did change. >> some things that don't change. number one is the process by which we determine how much water we deliver is really not an equation, it is as much art and science that goes into that. so there is no one particular thing that drives that. >> that is the origin of the water that we see in the valley. >> that's right, yeah.

>> reporter: while water is vital to ranchers, it is also critical to wildlife. >> you always want to come to where there is water. >> reporter: jora fogg is a local biologist with her eyes on a particular species. >> on the horizon i actually see some birds. >> reporter: the bistate sage grouse is a rare and unusual bird. its declining population made it a candidate for the endangered species list. all that water spread over the ranchlands has had a side benefit, an expanded habitat where these birds thrive. >> we can't just remove the water without any notice and without a plan to protect the birds. >> wildlife organizations and ranchers aren't usual allies. >> i would say that it has been really refreshing and i think we have realized how much we have in common for the place that we live and love.

>> reporter: l.a. dwp claims it has always set aside water for sage grouse habitat. >> they have always gotten water incidentally through the application of water for ranching or when water is really low will always make a priority for the sage grouse. >> reporter: we're at the mercy of really the snow melt. and then there is the recreational community, which fear a dried up landscape could drive away tourists, hikers and anglers. >> it is not just you that relies on that snow melt and the water that comes from it. los angeles. how do you compete with that? how do you compete with dwp? >> you don't. they own the land. >> reporter: some are trying to compete. in court. the lawsuit argues dwp must first do a comprehensive environmental impact review before making drastic changes to this ecosystem, like taking away water that has been provided for decades. as climb change shrinks the snow pack in the mountains up here, fights like these back down here

will likely only get worse. what is your message as you kind of watch this struggle for the water? >> pray for snow. >> reporter: pray for snow? >> pray for snow. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jonathan vigliotti, california. >> much needed. you need the water, creating these new alliances as they talk about because this leasing agreement does not guarantee water deliveries. >> we take it for granted. >> we do. and it is -- you know, i find it sort of heart breaking to hear somebody say as they did in jonathan's piece they pray for snow to get water. just let that sink in. >> you can't fight dwp. there you go. coming up next, how prince harry and meghan markle are reportedly looking to maintain their relationship with the royal family in start your new year right

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new reports suggest prince harry and his wife meghan markle are looking to extend their royal exit deal. their current arrangement saw them step back in march and move to california. the pandemic forced the entire royal family to remain apart this christmas. queen elizabeth spent the holiday in windsor for first time in 32 years, where she prays the spirit of those challenged by the coronavirus. charlie d'agata reports from london. >> reporter: in the darkest of times, this year's queen's

christmas speech marked celebration tinged with sadness. >> some mourning the loss of those dear to them, and others missing friends and family members distanced for safety. when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. >> reporter: no hug, no squeeze of the hand for the queen this year, like many a great grandmother her majesty had to forgo annual festive family gatherings, aside from a socially distanced carol service on the grounds of windsor castle earlier this month. the 94-year-old monarch and her 99-year-old husband philip are spending a quiet christmas alone at the castle. last year the queen described 2019 as quite bumpy. she had no idea what a tumultuous 2020 was about to bring. before covid came that january bombshell that shook the monarchy to its core, prince harry and meghan stepping back from royal duties, and leaving the country.

particularly this year prince harry's absence has been felt, says royal correspondent. >> i think people miss him and people feel sad he wasn't here with the rest of the royal family during coronavirus. but at the same time, he's got that freedom that he and meghan so desperately wanted. >> reporter: the couple quickly dived into charity work, focusing on those impacted by the virus. a scourge that respected no royal exemption. prince charles tested positive in march, prince william later admitted he caught it around the same time. >> the queen would have been extremely worried her next two direct heirs were both stricken down with covid. >> reporter: it didn't stop william and kate from joining the battle against the disease, where they could, even taking a royal train tour to support healthcare workers. even the queen jumped in on zoom calls to healthcare staff. >> -- being able to join you today. >> reporter: having harry around would have boosted morale, his absence felt during remembrance

day, the former soldier wanted to take part, but was left out. and the rest of the royals are said to be unhappy about the lucrative deals he and meghan have struck with netflix in an upcoming podcast on spotify. for now, there are more pressing matters than family feud, and the queen's speech ended 2020 with a message of hope. >> let the light of christmas, the spirit of selflessness, love, and above all hope guide us in the times ahead. >> reporter: something the entire world needs now more than eveverer..s morning," charlie d'agata, london. >> long live the queen. >> she looks great. >> doesn't she? >> 94 and her husband is 99. >> yeah. they're still, you know, doing what they do. exactly. just like we are. doing what we do. >> amazing too the amount of hope you get from hearing the words from the queen, people really look forward to hearing

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♪ before we go, here is one thing you can do today to live a happier, healthier life and be more productive. it is part of our partnership with gretchen rubin and her podcast happier, 2020 has clearly been extraordinarily challenging, but a new year presents an opportunity for renewal. here are some easy habits to adopt for 2021. commit to walking 20 minutes every day, and, of course, be reminded of 2020, for 21 minutes. eat healthier by keeping fruits and vegetables nearby. keep your sleep schedule consistent and plan fun mental breaks with a new hobby. >> say what you were saying before the khmer slcommercial. >> i saw on twitter, the happiest people are those who make others happy.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning. i'm anne makovec. we confirmed this morning that actress lori loughlin has been released from prison. the full house star was serving time in dublin for her role in the college admissions scandal. she was incarcerated on october 30. tsa numbers showing a lot of people still traveling for the holidays despite pleas from public health officials to stay home. people returning to san francisco and santa clara counties are required to quarantine for 10 days. today, oakland families and seniors are moving into a former dormitory. the city of oakland has purchased clifton hall at california college of the arts. funding comes from the state's project to help the homeless

during the pandemic. after a wet start to our day with those light scattered showers, you can see things are wrapping up on hi-def doppler. as we go through our afternoon, we are looking at drier weather with clearing. partly cloudy skies later on today with temperatures in the mid-50s along the coast and mid to upper 50s inland this afternoon. specific location, san francisco topping out at 56. 58 in oakland and looking at 59 for santa rosa. low pressure will be building and for us. a break tomorrow and then looking at our next weather system wednesday night into thursday morning. drier weather as we bring in 2021 and then another weather system for the weekend. have a great day.

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