thank you for watching kpix5 news this morning. don't forget the news ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, december 29th, 2020. i'm jericka duncan with david begnaud and adriana diaz. the coronavirus vaccine reaches nursing homes nationwide as a doctor in one hard-hit area says we're in a viral tsunami. we take you to california where there is talk of rationing hospital care. >> the house of representatives approves a larger one-time covid relief payment that president trump wants. and then endorses a defense spending bill that he vetoed. why senators now face tough choices. dramatic police video shows the chaos of the christmas day bombing in nashville. the latest on the search for the bomb bomber's motive. and a white woman tackles a black teenager in a hotel lobby claiming he took her cell phone.

but she was wrong. the growing backlash over another confrontation caught on camera. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> let's not mistake donald trump as the guy who is fighting for $2,000 check. the only thing he's fighting for right now is a good round of golf. >> the house passed a measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000. >> the increase was one of the president's demands. >> i worried this whopping $463 billion won't do what's needed. >> the house also voted to override president trump's veto of the defense policy bill. the senate also has to vote to override. >> we need the defense bill. we need to give our military a pay raise. we need the cybersecurity funding in that bill. >> dramatic police body camera video shows the moments before, during and after a bomb deton e detonated in downtown nashville. >> president-elect joe biden says his incoming administration is dealing with obstruction from

current political leadership. >> right now, we just aren't getting all the information that we need. >> boeing 737 max is set to carry u.s. passengers. >> the faa grounded them after two deadly crashes. >> all that -- >> a quick way to get over christmas. >> someone pushing a christmas tree right out the window. >> and all that matters. >> what you got? >> nothing. >> and this viral video, you can see siblings in alabama are not too happy about the lumps of coal they got. but that frown turned upside down when his parents revealed their actual presents. >> on "cbs this morning." >> continue to throw. continue to complete. it's diggs. stays on his feet into the end zone. touchdown, buffalo! >> josh allen and stefon diggs had monster nights. the bills win 38-9 and sweep the patriots for the first time since 1999.

>> hey, mama. hey grandma. hey! >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> go, bills. 12-3. >> so exciting to see them still excited about it. professional players but still like, hey, mom. >> absolutely. big deal. any thoughts, david? >> lumps of coal on christmas morning. i'd never forget that. >> that could be traumatizing. >> what? >> i think so, too. >> but the parents probably had a good laugh. nice to be with you ladies. gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are off. the coronavirus pandemic and the rush to vaccinate the people who are most at risk in hospitals and long-term care facilities. the cdc says more than 11 million doses of the vaccine have been shipped in the u.s. but, get this, only about 2 million people have actually been vaccinated so far. that's far fewer than the trump

administration intended by the end of the year. >> hospitals are treating more than 121,000 covid patients this morning. and that is a new record. california is one of the states where the virus is out of control and later today, strict lockdown orders are expected to be extended in that state. carter evans is in mapasadena. >> huntington hospital behind me has treated nearly 1500 covid patients here since the start of the pandemic and patient numbers are only expected to raise after the holiday season. in fact, governor gavin newsom now warning hospitalizations could double in the next month. california's battered hospitals are bracing for another coronavirus surge after the holidays. in hard-hit los angeles county, icus are completely full. and about 600 people test positive every hour. >> i think we're now in a viral

tsunami. >> dr. robert farley is an epidemiologist. >> the people we're seeing in the hospital now, is that still the thanksgiving surge? >> yes, that's the reality of it. we're still in for a big viral wildfire. we have this light at the end of the tunnel. the vaccine that's coming. what's happening is this tunnel is looking uglier and uglier every day. >> reporter: a demand for that vaccine is evident across the country. hundreds of seniors lined up for hours to get vaccinated at a florida community center on monday. and in new york, the owner of a network of urgent care clinics was ordered to return 2300 doses of the moderna vaccine after allegations that it fraudulently gave the vaccine to people who weren't supposed to get it. in a statement, the clinic said it's cooperating with authorities and provided information about its compliance with the department of health procedures. >> if you violate the law on these vaccinations, we will find out, and you will be prosecuted. >> reporter: 48 states are now

sending the first doses of the vaccine to some long-term care facilities, including the life care center of kirkland, the first nursing home in the country to experience a covid outbreak in late february of this year. greg and laura roberts are nurses at river valley care center in northern california. they say they were hesitant to take the vaccine until the virus killed their 44-year-old daughter charity. >> she had the respiratory arrest and she had a heart attack. her kidneys shut down. and her liver failed. all at the same time. i'll be honest. i was on the fence about the vaccines. i'll be first in line. everybody can stand and watch. >> reporter: to give you a sense of how dire the situation is, here at huntington hospital, they released a document preparing patients for the possibility that they may have to ration care if the situation continues to deteriorate. now if that happens, a panel would decide who gets treatment

and who doesn't. >> rationing care in the united states. carter, thank you. we're joined by dr. atu atul gawande from brigham and women's hospital. he's also a member of president-elect biden's coronavirus advisory board. good morning, dr. gawande. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> doctor, so far we've vaccinated 2 million people or at least they've received that first dose. that sounds like a big number but we're behind schedule. "operation warp speed" wanted to vaccinate 20 million people by this time, by the end of the year. what will the incoming biden administration do, not just to catch up, but to go faster? >> there's going to be a ton to do, and we still don't have all the information that's required to understand where the bottlenecks are. if there are ingredient shortages to make the vaccines, then we will invoke the defense production act, if necessary to

generate the ingredients needed. if this is a problem of distribution, then we're going to need to understand where the bottlenecks purpose there's so many steps along the way that are critical, and the reality is it's one administration at a time but, come january 20th, i think the biden administration will be much more transparent and clear about where the challenges are and what the opportunities are and how we're going to solve them. >> there are still a lot of unknowns from your perspective, bt the hhs secretary alex azar said that by june of 2021, anyone who wants to be vaccinated should be able to be vaccinated. do you think that is still a realistic timeline? >> i am worried about overpromising on when things are going to be able to be back to normal. you have to build in that there are going to be hitches in this process and we're already seeing it in the first couple of weeks getting started. i think the realistic picture is to expect that it could be fall

before things are really -- enough people are being vaccinated that we're getting back to normal. and that it might be summer before the general public is really accessing the vaccine. the biden administration will do everything possible to accelerate this process, but i think we have to be straight with people. we've been consistently underestimating the virus and overpromising what will be accomplished. and that has to change. >> talking about astrazeneca, that vaccine has been making a lot of news. the uk is expected to approve it any day now. initial data said it was less effective than the pfizer and moderna vaccines. now astrazeneca saying it's just as effective. how unusual to see a change in efficacy like that? >> it's confusing, to be honest. there were early reports were that there were two different doses. one that wasn't as effective as another, sch which was at 90%. now they have a 90% effective dose regimen.

that's possible. this is a reputable oxford group created the group and astrazeneca is a reputable pharmaceutical company, but at this point, we really have to see the data to trust that this is true. and it would be a huge boon to have a third vaccine available. especially one -- this one is one-tenth the cost of current vaccines. >> dr. atul gawande, thank you. the senate meets today under pressure to give millions of americans $2,000 in covid relief instead of $600. the house has overwhelmingly approved the measure that president trump demanded and president-elect joe biden supports. for the first time, the house also overwrote a viee veto. paula reid is following the esident in florida. good morning to you. >> good morning. jericka, congress is moving

unusually fast to get this assistance to americans who have been hurt by the pandemic. meanwhile, president-elect joe biden is accusing the trump administration of withholding critical national security information. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: with one hurdle cleared in the hour, president trump and speaker pelosi rarely on the same page, are calling on reluctant republicans in the senate to get on board and more than triple the $600 in covid relief payments to struggling americans. >> republicans have a choice. vote for this legislation or vote to deny the american people the bigger paychecks they need. >> reporter: but passage in the senate is uncertain. with the $2,000 stimulus checks inflatsing the covid assistance in this round north of a trillion dollars. most of the president's republican allies have no interest in increasing spending on this. senate minority leader chuck schumer call on the president to persuade them. >> he talked about it.

now he's got to act. people need the money. >> yeas are 322. the nays are 87. >> reporter: in a scathing bipartisan rebuke, the house overrode mr. trump's veto of a more than $740 billion defense spending bill. the president had objected to several unrelated items, including the fact that lawmakers would not curtail legal protections for social media companies and the president also opposed the renaming of some military bases honoring confederate leaders. >> this vote is about supporting our troops and defending america. while not perfect, this bill does a good job of advancing both. and should be supported. >> reporter: meanwhile, president-elect joe biden is accusing the trump administration of obstructing the transition by intentionally withholding critical information, including matters of national security.

>> we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. it's nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility. >> reporter: the defense department insists that its efforts have already surpassed those of recent administrations, and it says it will continue to schedule meetings throughout the transition. when it comes to the defense bill or those stimulus checks, all of that heads to the senate today where the key player is, as always, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. but he has not signaled what he intends to do. but congress needs to act before the new congress is sworn in on sunday. david? >> paula, thank you. new video out of nashville, continue t tennessee showing the moment the bmb went on on christmas day. this is police camera video. the officer in the video was helping to clear the streets when an rv exploded. the footage also shows the chaos that followed what is now known

to be a suicide bombing. they revealed some of the suspect's actions. mola lenghi is in nashville. >> reporter: the fbi is piecing together who the suspected bomber was before the explosion. prior to the christmas morning blast that injured three people, anthony warner deeded his house to someone and gave someone else his car telling them he had cancer. the fbi is investigating warner's medical records to see if that's true. david rausch is director of the tennessee bureau of investigation. >> clearly, there had to be some precipitating event that caused the action. >> reporter: newly released police body cam footage shows the eerie scene before the bombing as a warning message plays from the rv. >> that's so weird. that's like something out of a movie. >> like "the purge"? >> yes. >> reporter: moments later -- the rv explodes. then officers begin guiding bystanders away from the scene. >> are you guys okay?

where is your car? >> go to your car. >> authorities are also combing through the 63-year-old's credit card records which appear to show purchases of security alarms and chemical precursors, material possibly used to make a homemade bomb. rick lived near werner for nearly a decade and spoke with the suspect four days before the bombing. >> i asked him, is santa going to bring you anything good for christmas and he smiled and he said, oh, yeah. i'm going to be famous. nashville and the world will never forget me. >> reporter: the neighbor there said that it always seemed that warner was a reclurks that he never got close to any other neighbors. officials here in nashville have been trying to reassure the public the city is safe, there are no lingering threats out there. the fbi says it appears warner acted alone. a columbus, ohio, police officer who killed a black man a week ago has been fired.

adam coy was found at fault in a disciplinary hearing yesterday for not giving aid to the man he shot. 47-year-old andre hill died in a local hospital. the city issued a statement saying in part, coy's actions do not live up to the oath of a columbus police officer. hill's family and their attorney told us the firing is the first step in getting justice. >> it's not fair that there are so many procedures when it's clearly on video, the whole world sees it. they're all murderers. >> reporter: speaking out about the black men and women killed by police before her father andre hill, karissa hill says her family is not the same since former columbus police officer adam coy shot her dad three days before christmas. according to police, coy, a 17-year veteran and another officer, were responding to a nonemergency call regarding a car that had been running on and off in front of a house. body camera footage released by the city shows hill walking out of a garage, holding a cell

phone in one hand before being shot by coy. >> i feel like if that cop would have gave my dad a chance, he'd still be here. >> reporter: both officers did not activate their body cameras prior to the shooting. but an automatic record feature captured 60 seconds of video before and leading up to the shooting. >> hands out to the side, now! >> reporter: hill also went more than six minutes without any aid after being shot. a violation of departmental policy. hill's sister michelle hairston. >> i believe he possibly could have been saved if they would have went and applied pressure and called medics. >> george floyd was supposed to be the turning point where we saw these killings come down. >> reporter: according to records, since the day after george floyd's death back in may, more than 100 black people have been killed by the police. >> and what is so ironic is the

fact that andre hill was wearing a black lives matter shirt and had george floyd on it when he was shot and killed by these police officers. >> reporter: and the police chief there in columbus adding when he became the chief, he wanted the core values to include accountability. ahead -- the boeing 737 max jet is taking flight in the u.s. again after major safety upgrades. kris van cleave will show us what's changed. >> we're on board a 737 max. it's set to resume passenger service today. but the work to get it ready to fly has been going on for weeks. we'll tell you about that coming up.

we have much more news ahead including an update on lori loughlin. what's next after serving time in prison in the college

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welcome back to cbs this morning. the manhattan district attorney's office says it's investigating a physical confrontation between a white woman and a black teenager caught on camera. keyon harold took this video in the lobby of a new york city hotel. it shows the woman tackling the teenager after accusing him of taking her cell phone, which he did not do. the confrontation is drawing comparisons to other recent false accusations against black people. nicki battiste is at the arla hotel. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the hotel says it did call the police after the incident about the woman's conduct and the nypd confirms harold has filed a harassment complaint. the hotel also admits more could have been done to de-escalate

the dispute. >> that's mine. >> are you kidding me? >> reporter: musician said he and his son had just exited the elevator when they were confronted by this unidentified woman in the hotel lobby. >> this lady was, you know, irate and, you know, literally just suggested that my son had somehow acquired her cell phone, which is, you know, ridiculous. we literally have never seen this lady. >> in the video the woman continues to accuse the teen of having her iphone and a person who identifies themselves as the manager. >> i'm the manager of the hotel. >> i don't care. >> they never asked any questions. they demanded his phone, which is ridiculous. my son is 14 years old. he has the right to have his phone and he also has the right not to show it. >> get on. >> let's go. >> reporter: as harold and his son leave the lobby, the woman follows them. he says she then scratched him on his hand and tackled and grabbed his son. >> give me my phone back.

i cannot -- i want my phone. >> get your -- >> reporter: harold said he was told by the hotel that the woman's phone was returned by an uber driver shortly thereafter. ben crumb is calling on the manhattan district attorney to charge the woman with battery and assault. >> this is implicit bias that so many people have, it needs to stop. >> there's an african-american man threatening my life. >> seven months ago amy cooper calling 911 on bird watcher christian cooper highlighting -- >> please send the cops immediately. >> harold said his son is traumatized but he shared the video to shed light on the incidents. >> the story of so many other people wrongly accused so well. so i feel like it just needs to be dealt with in this country so we can have a fair shot. >> reporter: in a statement the hotel said it was deeply

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7:38 local time. welcome back to "cbs this morning." today passengers are going to board the 737 max jet for the first time in nearly two years. it was grounded back in march of 2019 after two deadly crashes overseas which killed 346 people. now the faa has required a

series of changes and new training before it could fly again. kris van cleave got a look at it and shows why some families want the max to stay grounded. >> reporter: the 737 max is grounded no more. this morning american airlines flight 718 will be the nation's first regularly scheduled max flight to take off since march 2019. college student ryan ewing who runs airline geeks will be flying. >> i've never flown this. >> why be on the first one? >> it's a novelty. >> reporter: brazilian carrier gold became the first to resume passenger service this month. american plans to start slow with a trip from miami to new york and back. max flights will be identified at booking and passengers can change to another aircraft without a fee. we took a demo flight earlier this month.

>> slowly gives people more flexibility if they don't want to fly it and if they do, they can fly it. >> reporter: the return to service comes after a lengthy review after a review that mandated a series of design changes, software updates and additional pilot training. >> reporter: weeks before the first passenger flight work has been going on around the clock here in tulsa. this is where all of the upgrades and the maintenance work on the 737 max is happening to get the plane back in the air. it is thousands of man hours per airplane. we watched as mechanics installed the software updates in the cockpit. eric olan is working on it. is it safe and ready to fly? >> absolutely. we wouldn't let it leave. my family's flown on it and we'll flay on it again and we're excited to be on board again. >> reporter: not everyone is excited about the max taking off

again. a flyers rights group sued to stall it. families remain unconvinced it's safe. >> especially right now. it's just really hard. brittney riffel was 7 months pregnant when her husband and friend died. >> almost like you're walking around on egg shells trying to remain calm. you just pray that the plane is safe and that this isn't going to happen to another family. it's a pretty horrific thing to go through constantly. >> reporter: with the nation watching, the max will fly first for american and next year alaska, southwest and united. for "cbs this morning," kris van cleave, tulsa, oklahoma. >> you can understand why people have their reservations but it's good to see the changes they've made. >> as much as we fly, straight talk, i am very nervous about flying that aircraft but i like that they'll identify it's a max and let you change if you don't feel comfortable. >> the question is how long you

have that option for. that might be something they roll it out for and we'll forget. intellectually i know it's been made safer but emotionally -- >> especially for those families. >> something to overcome. exactly. straight ahead, jamie

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always great to see jamie yuccas filling in nor vlad. you have some tough the first . the head of indiana university health hospital is taking heat for saying a black doctor who died of covid-19 may have intimidated her nursing team. dr. seuss san moore posted this seven-minute video on facebook detailing her stay in the hospital. it has been posted a lot of places. she claims she had to beg for proper medical treatment because of her race. take a listen. >> you have to show proof that you have something wrong with you in order for you to get the

medicine. i put forth and i maintain if i was white, i wouldn't have to go through that. >> she talks a lot about how she was in tremendous pain. she was asking for certain drugs and the doctor, she said in her drugs, treated her like a drug addict. dr. moore died at a different hospital two weeks later. in a statement iu health ceo dennis murphy said he is sadened bid her death. moore could have intimidated her nurses with her knowledge. he promises an investigation and concerned his staff may not have shown the level of compassion they strive for. i think what's interesting, even when you take in wealth, education, insurance statistics, black patients often receive worse medical care and face worse outcomes according to many different studies. >> jamie, it's nothing new and it's very sad. in 2016 the new england journal of medicine attributed unequal treatment in part to enduring

racial cultural believes and practices. adriana, you did a study showing people not wanting to get vaccinated because of the history. >> studies have shown that black patients, their pain is underestimated. you know, we did a story with serena williams where she talked about that. what's interesting, if you have a doctor who's a patient, intimidation is a little odd. if anything, you might give them vip treatment. all patients should be treated the same. >> they should but they're not. >> the word intimidation is unusual. >> many people talking about that. many peers saying this demonstrates some bias. we'll see what happens in the course of the hospital investigation here. moving onto the next one. we have video of a restaurant owner venting at a los angeles county health inspector. he was hit with two $500 fines last week. the inspector reported that two of his customers were dining outside. now outdoor and indoor dining are against the law in l.a. county right now.

romans says thetruck to block t inspector in. romans is doing all he can to comply with the state's current restrictions. he's saying he's running out of cash and doesn't know how much longer he can stay open. i live in los angeles county, i have friends who own restaurants and this has been such a tough time for them. especially when they close outdoor dining. it's takeout only. when you hear they went and sat on a bench, i've done that with my friends, six feet apart, wear a mask, do the best you can to socialize. started a go fund me account. about $13,000 this morning. that will only allow him to operate for about a week longer. >> businesses are desperate. that's probably why he blocked in the inspector which he shouldn't have done but the desperation is real. they have been left alone with no government help for a year. >> i talked to a restaurant

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. good morning. it's 7:56. hospitals are preparing for another holiday surge. in the bay area icu capacity is around 9%. in san joaquin and southern california it's full. the governor said that some regional stay at home orders will likely be extended as early as today. sonoma county residents and staff at senior care facilities are scheduled to begin receiving doses of a coronavirus vaccine today. the county is also experiencing a surge in cases. and the aquirium is helping the fight against coronavirus. they lent an ultra cold freezer to the medical center. it'll be used to store the

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if you choose to drink, choose a sober way to go. go safely, california. it is tuesday, december 29th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm david begnaud with jericka duncan and adriana diaz. more covid vaccine is here but nurses need help. how the hospital care for patients. >> the pabdemic reveals how schools are falling short and teaching many students. we look at potential solutions in our series, looking forward to 2021. and we meet an air force staff sergeant who uses old uniforms to create a handcrafted salute to her fellow servicemen and women, but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. california governor gavin newsom warns that hospitalizations could double in the next month.

it could be fall before before things are really, enough people are being vaccinated that we're getting back to normal and it might be summer before the general public is really accessing the vaccine. >> reporter: congress is moving unusually fast to get this assistance to americans who have been hurt by the pandemic. officials in nashville have been trying to reassure the city is safe, that there are no lingering threats out there. a columbus, ohio, police officer who killed a black man a week ago has been fired. adam coy was at fault in a disciplinary hearing yesterday for not giving aid to the man he shot. >> reporter: what could be worse than standing outside when the air is negative 4 degrees? how about swimming when it's negative 4 degrees? >> oh! it's cold in siberia but that's not stopping locals. >> they put on their tiny, tiny bathing suits, warmed up a little, took their dip. >> but with smiles on their faces dressed like santa. they're having fun. >> i don't know. it's kind of cool.

>> when i was in beijing, they actually do this in beijing. i did a story about it. it's apparently good for your system, gets the blood running as you can imagine. i wouldn't do it. >> not me. no, thank you. gayle, tony, anthony are off this morning. we thank you for joining us. the drive to protect as many people as possible from coronavirus could soon get a boost from two more vaccines. first, the oxford astrazeneca vaccine reportedly could be rolled out in brittain next week after it gets official approval there. that move is expected within the next few days. there's another vaccine from novavax that is going into large late stage study in the u.s. after delays that were caused by manufacturing issues. vice president-elect kamala harris and her husband are planning to get their shots today. california has strict stay yat home orders. the state is over run with covid patients and icus and some areas are actually full. the record-breaking covid surge is straining our health care system again, and we have

seen three times more patients hospitalized in the past two months than we had the entire first wave of the pandemic. experts say vaccines cannot help overstretched hospitals right now. many facilities are searching all over the u.s. to find nurses to fill staff shortages. senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula spoke with a travel nurse who sacrifices time with her young children to save the lives on front lines. >> reporter: at this hospital in boise, idaho, nearly 25% of patients have covid and the increase of sick patients is overwhelming the hospital staff. >> we're getting hit pretty hard in the recent weeks. every day it seems like we're getting more and more patients. >> reporter: cory albe is an covid unit intensive care nurse and supervisor at st. alphonses. she says that hospital staff and nurses are testing positive for covid. >> it doesn't seem from contact tracing that it's coming from the hospital setting. a lot of them are gatherings outside of the hospital, but

it's putting a strain on the work force. >> staffing is the biggest issue. >> reporter: in california, governor gavin newsom announced the state needs to hire 3,000 temporary contracted medical workers to help with increasing icu hospitalization rates, and over 2,400 miles away in new jersey, more than 170 employees at three hospitals have contracted covid-19, causing staffing shortages. as coronavirus cases continue to rise, hospitals across the country are urgently in need of travel nurses who work on temporary contracts for higher fees. >> it's certainly a really intense demand environment. >> reporter: april hanson is the executive vice president for aya laelt care health care, an agency that recruits and deploys travel nurses. as of this week, requests in 50 states and over 29,242 requests for travel nurses. >> when i look at our job counts from the haegt of the first wave this spring and i look at where we're at today, we are seeing more than double the demand. we certainly saw more of a

geographic concentration at the beginning of the pandemic. what happened sort of into the movement to the second wave is that it's more dispersed. so widespread demand. >> it 12:30 and our er is full. >> reporter: 32-year-old laura catolo is a travel nurse and has been on the road for months hitting hot spots, from hard-hit new york in april to arizona in july and now in green bay, wisconsin. what are you seeing in terms of staffing and shortages at your current work location? >> the staff get sick, so they have to quarantine appropriately, and then additionally the community gets sick. so we have a swell of patients and then we have a shortage of staff. so we come in to try and create a buffer so that these nurses have some down time. >> reporter: catolo says being a travel nurse comes with tradeoffs, especially as a mom of two young kids, but she says even with the risks, she wants to set an example for her children. did you ever question becoming a travel nurse?

>> i don't know how history will remember me, but i don't know if that matters as much as how my children will remember me and what i can do for them. >> reporter: for "cbs morning news" i'm dr. tara narula. >> they are the front line heroes. i can tell you for traveling this country in the last eight months covering the coronavirus. so many members of the staff are infected with the virus or they're out sick because they were exposed to someone who was infected. >> that's at least 14 days. >> exactly. in a lot of rural areas, ladies, are relying on the military to actually come in and help. >> the thing is, you can jigger a bed, you can put people in the hallway, which we shouldn't have to do but we're doing, but you can't create a nurse. >> that's right. that's right. a lot of them coming out of retirement like my mother who's come out, give injections, do what she can as close to the front line as possible. >> thank you, mama begnaud. >> always on the front line. many questions remain. do you guys have questions about the coronavirus vaccine or the projected holiday surge in cases? our dr. jon lapook will answer

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a female saudi arabian actress who pushed for women's rights to drive and enjoy other basic freedoms was sentenced to nearly six years in prison yesterday.

saudi arabia's justice system charged her under the country's antiterrorism laws accusing her offage gi stating for change and pursuing a foreign agenda. holly williams is following the case against the woman challenging the country's powerful male leadership. . >> reporter: she took on the government by taking the wheel. she was arrested in 2018, ironically just weeks before saudi arabia's crown prince mohamed bin salman finally gave women permission to drive, the last country in the world to do so. she told us her sister's real crime was questioning the all powerful saudi regime and said she was tortured, including with ee electrocution. >> she thought she was going to die and they were threatening her to kill her and to rape her.

>> reporter: a saudi court said there was no evidence of torture but her family says it was supervised by this man, sa saub elcatani. he allegedly directed the 2018 murder of jamal khashoggi, a saudi journalist who angered the authorities. we've been reporting on saudi women fighting for their rights since 2014 as well as the hard liners who tried to stop women driving. >> it is going to affect the harmony, tranquility of the saudi nation. >> reporter: with time served and a partially suspended sentence, she could be released in three months, but her brother said she'll appeal the conviction. >> the moment she saw the verdict she started crying because of the fact that she has been labeled as a terrorist basically. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," holly williams,

london. >> now that driving is legal for women, you would think they would have never sentenced her to begin with. the world is watching and mohamed bin salman talks about how much progress they're making, but this is a really big deal. >> i'm inspired by her. keep fighting. keep fighting. keep pushing. >> hopefully she gets out soon. >> amen. up next, looking forward to 2021. how schools can operate safely and how the new covid relief package might help teachers and students. you're watching "cbs this morning."

in our series looking forward to 2021, we're taking a wide-ranging look at what we can expect next year, everything from politics, travel, education. the pandemic has exposed dramatic inequalities in the american public school system. there's a report by common sense media that says an estimated 15 to 16 million k-12 students live in homes with poor or no

internet connection or don't have adequate devices for proper remote learning. randy whitegarden is president of the american federation of teachers, the union representing 1.7 million teachers. randi, good to see you. >> it's great to see you, david. i hope you're safe. >> i am, and you too. let's start with the vaccine. so front line workers are receiving it now. when do you think teachers will be next to receive? >> well, you know, we're hopeful that after health care workers and nursing home patients and staff, that teachers will be next in line, you know, with other essential workers. we pushed the cdc for that over the course of the last few months. we'd love to see, you know, school opening and vaccines align together. we're concerned that, you know, the trump administration did not get out as many vaccines as they said that they would and that that's one more thing that's

going to be left for the biden administration and we're, you know, hopeful -- we're glad that president-elect biden said yesterday that he would use the defense production act to get more vaccine, you know, to people. but i do think that we can re-open in-person learning once one tackles this current surge without waiting for everyone to get vaccinated. i think we can, you know, use testing as a key early warning measure because we need to re-open our school buildings and keep people safe. >> jericka duncan here. we know $54 billion of that coronavirus relief package is going to schools, k-12. where do you think that money needs to be spent? especially after hearing 15 to 16 million k-12 students don't even have access to internet or poor internet? going back to the vaccine, do

you think teachers should be mandated to take it? >> look, i've -- so, first off, jericka, please call me randi. only my students call me ms. wi winegarth ten. >> i appreciate it. david's laughing. the bottom line is this. let me get to the mandate issue. right now in america you have to create -- you know, truth is earned and trust is -- trust is earned, i wish truth was obvious. trust is earned so we have to show people that the vaccine is credible and it's real. so i would put that issue about whether you mandate it off to the side for a second. i want to see 100% of educators take it and i want to see 100% of kids take it as soon as it

is -- you know, as soon as it's been proven effective. dr. fauci has said that we need 80 to 90% of people taking it for us to create herd immunity, but there's no -- there's so many fights in america right now, we don't need to have that fight right now and, frankly, there's a lot of history of distrust in communities of color about vaccines and so let's actually create the trust. and so that's -- but in terms of schooling itself and the money, we had been pushing for state and federal funds, which frankly state and local funds fund basically half of schooling. so the fact that the federal -- the fact that the republicans and mr. trump refused to do that means that there's still a huge hole. does 54 billion go a long way? of course it does, but let's measure it against what the cdc

has said finally that it costs to get the safeguards in and they say it costs about $400 a student. so if you're thinking about what schools need, and i'm sorry it's a laundry list, but like when i came to "cbs this morning," everybody is doing the same thing. it's physical distancing, it's everybody's wearing their ppear their masks. it's good ventilation or good cleaning and on top of that testing, which is a really important early warning system that will help us reopen schools. that kind of package of safeguards costs money. >> randi, let's talk about roadblocks and priorities with the biden administration, right? your organization endorsed president-elect biden. you campaigned for the senate candidates in georgia. have you spoken to the biden administration about what you'd like to see as some of the first things to tackle, such as kids having interne, especially those -- >> yes. yes, i have.

frankly, you know, we -- you know, so we've spoken to them. i've written about a blueprint in november and in december about what we need, but it is a sin, david, that 16 million kids do not have internet. we're a year into this pandemic and, frankly, what all kids need is high speed internet. so in suburbs and cities across the country, high speed internet exists, but it costs money. and kids and their parents should get it for free. and it shouldn't have taken a pandemic for that to happen. so there's son money in the new covid relief bill, but we need more and we need -- one more thing i would say, we need something like the tva that roosevelt did for electrification, we need a broadband push in rural areas. >> randi, thank you. i'm told we are out of time. good to see you.

happy new year. >> you, too, david. a mission of a . g. it's 8:25. the san francisco supervisor is introducing a new proposal to try to save the city's night life. it aims to provide supple mental income to local venue that have struggled to stay going since the start of the pandemic. a free pop up coronavirus testing site opens today. you can stop by mitchell park library on middle field road starting at ten. testing will be available there on january 5th. and the or ind a theater is letting people put up their own messages. they will stay up for at least two days and cost $75. the theater was forced to close in march and they hope to raise enough money to help stay

going. the traffic center as we hit the roadways. it's a pretty fine ride for the most part. live look at the golden gate bridge. most of your ride out of marin has been quiet. even north of there, santa ro, sa. everything has been clear this morning. same goes for your commute out of the south bay. if you are on the other end northbound toward the 682, only eight minutes. clear and cold conditions as we kick off the last tuesday of 2020. chilly temperatures in the 30's and 40's this morning with patchy follow and frost. dry for today and most of wednesday and then light rain returns wednesday night into thursday morning. checking daytime highs upper 50's to low 60's this afternoon. again, light rain wednesday night into thursday morning, dry as we end 2020 in start your new year right

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♪ welcome back to cbs. the talk of the table this morning. >> i've got a good one, especially if you're a taco bell fan. even if you're not. taco bell worker got a huge tip from his community in south daytona, florida. they call him taco bell joe. he was given a check for $6095. that's joe decissio. he works the drive through. customers say he brightens their day and remembers names. he's 70 years old and has worked at the restaurant for nearly 20 years. the money came from a fundraising effort on facebook when joe was voted the favorite employee by a landslide on a

facebook group that spotlights local restaurants, especially at this time. the woman who organized this told us everyone needs to know taco bell joe is such a kind, gentle and angel on earth. there was some video of him. he teared up and cried. he takes his job seriously and he sees his job as one to bring some light to people as they come through. >> i love that. >> the big check, too. you know? just to make it extra festive. >> $6,000. this year, 2020, has changed our vocabulary, wouldn't you say? a lot of words and phrases that became popular and common. they include us have said these pandemics -- that was where the words started, with the pandemic. maybe you're muted, doom scrolling and zoom bombing. >> what's doom scrolling? >> doom scrolling, i knew you'd

ask, i looked it up, it is the act of consuming a large quantity of negative online news. guilty. >> me as well. >> guilty. just sitting there scrolling. >> you can't help it though. that's what we do. constantly looking at these news feeds and a lot of it is negative. >> doo v vaccinene iss far. tatakeke a l looook a att this. the zip code for chicago's near north side has the most people vaccinated with nearly 1300. what's interesting is that section of the city is 70% white with a median income of almost $107,000. >> interesting. >> meanwhile, fewer than 100 people have been vaccinated in the near south side. that area is nearly 93% black

with a median income of around $40,000. now the chicago sent times said the trend is health care workers showing up to get vaccinated while those in minority communities are not as much. what's critical here, we're dealing with a controlled pool of people getting vaccinated. these are all health care workers and there's vaccine hesitancy among health care workers. i've heard about this from doctor friends who have colleagues who are waiting and seeing. one of the hospitals on the far south side, rowsland community hospital, they've only vaccinated about 50 people. and they say their health care workers are taking a wait and see. not only do we have to overcome this hesitancy among the general population, but this isn't people who may not know about the vaccine, these are health care workers that also are, you know, skeptical. >> which is why you have those teams, too, the push to try to

let people know that this is safe. >> exactly. >> yeah. well, moving on. the continuing fight for social justice is leading many americans to try and better understand our nation's often painful past. it is also giving new life to community efforts to preserve black cemeteries. really excited about the story. congress is considering legislation that would create a database of burial sites and provide funding to research and protect them. this could bolster cemetery restoration projects across the country, including one from cbs news producer rodney hawkins who we know and love. he is embarking on a journey to reclaim his family legacy. >> reporter: deep in the piney woods of east texas beneath this roughly 200-year-old overgrown cemetery is my history in part of america's past. >> i had to work the fields. i had to pick cotton.

>> reporter: if you didn't grow up in slavery, why were you picking cotton? >> my dad, that's what he did for making a living for the family. >> reporter: granny was born in 1946 on a share cropping farm. her parents, mitch and ola curl raised 12 children in this home on their more than 100 acres. we still own most of the land. what would you think of their parents think of us, their legacy, coming back and still appreciating us? >> you know what, i think they would be so proud. >> reporter: not far from our property, we found our family cemetery in disarray. it's tragic to see this cemetery in this state. as painful as it can be to uncover the past, it's important, my ancestors, our ancestors, are honored. >> it needs a lot of work. >> reporter: my cousins want to make sure that happens. >> i've been through chemo, radiation. in 2016 i had a stroke.

death has hit me right in the face. we all need to think about how we want our family to not forget us. >> reporter: what goes through your mind thinking that possibly the legacy of this cemetery may have been forgotten? >> that's why i'm talking to you. you're the young generation and my kids, we have to make them aware of the history before us. >> reporter: that importance is not lost on me, particularly this year as a journalist revisiting the 1921 race massacre and covering stories of heartbreaking loss. we had to reclaim this cemetery to not lose our history. the state officially registered it this summer with the help of archie risin. >> it's ugly history but it's necessary we talk about it. >> reporter: he's devoted his retirement to restoring historically black cemeteries. why are you getting emotional?

>> i'm connected, myself to my past. my people, my black folks came through there. some, they tell me -- >> reporter: he says some want to forget the pain and shame of this country's past. >> when slaves were here, they knew the pain of our ancestors. the biggest thing on their minds was survival. >> reporter: i was introduced to perky bisel. a history professor at steven f. lawson who works to preserve cemeteries. >> it will soak up the water. >> reporter: they joined us to start the restoration, a year-long project. >> this was well done. >> reporter: she says the simple tombstone for my great, great-grandfather was great. >> it has more than at rest with all of the symbols.

>> this is a true sign to anybody walking by, this is an important person. >> reporter: that importance hit my granny. >> little emotional. >> reporter: every memorial day they cleaned up the cemetery, but she hadn't been back here in over 40 years. >> you don't think when you're growing up the value of what your parents are teaching you until you look back and it's wonderful. >> reporter: now that you're able to reflect and see what all they had and the little that they made -- >> yes. >> reporter: -- out of nothing. we're restoring this old cemetery. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: to show gratitude to those that came before us. >> it has a name. >> reporter: oh, my god. as we unravel their history waiting just beneath the surface. for "cbs this morning," rodney hawkins, texas. why are you getting so emotional? i'm connecting myself to my past

and a lot of people, a lot of black people in particular can't always do that. >> it's so important he's doing this work, honoring our ancestors. rodney is a colleague and friend of all of ours. we're so proud of him. he said he has leads on who the descendents of his ancestor's slave owners might be who are living right now. definitely more to come to this story i'm sure. >> first of all, well told. second of all, i hope this inspires other people, rodney, thanks to your story, to go look into their family's past as well. >> i think it will. look forward to seeing more of that. ontoday's "cbs this morning" podcast, check out rodney's family's story. how service members are

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and honoring her colleagues with her creations using a commonly used military item. she started a company out of her home that turns old uniforms into patriotic wreaths. she's lifting spirits one wreath at a time. nicole pompey is using her hobby to bring military careers full circle. she is the founder of wreaths by nicole, which was started unintentionally after posing a picture of an early creation to facebook. >> i was like, hey, ladies. what do you think? 20 females were like, i need one. i was like, oh, not intending to sell these but okay. and my mom was like, all right. let's go. i've got some fabric. we'll cut stuff before you leave. let's do this. >> reporter: she fabricates the wreaths using old military uniforms sent in from around the country and some with plenty of history. >> when they're old uniforms, i

cut these up from 1946, i was like, oh, i don't want to cut that. oh, my god. history. but i did it. exactly. i want to put a lot of care into it when i make it. the uniform, i respect it so much so i want to make sure it's a good quality product that's going to bring meaning and like be worth its money and be worth its time. >> reporter: you put your soul into it? >> yeah. exactly. exactly. i love it. i love seeing the reactions of people. i made up a slogan, wreaths by nicole, making moms cry since 2020. >> reporter: their impact is being felt around the country. retired master sargeant matt law gifted one to a friend and fellow service member. >> okay. >> she pulled it out of the gift bag and she was flabbergasted by

it because it had her name on it, her rank. it was the uniform and seeing how much that it meant to her to see a symbol of what she has done through her career, something that symbolizes her service, her dedication, it made me feel really good. and without nicole coming up with this idea, it never would have came to fruition. >> i can't get enough of the reactions of people when they receive their wreaths and it's really hard waeartwarming to kn made this thing that caused someone to react in a heart felt way. i watched that video. she was beyond words. tears started falling down her face. i was like, that's why i do it. >> she's doing a great job. >> she is. it's a lot of work but she said

she does it and she's getting requests. she's still fulfilling them because of that reaction. the requests that mean the most to her are from the families of fallen soldiers, have their uniforms, send them to her. she's holding that piece of history, the uniform that person wore. >> that's a great gift idea. >> she couldn't have done it without her mom who's a certified craft queen. mom helped her get started. while we're feeling good. one more thing. a neighborhood's touching thank you to a ups driver for his two de service to the community. bay area homeowners,

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one more thing before we go, a michigan neighborhood wanted to show a ups driver how much he's meant to them for his 20 years of service. they posted signs thanking mr. bruce black for the joy that he has brought for everyone in his iconic brown delivery truck. one person said mr. black goes above and beyond hand delivering packages to neighbors who are sick and helping dig cars out of the snow. >> oh, wow. >> during the winter. mr. black says he loves driving his truck and serving his community. mr. black, we tip our hats, our

pens, our masks to you. >> in the neighborhood, it's just wonderful. you can't beat my job. you can't beat it. i love the nature of the job. >> oh, and we love you. the residents -- one resident told our kalamazoo, michigan, affiliate he's more than a delivery driver, he's part of the community. everyone is grateful for him. look at that face. >> this pandemic has helped us recognize the people that are keeping our community glued together. it's so nice to see this kind of tribute. >> it is. so important to say thank you. >> and if you can, tip people like that. you know, just like random little tips. my brother gave me a challenge. he gave me $100 for christmas. this is not yours. i want you to give 20s to random people. >> you have to pay it forward? >> that's game on. >> that's a good thing. >> that's fun. >> i like that. we should come up with a challenge here for us. >> h'm. i'm challenged out.

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. for the most part all our freeways have been fairly quiet. if you are out the door, out and about, maybe an essential worker or delivery driver you should be okay on the freeways for now. taking a look at the east bay travel times a lot of green with no delays. 13 minutes. south 880. it is a chilly start to the day with the clear skies, patchy fog and patchy frost out there. dry for today, catching a break from the rain. most of wednesday, light rain returns wednesday night into thursday morning. checking the daytime highs, upper 50's to low 60's with mostly sunny skies. light rain. a dry start to 2021 and rain chances as we look to

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