let's go to garth brooks, a client of mine. we have three sold-out 100,000 person stadium shows from last year that we moved to this year. we want to do a lot more of those. 100,000 people in a football stadium with no liability protection is a class action waiting to happen. you will find 5000 people that will join a class-action. legislatively and administratively, that his family the next big issue -- that is probably the next big issue. why did i bifurcate financial relief from liability indemnity? i learned from watching what has gone on at congress for the last nine months, that we keep getting back to liability indemnity as a sticking point. i find it imperative that we resolve the financial issue first, to allow the live event industry to survive, and then we start drilling down and looking at what we can do about liability indemnity. sen. lee: there are those who say states can handle that on our own. that we don't need a federal response -- we don't need a federal standard. what is your response to that? michael: our

go to garth brooks, a client of mine. we have three sold-out 100,000 person stadium shows from last year we have moved to this year. we want to do a lot more of those. 100,000 people in a football stadium with no liability protection is a class-action waiting to happen. you will find 5000 people that will join a class-action. legislatively and administratively, that is probably the next they issue. as i tell people, why did i bifurcate financial relief from liability and and entity echo i learned from what -- and indemnity? i learned from watching what is going on in congress that we keep getting back to liability indemnity as a sticking point. i find it imperative we resolve first andial issue then we start drilling down and looking at what we can do about liability indemnity. are those whoe say states can handle that on their own. what is your response to that? >> it absolutely will not work and here is the reason. as other people have referenced today, our industry is reliant largely on what we call a tour, which is wh

. >>> this sunday country music stars garth brooks and tricia yearwood will celebrate the holiday seasonert special. danya bacchus spoke to the couple about what we can expect. >> reporter: garth brooks and trisha yearwood have been making music together for decades and they're hoping this year their music has the power to heal. >> everybody is tired of covid. everybody wants to be done with it, but we're not done, so our job is to say here is how we can be together and be apart, stay diligent, stay at home. >> reporter: the country music power couple is hosting a live holiday special on cbs from their home recording studio with no set list they are taking requests through the social media #garthandtrishalive. >> getting some participation, you're accepting requests from people who want to hear certain songs. how are you navigating all of that? >> we're not. we have no idea what we're doing. we have a rough list of about 15,000. >> they say in that space you can do somewhere between 12, 15 songs. i have 12 or 15 trisha yearwood songs i'm going to ask her to do. >> reporter: even though t

. >>> garth brooks returning to cbs sunday night. there will be a special live performance.is will come together on stage. >>> how one bay area woman's >>> even though the gates to the park is expanding the experience online. we spoke to kimberly miller, the executive director. we asked about the parks virtual offerings . >> we are busy creating content. this is from activities into downloading activities. there is also celebrity storytime. we have some of our local celebrities reading stories to children. we have topic childhood time. >> reporter: the park has been open for 70 years. tell us about the adjustments you have had to make this year due to the pandemic. >> many of us have had to do a mountain of adjustments. we were closed from march until october. much of that time was figuring out when we will open. we wanted to create an online experience. that is exciting. we push to open and we wanted to open safely. this is for families to spend recreational time outside, safely. we want great things to do for the little ones. of course, as we approach winter we are closed

>>> garth brooks has a song about you can get through anything pretty much and kelly reveals to garth what song of his got her through her divorce. you can watch kelly clarkson at 3:00 this afternoon on nbc bay area news. >>> take a look at this video. a man on the wing of a plane that was about to depart. this happened over the weekend at a las vegas airport. police say the man managed to get on to the wing of an alaskan airlines plane heading to portland, oregon. passengers say he got comfortable taking off his shoes and socks. police say he was on the wing for nearly 45 minutes before he slipped down on to the tarmac where he was later arrested. it's still not clear how he got on the tarmac. >>> new census data sheds new light how many people are struggling to make it in the bay. in october more than 1 in 5 californians had little to no confidence in their ability to pay their november rent. other data shows landlords are struggling too. apartment owners in parts of the bay area are seeing 20% higher vacancy rates. meanwhile, the cost of rent is down 25% lower. >>> now to the dread

i'm like how is garth brooks going to go sit -- >> i know how he's going to do it, because he loves him why he's going to do it. >> amen. >> amen, amen. >> garth, i want to ask you real quick about charley pride because i know you recorded a song with him in september and you were old friends. i'm sure it's a very big loss. a very big loss to country music. but what's your favorite remembrance of charley pride? >> i just think the fact that he's never going to go away. that's what i love about charley pride. when i think about the greats like haggard, jones, wynette, they don't go away, because we were all raised on them. this is one of those guys that you loved and worshipped. once you met him, you loved and worshipped him even more. he's just one of those rare guys that i'll always see his face, always hear his voice and he'll live in me forever. >> that's a beautiful thing to do. trisha, there's one other thing that i'm very jealous about you, you're a very good cook. so you're a good cook, i'm a good eater. i would love to come to your house for dinner with you cooking and me sittin

we speak with star performers garth brooks and trisha yearwood. watch kpix.com or the app. >>> we take a look at the roadways now. pretty easy commute overall. it's friday light with delays on our bay area bridges. it looks like a beautiful. day. here's mary. >>> it's a cold and clear start to our day morning lows in the 30s and 40s. mostly sunny and the mid to upper 50s and 60s. that's the case through the weekend. friends, happy friday to you. enjoy the sunshine. back to you. >> we will enjoy the sunshine. i the can tell you lynx i have enjoyed your glasses today. very clark kent. >> thank you. i need the s on the chest. ty can see the future with these bad boys. i tell you that. i predict a nice weekend for everybody. have a good one. >> you know everything. have a good one. ♪ >>> good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, december 18th, 2020. christmas seven days away. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. a second covid vaccine may be just hours away from approval. how it could

. >>> country music singers garth brooks and tricia year wood will return to cbs on sunday for a special be performing songs live by request from their home recording studio. gianna got to chat with them this week and asked them what it was like working together. >> i feel pretty lucky because i get to sing with a seven time entertainer of the year who is a great singer, great guitar player. we have worked together so long that we just know. i feel like it's just such a good flow back and forth. it's so much more fun than singing by yourself to have somebody that you love and trust up there with you that you know's got you. i am looking forward to it. >> yeah. it's so much fun. my job is pretty easy. if it gets sticky, if it gets oh gosh i am panicking, i turn it over to my wife. she always has something. it's fun. it's a no kind of pressure full of pressure situation. >> such a cute couple and super talented. watch garth and tricia live, a holiday concert event sunday at 8:00 p.m. on kpix5. >>> the time is 5:50. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, brave athletes takin

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. >>> and country music power couple garth brooks and trisha yearwood talked to us about celebratings of marriage. . >>> and remember we want to bring you good news happening in the bay area. just go to kpix.com/topping. you can send your story ideas to together at cbs.com. >>> and coming up today on the drew barrymore store, drew shares never before seen moment wa . >>> i'm emily turner marin, specific. while there's a lot to celebrate about the vaccine there's unfortunately a negative side to all of this and that is that we have not yet hit the full holiday rush. here at marin general and all of the hospitals in marin county. they have hit capacity at their. >>announcer: cu. what that means is that their rates in the county are really high. four times higher than they were just one month ago and just yesterday, the county announced that all of its fully staffed icu beds are full. 12 12á of those are coronavirus cases. there are 29 total beds, also yesterday the health department announced that two more deaths have been linked to the coronavirus in marin bring that total death toll

. >>> and country music power couple garth brooks and trisha yearwood joins cbs tonight, performing songs live by request from their home studio. >> a holiday concert event. airs live tonight at 8:00 right >>> coronavirus vaccines are largely untested in kids, but that soon may change with the help of the uc davis primate research lab. researchers are testing some of the vaccines in infant monkeys. this species of monkeys has played a vital role in spreading viruses such as hi have, and zika. now they will help find a coronavirus vaccine for kids. the monkeys who have a similar immune system as humans already received two doses. >> it looks very promising. if we see the vaccine is safe and we see it will be good, this could help guide and hopefully speed up the start of similar tryouts in human children. we could break the cycle of transmission in the local community. >> well the team in touch with regulatory agencies in preparation for human trials. >>> well, the show will go on at the san francisco opera next year and virtually, of course. the company is streaming three of their past pe