the officer is heard getting a good laugh out of the situation. >> mrs. claus is in the driver's seat right there causing trouble. in the spirit of the season, the officer let the jolly couple go with just a warning. let's just say santa used his escape clause. >> oh no, it's a dad joke. >> got out of a ticket. >> note to self, keep mrs. claus's costume in the car if i get pulled up. it's not going to be as effective in july, right? >> you've got one of those ready to go? >> i will now. she got out of a ticket. it's worth taking. >>> coming up, melissa joan hart takes a break from producing directing and starring in lifetime christmas movies to talk to "world news now." >>> plus, caught on camera, a man on the wing of an airliner. we'll tell you how he got there. >>> and remembering a country music legend. charlie pride dying of covid just a month after appearing on the cma awards. what we're learning about that night, next. ♪ kiss an angel good morning and let he ♪ kiss an angel good morning and let her know you think about her when you're gone ♪ >>> that's ch

translation: i really liked mrs claus' hug, it was warm and nice, i liked it a lot.have been more than 6.5 million registered coronavirus cases and thousands of people have lost their jobs, meaning fatima's work is all the more welcome. translation: i hope that days will come in next year we can hug more, that we can feel that human warmth, because we need it. it's not just the families who are enjoying the benefits of the festive ingenuity. translation: i feel great as well, because of the pandemic, today was the first time i hug someone since february. the coronavirus means this will be a holiday season like no other. but with a bit of creativity, the virus hopefully won't get in the way of christmas cheer. tom rada, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. return and the eu are continuing to talk about the deal following talks between borisjohnson deal following talks between boris johnson and ursula deal following talks between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen. both sides say large gaps remain between them. that is it from me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm

and, of course mrs. claus keeps a very close eye on santa. will will.ctually my he question, san be that, what does mrs. claus do while you are doing all this work? do you sneak her along sometimes? does she scoot over and join you on some of this? >> well, no, actually mrs. claus has completed her work when santa has returned home safely. but, up until that point, santa is not a business than. but, mrs. claus, she makes sure that everything that santa is committed to doing gets done. she also managing the elves and the reindeer. santa could not function without mrs. claus. many. griff: that's great. nicole: no truer statement. it. griff: i just have one more question for you, santa. that is my god daughter lily groce. shared with me last night a plan devised. a three-point plan it will designed to catch you? did she catch you? have you ever been caught by any of the children the device plans to catch you in the act? >> it has never happened and it never will because one of the secrets is that rudolph, the red-nosed rai reindeer, his noss not only a bee

parents drove up and children got special gifts from santa and mrs. claus, a $50 target gift card. about 340 kids were able to get in on the early holiday cheer. joining us now is a safe and warm and dry, and i guess if you go outside tomorrow it's not going to be quite that way. >> depends on where you are. you might get a little bit of the rain or a lot of it. but hey, we need the rain, so it's a welcome sight. appreciated your video reporting of the rain when you saw it. let's talk about the timing of all of this. beautiful views over san jose, we had a cool, cloudy afternoon, it was comfortable. but the rain tapered off quite nicely this afternoon. you can see out ahead we still have plenty of moisture on the way. this is going to arrive in the form of a cold front. as we head into later tonight into the overnight hours, it's going to push southward into the early morning hours on saturday, which is why we have our radar doppler up and ready to scan as the next system makes its way in. let's look at the hour by hour outlook. we have more rain again overnight. by about 5:00, 6:0

abc7 news was at first covenant church in oakland, along red wood road with santa and mrs. claus herself, the effort was put together by city team that had 400 families registered for help this the holiday season. the goal was to get enough toys this year for more than 1100 children. and the show must go on, even in the middle of a pandemic. ♪ this is super impressive. the san francisco girls chorus put on a virtual holiday p.m. answer today. thanks to current and past members. now, usually they would be performing live at davie's symphony hall, but not this year, this year's show had an island flare, featuring music from the caribbean and the philippines. work started on this performance all the way back in september and members recorded individual videos for the production. >> we are talking about more than 400 videos that we put together in one piece. it's amazing to see that. it's very impressive. again, a way to gather the community. >> her background looking tropical there. some of the performers are as young as four years old. >> all right, drew is joining us with a look a

. >> well, gosh, i hope mrs. claus got one, too, because she's also in the age bracket.o offense, lady. >>> the san jose sharks getting ready to wrap up more than nine months away from the action. this time things will be different. the new disclosure is about some players being infected during their time away. >>> people in parts of hawaii are being told to stay inside after a volcano eruption on kilauea. the national weather service is warning people about falling ash from the volcano. excessive exposure can cause eye and respiratory inflammation. around eight earthquakes happened within hours of the eruption. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't

>> reporter: featuring kurt russell as santa claus and his real-life partner, goldie hawn, as mrs. claus the forest elves in 312 a.d. >> the star protects us and keeps us hidden. >> they've been together almost 40 years. they can finish each other's sentences. as a result of that, they bring to the set a tremendous amount of chemistry between the two of them. >> reporter: with columbus' new movie, nods to some of his greatest hits. from harry potter -- >> i wanted to open santa's village in the same way i dealt with hol warts in harry potter. if we walk onto the set for the first time, it was the biggest set i've ever been on, including the potter sets. this was bigger than the great hall. >> reporter: to "home alone." >> i am trying to get home to my 8-year-old son. >> you see all of these little "home alone" tributes whe tribu intentional? >> i swear to you i wasn't aware of any of that until the day i got to the set. it's because it's subconsciously somewhere in my brain. it wasn't intentional. >> reporter: what is intentional is the thread that runs through all of columbus' holiday f

the fan—powered glider was left dangling from the electricity lines for several hours before mr claushen he heads out later this year. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. the next couple of days, we are going to hold onto this north—south divide with northern areas seeing the colder, drier, brighter weather with some sunshine, a few showers, wintry on the hills. further south, it will continue to be fairly mild, but rather cloudy and wet thanks to low pressure nearby. this is the pressure chart as we head on into tuesday. we still have this weather front straddling southern areas, further north, though, we have got higher pressure. so, here, plenty of sunshine for northern ireland, scotland, much of northern england, midlands and into north wales. more cloud, though, across the south of the country, some spots of rain at times, and here it will be milder. further north, it's going to be another chilly one with temperatures into single digits, some of these showers could be wintry on the hills because of the temperatures b

this is the team, every year she dresses up as mrs claus, hanging —— handing out gifts and hugs to childrenecially sanitised curtain. translation: i really liked her hug, it was warm and nice, i liked it a lot. brazil has been hit particularly hard by the virus stop there have been more than 6.5 million registered coronavirus cases and thousands of people have lost theirjobs, meaning fatima was my work is all the more welcome. translation: i hope that days will come in next year we can hug more, that we can feel that human warmth as we need it. it's not just human warmth as we need it. it's notjust the human warmth as we need it. it's not just the families who are enjoying the benefits of the festive ingenuity. translation: i feel great as well, because of the pandemic, today was the first time i hug someone today was the first time i hug someone since february. the coronavirus means this will be a holiday season like no other. but with a bit of creativity, the virus hopefully won't get in the way of christmas cheer. that is it. this is bbc news. hello. in comparison to recent mornings, thu

bravo to mrs claus. i will see you in a couple of minutes. hello there.how it looked earlier on in abersoch in west wales, a fairly typical scene, i have to say. there was a little bit of brightness. that was the north east of scotland before the end of the day. but on the satellite picture, you can see extensive cloud and plenty more where that came from. and actually, this developing stripe of cloud here has been bringing some rain into western areas, and that rain will continue to push its way eastwards through the evening and overnight. some of that rain will be pretty heavy. behind it, still a lot of cloud, some clear spells, but also some heavy showers. these could even contain the odd rumble of thunder across parts of wales and south west england. not a cold night, certainly not for the time of year, with lows of between 4—9 degrees. so, tomorrow morning, we'll start off with this band of rain across eastern areas. across eastern england, the rain should tend to move away, but i think it'll stay across the eastern side of scotland. some quite persi

and this week we learned a small town georgia couple dressed as santa and mrs. claused with dozens of children only to test positive days later. remember the warnings before thanksgiving? lots of people still traveled and we got a surge because of it. so is there a safe holiday gathering this year? let's discuss now with the assistant professor of exposure assessment science at harvard and the author of "healthy buildings." also, dr. griggs, pediatric surgeon at massachusetts general hospital. i was just commenting on the break we love having both of you on because you know so much. so thank you for joining us. dr. griggs, i must start with you. we are so close to having vaccines widely distributed but the next two months could see things get worse, get really much worse. what is the best way for people to stay safe this holiday season? >> you know, it's such an important inflection point in the pandemic at this stage because we're seeing a lot of really hopeful, optimistic imagery of health care workers getting their vaccines but it is right at this point where if pe

but what we do is in the morning we have mrs. claus, santa claus, the whole thing.switch to birthday in the afternoon. >> we have to. last year i blew it. he told me last year i blew it. >> jimmy: do you think he gets as many gifts as he would get if his birthday was in june? >> i do, because we compensate. >> jimmy: you do. >> we have the guilt of having to splish them both on one day. he's are lovely problems to have. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: how is the homeschooling going? you have a few kids, right? >> three, yeah. we've been homeschooling for a long time. people really didn't want to know about it, and it sounded daunting, which it is. then once the pandemic happened, my phone started ringing off the hook. people saying, tell me a little bit more about this thing you do. >> jimmy: i've heard of unschooling but i don't know what it is, exactly. >> for us -- it's different for everyone. for us it's child led. not in that we're asking them to be parentified or lead the way. we create opportunities for them to learn, little pods of paint, otherwise, and we follow the

i thought santa wasn't supposed to be scary but thiske is a whole new world, and in 2020, mr. claushan be nice. we have video highlights to prove20 it. my favorite part is the beginning where the michigan governor appears to read herhe name off the prompter. >> thank you for joining us, i'm governor gretchen whitmer. and i'm really excited. >> i'm in my workshop with all my elves. we all are masked up and social distancing. >> yeah. >> is the coronavirus at the north pole? >> everyone has tested negative. we are still getting tested.rt i think we are so far up north it might not be getting s to us but we are not going to take any chances. social distance. wash your hands, and make sure you wear your masks when you're outside your home. >> and another way to stay safe during the holiday is to stay home but call your grandparents and your cousins and your family. it's the safest way to tellou the people you love how much you care about them. >> is it comforting to learn that santa and the elves are masked up and social distancing and there is no covid at the north pole yet, tucker? i

skiing because mr. clausrow for christmas afternoon, continues into saturday, and then another system comes in sunday >>> coming >>> coming up, "gma" helping heroes, the three young men raising money and serving dinner to the health care workers on the night shift. ♪ we will survive ♪ we are warriors ♪ and we're stronger that's why we're alive ♪ we're alive ♪ e stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calling a someone you love who's stuck inside, you're giving them a smile... great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? whoa! my old hairstyle grew back. so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. you just saw some of the amazing health care heroes helping fight covid-19 on the front lines. this morning we have three

soon after that event, santa and mrs. claus tested positive. covid-19 stinks.kers and others are getting coronavirus vaccine shots, coronavirus vaccine shots during the second day of the massive nationwide immunization effort. when you roll up your sleeve to get your shot, you may be giving up some or a piece of your privacy. tonight, correspondent mark meredith explains what kind of data is actually being collect collected. >> as millions of americans wait to be vaccinated, the private sector faces a new challenge. ensuring people can prove they are not a health risk when they returned to work, travel, or go to a concert. >> might not be able to travel into a foreign country without showing certification of vaccination. it's going to become a part of the norm. >> it's and if raising red flags for privacy experts. >> data, once it's out there, can never come back. it's because the state federal government is already collecting data in the months ahead, experts believe more private companies may require more people to verify they have had their shots. >> we have

abc7 news was at first covenant church in oakland with santa and mrs. claus0 families registered for help this holiday season. the goal was to get enough toys for more than 1,10 children. >>> we know many bay area restaurants are having to pivot this holiday season. meal kits are becoming a new business strategy. that's because during what would normally be a really busy time for them, bay area restaurants can only offer takeout and delivery. the economy is something that we are focused on as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. luz pena spoke to restaurant owners. >> reporter: we are five days from christmas, and if you don't feel like cooking, say hello to the holiday meal. this is what many restaurants are doing to stay alive. >> short rib holidays kit for two. it's a braised, bone in short rib. >> reporter: the family meal is a new business strategy that came out of necessity. >> laid off, you know, more than half our staff. we went down to the skeleton crew of just management and the core guys who helped us open. and without these kits and wit

screen or text and why eat donate one word to 2, 6, 9, 8, 9, to give to a bay area food c >>and mrs. claus got out of some hot water with police in texas for a broken tail light on their convertible slay happened in freeport texas outside of houston. take a look. >>police released a video today the causes were in a vintage m g convertible the freeport police department wrote on facebook officer willard was so excited to see the big man that he let him go with a warning and he said merry christmas everybody. a puppy whose owners saved him from the jaws of an alligator in florida was recently made a member of the lee county sheriff's department deputy dogs program gunner is just 4 months old he's a cavalier king charles spaniel he was rescued from an alligator attack in october when his owner jumped into a pond to save them. gunner was officially deputized as a member of the lee county sheriff's department deputy dogs program this week. do you swear. >>it's a pair of the constitutional or after the lee county sheriff's office going okay, it's a big day the detective now okay. there we go. >>

the staff at the aqua rio aquarium in rio de janeiro are dressing up as santa and mrs. claus feeding shanks and sting ways. they will be doing this every day until the 25th to bring extra christmas cheer to visitors. >> i'm wondering why i can't go to the aquarium. >> kumasi -- >> i know that's rude. >> i'm glad you said it first. >> good for them. >> imagine going somewhere. >> right? great. >>> coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. >>> and paying it forward during the pandemic. how a coffee shot mission in minneapolis attracted donors from all over the country to create an unbreakable streak. >>> now more than ever, it's important to keep yourself and your community safe. stay at home, and if you must go out, wear a mask. we'll get through >>> if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. the first americans will be injected today with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. 145 hospitals nationwide are preparing to receive shipments today. 2.9 million doses will be shipped this week. >>> number two, the bay area is on the verge of receiving its first

, because he is one of the older age groups but santa claus is immune to this virus and we had a brief chat with him, and he is doing very well. mrst now. that's they are busy right now. that's the official word from the world health organization. much more on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. hello. tuesday will be one of the quieter weather days of the week. there'll still be some showers around, but fewer than we had on monday. more places staying dry and getting to see some occasional sunshine. still windy, though not as windy as it was on monday. low pressure still close by, this brisk south—westerly flow with sunshine and showers. here comes the next area of low pressure for wednesday, which will not be one of the quieter weather days of the week, as we'll see. but this is how tuesday's starting, a little bit cooler than monday morning, many of us dry with some early sunshine. showers, though, mostly in the west initially and still some heavy ones. the sun will push further east during the day on the breeze but be very hit—and—miss across eastern areas. and whilst for many of

the fan—powered glider was left dangling from the electricity lines for several hours before mr clausfe and well and they'll make sure he uses his reindeer when he heads out later this week. i thought he was meant to have gps. more on everything on the website. let me know how you are getting on it. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. please do stay with us. good evening. we'll all be in chilly air by the time we hit christmas, but for the time being tonight, bit of a north—south split continuing. where we saw the best of the brightness today across parts of scotland, northern ireland, this is where we'll see a frost develop for a while. head further south, the grey skies we saw in southern parts of england and wales, though cloudy conditions develop more widely, bringing rain. and it's rain which could become a problem again over the next 36 hours, particularly for england and wales, and in these areas marked in darker blue on our rainfall accumulation charts, maybe 40—70 mm of rain possible falling on saturated ground. river

but in the era of covid, even a casual run—in with mr and mrs claus can be cause for concern. parade and photo—op. the couple didn't know they were sick at the time, but as it turns out, they may have been spreading more than just christmas cheer. yeah, that was bad luck. so, father christmas, if you are watching this from the north pole — we don't know how good the television signal is up there — please don't forget to wear your mask this year. do not catch and pass on any zoo diseases from anymore species! one per year! that is not on my christmas list. on my christmas list isa christmas list. on my christmas list is a week away from washington. almost anywhere in the world would do, ijust need to get out of town at some point. it's been a long year. see you in a bit. good evening. unsettled and mild are the two words that sum up the weather really for the rest of this week. we've had some showers around through the day on tuesday and this is how we ended the day in york — bit of patchy cloud here and there. through the course of tonight, things are going to be turning incre

>> i bet you've never seen a mr. claus on a surfboard in florida. >> i saw him surf!d who was surfing? >> santa claus! >> the 11th annual surfing santas event in cocoa beach went on despite the pandemic but in much smaller numbers p. it's all about making memories. >> making memories. dressing fun. having a good time in florida. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> it's christmas all over the world today. welcome to "cbs this morning." you see we have decked the halls. merry christmas to you. happy holidays to you and your family. don't they mean something different to you this year, christmas decorations? >> they do. i look at this -- >> a different appreciation this year. >> it's amazing how much when the decorations went up, my whole spirits lifted. they do every year but especially this year. >> i feel that, too. >> particularly different for me but i turned 40 yesterday so -- >> that's nothing. >> so i'm 40 at the time people are going to be watching this, but as we're about to say, we recorded parts o

there is also a mrs. claus, susan mesko. e santas learn to answer the tough questions. >> if the child says, i am worried that, you know, my grandma just died and i want her to come back from heaven. santa will go into discussing that with the child but then talk to them, well, grandma was wonderful. what was her favorite cookie? back to happier memories. >> santa was based on st. nicholas from third century turkey who is believed to be dark skinned. a bit of history. santa james knuckles shares with kids. >> how do you answer r when chilildren say, b but santa, yo black? >> i answer the question by telling whoever that santa is not black or white or any other complexion or ethnic group. i'm the image of a spirit. i am a b black santa. is that all right? >> i think it's cocool. >> reporter: tristiana is 8 years old. >> did you know that? you are very smart. >> i have a little thing in my room and it says i am smart, i am beautiful, i will believe in myself. >> reporter: santa isn't the only one giving gifts. ron is giving all

we don't have santa claus and mrs. clause this year because of covid.e have the elves giving out candy canes on friday and saturday and sunday. >> wow. >> you are doing a great job. we want to see your holly lights and decorations. you can email your pictures and videos to bayareabrightspots@kpix.com or use the # kpix right spots on does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does. new immune twenty-four hour plus has longer lasting vitamin c. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. only from nature's bounty. >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> thanks for watching. the news continue streaming on cbsn bay area. - [announcer] the following program is sponsored by food for the poor. - [voiceover] it's so difficult to look at my children who are so hungry and i can't give them food. - [child voiceover] i'm scared because the trucks aren't careful. the other day, i saw a little boy get killed. - [voiceover] i have a child who doesn't even have

we don't have santa claus and mrs. clause this year because of covid.out candy canes on friday and saturday and sunday. >> wow. >> you are doing a great job. we want to see your holly lights and decorations. you can email your pictures and videos to bayareabrightspots@kpix.com or use the # kpix right spots on ♪ we're going to find the perfect tree. we're going skating. we're going to nana's. wherever you go this holiday, chevy can help you get there. which is why we're making our chevy... ...employee discount available to everyone. the chevy price you pay... ...is what we pay. not a cent more. so wherever you go, happy holidays from chevy. use the chevy employee discount for everyone to get over six thousand eight hundred dollars below msrp on this equinox. get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> thanks for watching. the news continue streaming on cbsn bay area. captioning sponsored by cbs >> a british tabloid is reporting an explosive scene on the u.k. set of actor tom cruise's new movie "m

. >> reporter: the staff members dressed as santa claus and mrs. clause.lminated with the lighting of the trees. >> i spoke with the family members. they were excited to come out and participate in an event so we can be safe and they can be with their loved ones. >> reporter: the families were distanced. clean doors, the outdoor event was more meaningful this year. early on during the pandemic, residents were quarantined, and unable to eat it together or see families for months. >> when i was quarantined, that was not much fun. we weather threat. >> reporter: outdoor and indoor visits and common areas are now allowed, things to weekly covid 19 testing for residents and staff. the results are available within 24 hours. a similar method that is used by professional sports teams. no residents has tested positive for covid 19 yet. one staff member did three weeks ago, testing detected it quickly and the virus did not spread. >> none of us expected to be quarantined for so long when we found out about the pandemic. as time has gone on, it is really hard to not

of the older age groups but i can tell you that santa claus is immune to this virus and we had a brief chat with him and he is doing very well. mrs official word from the world health organization stop joe biden from the world health organization stopjoe biden has been formally certified as the next president of the united states. results from electoral colleges taking him over the 270 threshold required to bring in the presidency. he said the result confirmed what he called the strength and resilience of oui’ the strength and resilience of our democracy but he did directly reference mr trump's attem pts directly reference mr trump's atte m pts to directly reference mr trump's attempts to overturn the result. thank you very much for watching. hello. tuesday will be one of the quieter weather days of the week. there'll still be some showers around, but fewer than we had on monday. more places staying dry and getting to see some occasional sunshine. still windy, though not as windy as it was on monday. low pressure still close by, this brisk south—westerly flow with sunshine and showers. here comes the next area of low pressure for

mr. smith. let me rephrase the question. how you going to keep general purna and santa claus happy at the same time? >> sure. some of our trucks said fed ex ground, some said fed ex express. you ship time destination critical shipments like vaccines. our ground system is where the bulk of your christmas presents and most of the online commerce serves that we've seen. that is who is out there delivering that. so running discrete networks gives us the focus and the ability to make the vaccines a priority. secondly, you touched on our tracking and monitoring solution. this is the most -- this is our patented, the latest and greatest in positive control. gives us real time visibility to every shipment we pick up. so our carriers will affix these tags to every box. the priority alert agents will be in a 24/7 , 365 command center based on traditional scan data and the real-time data. even more importantly than that is what we call fed ex surround. its a new platform that we launched in collaboration with microsoft. it uses that da da that we generate to give us predictive analytics. so if that package is in danger

mr. grincncncncnc no guns. not even a nerf gun. note. if your dad wants to get it for you, that's fine. what else would you like? [inaudible] jesse: radical left santa clausing him a nerf gun. unbelievable. that wasn't the real santa, by the way. the kids watching at home. fox news contributor and author of the spiders that saved christmas. >> is guy obviously was not the real santa, as you said. i've been lamenting the kids have to see santa behind lexi last in a mask, it looks like he is in a black site. this is sandy who should be taken to a black site. he plays that man, perfectly comfortable with guns so kids, nerf guns are perfectly fine. this is to go to reprimand school. this guy should be out of a job. jesse: we have another crazy war on christmas, i guess nbc sexualized the grinch. this is too much. tell us what happened. >> family viewing and the broadway actor decided he would bump and grind, tell jokes, totally sexualized this character. needless to say, kids were scandalized. this thing was scary. the music was horrible but it had no bearing of this cupola fable dr. seuss created 60 years ago. leave the classics alone. if you want to sexuali