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to that live event just assumes it kicks off in london you're watching al-jazeera from my name's peter davi also ahead the government of central african republic accuses the former president of attempting a coup before elections u.s. peacekeeping mission puts troops on high alert. harsh winter adds to the misery of tens of thousands of syrians displaced by war. and we need to park rangers in zimbabwe who are using drones to protect animals from poachers. ok let's begin in the u.k. where the prime minister boris johnson is due to address the public in the next couple of minutes we understand he is expected to discuss courbet 19 restrictions over the christmas holiday and a new strain of the coronavirus which is emerged in the southeast of england that is causing worries amongst the medical community and the medical advisors working so closely with the u.k. government the chief medical officer says the u.k. has alerted the world health organization the cabinet in london has met to discuss what it can do what it should do to curb the rise in the number of infections in effect more than 3500000

this is one of my child least peter davi. and he, sed, shown here at what it looks like. so he's already got his coat, a potty, you need this code in order to go outdoors. and then the pen missions. this is just in shine that the missions that you need to give location your phone, your storage, your disable, your screen goes on and on. and on irene, are you worried that apps like this that say you need this to say how clean we need to do this to fly code 19. and i, you can see this is already happening that people asked so many questions that it's already happening around the world. yes, absolutely. i mean, watching it as seeing as a permissions are required is already given the anxiety level on. if i have to personally download it, i mean, i think there are a number of organizations out there that have given recommendations on the best practices of conduct tracing apps. and number one on those lists are typically that be voluntary that people should not be forced to download the app. right and buy more simply want it. so again, it would undermine trust because naturally

our son peter got a liver transplant as a baby and turns this christmas our steve hartman teamed up with secret santa to bring holiday cheer. >> for a brief moment i felt bad for kimberly daviscause she has to clean a covid ward, she loves her job at houston methodist, i felt bad for kimberly, because i lied to kimberly. >> they told you i was doing a story about essential workers, right? >> correct. >> we are not doing a story about essential workers. >> oh. >> truth be told, i had to lie to earn i spoke to for this this story and when they discovered my real intent. >> i'm sorry, i'm at a loss. >> um -- >> most were speechless. >> lips aquiver, many in tears. my partner in the joyful deception was an anonymous wealthy businessman known to me only as secret santa. in a normal year, secret santa personally hands out hundreds of hundred dollar bills to strangers. but this year, the coronavirus called for a novel slay ride. so he mailed packages to carefully affected essential work ers. >> inside that is a sealed envelope that says, do not open until instructed to do so bysteve hartman from cbs. >> his targets were ashton dooley, who's brand new bride has cancer. >> i shaved h

davis: no, i did not. here's the thing about acting. it's a weird peter pan syndrome that happens.d girl, going, "i can't play ma rainey-- i'm too young. you got to get a more formidable actress, who's been out there for 40, 50 years." until i realize "viola, you're actually a little bit older than what ma rainey is." >> ma rainey: they don't care nothing about me. >> wertheim: davis has been out there acting for three decades, first on stage, then in a string of films as the best friend, the junkie, the widow, the maid... >> ma rainey: and they going to treat me the way i wanna be treated, no matter how much it hurt them. >> wertheim: ...but ma is different. >> ma rainey: where's my coke? i need a cold coca cola. >> wertheim: take this scene: before recording tracks on a sweaty summer day, ma demands that the white guys profiting from her music first bring her a coke. >> irvin: let's do this one song, ma. >> ma rainey: you're too cheap to buy me a coca-cola? i'll buy my own. >> wertheim: did you get all that coke down in one take? >> davis: yes i did. yeah, i drank the whole coke.

viola davis swivels into the character, a diva, a role she didn't see herself playing at first. >> no, i did not. here's the thing about acting, it is a peter get a more formidable actress been out there 40, 50 years until i realized viola, you're actually a bit older than ma rainey is. >> i know that feeling. davis spoke about starring with chadwick boseman in what would be his final performance before his death from kol colon cancer. she also marks the final performance of chadwick boseman who died of colon cancer last august. >> we were watching a great artist absolutely give himself over to a role which is what you do. you give yourself, sacrifice yourself. >> you can see that full interview this sunday on "60 minutes" on cbs. >> good movie. i have already seen it. viola is terrific. i didn't recognize her at first. then to know it is chadwick's last movie, tugs at your heart. >> he is quite thin. >>> ahead, amy adams of "hillbilly elegy," why her life story draws her closer to her character in the movie. your local news coming at you next. down to the states coronavirus uptake. title rules are going to take effect if the available icu