now, you know, skylar, the -- the people there are very verbal. say, why are you making an example out of an 18-year-old american when a lot of their tourism is americans, and why is this 19-year-old kid that lives here able to do whatever he wants to do because his mom happens to work for the government? and why did the canadians not have to pay? they were older than her. and should have known better. so a lot of them, while some are very angry and truly hate mail on her, some of them are saying, let's do this right. if we're going to do it, then do it. but you can't just single out an american and do her. and she's 18 years old. >> you're going to have to keep us posted on how things go. of course, we're wishg you all the best in what is definitely a very terrible, uncomfortable, sad situation. thank you so much. really appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. year we. and with free curbside pickup at walmart... you can get the perfect gift up until the last minute. let's end the year nailing it. ♪ 100% online car buying. carv

then, someone tipped off event organizers about skylar's violation.led, she was charged with breaking quarantine. he was charged with aiding and abetting and stripped of his prize, and they were each sentenced to 40 hours community service and a $3100 fine. but prosecutors appealed the sentence is too lenient and last week a judge upped it to four month in jail. today, a panel of judges cut it in half, two months each.we a judge called skylar's behavior as flagrant a breach as could be imagined for unselfishness and arrogance, and now, tammy, she will miss the restart of school next month. tammy? >> tammy: all right, rick, thank you, interesting statement from the cayman islands, known for its banking practices, about being selfish. joining us now with moreamht is skylar mack's grandmother, jeanne mack.sh jeanne, thank you so much for joining us in this wonderful, modern age, where you can be, it appears, at home, and speak to the country now on behalf of your grandmother. it is a pleasure to meet you. >> sure. thank y'all for having me. >> tammy: our

skylar henry. >> we love you president. >> the president greeted supporters at a white house christmas party and hinted at plans to run again if he continues to loose court cases. >> we are trying to do another four years. otherwise i will see you in four years. >> this as the attorney general told the associated press that so far the department of justice has not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election. >> the president has said that he believes all legal votes should be counted and all legal votes should not be counted and the campaign is pursuing that litigation. >> the doj is also looking in to possible criminal activity around the president pardons. redacted court documents show the investigation is around a possible secret lobbying scheme in which certain people are alleged to have acted as lobbyists to senior white house officials to secure a pardon of sentence. no government official is a target of the investigation. the president elect is holding

the family of skylar tries to get her back on american soil.g this morning, a judge agreed to reduce the 18-year-old's four months sentence to two months after she and her boyfriend were convicted of breaking strict covid guidelines, this follows the court's decision to reverse an initial sentence that included community service and a fine. in a statement to fox news, her lawyers said it was our hope that skylar would resume home to return her studies in january. we accept the decision of the court and look forward to the written reasons in due course. skylar's grandmother is not disputing the fact that she broke quarantine rules after traveling from georgia but doesn't think the time in prison is appropriate. meanwhile, the 18-year-old has released a statement, apologizing for her actions saying "i was afforded the opportunity to enter the islands during these trying times the and i abused it. i'm humbly asking for the forgiveness of the community." john, the state department tells fox news that this case is on their radar, but they declined t

skylar grandmother joins me now. obviously this is a tough time for your family.u hearing about the conditions and how she's being treated where she is being held in the cayman islands? >> she -- the conditions i'm sure is not that good because it is a prison. she has no freedom. she can't, you know, do the things she's used to do which is go walk or watch something on television. so i'm pretty sure she is limited in that way. our concern, i want to make sure everybody knows, not that she shouldn't be punished, but there are numerous people who were arrested the same weekend she was, and they all happen to be from the cayman islands. and they haven't even been tried yet. it is like they are making an example of her but yet letting the natives of cayman, one gentleman in particular breached two or three times and slapped him on the hand and sent them back home. and their own people are saying that. why did you pick an american to make an example of instead of one of our own? so that is our concern there. we are still hoping that president trump and the state depart

skylar henry with the latest from capitol hill. >> is there objection to the change? >> i object. >> the senate majority leader blocked an effort to raise coronavirus relief checks. >> these republicans in the senate seem to have an endless tolerance for other people's sadness. >> a growing number of republicans including two senators in georgia's run off say they will support the larger checks but most gop senators oppose them. the senate will be back in session this afternoon. last night they tied larger checks to restrictions the president wants on tech companies and the creation of a commission to review election results. the president is still at his florida resort but has georgia on his mind. monday he will travel to georgia and rally for the two republican senators fighting to keep their seats and the senate under republican control. the president elect will also be in georgia mona head of the january 5th runoffs. the president elect blames the trump administration for the slow pace of vaccinating americans. so far just over two million doses given as opposed t

no one really wants to do christmas without skylar, so i'm not sure what we'll do. >> reporter: the familyt a letter directly to the white house asking president trump to intervene. the state department tells cbs news they are aware of the situation. for now, the reduced sentence stands, but, according to the cayman islands, anyone who violates their covid restrictions faces up to two years in prison. norah. >> o'donnell: harsh sentence. meg oliver, thank you. well, tonight "feed america" says there's a 60% increase over last year in requests for food assistance. and it's not just lower income americans who need help because the first round of stimulus checks were based on last year's tax returns. a middle-class family who lost a job this year is also feeling the impact. here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> reporter: worry kept jose cruz company on this morning drive. >> reporter: that's seven-month- old, valentina. >> reporter: her dad, a 52-year- old unemployed chef, picked up donated food, enough to stuff this van. it will feed families in crisis, including his. >> when i go to the bed, some

mack broke her two-week quarantine to watch her boyfriend's jet ski competition. >> skylar is the last person we thought something like this would happen to and the fact that this can happen to a kid like her is scary. four months for breaching isolation when you are negative. why did she have to be the example? >> officials say a fine for the 18-year-old wouldn't be enough of a deterrent. >>> now to the backlash over tom cruise and his tirade while filming a movie. he lashed out at crew members not following covid protocols and now at least five of them have quit. this morning, new fallout over tom cruise's onset tirade. i don't ever want to see it again, ever. and if you don't do it, you're fired. if i see you do it again, you're [ bleep ] go. >> reporter: critics now calling out the "mission: impossible" star over the leaked audio of him berating crew members for ignoring covid restrictions. >> do you see that stick? how many meters is that? when people are standing around a [ bleep ] computer and hanging out around here, what are you doing? >> reporter: george clooney telling howar

skylar mack's sentence was cut in half but she will still be serving time.skylar was hysterical and that they think their daughter is just being made an example of. american skylar mack learning she'll spend the next two months in a caribbean jail. mack's mother and stepfather speaking out for the first time since their daughter's arrest for violating covid-19 protocols in the cayman islands. telling abc affiliate wsb, they're living through their worst nightmare. >> she's scared to death over there. she's by herself. there's no family there whatsoever that can see her. >> reporter: the 18-year-old pre-med student was silent as she was escorted inside that courtroom. her hands cuffed. mack and her boyfriend asking the nation's high court for leniency ultimately getting their prison sentence cut from four months to two months. her parents got a call from skylar just after the ruling came in. >> this devastated her. she was hoping she would get to be home sooner and she's going to spend christmas alone by herself. >> reporter: mack traveled to the island on no

zoe said her 9-year-old skylar was sore and a little banged up, but he's doing great. zoe thanked the ski patrol for saving her son. she said the incident is a reminder of how fragile life is. >>> authorities think they've solved a bay area murder case. dating back to the late 1980s. 9-year-old mikaela garrett kidnapped and never seen again, the man suspected of taking her already in prison. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: 32 years of little michaela garrett went missing near san francisco, authorities have charged a man with her murder. his name david niche, a convicted felon already serving time. >> it was so brazen, so ruthless, but clearly planned. >> reporter: the case even appearing on "america's most wanted" and unsolved mysteries. >> november 19th, 1988, a 9-year-old girl and her best friend. >> reporter: garecht was 9 years old when she was last seen in 1988 at this store parking lot where she and her friend went to buy candy and soda. >> michaela, she might be just as much a 39-year-old as i am. >> reporter: hoge, the only witness to the kidnapping

. - skylar, what are you doing here? isn't reach for the skylar supposed to play soon? off the stage. everyone is chanting for timmy and the lords of the underworld. - oh, so now that they want us you think you can just waltz back into our lives and be in the band again? - i don't expect anything. timmy, i just wanted to say we had some pretty rocking times, dude. and maybe i let fame and phil collins go to my head. - timmy! [distant chanting] timmy! timmy! timmy! - wow, they really are chanting for us. - they want us back. - what do you say, timmy? - timmy. both: all right! - ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, it is my pleasure to introduce the reunion tour of timmy. [cheers and applause] - timmy and the lords of the underworld. [heavy metal music] ♪ timmy! ♪ ♪ timmy! yimmy-yah! ♪ ♪ ♪ ah, timmy ♪ ♪ timmy, timmy ♪ timmy, timmy, timmy - ♪ and the lords of the underworld ♪ - put me down, you filthy bastards! [screaming] - ♪ timmy! li-mi-loo-wow ♪ ♪ ♪ da-da-da-da timmy ♪ ♪ tim, timmy, timmy ♪ >> trevor: hey everybody. welcome to the daily social distancing show, i'

skylar mack left quarantine early to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski competition and now she'ss the story. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, george. the caymans, an island of about 70,000, hasn't really been hit hard by the coronavirus, about 300 reported cases, a handful of deaths, but officials are determined to keep the virus at bay so they're taking a tough stance against this american teen visiting from georgia. this morning, trouble in paradise for an american teenager facing four months behind bars for breaking covid quarantine rules in the cayman islands. >> she was taken to court. she pled guilty to a single charge of failing to comply with regulation 3 of the covid-19 regulations. >> reporter: according to officials, 18-year-old skylar mack traveled to the caribbean island on november 27th and was required to quarantine for 14 days. but just two days later after testing negative, she allegedly left where she was staying to watch her boyfriend, professional jet ski racer, 24-year-old vanjae ramgeet compete who was also arrested and charged with aiding a

her name is skylar mack. she looks like she belongs on a postcard. she is premed.gia teen. her grandmother has already been on fox and "the today show" in near tears. like, we know how this is going to end, right? they came i the cayman islands o it the easy way or the hard way. it's up to them. trump is involved, mr. hostage rescue viewer. this b-12 only do two things. they do tourism and private banking. we can take these things away from them. do i have to do to the caymans what i did to the dominican republic and after those mysterious murders? boycott. single-handedly think that economy. i am not afraid to do a little due diligence down in this b-12, all-expenses-paid of course, and settle this myself. i'm just saying, we know how this is to end. >> katie: geraldo, you should follow the rules when you are visiting a foreign country, but this does seem like an extensive punishment for a young woman who has apologized for what she did. >> geraldo: it certainly does, katie, i have to say, jesse sounds like the ugly american to me. the big footed imperialist who w

skylar henry, cbs news washington. >>> let's go live to the big board right now. the stock market mixed today after news of the coronavirus relief approval. the dow is down about 140 points. >>> and right now the san francisco board of supervisors is in an emergency meeting with small business owner who say that they are in a real crisis. emily turner has more on that meeting. >> boarded up businesses and empty store fronts or those that are close to that are the folks who fill the line for public comment at today's meeting. the san francisco board of supervisors met with the small business community to talk about the effects of coronavirus. their comments clear. small businesses are in crisis. >> the easiest term is treachererous. its been hard to track and keep up with but also i mean at the end of the day the business has taken a massive hit and the toll that it's taken i don't think will really be known for the next 18 months. >> there are more than 200,000 small businesses in the city. according to the small business alliance half are now permanently closed a

skylar mack's jail time has been cut in half from four months to two after an appeal.ent broke the island's laws when she left home during a mandatory quarantine period to watch her boyfriend in a jet ski competition. cayman has two reported covid-19 deaths. >>> back now to the coronavirus and fears of a christmas surge. millions of americans are on the move today, one of the busiest travel days of the year despite urgent warnings to stay home. earlier i spoke with dr. ryan ribeiro, who is on the front lines in california. you are right now in california, and there was a dramatic rise in cases post-thanksgiving just six weeks ago. the state alone hit 1 million cases. now it's up to 2 million. icus are also overwhelmed. can you tell us what you are seeing on the ground? >> when i was on shift yesterday, i was looking at the patients that we were admitting to the hospital in the icu, and almost all of them had the same presenting complaint to the hospital, which was shortness of breath. we had patients in the waiting room for three, four hours there with fever, cough, di

how is skylar reacting to the news?ding to her family, trace, she has learned her lesson and just wants to come home. but that isn't happening yet. although that appeals court has reduced her original jail sentence from four months to two months. 18-year-old skylar traveled to the cayman islands on november 27th. like all travelers to those islands was required to take a coronavirus test and then quarantine for 14 days. she was fitted with an electronic monitoring device at the same time but two days into her quarantine her test came back negative. she took off that monitoring bracelet and went to watch her boyfriend taking part in a jet ski competition. she didn't wear a mask and did not observe social distancing rules among the crowd watching the event. thus the arrest. and four month jail sentence. the first time the government of the cayman islands has sentenced anyone under its strict coronavirus guidelines which officials credit keeping the number of infections to 316 and just two deaths among the island's populat

skylar mack was supposed to return to the united states today.rison. she will be appealing that sentence. her attorney says she knows what is she did was wrong, but this punishment is particularly harsh. from paradise to prison, skylar mack waking up behind bars for a week now after breaking covid-19 quarantine rules in the cayman islands, but this morning, the american teenager will appeal her sentence. >> this is not about sympathy. it's about ensuring that the system operates fairly. >> reporter: the 18-year-old traveled to the caribbean island on november 27th and was required to quarantine for 14 days but according to officials, just two days and one negative covid test later, she allegedly removed her wrist monitor and left quarantine to watch her boyfriend, professional jet ski racer 24-year-old vanjae ramgeet compete in a race. seen here posted by the event's organizers. they forced other families at that event to later quarantine. both mack and ramgeet were detained and initially ordered to pay a fine and serve 40 hours of community serv

sentenced to four months in prison for breaking covid restrictions in the cayman islands. 18-year-old skylar visiting her boyfriend for a jet skiing competition. she was instructed to quarantine for 14 days, but she went to the competition instead. they both pleaded guilty but their attorneys say he will appeal next week to get their sentences reduced. >>> prime minister justin trudeau has a wintertime warning for all canadians as coronavirus cases there surgery. coming up, the measures he says the canadians must follow and help front line workers. >>> plus, millions of people in mexico city and surrounding areas are now in a strike lockdown that will last through the holiday season. we've got a report from the mexican capital. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ i am what i live. my way. the new fragrance giorgio armani. >>> canadian prime minister justin trudeau is urging citizens to take coronavirus seriously as the country's numbers head in the wrong direction. new infection venezuela surged in recent months. you can see there how drastically the seven-day average of new cases has risen since late summe

sentenced to four months in jail for breaking covid instructions in the cayman islands. 18-year-old skylarting her boyfriend for a jet skiing competition. she was told to self-isolate for two weeks once she arrived. instead, they stayed alone for two days and then went to the competition. >> and they have been in jail since tuesday. they both pleaded guilty. their attorney says they do plan to appeal, though. >>> up ahead, we look at a family discussion how to stay safe during the pandemic. while we know social distancing may notting a huge challenge for oscar the grouch, he and his friends are ready to give us a few tips as we go through the abcs of covid-19. ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. can take you to deep, depressive lows. or, give you unusually high energy, even when depressed. overwhelmed by bipolar i? ask about vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed epi

skylar mack has released a statement saying, "i was afforded the opportunity to enter the islands duringsed it. i am humbly asking for the forgiveness of the community." harris, development and the story coming, we are just learning according to multiple reports that a judge in the cayman islands has reduced her sentence to two months instead of four, so she will not be home for christmas as her family wanted, their sentence is now cut in half. harris? >> harris: i've had legal experts tell me we may see that movie again to get closer to the actual quarantine time. we'll watch the story again. they are looking for the white house's help on all of this. thanks for the late-breaking detail on that. charles watson? taking flight, another trump diplomatic breakthrough in the middle east. k.t. mcfarland will join me next on what that means for the president's legacy. there she is. ♪ if these beautiful idaho potato recipes are just side dishes, then i'm not a real idaho potato farmer. genuine idaho potatoes not just a side dish anymore. always look for the grown in idaho seal. >> hope that all

. >> reporter: according to officials skylar mack traveled to the cayman islands on november 27th and was required to quarantine for 14 days. but just two days later, officials say, she joined her boyfriend, professional jet ski racer, 24-year-old vanjae ramgeet to compete. they were said to have interacted with people for more than seven hours without masks leading to the quarantine of several families at the event. >> trying to do too much. >> what did they expect? >> we'll come back with another full 90 minutes of news including stopping the spread of vaccine misinformation. >> how silicon valley tech giants are stepping up. >>> and officials say they know it will be tough on people and it will cause stress, but they have to do it. >>> and the struggle to stay in business, a locally owned restaurant in san francisco pulling out all the stops to stay afloat. >>> seems like the rain has calmed down in downtown san francisco. here's a live look outside. >>> now at 5:30, restaurants, dining, hair cuts, gym workouts the last day for all of that y anywhere in the bay area as our stay-at-

." >> skylar is the last person we thought something like this would happen to.at this can happen to a kid like her is scary. >> mack's boyfriend is also facing charges. the couple has apologized for breaking the rules. >> mm-hmm. i notice the language they used. happened to -- >> a kid like her? >> she made a choice. >> why do they have her in the corner of the screen in her outfit. >> so many things. >>> next, two people in alaska hit with an allergi about the covid-19 virus. it's real. and it's dangerous. so, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. and while we don't yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. and get a flu shot, it's even more important this year. we can do this. if we do it together. the we have to find just nosomething else.it. good luck! what does that mean? we are doomed. [laughter] that's it. i figured it out! we're going to give togetherness. that sounds dumb. we're go

speak of the two republican senators are trying to get 18-year-old skylar mack out of jail in the cayman islands. for violating covid protocol, she went down to visit her boyfriend in the cayman islands, david perdue and kelly loeffler writing a letter to the embassy in jamaica saying it's a sin sincere hope for her to continue at mercer university. she failed to isolate for two weeks after arriving and she also removed an electronic tracking bracelet. loeffler and perdue are also fighting to hold onto their jobs. january 5th runoff election coming up, getting national attention and national money. your dad then ride the republican for the past 20 years. that changed with joe biden's narrow victory. money is pouring in from all over. the candidates have raised more than $340 million in the past months alone, and president trump has announced he'll be back in georgia to campaign for the two republicans on election eve. julie, back to you. >> julie: newly elected progressive democrats are refusing to say whether they will back nancy pelosi and they run for house speaker. what that says abo

>> he does stay in buchanan, skylar pointed out, all he wants to do is go back to pennsylvania.is one of the oldest presidents at that time and he is looking to step away and he is there for the crisis and he is sending mixed messages. he is on the one side saying that cessation is absolutely illegal and on the other side not doing anything and there are some real consequences to that, not least of which is that in that long interegnum before lincoln is inaugurated and someone who takes a stronger federal stand, southern states are taking control of federal forts and garrisons, federal property. that means that the confederacy, when it go amalgamate and form and go to war is stronger than it otherwise might have been. so buchanon's action or inaction as you might put it has consequences. >> why would a sitting president not use federal troops to defend federal garrisons? >> well, i think the real question is whether he's violating state rights and whether he actually have the power to do that and he does send the star of the west in early january to the -- off the coast of south

skylar had tested negative on saturday.using her of causing major anxiety of everybody on the island. it is because they aren't telling them that she was negative. she does not have the virus. she never has had the virus regardless of what they say. she has tested -- she tested the day she landed. found out on that saturday it was negative. since then she has tested five more times and has been negative and the people that did visit her in the pit have all tested and they're negative. >> trace: you say they were trying to make a statement. the judge was unhappy. he said this was as flagrant a breach as could be imagined born of selfishness and arrogance and deliberate and planned as evidence by her desire to switch her wrist band the day before to a looser one that she was able to remove. the prosecutor thought the four months should have been more. should have been like 15 months. >> yeah, they want to hang her for this. she is 18 years old. you know, my thing is yes, she did it. we're not saying she is not guilty of doing

skylar mack has been in jail in the caymans since december 15th for violating covid protocols.lomatically, writing a letter to the u.s. embassy in jamaica that said it is the sincere hope of her parents that she can safely and expeditiously return home to continue her studies as a pre-med student at mercer university. mack failed to isolate for two weeks upon landing in the cayman islands. she also removed an electronic tracking bracelet. perdue and loeffler are in a real battle to hang on to their two jobs as republican senators. they have a january 5th runoff race and this has gotten national attention because those two races will really determine which party controls the senate for the next two years. turnout is already over two million in early voting and between the four candidates, they have raised over $340 million. so these races, really getting national attention and as you mentioned, president trump will come to northwestern rural georgia on the eve of the election to try and drive rural republican turnout to make sure they get out to vote for the two republicans. jac

skylar has her appeal at 10:00 today. now waiting to see what is going to happen. but, you know, i disagree with the judge. i don't think it was flagrant. i think it was an 18-year-old thinking i'm negative. i will go and stay away from everybody and i will go and everything will be okay. i'm not making excuses for her, but i think we have to keep in mind she is a teenager. you know, she is only 18. it doesn't matter where she is in college or anything else. she is 18 years old. and as smart as she is, i think at 18 you still make bad decisions. sometimes. and that's what she did. so, you know, we are really hoping that today's appeal turns out good and that she can come home. you know, unfortunately, her flight was at 10:00 this morning and if she doesn't make that, i'm not sure if we will get her home for christmas. if they release her we will try to get her out there asap. katie: from you talked to her and how she is feeling? >> i have talked to her. katie: she has a four month sentence. >> oh, she is devastated. she i