. >> reporter: seven days ago, vinny became one with his bulldozer. >> i knew it was going to go all way down to gates road and there's like 40 houses down there. >> reporter: his strategy was to create a firebreak around his ranch but his goal also grew. he kept going, creating a longer defense line. the stretch, two miles long. he learned this when he was a teenager. >> i used to fight fires back when i was 17 years old, believe it or not. >> reporter: today, for the first time in a week, he drove up to see the homes he couldn't save. >> this was totally engulfed. i mean, the flames were just -- i -- i couldn't get any closer than this. it was too late for this house. tim and everything out of me watching this. >> if you ask his wife, that's precisely the attribute that r scares her the most. >> around the st. helena mountains, many don't know his face but that evening of september 28th, they not only saw his work but also heard his voice. >> there is a fire at the east end of st. helena road. >> this is the message vinny and his group of friends sent over 400 people, urging them t

did you know there was a vinnie's pizzeria in brooklyn?> guillermo: no. >> jimmy: believe it or not, there are. at vinnie's this month they're offering "positive reinforcement." "for one dollar, our delivery driver will look you straight in the eyes and tell you "everything's gonna be ok, and you're doing the best you can." [ applause ] clever. that would be a fun one to surprise your wife with, "hey, you're not gonna believe what the pizza guy just said to me" i like that they're doing this, but let's be honest, if you have to pay someone a dollar to tell you everything's ok, everything is not ok case in point. this is really -- i don't even have the word to describe what this is. it's some combination of shocking and infuriating, and sickening. the white house press secretary, kylie mackaloony, who came to life when a witch cast a spell on a barbie dreamhouse, was asked today by john roberts of "fox news" to clarify, once and for all, to make it crystal clear that the president of the united states does not condone white supremacy. >> i'

when vinnie showed he has not lost his touch, scoring the only goal of the game.free kick with only three minutes to go. it is derby's first points of the season as they move out of the relegation zone. let's take a look at some of the other results. a one nil win for redding over watford. their second in the table. litton beat wycombe wanderers 2—0 and they are up to fifth. granger scored in the last minute of injury time to rescue a draw against bottom of the table sheffield wednesday. that match finished one — all. let's take a look at some of the other football headlines. after a £10 million grant from the government the national league season got under way today. a cracking match in norfolk workings and came from behind twice against yeovil to earn a two all draw. plenty of national league sides in action in the second round of qualifiers for the fa cup to including york city. they play three tiers below york. everton thrashed aston villa. rugby league now and to an incredible comeback by the red devils as they sealed their place in the challenge cup final fo

. >> vinny martin created a line of defense with his bulldozer between the flames and his neighborhood. he and his friends carved out a 12-foot fire break around his ranch as flames expanded along the ridge, his goal also grew. he kept going creating a defense line that stretched two miles long saving dozens of homes from the flames. >> part of the reason i stayed is because i knew he would be more cautious if he had to worry about me, too, rather than just himself. >> vinny says he learned to fight fires as a teenager working for cal fire when he was 17 years old. >> thank you for that. >>> coming up, remembering eddie van halen. the memorials h s popping up in southern california. >> it became very personal when my son came down with covid. >> the story of 2020. the new exhibit featuring more than 700 artists now on display at a local museum. first we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> i want to circle back to the fires and show you the conditions up there. humidity at 6%. barely any moisture up there. still above the marine layer, 73 degrees. that's why it's so warm. the win

. >> reporter: seven days ago, vinny became one with his bulldozer. >> i knew it was going to go all down to gates road and there's like 40 houses down there. >> reporter: his strategy was to create a fiea

. >> reporter: seven days ago, vinny becamet was going to go al the way down to gates road and there's like 40 houses down there. >> reporter: his strategy was to create a firebreak around his ranch but his goal also grew. he kept going, creating a longer defense line. the stretch, two miles long. fit te in a week,ou any closer than this. it was too late for this house. tim and everything out of me watching this. >> if you ask his wife, that's precisely the attribute that r scares her the most. >> around the st. helena mountains, many don't n saw work his ic tres a fire at the eastf st. >> this is thein and his group of friends sent over 400 people, urging them to evacuate, while he stayed back with his bulldozer, his son, and two other friends, fighting these flames. >> do you consider yourself a hero? >> no.anta rosa, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> well, maybe, a bit more than that. he did such a great job. >>> in the north bay, 16 firefighters were evacuated for possible exposure to carbon monoxide, today. cal fire says the exposure happened while they were on a rest break and not actuall

host: vinny is next. brockton, massachusetts, a small business owner.aller: i am in the automobile industry. i have been fortunate, but it has been tough because they told people to stay home. i lost a lot of employees and i have had to work 80 hours a week. that this country is about jobs. if you do not have a job, you not have any wealth in the nation. joe biden has exported all of the jobs out of this country, using the coronavirus to try to bring down the chance for americans to have a fair playing field. we have the ability to stop all this outsourcing of jobs, and by putting a democratic ticket in , they will take all the jobs out of the country. they do not care. they want to support major manufacturers like microsoft and big corporations. a lot of things going on. host: what do you think happens to jobs if there is not a new stimulus bill passed? yesterday, on capitol hill, in thehearing, the chairman of federal reserve, jerome powell, saying little or no more federal aid could lead to economic hardship, a weak recovery, using the word tragic wh

during that even in they had a march here in portland which turned into a riot and that's they me vinnie they targeted heroes american. and proceeded to shoot through the windows with what we believe was a 9 millimeter pistol. but heroes american count feri is known for supporting veterans police firefighters and other public servants they're courting to its website some profits are donated to support local heroes the restaurant was attacked during the so-called day of riots in portland protestors toppled statues of former presidents raided the oregon historical society building portland's murder scribe the actions obscene john jackson they can believe some groups intentionally escalated the situation. it was a planned attack not just random because there's other buildings all around me that weren't touched they tore it out multiple statues a statue of teddy roosevelt abraham lincoln and they destroyed a museum a historic museum at the same time the chatter on the internet indicates that they believe that we were pro police in they believe that we were anti black lives matter which. is m

citizens these are all good things i know that here in europe we saw those briefings every day and vinnie they were always followed by the president's briefings from the white house so that juxtaposition as you said i mean it was striking if there had been strong national leadership coming from the white house do you think those briefings would have even been televised with everything been necessary. probably not and certainly other states got worse than we did in time and there weren't daily briefings televised across the whole country and even as you told me to the world of because new york was was at the early moment in this and i also think well knows mean online on the air made it something special with his authority with his humor with his scolding told him you know you better not let me become down there in new york he had a paternal way to deal with us and i think we were we were hungering for real leadership from anywhere what happened in the us of course was that the various governors of the states ended up having to become the federal government in absentia they had to take ove

ok, well, remember last week when you hit vinny in the head with a shovel? [chuckling] i do not recall that. of course not. well, it was too graphic for the kids, so i'm going to have to block you. you know, i got to make this up to you. this is vinny's watch. >> my name is ahsha safai, and i'm the current district 11 supervisor. we're building housing on a scale we've never done before, almost 600 units, 65% of it being affordable to working families. we've planted over 2,000 trees, and we've investing in our transportation like we've never done before. we've done speed cushions, we're doing transportation improvements on mission and general geneva, and we're making sure we have affordable and accessible transportation. during this time of crisis, we are -- we've been in constant reaction mode to make sure our citizens have the protection and access to health care that we need. we've opened up ultimate multiple testing sites in our districts. we've distributed thousands of masks to families and individuals to make sure that they're safe. we've been on const

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vinnie says that the government's reaction to manchester is a spiteful one. use that misty used, and using us asa the use that misty used, and using us as a warning to other regions to accept the offer or else. alan in the e—mail says andy burnham is not speaking for all of the people of greater manchester. this opportunist is on an ego trip, playing with people's lives. marilyn says they are getting at andy burnham through the manchester people, they don't like anybody standing up to them because they are surrounded by yes—men. they need to get a grip, we are going under and they don't care. one more from sasha, while labour may andy burnham have been wasting time on his unsuccessful political crusade, covid has been continuing to drive through the population of manchester, relentlessly. if you are getting in touch, you are very welcome, send an e—mail or you can message me on twitter or instagram. lord sedwill, who was the most senior official in government until he left his job last month, has spoken out for the first time since he stepped down. at the beg

. >> for just $1 extra, vinnie's pizzeria delivery person will lok you in the eyes and tell you everythings okay. >> if you have to pay someone a dollar to tell you everything is okay, everything is not okay. >> on "cbs this morning." >> there's a new get out the vote drive called get your booty to the poll. organized by exotic dancers. ♪ ♪ take your buttocks out and vote ♪ ♪ if it's chilly wear a coat >> announcer: this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> i had no idea stephen colbert was so agile. this is one of those days in our business that you wake up one way anthony, you go to bed one way and wake up and the world has totally changed. >> does not seem real, but it is. >> that's what's happening to us today. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." let's get right to the alarming news breaking overnight from the white house. president trump and first lady melania trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. he tweeted this early this morning, we will get through this together. >> the news came hours after the president confirmed on

that was a movie reference too "my cousin vinny" i was mentioning ge, it seems look you're always bestof a ge business they sold at danaher if you look at dhr -- >> i can't my travel trust sold it. >> you sold danaher? 60 billion in market value, that's more than ge's market value since they bought the business. >> they didn't pants ge because you know where larry culp is from >> they didn't they didn't. >> larry culp, the ceo of ge, who i think doing a remarkable job does. >> look at the move in that stock. danaher, thermofisher, those are the two companies that make so much of the equipment that we need for biotech thermofisher makes pcr, pcr is the equipment, have a little company on tonight that has a handheld pcr machine prc machines the size of a sofa. >> i didn't know that. >> of a sofa. >> they reduced it down. >> it is one and done. you can -- i would say 53 players on the football team, you can have them all tested at the exact same time. no machine that can do that. so it will come in, sunday morning, everybody will get tested, they throw away the machine after and we will f

. >> is this true that the guys from the jersey shore, pauly and vinny were like, cool, they named theml. >> you've been through so much i can't imagine what it must feel like to be able to have those babies home. they're both home now. i was so struck, actually, guys, that the babies -- the first time they met outside the womb was actually like a month later. they didn't immediately get to be right next to each other. do they have that twin thing going on do they seem to recognize each other? >> oh, yes when we put them next to each other, they definitely have a twin thing going on, and a little bit of competition, too one starts crying, the other one starts crying for attention. it's funny they play off each other. >> it's not funny at night when one starts crying, the other one starts crying. >> dana, i was just thinking about -- we're listening to all the things that happened to you in the hospital. the fact that you had surgery, basically, before those children were born. you were in the middle of a pandemic it was touch and go. they told you that your children had a 10% chance of

. >> ilene and miriam with kai the hand family with teddy and vinnie and a big shoutout to all of youutes straight. >> i know, beautiful >> so cute >> awesome >> thanks, guys. >> hopefully it's contagious people watching can pick up a dog. >> sweeties. >> what do you have coming up? >> william shatner is joining us he has a new blues album out, if you can believe it. >> love it. >> talk to him about that. >> coming up on "hoda and jenna," we're doing a taste of travel thing we're traveling the world virtually. we're heading to hong kong and eating dumplings it is going to be good. >> i love that a lot ahead. first, a check of your local news, your weather, and these messages have a great day, everybody. >> bye, everybody! >>> good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. pg&e customers waking up in the dark thanks to a new round of the power shutoffs. the outages are impacting the bay but hundreds of homes are also without pour elsewhere do the the return of high power danger. red flag warnings are supposed to taper off. they're supposed to have the power restored tonight. >>> bob redell