today. we already decided that. i think we are good. >> okay. we paid attention to the forecast. >> all right. have a great day everybody. be careful if you are out on good morning to you and viewers in the west welcome to cbs "this morning." is wednesday november 18, 2020. yep. wednesday. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. doctors in the coronavirus task force sound the alarm warning we could see 2,000 deaths a day by christmas. we'll show you the urgent message from exhausted health care workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. president trump fires the top election official who disputed his claims of election fraud, and called it the most secure in american history. plus, ballot drama in michigan. >> shame on you. shame on you for leading to this level of corruption. >> residents erupt after

republicans initially refuse to certify results in the largest black county in the state. sexual assault in the military. a year and a half-long cbs news investigation uncovers failure to fight misconduct. one mother says mishandling of her daughter's assault had deadly consequences. and the boeing 737 max getting back in the sky. the faa expected to give the plane clearance to fly again today after two deadly crashes. why relatives of those killed say it is still too soon. first, here is today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> mask up, illinois. mask up, ohio. >> mask up, minnesota. >> mask up michigan. >> the latest coronavirus task force report, calls current mitigation efforts inadequate. >> if you don't have a smooth transition, you would not optimize whatever efforts you're doing right now.

>> donald trump fired his top cybersecurity chris krebs. he was simply reporting what him.y relevant agency had told - the faa lifts the grounding of the boeing 757 max following two deadly crashes. >> massive flooding across parts of central america devastated by hurricane iota. second hurricane to hit in two weeks. >> it panned out to be -- worse than we thought. >> republican senator chuck grassley has covid-19. the 87-year-old is isolating at home. >> police investigating a deadly scene, a man firing a flamethrower into the air. ♪ working 9:00 to 5:00 what a way to make a livin' ♪ >> all that matters, we thank dolly parton for funding one of the coronavirus vaccines. >> she donated $1 million to vaccine research with drugmaker

moderna. >> explains why the vaccine is working 95% of the time. >> on "cbs this morning." >> meanwhile, joe biden is moving forward. he reportedly told his advisers he doesn't want his presidency consumed by investigations into trump's corruption which is big of him, but what about what i want? i at least want a mugshot out of this. >> this story begs the question, philosophical. if there's wrongdoing but no one is around to investigate it, is it really malarkey? >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is brought to you by progressive. making it easy to burnndle insurance. >> all the exhaustion is talking after all the stuff we have gone through. i like the campaign by the governors, democratic and republican governors saying mask up, people, mask up. this is not a political issue. >> especially not now. >> aye-yi-yi. >> getting more serious by the day. >> it really is. we begin with a stark warning from the coronavirus task force that the current

effort to slow the pandemic is not enough. a report ob take obtained by cbs news shows 48 states are in the red zone. 48 states. that's up from 42 last week. numbers keep climbing. task force calls the spread aggressive and unrelenting >> the virus killed more than 1700 yesterday, highest single day total since may 15th. doctors warn that we could see up to 2,000 dead a day by christmas. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in newark, new jersey for us. david, good morning to you. without federal leadership, it is up to states and cities to deal with the crisis. without a new covid relief bill, what's going on there? >> reporter: tell you something, the mayor told us yesterday he'd like to have a curfew imposed after thanksgiving. i said if it is that bad, why not do it now? he said, david, i'm trying to please a lot of people. i need the state to help me, business owners are hurting, people are pushing back. at the height of the pandemic in

the spring, test positivity in newark was 68%. they imposed mitigation measures, dropped it to near zero. now it is back up to 20% and it is climbing. with parts of newark, new jersey reporting 50% test positivity, the wait in line to get tested can be several hours. >> makes you a little nervous. don't know if you will be able to get tested or not. >> reporter: they're forcing businesses to close 8:00 p.m. and have a 9:00 p.m. curfew for the hardest-hit neighborhoods. the mayor says cities like his are barely getting by without funding and guidance of the federal government. >> cities try to do what they can. it's just a free for all out here, because there was no national strategy. >> reporter: that free for all is what dr. anthony fauci warns is going to complicate, not only the response of the current wave of new cases but the eventual distribution of vaccines. >> we need some fundamental public health measures that everyone should be adhering to.

>> reporter: he calls the state-by-state response disjointed, despite the best efforts. take seven bipartisan governors in the midwest, all issued a joint call for people in their states to follow public health guidelines. >> mask up, indiana. >> mask up, minnesota. >> mask up, michigan. >> reporter: even the policies on masks vary between the states, and every day the death toll continues to chime. lindsay wootton says her mother, father and grandfather were all in the same hospital with coronavirus, and while lindsay's father survived, her mother tracy larten and her mother's father bert porter did not. >> sitting in the hospitl room. i called my grandpa, put him on the spooker phone. he said trey, i am dying. she said dad, i am too. he said i will look for you in heaven. >> reporter: her grandpargh died within an hour of that call october 11th.

her mom died october 29th with her husband by her side. she said the virus tore through the family. she was one of those that didn't think covid-19 was all that real. >> they did. now, i didn't. i didn't. >> reporter: oh. >> me, i was one of those that said this is not different than a cold or the flu. and i was proven wrong not once, not twice, but three times. >> reporter: powerful to hear stories like that. listen, we have breaking news. we heard from pfizer. they completed the vaccine trial. they're data will be submitted to the fda. the vaccine they say works for old people, virtually has no side effects and is 95% effective. one more thing. last night the fda gave approval for the first at home rapid test, results in 30 minutes, can do it yourself. catch is, you need a prescription from a doctor to get that testing kit. gayle. >> oh, david. so many levels in your story. the lady who unfortunately had to learn the hard way that this

is not like the flu. this is not like a cold. there are so many people think like she does. very glad you're telling her story. comes at a great cost. thank you very much, david begnaud. another member of congress diagnosed with coronavirus. republican senator chuck grassley of iowa says he feels fine after testing positive. the state's president pro tem. third in line for the presidency. he's 87 years old and the second old et member of the senate. senator grassley is the sixth republican senator to test positive for the virus since the pandemic began. president trump has fired his administration's top election security official who declared the 2020 vote to be fair and accurate. chris krebs, director of the krish security cybersecurity and infrastructure created after russia interfered with the 2016 election. the president made a series of voter fraud claims, unsupported by evidence in a tweet that announced the firing. weijia jiang is at the white

house. weijia, was this seen as a surprise? >> reporter: good morning. an known. for the last week there was speculation that his krebs' job would not survive because he was so vocal in disputing president trump's false claims that the election was rigged. after the firing, he seemed to suggest he had no regrets about speaking up, tweeting honored to serve. we did it right. department of homeland security official christopher krebs, the latest member of the administration to be fired by tweet. last night, president trump posted he terminated krebs as director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. >> you should have confidence in the process. >> reporter: krebs publicly defended the integrity of the 2020 election. last week, his former agency signed on to a statement contradicting the president's baseless claims about election

interference, writing -- there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. krebs' firing came as new election drama unfolded in michigan. >> this is a disgrace! >> reporter: a public zoom call turned tense after two republican canvassers in wayne county, which includes detroit, initially blocked the move to certify election results. . >> shame on you! shame on you for leading to this level of corruption. you have disavowed your right to even sit in the seats you occupy. >> reporter: the canvassers claimed votes in the polling book did not match tabulated votes, but officials say that can be common when turnout is high and doesn't necessarily mean that votes were improperly cast or counted. >> you talked about not certifying detroit, even though you acknowledge livonia, a city

you know is 95% white, had bigger variances than detroit which is 80% black. >> reporter: president trump praised the attempt to challenge certification, tweeting having courage is a beautiful thing. the trump administration refused to cooperate in the transfer of power to president-elect joe biden. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell claimed the transition would be smooth, despite the delay. >> we're going to have orderly transfer from this administration to the next one. >> reporter: on the floor of the senate, lindsey graham who is not publicly acknowledging election results joined other senators congratulating vice president-elect kamala harris. tuesday, biden met with his own national security experts as the president continues to block access to government officials. >> i have been unable to get the briefings that ordinarily

would have come by now. >> reporter: the trump administration is moving ahead with withdrawing troops from afghanistan and iraq. acting defense secretary christopher miller said troops would be cut down to 2,500 in each country by mid-january. u.s. allies and members of the president's own party are warning now is not the right time to pull back, arguing the taliban has not met any conditions to justify reduction like cutting down the amount of violence or breaking with al qaeda. tony. >> all right, weijia. thank you very much. joining us, cbs news chief washington correspondent major garrett. major, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. >> stay with the news about troop drawdowns in iraq and afghanistan. long and costly wars there. the president said he wants to end them. now seems he is trying to. why now? because he only has two months left? frrt you're ask frrt you're asking why hasn't the president conceded, he doesn't

want to. asking is he taking moves he suggests he knows his time in the white house is coming to an end, yes, and this would be one of them. the president has been driving his civilian and military leadership in the pentagon toward this quite some time, but accelerated that push. it's been clear from reporting of david martin, our colleague at the pentagon, that military advisers knew it was coming and wanted to put it in practice as best they could and shape the president's initiative as best they could. they've done that. so the president hasn't conceded, hasn't acknowledged the result of the election which are fundamentally clear, yet taking moves suggests he knows his time in the oval office is limited. >> shifting troop levels in the middle east could have impact on intelligence briefings and president-elect joe biden is no the getting those briefings. how significant is that? >> reporter: more significant as time goes on. first couple weeks, ca have slack in the line, not be that far behind. the longer this goes, more incremental damage increases. and for the incoming president-elect, his team wants

to sit down with the existing administration, at least hear their thoughts, and get their latest read from those in the region, friend and foe. the longer they're deprived of that, the more difficult their ability, as they like to say, hit the ground running, would be. now to the president's legal battle in the u.s., rudy giuliani had to acknowledge they're not bringing a fraud case there, and baseless cases continue there and elsewhere. what's behind the president's strategy, any cracking in the unified front republicans seem to be representing? >> reporter: there are cracks. you saw them on the floor of the senate yesterday. there is no strategy, tony. there is only anger and resentment about an election result that republicans and the trump campaign wish turned out differently. guess what? that happens in american politics. you can lose an election narrowly. there is no coherent approach to challenging votes in any jurisdiction. not one single vote has been brought into legal question by any of the litigation brought by the trump campaign or sympathetic republicans.

in court, you have to meet two standards, point of law, evidence to back up it was violated. so far zero on either of those fronts. >> yeah. important point there. not a single vote so far has been invalidated, or called into question. with evidence. >> reporter: correct. >> lots without evidence. >> reporter: correct. >> major garrett, thanks so much. boeing beleaguered 737 max airliner will fly again after the fata removed a grounding order just this morning. they haven't flown any passengers since march last year since two crashes killed 346 people, led to worldwide grounding of the plane. kris van cleave is at reagan airport outside washington, d.c. with more on the story. kris, when could that 737 max return to service? >> reporter: good morning, gayle. before the plane can take off a couple things have to happen. airlines have to install updates

addressing design issues with the plane and pilot get additional training including simulator time. at least one u.s. carrier plans to fly before the end of the year. the 737 max ungrounding order comes after nearly 20 months of work addressing a design flaw that led to two deadly crashes months apart. at the center of the redesign, the mcas stall system linked to both accidents. changed agreed upon by regulators add redundancy while limiting how the system operates so it should no longer be able to overpower a flight crew. faa administrator steve dixon flew the plane last month. >> we'll make sure the process is completed. >> reporter: the ungrounding is unwelcome news for the 346 loved ones killed in the crashes. >> passengers should look to find a different plane than the boeing 737 max.

>> reporter: michael lost his daughter on flight 302. >> there's not enough redundancy, modernization of systems to guard against yet a third crash. >> reporter: boeing says the plane is safe, will be able to resume deliveries. the max believed to account for one-third of boeing's revenue over the next five years. its grounding has cost the company an estimated $20 billion. how do you feel about getting behind the controls of the airplane once it goes back in service? >> i'm looking forward to flying the max. >> reporter: 737 captain laura einsetler. >> i am looking forward to flying the max. >> reporter: this captain. >> you see experienced pilots coming on board with confidence in our training and mastery, you can know that it is safe. >> reporter: boeing yet to comment on news. american airlines says it in tends to resume 737 max passenger service as soon as december 29th on a single daily right between miami to laguardia. then back to miami. yet to figure out, feelings about getting back on board the 737 max. anthony? >> critical to boeing's bottom

line. a lot may be reluctant to get on board. thank you. ahead, an update on a missing teenager's death in louisiana. police say newly released video shows why they never put out an amber alert for quawan charles.

ahead, norah o'donnell on cbs news investigation into the military failure to handle sexual assault. good morning. i watched your piece, it was heartbreaking and maddening. looking forward to what you have this morning. >> incredibly heartbreaking. good morning to you, gayle. we introduce you to a mother that tells us the military did nothing about her daughter's assault until eight months after she died. one of the heart wrenching stories we uncovered, alleging failure to protect those that protect us. that's coming up in a few minutes on "cbs this morning." i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis wasn't going to change who i am.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." for more than a decade, the pentagon vowed to eradicate sexual assault from its ranks. in our year and a half investigation, service members and families told cbs news the military has fallen short. this morning, we focus on the case of army staff sergeant morgan robinson. her mother says the military handling of her daughter's assault ultimately led to her death. she spoke with cbs evening news anchor norah o'donnell as part of her exclusive investigation. >> reporter: morgan robinson knew from a young age she wanted to join the military. >> when she turned 21, she said mom, i have to talk to you.

and she told me then she had joined. >> reporter: she had been in the national guard six years when sent on first deployment to kuwait in 2016. what happened when she was abroad? >> in kuwait she was sexual assaulted and tingcontinually harassed by one of her superiors. >> did she report it? >> yes. >> what was the response when she reported it? >> nothing. she got nothing. >> reporter: on the same deployment, morgan was sent to afghanistan where she was sexual assaulted again. an alleged gang rape involving multiple fellow soldiers. >> do you think she was afraid to report what happened in afghanistan? >> yes, ma'am. she was very scared. >> why do you think she was afraid to report those rapes? >> because they threatened her, number one. number two, she knew that it wouldn't go anywhere.

nothing happened in kuwait with sexual assault and harassment, why would they do something, you know, in afghanistan? >> in april, 2018, then secretary of defense james mattis said there was zero tolerance. >> battlefield casualties are a reality of war, we will accept no casualties due to sexual assault in our military family. >> four months later, morgan died by suicide. >> it wouldn't have mattered if, it was a matter of when. >> the army launched investigation into her death. >> i tried to look at the copy of the investigation that you got. here it is. that's it. i don't get it. blank page after blank page. they gave you this, 100 copies of blacked out pages? >> yes. i just didn't understand how they could actually stand there, look me in the eyes and hand that to me.

>> does it make you believe they're covering something up? >> of course. >> reporter: at the time, principle policy adviser to military sexual assault program reaffirmed the pentagon commitment to hold itself accountable. >> the department remains committed to goals of ending sexual assault in the military, providing the highest quality response to service members, holding offenders appropriately accountable. >> reporter: what debbie found in unredacted pages told a much different story. the investigation into her death says sergeant robinson suffered sexual, physical, psychological trauma while deployed. the is he quell aof the trauma was a factor in her death. so they acknowledge it. >> yes. >> in your opinion what led to your daughter's death? >> the way they didn't handle what happened. >> what needs to change. >> they can't police yourself. how can you investigate yourself. you can't.

>> reporter: eight months after her death, the command issued a written reprimand. >> if i was a commanding officer and if i had kids, what would you think if that happened to your daughter or your son? what would you want to happen to them? are they going to sit back and it is okay? they would want justice also. everything plays over and over and over in your head, thinking did i miss something, could i have done something. you know, you're a mom, that's what you're there for, to protect your kids. i couldn't protect her. >> reporter: the army declined request for on camera interview, said in a statement they conducted a full investigation, took appropriate action against the perpetrate or. what do you want people to know about your daughter? >> she was doing a job she loved for her country, and to think that's what took her life, that's what broke her, they wanted her body and they took

her soul. >> reporter: think about that, they took her soul according to her mother. the army says thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of morgan robinson. gayle, they say they're committed to stopping sexual assault and supporting victims, but there are so many questions left out there. >> i'll say. the stories tell another thing. i can only think of desperation and fear morgan must have been feeling. do you know any of the additional details of what happened to her? >> yeah. her mother tells us that she did not report that assault, gang rape in afghanistan because she was terrified. she was terrified after what had happened in kuwait, when no one would believe her, when nothing happened. and the numbers back that up. the military does studies on this. one military study says 64% of women reported assault were retaliated against after. you think the right thing to do is let me report this, hold this perpetrator accountable. then what happens to the victim? they're retaliated against,

harassed again. that's why we wanted to tell the story of morgan robinson and others. nicole bernham last night. these women that volunteer to serve our country are retaliated against for doing the right thing by reporting the alleged criminals and they end up severely traumatized, die by suicide. >> i thought morgan's mom raised a point, how do you police yourself, come up with an investigation when you're the ones in charge of the investigation. i know you and your team have been working on this a long time. cudos to your team. what else do you have coming up? >> it is a good cbs news investigative team have spent so much time digging through all of the papers, what i held up to show you reports that are blacked out and redacted. that's part of this investigative work that goes on in sort of trying to tell the story here. gayle, you hit the nail on the head. can the military police

themselves. that's the question. that really is the question. is this a cultural problem that exists in the military or systemic where you can't report up chain of command because it is not working. does there need to be an independent outside body that deals with reports of sexual assault to handle it independently and objectively. and certainly that's been a discussion in congress. congress is going to focus on sexual assault and harassment and abuse in the military, the vanessa guillen act, how she was brutally murdered. there's a spotlight being focused on this. the question is whether there should be a me too movement in the military. >> listen, whether it is systemic or kul tecultural, it problem and they need to do something about it. thank you. something tells me things will change after this. cbs news four part investigation continues tonight on the evening news. we hear from survivors of sexual assault in the military in their own words.

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an important update on a story reported monday. police in baldwin, louisiana released video showing the

moment they say the 15-year-old quawan charles voluntarily left his home with two unidentified people. he was found dead four days later. the family says they reported he was missing but the police didn't take it seriously. the police are saying this video shows why an amber alert was never issued. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: police say video from the day quawan charles went missing shows the teenager sitting outside his home on the afternoon of october 30th. a silver car passes in front of him, charles appears to run after the vehicle. several minutes later, the same car returns, pulls into his driveway. according to police, three people, including the 15-year-old then exit the hicle, head into his backyard. they then return to the car and drive away. >> the family is not questioning voracity of the video. however, our interest is solely focused on what occurs as soon

as the video stops. >> reporter: a lawyer for the family of quawan charles says the video supposedly showing the 15-year-old willingly leaving his home with two people does little to explain why police never issued an amber alert after charles' parents report him missing october 30th. baldwin assistant police chief samuel wise told klfy there was no evidence supporting he was abducted or in danger to cause an amber alert and that the video now proves that. charles' family previously stated that he left with janet urban and her 17-year-old son. charles' parents say he didn't know either of them and left without their consent which is why he was reported missing. they found his body in a sugarcane field november 3rd. the family suspects foul play, an independent autopsy

reiterated the coroner initial findings his death was consistent with drowning. however, the eye beer was parish sheriff office is investigating as a possible homicide. jericka duncan, new york. >> so many questions still in that case. ahe want for l this portion of "cbs this

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that's good. >> more like cbs this morning resident nerd. here are a couple stories we think you'll be talking about today. a big development in flint, michigan water crisis. proposed $641 million settlement over the poison drinking water supply has been reached. workers followed the state's advice not to use anti-corrosive add tiffs with water with led piped into homes for 18 months. people had health issues like rashes, hair loss. a judge must approve that. six years coming. >> 80% of the money hopefully dedicated to the kids. >> indeed. nfl star d'andre hopkins is a legend and nike symbol, thanks to that amazing catch with one second to go to beat buffalo sunday. sorry, "cbs this morning" host.

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it is wednesday, it is wednesday, november 18, 2020. i'm gayle king. raising an alarm. a wakeup call from the coronavirus task force and how this pandemic is affecting the mental health of front-line workers. >> and navigating difficult seasons for families. >> growing up black. tough talk and hope from writer and cast member on a new film based on his book "between the world and me."

>> first, today's eye opener. the stark warning from the white house coronavirus that the current effort to slow the pandemic is not enough. >> the height of the pandemic in the spring, the test positivity was near zero. now back up to 6 of 0%. >> speculation that his job would not survive because he was so vocal in disputing president trump's false claims that the election was rigged. >> there is only anger and resental about a campaign they kish turned out differently. that happens in american politics. >> before the airlines take off, airlines have to install updates and pilots have to get additional training. >> the world's most expensive face mask. the $1.5 million mask features

black and white diamonds set in 18 carat gold. rich people. where are you going to wear this thing. showing it off to your cat. so, mr. whi wiskers, you impres? >> i think we'll pass. we have breaking news for you. we have learned pfizer ended phase three trial with excellent results final results show the vaccine is safe and 95% effe effective. it lans to file for emergency use authorization in the next couple of days as another 161,000 cases yesterday. also more than 1,700 reported deaths. that's the most since mid-may.

states struggling to respond to the surge. a white house coronavirus task force report obtained warns and i quote, aggressive, unrelenting, broad community spread across the country. current mitigation efforts are inadequate and must be increased across the board to sustain the health system. >> evidence can be seen in el paso, texas. the city confirmed nearly 1,000 new cases yesterday and 13 deaths. texas as a whole reported more than 11,000 additional cases. a new daily record. showing us the desperate efforts to find enough hospital beds. >> intensive care units are so

becoming, they are resorting to fixed wing aircraft like this one to save lives. >> what would happen to one of these patients that didn't get transferred? >> there is a likelihood they could pass away and die. they are very sick. >> since the pandemic began, at least 84 patients have used an air ambulance transport. all in the last month and from el paso. air med spokesperson said 50% of the company's flights are now covid-19 related. patients flown from el paso to houston, san antonio, waco, dallas, forj and austin. >> have you ever seen anything like this? >> i have not. no. we had sars, h 1 n 16r7b but nothing compares to covid. >> six of her family members

have been infected including her husband who died in july. >> until they've been in my shoes, they don't realize to keep their mask on. >> they are concerned about having enough health care workers. >> we have physical space. as we learned in june and july, the real threat to people is that our staffs are overwhelmed. >> a spokesperson for university medical here in el paso tells us they have so many covid patients, they had to take over a floor of the children's hospital for space. there are more than 300 people in the icu. >> the numbers keep flying. ahead you'll hear from doctors p and nurses and we'll hear how

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causing a mental health crisis among front line health care the coronavirus pandemic is causing a crisis among health care workers. experienced acute stress, and 48% exhibited depressive symptoms. doctors and nurses say they have been working relentlessly for months, now dealing with new challenges and fears as the number of hospitalizations hits

a record high. >> things are pretty tough right now for us. med surge beds are pretty much at capacity. 10% of staff are out quarantined, facing staff shortages. >> the exercise in stress tolerance, how much can you take before the wheels fall off. >> are you seeing your hospital being overwhelmed with patients? >> certainly getting major influx, having to manufacture new places to put people. >> the situation where icus will be fall. even if you create physical beds, won't have the staff to care for people the way they need to be cared for. >> what is it like emotional? >> they're carrying the most emotional burden and toll the last several months, just a level of fatigue and accumulated trauma our health care providers faced already. we're at a point people should be looking to replenish themselves, instead of replenishing themselves, they're

climbing the highest part of the mountain. >> the exhaustion, the nurses are working minimum of four 12 hour shifts and then having schools out. working a 12 hour shift, going home and trying to home school children, doing it day after day after day. >> a lot of us are in for lack of better word siege mentality, emotional considerations are pushed aside. it is fatigue beyond fatigue. at the point most worn down, we have to do something that's exponentially going to be more work than what we have done and dealt with before. >> and we can't stay home, work from home. we show up every day, do the best you can. you still have to deal with the mental toll it does take on you. >> horrifying fear in the back of your mind that at some point people are just going to die because there's no place for them. that gives me pause. >> i do believe there's a reckoning with how vulnerable we

al are to a virus, to the possibility of being overwhelmed by death. never became so tangible until now. >> what do you want people to know about how health care workers are feeling going into another surge? >> no matter what, we are here and in the same way we will always be here for you, we want people to do the things we know we can do to stop transmission. >> end of the day, putting one foot in front of the other and showing up every morning. that's 90% of the battle. >> following the effects of the pandemic on front line workers joins us. tara, i remember you did a story like this in march. it hadn't been a month. i remember thinking god, i never thought of that, how they must be feeling risking their lives to save ours. what's at stake for them, what's the biggest challenge for them? >> gayle, fatigue is a challenge. but it is a sense of being in a

marathon, and it is just a relentless pace that doesn't let up for all these months. the concern that they're going to as dr. nielsen said drown under the weight of patients, how are they going to take care of them. one of the other biggest challenges is feeling like people aren't taking it seriously, walking out of the hospital, seeing people not wearing masks, packed in lines to get in a bar. many of them turned to television or social media to tell those personal stories thinking maybe that will make impact. this is what we are witnessing inside the hospital. dr. dylan saying one of the darkest moments was telling two teenagers that their father died in his icu and then three days later that their mother died. all of this over the phone without the kids being able to say good-bye to their parents to see them. these are the stories we hope will make an impact on people so they take mitigation strategies seriously. >> they must go nuts and see people being careless and reckless. one doctor said it is like

running a marathon, and then asked to do the ironman right after that. there's no let up. do they have any silver linings, do you see any silver linings for them? >> certainly they talked about the hope associated with a vaccine and also hearing the survivor stories and seeing survivors. that gives him strength to keep going. they also talked about the camaraderie being a silver lining, that they bonded, being in trenches together. as dr. nielsen said, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a long tunnel still. >> thank you very much. i think these stories are so important to remind people again, wear a mask. ahead, the pandemic forcing families to make tough choices how to celebrate the holidays. we are going to share tips how to handle potentially difficult conversations with your loved ones. isn't that fun. you're watching "cbs this morning." be right back. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones,

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a week from thanksgiving. many families are looking for a safe way to celebrate as coronavirus cases soar. the cdc recommends only celebrating with people in your household. if you are joining others, the cdc says you should wear a mask when not eating, stay six feet apart, and if inside, keep windows open. psychologist and cbs news contributor lisa demore joins us about how to have difficult conversations around the holidays. thanks for being with us. what is your advice -- >> good to see you. >> great to see you too. i wish you could be here. many people are still deciding how to deal with the holiday as close as it is. what's your advice? >> you know, this is such a tough one. and it is hard because there's no good decision. you have to deal with disappointing yourself or family or assume frightening risks.

the first thing to do is recognize there's no perfect way to go about this, then to make the choice that actually one can live with. the challenge we are up against now is that we have been in the pandemic so long, and it feels tedious and familiar, and yet we have to reconcile that with the fact it is as dangerous as it has ever been. and i think we need to let the record rates drive decision making. >> once you make a decision what you're going to do, you have to have the conversation with the family. what's the best way to do that. >> you know, i think different families handle it in different ways. some families do well by getting information in doses, right. might be worth calling and saying i am having questions about coming, and following up later and saying i decided i can't come. other families do well getting hard news at once. that may be the way to go. what you want to bear in mind, when it comes to delivering bad news, what people like least is

surprises. if you decided you're not going to go, that's going to be hard for someone to hear, you should probably tell them as soon as you made that decision yourself. >> what about kids, lisa. this has been a hard year for them. a lot of them looking forward to holidays, traditions they've had for years. how do you approach kids about this? >> you know, the kids, we start with safety. they understand that. we have to make the decision that's safe. then we are clear, calm, direct about telling them what's happening. and we make room for them to be sad and disappointed. you don't have to talk them out of it, they have a right to those feelings. ater that, work with them about getting creative. kids are great at this. say look, maybe we're not doing regular thanksgiving, maybe we do a movie marathon and four kinds of popcorn. if they're still struggling, and they might be, what we can say is that there are times we make

personal sacrifices on behalf of a greater good. that's what we are doing here. we can help them feel proud about their part in that. >> they're playing a role. joe biden mentioned about the empty chair at the table. always tough that first holiday after you lost someone. what's your advice to families going through that, that's a lot of families this year. >> that is a lot of families. there's a lot of people in that boat. first thing i would say, be mindful of who people are in the communities, should be reaching out to them. if there's a safe way to connect in person, consider that. otherwise, reach out digitally. also saying people suffering shouldn't hesitate to reach out, there is help available. the piece you want to remember, the story that gets that, holidays are times of reflection, gratitude, thinking about, connecting with people we love. just because we can't do that in a regular way doesn't mean we can't do it this year. >> i want to pick up on connecting with people you love.

if people come over and your household tries to follow cdc guide lines, windows open, six feet apart, wear a mask when not eating, there will be families split over the wisdom of the recommendations, maybe arguing about it. if you're the host, how do you dp get in the middle of your daughter arguing with your uncle whether to wear a mask. >> you know, i think we say i love you both, we all want to get together, enjoy each other, have a good time. in order for that to be possible, people have to be comfortable. we don't want to do anything that makes some of you uncomfortable, let's go ahead and follow cdc guidelines. that way we can all be at ease. >> interesting thanksgiving. >> blame it on the cdc. >> lisa damour, thank you very much. ahead, award winning author ta-nehisi coates, and yara sha heed ee, talk about

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories we like to call talk of the table. tony is in pole position. >> i have a charmingly essential story out of hollywood. act of generosity, maybe a reason say yes if an old friend invites you to dinner. george clooney confirms back in 2013 he invited 14 of his closest friends over for a meal. he said i love you guys, thank you, you have been there for me. one more thing. here's a million dollars. to each of them. $14 million. 14 friends. didn't hand them a check, say here's the number for my lawyer. wheeled out, carried out, i don't know how, brought out

suitcases with a million dollars in cash for each of them. this is why i say charmingly eccentric. the point was, he was 52 at the time. he was not yet married, did not yet have children, thought he was going to be a bachelor. said you guys are all in my will. if i am hit by a bus, you get it anyway. i want to see the look on your face. i think it is a wonderful gesture. >> i was wondering about that, the suitcase thing, i was like whoa. >> that's very generous, also very eccentric. but i like the thought behind it. you're going to do it anyway, love for you to enjoy it now. i love that. i love him. >> these are people who gave him a couch when he was broke, a loan when he was broke, were there for him before he was george clooney. >> that's wonderful. >> i have some shoes i could donate. some sweaters. >> how do we become friends with george clooney. >> i know. that's very nice. here's another celebrity act of generosity paying off in a big way. people on social media notice

that dolly parton was listed as one of the sponsors of moderna's new coronavirus vaccine in a preliminary report. early testing shows the vaccine as you may have seen, is nearly 95% effective. parton announced in april she was giving a million dollars to vanderbilt university in nashville for covid research. some of that money went to an early stage trial of moderna vaccine. that news as exciting as it is inspired an english professor at northeastern university, ryan cordel, to change the lyrics to "jolene." >> vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine! here to keep us safe from covid harm. >> i love that. >> after her hit song "jolene." >> he sang it quietly, his family was still asleep. dolly has given us great music,

dol dollywood, now a vaccine. >> mine is people's sexiest man alive for 2020. >> was it vlad? >> that would have been a good choice. wasn't vlad this year. drum roll, please. it is michael b. jordan. look at that. pause a second. from hit movies "creed" and "black panther." he said it was a cool feeling when he found out about sexiest man. >> sexier that it is a double issue. >> good guy, too. said the women in his family are proud of this one. he said jokes from guy friends are not going to stop. he is right about that. for the record, he is 33, single, when not working likes driving cars, cooking, playing video games. secret to his confidence is fully realizing you cannot make everybody happy. that's so true. sometimes he said you have to trust the universe. i like that. >> if 33, single, do your own

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angela davis about life in a black body. >> if you're black, you were born in jail. >> and i felt the truth of this. i felt the truth of this in blocks i had to avoid. >> times of day when i must not be caught walking home from school. >> my lack of control over my body. perhaps i, too, might live free. perhaps i, too, may wield the same power that animated the ancestors and speak. as if my body were my own. >> nice job. bravo to you. good morning to you both. good to see you. >> you were such a beautiful writer, your words are so powerful on the page reading them, what is it like when you see them delivered, hear them out loud, delivered by the star studded cast you had. do they sound different to you? they sure did to me.

>> yeah. it is like you raise a kid and the kid grows up, becomes an award winning doctor or lawyer or whatever, goes beyond anything you could ever imagine. with yara and angela, what they did with that passage, for instance, takes it to another level. "between the world and me" was an intimate book written to my son. but in this case to have angela and yara read it, it ex-tentend along lines of gender also. >> good way to put it. yara, how did you decide how to read the passage and expressions you made, too, while reading it. this film is so beautifully done, guys, bravo to you both. how did you decide, what was the process in taking it on? >> quite honestly, it was really about honoring the piece. i feel lucky to know dr. davis, to have felt so motivated by her

personally through conversations we had, so it wasn't a far stretch to think of the feelings of discovering her work, feelings of discovering malcolm x. i very much am at this current moment. there are parallels in my own life that are kind of undeniable. i think if you were to meet the team that worked on the film, everyone is so invested, when filming it, it was such an intimate experience that i think the process came easily. the performance i saw of every other incredible person involved, it rings true. >> so interesting, but yara, answer this question first. the book was written five years ago, still resonates perfectly and brilliantly with what's happening today. i want your experience why it resonates urgently when we talk about the black experience in 2020. >> well, i think to speak about a book that resonates so deeply in front of you is quite the

opportunity. starting with the fact -- >> i can't see you, yara. it's okay. >> i can't see you either, but i can hear you. i am here with you. to think of the fact that i am a history nerd that loves james baldwin. to see a book in my lifetime that resonates in terms of the tone and in terms of intimacy of writing to a loved one as done in the fire next time is so reflective of how i at least experience and continue to experience my identity, which is through the lens of conversations with my family, through the conversations inter generationally. thinking of my own conversations i had with my papa who was involved in civil rights movement, thinking of them with my mother and brother. it resonates because it mirrors the conversations we have at home. >> when you wrote the book, your son was 15 at the time. i imagine he is about 20 now. what was your message to him and how are you feeling about the

world we're living in today? we just elected a new president, people are literally celebrating in times square that particular night. what is your message today to your son then and now. >> well, you know, i would say two things. first is we are in a period, i'm in a period of fatherhood, he is 20 years old, probably spend more time listening right now than i did when he was 15. i'm more into taking in messages now to be quite frank. i think there's something tragically timeless in this work, in the book, and also in the film adaptation. i started talking about the difference in generations. you have angela davis active during civil rights movement, black power movement, continuing to be active. i think i am about 25 or 30 years her junior.

then yara is 20, 25 years my junior, these truths are reflected and felt across three generations. >> do you feel encouraged by what you see in the streets today? >> encouraged is probably not the word. i'm inspired by it. i'm inspired by it. i will say that, yes. >> interesting your hesitation on encouraged not being the right word. when the book came out in 2015, michelle alexander, the lawyer and advocate and author of "the new jim crow", the lone criticism of the book which is gorgeous is little hope is offered that freedom or equality will ever be a reality for black people in america. has your perspective in five years with all that happened changed or do you still feel that way? >> you know, i take the point. i love michelle. she's one of the inspirations for my own work, her good book

"the new jim crow." i probably thought that i had a different role. i think there are people within society whose job it is to provide hope, pastors for instance are very, very important. as a writer, i never thought that was necessarily my role. i thought my role was to provide clarity and illumination. that's what i find with all of the literature that i love. it is not necessarily hope but the ability to see the world in a more clearer way. >> clarity and illumination. right now, want clarity of 2020 to be gone. thank you very much. it has been a lot. the election has been a lot. it is a lot. yara shahidi, good to see you. "between the world and me" premiers saturday on hbo. and the

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in the run up to the presidential election, concern about possible unrest led to surge in demand for plywood as businesses boarded up store fronts. in los angeles, like other big cities, there were no significant incidents. so i wondered about this. what do you do with all of that plywood? carter evans shows us one nonprofit's wild idea to reuse the lumber.

with the election behind us, they're starting to let the sunshine in. california wildlife center near malibu, he is dreaming about what he could do with all of that plywood. >> i've got a little anxious going i wonder what they're going to do with all that, am i going to have to go in the middle of the night, search. >> the manager rehabs wild animals. they reduced staff to bare bones. he also handles repairs. many put off because the price of plywood skyrocketed in the pandemic. >> it is like gold to you guys. >> it is absolutely like gold to me. >> when most people saw plywood going up, they were scared. you saw an opportunity. >> so did jennifer, the executive director. >> i thought how can we make this into lemonade. we need lots of plywood to build

enclosures. i put a post on instagram and it exploded. >> suddenly offers of free lumber are piling up. >> they're all about education and conservation and we love animals, we love nature. >> katherine kelly and her life partner are donating boards from their store benheart. you may recognize her from "the bold and beautiful." a cast mate alerted her to the call for plywood. >> how does it feel to support an organization like that? >> feels good because it has been tough. they need a helping hand. whatever they need, that's what we all need to do to make the world go round. >> construction on a new af ee ari is under way. soon more boards for sea lions. >> that's to make sure the volunteers are staying safe. the lion and sea lion is an

accurate description. >> and with free lumber, won't take a bite out of the budget. >> how many animals do you see every day? >> 4300 animals a year. >> 4300. >> yes. the majority are orphans, the other part are sick or injured. >> you can use every dollar. >> i am closing doors, turning off the lights, so absolutely. >> turning a dark moment in our history into a bright idea. for "cbs this morning," carter evans, los angeles. >> i'm glad they didn't need that plywood, now it can be used for something because nothing happened. >> i would have never thought they needed plywood that badly. that's great. >> interesting, we see plywood and see danger, they see plywood and see opportunity. nicely done. a viewing suggestion for tonight in case you're sitting home from other sister network, bet. a documentary called smoke, marijuana, black america. looks at how the black community

has been hurt most by drug laws, and is missing out on potential profits for legalized marijuana. it was narrated by naz, also executive producer on this, features interviews with vice president elect kamala harris, cory booker, other names you'll certainly recognize, called "smoke." marijuana in black america. tonight on bet, part of viacom, cbs. i am curious to see this. >> super big deal. basically 99% of people making money in legal marijuana are white people, so they're disproportionately benefitting and the part disproportionately harmed by the drug war were hit hardest. >> exactly. >> good stuff. coming up on "cbs this morning," jericka duncan talks with eric parker, director of that documentary we told you about. we'll be right back. "donorschoose! support

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