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Weeks. Tracking eta. The newest Tropical Storm strengths as it marches toward the United States. See the damage already left behind by this storm thats already killed over 100 people. And getting off the ground. Flying cars have been promised for nearly 100 years. Well take you inside the race to create a real viable option to drive into the sky. But first, we begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its pretty apparent to everybody who is watching right now and counting the numbers and looking at the universe of outstanding votes that joe biden is on the brink. The time for tallying votes is winding down. The nation awaiting who will be in the white house for the next four years. If it takes a long time, thats good. It means were being methodical. Were checking the facts. Its like in carpentry. You measure twice and cut once. Comes down to five key states. For now, joe biden, like the rest of us is left to watch and wait. As slow as it goes, it can be numbing. But never forget the tallies arent just numbers. They represent votes and voters. The president is angry and he is disappointed as he admitted to some people close to him that the math may not be on his side. There is no future for the Republican Party if we do not stand and fight in this critical moment. President trumps chief of staff mark meadows tested positive for covid19. We dont know exactly when mark meadows tested positive, but he was at the white house on Election Night. The u. S. Army has been conducting rescues in honduras which remains devastated from hurricane eta. All that you are a world famous beat boxer, and i dont know what that means. Well, beat boxing is the art of drumming with your mouth. All right. Way to go. And all that matters. Like you, we are all asking, what is taking so long . My neighbor in 36b said, gayle, this is agonizing. This is longer than the wait between seasons of game of thrones. On cbs this Morning Saturday. Do we know what happens to the screens when the election is done . Because id love one. I dont even like it in the house with the guys. Gather in. This room. This room and this room havent been cleaned. And if you look if you look here, you this is coming into me now. Max, you left your dinner out which means your pocket money goes down to its coming now. There. 38 . So thats what this mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. Wow. Right on target. Its a good idea. Its also a far cry. Remember tim russert and the white board. Ed still uses the white board. Welcome to the weekend. Im Dana Jacobson with jeff glor and michelle miller. Were joining you from cbs news election headquarters in times square. We also want to assure you that later on were going to have a bunch of the stories you come to expect from us. Technology, books, food, music, all of it. Thats a bit later in the show. First, we have a ton of news to get to this morning. We do indeed. Lets get to the still undecided president ial election. The race between President Trump and biden has slowed to a call. Nevada, arizona, pennsylvania are still being counted. Joe biden sitting 17 votes shy of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Is leading in all four of those states. On friday, biden jumped ahead of President Trump in pennsylvania thanks to a strong showing in philadelphia. Supporters there filled the streets in hopes of a victory that would put biden over 270 electoral votes. Meanwhile, supporters of President Trump rallied outside a vote location in arizona. The president needs victories in arizona and all but one of those other tossup states to win another four years in the white house. Late last night, biden addressed the nation from wilmington, delaware. Nikole killion is covering the Biden Campaign. Good morning. Good morning, jeff. Former Vice President joe biden hopes to be able to address the American People again today, but last night, he made clear he believes hes well on his way to victory and has a mandate to get to work. Were going to win this race. Former Vice President joe biden addressing the nation last night just a few votes shy of reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Were on track to over 300 electoral votes. Electoral college votes. And look at the national numbers. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Weve gotten over 74 million votes. Let me repeat that. 74 million votes. Reporter biden did not claim victory, but his remarks came at the end of a day that began with him taking over the lead in pennsylvania and georgia. Flanked by his running mate, senator kamala harris, biden gave a preview of what his administrations priorities would be. We have Serious Problems to deal with from covid to the economy to Racial Justice to climate change. We dont have any more time to waste. Reporter and he called for an end to what he called partisan warfare. The purpose of our politics, the work of the nation isnt to fan the flames of conflict but to solve problems. Reporter before those remarks, aides had planned for biden to deliver a primetime speech, but that was only if the race had been called. Delaware senator chris coons told reporters he thinks pennsylvania could be called as early as today which would be enough to put the former Vice President over the top. Dana . We are all anxiously waiting. The Trump Campaign says the election is not over, and is vowing to fight on with legal challenges to the vote counts. In a tweet last night, mr. Trump wondered if bidens leads would reverse as the president s lawsuits move forward. Ben tracy is at the white house with the latest. Good morning. Good morning. Cbs news learned the president is angry and disappointed that some of his republican allies are not defending him more. But here at the white house, he continues to tell his top aides that hes going to fight on and not concede. President trump out of sight friday, inside the white house where the mood is somber. One aide telling cbs news the end is near. Last night the president fired a warning shot on twitter saying joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of president. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning. While his supporters are gathering outside ballot counting centers, the president s team scrambles to foo find a coherent legal strategy. Lawsuits filed in michigan, georgia and nevada have already been dismissed and the recounts the campaign plans to request in wisconsin and georgia are unlikely to change the result. So team trump is focused on pennsylvania trying to get ballots received within a threeday window after election day tossed out. Philadelphias mayor is fed up with the legal assault. What the president needs to do is, frankly, put his big boy pants on. He needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and congratulate the winner. But the president has told his aides he has no plans to concede to joe biden. Theres tremendous corruption and fraud going on. Reporter instead, without evidence, he continues to allege fraud. Some of his fellow republicans are not convinced. There is simply no evidence that anybody has shown me or anyone else im aware of any kind of widespread corruption or fraud. Reporter republican senator ben sasse of nebraska said in a pointed statement voter fraud is poisoned to selfgovernment so these are major allegations. If the president s legal team has real evidence, they need to present it immediately. Reporter an outside adviser to President Trump says despite the campaigns legal fight, the president is resigned to the fact that he may lose. They say he understands the math simply may not be there for him. Michelle . And the count continues. Ben, thank you. With 20 electoral votes at stake, pennsylvania is key to both candidates chances of winning. President trump cannot be reelected without winning it, and joe biden can win the election with a victory in the keystone state. This morning, the former Vice President holds a nearly 29,000vote edge over President Trump, but with tens of thousands of ballots still to be counted, we are awaiting more of the count later today. Jericka duncan is in philadelphia. Good morning. Good morning to you, michelle. Right now we just checked here in the state. About 89,000 votes that still need to be counted. All of that important work, at least for the philadelphia area, is happening right here behind me inside the Pennsylvania Convention center. Now last night, we noticed there were a number of demonstrations going into their second day of people outside. There were Trump Supporters calling for a recount already while a larger crowd just feet away calling for every vote to be counted. A very heavy Police Presence there. But again the big story is these election workers still doing that important work as we speak. In fact, here in philadelphia, they have been working around the clock. After counting the remaining ballots, there are still provisional ballots. And overseas military ballots to consider. Last night Justice Samuel alito issued an order reminding the secretary of state here that those votes that received between november 3rd and 6th still need to be segregated. This is important because we know the Trump Campaign has presented some issues and concerns about those ballots. They have been approved by the Supreme Court, though, upholding a lower decision to count those ballots as part of the final result. But again, right now here in the state of pennsylvania, over 89,000 ballots that still need to be counted based on the states website which was updated late last night. Jeff . Jericka, thank you. Other states still counting this morning is georgia. Where 16 electoral votes are up for grabs. The former Vice President leads President Trump by about 7,000 votes in georgia right now. With the margins razor thin and with neither candidate hitting the necessary 50 of the vote there will likely be a recount. Georgia voters will also be casting ballots in january as both of the States Senate race goes to a runoff. That outcome will likely determine which Party Controls the senate. The vote count continues in two southwestern states where a combined 17 electoral votes are up for grabs. Joe biden is leading President Trump by about 22,000 votes or nearly 2 Percentage Points in nevada. He is also holding a slight edge in arizona. It could be the First Time Since 1996 that the grand canyon state is won by a democrat. A win for biden in both states would give him exactly 270 electoral votes, enough to win the presidency. Jamie yuccas is in phoenix with more. Good morning. Good morning, dana. In the next four hours, we should have a clearer picture of how the president ial race will stand in arizona. Thats when the first of two ballot dumps is expected to come in today. About 92,000 total ballots are left to be counted here in Maricopa County and 172,000 throughout the state. President trump needs to get more than about 57 of those votes to catch up to the former Vice President. So its tight here. Election workers are hoping to finish up counting today, and its been a long election for those staffers. Let me tell you. They began processing early ballots october 20th. Tensions are running high outside the Maricopa County Elections Office as well. For several days, President Trump supporters, many of them armed, have been holding rallies outside the Election Center here chanting stop the steal. And we only want legal votes counted. And while it may seem like its taking a really long time to count these votes, officials tell me they are on track to complete their fastest count ever with the most votes theyve ever received. Jeff . Thank you. For more on the president s legal pathways forward, were joined by election law expert david becker, founder of the center for election innovation and cbs news contributor. He joins us from washington. Good morning. Lets talk big picture here. As far as youre concerned, do any of the legal challenges youve seen have merit . I havent seen anything that has any merit. Theres not many facts that to back up these baseless claims of fraud or other things. One thing to be clear about. What were seeing in states like pennsylvania, georgia, arizona is just the normal, very transparent process of counting valid ballots. And in all of those cases, the only votes were seeing so far that have been reported are ballots that were received on or before election day. So even the ballots in pennsylvania that the president has made some issue of that might be received in the three days after election day, those have been segregated. They havent been counted yet. All of the counts everyone is seeing are valid ballots collected at by election day in those states. David, you said valid ballots. Weve heard a lot of people say legal votes versus the illegal votes. What is a legal vote . A legal vote is the same as a valid ballot. Its a ballot cast by an eligible voter. And all of these ballots are legal votes. Im not quite sure where the semantic word games are coming from. But every ballot being counted in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona and by the way, ballot counting is going on all over the country still. Theres only one state that i know that has actually certified official results. So there are theres counting going on. The most ballots left to be counted in the country are in the state of california but were not paying as much attention to it because california has been called in the presidency. Weve heard a lot from various secretaries of states throughout the country. What is their role going to be in this process . Well, their role is going to be what its always been. They are faithful enforcers of state law with regard to elections. And it doesnt matter whether they are democrats like in pennsylvania and arizona or republicans like in georgia and nevada. They are doing an amazing job working with all of their local and county Election Officials to make sure that the ballots that have been validly cast, legally cast are being counted appropriately. And to be perfectly honest, lets think about this. Weve got almost 150 million ballots being cast right now. To be able to count all of those ballots, it seems like its taking a long time. When we have a million volunteers working around the clock. Were doing an amazing job of counting all these ballots as quickly as we can in such a close election. David, a lot of people are seeing a repeat here of 2000 when the Supreme Court intervened, made the decision on the 500vote count and decided in favor of george w. Bush. How likely is the Supreme Court to stepping into this one . In 2000 what we had is one state that was deciding the presidency. And the margin in that state was just a few hundred votes. And the legal teams from both candidates went down and akimulated facts over weeks and worked that out in court. We have a very different situation this year. We have multiple states that are relatively close but not as close as 2000. Theyre all in the thousands of votes. We never see recounts overturn statewide elections of multiple thousands of vote margins. That just doesnt happen in american history. You might find a few hundred votes. Its very unlukely the courts will find a way to interfere in this leks or make a ruling that would change the outcome. I dont believe they are looking to. The courts want this democratic process to work its way out and for the voters to have their voice. How long do you think that might take . That depends. I am cautiously optimistic well have a call on this race some time this weekend. I think then, of course, the states officially certify results. There may be recounts in states like georgia, maybe wisconsin, although i dont think theyll overturn the results were seeing now. And then the Electoral College meets in middecember and well have a final decision. David becker, thank you. Breaking overnight, a key member of President Trumps team has tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not clear when white house chief of staff mark meadows became infected. He has appeared in close contact with mr. Trump in recent days and was last seen wednesday not wearing a mask when the president visited his campaign headquarters. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is stepping up National Guard presence at his states airports. The guard will be enforcing a requirement for travelers to new york to get a coronavirus test before and after they arrive, if they want to avoid a 14day quarantine. It comes as the u. S. Sets a record for new covid19 infections for a Third Straight day. Friday saw more than 126,000 new cases reported. 9. 7 Million People have been infected. More than 236,000 have died. Tom hanson reports on the growing concerns of this surge in cases. Reporter a massive wave of covid19 continues to wash over america with hot spots now stretching from the heartland into the west. Im not going to mince any words here when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. Were on a very dangerous path. Reporter denver mayor Michael Hancock says hospitalizations in his city have jumped 40 in the last week alone. His home by 10 00 curfew will go into effect sunday with more severe options looming. Theres another stayathome order in our future unless we act with urgency and care for one another to change the behavior that is leading to these increasing cases. Reporter in oregon, Governor Kate Brown ordered a twoweek pause on social activities in counties with high case loads. Please, please, please, limit your social interactions to your own household. For those of you who have scheduled events with other people for the coming weekend, please cancel them. We need your help. Reporter stronger measures are already taking effect across europe. Luxury Department Stores in milan closed friday in a partial lockdown while drivers in athens rushed home in advance of greeces threeweek lockdow. Are you getting towards feeling you need to advocate for the kind of National Lockdowns were seeing across the uk now . Were not in that place now. Reporter in a virtual interview friday with the Oxford Union Debate society in england, dr. Anthony fauci acknowledged theres little appetite for similar stayathome orders in the u. S. Fauci reiterated the need to wear masks and socially distance and said a vaccine could be available as early as next month. I dont like overconfidence, but i can tell you im cautiously optimistic that a vaccine is going to take us out of this very difficult position. Reporter for cbs this Morning Saturday, tom hanson, new york. Tropical storm watches have been posted for southern florida and portions of the bahamas as eta strngtens and pushes closer to the cayman islands. It killed at least 100 people. They fear that number will go higher with 150 people still unaccounted for. Meteorologist Jeff Berardell si tracking the storm this morning. Good morning. I have to say, what a beautiful set you have there. It really is nice. It looks great. Folks, lets talk about the storm. It is november. And you know, typically the season will be winding down, but once again, were talking about a possible u. S. Landfall. Weve had 28 storms. That ties the record from 2005. Were likely to break it because we have weeks left. Still a tropical depression but eta will become a storm later today. Expecting landfall in supreme couth florida sunday night into monday and then the storm moves into the south and the chance of another landfall in the eastern gulf. The big story, the rain and boat loads of it. And the winds will get gusty on sunday and sunday night. I think well see wind gusts over 60, maybe up to 75 miles an hour in south florida. Up to a foot of rain. Its been one of the wettest years in miami so far that weve ever seen. Well add another foot in some places. And thats going to be the big story. Watch out for isolated tornadoes as well. And across the rest of the nation, its the tale of contrast. In the east, over 200 record highs possible over the next several days. Chicago near 70. Minneapolis near 70. New york near 70. But in the west it is cold. It is record cold and a blizzard in montana. The bottom line, its everything and the kitchen sink in the weather right now. Contrast all around, jeff. Its looking pretty good where you are, too. Gorgeous. Its beautiful out here. 70 degrees. Love that. Its about 22 after the hour. Now heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Its a voting group that may have provided the biggest surprises during this election. Still ahead this morning, well examine the role of latino voters in determining what happened tuesday and what is shifting trends may mean for the nations future. Health care workers are a vital resource in the fight against covid19. So are the places where they work. Well see how whats going on in this difficult time could impact hospital design in the future. And later, bestselling author David Sedaris. Well talk to the writer and humorist about life and the pandemic and his new collection of works. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. He was a priest who made the most extreme and unusual demands of his flock. Even separating parents from their children. Wall street veteran Patricia Chadwick grew up in that world. Well hear how she persevered through it. Plus, they served the nation in elite special ops forces. Now one group wants to make sure their children can get the education they deserve. Well be right back. This is cbs this Morning Saturday. Cbs this Morning Saturday will return in a few minutes. For now, im Riley Carlson with a look beyond this mornings headlines. The pandemic is changing the way the genz age group spends money and its causing teens to tighten the Purse Strings like never before. Elise preston has more. Reporter alexis is a High School Junior in columbus, ohio. Her passion is competitive tennis. And until the pandemic, she enjoyed trips to the mall. I think it was really just a good way to hang out with your friends, get stuff you need. Reporter teenage shoppers are an important slice of the nations economy. Pipersandlers erin murphy tracks their spending. Spending was at the lowest weve seen in the two decades weve conduct this survey. Reporter teens spend about 2100 this year. A 9 drop from last year. Theres clearly things in the wallet that you cant spend on that you used to. Reporter spending on cosmetics dropped 20 and apparel was down 11 with nike as the number one brand. One area that bucked the trend . Video games. Video games moved from 8 of the total wallet to 10 of the wallet. Reporter another change is in the way teenagers shop. The pandemic drove them out of stores and online. Reporter alexis said she never shopped online before this year. Now she spends about 120 a month over the internet. I want to be sad for myself that i cant see my friends as much and hang out with my friends, but i just know people are in a worse situation than i am. Reporter in fact, nearly half of all teens believe the economy is getting worse which could mean more belt tightening in the future. Eless preston, cbs news, new york. Cbs this Morning Saturday will be right back. Welcome back to cbs this Morning Saturday. The outcome of the president ial election is still a work in progress. If big news happens, you will hear it here. We are closely watching the vote tallies in four key states. Nevada, arizona, georgia and pennsylvania. Joe biden is 17 electoral votes shy of the 270 needed to win and is leading in all four of those states. Both parties spent the race trying to attract latino voters. As Mireya Villareal reports, their choices for president are part of a changing electoral landscape. Reporter just like the food coming out of the kitchen at the Mexican Grill in houston, the president ial election is a hot topic. With latinos considered a key ingredient. You see the color of my skin or my last name is gonzalez that you think were going to go democrat. No. Reporter the owner considers himself half mexicano, half texan, but all american. He voted for President Trump back in 2016 but backed biden on this election day. Im a conservative. Im not a republican. And im not a democrat. Reporter its a similar message played out in nashville. We travelled there in february before the pandemic shut everything down. Meeting up with Country Music newxher frankie ray. The very first time i played in alabama, they saw me. They are like, the Little Mexican skinny jeans. Reporter ray say former Police Officer from new mexico and draws in a conservative crowd. I voted for candidates on both sides of the aisle at some point in my life because i agree with what they are saying. Reporter 26 million latinos were eligible to vote four years ago but less than half cast a ballot which is why both parties tried to lure latinos to the polls in 2020. There is a massive misunderstanding of the political nature of latinos. Reporter cuban immigrant Orlando Sanchez runs the organization texas latino conservatives. They distance themselves from the Republican Party and instead focused on values like education, Law Enforcement and the military which help keep texas red. When you trash the military, when you trash Law Enforcement, when you trash border protection, you are trashing the community. And thats where i think the liberal left misunderstood texas. Reporter the stark contrast to the values of latinos in arizona. They canvassed the state and focused on one thing. Empathy. And it could turn the state blue. Every Single Person we talked, to its not just, we d need you to vote this way. Its, ive suffered through this pandemic. Youve suffered through this pandemic. This is how were going to win. Reporter as the election wraps up, frankie ray who ended up not voting for a president , is trying to show latinos in a different light. And i wanted to find a way to be a voice for mexican immigrants and people that actually really break their backses and work hard to contribute to our country. Reporter for cbs this Morning Saturday, Mireya Villareal, nashville. Lots more news straight ahead. First, heres a look at the weather for your weekend. 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If Frontline Health care workers have been our superheroes during the coronavirus, hospitals and Health Care Facilities have been the bat caves. Constructing new hospitals or building wings cost hundreds of millions of dollars and can take years. Theyre designed and built with the expectation of being able to last for decades. And with the coronavirus, were learning just how big a role they play in the fight. Hospitals were always designed to treat the ill. But battling covid19 over the last seven months has pushed many to their limit. The assumption if you get sick that well have a hospital bed for you is a false assumption. Reporter across the country, surges in cases have forced hospitals like chicagos Rush University Medical Center to spring into action. The first thing we did was create a command center. To bring together all the different people in the organization to represent all of the potential land mines and unmet needs wed have. Reporter dr. Omar lateef is president and ceo at rush. Then we just took a giant board and wrote down, how do we change physically this hospital so that we can take care of larger numbers of people. Reporter that process actually started eight years ago. Long before the pandemic when rush added a new wing to their hospital. When you build something for the future of health care, you try to build something that has flexibility or agility in it. We built an 830,000squarefoot building in the city that has the ability to change air flows. The ability to double rooms. The ability to surge to 133 its capacity. Its pretty intensive. Reporter former nurse brenda smith is a health care designer with perkins and will. The Architectural Firm that worked on the rork project. We have phases where we create a list of all of the kinds of functional spaces that they need. You look at the flow of people, both staff and patients, and you look at the flow of kind of equipment and all the things that are required to operate in that space. And some of that has been rethought with covid as well. Reporter future design must also consider Frontline Health care workers. Many of whom had to make hospitals their home. People stay sometimes 15 hours, 20 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours with little breaks in between. We really need to make sure that we provide areas where they can rest. Reporter Something Else to consider . Emergency conversions, transforming everything from city parks to convention centers. We had to move very fast. Reporter back in april, jason s took this on. We have to convert nonhealth buildings into health buildings. Thats where we look at a diminishing standard of care which may not give us the best outcomes. The task of repurposing spaces is nothing new. They did temporary hospitals in the 1918 pandemic. Reporter historian jean Jeanne Kisacky said the flu presented its own challenges and solutions. Most of the hospitals are built along the old version, the big open wards. And they are rapidly overwhelmed. After the pandemic, theres a real shift to having smaller rooms and one patient per room or what they call one unit or one disease. So they could have three patients with the same disease, and they would put them in the same room. Reporter if Todays Health Care architects learn anything from their 20th century peers, it will be to take the lessons of this pandemic forward. By improving our ability to respond to the next one. So the big lesson here is i think the big lesson is, the hospitals must be designed to respond more rapidly. Were talking days and weeks, not months and years. We need to be thinking about creating pandemic preparedness in terms of flexibility, scheduling and the ability to compartmentalize infectious hot spots within hospitals. In the furkts its going to be very important for hospitals to maintain normal services during a crisis. And its a constant learning process. Architects, designers, Health Care Workers tweaking, you know, in realtime. And its global. Peers are sharing all over the map, including folks here in the United States looking at their peers in asia for help because theyve had some really unique design elements. Because you dont know when the next pandemic happens, whether its a year or 100 years. If you havent seen something that someone else has, no way to prepare for it because youre not ahead. Great story, michelle. They are heros in their own right. The children of special operations warriors who lost their lives in service to the nation or soon after. Up next as we approach veterans day, well show you how one group is trying to ensure they dont miss out on some of lifes biggest opportunities. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. 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This morning, the story of a foundation that is fulfilling a battlefield promise to educate the children of these fallen warriors. Catherine herridge has their story. Staff sergeants actions are in keep with the finest military service. A really special day. Ive been proud of him for the past ten years and get to share it with the world. Reporter Miranda Shurer describes her husband ron as a softspoken force of nature. He always pushed himself every day to be the best version of himself to help others. Reporter a green beret medic, he was recognized for heroic actions in afghanistan. At the battle of shock valley in 2008, shurer repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to save ten afghan commandos and four teammates. We worked together as a tightknit family. We trusted one another, and we share a bond thats far greater than words can describe. Reporter in 2009, shurer left the military and joined the secret service as part of a counterassault team protecting the president. The special operators are in special forces are called the Quiet Professionals. And then he joined the secret service where they kind of say they stand on the sideline of history. I said he was very good at finding the coolest job possible that nobody was supposed to notice. Reporter in 2016, ron began to experience severe back pain when he sought medical care, he received a devastating diagnosis. Stage 4 lung cancer. You documented rons cancer journey. Yes. Why did you do that . By talking about the cancer right away and sharing it openly, that made it not powerful and not something that was this big thing kind of weighing on us. Reporter even while sick, ron continued donating money from each paycheck to the special Operations Warrior Foundation. The nonprofit funds education for all children who lose a parent serving in special operations from preschool through college. Even knowing that his cancer journey would ultimately likely come to this result, it wasnt on our radar that our family would be covered by it. My husband, my best friend, our hero. Reporter in may, at just 41 years old, ron lost his threeyear battle against cancer. What most people dont really take into account, i think, is that family behind ron. Miranda, tyler and cameron, they are serving as well. Reporter clay hutchmacher is the president of the special warriors foundation. The foundation was started in the aftermath of the failed rescue attempt of the 52 hostages in tehran. We lost 8 americans, 3 marines, 5 air force that left behind 17 kids. The survivors of that mission made a commitment at that time to take care of the education of those 17 kids. Weve had nearly 1500 children in our Program Since 1980, and theres 908 right now that are in the program that weve committed to funding. Reporter the special Operations Warrior Foundation recently expanded their program to include medal of honor families like the shurers. The really cool thing is, our mentors are graduates from our program. Reporter like ebony sherill whose father, jeffrey sherill, a special forces doctor was killed in 1996 when she was just 4 years old. He just wanted us to not have money get in the way of us living out our dream. Was there a point in high school or maybe middle school where you werent sure your family could afford college . Yeah, but my dad wanted so badly for us to get an education and i really wanted to do that for my family. So that we can just turn our lives around and just get to a better place. Reporter shurer reached out to the special Operations Warrior Foundation for assistance. When they said, okay, everything is covered. We asked, okay, how much . And theyre like, all of it. Its all covered. And i am forever grateful for that. Reporter since graduating with a film degree in 2014, sherill has been paying it forward with the foundation. Sometimes you need the support of somebody with that lived experience just to talk to. Reporter that sense of community is comforting for Miranda Shurer and her two sons. Due to covid19, rons funeral was delayed until last month at Arlington National cemetery. Even though, obviously, their life wont ever be the same without their father, they are growing up with so many people that care about them and care about us because they cared about ron and knowing theyre going to have that. I know my kids are going to be okay. Reporter for cbs this Morning Saturday, catherine herridge, burke, virginia. Such a great foundation. Incredible. You wish there werent children that needed it but it brings just a different meaning to no man left behind when you think about what theyre doing. No matter who wins these elections, these Quiet Professionals keep working for you and us and all of us. Key to remember. In southern california, a driver led police on a wild chase for several minutes but not where youd expect to find a wild chase. And if you are heading out the door, dont forget to set your dvr to record cbs this Morning Saturday. Coming up in our next hour, sacred secrets. It was only in adulthood that Patricia Chadwick realized shed grown up in a virtual cult run by a very controversial Catholic Priest. How the wall street leader emerged from that experience. And David Sedaris is the rare author who can fill a concert venue with fans. That is until the pandemic took him off the stage and off the road. Well hear the surprising ways thats affected him. Plus, music from the Avett Brothers in our saturday session. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Your mission stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And take. It. On. With rinvoq. Rinvoq a oncedaily pill. Can dramatically improve symptoms. Rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. And for some. 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Omari maynas nards partner is one of them. She alerted doctors she was in pain but still died of a pulmonary embolism just days after a emergency csection. The care could have been a lot better if they were listening to her. Reporter mothers are increasinglying day from infection, hemorrhaging and preeclamsia. A headache that seems severe and will not go away. Unusual swelling of the feet. Reporter cdc director of Reproductive Health dr. Wanda barfield says the timing of the campaign is more critical with the covid19 pandemic. Women may be concerned that they cant be seen by a provider, but if they have a pregnancyrelated complication or a significant warning sign, its really important that they reach out. She just loved family. She loved the community. And, you know, she was just excited about being a mother. Reporter maynard hopes this campaign will prevent his nightmare from happening to other families. Elise preston, cbs news, new york. Welcome to cbs this Morning Saturday. Or the fifth day of tuesday. Not sure which one. But im jeff glor with Dana Jacobson and michelle miller. Were here at election headquarters if something happens. You will hear about it. In the meantime, coming up this hour, these stories are big, too. They are. He once played the row of elf to a Department Store santa. That helped turn David Sedaris into one of the best loved humor writers. Hes out with a new collection of his favorite stories. Well talk to him about that in this pandemicchanged world. Then for a woman who became a leader on wall street, youd never guess how Patricia Chadwick grew up. By age 18, she had never read a newspaper, watched a tv show or made a phone call. Well hear what led to this most unusual upbringing detailed in her memoir. Later, flying into the future. The long promised arrival of flying cars may be closer than you think. Well take you to one testing zone where they are getting ready to pick up some passengers just a few years from now. Plus, performance from the threetime grammy nominees, the Avett Brothers in our saturday session. All that is ahead. First, theres still no conclusion to the president ial election. It remains an exercise in counting votes in four key states in particular and a test of the countrys patience. Former Vice President joe biden is leading President Trump in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania. Biden is 17 electoral votes shy of landing the 270 needed to win the race. President trump has 213. Late last night, the former Vice President addressed the state of the race. He appeared with his running mate, california senator kamala harris, in wilmington, delaware, and said the numbers so far present a clear, convincing story. Were on track to over 300 electoral votes. Electoral college votes. And look at the national numbers. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Weve gotten over 74 million votes. Let me repeat that. 74 million votes. Biden also called for unity and to start putting the heated rhetoric of the campaign behind us. President trump is casting more doubt on the integrity of the votecounting process. In a tweet friday he wrote, i had such a big lead in all of these states late into Election Night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by. Perhaps these leads will return as our Legal Proceedings move forward. Okay. Ed okeefe joins us for more on this closely fought president ial race. I like the way you put it. The fifth day of tuesday. For you especially. Youve been doing a great job. Weve enjoyed watching. Big picture right now. Where do things stand at this moment . Four or five states, the fate of the republic hangs in their hands. Pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada and North Carolina which will take a few extra days because they gave people nine days to turn in ballots, absentee ballots. They may bes finale later on but for now were focused on pennsylvania which is expected to drop a bunch more votes later today. And we may get some sense of finality arizona depending on how many more come and where they come from. Part of the holdup is not just how many more votes are coming but the guys who count the votes over here in our decision desk can somewhat gauge where theyre coming from and get a good sense of, thats more likely to be a vote for the president or more likely to be a vote for biden, therefore, we can start to project ahead before the final count. So thats part of the holdup here. A lot of people nobody wants to get it wrong with these stakes right now. We heard from joe biden late last night. What did you take from what he had to say . Youll see this from him day after day after day up until Inauguration Day if he is the guy that ultimately wins. This call for unity. This sense that he wants to bring the country back together. And get to work as quickly as he can. In the coming days, as his transition begins youll see him step up the briefings on the coronavirus, how to work on the economic recovery. We expect maybe by thanksgiving well get a sense of the kinds of people he wants to staff his white house, fill some of the cabinet positions. Part of the problem for him, while we wait for results in the president ial race, were still also waiting to hear who has total control of the senate. There are those two special elections in georgia that are scheduled for early january. And with the senate currently divided about 4848, maybe 5048, you want to see which party will get those seats if they are democratic. It will be easier to get his cabinet nominees through. You only need a majority vote in order to get that done. If its republicans, hell have to think, is this somebody who could past muster with them and get democratic votes as well . Maybe not in the senate but the momentum certainly is building for joe biden. Im curious what the mood in both camps are. The Biden Campaign is, you know, its all over, but for the crossing of is and dotting of crossing of ts and dotting of is. So they are getting ready. They see it. They have been confident from the start. What they are most proud of is the fact at the end of the day, they had options. Several ways to get to 270. For the president at this point it all rests on pennsylvania. It doesnt appear to be trending in his direction. Republicans increasingly understand that, save for the recounts and legal maneuvers theyll attempt, theres very little left at this point for them to do unless miraculously a bunch of ballots arrive in the mail from overseas. The absentee ballots that all skewed in his direction but trends dont suggest thats whats going to happen. Mustsee tv. Ed okeefe, thank you for the little sleep and a lot of knowledge. On the fifth day of tuesday. 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Reporter father leonard feeney, a jesuit priest and Catherine Clark founded the church. The community was made up of educated communities. Her father a philosophy and theology teacher. They all lived at the center. I felt as though i had 58 uncles and aunts. It was absolutely splendid. Im talking about when im 3 and 4 years old. Nothing but joy and happiness. Reporter but over time, things changed. Chadwick traced it back to her parents vow to obey father fiendey. They were ordered to do things. Giving up their names so that i called them sister Elizabeth Ann and brother james. I didnt call them mom and dad. Ordered to wear a black outfit like a nuns clothing and monks clothing. They were coerced into vows of celibacy. Did this religious order become a cult . I believe it did. Reporter its a realization chadwick only recently came to while writing her memoir little sister. That was the first time i thought about it that way. People were fearful of being kicked out. They had become those obedient members of this religious order. And they knew they didnt have another option. Reporter like when the Centers Children were separated from their parents. At the time, chadwick was just 6. What was that first night like for you . It was really difficult. The floor that we slept in was the one that had been my familys apartment. My parents were moved out of it. And i remember crying that night because every night my father would sing songs to us and tell us a bedtime story. And that night it was silence. Reporter with the family unit broken apart, sister catherines role strengthened. She was the one that controlled everything. The big punisher. 2 1 23foot piece of rubber hose used time and again on children for things you and i might think were actually childs play. Right. I remember none of us could hold the hands of our little siblings. And my baby sister was just turning 1 and starting to walk. And i loved having her hold my fingers, and i would walk backwards. Were you told why . Never a reason why. We were told we couldnt pick and choose anything for ourselves. And to this day, if somebody says, what would you like to have, my instinct is to say whatever you would like me to have. Its just the words that are now muscle memory. Reporter stillriver, massachusetts became the centers new home when chadwick was 9. 17 acres 40 miles outside of baufts where she explored her inate freedom from teenage crushes to defying authority. Without any guidance, any knowledge, any parental support, there i was finding myself just in more and deeper trouble. And eventually, i think sister catherine reached the point in her mind i was destroying her mission. I needed to be discarded. The day i graduated from high school, i was taken away. Not saying goodbye to anyone in the whole community. Reporter father feeney and sister catherine still controlled what was next. Sectarial school. The moment i finished that course and got a job, i found a single room at the ywca. That was my first apartment. I was then on my own, and i was 18. I was incapable of carrying on a sentence that had anything to do about the real world. So i had my eyes wide open. My ears wide open and my mouth shut. And little by little, i took on a Comfort Level with engaging. Reporter over the next five years, chadwick also got her family back as her parents and four siblings all left the center. I expected you to have anger, but you dont have that. My father told me once that he and my mother planned one night to take us out in a car and leave. And i said, why didnt you . And they said, then what . My father was 12 years not teaching. How was he going to get a job . He had been deprived of the things that would have allowed him to walk out. And thats what a cult does. They strip you of who you are. I can understand it completely. If you could go back in time and live as a family instead of in the center, would you have changed that . I would not. And when i look at where i am today, im happily married. Ive got my own family. Wonderful friends and extraordinary career. I have traveled the world. And i think, if just one thing were changed in that whole upbringing that i had, maybe i wouldnt be where i am today. And so i would change nothing. Reporter while chadwick says that doesnt mean parts of her life werent painful, its that life story which has brought comfort to others. What has been most rewarding is to have the children i grew up with say, thank you for writing that story. Right. I think they saw it as validation for themselves. So for me, thats a grace. That was a blessing to have written the book. And that makes me extraordinarily happy. Reporter there were 39 children that grew up in that environment. I want to point out, when you read this book, you see the spirit within patricia throughout. And it was something we talked a lot about. It was in her even though nobody was directing her. She obviously couldnt speak with her parents, though they were on the property, and it was just always within her and it was when she was no longer on site that was able to come through even more. Shes enthralling to listen to. This story, i could not put it down because you sit there saying, youre kidding me. This couldnt have. And then you see what shes able to overcome. And again, shes not angry. And that amazed me more than anything. Shes a survivor. And still a catholic as she points out. Great job, dana. Up next, his works fill bookshelves and his personal appearances fill huge theaters, usually. David sedaris is out with a collection of his favorite works. Well get his thoughts on the pandemic and one unusual way hes passing the time. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. To be there for the people i love. When i had a heart attack, my doctor chose brilinta. 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I think some lazy people prefer it. Like they say, oh, you can you dont have to wear pants. And you dont have to leave the house. And i think, how lazy can you get . David sedaris writing has changed thve s. Bu orgyelaarr whe o got stuck chimney . Reporter but hes never lost his brutal sense of humor. Who was this burglar id ask. Did they identify his body . He was a gypsy, a drifter. And on two occasions an arab. Reporter this is the first time sedaris has performed for someone in person since the pandemic began. He met us in new yorks central park. Its also the first time he signed his muchsought after personalized copies of books in months. His newest collection is called the best of me. One thing i realized is with this book, you can add to the me and so you can have the best of mexico, the best of mediocrity, the best of meningitis. Reporter sedaris jokes have never been for everyone. But sometimes based on the crowds, you feel like its close. Millions have found Something Special in the way hes been writing about his life and family for the last 30 years. Hes produced 11 bestselling books, including barrel fever, naked and lets explore diabetes with owls. Most of those books have been followed by soldout concert tours across the country. At last nights signing, i was approached by a teenaged girl who asked me to autograph what was, without question, the ugliest tshirt i had ever seen in my life. Reporter and even the occasional commencement address. Choose one thing to be terribly, terribly offended by. This as opposed to the dozens or possibly hundreds that many of you are currently juggling. Reporter do you prefer performing and touring or writing . I always think of performing and touring as my reward for writing. Its my reward for being alone. Do you miss touring . I miss it so much. I miss even the delayed flights and crummy hotels. I wonder if its possible to die from lack of attention . I say to my boyfriend, just applaud for me. Im going to walk into the room and i want you to applaud. I just miss it so much. I miss attention. Reporter sedaris early work focused mostly on his childhood. He was born in upstate new york and raised in North Carolina. His mother, who battled alcoholism died when sedaris was in his early 30s. Seven years ago his sister tiffany died by suicide. A story included in the best of me which he says is his favorite because he got a chance to share the toll of her mental illness. A sedaris tradition of rarely holding back feelings about family. He calls his father, just shy of 100 and recently recovered from a neardeath experience, cold and mean. My father is 97. This is what people say. Aw. Like that. Aw, youre so lucky. And so my father cant be visited now in his assisted living center. So i write him letters. And then i talked to him awhile ago. He said i got those last two letters. You sure didnt have anything to say. And i thought, who else is writing you . Nobody else is writing you letters. Thats how i know he was better. You know, that he could just be mean. I thought, hey, dads back. Does your family like you . Well, i bauts thought them a house so they better like me. I mean, i think sometimes people got the idea like, oh, im glad im not in your family. When i write something about my family, its always something they know is funny. You dont do social media. I have a Facebook Page but ive never looked at it. And i think i have a twitter account, ive never looked at that either. And i think it makes me a happier person. Reporter this collection of essays represents a small body of his work and will likely again hit the best seller list. But these days theres Something Else sedaris says he wants to be remembered for. When hes not in new york, he and his partner are at their home in the english countryside where sedaris picked up some work as a volunteer. I was out riding my bike one day and saw a guy picking up rubbish. I said, what are you doing . He said im picking this up. I said are you paid . He said, no it drives me crazy. I can do that. I started doing it that very day. Reporter the town recently named a dump truck in his honor. I usually spend when im in england between 4 and 8 hours a day picking up trash on the side of the road. Reporter and whats what you want the David Sedaris legacy to be . Id be happy if thats it. It gives me an incredible sense of accomplishment. I think its more worthwhile than anything else i do. Pretty cool. 4 to 8 hours a day picking up trash on the side of the road. David sedaris hates this word awesome, but he is awesome. I just want to do this for him. Yes there you go, david. Weve been reading them, the whole family since the 90s and still do. The writing has gotten more serious and more emotional, so its been interesting to watch that journey for him. Yeah. I hate litterbugs. Im all the way. I am coming over. After the pandemic working together. Im out there picking up trash. And there we go. And they are hovering just over the horizon. Up next, the flying car may be picking you up sooner than you think. Well take a look. Thats coming up. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. For those of you without local news, cbs this Morning Saturday will return in a few minutes. Im Rylee Carlson with a look beyond this mornings headlines. Meditation apps are seeing a spike in usage. Doctors say the Health Benefits of a little quiet time are enormous. Cbs nancy chen spoke with one new user who says the proof is in the practice. Everybody talks about meditating, and i was like, no, that sounds like hocuspocus. Reporter for 31yearold katie richmond, sitting in silence seemed like the worst thing ever for her anxiety. But since june, shes been meditating every day for ten minutes. And says its changed her life. Ive been able to sleep better. I feel like im able to handle the daily stressors better. Just begin by taking a deep breath. Reporter headspace says its downloads are up about 20 since midmarch. Its paying attention on purpose in the present moment. Reporter psychiatrist dr. Seema desigh says it can help counter the negative effects of stress. It can have an effect on our immune system, Blood Pressure, heart rate. Reporter meditation can look like many different thingses from a seated practice to mindfulness, being incorporated into daily activities. Even household chores. So if were washing the dishes, what does the water temperature feel like right now . What, does you know, can you smell the soap . Can you actually Pay Attention to these things . And when were doing that, its often helping us stay centered, stay focused. Reporter experts say dont get discouraged. Meditation is like any exercise. Stick with it and youll see the benefits. Nancy chen, cbs news. Cbs this Morning Saturday will be right back. Im 53. But in my mind im still 35. Thats why i take osteo biflex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. It nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. While helping with occasional joint stiffness. Osteo biflex. While helping with occasional joint stiffness. Bubbles at this price . Is this for real . Oh, its real. Believe me. I mean this is upexpected. You would say. Remarkable . Absolutly. A remarkable deal. Thanks. I get that all the time. Wait. What . grocrey outlet jingle delorean . Once the stuff of fantasy, flying cars have become serious business. Big players like boeing, airbus and uber are investing in a market likely to be worth 1. 5 trillion by 2040, according to morgan stanley. Lucy crabb visited a test field in japan where they are trying to get these visions of the future off the ground. Reporter up, up and away. Japans flying car prototype hovered above the ground. Airborne for mere minutes but acing its first critical test for manned flight. From their secret lab outside the city of nagoya, the small band of engineers and designers is racing to put flying cars in the skies by 2023. Vice president of technology, toshio ando showed off their Battery Powered vertical landing and take off car. The Flight Control system and propellers in place of wings belie its drone origins. Translator the upper and lower propellers counterrotate to cancel out torque. If one breaks down it can keep on flying. Youll be able to hail one of these flying taxis in the twoseater version if you live in tokyo just three years from now. It feels kind of like being in an Amusement Park ride but with super plush seats. From the jetsons to bladerunner and westworld, flying cars are a Science Fiction staple. This sky drive concept video serves up a fantasy irresistible to any working stiff. Rolling out of bed late. Sailing over traffic jams. Driving by voice command and motion activated display and strolling into the office early. But before all that can happen, sky drive must prove its safe, that it can stay in the air longer and at reasonable cost. Not to mention working out Traffic Safety at 500 feet in the air. President fukuzawa flying cars play to japans advantage. Japan is not so good at airplane itself, but we have so many good Automobile Companies in japan. This aircraft is like automobile. Very small and compact and easy to ride in and not so high cost. Reporter japan and some of its leading corporations are betting 54 million hes right. For cbs this Morning Saturday, lucy craft from outside nagoya, japan. Who is going first . I just i who is going to direct the traffic . Thats what i want to know. How do you direct traffic . Kelly, our director. Or autonomous. But i worry about that because that hasnt worked yet on the ground. But it looks cool. It does look cool. Eventually well get there. Get over traffic. Heres a look at the weather for your weekend. That was a good one, kelly. The bright, spicy flavors of Southeast Asia take center stage in the cooking of chef leah cohen. Up next in the dish, what inspired her culinary journey and sample some of her favorite creations. Twice in one show. We have coconuts coming up. Kelly casse, our it right. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Managing type 2 diabetes . Youre on it. Jardiance knows youre doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease. [crash]. But could your medication do more to lower your heart risk . Jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. So, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. And it lowers a1c. Jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. A rare but lifethreatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. 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And the exterior of this coconut is very hard so you want something heavy to kind of crack through it. Reporter theres Nothing Better than starting a dish segment with coke nuts and cleavers. Nice. But before we get too far with homemade coconut milk, leah cohen wants us to know this. Cooking thai food at home or Southeast Asian food in general, does not have to be intimidating. There are often big, very spicy flavors. So start with something simple like chicken adobo. Every filipino is judged on their adobo, whether its chicken or pork. Reporter it has these five basic ingredients soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper, garlic and bay leaves. Get a little more adventurous and move to papaya salad with long beans and dried shrimp or mussels in a pineapple curry broth or these ridiculous riotta doughnuts. All of the dishes are found in cohens homage to Southeast Asian cuisine lemongrass and lime. We cant necessarily travel right now so if i can make them feel like theyre in these countries that was the goal of the photos in the cookbook. Reporter cohens mother is from the philippines but leahs ascension to star chef was hardly preordained. You grew up the daughter of two dentists. Do i have great teeth . You do, actually. Most people in my family went the doctor, dentist route aside from me and my brother but they are like, i want to say ten dentists in the family. It was definitely the path less chosen being a chef. No one in my family really was a professional cook. My grandmother was a Home Economics teacher, so i guess thats kind of maybe where i got, you know, the cooking bug. Why Southeast Asian cuisine for you . I just found the food so fascinating and the flavors so bold and intimidating at the same time. I felt connected to that part of the world. I like the way you talk about breakfast in the book and that its such a different breakfast is such a different concept in Southeast Asia than it is here. There are not specific dishes that you would necessarily eat just for breakfast. Like we think of cereal and all that stuff. But in the philippines, for example, they eat like rice, dried fi rules necessarily for breakfast although i try to make more breakfasty, brunchy items for that chapter. Also in the book, lumpia shanghai. Lumpia. And im dipping this in its a sweet chili sauce. Its not spicy at all. Perfect. Thank you. And the bangkok fire made with chile infused whisky. Cheers. Cheers. Oh, yeah, that does have heat. But for the moment, back to the coconuts. When you pick one, you want it to feel heavy. That means that there is a lot of liquid inside and that will make more coconut milk. Coconut milk sounded great to us, so cohen let us take a whack at it. Yeah. Perfect. Youre a pro. Look at that. See . Felt aggressive. Yeah. Its a good way to get your anger out, i think. In a good way. Totally. Its therapeutic. That may be something we all need in these times. Cohens restaurant in new york city, pig and cow, is open during the pandemic, but for takeout only. She hopes her cookbook will inspire people to make some outside of the box creations at home that they might not try otherwise. Though for cohen, this accomplishment is bittersweet. I was really struck by the dedication in your book. Yeah. So unfortunately, in april i lost my father to covid. And so i was able just in time to change my dedication because originally it was dedicated to my son, but my father was my biggest fan, and so i wanted to make sure that everyone knew how proud i was of him just like they knew how proud he was of me. And you talk about his unconditional love. Yeah, he was probably the most positive person ive ever met. He like knew the secret to life. He really just enjoyed life. He knew how to push people to do great things without being overly annoying and on top of you. I love the way she talked about her dad. Oh, yeah. You were choked up, too. I was. Its emotional. We thank her for talking about all of that, and we thank her for the coconut lesson. You didnt bring us coconuts. I was going to bring the machetes and coconuts. They banned me from doing that. What was it called . Bangkok surprise . Bangkok surprise. Chileinfused whisky. Well have some after the show. Coming up in our saturday session, the multigrammy nominated Avett Brothers who debuted at number one on the vinyl albums chart. Well hear some of that new music next. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Colgate optic white renewal removes ten years of yellow stains. Thats like all the way back to 2010. Whats that . Its a shake weight. Its a weight you shake. Remove ten years of yellow stains with colgate optic white renewal. 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In school, the two played in their own rock bands and then merged them. Theyve seen two albums nominated for Grammy Awards and this summer released the third gleam. Now performing from North Carolina, here are the Avett Brothers with untitled number 4. 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What do i get when i find out i have nothing who am i without my name how do i stop this empty from growing the dumb instructions coming from my brain i go to my heart on my knees begging take me darling please i will follow you i promise i have changed ive been gone for years i know but i am back for good to show what i will never stray from you like that again what do i do when my body lets me down who am i without dark hair and a pair of working hands how do i stop this outro that im heading for where do i turn when i cant take it anymore i goto my heart on my knees begging take me darling please i will follow you i promise i have changed ive been gone for years i know but i am back for good to show that i will never stray from you like that again no, i will never stray from you like that again for those of you still with us, we have more music from the Avett Brothers. This is the fire. A young child sits quiet the forest is dark possibilities overflow his unbroken heart i ask him well after the brush takes the spark what do you see in the fire i see light within color and color in light trophies ill take home and battles ill fight a bright blue horizon with no pain in sight ill be there and so will my parents and youre invited too a life sentence inmate in orange prisononer clothes whos been told his whole life thats just how it goes who came out swinging from poverty row sits a bit close to the dangerous glow what do you see in the fire i see rich people lavin with food on their plates and neighborhood bullies imprinted with hate moms and dads screaming at each other insane and hard gray redemption live from the cbs bay area studios,