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Concerns about the diagnosis and treatment of some Service Members traumatic brain injuries from iraq and afghanistan. Why a whistleblower decided to speak up. And a new mission for veterans, how a former marine is giving fellow vets a sense of purpose by offering them a chance to make a difference in disaster zones. But first, heres tie eyeopener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The news of the vaccine should not get people to say that we dont need to continue to do the Public Health measures. More than 60,000 americans in the hospital, sick with covid. The most ever since the start of the pandemic. I just think its an embarrassment. Biden slamming President Trump for refusing to accept defeat. You said there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. Were you being serious there . Well see what the people ultimately decide when all the votes have been cast. The Supreme Court signalled their unlikely to strike down the aca in its entirety. This doesnt need to be a partisan issue. Its a human issue. It affects every single american family. The new lawsuit calls a former lmpd detective involved in the death of Breonna Taylor a sexual predator. He would build their trust and just wait. Republican senator thom tillis will keep his seat. Power in the senate comes down to two runoff races in georgia. Tonights award for excellence in reporting. What have you learned, sir . [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Okay. It was his day to pick the kids up at school and all that matters the fda granted approval to a synthetic antibody treatment. The hard part is the vimab. See . Bamlanivimab. On cbs this morning. Many people are calling this the greatest golf shot ever. Jon rahm from the rough, skips it in the water. Thats a bad shot. Well, you think its a bad shot, but wait. Give it time. Its a bad shot. Its rolling. Because he skipped it across the water . Its not going to go in. You dont think so . Its not going to go in. Its going to go in. And goes. This mornings eyeopener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. You know he planned the whole thing. Did he call it . No, right . He did not call it. Im not a golfer but i know that was hard to do. Were going to talk about that a little bit later on. Welcome to cbs this morning and happy veterans day to anyone who has served and certainly were remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country. Were going to begin with the dramatic worsening, though, in the coronavirus crisis. As many families make plans for this upcoming holiday season, thanksgiving is just around the corner, officials reported a record 136,000 new cases just yesterday. Every day over the past eight days, the number of daily cases has exceeded 100,000. The crisis is plain to see in most of the u. S. Forcing governors to announce new restrictions. More americans are in the hospital with covid19 this morning than at any other point in this pandemic. But there is good news. The governments top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, is giving a new timeline for a possible release of a vaccine. Our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is in toledo, ohio, one of the areas where the case loads are exploding. David, what is happening there . Reporter well, anthony, the governor is expected to address ohioans tonight in a primetime address to remind them whats at stake. Things are going in the wrong direction here. Yesterday, ohio set a record in terms of hospitalizations and more new covid cases than any other day in this pandemic. And ohios not alone. Across the heartland, demand for testing is surging. Covid19 cases are climbing, and as of yesterday, 17 states hit new records for hospitalizations. Here in ohio, admissions and cases are rising so fast that hospitals may have to start postponing nonemergency procedures, according to Ohio State University dr. Andrew thomas. Were within, you know, a couple of weeks of having to make difficult decisions, not just at my hospital. Im talking every hospital in the state. Reporter to wisconsin now. They had another recordbreaking day of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths, which prompted the governor, tony evers, to issue a brandnew stayathome advisory. Now, previous efforts by the governor to issue a stayathome order and other lockdown measures have been overturned by the state Supreme Court. And the governor warns if nothing changes, wisconsins death toll could double to 5,000 by january. Its not safe to go out. So, please, please cancel the happy hours, the dinner parties, sleepovers,the play dates at your home. Reporter to iowa now. As states in des moines are filling up with covid patients, iowas governor kim reynolds has issued an order requiring people to wear masks in most public places. Its a move that the governor has resisted since the beginning of the pandemic. She once called mask mandates feelgood actions but now her state has one of the highest test positivity rates in the nation. Weve reached a point of serious community spread, and we can no longer pinpoint any one age group or type of activity thats driving it. Reporter there is more good news this morning on the vaccine front. Dr. Anthony fauci expects that pfizers vaccine will receive emergency use authorization by the fda by the end of this month. The average american should be able to get a vaccine if they want it by the spring. Were talking probably by april, the end of april, i would think. Reporter you know, the vaccine could be a lifeline for people like peggy george and lisa smith. The sisters from toledo, oregon, say they have had to visit their 91yearold mother, elizabeth, through the window of her nursing home for the last seven months. They say their mother has dementia and the lack of contact is making it worse. It was heartbreaking because i didnt even get to say goodbye the final time and i thought we were just going to have to quarantine her for two weeks and that was back in march. Everybody needs somebody in their life. They need our touch. We have not hold her hand. We just want to take care of her. Reporter so many families like them going through the same thing. The sisters were telling us there are eight sisters in the family and they go every sunday, all eight, and when theyre all eight together, they said mom clicks and shes like, oh, i recognize them now. Those are my girls. But lately, they said the nursing home told them you can no longer do eight. You can only do two at a time outside the window and they dont understand why. It doesnt make sense. We reached out to the nursing home, have not heard back but were going to follow up to see if they can get all eight sisters. Its outside the window. So it seems like it would be easy to do. Doesnt seem to make sense to me either. David, thank you very much. Powerful report on the toll of this virus. Theres also new uncertainty about the response to the pandemic while President Trump refuses to admit hes lost the election and he stays out of public view. Meanwhile, president elect biden has spoken nearly every single day since election day. The Trump Administration continues to delay the transition of power. Ed okeefe joins us from delaware. How is the president elect responding to all this . Reporter well, good morning, tony. Mr. Biden is moving ahead with his transition, appointing what are called Agency Review teams to start diving into the details of governing ahead of the Biden Administration taking over. I just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. Reporter president elect joe biden tuesday criticized President Trumps refusal to concede the election. I think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter but said he didnt need the president s cooperation. Not of much consequence in our planning and what were able to do between now and january 20th. Reporter that includes Agency Review teams that will be responsible for helping the Biden Administration get a handle on all aspects of the federal government, including management of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and systemic racism. On tuesday, mr. Biden received congratulatory calls from key allies like british Prime Minister boris johnson, german chancellor angela merkel, and french president emmanuel macron. Ready to congratulate you. Im letting him know that americas back. Were going to be back in the game. Its not america alone. Reporter but a transition official tells cbs news that mr. Biden is being denied customary assistance from the state department. Denying a lawful transition is a threat to our National Security. And to the rule of law. Trump Administration Officials refusal to ascertain a winner also means the Biden Harris Transition Team is being denied access to classified information and to roughly 6. 3 million from congress to pay for transition activities. Biden says he isnt worried. Look, access to classified information is useful. But im not in a position to make any decisions on those issues anyway. As i said, one president at a time. And he will be president until january 20th. Reporter on tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care act, and mr. Biden attacked the Trump Administrations latest attempts to strike down the law. The consequence of the Trump Administrations argument are not academic or an abstraction. For many americans, they are a matter of life and death in a literal sense. Reporter based on the questions from the Supreme Court, justices, a majority of them seem prepared to allow a bulk the bulk of the law to continue on. The president elect says that he would expand on the Affordable Care act by pushing again for a public option. Anthony . Ed, thank you. The Trump Administration is forging ahead with plans for a second term despite the results. His legal team is pursuing lawsuits in at least five states, including a new one filed last night in michigan. Paula reed is at the white house. Paula, good morning. Reporter good morning. Anthony, white house officials tell cbs news that president elect joe biden will not get an invitation to the white house before President Trump has exhausted all of his Legal Options and before the vote count is certified. But many of the lawsuits that the campaign has backed, theyve been thrown out by judges who say they are not supported by evidence. But the Campaign Continues to try to undermine confidence in the election process. The trump campaigns new lawsuit in michigan cites familiar claims, like ballots being counted twice and interference with election challengers. But this time, the suit comes with a 234page document filled with affidavits of people who call themselves witnesses to alleged voting irregularities. In one example, a poll challenger claimed that there were several irregularities where ballot numbers did not match what was in the voter files. She said poll workers used their bodies to prevent her from watching and observing the ballot counting process. In another, a republican challenger said she saw poll workers open ballots with trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes or showing it to other poll workers. Cbs news has not yet within been able to verify these alleged witness accounts. Election law expert david becker. None of these accounts are first person. None of these accounts were brought in a timely fashion. There are some serious questions about all of the testimony thats offered, that people of michigan voted by a margin of nearly 150,000 votes in favor of president elect biden in this election. I think this lawsuit, at best, is designed to pressure the michigan legislature, which is led by republicans, to substitute its will for the will of the people of michigan. Reporter republicans continue to search for widespread issues. In texas, Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is offering up to a Million Dollars to incentivize, encourage, and reward people for reports of voter fraud, even though there has been no evidence of any there. And Top Republicans are rallying to support the president s refusal to concede as nancy cortez found on capitol hill. Senator, have you congratulated Vice President biden yet . No. Why not . Nothing to congratulate him about. Reporter and secretary of state mike pompeo sent shock waves when he appeared to dismiss the Election Results. There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. Reporter and just one day after mr. Trump fired his defense secretary, the pentagons top civilian officials for policy and intelligence resigned and will will replaced by trump loyalists, including anthony, a retired general who has promoted conspiracy theories and whom the Senate Previously rejected for a pentagon job. And kash patel, a former aide to devin nunes. The chair of the Armed Services Committee Says this kind of high level turnover at the pentagon is dangerous, especially during a transition. He warns that it could be part of an effort to just gut the pentagon of decades of experience. But previously, the chairman of the joint chiefs, he said that he would not allow the military to get involved in any of these disputes over the outcome of the election. Gayle . Paula, thank you. Chief washington correspondent Major Garrett joins us now. Where to begin . Weve got World Leaders from all around the world congratulates joe biden but yet in the republican party, theyve become muted. Theyre refusing to acknowledge these results. What is the impact of all of this . Well, it goes against our history, it goes against Good Governance and the longer it goes, the deeper it will create divisions in this country about what actually happened in this election. And the president and the republicans who stand with him will have to bear the responsibility for whatever comes from that. I dont know what thats going to be, but this is not in concert with the way we approach governance in this country. It simply isnt. Everyone knows, all rational republicans know these lawsuits are essentially hearsay, meaningless, and distractions, period. Thats all they are. And distractions, period. Thats all they are. They are delaying the inevitable. Every sensible republican on capitol hill knows that. In his or her heart of hearts. And their mute testament and loyalty to the president will only serve to encourage him to resist was inevitable, the transition of power, and history will judge them harshly. I think people arent really surprised that donald trump is responding this way. He has said all along that it would be very difficult for him to lose, and very difficult to accept the results. What is the republican strategy here . Well, the republicans tell themselves the following story, gayle. That only by allowing the president to go through this process and exhaust in their terminology all legal claims, even the fanciful ones that they have put before the courts currently, only that process will reassure the president , coax him to a concession, and bring his supporters along with him. That is the story they tell themselves. They also told themselves a story in the spring about the president approaching the coronavirus as Winston Churchill with tremendous optimism, leadership and heroism. Ill lead it to them to judge whether or not that happened but i will quote churchill about this entire situation we find ourselves in, you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth. You know when youre a little kid on the playground, i think junior high school, they tell you either put up or shut up, so at what point does the Trump Administration have to put up or shut up. We keep saying show evidence, and they havent done so. The courts will rule, and as the courts will tell them, this is as david said in the previous piece, they are based on hearsay, not timely, not relevant, not confirmable, you have no case. The state legislatures say we are not going to override the will of the people through tabulated votes then its over. With en its over. All were waiting for is is someone at the top of our government to realize that. Okay Major Garrett, always good to see you. Thank you. Parts of floridas east coast are flooded this morning after torrential rain from Tropical Storm eta, which could make landfall there tomorrow. The storm left this neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale under water yesterday. 23 Public Schools in Broward County were forced to return toto online classes because of the flooding and loss of power. Forecasters say Tropical Storm eta could be gaining strength. Tampa could be in for a dangerous storm surge. Eta is one of two named storms in the atlantic. Its the first time that has happened this late in the year since 1887. Long time ago. Italy beat back a deadly covid outbreak with a lock down earlier this year, ahead, how the country faces a dangerous new wave, and it neigh be so severe that even a lock former Service Members are being treated. Heres jim axle rod. Traumatic brain injuries, the signals of wound for those who served in iraq and afghanistan. 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But a whistleblower who spoke exclusively with cbs news says one va hospital was dramatically underdiagnosing tbi, leaving decorated veterans to be denied treatment with tragic results. Chief investigative correspondent jim axelrod is following the story. Good morning. Good morning, the va medical have were focused on this morning is in new orleans, thats where a whistleblower worked whos speaking out for the first time, telling cbs news from 2009 to 2019, doctors at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health care system failed to properly assess hundreds of combat veterans for traumatic brain injuries. On the front porch of this home in franklinton, louisiana, Daniel Murphy decided he could take the pain no longer and so on august 21st, 2017, this 32yearold retired Army Sergeant who did five decorated combat tours in afghanistan and iraq hanged himself. Do you blame the va for what happened to your brother . Absolutely. Jim murphy was daniels older brother. I have been fighting this for a long time to try to get closure, hold someone responsible. Because my brother should be here. Sergeant murphys combat mission was detonating explosives, honorably discharged in 2013 after more than a decade of service. He suffered symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Insomnia, anxiety, the feeling the enemy was lurking nearby. But jim murphy told us there were also signs of brain damage, like memory loss. Danny, it wasnt like that. Hes like, are you sure . He couldnt remember basic stories of your childhood. Not at all. We could sense that something was wrong. He knew something was wrong with himself. You feel different. Until last month, dr. Frederick soughter ran the Family Health chin at the new orleans va, a psychologist with three decades of treating vets with psd. He grew suspicious in 2017 about the quality of care where he worked. I was noticing that many of them were having headaches, were having memory problems, things of that nature. Many of his patients with ptsd, a psychological condition, were also presenting symptoms of a tbi, a physical wound, but hadnt been diagnosed or treated for one. Then i said, you know, to myself, theres a problem. Department protocol requires all iraq and afghanistan vets to undergo a simple four question screen for tbi during their first visit to a va facility. A positive screen leads to more evaluation. According to internal documents obtained by cbs news, 60 to 80 of vets screened positive nationwide are ultimately diagnosed with tbi. When dr. Soughter dug into the data, he was alarmed, the number at the new orleans va, 18 . It was so deviant, the number, i remember thinking i should just turn the computer off, forget what i have seen. Look away. Look away, you know, and i couldnt do it. Instead, he says he compiled a list of vets who had first screened positive for a possible tbi but never got the va mandated follow up. There were hundreds. These are people who need to be identified, they need to be brought into the va, evaluated has to be explained to them what their problem is, and what the risks are, and they need to receive special treatment from the va. Nearly 600 vets had further evaluation conducted by this man, va neuropsychologist dr. John mendoza. Dr. Mendoza diagnosed tbi at a rate of 9 , lower than both the va nationwide and the va in new orleans. Three veterans told us dr. Mendoza told them he quote didnt believe in traumatic brain injury. So how can you have doctors working at the va who dont believe in something the dod called the signature wound . It says something terribly bad about our va. He hated that place, hated the va, hated all of the doctors. Why . No one ever heard him. Two va sources confirmed Daniel Murphy reported he had been diagnosed with a tbi years before when his humvee hit an ied. Dr. Mendozas notes indicate murphy complained of memory loss, and yet, while dr. Mendoza diagnosed ptsd and depression, he wrote there was nothing presented to suggest possible tbi. Without a tbi diagnosis, there would be no tbi treatment. Six weeks later, danny murphy took his own life. The last thing my brother texted me was hope to talk to you later. It was that evening that he hung himself, and its haunting. I see the pain. Yeah, i miss him. Dr. Mendoza did not respond to our request for comment. We can tell you he retired in 2017, several months after he saw Daniel Murphy. The va declined our request for an interview, but in a statement to cbs news, the Department Said it is quote committed to safe, well coordinated care for those who have sacrificed for our nation. Tomorrow well tell you what happened when dr. Soughter raised his concerns to va leadership, a story that may be even more disturbing than what we saw today. Wow, jim, this story is the story itself is haunting and so upsetting. How strong are the links between traumatic brain injury and suicide . Anthony, thats the context this whole story is unfolding and because Research Shows vets with traumatic brain injuries are more than twice as likely to die by suicide, and dr. Soughter told us his fear is there are many more Daniel Murphys out there. Well look forward to your report tomorrow. Thank you. Ahead, the dangerous new wave of covid infections in italy, why they are hitting so hard in areas that were barely touched in the spring. Thats coming up on cbs this morning. When paneras chef claes makes a pizza, he doesnt just make a pizza. He uses fresh, clean ingredients to make a masterpiece. Taste our delicious new flatbread pizzas today. Panera. Put yourselves through all that pain. Go on, humans, waltz around in those foot knives, watch your blue light lanterns, blast those eardrum bangers look at this one hes trying to pick up the mail hah silly. Oh. Silly humans. Who do you think you are . Pain will bring you to your senses. You cannot keep this up pain says you cant. 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So this is a patient who just passed away from covid19, just this morning. So just two or three minutes ago, this patient was alive and now hes passed away. Reporter unfortunately, it happens as dr. Sebastian, says more and more often as infections are soaring across italy, once the worst hit country at start of the global pandemic. Italy was the first country in the world to lock down nationally, so that this would never have to happen again. But now hospitals like these, their intensive care units are on the brink of running out of beds. Out of 30 icu beds, this hospital is down to its last one. Romes covid hospitals are saturated, he says, its unimaginable. And hes afraid their additional covid floor, rushed to construction, wont be ready in time, a terrifying sign in the capital of rome, a city largely unscathed in the first wave of the virus, but italians eventually dropped their guard, says dr. Petrarca, a second wave worst than the first. Im worried its exploding again. The body count is going to climb, he says. The government is now forced to lock down five high risk red zones, nonessential businesses closed, movement outside your hometown forbidden. Crucial measures to contain the spread in italy, says the Prime Minister. Just as italy was a warning to the u. S. Earlier this year of worse to come, Health Officials caution this latest wave could be yet another omen of whats ahead. P emptying around the country as covid restrictions kick in but it may be too little too late. The head of italys Higher Health Institute Warns the entire country risks running out of icu beds within one month. Tony. Hard to watch it all unfold again for us, in rome, thank you very much. Ahead, this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by ford. Built ford proud. The americans who drive our trucks and ambulances, who put fear aside and run toward the flames. These are the people we depend on. 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Get excited. 2,400 rare nasa photos are hitting the auction block. The treasuretrove includes this shot of buzz aldrin in his space suit from 1966. Isnt that cool . Thats the first ever selfie taken in space. Yeah. A photo of the first u. S. Space walk by astronaut ed white taken in 1965 is also up for grabs. Theres also this shot of Neil Armstrong on the moon next to the american flag. Its the only photo of the famed astronaut on the surface during the 1969 landing. Christies auction house estimates that photo could go for as much as 63,000, bidding is open and will end next week. One of the things i love about this story is they took these cameras up to space with them, and they had one of these super wide hasablad, they had to learn to use them. It wasnt like picking up your phone. That aint no iphone. You know whats cool about those pictures, even if you arent a space nerd, theres something magnificent about them. What a treasure somebody is going to have. I know how stunning they were at the time, they were mind blowing at the time, all of these years later, they still are. They still hold up. They still are. 63,000, you mentioned for one of them, i dont have that to spare, but somebody does. Doesnt seem like that much for an iconic photograph. I think it will go for more than that. I was shocked that was the only photo showing armstrong on the moon taken by buzz aldrin. You also have audio of buzz saying, wow, this is the first time i have ever taken a photo of myself, which is kind of cool. Moving on to this, have you seen this shot . Get ready to have your mind blown by one of the worlds best golfers. We showed it earlier today. Its john rahm, playing a warm up round in the masters in georgia yesterday. His tee shot on the 16th hole, skips on the water three times, and lands on the green, and rolls, in probably the most remarkable hole in one we have seen. Was it intentional, do we know . He would probably go, sure it was. Call him. 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Contra costa has slid back into the red tier. This means tighter restrictions and capacity limits for things like Indoor Dining and shopping. Businesses already struggling to stay going say this roll back is another blow. Will honor its veterans with a ride by procession featuring vets on motorcycles and in their cars. The event starts at 11 11 a. M. We take a look at the roadways. South 680 right at mission. Still a trouble spot this morning. We had a crash there at least blocking one lane. Hopefully clearing soon. Have you brake lights as you approach the scene. Keep that in mind as you make the ride through there. You see some slow and go conditions. Southbound 101. Look out for an accident here. You have brake lights mostly on the southbound side. Coming away from 92 northbound seeing some slow and go conditions. All right. Its a cloudy start to the day. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. A chilly start but not as cold as yesterday morning. We are looking at our temperatures with those clouds as we head through the garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. You can take a day off fromy worrying about your packages. Ohhh yeahhh just connect your myq® app to key. Ohhh yeahhh get free ingarage delivery with myq® and key by amazon. Its wednesday, november 11, 2020. We all know it is veterans day. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king with Tony Dokoupil and anthony mason. An alarming coronavirus surge. Following a dramatic worsening in the pandemic with more americans in the hospital than ever before. We will take you to one the hardest hit cities, el paso, texas. The transition in turmoil. A former Homeland Security advisor to president george w. Bush will tell us how President Trumps refusal to concede affects National Security. And on this veterans day, one former marines efforts to give pack to communities hit hard by disaster with help from others who have served. First, heres todays eye opener at 8 00. Coronavirus crisis. There are record 136,000 new cases just yesterday. Things are going in the wrong direction here. Yesterday ohio set a record in terms of hospitalizations and more new covid cases than any other day in this this pandemic. Mr. Biden is moving ahead with his transition appointing what are called Agency Review teams to start diving into the details of governing ahead of the Biden Administration taking over in january. Joe biden will not get an invitation to the white house before President Trump has exhausted all of his Legal Options and before the vote count is certified. All rational republicans know these lawsuits are essentially hearsay, meaningless, and distractions, period. Thats all they are. They are delaying the inevitable. This is the news we have all been waiting for. The drug giant pfizer said yet that its vaccine candidate was more than 90 effective. We were jumping out of the chairs, screaming basically. You know something is good news if it turns a laboratory into the apollo. The covid protection rate is 90 [ cheers and applause ] now, its so funny that he should say that because i thought that, too, the way the scientists said we were screaming, cheering, out of our chairs. I thought, yeah, we got something. That was very exciting. I felt like that crowd when i read that headline. Welcome back to cbs this morning. We are going to begin with this. The coronavirus threat is reaching levels we have never seen in some areas. U. S. Set a new singleday record yesterday with more than 136,000 new infections, and coronavirus hospitalizations have hit an alltime high of almost 62,000. Thats more than we saw when the pandemic began back in last spring. Think about that for a second. In another milestone, texas has become the first state with more than 1 million cases. Janet shamlian is in el paso, one of the states hardest hit areas. Janet, good morning. How bad is it . Reporter gayle, good morning. Health care workers here are overwhelmed. The number of people hospitalized with covid has doubled from earlier this fall. At the University Medical center, tents are set up outside in front, and on tuesday we watched as a steady stream of ambulances brought people on stretchers into those tents. Its the first stop for covid patients. There was a separate tent set up for infants and children. The medical examiner here brought in mobile morgues to handle bodies. While the citys twoweek shutdown order is set to expire today, a county judge has threatened to extend it. Across the midwest, cases are also exploding. A number of cities desperately trying to get the surges under control. Wisconsins governor issued a new stayathome advisory. Iowas governor announced mask requirements for the first time. And get this in in north Dakota Health care workers who tested positive for the virus but are asymptomatic are allowed to continue to work because they need the workers so desperately. There is some positive news. The cdc now says wearing a mask protects both wearers and those around them. That is a shift from earlier guidance. And dr. Anthony fauci says he expects that pfizer will receive emergency approval for the vaccine by the end of this month. Tony. Guidance only works if people are guided by it. We hope people listen. President elect biden is reassuring americans about the transfer of power while President Trump refuses to admit defeat. During his first News Conference since election day, mr. Biden called it an embarrassment, and he said his transition is already well underway. Cbs News Senior National security analyst Fran Townsend was Homeland Security advisor to president george w. Bush and helped coordinate the transfer of power to president obama. Good morning. I want to remind people about the stakes here. The 2000 election had a delayed transition to december 13th, and the 9 11 commission actually identified that delayed and shorten shortened transition as contributing to the lack of preparedness on 9 11, worse terror attack in u. S. History. So this really matters. Why . What should be happening right now . Tony, its not just embarrassing to use the president elects words. Its dangerous, right. Because the shorter the transition, the less prepared the new team is going to be in order to sort of exert their influence over all of the levers, the National Security levers of power. So, look, there is a president ial transition act. The candidateelect was able to submit names to the fbi that were a priority for security clearances. All of those things matters. Heres the good news. Six months ago under the president ial transition act the administration had to designate senior career officials, people who would outlast the Outgoing Administration to begin the planning and preparing of the transition process. But, frankly, they take their cues, if you will, from the leadership and how much effort and energy that gets put into the transition preparation really is a signal from the top, from the president himself. And so i am concerned about the National Security implications about whats going on inside the government now to prepare to hand off to the newly elected administration. As you say, this is ainge dangerous. Given the stakes, budoes president elect biden have legal steps to enforce action . Well, under the president ial transition act there are resources that are available to him. Mostly administrative, you know, that gsa, the government security, the Government Agency thats responsible for the coordination between the out going administration and the incoming administration, but thats really administrative. The most important part, obviously, is the substance of it, if you will, and that really is sort of provided by those senior career officials and their ability to interact with the incoming team. And that will be governed, frankly, by cabinet members in the kwous. Secretary of state mike pompeo stood in front of an official government podium yesterday and said there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. What was your reaction to that . You know, saying it doesnt make it so, anthony, right . They can continue to say that this is not that the president elect biden has not been duly elected. It will play itself out. The Trump Administration will bring lawsuits, but saying that there is going to be a second Trump Administration doesnt make it true. And i think we are going to have to live through this sort of very bumpy transition despite the Election Results until the courts dismiss what will be these sort of unfounded allegations. You know, fran, the world is watching. What do you think they are thinking and saying about us, about the United States at this time . You know, this is where i think the word embarrassing really does apply, right. The world looks at the United States as a model of the peaceful transition of democratic power, and its instances like these, i mean, when there is a legitimate dispute, you know, hanging in florida and explaining that to the world was difficult, but there was a legitimate dispute revolved. Here there is no legitimate dispute. Joe biden both won the popular vote and the Electoral College votes. So this is inexplicable and em bare bassing because there is no way to explain this to foreign allies or adversaries. What should be happening right no that is not happening . So, each of the agencies should have designated a senior career official who is responsible for pulling together transition briefing memos. That is the key issues that each agency is wrestling with, where decisions have to be made, and preparing to put to the a small team that will interact with the Transition Team for that particular agency. There will be a series of meetings. That also is supposed to happen at the white house level. This sort of planning, because it was the first transition post9 11 from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration, began at transition planning over a year before we knew the outcome of that election. But what that meant was once the election happened, immediately there were table top scenarios that went through. And by the way, the Obama Administration did the same thing for the Trump Administration. All of that planning, immediately they began handing over, including at the white house and cabinet level, and in that instance, because there was an actual threat against the inauguration of president obama, the Obama Administration asked secretaryture dove to remain on an extra day just in case there was an incident that needed to be responded to during the inauguration. Fran, there is so much at stake. Thank you so much for that intel. Its good to see you. We all look forward to your return at the table when we are not socially distancing. So nice to have fran. Cant wait to have you back in the studio. I miss the green room huddle. Thank you very much. Good to see you. Thank you. 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I could go up and down, too, why dont i play that instrument, you know. In 1944, down beat magazine rated the sweethearts americas number one female band. But as woods recalled, in the 2013 documentary, the girls in the band, they werent always welcome in the jim crow south. Some places, they would accept us, some places didnt have room for you, you know. We didnt sleep on the bus, we wouldnt have a place to stay. The sweethearts broke up in 1949, and woods joined the omaha symphony, but she was fired when the orchestra discovered she was black. So she worked for 30 years as a nurse. And raised four children. Helen jones woods was 96. Dr. John d. Marshal ran a Family Practice in south georgia for more than three decades. My uncle was a rock star in americas georgia, said rasheed marshal. He had his hand in every little thing in that city. Dr. Marshal, j. D. To his friends, headed the naacp chapter for 14 years. And started the local newspaper, the America Sumpter observer, serving as editor in chief. Dr. Marshal was still running the paper and caring for his patients when he caught the coronavirus. He would spend 111 days on a ventilator. He worked until he could not work anymore, said his niece, leslie marshal. We truly lost an angel. Dr. John d. Marshall was 74. Bryan fonseca was a dramatic force in indianapolis theater, a producer and director who championed voices whose stories hadnt been told. Good theater has always been commentary on the political and social aspects of every community in which it serves. Fonseca first started a store front theater in his hometown of gary, indiana. In 1983 in indianapolis, he cofounded the phoenix theater, which he led for 35 years. Two years ago, he put his name on a new company, the fonseca theater, made up of 80 people of color. He gave me a shot. Hes done that for countless artists, said jordan flores schwartz, now the theaters interim director. When fonseca got covid, he held Staff Meetings from the hospital, until just days before he died. He had a laugh that could fill a room, said schwartz, its weird to think ill never hear that voice again. Briyan fonseca was 65. Andrea mammen was a clinical psychologist and mother in illinois. She was hands down the most beautiful soul i have ever met, said her husband matt. They met in kindergarten, became Close Friends in high school, and married in 2013. Andrea worked for nine years to get her psychology degree, and was devoted to her patients. Andy was a very accepting person said her mom kathy smith. She just wanted people to feel good about themselves and their differences. In may, matt and andy bought their dream home so their son russ, now 3, had a big backyard to play in. Then in august, they all caught the coronavirus. Matt and russ fought it off. But andys lingered. Just days after his mother died, russ called out one night to his father, dada he said, its just going to be you and me now, right. Yep, matt answered, just you and me. Andrea mammen was 37. Gosh, that chokes me up every time, you know, its like this is what were dealing with here, and whats left behind and the people, you know, people having to pick up after all of this. I mean, Bryan Fonseca usually did the christmas production every year, and hes not going to be doing it this year. Its another reminder, im so glad you do these, these are people behind these numbers and cases. You hear people say, oh, it affects virtually nobody. Is that nobody . Theres a lot of somebodies out there. Well be right back. Youre watching cbs this morning. As america marks veterans day, theres a new push for those who have served overseas to continue serving here at home. I think what many veterans suffer from when they come home is a lack of purpose, a lack of meaning, and i think service to others has this opportunity to fulfill that. Ahead, marine veteran jake wo. Good morning. A heated debate over in Person Learning. Parents and kids demanded students return to classrooms. The district said that if a super majority is reached and the parents surveyed they issued hybrid learning will begin in january. San francisco is asking the district to present a set timeline for Elementary Students by december 8th. School leaders have until january to release a plan for middle School Students but plans for high school have been put on hold. And in marin the Branson School said that its transitioning back to online learning. Now we look at the roadways. Live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Its holiday lite. Not a lot going on here which is good if you are going out early this morning and should be a pretty easy ride as you work out of the east bay into San Francisco. Just keep in mind its still a little windy. That was issued by chp overnight. Elsewhere things are quiet. Not seeing any brake lights as you work on the rest of the bay area bridges and the travel times are all in the green. Good to see that. We are looking at those clouds. You can see that on the live Traffic Camera and with those clouds, temperatures chilly but just not as cold as yesterday. That cloud cover acting like a blanket. A beautiful live look with our mark hop kins hotel camera. You can see the clouds in the sky. As we go through the afternoon daytime highs cooler compared to yesterday. Mid to upper 50s to low 60s for the daytime highs. Similar for tomorrow. Rain chances pick up as in just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together. Welcome back to cbs this morning, its that time again, time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk of the table this morning, and gayle king is going first. I thought this was very interesting but first im going to start with a question, what do you guys think is the average age for career burnout you say . I would say, like career burnout, like 50s. Yeah, i would say 50 on the dot. You cant have the same answer. Well, he said 50s. And you say 50. I was going to put it closer to 54, 55. For pastors, i remember its in the 40s. Is it . Okay. Pay attention. Researchers in germany are looking at the link between Workplace Stress and burnout. One study found the average age for career burnout is just 32 years old. Ouch. About 59 blame their burnout on working long hours, those hours increase when people started working from home during the pandemic. Others blame not taking enough days off. I think thats true. And the pressure to complete more tasks. They said the ability to cope with stress usually decreases. As a result, even smaller tasks can be perceived as significantly more strenuous. I was surprised that it was so young. So young. Im surprised too. Im shocked, i have to say. It says career burnout can be reduced if employees have moreo control over their own work, and have support from their colleagues and their superiors. Hello, superior bosses. Message through the screen. But what struck me was the 32 number. I was surprised at that. I would have said 50 something too. We have talked about this table about how our Political Correspondent ed okeefe has been doing triple duty during this election. He made one more tv appearance yesterday, and take a close look at the interviewer. Nick mason spoke to him about how he adapted to covering a unique election in a unique year. Ed, as a reporter at a National News network, how do you think journalists in general handled this years very unique Election Night . Well, we certainly handled it differently, you know, and i think we were yeah, thats my boy, nick mason interviewing ed for boston universitys post election tv show, bu tv 10 did three hour long election specials led by coanchors, jacob whitenberg and alex ross, shout out to executive producers, riley ventilatoriers and alexandra matthews, their coverage of the primaries actually won a regional student emmy award for production up there in boston. So they have a great program. Nick mason. These are the journalists of the future youre looking at right there, but they put a whole hour long special. Theres nick again. Great hair. Everything is working. I remember looking at video of nick when he was 12, so he likes this business, huh, anthony. Hes interested in all of it. He was part of a huge team there at bu. I think that would be hard to do. Any curve balls. You know, it was he had a little trouble with that one, what do i call him. But i made a cameo appearance at the end, but anyway it was a lot of fun. Nicely done, nick and team. Well done. Ive got a veterans day talk of the table. Its about this day honoring americans who have served in the military, all branches, all positions, and one former marine is saying that we should be looking for ways to allow our heroes to continue serving here at home. Jake wood is cofounder of the Disaster Relief Organization Team rubicon and author of the new book, once a warrior how one veteran found a new mission closer to home. He spoke about the endless legacy of war, and a new way to think about veterans day. We call ourselves bullet sponges, we would go out on Counter Insurgency patrols in iraq, and wait for the enemy to attack us. As a marine sniper, jake wood deployed to iraq in 2007 and then afghanistan in 2008, never far from what marines call the point of friction. Our tours were tough. They were bloody, we took some of the highest casualties of any unit across both of our tours. A fact that haunted woods parents and him as well. My greatest fear was my mother burying me. You know, when i got back from hi second tour, my dad hugged me at the airfield and he whispered in my ear that my mom had painted the living room ten different colors since i left and said i had to stop doing that to her, and i took that to heart. But if wood had always been a somewhat unlikely soldier, a former college athlete, seemingly primed for business school, what was more unlikely is what he did after leaving the military in 2010. What was the plan at that moment . There was no plan. And that was the plan. When a powerful earthquake devastated haiti, destroying much of that countrys infrastructure, and leaving countless in need. Im sitting there, watching it unfold, and it just looked familiar. Wood decided to selfdeploy, as he puts it. This right here is your silver off side. Gathering a small group of veterans and flying down to help. It just became obvious that this is what we had been doing for a decade overseas. And they have been doing it ever since. Haiti was the start of team rubicon, a nonprofit cofounded by wood that has since launched more than 700 veteran led relief operations, including a big one out here on new yorks rock away peninsula. Eight years ago, this place was under, you know, 3 feet of water, and a foot and a half of sand. After Superstorm Sandy up ended life here, team rubicon built an on the go Operations Center to put things right. This right here. Yeah, so this nondescript parking lot right here. Hundreds of veterans led the rebuilding efforts, coordinating thousands of volunteers. We would get our teams the equipment and splice needed and you would see all of these people stream out and kind of move across the neighborhood and just going, you know, house by house to help these people who needed it. And they soon realized that by helping others, these veterans were also helping themselves. I think what many veterans suffer from when they come home is a lack of purpose, a lack of meaning, and i think service to others has this opportunity to fulfill that. When youre deployed, the stakes are literally life and death, when you come home and youre working a job, the stakes are probably, if i do well, ill get a better tv next year. Theres truth to that. Life and death stakes became so normal overseas, the idea that, you know, youve got a sales quota to meet, i mean, you know, if its a high enough sales quota, maybe, you know, maybe that will do it for you, but i think for a lot of folks they are looking for something thats more consequential. With that in mind, it was here on veterans day eight years ago when jake wood asked former Service Members and is asking us right now to reconsider the purpose of this federal holiday. What does veterans day mean to you . Veterans day has evolved into something thats more of an opportunity to demonstrate to the country, not what veterans have done, but what theyre still capable of. We look at veterans, and were quick to thank them for their service, thats good, we should do that. But i think we shouldnt be afraid to ask them to continue to serve. So whats so interesting about jakes perspective is hes saying that people who have crossed the rubicon have made a commitment to service and once they leave the military, that commitment continues and they want to continue to have a mission here in the u. S. , and part of what team rubicon provides is that mission, that Disaster Relief. 130,000 veterans have volunteered in about ten years since the organization launched. I love the thought behind it. I had to look up rubicon, commit to a course of action, which is what you just said, im very impressed with him, and how tall is hero. Hes a very tall man, played college football. I mean, his mission is so clear, and i see that it helps the people hes helping and also helping themselves. And i love the story about his mother painting the living room ten different colors. His father saying you have to stop doing this to your mom. Its a good book, too, cal. A and hee s stitillll is. Totonynyss conveversrsae wowood wilill l cocontinueue o morning pods cast. Ahead, Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford will give us a look at the new show b positive, the unexpected friendsh. The comedy master mind behind hit shows like the big bang theory, two and a half men and Young Sheldon is at it again. Chuck lorres new series is called b positive, following a recently divorced father named drew who needs a kidney transplant when he runs into his High School Friend gina at his wedding, she drunkenly offers to be his donor. Drew accepts his offer, but he needs to keep gina and his future kidney safe and sober. Do you mind if we switch seats. I want to keep an eye on my motorcycle. Sure. Not to be a worry wart, but you really think riding around on a motorcycle is a good idea. Dont worry, i wear a helmet. Good. Not your brain im worried about. Donor, vanilla latte for donor. Tell people youre giving away a kidney, you get a lot of free stuff. Thomas middleditch plays drew, Annaleigh Ashford, is gina. Thomas, let me start with you, this is in part based on a true story of the shows creator and executive producer, marco pennette. What did he share about what he went through and how did that help you understand your character . My big take away is that when you go through Something Like either a giving or getting an organ from someone, youre basically bonded for life. His stories of him and his donor, basically now theyre friend that check in every week and, like, talk about their day and their lives, and thats kind of sweet, so hopefully annaleigh, and i are lifelong friends, even though were only pretending to be organ donors. Chuck lorre is the executive producers. James, cocreated cheers and directed will and grace, whats it like to have that kind of production star power behind you . Well, you know, its like bowing at the feet of comedy masters. I feel like coming, you know, every day with my Jedi Training equipment, teach me, teach me all the things. Billy gardel said this amazing thing about chuck lorre, being on a chuck lorre show is like playing for the yankees, it feels like that. Kind of amazing, next level dream come true. Chuck lorre, youentioned the yankees a as skipper for the yankees, he had a reputation of being intense, and has mellowed with age. I interviewed him a while back, and he has mellowed, what was it like on set, what were notes with him. So smart, so clear, so specific. When i say hes the master, he knows whats up. He knows what works, and most of all, the thing thats special about his shows is theyre always based in something that i think real people can connect to, and this is one of those stories that we all know somebody in our life who has needed an organ, and its like a great reminder that we should all check that box when were getting our drivers license, right. Yes. Im laughing because were showing a clip. Ive watched two episodes, guys, so im in, in, in, thomas, i want to say this, i loved you in silicon valley, playing richard hendricks, im glad to see you back on tv. This is the thing about this thing, hes got issues. Hes divorced. Hes got a daughter whos disconnected. He doesnt seem to have any friends. Annaleigh, your character is how should we say, a hot mess. Shes been around the block a couple of times. Drew was the only guy i didnt sleep with in high school, and it should stay that way. I have heard this described as a buddy comedy, not a buddy comedy but a survival comedy. Thomas, can you start us off with what that means . Well, you know, i suppose a survival comedy is, you know, obviously its a show that you want people to laugh, too, and theres going to be some levity to it all, but in the end, were talking about a story where someone is, you know, fighting for their survival, fighting for their right to live, and thats basically what organ donorship is, when you get the news that, oh you, need a new kidney or whatever else that might be failing in your body, you have to figure that out, otherwise the consequences can be kind of severe. And ive had people, even before the show was airing, i had people reaching out being like, hey, im so glad that theres a show about this because im going through it, or even someone that i hope this doesnt sound too alienating, but someone on my pr team gave her kidney to her mother. It happens. You meet people, thats so generous. And so i think that sort of means by survival comedy. Theres going to be some moments where i think the subject matter really, you know, hits home. And take it seriously, and wont be jokes. Annaleigh, would you give a kidney to someone, would i give a kidney to someone i havent seen in 30 years, my answer was no. It was a short list of people. It did make me think about it, annaleigh, would you donate a kidney . I truly believe that i would want to. Nobody has asked me yet, but my mom actually has had two cornea transplants so she has somebody elses eyeballs, shes luiteraly looking through other peoples eyes, we tell that joke but its true. It has touched my life in a personal way. My mom would be blind without organ donation. Thomas middleditch, Annaleigh Ashford, best of luck with the series. Watch b positive, thursday nights at 8 30, 7 30 central right here on cbs. Well b bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. 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