Victory. Thanksgiving in a war zone for u. S. Troops in syria, theres soccer, candy for the children, and turkeys but not for eating. How the troops are spending the holiday. A different kind of black friday what retailers are doing to get customers back into the stores, as Online Shopping could set records. Dramatic rescue like the scene out of a movie a hikers ninehour struggle to get help. How he used a flashlight to guide rescuers. And, a surprise phone call after a 14yearold artists portrait of the Vice President elect goes viral. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Reid good evening to our viewers in the west, and happy thanksgiving. Norah is off. Im chip reid. Nationwide tonight, americans are celebrating a thanksgiving unlike any other, a holiday overwhelmed by new infections of coronavirus and overshadowed by Economic Hardship and emotional loss. Across the country today, so many traditions were scrapped or scaled back with families gathering over the internet instead of around the table. Even the 94yearold thanksgiving day parade in new york was shortened to one city block, no audience allowed. Tonight, the crowds that once waited outside stores looking for deals are now waiting in long lines asking for food. As we come on the air, the virus has killed more than 263,000 americans, with another person now dying every 39 seconds. Confirmed cases in the u. S. Are approaching 13 million. Though c. D. C. Researchers say, for every one diagnosed, eight more have been missed. And tonight, experts warn the u. S. Could be in for an even moredramatic spike soon because of the 50 million americans who ignored c. D. C. Guidance not to travel, and because many states wont report new infections and deaths again until next week. We have a lot of new reporting this thanksgiving. And our team of correspondents is covering it all. Cbs kris van cleave is going to lead us off tonight from here in washington. Good evening, kris. Reporter chip, this is a day where americans come together, but this year, were being asked to stay apart. It is truly a thanksgiving like none of us have ever experienced before. Before. This very different thanksgiving morning started in a food line for thousands, snaking through an anaheim, california, parking lot. Its been tough, you know. Like, theres not enough money sometimes to eat and things. Reporter its a scene playing out in cities coast to coast, as millions struggle with the devastating Economic Impact of the coronavirus. D evewas houston today. I need everything. Ive been out of work since november of last year. I have nothing at home. Hariously, nothing. Im thankful to have you. Reporter Samantha Halpern is having her first zoomsgiving. The philadelphia transplant nurse told her parents to stay in st. Louis. We canceled two hours before their flight, just did not feel safe whatsoever. Reporter theyre not alone. 72 of americans say they plan to heed the c. D. C. s call to make the holidays virtual this year. T wednesday was the busiest at airports since midmarch. Nearly six million have flown since friday. Im not going to stop living because of somebody being afraid of some disease. Reporter fearing superspreading holiday celebrations, pennsylvania banned alcohol sales at bars and restaurants wednesday night. But people, many without masks, packed this restaurant in florida hosting a thanksgiving eve party with a live band, and this large Outdoor Party in los angeles. Lets be responsible. Wear a mask. Eat, drink, be merry. Reporter retailers and malls would normally be gearing up for wdge black friday crowds, but 74 of shoppers plan to buy idline this weekend to avoid crowds. Online grocery orders soared 560 last week. Spongebob was the first square balloon ever created for our parades. Reporter some traditions live on, but with changes. The macys thanksgiving day parade was a crowdless, madefortvonly event, a first in its 94year history. But there was no stopping some new yorkers from getting into the spirit. We have this vision of him Walking Around with a little balloon, just being his own parade. And we decided, why not just keep the magic alive . Reporter thanksgiving really marks the beginning of the holiday season, and it comes as doctors are very, very worried about what the next several weeks will bring, leading up to the next set of holidays, when americans will want to come together and celebrate in what will be very uncertain times. Chip. Reid thanks, kris. Tonight, the c. D. C. Has a grim prediction the u. S. Death toll from covid could hit 321,000 by middecember. By then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many parts of the country. Heres cbs adriana diaz. Reporter at chicagos Rush University medical center, theyve set up a covid triage area in the lobby. Theyre making room for an expected postthanksgiving surge. There are 19 patients waiting for a bed right now. Because we dont have any upstairs. Reporter dr. Meeta shah works in the emergency room. There is a kind of ensiwhelming sense of apprehension as to whats going to come in the next 10 days. Reporter in california, Health Officials expect shortages in nursestaffed i. C. U. Beds in the next two weeks. We have a full i. C. U. Of people with covid, on ventilators, who are fighting for their lives. So this is real. Reporter the state hit a record for daily cases yesterday. Overnight, the supreme court, now with Justice Amy Coney barrett, blocked new yorks strict congregation restrictions on houses of worship, which the court said were being treated more harshly than stores and gyms. He was like, i cant i cant i cant. And my mom was like, you cant what . And he was like, i cant breathe. Reporter in connecticut, the spano family already paid the ultimate price. We first spoke to them in april. We couldnt do anything for him. We couldnt, you know, we couldnt go and comfort him. Reporter after they lost their son and brother daniel to the virus. Now his mother, mary ann, and sister melissa are trying to grapple with a thanksgiving daniels favorite holiday without him. Not doing good at all. To be perfectly honest, i get by through the day, and, you know, there are times when i just burst down and cry. He just loved thanksgiving. He was always at my house and he always sat next to me. And i just cant do it. Im just not able to do it. Reporter the family wont celebrate in the dining room, where daniel always sat next to his mother. Instead, theyll eat in the kitchen. And mary ann will have to leave food outside her husbands door because he now has covid, too, and is quarantining. What do you want people to know this thanksgiving . Given how your family has been hit so hard by this, so many times . Enjoy your family. Take lots of pictures, because you never know when this could be your last time together. Reporter their father is thankfully doing okay, but its going to be a tough thanksgiving for the spano family and hundreds of thousands of others. Back here at Rush University medical center, one reason theyre worried about a rush of patients after thanksgiving is because they saw a spike after halloween. Chip. Reid adriana, thank you. Tonight, President Trump is spending his thanksgiving once again falsely alleging widespread election fraud. But for the first time, hes also acknowledging he may not be president in january, saying, it will be a hard thing to concede, if the Electoral College formally elects joe biden next month. Cbs ben tracy is at the white house tonight. Good evening, ben. Reporter chip, good evening. The president is not conceding anything yet, and he says it would be a mistake for the Electoral College to certify the election for joe biden. He also says biden should not be forming a cabinet, even though the Trump Administration itself has already begun a transition. President trump began the day on the fairways of his virginia golf course. At the white house, he later addressed members of six military units stationed around the world. Its the highest honor of my life to serve as your commander in chief. Reporter he then launched into another baseless claim that president elect joe biden did not actually get the more than 80 million votes cast for him. The only way he got 80 million votes is through a massive fraud. This has a long way to go. Youre going to find tremendous fraud. Youre going to find fraud of hundreds of thousands of votes per state. Reporter with just 55 days left in his term, the first family decided to have thanksgiving dinner at the white house, instead of their usual holiday at maralago in florida. This year, were going to be staying in delaware with just a small group around our dinner table. Reporter president elect biden and his family also gave up their customary large gathering in nantucket because of covid. The bidens talked to frontline workers and released a video today about the economic and personal pain so Many Americans are facing this thanksgiving, including the more than 260,000 lives lost to coronavirus. So many people are celebrating this year knowing that someone they love will never again take their seat at the table. Reporter biden is preparing to announce his Economic Team next week, even as President Trump still refuses to concede. Thats right, lock her up reporter the president s former National Security adviser, michael flynn, is speaking out after being pardoned by President Trump wednesday. Despite pleading guilty twice to lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with the russian ambassador, in a statement today, flynn said he is the victim. Viciously targeted, maligned, smeared, and threatened. But President Trump himself said in 2017 that he fired flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the f. B. I. Now, President Trump is expected to issue several more pardons before his term ends on january 20. He even retweeted a congressman who said the president should preemptively pardon himself. Now tonight, President Trump says its still too soon for him to talk about whether or not he would run for president again in 2024. Chip. Reid thanks, ben. This thanksgiving, american troops are deployed in more than 100 countries around the world. Cbs Holly Williams is spending the holiday with the holiday with the 82nd Airborne Division in syria. Reporter u. S. Troops faced off against syrians this morning. cheers and applause . In a friendly thanksgiving soccer match. These syrians are american allies, fighters who battled against isis extremists. With the same grit, they won todays game 21. Oh more or less just enjoying the game than competing. Reporter Corporal Jose lazo, a paratrooper from arlington, virginia, is spending thanksgiving away from his family for the first time. Back home, he played for the u. S. Army soccer team. Its a language of its own. You dont really necessarily have to speak the same language. The football speaks for itself. Reporter the American Mission at this desert camp is to help bring security and stability to this corner of wartorn syria. Its an effort in part to win hearts and minds, as we saw yesterday on patrol with a platoon from the 82nd Airborne Division. Back on base, a flock of resident turkeys has given the noace a flavor of thanksgiving, but theyre not for eating. Instead, they keep the spiders here under control. Thanksgiving lunch today was syrian style, including kabobs and rice cooked by local chefs. Its very different from home, but for specialist Tashara Williams from brunswick, georgia, theres still plenty to feel greatful for. I would like feel grateful for. I would like to be home, of course but, circumstances, i have to be here, so, i mean, its not that bad. Just got to roll with the punches. Reporter Holly Williams, cbs news, in syria. Reid pandemic lockdowns have sparked a surge in hiking this year, and hiker rescues. This week, a man hiking in the mountains near calistoga, california was pinned by a falling bolder. As cbs jamie yuccas reports, a phone and a pen knife were key to his rescue. Aticeporter this is the dramatic conclusion, as the california Highway Patrol rescued hiker jason koch. That was exciting. Loveve the view. Reporter he was on a mission to find his missing drone monday when he slipped on a rock. As he fell, a large bolder pinned him to the ground. There, trapped for the next nine hours, his dying phone in his pocket. I actually reached across with my pen knife, cut my pants open, and was able to reach into the pocket and pull my phone out. O reporter in freezing cold, he kept failing to free himself and reach the phone. Finally i was like, you know what . Youre not trying hard enough. Try harder. Reporter finally, he got loose. I was like, in your face, rock laughter epm free now reporter in total darkness, he called 911. With his g. P. S. Location, rescuers in nightvision goggles spotted his signals. You must have had such relief at that point. I dont know how to express it. Im not one of those teary guys. Reporter tonight, with 11 broken ribs, hes giving thanks. Im just grateful mostly for family and friends, and my life. laughs reporter jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. Reid not one of those teary guys. What a story. Hardhit retailers are banking on black friday more than ever this year. Its the day that traditionally kicks off the Holiday Shopping season with big sales and a crush of customers. But as cbs Nikki Battiste reports, you can expect a very different black friday tom different black friday tomorrow. Two, one reporter with the shaditional black friday mob dash gone, there is one safe day this years black friday wont look like any o wont look like any other. We were actually just saying, wow, its thanksgiving week and were in the store and there was, like, hardly anybody in there, which is probably good. Reporter these days, Holiday Shopping is finding its own new normal. Black friday will be different. Based on our research, more than 45 of consumers have indicated that they started their Holiday Shopping earlier than ever. Reporter as coronavirus nyses surge, states are crack down on any risky retail business. Connecticut governor ned lamont. There are people who are defiant and refuse to wear the mask, they can be subject to a 100 fine. And for those bigger operators, you will be subject to a 10,000 fine. Reporter and despite the pandemics financial strain on millions of fam millions of families, Holiday Retail sales are expected to grow as much as 5 . Online spending is predicted to jump more than 30 over last year. Ill be in my bed. laughs looking for the deals. Reporter terri and lisa calhoun, both registered nurses, know the risk that comes with inperson bargain hunting. Last year and for many years prior, we were out at 5 00 in the morning. But no longer. Reporter here on fifth avenue in new york city, many stores use plexiglass dividers and require masks and social distancing of anyone who goes inside. 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