Still ongoing. I see this as an act of war. Odonnell could foreign hackers have access to your tax returns . Congress stalls the lastminute snag that could further delay covid relief with time running out and without washingtons help, 50 million americans worry about putting food on the table. Meet a family of 12 now relying on food banks. One week Til Christmas more than 84 million americans plan to travel, but if youre sending a gift, could it be delayed by bad weather and record volume . Like father, like son the striking similarities of the woods family swing. And season of giving cbs Steve Hartman on how a young girls imagination inspired her neighbor to make dreams come true. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on a busy friday. Breaking news, the f. D. A. Has just authorized a second Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. That decision means millions of doses of the new shot made by the drug Company Moderna will start shipping out on sunday, giving a huge boost to the nationwide campaign to stop the spread of the virus just days before christmas. But with more but with more than 84 million americans now expected to travel for the holidays, there is real concern tonight that the virus grip on the country will only grow stronger in the weeks ahead. It is, frankly, hard to comprehend, but every day, things are only getting worse. On thursday, the virus killed more than 3,000 americans. Thats the second day this week that the death toll has been that high. And across Southern California tonight, hospitals are out of i. C. U. Beds. Patients are now waiting outside on gurneys. Waiting outside in america. And while the Vice President and congressional leaders rolled up their sleeves to get the Pfizer Vaccine today, they failed to reach a deal to provide Financial Relief to the families and Small Businesses being crushed by the pandemic. We have a lot of new reporting tonight for and you your family, and our team is standing by to cover it all. Cbs mola lenghi is going to lead off our coverage tonight from hartford, connecticut. Good evening, mola. Reporter well, good evening, norah. Longterm care facilities, like this one, have been absolutely devastated by this virus, accounting for nearly 40 of covid deaths across the country. Here in connecticut, that number jumps to 70 , which is why this Moderna Vaccine is so critical. The Moderna Vaccine gets the green light tonight with the f. D. A. Granting emergency use authorization for a second vaccine, and it cant come soon enough, with coronavirus ravaging the country. We will crush this outbreak that has really terrorized us for the last 11 months. Reporter tonights decision means 6 million initial doses will be shipped across the country next week, with 20 million doses expected by the end of the year. The Moderna Vaccine has been shown to the Moderna Vaccine has been shown to be 94. 1 effective overall for the patients in its trials, dropping to 86. 4 for those 65 and older. Like pfizer, it requires two doses. But unlike pfizers vaccine, modernas can be kept in a standard refrigerator for 30 days. At least 50,000 americans have already received their first doses, the start of a monumental effort to give initial doses to 100 Million People by april. In a display of support designed to boost Public Confidence in the vaccine, Vice President mike pence received his first dose earlier today. Building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning. Reporter members of Congress Also stepped up, and president elect joe biden and his wife, dr. Jill biden, will get their shots on monday, with Vice President elect Kamala Harris and her husband following a week later. With 5,000 nursing home deaths a week, states are now focused on vaccinating their most vulnerable, including hardhit connecticut. It was a real priority for us that nursing homes, the nurses here, as well as the residents, be top of the list, prioritized in terms of getting this. Reporter 22,000 of them are eligible for this first phase, including Trinity Care Center in hartford that lost 10 residents and one staff member to the virus. applause we were there today in full p. P. E. As patients lined up. Okay applause reporter franklin worriell was first up. I hope this works out for everybody, not just me. I mean, everybody. Reporter edwin ovalles was another resident looking for a dose of hope. Im sure the feeling of relief felt better than the needle. Yeah, definitely. Theres definitely been chaos because of it. Def reporter he was eager to get vaccinated after witnessing months of death and despair here. Its the first step in the right direction. Rifore, what was there . There was nothing but sickness and death. And dea mething we canmething that we look forward to. Reporter so, who can look forward to. Reporter so, who exactly is next in line to get this shot . Will it be teachers, transit workers, Grocery Store employees . That is the very question that a federal panel of vaccine experts rgency meeo answer this weekend in an emergency meeting, norah. donneonnell many people will be watching. Mola lenghi, thank you. And tonight, more than 114,000 americans are being treated for covid in hospitals in Southern California. There are no intensive care beds available for the sickest patients. Cbs carter evans reports tonight from hardhit los angeles. Reporter patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs in need of emergency care, but waiting in ambulances or outside ot the cold for hours. Im not going to sugarcoat this we are getting crushed. Reporter there are no more open i. C. U. Beds in the entire Southern California region, and just more than 2 are available statewide. Nearly 150,000 new cases in the last three days alone. At this pace, nearly 70,000 deaths are projected in california, and more than ,60,000 nationwide by april 1. An unthinkable tol an unthinkable toll, yet, more than 84 million americans are expected to travel this holiday season, despite restrictions, spelling disaster for hospitals. Normally, we have 29 beds in our emergency department. Today, we had this morning we had 77 patients. Reporter Martin Luther king jr. Community hospital c. E. O. Dr. Elaine batchlor showed us the triage area set up in the ambulance bay. Her hospital is at the epicenter of the covid fight, located in a lowincome, underresourced community in south los angeles. Im worried that we could see theelves in a situation like new york, where the healthcare overwhelmed, and when, and when that hap that happens, painters start dying. Reporter why dont you just ship patients elsewhere . There is nowhere to ship patients when every hospital is at capacity. Ting room,r so they put more beds in the e. R. Waiting room, and even the Hospital Gift shop. Youre putting e. R. Beds in the gift shop. How much worse could it get . Well, weve got four tents out front as well, so were using every space we can find. Reporter many of the people who live in this community are essential workers Grocery Store clerks, bus drivers, people who have contact with lots of other people. The Positivity Rate of 25 at this testing site is double what it is for the rest of the county. And that means one out of every four people in line here is likely infected with covid19. Norah. Odonnell carter evans, thank you. Well, tonight, lastminute demands from a small group of senators are leaving the 900 billion covid relief bill on hold. The gridlock means americans hoping for a stimulus check will have to keep waiting. Cbs nancy cordes is at the capitol tonight. So, nancy, we kept saying that a deal was close. Whats happened . Reporter norah, whats happened is that republicans tried to insert a provision that democrats argue would tie the hands of the incoming biden administration. This is a measure authored by Pennsylvania Republican pat toomey. It would pare back some of the lending powers the Federal Reserve had this year to try to prevent an economic crisis. So, thats the big Sticking Point right now. And until they work this out, the entire 900 billion relief bill is hanging in the balance the stimulus checks, the Unemployment Benefits all of it. And now, congressional leaders ch atelling us they dont think theyll be able to reach a deal tonight after all. They think it might take them the entire weekend to work this out, or possibly longer. Norah. Odonnell so many people waiting. Nancy cordes, thank you. Tonight, russia is the leading suspect in a widespread and sophisticated attack on sensitive government computer systems. Now cybersecurity experts are scrambling to limit the damage as Congress Demands answers. Heres cbs catherine herridge. Reporter sources tell cbs news the hack is believed to be the largest Cyber Espionage campaign in u. S. History, and its not over. This was really an attack of massive scale. Told us today the hacts president told us today the hack spans at least eight countries, with 80 of the targets in the u. S. , including many of the companys clients. This attack is still taking place. The industry is scrambling, people in government are scrambling to get it under control. But its not under control yet. Reporter among the concerns, that the breach at the Treasury Department may have exposed taxpayer information. Whats the impact . Well, the impact is extraordinary. Any information of yours may have been compromised by very sophisticated attackers. Reporter Officials Say the tactics are similar to other largescale attacks blamed on russia, but investigators cant rule out other foreign adversaries. Are we going to learn that the hack was even bigger than we know right now . Well, we should assume that the number of victims is going to increase. This is a bit like a natural disaster. Reporter sources say the hackers could have roamed free in unclassified systems and impersonated highlevel officials seeking classified information. Catherine herridge, cbs news, washington. Odonnell and we want to turn now to americas hunger crisis. More than 50 Million People in this country have experienced hunger this year. Thats up from 35 million last year. Well, tonight, federal aid programs are running low on funding and food pantries are running low on supplies. Heres cbs mark strassmann. Reporter this morning, Yolanda Myers made her monthly run for groceries. If it wasnt for the food bank i dont think were going to make it some time. Reporter 400 pounds of donations a lot of food for a lot of family. In this 1,000squarefoot shoe box myers cares full time for 10 grandchildren, ages 112. They call her gmama. We love her. We take care of her. We make sure she okay. Reporter shes disabled, her husband lost his chefs job in march. Sometimes i have to go buy the kids something that they need, and hell be like, we dont have the money to do this or to do that. Reporter food banks, a sometimes option, became a lifeline. Theyre also 3,000 behind on rent. Here in fulton county, with more than one million residents, one in six families now faces food insecurity. Gmama going to keep them fed. Reporter have there been missed meals . Not for the kids. Reporter for you . Yup. Reporter does that happen a lot . Yeah. Its not time to be sitting around trying to cry, being upset. Reporter every month, the African American association of Georgia Services 1,600 families, but few like the myers. This is a family that really needs above and beyond the support that we normally give. Reporter above and beyond today meant a christmas surprise. I got your deep fryer for you as well. You did . screaming thank you reporter and gifts for the grand kids. I really love you all. Thank you all so much. Reporter but no single food bank can keep them fed. Thank you. Reporter their School System today also dropped off meal packs, breakfast and lunch for five days. But today, they feasted on Something Different hope. Mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. Thank you, all odonnell everybody looking for a little more of that. All right, time is quickly running out for your gifts to arrive ahead of christmas. Today is the deadline for first class mail. But with the post office buried under millions of extra packages, its getting dicey. Heres cbs janet shamlian. Reporter shoppers across the country are learning a hard truth tonight santa will be late this year. Im very discouraged. I could have driven across country in that amount of time and delivered it in person. Reporter a week before christmas, packages are overwhelming the u. S. Postal service and other carriers. Busy, busy. Reporter customers tell cbs news theyve been able to track their shipments being scanned into post Office Processing centers, but theres no record of them leaving. Its been nuts. Reporter carly seale manages houstons favor the kind boutique, which cut off shipping earlier than usual because christmas delivery couldnt be guaranteed. Theres been huge delays, and its been really frustrating. Reporter a perfect storm record volume, coronavirus staffing shortages, and weather in the mix. Talpmatrix reports the Postal Service is rec service is receiving about six million extra parcels a day due to shipping caps at fedex and u. P. S. Tonight, u. S. P. S. Acknowledged the challenges, but says its committed to delivering gifts and cards on time to celebrate the holidays. And tonight, people are still coming in to the post office with packages. At this point, many will have to use expedited shipping. But with such a backlog already, some postal workers are saying they believe it will be a week or so into january before everything gets delivered. Norah. Odonnell thats more like a new years gift than a christmas gift. Janet shamlian, thank you. And there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news, including the remarkable story of how a state trooper who rescued a man whose car was buried in the snow for 10 hours. And like father like son tiger woods tees off with one of golfs rising stars. 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Odonnell so excited for next week because on the cbs evening news we have this story kindness is contagious. In our season of giving series we visit a dairy queen where 900 customers joined to pay it forward. And if you cant watch us live, dont forget to set your dvr so you can watch us later. That is tonights cbs evening news. Im Norah Odonnell in the nations capital. Just a reminder, stay positive, test negative. See you right back here on monday. Good night. Captioning sp anybody camera video of a deadly election night, Police Shooting in the east bay. The brazen crime spree moments before. A wild chase caught on camera come the suspects desperate attempt to escape. He jumped in the water