And cheer up, charlie. Meet the boy bullied no more. It will get better, and you will see a light at the end of the tunnel. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. A curfew takes effect across much of california tonight as the state and the nation confront an unprecedented surge in new coronavirus cases. The numbers are adding up fast and shattering records. More than 195,000 new cases were reported friday. One million infections have been logged in the past six days. The Fast Development of vaccines offers a glimmer of hope. But experts warn, we have not yet seen the peak of this new surge. With Colder Weather coming and the Holiday Season upon us, the worst of the crisis could still be ahead. Cbs Danya Bacchus in los angeles leads us off. One, two, three. Reporter the longfeared, worstcase scenario is now being felt across the country. Several states issued new restrictions in a desperate attempt to slow the surge. Despite a week of unprecedented spread, theres mixed reaction. There is a lot more we need to be doing. We should be over this. I dont think the coronavirus is hiding in a tree, waiting until midnight or 10 00. Reporter the order is also contributing to a surge of panic shopping, shelves once again wiped clean of the essentials. When i did walk in, its picked over and it, you know, you start to get nervous. Reporter in the middle midwa Strained Health care system, hospitalizations in minnesota are the highest theyve been during the pandemic. Governor tim walz issued a last call temporarily closing bars and restaurants for a month and issuing a mask mandate. I understand its not easy, and its not fair. But its a sacrifice that we need to make. Reporter in oregon, Health Officials are at a tipping point. New surge, and a grim scene in el paso, texas, where inmates are helping move the dead, this as the country heads into thanksgiving week. The t. S. A. Expects to screen six Million People as the c. D. C. Warns against holiday travel. Needed to get away. Needed to just kind of get back to a little bit of normalcy for us. We travel a lot, and this is the first trip that weve taken all year. Reporter dr. Anne rimoin is a u. C. L. A. Epidemiologist. So there are so many points when youre going to be in contact with others. Its really difficult to be able to make sure that youre controlling your environment when youre traveling. Reporter the desire to see family and friends this holiday is driving a rush of testing across the country. Here at dodger stadium, up to 13,000 people can be tested, many waiting in line for hours for peace of mind. Jamie. Yuccas quite the line. Danya bacchus in los angeles, thank you. The pandemic and infected economy have Many Americans experiencing Food Insecurity for the first time, and with thanksgiving, the need is greater than ever. Heres cbs tom hanson. Reporter the nationwide crisis spike is causing a food crisis. Hundreds of cars waited for packages of boxed food in denver. The Greater Boston food bank gives out 2. 5 Million Pound of food each week. Happy thanksgiving reporter in tarrant county, texas, this massive operation supplied people with 70 pounds of food and a turkey. Inside one of those cars on friday was adrian williams. Difficult during this time, you know. And i have family members who are its also difficult for. Reporter ordinary americans relying on generosity to make it through. There are still people that, you know, want to help people that cant be helped at this time. Food insecurity and hunger was massive problems even before the pandemic. Reporter joel berg is the c. E. O. Of hunger free america a nonprofit working to expand access to food. Tens of millions of americans are working and still cant afford to feed their families. Reporter and insecurity at levels not seen since the eyeopening 1968 cbs documentary hunger in america. What do you tell your children when they come home and there is no food . That we havent got anything to eat, and we just have to lay down like that until the next day, see if we can find something to eat. Reporter can you walk me from where we were 50 years ago to where we are today . How much has changed . This is the worst hunger crisis in modern american times. The situation is absolutely perilous, and unless the federal government does Something Big and quick, were going to see starvation conditions like this country hasnt seen since the great depression. Reporter and joel told us 50 million americans and 18 million children cant count on regular meals, jamie, just days away from a thanksgiving unlike any other. Yuccas tom hanson in new york, thank you. President trump met with World Leaders today, at least virtually. The president is also still not conceding nearly three weeks after the election. Cbs chip reid is at the white house. House. Reporter during a Virtual Summit today with the group of foreign leaders known as the g20, President Trump tweeted, not about Foreign Policy but about the president ial election. We will show massive and unprecedented fraud, he wrote. He was responding to Michigan Republican lawmakers who met with the president yesterday as part of his effort to reverse the Election Results in key states. But they were no help, writing, we have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan. The president also got disappointing news friday from georgia. The numbers that we have presented today are correct. Reporter where a hand recount confirmed that president elect joe biden won. The president s efforts to overturn the election have so far been almost entirely ineffective, but that didnt stop him from saying this friday i won, by the way, but, you know, well find that out. Reporter he ignored shouted questions. Mr. President mr. President are you being a sore loser . Reporter as for that g20 summit, today mr. Trump left to play golf and did not attend a session with other World Leaders on fighting the pandemic. Today in delaware, president elect biden attended afternoon mass. Yesterday, he and Vice President elect Kamala Harris met with Democratic Congressional leaders to discuss plans for fighting covid19 and reviving the economy. My oval office, me casa, you casa. Reporter and theres more bad news for President Trump. His son, donald trump jr. , has tested positive for covid19, and hes been in isolation since monday. Jamie. Yuccas chip reid, thank you. Tomorrow on face the nation, margaret brennans guests include dr. Anthony fauci, former National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster , and Vice President elect harris Senior Adviser symone sanders. This week, the Trump Administration announced it would withdraw 2,000 troops from afghanistan by midjanuary. Critics say the decision risks putting peace and progress in the country in danger. Imtiaz tyab has the story. Reporter the scarred streets of kabul are shattered yet again by rocket fire. Forcing a group of school girls to run for their lives after the capitals heavily fortified Diplomatic Area was targeted. Few here were spared in the attack, claimed by a Regional Branch of isis, including this womans grandson. She asks, what was the crime of this innocent child . He was just eating breakfast at home. Why do we get killed . We arent the government. The assault happened just hours before a meeting between secretary of state mike pompeo and taliban negotiators in qatar, that follows the outgoing Trump Administrations announcement it plans to withdraw 2,000 troops from afghanistan by midjanuary. Raising concerns about the afghan governments ability to deal with violence like this on its own. Pompeo was on a multination tour as he nears the end of his term as secretary of state. Earlier, he was in israel where he visited a jewish settlement in the Israeli Occupied west bank, the firstever visit by such a Senior Member of government. During the Trump Administration, america stands with israel like never before. Reporter the trip came a year after pompeo said the settlements did not contradict international law, which describes them as illegal, reversing the longheld u. S. Position. The declaration outraged palestinians, who oppose israeli settlements built on land they claim for a future independent state. Secretary pompeo appears to be taking what his supporters might call a victory lap, highlighting the Trump Administrations policy shifts across the region before he and the president exit the world stage. Soon, all eyes will be on president elect joe biden to see what hell do differently. Imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. Yuccas police in wisconsin today are still searching for the gunman who opened fire friday at a mall in a milwaukee suburb. Eight people were injured. The shooter vanished before officers arrived. In california, People Living near Vandenberg Air force base were warned today about sonic booms, nothing unusual, really just another spacex launch. This falcon 9 rocket carried a satellite into orbit that will monitor sea levels. Straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, well take you to Navajo Nation, struggling with covid and remote learning. A mountain faces a name change as colorado revisits an old wound suffered in another century. And later, a bullied boys message of hope. Surge is extraordinarily difficult for teachers, parents, and children across the country, with many students once again returning to allremote learning. Some confront extra obstacles, including native americans, and a new meax community, part of Navajo Nation. Lilia luciano has their story. Reporter Navajo Nation is in lockdown as covid19 surges throughout the reservation. That means kids wont be back in a classroom any time soon. I did really good, but this year, not so good because its, like, really hard. Reporter for autumn wilson, the anguish of the pandemic was stacked on grief. Not too long ago, a yearing, we lost our dad. And it was really hard for four of us. Reporter her dad died of complications from alcoholism, a different pandemic long plaguing the nation. Getting my work done is really hard for me because i usually think about my dad, and i get depressed sometimes. Reporter her mom keeps her focused. No tv no cell phones do your work. Reporter Virtual Learning in rural areas is hard. In Navajo Nation, it can be impossible when many homes lack Running Water or terrorist, let alone the internet. I dont like online. I like to be, you know, in school learning. Reporter like autumn, Cyliss Castillo isnt going to school. But the Cuba High School bus still rolls by their home. Students name, bus number. Reporter Veronica Madrid lodes up the bus, from food to flashlight bracelets, the bus brings school to the students. They downloaded the assignments on to the hard drive, and i do those assignments. They get laptops. They get jet packs for wifi connectivity. Reporter how are kids doing and,000 are they adapting . Its a struggle but were heading in the right direction. Were doing good. Reporter what the bus cant deliver down the dusty desert roads is friends. In the meantime, that, too, can be sorted. When theyre done with the work and stuff, if they want to go out and clear their kids, go out and ride horses. Reporter no social distancing required. Hopefully, by next semester, well be going back into school. Reporter only time will tell. Lilia luciano, cbs news. Yuccas overcoming so many obstacles there. Still ahead on the cbs weekend news, why this Colorado Mountain is facing New Historical scrutiny. And a possible name change. Have blown through 2020. That includes a cultural reckoning with statues and monuments. In colorado, theres a push to rename several places. Highest on the list a mountain. Cbs Barry Petersen is in denver. Reporter the majesty of mount evans, named for john evans of 1800s colorado territorial governor. Some say the naming honors the winning of the west. Could you see it from here . Yeah. Right there. Front and center, right over those trees. Location that most anybody can see in the denver metro area. Reporter ernest house jr. Is a member of a ute mountain ute tribe, and former executive director of the Colorado Commission of indiana, fairs and the greatgrandson of jack house, the last hereditary chief of the ute ute mountain tribe. To house the name evan means this his connection with the massacre of 1864 will forever go down in history on a mark as his status as somebody who has been an historical figure for the state of colorado. Reporter he didnt participate in the massacre. He had a level of culpable. Reporter evan issues a proclamation that said kill all hostile indians so tribes surrendered to the government for protection and some settled at sand creek. A group of the u. S. Cavalry slaughtered mostly elderly men, women, and children. Today, its a National Historic site. Now, the u. S. Border of geographic names is considering changing the name of mount evans, along with other colorado sites negro creek, chinaman gulch, squaw mountain. For 50 years, Randy Wheelock has hiked, biked, and camped on mount evans. He is also in the county commission where mount evans is located. And while he supports the name change, a constituent does not. And he said to me they grew up here and its the only name that ive ever known that by. Reporter how do you recognize the people who say, but, no, this is my growing up. This is my heritage . We really have to listen to that. Reporter but its an era of statues toppled, protests over the deaths of black people and changing places named mostly for white men. Erica dunbar is a professor of history at rutgers university. Were reckoning with this very real issue around social justice, around representation, this conversation about who we want to be as americans. Reporter tell me what youre going to feel when you look at that mountain and its got an indian name . You know, i think the first thing im going to think about is those tribes that were forcibly removed from our beautiful state that continue to call colorado home that would love for an opportunity to go back to a mountain, take their family and say, this used to be ours, and its still being recognized. Were being acknowledged. Reporter whats in a name . It turns out everything. Barry petersen, cbs news, denver. Yuccas important conversations. Next on the cbs weekend news, an update on a Christmas Tree stowe away that touched hearts from coast to coast. Quite a sight over aurora, colorado. Fast food fans spent up to 14 hours in line at a justopened in and out burger, the first one in the state. Apparently, they didnt realize it would have just been faster to drive to california, but there you go. There was even a burger brawl. You see there, some people apparently had a beef about the long wait. A tiny owl found in the branches of new yorks rokefeller Center CenterChristmas Tree could soon return to the wild. Rokefeller center as he was naturally named, was hungry after being shipped 170 miles in a tree before a worker discovered him. We reached out today to the Wildlife Center nursing him back to health. They say he could take flight monday ating dusk. When we return, cheer up, charlie. A bullied boy feels the love of a musical community. Boy bullied for his love of musical theater catches the attention of some marquee names. Cbs ian lee in london has the story. Reporter its fair to say Charlie Kristensen is obsessed with theater. Love it all the singing, the dance, the acting. Reporter but the 10yearolds passion for song and dance made him a target for bulliesa school. They called me fat, they called me gay, they called me idiot. And sometimes it got quite physical. Reporter so charlies teacher sent out a plea on social media. It quickly went viral with the hash tag cheer up, charlie. Cheer up, charlie applause cheer up, charlie reporter hundreds of performers from hit shows like wicked and hamilton sent messages of support. Hi how are you . Come in. Reporter charlie also got to meet some of his heroes. It might be tough now but, you know, youll get through it. And look how loved you are. This is going to be your home one day. Reporter he even launched a Youtube Channel to chat with actors, including Iain Armitage from the cbs sitcom Young Sheldon who said he has been bullied, too. I have always loved sparkle and pink and girl things. Reporter charlie is now determined to help other kids. It will get better, and you will see life at the end of the tunnel, and you need to talk, talk, talk, talk. Dont suffer in silence because we cant chng th change the worn silence. Reporter so he has teamed up with his new celebrity friends to spread his message of hope. You will be found reporter ian lee, cbs news, london. Yuccas oh, i hope he keeps pursuing his passion. Thats the cbs weekend news for this saturday. Later on cbs, 48 hours. And dont forget sunday morning with jane pauley first thing tomorrow. Im jamie yuccas in los angeles. Have a great night. Everything that america stands for. Count down to curfew. Most of the bay area and state have a few hours left before they have to be home but what happens if they arent . The local Police Departments are making their curfew enforcement policy clear. We will answer the question will you be in trouble if you are out and about past 10 00. San francisco wont be affected by the new curfew yet but the city can be hours away from tipping into the purple tier. And with thanksgiving and a curfew coming what is the state of the shelves . The one thing that is in short supply. Four house from now position most of the bay area will be in a new tier. People that are out after the ten p. M. Curfew. Police tell me they won pull anyone over for driving at night or walking on the sidewalk past 10 00 but lets say you are having a Big House Party at 1 00 in the morning you may get a visit from the police. The curfew is updated version of the stayathome order we dealt with march. But this time it is nonessential nighttime activities. Authorities say people can walk their dogs and pick up food and perform other essential duties but no small and large gatherings. If they are hacking out together more and not paying attention