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call there. patrick mahomes always makes it look so easy. how is anybody left open when you have patrick mahomes. very well done, kansas city chiefs. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." a big announcement on the vaccine front. we'll talk to dr. ashish jha on that. right now, millions of americans going to extraordinary lengths to celebrate thanksgiving, and many are waiting in lines for hours. here's a look at this huge line for testing outside denver. people hope they will be safer with relatives if they test negative, but the experts say that is not a sure thing. there are also massive lines for giveaways at food banks. >> and despite the pandemic, airports are still packed as millions take flights. that's despite dire warnings from health experts that people could unknowingly infect their loved ones over the holiday. kris van cleave is at reagan national airport outside washington. good morning. >> well, good morning. on the same day the cdc told americans not to travel, that very morning, southwest's ceo told us while the airline was seeing an increase in cancellations it was being outpaced by new bookings. look around reagan national airport, it's not the holiday season we're used to. they expect air travel in particular to be down 50% to 60%, but that still means millions of people are going to fly or drive to see relatives this thanksgiving. and that has health experts very worried about the potential of a deadly covid surge just in time for christmas. from packed gates at phoenix sky harbor airport -- to long lines at l.a.x. and this traffic at chicago o'hare. americans are on the move, covid or not. >> i'm like, there's a lot more people here than i thought would be here. >> reporter: more than 1 million people were screened at tsa checkpoints on friday. nearly a million more on saturday. despite the cdc urging americans not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. >> it's a family necessity trip. so i take the necessary precautions. >> reporter: aaa estimates up to 50 million americans will travel for thanksgiving down from last year. but the holiday comes as the u.s. sets daily records for coronavirus cases. for some, that means getting covid tests before spending time with their loved ones. >> probably going to get tested again once i get back to be sure i'm good. >> reporter: experts w testing could provide a false sense of security because of covid's up to 14-day incubation period. two or three days after a negative test you could become contagious, even before showing symptoms. that's why neil segal, a public health professor, canceled his thanksgiving plans. >> when i was weighing the option to travel back to california to see my parents, i realized the potential risk i posed to them in traveling was probably too great, and, of course, i wouldn't really be able to live with myself if i knew that i brought covid-19 into their home. >> and new this morning, united airlines is s announcing its expanding its testing. it will offer mail-in tests to those flying to ten caribbean and latin american countries in addition to the testing efforts united rolled out in new york and san francisco. tony? >> chris, thank you. even before families get together for the holidays we're seeing a surge in coronavirus numbers over the past three days alone. the u.s. reported more than 517,000 new cases which puts the total since the start of this pandemic above 12 million americans. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in sioux falls, south dakota. david, good morning to you. just how bad is it there? >> well, within the last 24 hours, south dakota reported 42 new covid-related deaths. over the last week, per capita, one health expert says south dakota has recorded more covid related deaths than any other state in the country. now consider this. some people say, well, covid affects folks like the regular flu? in south dakota on average every year they have 48 flu-related deaths. 48. they had 42 covid deaths reported in just one day. south dakotans do not want to be told what to do. especially when it comes to wearing a mask. just ask the mayor of sioux falls. >> this is cowboy count, man. you try and tell someone to do something, and they want to do the opposite as a result. >> reporter: the mayor resisted a mask mandate for months, but the city finally passed one and over the weekend, it took effect. but there is no penalty for those who refuse to wear one. most people we saw in the downtown areas were not. >> sioux falls is putting a restriction on themselves, but south dakota in general doesn't care at all whether or not there's a mask mandate or any restrictions to help covid at all. >> reporter: 22-year-old nicole was about to enter a bar when she agreed to speak with us and admitted -- >> honestly, i'm an rn, a covid unit. >> i don't mean to put you on the spot, but you are an rn. >> yeah. >> you work in a covid unit. >> right. >> nobody gets it better than you. >> right. >> and here you are coming to party without a mask. >> i've had it but that doesn't mean -- like i do care about other people and like their health as well. >> for the record, the two women decided not to go into the bar after our interview. >> even the leader of sanford health, the largest health system in the dakotas, has given people reason to question whether there is a crisis here. >> it's hard for me to say we are at a crisis. that would be misleading. from a clinical standpoint. >> reporter: but ceo kelby crabbenhoff isn't a doctor. his chief medical doctor is. >> would you classify what is happening here in the dakotas as a crisis? >> i would. >> reporter: one expert in south dakota said the state has the highest hospitalizations per capita in the country. >> do you believe that the governor of south dakota should put a mask mandate in place? >> i do believe that the governor should put a mask mandate in place, that that would help us in our attempt to fight this virus. >> reporter: the governor has vowed not to. south dakotans preach personal responsibility. >> when it comes to how we pass this infection, i think that we need to step up and say that this is not the police or law enforcement's problem. it's ours. >> every maskless person we spoke to seemed to know better but vowed to do better. >> i came out of a bar where no one was wearing masks, but i believe in wearing masks, and i'm not wearing one so i feel like a giant piece of crap for not wearing one. >> reporter: and now he knows sioux falls has a mask mandate. statewide, the republican governor here has said for months she is not putting in place a mask mandate. but to the north in north dakota, that state's republican governor has instituted a mask mandate. here in south dakota, the governor was quoted recently as say i'm not going to discourage you or stop you from thanking god or spending time together this thanksgiving. >> boy, david, i'm so glad the rn nurse decided that she wasn't going to go into the bar. you could see while you were talking to her, her face was like, this is a bad idea talking to you about this. so i'm so glad that she turned around and didn't go in. that's very good news. we're also getting good news about a potential vaccine from the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca. we're joined by dr. ashish jha, dean of brown university school of public health. good to see you this morning. let's talk about the latest news from astrazeneca which they say has a 70% effectiveness. that sounds good until you hear about the other two that have a 95% effectiveness. tell us why experts are excited about this one. >> good morning, gayle. thank you for having me on. i think part of it is we got a little spoiled. a couple of weeks ago, i would have said 70% is a home run. 95% from the other two has really raised the bar. but the problem here is that there are two arms of this study, two different dosing measurements. one of them was about 60%. the other was 90%. we've got to sort out what are in the 60%. and i suspect we may get to 90% on this vaccine, too if we get the dosing right. >> scientists are telling us they hope to have this vaccine available to some by december 11th. does that time line make sense for you when looking at all the drugs potentially available? >> it does. i mean, look, we are -- obviously, we've been stockpiling a lot of these vaccines. they've got to go through approval. they've got to -- the data has to be reviewed carefully. but i think given the urgency of the time we are in, there's no reason to think we can't get that time line done for approval by december 11th. >> let's talk about thanksgiving. we keep talking about it. the experts keep saying cancel your plans. i'm not going to see my kids for the first time in over a gazillon years. it's very upsetting, but that's how it goes. so you're telling people, cancel your plans. do not go. clearly a lot of people are not listening to you. sometimes people have to hear it more than once. what is your message as we sit here today? >> yeah, so first of all, absolutely. if you can avoid traveling for thanksgiving, you absolutely should. i see my family every year. we're not doing it this year. we're staying home. if you have already committed to going, if you've already left, there are things you can do to make it safer, gayle, but there are tough things. like try to eat outside. wear a mask when inside with your family. not things we're used to doing -- >> what about this? >> yeah. >> people are saying this. i'm going to take a test. everybody in the house is going to take a test. and so we're all going to gather together and we've all tested negative. isn't that okay? >> i wish it was. and that makes it better, it's better than not testing at all, but we know -- like let's say i was infected yesterday. i could get tested tomorrow. i'd be negative. i could travel on wednesday. and by thursday or friday, i could be contagious passing it to other people. one negative test does not buy you out of this. so i think if the strategy is testing and act normal, it's still really risky. if you want to do testing, wearing a mask inside and keeping windows open to make sure there's good ventilation. that might make it safer. but this is all risky stuff. and we're so close to a vaccine that i want to make sure that we get through the holidays and keep people safe. >> dr. jha, when you see pictures of all these people at the airports, what do you think all this travel for thanksgiving ultimately will mean for the christmas holiday. >> yeah, what i'm worried about is, look, we're already seeing a surge in cases in large parts of the country. after every holiday over the last six months we have seen another surge of cases. i'm worried that what's going to happen, we're going to see a big bump. hospitals already are strained. they're going to get into more trouble. and by christmas, i think we're going to be in a lot of trouble with a lot of infections, a lot of hospitalizations and a lot of deaths. >> all you can do is put the message out there and let people make their own decisions. now to the 2020 election. michigan and pennsylvania could certify president-elect joe biden as the winner in those states today. trump's lawsuit to overturn the vote in pennsylvania failed over the weekend and failed rather flamboyantly. a judge described part of the claim as a frankenstein's monitor haphazardly stitched together. weijia jiang is at the white house for us. good morning to you. even republicans now are saying some of these claims are embarrassing. how long will the challenges continue? >> good morning, tony. the trump campaign says it will appeal that ruling in pennsylvania. senior administration officials tell cbs news that president trump will concede if he exhausts all of his legal options and remains the loser. but you're right. members of the president's own party say that is now the reality. and that it's time to admit defeat. as president trump played golf at his resort in virginia on sunday, a growing number of republicans dialed up the pressure for him to concede the election. >> now we're beginning to look like we're a banana republic. it's time for them to stop the nonsense. >> reporter: the trump campaign insists it can overturn the result with lawsuits in key states with pennsylvania being a must-win. but on saturday, a federal judge dismissed the campaign's lawsuit there writing in a scathing opinion, in the united states of america, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter. let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey said with the ruling president trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result. and to be congratulated, president-elect joe biden. michigan republican congressman fred upton said his state's results would also be certified for biden. >> here again in michigan, it's not a razor-thin margin. it's 154,000 votes. you've got to let those votes stand. >> reporter: even north dakota senator kevin kramer, a staunch defender of president trump's, said it was time for the trump administration to start cooperating with the biden transition team. >> it's past time to start a transition to at least cooperate with the transition. >> reporter: another of the president's close allies, chris christie, had this to say. >> the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >> reporter: that included sydney powell until last night when the campaign said sydney powell is practicing law on her own. she is not a member of the legal team. but just last week, mr. trump touted her as a campaign attorney. and she spoke in an erratic press conference alongside rudy giuliani pushing wild conspiracy theories and making unsubstantiated claims. >> president trump won by a landslide. >> reporter: along with president trump and rudy giuliani, the official gop twitter account promoted powell as part of the legal team. it's unclear what prompted her exit, but in a statement to cbs news, she said she understood the campaign's statement and would continue to do the work she's been doing. anthony? >> weijia, thank you. president-elect biden plans to announce the first members of his cabinet tomorrow. cbs news confirms he has selected longtime aide and diplomat tony blinken to be his secretary of state. nikole killion is in wilmington, delaware, covering the biden transition. what do we know about mr. blinken? >> anthony, tony blinken had long been considered a front-runner for the secretary of state position. he's been working with the president-elect on global issues and previously served as deputy secretary of state during part of the obama administration. he is seen in a photo during the osama bin laden raid. he was also national security adviser to then vice president biden. cbs news has also learned the president-elect plans to nominate linda thomas-greenfield as ambassador to the united nations. she is currently leading mr. biden's agency review team for the state department. she was the former assistant secretary of state for african affairs and one of the highest ranking black diplomats at the department. now one hitch in the president-elect's transition process is that none of his nominees can get background checks until the general services administration signs off on the formal transition process. so far, the agency has not changed its posture, but many democratic lawmakers have demanded that the gsa strator brief them by today. tony? >> thank you, nikole. ahead, the millions who don't have enough to eat because of the pandemic and the efforts of people like ahead in ahead -- thou avoid surprise costs coming up on "cbs this morning." how to avoid surprise costs coming up on "cbs this morning." dry, distressed skin that struggles? new aveeno® restorative skin therapy. with our highest concentration of prebiotic oat intensely moisturizes 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>> reporter: good morning, gayle. we've heard more about the high costs of ma'am glams and other imaging tests than perhaps any other issue we've covered in this series. now we're hearing about this problem again from women who face bills for hundreds of dollars and some of them are now hurting financially because of the pandemic. the last thing stay-at-home mom rachel schmidt expected during the pandemic was a bill for her first screening mammogram, a test that under the affordable care act is supposed to be paid for. >> i'd always heard that the screenings after 40 were covered. and so i was just shell shocked. >> reporter: she went in for that test in august, but after she mentioned some tenderness around a lump, staff told her she'd have to come back a month later instead for a diagnostic mammogram, one that's more detailed, plus an ultrasound. but then came the bill. nearly $1,200 her insurance company refused to pay. >> i've been calling anyone i can to just get some answers as to what's going on. >> have you gotten any answers? >> not many. insurance was pretty much cut and dry. it's diagnostic, we don't pay for it. >> reporter: not only that, she says, although her husband is still working, the pandemic cost her her job as a teaching assistant at her children's school. >> it hits pretty hard. we don't have a lot of emergency savings left. >> reporter: many other women nationwide have told us the same, that their doctors ordered a test their insurance company says doesn't fit the definition of a screening mammogram, like a diagnostic mammogram, an ultrasound or an mri. and they have wound up with bills for hundreds of dollars. that's despite the fact that nearly half of women over 40 have dense breast tissue and experts say regular mammograms miss more than 50% of cancers in women with dense breasts. women like mary canney who says of standard mammograms. >> they did not pick up my breast cancers both times. >> reporter: in both cases canney felt lumps, later confirmed as cancers by additional screening tests. the second time in 2014 after a supposedly negative mammogram. >> i found the lump within a month, and i went right away to have it checked out and it was cancerous. i can't trust the regular mammograms. >> reporter: because of that, this year her oncologist ordered a more advanced 3-d mammogram, but after the test she got the bill, $856. the reason, her insurance company said the test was coded as diagnostic, not screening. >> we can afford to pay for the that it is right or fair. >> reporter: even worse, canney and other women say the high bills have given them pause. >> i shared my story with my friends on facebook, and i had so many comments saying, wow, now i'm going to think twice about going. i said please don't. but then when it's also going to cost your family that amount of money, you put it off sometimes. >> reporter: a recent study shows the potential human costs of putting off those tests. quest diagnostics looked at its own numbers of newly diagnosed cancer patients served through lab tests and found as many as 20% of women with breast cancer may have been going undiagnosed since may. medical director dr. harvey kaufman. >> they have missed their mammograms, they missed their physician visits and they have cancer. for some it will have tragic consequences. >> reporter: in march republican senator roy blunt and democratic senator jeanne shaheen introduced legislation to cover all diagnostic tests in the law, in part due to our reporting. >> i was watching your piece when we were talking about the fact that so many insurance companies don't cover diagnostic breast exams. i said, well, we should do something about that. >> reporter: but progress on their bill too has been delayed. >> i think if anything, anna, this problem has gotten bigger because people have put off tests, they have let things progress in ways that they wouldn't have otherwise. i'd like to solve the problem. >> reporter: well, canney told us she fought her bill with blue cross blue shield of minnesota for three months after any success. after we contacted them, her problem was quickly resolved. the company telling us in fact, yes, it was a screening mammogram and her costs will now be fully covered. they told her acti, that's just exception for this time. rachel schmidt's kaiser p permanente told her diagnostic ones are covered but only after the deductible is met. >> it's remarkable how many times costs are dropped after anna werner makes an inquiry. also remarkable that you're inspiring some bipartisan effort to find a solution. good news on that front as well. anna, thank you very much. ahead, the pandemic is thousands lined up outside tyler perry's studios in atlanta looking for something to eat. we'll tell you how the media mogul stepped up to help as many people as possible. we'll be right back. this year, walmart's turning black friday into deals for days. starting wed 11/25 shop online only and score deals like a $299 nintendo switch bundle with mario kart. let's end the year saving bigger. nin[ sneeze ]ch bundle with mario kart. skip to cold relief fast with alka seltzer plus severe powerfast fizz. dissolves quickly. instantly ready to start working. ♪ oh, what a relief it is! so fast! chances are you have some questions right now here are a couple answers... lysol disinfectant spray and disinfecting wipes together can be used on over 100 surfaces. and kill up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. unfortunately, we can't answer every question you have right now. lysol. what it takes to protect. is often unseen. because the pain you're feeling could be a sign of irreversible joint damage. every day you live with pain, swelling, and stiffness... you risk not being able to do the things you love. especially in these times, it's important to keep up with your rheumatologist. schedule an appointment today. pizza. tacos. pizza! what about subway? 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suggesting that toss this morning. >> very nice, kelly. if you are in central park you get a chance or riverside park, there's another one in riverside park or follow manhattan bird alert, that's where i want find. thank you very much, kelly. here are a few stories we think you'll talk about today. a frightening scene at shanghai's international airport after a worker tested positive. this appeared to show authorities wearing hazmat suits linking arms around a massive group of people and herding them into a parking garage to undergo some last-minute tests. the situation did calm down and crews were able to test more than 17,000 employ is. shanghai has reported 6 local infections linked to the airport. it is remarkable to see swuns somebody has tested positive, that kind of movement. >> so they test 17,000 if they get a case of one? >> and 11,000 tests have been performed. >> i wonder what would happen if you tried that here? >> don't even wanting to try t anthony. >> we can't even wear masks. exactly. i watched david's piece with my mouth wide open. tons of a-list stars took the stage at last night's american music awards. the weekend was a sight to see. his face, look at this, his face was heavily bandaged. don't worry, he's just using it to call attention and to warn people against drunk driving because that's what his smash hit "blinding lights" is all about. it's sort of a psa while accepting that award. did you see j.lo? >> yes. >> her performance left very little -- >> hot, hot, hot, hot. >> man, j.lo. >> she looks great too. >> i've seen j.lo in concert. one of our producers took me to see j.lo in las vegas. i've seen metallica, van halen, she's amazing. >> what's being unspoken here is she's amazing and she's 50 years old. >> she's awesome. she teamed up for a risque performance of their new songs. there was one big name, though, who was not there. >> the reason i'm not there tonight is i'm actually re-recording all of my old music in the studio where we originally recorded it. so it's been amazing and you can't wait for you to hear it. >> reporter: for the third year in a row t. swift took home the top prize. she's busy recording her early music because of a public feud with scooter brawn over the masters of her first six albums. we've talked about this. but still winning. >> it's a very heated feud for sure. taraji p. henson was great. >> she was amazing. >> several costume changes. her energy was great. it was a really interesting show to watch. >> yes. >> but jennifer and maluma were wow, wow, wow. ready for this update? >> yes. >> our favorite little panda at the smithsonian's national zoo officially has a name! yes. it translates to little miracle in english. >> wow. >> look. >> behaved for the doctor. >> the zoo asked people to choose from four possible names and this was on top with 135,000 votes. the giant panda now weighs 10 pounds and says -- and his minders say he's been hitting all of his growth milestones, his eyes are 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extraordinary lengths to celebrate thanksgiving and many are waiting in lines for hours for testing. >> southwest's ceo told us while the airline was seeing an increase in cancellations it is being outpace by new bookings. over the last weeks, south dakota has recorded more covid-relted deaths than any other place in the country. >> everybody in the house is going to take a test. er with all going to gather together and we have all tested negative. isn't that okay? >> i wish it was. that makes it better. it's better than not testing at all. >> senior administration officials tell cbs news that president trump will concede if he exhausts all of his legal options and remains the loser. >> a fed exdriver is keeping up his holiday spirit. ♪ mariah carey retweeted the video with the caption, this is how all my packages must be delivered from now on! ♪ >> i have to say. >> i love that video. >> i think he practiced that before. >> yeah. >> he has done that before. he is at the fed exthing where they all line out to go out. >> i am sure the mirror in his bedroom has also seen that dance routi routine. >> good job. >> very talented. we begin with the unrelenting spread of the coronavirus in the u.s. as we hit 20 straight days of over 100,000 new cases. over the weekend, the u.s. surpassed 12 million coronavirus infections so far. 25% of those reported just this month. >> that means thanksgiving travel is a big concern with cases surging. there were long lines at the airports over the weekend. breaking news this morning. another potential coronavirus vaccine is showing very promising results. cbs is at astrazeneca in oxford. what makes this vaccine different than the others we talked about. and good morning. >> they are very excited here at oxford, gayle. good morning to you. here's why. it not only performed as they hoped it would, but this vaccine might stop the transmission of the virus, too. large scale trials showed the vaccine prevented 70% of people from getting covid, that's jumped to 90% if it is followed by a booster shot. it works across all age groups, and it's safe. headache, fatigue and a sore arm were the only side effects. trial members were swabbed on a weekly basis. >> the reason we did all of those swabs was to ask the question, could a vaccine prevent transmission as well as disease in this is one way of doing that. i think it is the first vaccine to report on that end point. >> the u.s. warp speed program has pumped more that a billion dollars into the development of the oxford vaccine for 300 million doses. the vaccines on need regular refrigeration rather than deep freeze temperatures which makes distribution easier and faster. upity sailing the manufacturing of the vaccine is also easier. and astrazeneca has promised to make 3 billion doses in 2021. the big question, when will we see it in the united states? astrazeneca says they are this conversations, their words w the fda, but it is possible that this vaccine may be rolled out the other countries before it reaches america. anthony. >> but a vaccine that prevents transmission, that's really encouraging news. charlie daggette in england. thanks. for many covid survivors, the virus doesn't simply go away. thousands of young and healthy people who were not hospitalized during their illness have reported effects lingering months after they contracted the virus. they call themselves long haulers. last night on 60 minutes, anderson cooper sat down with some of them. >> i woke up, and my legs were -- felt so heavy. as though a weight was pulling it down. en and think legs didn't support me and i kind of like fell. >> i just got an mri. >> she went to the emergency room and requested a mri and a full blood workup. everything came back normal. >> the doctors were like, you are fine. you are having anxiety attacks. you are just nervous. breathe. >> they thought it was in your head? >> they thought it was in my head. and it's one of those moments that i will never forget, because how can i possibly be fine? and when i left the emergency room that day, i was like, i'm just going home to die. >> one doctor at mount sinai in new york is having similar experiences. >> you believe it is not in their heads, you believe them? >> i have to, because i feel those symptoms, too, and i don't think it is all in my head. >> the doctor had what she considered a mild case of covid in march. eight months later she says like so many long haulers she still finds it hard to get through the day. >> i basically do my work and go home and go to sleep. that's when i am capable of doing. >> another doctor at mount sinai compared the long term effects to the health issues some survivors experienced after 9/11 except this time he says the suffering is on a much bigger scale. mount sinai has 40 doctors in a center now working on this. they have treated 1,000 patients since the virus outbreak. they still don't know what's causing this. >> that's scary. >> and they have a waiting list to get in. the symptoms can range from severe migraine, memory problems, brain fog, muscular pains, tremors in hands, dizziness, blurry vision, post viral fatigue, increased heart rate. different with different people. no idea what's going on. >> this is what is frighten issing. most people will recover from it but you can recover and still have symptoms like that and they don't know what's causing it. all ages, different races, doesn't matter. >> and the distress you saw in that young woman, it's like what is this? nobody seems to know. >> 12 million americans have this and six months from now they are going to be tired and wonder if it is a lingering effect or normal fatigue. >> you can help by wearing a mask. just saying, friendly reminder. ahead we talk to bill ley daily, who was president obama's white house chief of staff about the white house transition. plus, we will show you how a louisiana community answered a 111-year-old veteran's call for help. sorry. the 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going to be the secretary of state we're reporting. he's someone you've worked with in the obama administration and also the clinton administration. what can you tell us about him? >> tony is a very solid fellow who's very close to president-elect biden. that's an enormous advantage for a secretary of state. they have worked together for years. he's smart. he knows the world. he is not going to be a secretary of state who's speculating about running for senate from some state. he's going to focus on doing the job which is vitally important to the future of our country. so i think there's no one i can think of better for president-elect biden to pick that tony blinken. >> biden called him a superstar back in 2013. let's talk about treasury secretary for a moment. janet yellen has been suggested as a possible pick, elizabeth warren has also been suggested as a possible pick. her rise to prominence includes some sharp questioning of the former wells ceo over the fake account scandal. is there somebody that wells and your office would like to see in the position of treasury secretary? >> no. i think that would be presumptuous of us. obviously the president-elect will pick who he thinks is talented. one speculation about senator warren, obviously she's very -- feels very strongly about financial issues and she's been very vocal on them. one of the things politically, it's difficult to appoint a democratic senator to a cabinet spot if there's a republican governor who would replace that senator with a republican. that then shrinks the number of democrats in the senate and that's a hard political thing to do. but whoever the president-elect picks, i'm sure they're going to be dedicated to keeping our economy strong as we come out of this pandemic and getting us back to a point where there's much lower unemployment and less pain for people in america. >> let's talk food, let's talk hunger. thanksgiving is on thursday but tens of millions of americans, many of them never thought they'd be in this position, are facing hunger today. what's wells fargo doing to address that problem? >> we're launching a plan, a campaign today, many hearts, one community, where we're really trying to help people in need this pandemic and lots of other things over the last years has caused enormous pain. we're committing on -- other fulfilling our commitment to provide resources to feed 82 -- provide 82 million meals to americans. you've reported repeatedly on the challenges that many people have on getting meals for they and their children, so we're doing that. the second part of our campaign is to provide front-line workers and american military personnel notes and thanks from our customers, employees. we're going to contribute up to a million dollars to the red cross so that people who are out there fighting this and fighting for us around the world know that we appreciate their actions and their sacrifices. the third piece of our campaign to be honest with you, tony, is to try to help small businesses through these holidays. we're committing $50 million over the next five weeks to help small businesses and encouraging our customers and employees to shop at small businesses because they really are the backbone and they're hurting. >> bill, hi. kudos to wells fargo for doing this. if i'm listening and trying to figure out how do i get it, where do i go? >> you go to wellsfargo.com. you get all the details. and we'll make it very easy for people to send notes to the front-line people. the meals are going to be provided by feeding america throughout the country and they'll be -- we'll be providing locations and those local feeding america food banks will be very visible. so we're trying to pull together in a tough time. >> i thought you were going to give out your cell and say call me, i'll tell you where to go. but we'll go to wellsfargo.com. that's easy to go. >> i'll giving you my cell but not now. >> we'll talk later. bill daley, thank you very much. we appreciate it. ahead, how smaller thanksgiving celebrations are affecting turkey producers who rely on selling the bigger birds. but they're not this year. you're watching "cbs this morning." before i tell you this story, could be just enjoy this thing of beauty here? the mashed potatoes. i don't know if that's dill or rosemary. the gravy. tony says it's dill. the gravy that goes with the turkey. the salad over there with the apples. good lord, i can't wait for somebody to invite me to dinner. here we go, as the pandemic forces many families to downsize their thanksgiving plans, one highly sought after item on the menu is running low. this year there is a shortage of small turkeys. janet shamlian shows us how the declining demand for bigger birds is affecting some of the country's 2500 turkey producers. what did she do? she visited a family farm in texas. >> reporter: the free-range turkeys ranged by angela smith and her son sell out every thanksgiving. there's usually a waiting list for their fresh birds. >> in a normal thanksgiving what's demand like for you in terms of the size of turkeys people want? >> 18 to 20 is our normal thanksgiving all day. it feeds 6, 8 people, 10 people pretty darn good. >> reporter: but this year most of these turkeys are too big for a downsized holiday. at smith & smith farms, they're still getting inquiries, but not for any toms and hens this size. >> another customer asking for a 10-pound turkey. >> reporter: something he wishes he could sell them. >> they're live animals. they grow just like me and you. you can't put the pause button on and say you're stopping at 8 pounds. >> reporter: for a small family farm like this where margins are razor thin, it's devastating. the cost of buying the chicks, their feed append processing wo cover what they earn. this turkey weighs about 13 pounds. when it gets to the table, it will weigh about 10. some won't buy a turkey at all this year. >> i'm only going to get a turkey breast because i'm the only one that likes turkey in my immediate family. >> reporter: kathleen schena's thanksgiving has gone from 12 people to 4. >> no matter what i took it's going to rock, so i've got this. >> the leonard family, instead of one big thanksgiving there's four smaller thanksgivinging. >> reporter: he's making big changes at home and in his seven stores in connecticut, new york and new jersey. >> we've ordered 20% less of the big turkeys and ordered 20% more of the smaller turkeys because we feel thanksgiving is going to be smaller. >> reporter: butterball, which typically sells a third of all thanksgiving turkeys ramped up productions of smaller items like boneless turkey roast. producers like the smiths are adapting as well, selling turkey breasts and legs. they never imagined the holiday would turn out like this. >> and we just kept hoping things would change, that it would get better with the covid situation and people could be together. but as we see, it's really not turned out that way. >> reporter: with potentially lots of leftovers, if customers who reserve turkeys at farmers markets don't show up to buy them, will it be a feast at the smith home? >> you're going to laugh. we don't eat turkey on thanksgiving. >> reporter: after the rush of delivering turkeys, they say they don't have time to cook one. meaning these gobblers might get the ultimate holiday, a dinner table pardon. >> it's almost thanksgiving! >> reporte >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," janet shamlian, burlington, texas. >> i have so much to say ut we have this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning. i am len kiese. today six bay area transit agencies join in a clipper program. they are good for a 50% discount on the san francisco bay ferry. a free things giving mailbox is available today in coalinga on grand street. this is a live look at oakland international airport were pretty things giving travel is down prepared to a year ago. the number of passengers is down by 28%. it is still 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have an update on rockefeller, the tiny owl found in the rockefeller christmas tree. >> with the pretty eyes. >> i cannot get enough of. he's going to be released into the wild apparently as soon as today. i'm over here, sorry, folks. rockefeller apparently on his trip into the city had no food or water for about three days while the tree was being hauled to rockefeller center. he recovered at the nonprofit ravensbeard wildlife center. he received fluids and according to him all the mice he could eat. the center says rockefeller is doing really well. he's been moved to an outdoor location where he can get used to the weather before he's freed and they're scouting places to release him. ravensbeard which takes in about 150 birds a year has raised about $12,000 because of this to help them care for rockefeller and their other birds. i will be really sorry to see him go because he's so cute. >> he is, he is. >> and a great spirit at this time of the year. >> we're glad he's okay. >> we're glad he's okay and they're taking care of him and will find a good place to let him go. >> it's an early christmas miracle. >> it is. >> i've got very good news regarding christmas. very good news indeed. >> we're ready. >> if you're one of our younger viewers, you may want to move a little closer to the tv because this involves you. there had been some worry about santa claus and the coronavirus. he's a bigger guy, you know, maybe in a risk group there. >> a little overweight. >> a little bit overweight, his cheeks are already red, maybe he's got a fever, maybe not. has he taken a test lately, i don't know. he's drinking from everyone's milk glasses. but i have very good news. santa claus is going to be just fine. dr. anthony fauci says do not worry. quote, santa is exempt from this because santa of all good qualities has the quality of good innate immunity. dr. fauci has pronounced santa claus immune to the coronavirus so he'll be coming to your house and everything will be fine. >> he's not a superspreader. >> you might think all of his toys are being made by elves. are those going to be safe. yes, a doctor from the mayo clinic spoke to the north pole and he is happy to report that mask wearing is mandatory in santa's workshop, all the elves are wearing it. >> have all the elves been tested? >> yes, yes, that was in the note as well. so santa is going to be fine, the toys are great, the elves are good. christmas is happening. >> remember when we were kids and we so worried if santa was going to make it and santa always does. so this is very good news. santa is coming. mine is about a florida man who became a super hero after an alligator grabbed his puppy. this video especially if you're a dog lover can be very upsetting because you can hear the dog yelping and screaming. but the dog is okay. he said his instincts and his adrenaline kicked in so he jumped into the pond to pry the 3-month-old puppy out of the gator's jaws. he said the alligator came out of the water like a missile to grab his little guy, gunner. gunner suffered a puncture wound. gunner has recovered. wilbanks said his hands were hurt. he received a tetanus shot and little gunner -- >> has he got a cigar in his mouth still? look at that. >> yes, i was going to say that, tony. he never lost that cigar. i thought that was funny. but they showed video later of them walking around. i'm thinking gunner is like, dad, we don't need to go near the water anymore. >> what state did that happen in? >> florida. >> when the ball went in the canal, forget about it. don't go in there, don't sending the dog in for it, don't use a big stick because things come out of it. >> there are actually, i think, a million crocodiles, alligators in florida. there's a huge population. >> but people know that they're there. >> that's a florida -- when you talk about a florida man, that's a proud florida man. he's used to it and is going after it. it's not happening to me today. >> i'm amazed that dog was okay. >> he too. >> pried from the jaws. all right. author viet thanh nguyen received the 2016 pulitzer prize for fiction with his debut novel "the sympathizer." it's about a vietnamese man who flees war in his homeland and struggles through a new life in america. he also had a highly acclaimed nonfiction book that displaced refugee writers on refugee lives. it's something he knows well. nguyen was only 4 when he and his family fled from war-torn vietnam for a new life in the u.s. today he shares an original essay recounting memories of that time and what they tell us about america today. ♪ i'm a refugee ♪ come around here ♪ come around here >> i'm a refugee. and the son of refugees. i grew up in san jose, california. from my bedroom window i saw the entrance ramp to the freeway and i wondered where all those cars were going. i wanted to go with them. when i look out my window now, almost 40 years later, i see a garden and the tops of to youring tr-- towering trees and know this green view wouldn't be possible without my parents. like many refugees, there were human sacrifices. they risked their lives to flee a war-torn country, vietnam, and then gave of themselves in this new country so their children wouldn't have to risk their lives or sacrifice themselves. ♪ in america ♪ in america >> this is where they labored on santa clara street in downtown san jose. in a grocery store they called the saigon moi. i never questioned why my parents didn't translate saigon moi. they were vietnamese, we were vietnamese, our language was vietnamese. by not translating, they proclaimed who they were, where they came from, and their hope that their store would indeed be a new saigon. refugees and immigrants become americans by buying property, putting their language on it, and making everyone see it. my parents were insisting that some part of themselves would not be changed. their sign in public called out to vietnamese refugees to build a new community here where we would change the united states as much as it would change us. the saigon moi was a gesture of pride, self-determination and defiance. and for that, my parents paid a price. a robber shot them in their store on christmas eve. two policemen were killed in front of their store. downtown san jose was a tough place to do business. the only people who wanted to open businesses here were the vietnamese. and one day walking down the street, i saw a sign in another store window. another american driven out of business by the vietnamese. ♪ walked a thousand miles ♪ to this promised land >> this person hated my parents and other vietnamese people because of who they were. but this person didn't understand that the business of america is to drive other businesses out of business. the vietnamese brought business to downtown san jose and the entire city. they made the city better and greater. that's why we need immigrants and refugees, and not just vietnamese immigrants and refugees, some of whom now fret over the new immigrants and refugees coming here. once feared, some of these vietnamese now fear others, and it's sad to see. >> immigrants, we get the job done. >> we should embrace new immigrants and refugees. in 30 or 40 years, one of their children will be writing the exact same thing i'm saying now. what was once foreign and strange will be part of american culture. they will be so successful that what they built might be built over. that's what happened to the saigon moi. the new city hall was built across the street and the city forced my parents to sell their property so a symphony could be built there. instead, the city sold the property to a condo developer for many millions of dollars. my parents never saw that money. this too is america. ♪ the saigon moi was how my parents survived, suffered and thrived. and became americans and raised their sons and sent money home for many years to many relatives. the saigon moi has disappeared from the landscape, but it hasn't disappeared from my memory or my stories. >> what a beautiful story, and he told it so well too in so many ways. >> it's such an american story in so many ways. >> and he talks about america too, warts and all, but also the importance of what refugees and immigrants have made in this country. we have to give a shoutout -- i don't know if viewers understand how difficut it is to do those pieces where there is no track, just a voice and imagery, so chris spender, go you producer and chris who edited and chris -- i guess you had to be named chris to work on this piece but very nicely done. ahead we'll show you how a louisiana community joined together to help this morning we're sharing a story that highlights the strength of one community despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic. at 111 years old, lawrence brooks has a unique place among surviving world war ii veterans. volunteers across the state of louisiana stepped up to help change his life when he needed a hand. >> reporter: after more than a century, you might think lawrence brooks had gotten just about every kind of birthday present imaginable. ♪ happy birthday >> reporter: but as america's oldest known living world war ii vet at 111, his birthday this september came with an unexpected gift, which began with a call from louisiana governor john bel edwards. >> right before he hung up, he said to you let me know if there's anything i can do for you. >> right. >> and you said? >> my roof is leaking. >> my roof is leaking. >> yes. >> this is a lesson in taking an opportunity, right? >> right, yeah, yeah. >> initially being on scene it was a nightmare. there was vegetation coming out of the existing roof. >> reporter: kevin and jason were part of a louisiana-based team tapped by the governor's office to help lawrence brooks fix shoddy repair work done after hurricane katrina. dozens of community carpenter volunteers answered the call. they fully replaced brooks' roof, no questions asked. >> the governor's words were fix the home and his roof, just like it was your own, and so that's what we did. >> reporter: born in september of 1909, brooks was drafted during the second world war into the then still segregated u.s. army. from 1941 to 1945, brooks served overseas with the predominantly african-american 91st engineer battalion in places like australia and new ginuinea. >> he took a job as the unit's cook. >> my mother used to show me different things lie cooking. they got us all together and sent me to cooking school for about six weeks. >> what did it do for you to be able to give back to a man like that? >> it kind of makes you re-evaluate yourself, volunteering on something like this gives you a purpose. >> i feel good. >> reporter: and with memories are surviving not only the war but the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 as well, lawrence brooks brings a special perspective to the current pandemic year. >> certainly one of the craziest years you've lived through in your 111 years. what are you thankful for this year? >> thankful for my life, thankful for my daughter who takes care of me and god. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jamie wax, new orleans. >> born in 1909. >> can you imagine, the governor says anything i can do for you? as a matter of fact -- that's one of those things people ask and you don't expect people to respond. yeah, let's have lunch march 32nd. >> there's a lesson in that. >> and kudos to all those people who came through and gave him a new roof. >> yeah. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast, we talk to dr. william schaffner of vanderbilt university about how you and your family can minimize the risk of catching covid-19 this thanksgiving holiday. before we go, a few easy ways to make the holidays feel special even if the pandemic has upended your plans. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." before we go, a few things you can do today to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. it's part of our partnership with gretchen reuben and her podcast happier. because of the pandemic, many people's holiday plans are up in the air to say the least. here are some tips to make the holidays feel special. tip number one, you've got to be flexible. instead of a long meal inside, maybe of a short meal inside and maybe go on a hike. preserve the feeling of the holidays by incorporating your favorite decorations, foods and smells whenever you celebrate and wherever you celebrate. and look for reasons to be grateful. that's something we can all today. >> that's what's important. because we have to -- we all are getting to the point where enough, enough, enough. fauci says it all the time, we may be done with covid, covid is not done with us, we all get that. but it's time to think about what you do have. easier said than done, though. >> i'll be grateful to see the end of this year. >> when all else fails, stove top stuffing comes in three or four different flavors. >> thanks for the vaccine too. >> yes, yes, yes. that will do it for us. we will see you tomorrow right here on "cbs this morning" at the table. we look forward to you coming back. stay sane, stay this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning. i am len kiese. one person is under arrest for a double stabbing at a san jose church. it happened last night. no religious services were going on. one of the victims may have been homeless and was allowed inside to escape the cold. this is a kpix 5 morning update. today at the fairgrounds you can test 3000 people. next week it is 5000. at least three times a week. pre-thanksgiving travel is down compared to one year ago. at san francisco international airport the number of passengers has jerked dropped by 28%. if you are traveling by car is so hot brake lights to contend with in the fremont area there is a closure between niles canyon and it is still there. use alternates and expect delays in the area. if you are getting ready to head out the door, 880 is still slow out of hayward with brake lights as you work your way through the fremont area. darren? >> it is a little gray. down here in downtown for san jose this is kept the temperatures relatively warm but it is looking like a great start to the day we already start to see the sunlight here in downtown san francisco. wayne: hi, i would like to dedicate this show on behalf of "let's make a deal" and fremantle on cbs, we would like to dedicate this episode of "let's make a deal" to alex trebek. alex trebek, we all grew up with him. i was lucky enough to be able to play "jeopardy" a couple of times with him. and someone who hosts a show, no one, no one did it better than alex trebek. so this is just our way of showing love and saying bye to a truly great man-- on camera and off. hey! over 50 years of deals, baby! monty: thank you very much! jay: a brand new car! monty: the big deal of the day. - whoo! monty: back-to-back cars! wayne: go get your car! you've got the big deal! tiffany: (singing off-key) jonathan: money.

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