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In charge of their care. And a masters like no other. How the tournament will look different this year while keeping tradition alive. Especially the music. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The coronavirus is now spreading so quickly, Public Health experts say it is simply uncontrollable. And the days ahead will be even worse. What were seeing at the highest levels of government is basically tossing it in. Passing their hands up. We give up on this. President elect joe biden has chosen ron klain as his white house chief of staff. He was also the white house ebola czar. President trump making his first public appearance in six days. He continues to fight the transition of power to president elect biden. Georgias secretary of state is authorizing a full hand recount over accusations of election fraud. Well continue to follow and enforce the law. Tropical storm eta bearing down on the florida coast. Already bringing strong wind and heavy rain. Right along the southeastern seaboard. All the while its putting rain down. Republican u. S. Senator dan sullivan has won reelection in alaska. It gives the republicans 50 seats in the senate. Crazy finish in the toledo Michigan State game. Touchdown broncos and all that matters. Country music legends celebrating their biggest night. The coronavirus sidelining a couple of performers. Id ask you to hold my hand if that didnt break protocols. See what i did right there . On cbs this morning. Chris stapleton was able to play at the cmas. We couldnt wait to give you a preview of his new album. Chris stapletons a very covid christmas. Oh, cdc, oh, cdc your website is depressing deck the halls with sanitizer until we get a cure from pfizer fa, la, la, la this mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. I think id buy that album. Yes. Those are fun. Nicely done. Welcome to cbs. You just talked to him, anthony. Thats right. That was did he mention he was going to do that . Very well done. Not quite at that stage yet. But we are now. We are definitely at that stage. Thats where we begin with a new explosion of cases in the coronavirus crisis. If you heard this. The u. S. Reported a recordshattering number of new infections just yesterday. More than 144,000, nearly 1900 people died. That is the most in a single day since may. Long lines have formed across the country as people are hoping to get tested. And cases are on the rise in at least 47 states. No states currently meet the cdc guidelines for reopening. But many remain at least partially open as officials struggle to balance economic worries with saving lives. David begnaud is in south bend, indiana for us, home to the university of notre dame. Health experts are concerned about students bringing the virus home for thanksgiving. Whats the plan there . Heres the deal. They are telling their students, if you want to leave camp urks y you have to get tested or well not allow you to come back next spring. We started in michigan, ohio, now in indiana. The governor here had imposed restrictions, then rolled back just about all restrictions in september and now imposing them again. The ap says hospitalizations in the state of indiana are up. Theyve jumped 200 . The coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate at a recordshattering pace. As the white house remains silent, governors are taking action, reimposing restrictions and urging residents to get back to the basics. Governors like Indiana Republican eric holcomb. Ill sign an executive order that will implement pandemic requirements forral hoosiers. Reporter his neighbor to the east, mike dewine, warned that businesses could be forced to close if infections continue to spike. Its advancing quickly and seeking victims in every community in ohio. If you dont know any of its victims yet, sadly, i suspect you will. Reporter to new york now, Governor Cuomo announced new restrictions on private gatherings, limiting them to 10 people and placing a curfew are bars, gyms and even some restaurants. And it is scenes like this, students rushing the field after notre dame upset clemson last saturday, that have renewed concern about spread on college campuses. Ashton weber, who was a junior, was at the game, but she did not rush the field. She said other students who were at the game have started testing positive. Now the university is mandating that all students get tested before they go home. So we are all receiving exit testing before we leave. If we do not get exit tested then there will be holds placed on our registration. We cant get ready for classes to come back for next semester. Other universities have anoua nou nounsed similar plans for mandatory exit testing and are not bringing back students until next year. Thats the plan at indiana university, according to university president. We recognize that was extremely dangerous because everybody leaving, coming back, there was bound to be a massive spike of the virus when they got back. So we will do extremely robust testing for students when they leave the campus and when they come back to the campus. The cdc is urging all americans to limit thanksgiving gatherings to people in the household. They specifically said that College Students should not be considered members of the household. So if your College Student is coming home for thanksgiving, its best to stay away, but if they are going to come home, mask on, six feet away, social distance and keep the windows open, gayle. Thats a very good point. Very good advice. Thank you, david. We just heard from governor mike dewine. Well speak from him in the next hour about the alarming spread in his state. Were joined by dr. Celine gounder on president elect joe bidens covid19 Advisory Board. Shes an Infectious Disease specialist and epidemiologist at the Grossman School of medicine and bellevue hospital. Good morning, doctor. Thanks for being with us. Weve recorded more than 100,000 cases now for eight straight days. How what do we need to do to get control of this . Well, we need to do what scientists and Public Health experts have been saying from the beginning of the pandemic which is that we need to be masking, social distancing, remaining six feet apart. Now that were indoors more, we need to be keeping windows and doors open as much as possible. We need to be getting tested frequently. If somebody reaches out to you, a contact tracer reaches out to you about a potential exposure, please work with them so that we can help identify where the virus is spreading. Do you see the possibility of a National Lockdown coming . You know, i really dont like the word lockdown. It implies this is an on or off switch, a binary decision, when really what were talking about is a dimmer switch or a dial. And i think what we need to be tightening up right now is Indoor Dining going to bars, indoor gyms, that sort of thing. And we can really keep schools, for example, open much longer if we tighten up the areas where were most likely to see spread. Weve seen that in new york, dr. Gounder, which from the beginning was the epicenter of this virus. There are new restrictions now as the cases rise here, including a limit of 10 people at indoor private gatherings. Is that enough . I really think we probably need to step back in terms of indoor gatherings to our household bubbles. So thats the people you live with, whether or not they are family, may be your roommates. But as was pointed out, College Students who dont live in the household really are not part of that household bubble. And things like parties, other private gatherings or something that we really need to be putting a pause on right now. What about restaurants . You know, new york city, we have reopened Indoor Dining to some degree at a reduced capacity. We have Outdoor Dining. I think Indoor Dining is another one that we know is a major spreader of the infection. When weve seen Indoor Dining reopen in other parts of the world, other parts of the country, it has certainly correlated with an increase in transmission in the community. And so i think what we need to do is figure out creative ways to do more Outdoor Dining and put a pause on Indoor Dining as well. And what about masks. Are we getting the cooperation we need . Do we need a National Mask mandate . Is that even a possibility in your view . Well, i think unfortunately, masks have been politicized. It would be like politicizing the use of toilet paper. This is a very basic hygienic Public Health measure that we need all of us need to be taking personal responsibility for ourselves, for our health, for the health of our family, the health of our community. And we need to mask up. That is something that is in our power to do right now and can make a tremendous difference in curbing the spread of the disease. Weve got weve also got a surge in hospitalizations right now. I think the number is nearly 62,000 people in this country are being hospitalized because of the coronavirus. How will the Advisory Boards help hospitals get the supplies and the resources that they need . Well, i think the president elect is looking at invoking the defense production act as one of his first actions, once he takes office. And that really would allow us to put pressure on manufacturers to mandate that they be producing the personal protective equipment that were already running short of in many Hospital Systems right now. Dr. Gounder, as weve noted in the last week, pfizer has announced a vaccine that they intend to submit for an fda emergency use authorization in the coming weeks. Is there a plan to get that vaccine out as soon as possible . Yes, and i think its important to understand that its not just the Advisory Board that i sit on that is providing support to president elect biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris. Its also a very deep bench of scientists and Public Health experts who are on the Transition Team as well as others. And these are plans that have been in the works for a while. Some of these conversations are happening with the private sector, big players like cvs and walgreens, for example, are really going to be key in terms of the distribution of the vaccine to communities throughout the united states. But the plan is to be ready on day one to move forward with distribution of the vaccine. Dr. Celine gounder, thank you very much. For the first time in nearly a week we saw President Trump yesterday at a veterans day ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. He did not make any remarks at that time. Sources tell cbs news the outgoing president has not attended a meeting of the White House Coronavirus task force in months. Hes been distracted by the election and the meetings have lacked substance. Paula reid is at the white house with more on this story. Good morning to you. What are you hearing today . Good morning. Gayle, the task force is Still Holding meetings, but Senior Administration officials tell cbs news not much is actually happening during these meetings. Even as the country sets these new daily records for infections. On monday, Vice President mike pence chaired a meeting where officials were really focused on distribution of therapeutics and vaccines. But theres still no coherent message or strategy from the white house on how to slow the spread. In one interview, dr. Anthony fauci admitted the transition between President Trump and president elect biden has been tense. Earlier this week, we saw President Trump, he fired his defense secretary and there are concerns that the president could try to fire some of these Top Health Officials on the task force like his political appointees, fda commissioner stephen hahn or his hhs secretary alex azar. The president cannot directly fire dr. Anthony fauci or other career officials. But he can remove them from the task force. But president elect joe biden, he would have the option of putting them back into whatever group he forms to address this pandemic. Tony . Dr. Fauci may have some other job offers if he loses the one he currently has. Thank you, paula. The president elect has chosen the first top member of his new administration. Thats his longtime adviser ron klain who will become white house chief of staff. Klain was the former number one aide at the start of the obama administration. Ed okeefe is covering the president ial transition, such as it is. Good morning to you. What do you make of this pick for chief of staff . Well, good morning, tony. Mr. Biden is prioritizing washington experience and experience managing Global Health crises as he continues to build out his team. Ron klain has decades of experience working alongside the president elect and in several democratic president ial administrations. Seen here in this Campaign Video earlier this year, ron klain explains the biden plan to tackle coronavirus. The biden plan starts with fixing trumps testing fiasco. He makes sure that all americans have access to regular, reliable and free testing. Reporter picking klain as his chief of staff, mr. Biden shows the emphasis his administration plans to place on the pandemic. Klain was the Ebola Response coordinator during the 2014 outbreak. Klain earned prize across the democratic party. Senator Elizabeth Warren called him a superb choice. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez called this pick encouraging. The president elect honored veterans in philadelphia wednesday and is expected to announce other top staff and cabinet posts in the coming days. Biden and ally senator Bernie Sanders expressed interest in serving as labor secretary. If i had a portfolio that allowed me to stand up and fight for working families, would i do it . Yes, i would. Reporter but President Trump still shows no signs of conceding, and the General Services administration, responsible for overseeing the transition, hasnt officially ascertained mr. Biden as the winner. That means he isnt getting access to the president ial daily intelligence briefing. Oklahoma republican senator James Lankford said he would push the administration if mr. Biden isnt given access to the briefings by the end of the week. Regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way it goes, people can be ready for that task. Reporter meanwhile, President Trump made his own veterans day stop at Arlington National cemetery. His first public appearance in nearly a week. The president continues to falsely claim he will won the election and has been tweeting discredited touts of vote fraud, including officials collecting ballots from a drop box the day after the election. Are you guys official election guys . But the registrar tweeted they were legally cast ballots collected and processed by thursday Elections Officials in accordance with the california elections code. As the president continues to mount lawsuits, joe bidens lead continues to grow. In georgia, hes up by 14,000 votes. The state is now set to begin a hand recount of every vote cast, but its not expected to significantly affect the outcome. Anthony . Ed, thank you. The first named storm to make landfall in florida this year is bashing that state for a second time this morning. Tropical storm eta threw waves on to bridges in tampa and flooded nearby towns. Eta is now moving across north florida. Mireya villareal is in its path in gainesville. Whats it like there . Well, good morning. This is the last thing that this state needs right now. They are apparently going through their third wave of covid case spiking here in florida. Right now we know that heavy rains and ferocious winds blasted the city of Treasure Island yesterday. Further south in ft. Myers, cars made their way through flooded streets. And in venice, rain caused a roof to collapse. Earlier in the day, choppy waves dragged boats from their docks forcing one to crash into a bridge as the owner tried desperately to stop it from going under. The man was trying to help secure a boat when his own was swept away. Eta brought dangerous storm surge to the states west coast and may have contributed to the electrocution death of one man in the heavily flooded Bradenton Beach area. Its the 28th named storm in a recordbreaking hurricane season. Its my fifth to be covering this season right now. Ill tell you, about 40 Million People are expected to be affected by eta as it moves throughout the state. Florida is not expected to get any new flooding throughout the day, but we could see some flooding in the North Carolina area as the storm continues to make its way offshore. Gayle . Mireya, thank you very much. Your fifth. I hope you dont have a sixth, but we know that is coming. Still ahead part two of jim axelrods explosive investigation into how we care for our veterans. A va in new orleans failed to critically examine hi announcer this National Weather report sponsored by toyota. Theres much more news ahead including georgias top election official, brad raffensperinger. 5 million votes in all, a big job. Plus, how the coronavirus affected this years cma awards. The stars who had to miss the show. Youre watching cbs this morning. You know whats good about this . 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Shes the wife of an iraq war vet who threatened suicide. How close were you to pulling that trigger . I was very close. I mean, i was convinced it would be the best thing for everyone. They asked we conceal their identities fearing retaliation from the v. A. The vet who says he suffered five knockout blows during the invasion in 2003, first sought treatment at the new orleans v. A. In 2011. Diagnosed with ptsd, his wife said her husbands issues went far beyond psychological trauma. Hes in physical pain 24 7 to the point he wants to end his life. When he screened possible for a possible tbi at the v. A. In new orleans, they were hopeful, but they say he never got the mandated followup that would have provided a formal diagnosis and treatment plan for a physical injury. And its heartbreaking to watch him at home suffer the way he suffers because he feels like hes not doing enough, hes not trying hard enough, opposed to maybe this is biological. In 2017, v. A. Psychologist dr. Frederick sautter started to see more a m like this. He dug into the data and something didnt add up. The new orleans v. A. Was diagnosing tbi at about one quarter the national rate. There were 1500 that really needed to be looked at. So the doctor compiled a list of vets who he says screened positive for a possible tbi in new orleans but never got the followup. What did you then do with the list . I found the people who treat tbi. And it was a list compiled of veterans who basically had just slipped through the cracks. Nurse priscilla pelchy was on the team tasked with treating tbi at the new orleans v. A. There was absolutely no treatment being provided to them. She and her team pitched a on the list and bring them in for reevaluation. She says his response was unbelievable. That is not our concern. Lose the list. Im sorry, what were the last three words . Lose the list. Essentially, youre a health care provider. And youre asking to provide care for veterans who hadnt been cared for. Instead, you shut down. Correct. How could we not try to do something . Thats why were there. Thats why were there. We took an oath. I took an oath when i became a nurse. The doctor who priscilla says ordered her to lose the list, dr. Robert mipro, is the head of Rehabilitation Services at this v. A. Hospital in new orleans. We wanted to hear from he had to say about how this v. A. Handles tbis, but he declined our request for an oncamera interview. After part one of our investigation aired yesterday hello, dr. Mipro. We went to dr. Mipros home. We identified ourselves. Can we ask you a couple questions . He was still unwilling to speak to us. What is he doing working at the v. A. . I dont know. Should he be . From what i know, no. These problems dont happen unless theres people who are allowing it to happen. Sautter pressed the v. A. To investigate. In a report never made public but obtained by cbs news, the v. A. Found new orleans failed to provide appropriate care to those veterans with positive initial screening for tbi. The report called for the v. A. To insure vets who did not get proper followup receive additional screening and treatment. Did anybody from the v. A. Ever contact you and say you fell through the cracks . Come on back. No. Its a farce. You know . Theyre our nations heroes who deserve the best care. You know youre going in to some bureaucracy when you enter. Nothing could prepare you. For just how bad. How blatantly incredibly bad the denial of care is. In a statement to recommendations outlined in the report, and that dr. Robert mipro has the full confidence and support of the leadership team. Nurse priscilla pelchy resigned and filed a complaint claiming she was retaliated against for refusing to lose the list. Her claim failed, but she plans to refile. As for the whistleblower, dr. Fred sautter, he retired from the v. A. Last month in frustration after a nearly 30year career. Gayle. Oh, boy. I dont even know what to say. You told us yesterday, i thought yesterday was bad, by the way, with what you unveiled to us. Yesterday was bad. You said wait until today. You certainly now i feel its a onetwo punch. Veterans who served in this country should never just fall through the cracks. It ought to be right this way, how can we help you . This is so disheartening and so upsetting to hear. I think thats something we can all agree on. Yep. More people need to see that story. Thank you very much, jim. Ahead, georgia plans a recount to test president elect bidens narrow lead in that traditionally red state. Well ask georgias secretary of state about the election and gop charges he mismanaged it all. There are calls for him to step down. Youre watching cbs this morning. girlfriends hey my first zoom glam party on portal now, i need a super cute Virtual Holiday outfit. 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No, i know were going do an audit which will trigger a full statewide recount. The risk limiting audit goes beyond the letter of the law there in the state of georgia. It seems youre being overcautious. Are you seeing signs of some sort of a fraud or a sham there . No. What it is is that were preparing to do an audit. Thats required by state law. And we just want to go really to the Gold Standard of audits, which are risk limiting audits and we have been working with National Experts in places like colorado, and we think its the way to go for georgia. We want to stay on the cutting edge of election integrity. Under the law, you would only have to do 1 million, not 5 million. Youre going above and beyond, the Gold Standard. I mentioned allegations from fellow republicans in the state. They suggested you mismanaged the election, that its not honest, that illegal votes have been cast. They used words like embarrassment and failure. Whats your reaction . We had record turnout. We had record registrations. And people were just participating on both sides of the aisle. At the end of the day, i think youll find when we do the hand recount of all the votes, it will substantiate what we have nilln with the electro c ybaouot have seen no evidenc, nothing presented to your office, to support these very serious accusations from the Georgia Senate candidates and from the state gop chair . We have we do have ongoing investigations. Multiple investigations. But it doesnt rise to the level of 14,000. At the end of the day, we just dont see a widespread voter fraud. But we will investigate every case we hear. We want to make sure we root out any illegal voting. Its very important to us that Everyone Needs to know their vote matters. Likewise, we believe Integrity Matters and we believe before a businessman or Business People put out notices, they should be able to support that with facts. I would in my business. Thats a good point. Given that these accusations are coming in the absence of hard facts, you say some investigations are under way, what confidence do you have that the results of your hand recount will be accepted if the current result is not accepted . Well, were going to go through that methodically, and also, i intend to have and i know it will be an open and transparent process which means well have people behind us, behind all the vote counters. Well have democratic eyes on that, republican eyes on that, independent eyes on that to make sure its an accurate recount. I think that will give voters confidence at the end of the day. Confidence on the original results on the machines and also confidence on what we end up wth in the hand recount. Half the people wont like the answer, half the people will love it, and i get that, but at the end of the day, our job is to make sure we walk that line of integrity. 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Maren morris won three awards, including female vocalist of the year. She also celebrated black female artists in her acceptance speech. Linda martell, yola, mickey guyton, rissi palmer, brittney spencer, rhiannon giddens. There are so many amazing black women that pioneered and continue to pioneer this genre. Folks, this was such an amazing moment for her to give a shout out to those black female country artists. Mickey guyton, yola, brittney spencer. I love she mentioned Linda Martell who was the first black female country artist at the grand ole opry. Had three singles in 1970 when it was extremely rare to see someone like her. And everybody should check out david browns piece on Linda Martell in rolling stone. Extraordinary story, and yola, by the way, who has been a cbs this Morning Saturday session. Thats right. Will be on play on on cbs on december 5th, performing with the high women, by the way. I love all things mickey guyton. I was just so glad she gave them a shout out, period. Bravo, maren morris. Now, the story of a turkey flexing his drum sticks, making it known he wont be anyones thanksgiving dinner. Check out this turkey aggressively harassing people in a boston neighborhood. He scared this man back into his car, and he had a field day with bill shields, a reporter at our station. The turkey didnt like the limelight. They think its another turkey. Thats why they attack cars. People think this job is easy. Vlad, coming up, jim nantz. Well check in with him at the masters. Stay with us. And the great outdoors. So, we built a future for each of them. We electrified the mustang, and engineered it to get from 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. Put a hybrid engine in the allnew f150 that works as hard as it does smart. Then reimagined the bronco, as an offroading, highperformance wild animal. This is the future were building, and were building it today. 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Welcome back to cbs this morning. Ballooning crisis, coronavirus cases soar at an alarming rate including in ohio. Well talk to the states republican governor mike did he wine. And a group used to stop mass shootings. And masters of safety, what to expect from this years socially distanced tour in augusta and whether tiger woods can emerge as victor. Shattering new records yesterday over 144,000. The governor imposed restrictions and rolled them back in september and now imposing restrictions again. The ap says hospitalizations in the state of indiana are up over 200 . What do we need to do to get control of this . What we need to do is what scientists have been saying from the beginning of the pandemic. Not much happening at these new meetings. Biden is prioritizing washington experience and managing the Global Health crisis. Ron klain has dozens of years. A town in japan has found a rather unusual way to scare away bears. They are using a motion sensor device they are calling a monster wolf robot. The way it works, the bear takes one look and just dies laughing. That is funny but i would see that could be a little frightening. The thing on the sale and the eyes. The blinking and rotating head. We begin with the daily coronavirus cases that are 5 0 celebrating across the u. S. And reaching even more alarming levels. Authorities reporting more than 144,000 new cases yesterday. Another single day record. Hospitalizations also hit an alltime high as another 60,000 people topping the previous record. The u. S. Also had the most fatalities since back in may. Nearly 1,900 people. In one of the hot spots, el paso, texas. The count yoi judge here is continuing the lockdown another three weeks to try to get control. One out of every 10 el paso residents have affected. I spoke to a woman who lives here. I lost my husband. I lost my brother. Ive lost four of my friends. I turn on the news and i see the numbers. Every time we see the numbers, its like a shot in the gut. Several governors are announcing more drastic measures. In new york, new lockdowns as positivity rates are rising there and in neighboring new jersey. It looks like california may be the next stalt to hit that undesirable benchmark to hit over a million cases as we did here in texas early in the week. Thank you, Ohio Governor is threatening to close restaurants and bars and gyms too. He is also imposed a new mask order saying this is ohios third wave. The state reporting nearly 6,000 and 76 deaths there. More than 2,800 people are hospitalized. Kudos for pulling no punches with your constituents yesterday. You quoted churchill who said, when you are going through hell, keep going. Why do you think the surge is more intense and widespread . We are seeing it spread out now to Rural Counties. They are beating a number of cases in the spring and summer, they werent hit. They werent used to that. Thats been a big change. It is moving faster than in the spring or summer. A number of things. We are back inside. It is colder. I think people are really tired and fatigued with this whole situation. Weve had a mask order a statewide mask order on since july. I ordered last night to have expectors go out to retail establishments. Stores are trying but theyve had a hard time particularly in a Rural Counties getting people to wear a mask. If you are a worker. You have the right to have everybody who comes in front of you. If you are stocking selfs or in the meat department, you have a right to have everybody wear a mask. The other thing, if you are going out in ohio to go shopping. You have a right to know whatever store you pick, everybody will have a mask on. These are things that will make a difference. We are seeing spread in peoples own personal lives. Weve had great tragedy coming from weddings where people werent wearing masks. Funerals. People i think, when they are with your friends or family. You let your guard down. I like governor that you made it so personal. We had someone from president elect bidens task force on earlier. She was great. I saw her. Did you hear what she said about the toilet paper. Listen, making masks a political issue is like doing so with toilet paper. It is so polarizing now. Look, it is tough for store owners and managers. We dont want any confrontation or fighting. We dont want some 18yearold clerk out there having to confront someone. We are going to go into these stores with our Workers Compensation inspectors. Their job is to keep the work place safe. They have the ability to close a store up to 24 hours. We are trying to change the culture and get everybody to accept if you are out, a lot of the spread is coming from people letting their guards down in their own personal life. We have not heard from the white house and weve been told President Trump hasnt been to a Task Force Meeting in months and is just focused on the vaccine. Are you satisfied with the leadership coming out of the white house on this . On our calls, Vice President has been phenomenal and in charge of this. If you can hear what goes on on these calls. It is 90 minutes. We are going back and forth with not only the Vice President and other doctors and people from the white house. From that perspective, thats going well. Im also happy well see this vaccine come, it will not be soon enough. Another thing out there, there is hope out there. This is not going to go on forever. There is light out there and hope. We have to get through the winter. Winter will be tough. You make a good point. Secretary told us earlier in the week, governors will decide who gets that vaccine first. Testing early in the year, when it comes to a vaccine that every day people, Vulnerable People, poorer people, people of color are going to be in line when they need it . I think what the white house put out is the same priority as we have. We are going to start with our workers in nursing homes. Thats where it gets in. It comes in from people that work in nursing homes. We want to sale these homes off giving everybody this shot, actually two shots. Well start there. We hear this will come out in batches. The first batch will be 30,000 and then on from there. Well priorities. Our priority is saving lives. The most Vulnerable People are in con gret ate settings. At the same time, we need our most Critical Health workers. I talked about one of them last night. We are going to proceed in an orderly passion based upon how to save the most peoples lives and who is the most vulnerable. An inside look at the rise of the malitia movement in virginia. Find o we have much more news ahead. A young maryland boy is getting attention from very big names for his work helping others. Do you get nervous talking to important famous people like cbs this Morning Saturday . No. I get shaky, and then i im clutch. Youre clutch. Im clutch. 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Adam yamaguchi embedded with militia members and spoke with activists fighting to stop gun violence. Mass shooting ins virginia mobilize the fight for change. Its unforgivable to turn our schools, our churches, and synagogues and mosques into battlefields. The newly introduced gun safety laws fired up a gun rights movement. They come for our throats. We need to fight back fire with fire, just like he said. If we keep going down the path were going down in virginia, if assault weapons are banned, thats tyrannical, and our state motto is sick semper tyranns. Loosely translated, death to tyrants. The Second Amendment can be regulated. Regulations have been recognized as being constitutional. Now, a heavily armed resistance is growing fast. The instructor is saying threat, threat. Threat. Who that threat is, im not quite sure. And compromise is not an option. Do you see any room for Gun Legislation . No. No room at all . No room at all. And Adam Yamaguchi joins us now. Good morning, adam. Why are these armed militias becoming so much more visible around the country right now . Yeah, let me speak to virginia, which is where we spent a lot of time with militia members. The formation of these militias was a direct response to the introduction of a raft of gun bills that wound its way through a newly elected Democratic Legislature and a democrat governor. Whose priority when they were first swept into power in 2019 state elections was to introduce gun reform. These Second Amendment activists say that they were essentially pushed against a wall, that they had to form militias, as their only form of recourse. Now, the other factor here is that covid19 shutdowns have brought together sort of a disparate group of people, antimaskers, covid deniers, and people who simply want the economy to open back up, in protest. And chief among them have been these militia groups. Who say that they are fighting against what they call tyranny, and they point to the events of the last several months as evidence that, one, the government is out to curtail your freedoms, and two, the only way to protect yourself from tyrants and from other protesters is to be heavily armed. Do you have any sense on how they are reacting to the Election Results . And have they accepted joe biden . Sure. Curt, the firearms instructor we saw in the clip we just played, has expressed strong support for trump and his refusal to concede. And this seems to be a fairly widely held view amongst militia members. And they also do believe, they are not willing to accept biden as the president because they bought into a lot of the conspiracy theories that President Trump has peddled in the runup to the election and since. Adam, we see you in this thing. In this piece talking about seeing them shoot at what they call a threat, threat, threat. And as you say, you dont know what that threat is. So im wondering sort of whats the trigger point for these groups . You know, they have been vague about who or what that threat is. It certainly is somewhat alarming in these times to hear that and to see these groups coming together and training in the woods. You know, when asked whether there is any armed uprising in the works, they say no, that they are not planning any sort of armed uprising. At least not as a militia, not now, and not that theyre telling us. But what is worth pointing out, though, is that 20 of the leaders of these militias have had their facebook and instagram pages disabled fairly recently. This seems to be part of a larger facebook crackdown thats disabled over 6,000 pages affiliated with militias, anarchist groups, and qanon. If they discuss potential violence. And again, i cant speak to these specific pages, but these militia pages are known to adam, forgive me for interrupting. We have to go. Well be right back. 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The tournament, of course, was pushed from april to november because of coronavirus concerns. We can say tiger woods is back defending the title he won last year, earning a fifth green jacket in a dramatic comeback. Just a short time ago, adjusta National Golf Club Chairman fred ridley began the tournament with the honorary starters ceremony. Good morning, my name is fred ridley, and behalf of the membership of Augusta National golf course, i would like to welcome you to the 2020 masters. Were so thankful to be able to stage this event safely, and were very excited to get started. Joining me this morning are two of the greatest golfers the game has ever known. Legends who have made history here at Augusta National for more than 60 years, earning an unbelievable nine masters titles. It gives me great pleasure to welcome these icons of the game back to this special tradition of honorary starters. First on the tee is our threetime masters champion, golfs global ambassador, whose ageless enthusiasm for the game is an inspiration to all of us. Ladies and gentlemen, from south africa, please welcome mr. Gary player. Gary, the tee is yours. Next on the tee, we welcome once again our winningest masters champion, whose six green jackets and 18 major championships is representative of his dominance of this sport for decades. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. Jack nicklaus. Jack, play away, please. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the 2020 masters is under way. Please enjoy the tournament. Jim nantz is cbs sports lead playbyplay announcer and is covering the masters for the 35th year. And he joins us from butler cabin at Augusta National golf club. Jim, good morning to you. Beautiful Opening Ceremony there. It looks like gary player and Jack Nicklaus still got it if they were in the competition. Pretty good off the tee. Things are different this year. For one thing, the azalea bushes are not in bloom because its not april, and this rite of passage into spring is instead something of a rite of passage into fall. Does it feel different for you . It feels different for a multitude of reasons, but the bottom line is its going to look a little different. Its going to sound a little different. We wont have the roars that usually accompany the big moments, but you know what, its still the masters, and once we get into the competition, its going to be special as it always is. Unfortunately, were in a delay right now. The skies have really opened up shortly after the Opening Ceremony and dropped a lot of rain. Im geck to give you a live look at amen corner, this is the 11th hole, the start of amen corner. You can see Rivers Running through the fairways, as you look now down the way at the famous 12th hole. And yeah, its probably going to take a while before this dries out to resume play. Maybe optimistically, were about an hour away from being able to pick up the first round. We have three groups off of both tees after jack and gary got things started. We were about 30 minutes away from tiger getting his defense of his title under way. But you know, with limited daylight, its not going to be possible to finish the first round today. But with a smaller field, only 92 players, well be able to get things back on schedule here pretty quickly. Jim, with no fans, as you mentioned, there wont be the roar of the crowd. The rain will change play, but then theres also the fact that these players are used to playing, of course, in april, which is going to have a certain feel because of the time of year. How will the fact that its now november change the actual play . Actually, its not going to be all that different. The grass is a little bit different than it is in april. They have overseeded here at the start of their new season, but the biggest thing is going to be the fact that the course, with all this rain, is going to play soft. And thats going to lead now to, i believe, the longer hitters in the game having a distinct advantage. Because youre going to have to carry it so far. Its a long course already, but this favors the players that can really hit it a ton. And thats going to be the most noticeable difference. All these pretournament stories about no patrons and the fact that were not going to have the blooming azaleas and dogwoods, these honestly are all going to go away once we get into the competition. People are so riveted by all the history, the strategy. Were all so familiar with the golf course. Were going to kind of get lost and move away from those pretournament stories and get into the facthat the greatest players in the world are competing for a green jacket. You know what else is so great, jim . That music. I love that music. A great piece. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and peaceful. There it is. I honestly do. I just love it. Lets talk about tiger woods. I heard one of the players say even though the crowds arent there, theres always a tiger cheer and then a cheer for everybody else. What is the expectation for tiger woods this year as the defending champion . Well, gayle, first off, that music melody, the augusta theme, i feel like it plays on a loop in my head. I hear it all the time. And my voice is always kind of playing against it. I love it, too. If you guys want to put it up right now y can probably sound a little more like im in masters mode. There you go. There you go. But tiger has not been playing great golf this year. And he comes in here with really limited expectations by most people, but he knows how to win here, obviously. Hes won five times. Im never going to sell him short, but his game just hasnt b been what it was 578 days ago when he had that epic win here. Its been a 19month stretch. We have been so anxious to get back here, and hopefully tiger can have a good go of it, but i think its going to be difficult for him. Again, i dont sell him short. Hes going to be one of the first to get back out there and get started when we resume play. But, you know, the guys like Dustin Johnson and bryson dechambeau, they have a huge edge this week. Any wild cards you like this year, jim . Well, i think, again, a lot of these player whz i mention a guy like dechambeau, theres not as much familiarity as those of us who live in the golf bubble, but hes the show, and he won the open at wingfoot by six shots, and he has this freakish ability to hit the ball so far. He built himself into basically the incredible hulk this year, and he played a practice round with tiger and he was flying it a good 30 yards past him. He has a good chance to win it, and theres just this young bricade of Young American players in their 20. I think one of them, a 20yearold, is going to win the masters this week, someone in their 20s will win the green jacket, i believe. Jim, i have no doubt this is going to be great tv. People are going to turn it on, its going to look like the masters. But for you who started on the golf team in cbs in 1986, covering this has kind of always been a signal for you of a certain time in the season. Now here you are saying the things you would usually say in april. Does it leaviae iyou a little disoriented . Are you confused, jik nantz . You know what day it is . I feel really comfortable. Im surrounded by a team thats done this for so many years, led by our incredible producer, lance. This is, for us, something we have done for more than half of our lives. Im normally coming here off calling the ncaa championship game on monday night and immediately on the grounds of augusta by tuesday. Now, im coming off the nfl season, just a little break from being with tony romo last week in dallas. Ill be back with tony next week. I want to leave it with this, it will still be a tradition unlike any other. Okay. We got to be grateful this year its happening at all. Love you, jim nantz. Just love you. Thank you all. Stream cbs Sports Coverage of the entire tournament online at cbssports. Com and cbs will broadcast the action live starting saturday at 1 00 p. M. Eastern, 10 00 a. M. Pacific. Look how your voice is dropping, anthony, as youre talking. The music. Ahead in our more Perfect Union series, how a wise and ambitious 7yearold responded to bullies by our series, a more Perfect Union, aims to show what unites us as americans is far graeater than what divides us. This morning, an inspiring little boy from maryland, with great hair, we have to say, is on a mission to help those in need. This 7yearold reached out to residents of a rural indian reservation in south dakota to send badly needed supplies. This ambitious second grader, think about that, ambition in second grade, didnt stop there. I dream big. You dream big. So big that Cavanaugh Bell at 4 feet tall, filled two 53foot trailers to help people he had never met. How did you get two truck loads full of supplies . Its magic. Its magic . Its operation magic. Operation magic. Magic may be the only explanation that makes sense for how this maryland second grader raised more than 36,000 for food and clothing, and then had it trucked halfway across the country. Welcome to pine ridge. To this south dakota reservation, one of the poorest places in the nation. Whats up, guys . Cavanaugh first saw it two years ago on a trip to mt. Rushmore with his mother, lacy. They were so grateful someone from 1500 miles away thats only 7 would put together this effort. For some kids, that would be enough for one year. But cavanaugh saw the need back home. And began building these mobile papt ry paptryes he stocks with supplies to help his community. How much is coming from you and how much is coming from him . I would say 95 of it is coming from him. Ill throw out something i think is revatively doable in my adult schedule and hell be like, its not enough. It setarted at age 4 when he sent Drinking Water to flint, michigan. When coronavirus hit, he sent care packages to seniors. Thats when some big names noticed. In maryland, a 7yearold boy used his birthday money to buy meals for dozens of senior citizens. I have helped 8,126 people. So i guess you could say that im kind of busy. Do you get nervous talking to important famous people like Kamala Harris . No. I get shaky. And then i just im clutch. Youre clutch. Yeah. Cavanaugh wasnt always that confident. Dont ever think that you are alone. Like he once felt, bullied by kids in preschool. I had a darkness inside of me. Where did that darkness come from . It was just from them being mean. But it gave him a mission to help others avoid feeling hopeless. You hope people will be inspired to do what . To just do what im doing and change the world. And help other people. Yeah. Cavanaugh hopes eventually to be mayor and maybe even president. Hes only 7. Makes you wonder what hell accomplish when hes 8. For cbs this morning, chip reid, gaithersburg, maryland. Great last line. What is he going to do when hes 8 . Oh, boy. Really amazing. I mean, incredible kid. I would vote for him for mayor. Hes already got bipartisan support, Kamala Harris and President Trump. I like that term, im clutch. Okay, Cavanaugh Bell. He gets things down. Bravo to you and mom. Before we go, how twin toddlers in mississippi are spreading joy to people all across the nation. Well be right back. And it starts right now. We like that music. Were bringing it back just to make sure you get off to a good start. That Opening Ceremony with gary player and Jack Nicklaus, im not a golfer, but i certainly know who they are and have great appreciation that despite, how old are they . Gary player is 85 years old. I think thats the best looking 85yearold i have ever seen. You can still hit the ball that way. Quite efficient. Good swings. Compact. Still some power. Im in a trance, sorry. This music. Does everyone like the music, tony dokoupil. I feel like a goldfish swimming around, floating. I know. People are weighing in on the music. We still really like it. We still think theres something very soothing about it and very calming. I guess because the world is so chaotic to me. Yeah. I crave that kind of stuff. I think people are clutching at anything that sort of seems reliable. And normal. Just the fact that theyre playing, i think, is great. Thats right. Before we go, twin toddlers, i always wanted twins. Twin toddlers in mississippi are making a lot of people smile, and heres why. That is 2yearold logan and luka. I dont know whos who. Logan and luca lampkin, a lot of ls, trying to blow out bubbles for their very first time. Their mother says theyre obsessed with the bubbles. Their video has been viewed more than 1 million times on social media. She told cbs this morning the twins always make her smile and shes happy to be spreading the joy to so many others. Im always fascinated by twins garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. You can take a day off fromy worrying about your packages. Ohhh yeahhh just connect your myq® app to key. Ohhh yeahhh get free ingarage delivery with myq® and key by amazon. This is a kpix 5 morning news update. Reporting nearly 7500 new covid 19 cases. Hospitalization is up 38 . The number of people in intensive care spiked 34 . 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