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KPIX CBS This Morning July 11, 2024

Concerns about the diagnosis and treatment of some Service Members traumatic brain injuries from iraq and afghanistan. Why a whistleblower decided to speak up. And a new mission for veterans, how a former marine is giving fellow vets a sense of purpose by offering them a chance to make a difference in disaster zones. But first, heres tie eyeopener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The news of the vaccine should not get people to say that we dont need to continue to do the Public Health measures. More than 60,000 americans in the hospital, sick with covid. The most ever since the start of the pandemic. I just think its an embarrassment. Biden slamming President Trump for refusing to accept defeat. You said there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. Were you being serious there . Well see what the people ultimately decide when all the votes have been cast. The Supreme Court signalled their unlikely to strike down the aca in its entirety. This doesnt need to be a partisan issue. Its a human issue. It affects every single american family. The new lawsuit calls a former lmpd detective involved in the death of Breonna Taylor a sexual predator. He would build their trust and just wait. Republican senator thom tillis will keep his seat. Power in the senate comes down to two runoff races in georgia. Tonights award for excellence in reporting. What have you learned, sir . [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Okay. It was his day to pick the kids up at school and all that matters the fda granted approval to a synthetic antibody treatment. The hard part is the vimab. See . Bamlanivimab. On cbs this morning. Many people are calling this the greatest golf shot ever. Jon rahm from the rough, skips it in the water. Thats a bad shot. Well, you think its a bad shot, but wait. Give it time. Its a bad shot. Its rolling. Because he skipped it across the water . Its not going to go in. You dont think so . Its not going to go in. Its going to go in. And goes. This mornings eyeopener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. You know he planned the whole thing. Did he call it . No, right . He did not call it. Im not a golfer but i know that was hard to do. Were going to talk about that a little bit later on. Welcome to cbs this morning and happy veterans day to anyone who has served and certainly were remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country. Were going to begin with the dramatic worsening, though, in the coronavirus crisis. As many families make plans for this upcoming holiday season, thanksgiving is just around the corner, officials reported a record 136,000 new cases just yesterday. Every day over the past eight days, the number of daily cases has exceeded 100,000. The crisis is plain to see in most of the u. S. Forcing governors to announce new restrictions. More americans are in the hospital with covid19 this morning than at any other point in this pandemic. But there is good news. The governments top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, is giving a new timeline for a possible release of a vaccine. Our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is in toledo, ohio, one of the areas where the case loads are exploding. David, what is happening there . Reporter well, anthony, the governor is expected to address ohioans tonight in a primetime address to remind them whats at stake. Things are going in the wrong direction here. Yesterday, ohio set a record in terms of hospitalizations and more new covid cases than any other day in this pandemic. And ohios not alone. Across the heartland, demand for testing is surging. Covid19 cases are climbing, and as of yesterday, 17 states hit new records for hospitalizations. Here in ohio, admissions and cases are rising so fast that hospitals may have to start postponing nonemergency procedures, according to Ohio State University dr. Andrew thomas. Were within, you know, a couple of weeks of having to make difficult decisions, not just at my hospital. Im talking every hospital in the state. Reporter to wisconsin now. They had another recordbreaking day of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths, which prompted the governor, tony evers, to issue a brandnew stayathome advisory. Now, previous efforts by the governor to issue a stayathome order and other lockdown measures have been overturned by the state Supreme Court. And the governor warns if nothing changes, wisconsins death toll could double to 5,000 by january. Its not safe to go out. So, please, please cancel the happy hours, the dinner parties, sleepovers,the play dates at your home. Reporter to iowa now. As states in des moines are filling up with covid patients, iowas governor kim reynolds has issued an order requiring people to wear masks in most public places. Its a move that the governor has resisted since the beginning of the pandemic. She once called mask mandates feelgood actions but now her state has one of the highest test positivity rates in the nation. Weve reached a point of serious community spread, and we can no longer pinpoint any one age group or type of activity thats driving it. Reporter there is more good news this morning on the vaccine front. Dr. Anthony fauci expects that pfizers vaccine will receive emergency use authorization by the fda by the end of this month. The average american should be able to get a vaccine if they want it by the spring. Were talking probably by april, the end of april, i would think. Reporter you know, the vaccine could be a lifeline for people like peggy george and lisa smith. The sisters from toledo, oregon, say they have had to visit their 91yearold mother, elizabeth, through the window of her nursing home for the last seven months. They say their mother has dementia and the lack of contact is making it worse. It was heartbreaking because i didnt even get to say goodbye the final time and i thought we were just going to have to quarantine her for two weeks and that was back in march. Everybody needs somebody in their life. They need our touch. We have not hold her hand. We just want to take care of her. Reporter so many families like them going through the same thing. The sisters were telling us there are eight sisters in the family and they go every sunday, all eight, and when theyre all eight together, they said mom clicks and shes like, oh, i recognize them now. Those are my girls. But lately, they said the nursing home told them you can no longer do eight. You can only do two at a time outside the window and they dont understand why. It doesnt make sense. We reached out to the nursing home, have not heard back but were going to follow up to see if they can get all eight sisters. Its outside the window. So it seems like it would be easy to do. Doesnt seem to make sense to me either. David, thank you very much. Powerful report on the toll of this virus. Theres also new uncertainty about the response to the pandemic while President Trump refuses to admit hes lost the election and he stays out of public view. Meanwhile, president elect biden has spoken nearly every single day since election day. The Trump Administration continues to delay the transition of power. Ed okeefe joins us from delaware. How is the president elect responding to all this . Reporter well, good morning, tony. Mr. Biden is moving ahead with his transition, appointing what are called Agency Review teams to start diving into the details of governing ahead of the Biden Administration taking over. I just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. Reporter president elect joe biden tuesday criticized President Trumps refusal to concede the election. I think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter but said he didnt need the president s cooperation. Not of much consequence in our planning and what were able to do between now and january 20th. Reporter that includes Agency Review teams that will be responsible for helping the Biden Administration get a handle on all aspects of the federal government, including management of the pandemic, the economic crisis, and systemic racism. On tuesday, mr. Biden received congratulatory calls from key allies like british Prime Minister boris johnson, german chancellor angela merkel, and french president emmanuel macron. Ready to congratulate you. Im letting him know that americas back. Were going to be back in the game. Its not america alone. Reporter but a transition official tells cbs news that mr. Biden is being denied customary assistance from the state department. Denying a lawful transition is a threat to our National Security. And to the rule of law. Trump Administration Officials refusal to ascertain a winner also means the Biden Harris Transition Team is being denied access to classified information and to roughly 6. 3 million from congress to pay for transition activities. Biden says he isnt worried. Look, access to classified information is useful. But im not in a position to make any decisions on those issues anyway. As i said, one president at a time. And he will be president until january 20th. Reporter on tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care act, and mr. Biden attacked the Trump Administrations latest attempts to strike down the law. The consequence of the Trump Administrations argument are not academic or an abstraction. For many americans, they are a matter of life and death in a literal sense. Reporter based on the questions from the Supreme Court, justices, a majority of them seem prepared to allow a bulk the bulk of the law to continue on. The president elect says that he would expand on the Affordable Care act by pushing again for a public option. Anthony . Ed, thank you. The Trump Administration is forging ahead with plans for a second term despite the results. His legal team is pursuing lawsuits in at least five states, including a new one filed last night in michigan. Paula reed is at the white house. Paula, good morning. Reporter good morning. Anthony, white house officials tell cbs news that president elect joe biden will not get an invitation to the white house before President Trump has exhausted all of his Legal Options and before the vote count is certified. But many of the lawsuits that the campaign has backed, theyve been thrown out by judges who say they are not supported by evidence. But the Campaign Continues to try to undermine confidence in the election process. The trump campaigns new lawsuit in michigan cites familiar claims, like ballots being counted twice and interference with election challengers. But this time, the suit comes with a 234page document filled with affidavits of people who call themselves witnesses to alleged voting irregularities. In one example, a poll challenger claimed that there were several irregularities where ballot numbers did not match what was in the voter files. She said poll workers used their bodies to prevent her from watching and observing the ballot counting process. In another, a republican challenger said she saw poll workers open ballots with trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes or showing it to other poll workers. Cbs news has not yet within been able to verify these alleged witness accounts. Election law expert david becker. None of these accounts are first person. None of these accounts were brought in a timely fashion. There are some serious questions about all of the testimony thats offered, that people of michigan voted by a margin of nearly 150,000 votes in favor of president elect biden in this election. I think this lawsuit, at best, is designed to pressure the michigan legislature, which is led by republicans, to substitute its will for the will of the people of michigan. Reporter republicans continue to search for widespread issues. In texas, Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is offering up to a Million Dollars to incentivize, encourage, and reward people for reports of voter fraud, even though there has been no evidence of any there. And Top Republicans are rallying to support the president s refusal to concede as nancy cortez found on capitol hill. Senator, have you congratulated Vice President biden yet . No. Why not . Nothing to congratulate him about. Reporter and secretary of state mike pompeo sent shock waves when he appeared to dismiss the Election Results. There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. Reporter and just one day after mr. Trump fired his defense secretary, the pentagons top civilian officials for policy and intelligence resigned and will will replaced by trump loyalists, including anthony, a retired general who has promoted conspiracy theories and whom the Senate Previously rejected for a pentagon job. And kash patel, a former aide to devin nunes. The chair of the Armed Services Committee Says this kind of high level turnover at the pentagon is dangerous, especially during a transition. He warns that it could be part of an effort to just gut the pentagon of decades of experience. But previously, the chairman of the joint chiefs, he said that he would not allow the military to get involved in any of these disputes over the outcome of the election. Gayle . Paula, thank you. Chief washington correspondent Major Garrett joins us now. Where to begin . Weve got World Leaders from all around the world congratulates joe biden but yet in the republican party, theyve become muted. Theyre refusing to acknowledge these results. What is the impact of all of this . Well, it goes against our history, it goes against Good Governance and the longer it goes, the deeper it will create divisions in this country about what actually happened in this election. And the president and the republicans who stand with him will have to bear the responsibility for whatever comes from that. I dont know what thats going to be, but this is not in concert with the way we approach governance in this country. It simply isnt. Everyone knows, all rational republicans know these lawsuits are essentially hearsay, meaningless, and distractions, period. Thats all they are. And distractions, period. Thats all they are. They are delaying the inevitable. Every sensible republican on capitol hill knows that. In his or her heart of hearts. And their mute testament and loyalty to the president will only serve to encourage him to resist was inevitable, the transition of power, and history will judge them harshly. I think people arent really surprised that donald trump is responding this way. He has said all along that it would be very difficult for him to lose, and very difficult to accept the results. What is the republican strategy here . Well, the republicans tell themselves the following story, gayle. That only by allowing the president to go through this process and exhaust in their terminology all legal claims, even the fanciful ones that they have put before the courts currently, only that process will reassure the president , coax him to a concession, and bring his supporters along with him. That is the story they tell themselves. They also told themselves a story in the spring about the president approaching the coronavirus as Winston Churchill with tremendous optimism, leadership and heroism. Ill lead it to them to judge whether or not that happened but i will quote churchill about this entire situation we find ourselves in, you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth. You know when youre a little kid on the playground, i think junior high school, they tell you either put up or shut up, so at what point does the Trump Administration have to put up or shut up. We keep saying show evidence, and they havent done so. The courts will rule, and as the courts will tell them, this is as david said in the previous piece, they are based on hearsay, not timely, not relevant, not confirmable, you have no case. The state legislatures say we are not going to override the will of the people through tabulated votes then its over. With en its over. All were waiting for is is someone at the top of our government to realize that. Okay Major Garrett, always good to see you. Thank you. Parts of floridas east coast are flooded this morning after torrential rain from Tropical Storm eta, which could make landfall there tomorrow. The storm left this neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale under water yesterday. 23 Public Schools in Broward County were forced to return toto online classes because of the flooding and loss of power. Forecasters say Tropical Storm eta could be gaining strength. Tampa could be in for a dangerous storm surge. Eta is one of two named storms in the atlantic. Its the first time that has happened this late in the year since 1887. Long time ago. Italy beat back a deadly covid outbreak with a lock down earlier this year, ahead, how the country faces a dangerous new wave, and it neigh be so severe that even a lock former Service Members are being treated. Heres jim axle rod. Traumatic brain injuries, the signals of wound for those who served in iraq and afghani

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