Going home for thanksgiving because theyre already living there. The highs and lows of being und are the same roof with their parents again. First, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. This is a really dangerous critical time over thanksgiving. Make a better choice. Thats all im asking. If you dont have to travel, dont travel. The u. S. Suffering its deadliest day in the pandemic in more than six months. This is not a normal thanksgiving, and to act like its a normal thanksgiving is to deny reality. President elect joe biden addressing america ahead of the thanksgiving holiday uging urging people to stay united amid the coronavirus pandemic. Were at war with a virus, not with one another. President donald trump has pardoned Michael Flynn. Democrats call it a brazen abuse of power. And soccer great, died at the age of 60. Diego maradona. Nick sabin has once again tested positive for the coronavirus. He will quarantine and miss the iron bowel. The baltimore pittsburgh game has been moved. All that matters. Three seconds. Got it the hero College Basketball is back. Welcome to the big time. More than eight months after march madness was canceled. [ buzzer ] half court, and in it goes on cbs this morning. Thanksgiving in brittain. Thanksgiving every single day. Fightsgiving every single day. We dont call it thanksgiving. Thanksgiving right here. [ laughter ] in all seriousness, do you know what we call thanksgiving . Do you know what we call it . Thursday. This mornings eye opener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. Oh, man. Never try to use an english accent around somebody from the u. K. It doesnt work it is thanksgiving in the house. Thats light. As you put it earlier, we have a lot to be thankful for. We sure do. Thankful for all of you. Happy thanksgiving to all of you. Happy thanksgiving to all of you. Were saying hi to gayle king, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil all off this morning. The exploding coronavirus pandemic is upending thanksgiving traditions, but millions of americans are determined to celebrate hitting the road at a time when Health Officials want us to stay at home. More than 2,200 covid related deaths were reported yesterday, the highest oneday toll in more than six months. The virus has altered another thanksgiving tradition. The nfl postponed tonights ravens steelers game. This after some ravens staff and players tested positive. The midwest continues to have the highest rate of new infections. Adriana is outside a hospital in hardhit chicago. Reporter good morning and happy thanksgiving. Doctors here at Northwestern Memorial Hospital say theyre more prepared for the surge, but the wave of patients is coming faster than in the spring. The covid population has doubled in the last two weeks filling a second covid icu and one doctor warning that infections over thanksgiving could lead to deaths by christmas. I expected to be celebrating with my 92yearold mother, but thats not going to happen this year. Reporter officials across the country, like chicago mayor lori lightfoot, made one last plea on wednesday, safety first on thanksgiving. The Public Health commissioner pointed to canada as a warning sign. Canada celebrated its thanksgiving six weeks ago. Since then the number of covid cases diagnosed per day has more than doubled. The u. S. Rates of cases right now are much worse than canadas was, but in some places the surge is already here. Reporter yesterday california set a nationwide record for the most new infections reported in a single day. I am not going to lie. I am nervous to see what happens. In topeka, kansas, this hospital is at capacity and theyre expecting a 20 increase of Covid Patients in the next two weeks. The cdc recently took a look at kansas mask mandate saying its proof masks work. Counties that implemented a mask mandate saw a 6 drop in cases and counties that didnt saw cases rise 100 . One person who learned how important masks are in a devastating way is this man. What was your view on the virus before you got sick versus now . I really didnt think it would have the effect it did on me. Reporter the former truck driver normally would be hauling turkeys over the last few months. Instead, hes at home breathing through a tracheotomy tube in his throat. He says his main concern was his family. I thought and i prayed and i was scared that i had infected my wife and kids and mom. You dont think youre going to be a widow at 33, but that was a reality i had to face at that time. Reporter thats why doctors are urging us all to be safe this thanksgiving. And listen to this here at northwestern doctors say many of their Covid Patients got infected at small gathering inside homes. Thats why they say with cases as high as they are, you should assume everyone you come in contact with outside your household could be contagious. These stories just dont get any easier to listen to. Adriana, thank you. Many of us are listening to those doctors warnings. Aaa predicts a 10 decline in thanksgiving travel, the largest oneyear drop since the 2008 recession. But that still means a lot of people are on the move in spite of the risks. Kris van cleave is in washington. What can you tell us about what travelers can expect today . Reporter well, good morning and happy thanksgiving. Typically today is one of the lighter days for travel. Driving primarily you can see not a ton of people up and on the roads this early. What we do expect is that people will be more likely to drive this year. Theyre likely to go less far and stay fewer days. Now, Analysts Expect around 48 Million People, give or take, are expected to be on the roads this weekend. Thats a dedplin the nearly 50 million in 2019, with the last push of prethanksgiving travel wrapping up by noon today. Travel across the country is expected to be lighter than past years, you may find, particularly in major cities, actual traffic on the way home this weekend. Congestion may be way above normal pandemic levels with delays of an hour or more expected in los angeles and san france. Around 40 minutes in atlanta, chicago and new york. Due to the pandemic, aaa expects americans will be monitoring the Health Situation and looking at quarantine guidelines before making their plans, many at the last minute. Which means these travel forecast numbers could be considerably lower. Typically sunday is the busiest day on the roads and at the airports. Last year the tsa set an alltime record at checkpoints for the number of people. That wont happen this year, but its a day were watching closely. Happy thanksgiving. Kris van cleave, thank you so much. Cbs news meteorologist is climate specialist Jeff Berardelli is watching the weather. Jeff, what can we expect . Good morning. Good morning. Vlad, you must be a good luck charm, because a second ago it was pouring torrentially, and as soon as you tossed to me the sun came out well, it didnt, but the rain stopped. Good morning and happy thanksgiving. Take a look at a quiet central park, as it should be this morning on columbus circle. The rain is now moving out, but it will be stuck in eastern new england for several more hours. The rest of the country is looking really good. As we look at the maps youll see what im talking about. The rain is moving out, across the country temperaturewise were looking typical for this time of year. A little on the chilly side to the north. On the warm side and humid side to the south. You can see, 70 in dallas, 73 mobile. Boise will be chilly. Temperature around 32. Watch out in southern california. Critical fire weather. Santa ana winds, gusts to 70 miles an hour. Relative humidity is 5 to 10 . You do not want to cook your turkey outside during the day today. This is a huge story. Were going to see the arctic jet stream move to the south and that will combine with the subtropical jet stream. Lots of cold air, lots of tropical moisture. It all comes together for a blockbuster blizzard at the end of november here in the ohio valley, the great lakes, wind gusts plus 40 miles an hour, probably higher than that, and maybe a foot to a foot and a half of snowfall. Michelle, are you ready for a big snowstorm . That includes us . Oh, no. No. Youll have to travel a few hundred miles to the west. Thats good to hear. Jeff, youre always a ray of sunshine. Thank you so much. Ah, thanks. Our medical contributor, dr. David agus, joins us with ideas to keep you and your dr. Agus, good morning. Happy thanksgiving to you. Happy thanksgiving. As we mentioned, the deadliest day of the pandemic was yesterday. The deadliest company that more than six months. So the question is, you know, there is a lot of secondguessing going on about how to stay safe. Whats the best course of action . Well, obviously 2,100 deaths each of the last two days, cases going up. So we all have to be careful. If were getting together with people, and a lot of people are, the following you need to Pay Attention to one is, each pod, who you live with is a pod, needs to have separate tables and be separated. One place theres food to go and have wipes. Different utensils or wipe the utensils so each familys going to look different. Focus the meal in short periods. So youre eating and the rest of the time youre socializing, social distance and wearing a mask is critical. We just saw the National Weather map. The good news is most of the country can have their thanksgiving outdoors or with the windows open. Better ventilation, doing it outdoors will dramatically reduce the risk of the spread of the virus. Theres no question that getting together increases risk. The hope is you can do some of these things to lessen the risk. I know weve seen a lot of long lines for testing ahead of the holiday. Does testing ensure safety . Well, no. I mean, obviously you asked a leading question and the answer clearly is no. It is not a free pass. So many people are being tested, first of all, because case numbers are through the roof and people have been exposed, but also they want to get together with grandma or their family during the holiday, and theyve got to test. That test is not a free pass to keep the mask off. Its not a free pass to not social distance. Testing is great, identifying people and then quarantining them or Contact Tracing critical, but conveyor a mask and social distance, please, even if you tested negative over the last couple of days. Switching gears to backscene news. Astrazeneca is facing new questions about its vaccines efficacy after admitting a key mistake in the dosage given to trial participants. How significant is this . Well, early in the trial, i mean it shows you the complexity in manufacturing. The wrong testing reported in the vile. The first several thousand patients received a half a dose instead of a full dose. And the second dose of the vaccine they got a full dose. It turns out in those individuals they had a better response than people who got full dose and full dose. And so there are a lot of reasons why we think its because the vector, what is around the spike, you make an immune response to and that lesser dose, better results from that protein. Still remarkably important trial. Thats just one vaccine from one supplier, but were looking for others. Dr. David agus, thank you. Michael flynns threeyear legal fight is over after President Trump pardoned him yesterday. The president s First National security adviser admitted to lying about his contacts with russia. The president ial pardon could lead to others in mr. Trumps final weeks in office. Ben tracy reports from the white house where the president is spending thanksgiving. Locker up reporter retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn campaigned long and hard for President Trump in 2016, but he lasted just 23 days as National Security adviser, fired by the president in 2017 for lying to the fbi and Vice President mike pence about contact with the then Russian Ambassador before the inauguration. Flynn told the fbi he never advised the russians against retaliating for sanctions imposed by the outgoing obama administration, but the fbi had taped his conversations. Flynn pled guilty and then later tried to withdraw his plea. President trump has claimed its all part of what he calls the russia hoax. What theyve done to general flynn and other people is a disgrace. Reporter while the president was issuing the pardon, president elect biden was pleading with americans not to let down their guard during thanksgiving as the coronavirus surges. I know the country is growing weary of the fight. Reporter he said a vaccine is on its way. His Transition Team receiving the first briefing on Vaccine Distribution wednesday. Theres real hope, tangible hope. So hang on. Dont let yourself surrender to the fatigue, which i understand it is real fatigue. I know we can and we will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war. Reporter President Trump is still not surrendering to the reality that he lost the election. This election was rigged. [ cheers and applause ] reporter he was greeted by cheers when he called into a republican event about supposed Election Fraud in pennsylvania on wednesday to urge gop lawmakers to overturn joe bidens more than 80,000 vote victory. Its a disgrace that this is happening to our country. We won this election by a lot, we got 74 million votes. Reporter he did get nearly 74 million votes, but biden got more than 80 million, and won the Electoral College by as much as President Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. President trump met with lawmakers from that event in pennsylvania last night here at the white house. Meanwhile, a judge in pennsylvania has issued a temporary halt to the states certification process until a hearing on friday, and that decision is already being appealed, but since pennsylvania already certified the election for joe biden earlier this week, its unclear what impact that order would even have. Vlad . Ben tracy at the white house. Happy thanksgiving and thank you ntina is in three days of National Mourning or diego maradona, the countrys greatest sports legend. The soccer superstar died yesterday of a heart attack. Maradona was just 60 years old. We look back at the life of a world cup champion. Reporter its hard to think of an american equivalent for diego maradona. Think ruth and jordan, all rolled into one, and then wrap them in the flag and double it, maybe triple it. Maybe use all the flags in the world. Maradona just gets away. This was maradona putting the dagger into the heart of england, scoring his second goal against them during the 1986 world cup. That game summed up the contradictions of his life. This goal was a thing of pure sporting beauty. This goal was a thing of sporti sporting infamy. It clearly went in off his hand, the hand of god he called it. Some called it cheating. In an hbo documentary, he called it cunning. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter revenge against the english for having humiliated argentina four years earlier during the faukland islands war. He restored the pride of the nation. Memories of the goal may have endured more than memories of the conflict. Maradonas life was that of a tragic hero, small kid with unbelievable talent, emerges from the slums to become the superstar in the worlds most popular sport. Blessed with gifts, burdened with weaknesses. He follows the big money to europe, first with barcelona, then with naples, where he became the embodiment of the city, turning a failing team from a down and out town into champions. He also along the way developed a too close relationship with the mafia, which ran naples at the time, and with the drugs they trafficked in. He was a cocaine addict for decades. Addiction and success, not dribbles and goals, became the hallmarks of his later life. They call soccer the beautiful game and the world will now argue will maradona was the most beautiful ever player. His was not a happy ending, but the story of his life transfixed more than sports fans the world over. For cbs this morning, im Mark Phillips in london. Such a great writer. 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