good-bye 2020. good-bye, right. >> lay it on me. >> seriously. >> i'm still getting used to space force. new name. >> the guardians. >> the guardians kind of took me out there. quick to the weekend every one. i'm mill shell miller along with jeff glofrmt we welcome in

elaine quijano. this morning we're going to explore the sights and sounds of the season. we all stop in our tracks to listen. so just what is it about that that captivates us? we'll go behind the scenes to see how they are made, how they are played, and we'll check in with one of america's last remaining bell makers with records going back to the 1800s. then we're going to head out to the massachusetts farm for another familiar part of the holidays, cranberries. find out why one year sales completely collapsed and see how farmers today are adapting to survive in an ever-changing industry. plus call it a christmas gift to japan, a toy robot that certainly won't fit under the tree. we'll take you to tokyo to see this massive moving wonder that opens today. then musician jacob collier is nominated for album of the year at this year's grammys, up against such powerhouses as taylor swift, post malone, and coldplay.

but don't count him out yet. he's actually won all four times he was nominated before. we'll introduce you to this musical prodigy whose oneman videos may have brought him world wade acclaim. he will perform in our "saturday sessions." that and more is all ahead. we begin this morning with approval for a second kroensz vaccine. emergency authorization use for the moderna vaccine last night. there are nearly a quarter of a million new infections on friday, another new record for a single day. more than 114,000 people were hospitalized all as the death toll tops 313,000. tom hanson begins our coverage right here in new york. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. after 16 million cases and 300,000 deaths, the moderna vaccine, the second to be approved by the fda will arrive at hospitals like this one where

frontline health care workers will be the first in line. we're also told the elderly will be in the top tier to get the shot. as moderna's vaccine rolls out of the labs and launches toward those that need it most, the fda's peter marx underscores the importance of this development in a call with journalists last night. >> this is another crucial step in the fight against the global pandemic. two coronavirus vaccines have been competent pe dieted while adhering to the safety, and manufacturing quality that the american people have come to expect. >> reporter: keep in mind the massiveness of this undertaking. the united states has launched the biggest vaccine drive in its history. 50,000 received pfizer's vaccine this week. >> we will crush this outbreak that has really terrorized us for the last 11 months. >> reporter: the moderna vaccine has been shown to be 94.1%

effective overall for the patients in its trials, dropping to 86.4% for those 65 and older. like faiz e it requires two doses. dr. gia tyson, a louisiana gastroenterologist and transplant help toll gist received her first dose thursday. >> i feel great. a little arm soreness, but that's it. otherwise i ran 2.2 miles this morning. >> reporter: but for the vaccine to be effective, there has to be widespread approval by the public willing to get the shots. >> this is really our way out and we're in this together, and so we have to get out of this together, and the vaccine is a crucial part of us trying to get life back to normal. >> the vaccines arrive as 3,000 people a day die in the u.s. >> i'm not going to sugar coat this. we are getting crushed. >> reporter: in california there have been 150,000 new cases in just the lacst three days.

southern california hospitals are out of regular icu beds. in the north, a preventive emergency alert went out friday telling 7 million people in the san francisco airy to stay home. one shocking projection, 68,000 deaths could take place in california, and more than 560,000 nationwide by april 1st. as promising as these new vaccines are, people and their behaviors are still the most hopeful way of stopping the spread. >> you've been on the frontlines for an exhausting nine months. how significant is its that we now have two vaccines that have cleared fda hurdles? >> it's wonderful. i'm not sure how much the general population understands the significance of this. >> reporter: with the end of 20 approaching, americans are urged to stay home and only be in smaller groups. the surge we see today with more

than 3,000 dead each day is in part due to thanksgiving when millions of americans traveled. michelle. >> 3,000 a day. that's a huge number. joining us now from pittsburgh to discuss more is dr. ames amesh adalja. a senior scholar at the johns hopkins center for health security at the bloomberg school of public health. you were vaccinated day ago. first off, how are you feeling, and give us a sense of where we are. >> i'm feeling fine. i actually have no symptoms. i checked in on the cdc app to report my symptoms. it's been about 24 hours since my first dose, so everything is looking good. you know, i think we're in a remarkable place. we've got great news with new vaccines that have now reached emergency use authorization, but i'm on my way to the hospital right after this interview, and i know there are going to be a lot of covid patients and

there's no end in sight. we're in this place where the virus has accelerated its position. we worry about hospital capacity on a day-to-day basis and wonder how we're going to get through christmas without having to change standard of care if that pace of cases doesn't slow. >> first of all, dock torque the hhs said this week the plan was to give every american a chance to get vaccinated by june. it's a little over six months away. is it realistic? >> i do think it's realistic. everything would have go perfectly, but it's in the realm of possibility. we have two vaccines online and people will be able to get one or the other depending where they live. we're moving through the different faces of the priority group. it's going to be harder going into the dwellings where people are at high risk because we have to make sure we get the vaccine into the arms of americans and make sure americans want to take the vaccine. so this is going to be something that's going to be really

challenging, probably one of the biggest public health efforts if not the biggest that we've ever done, but it's the only way we're going to be able to put an end to this pandemic. > as polling goes, people are really reluctant to get the vaccine. how do you bridge that gap. >> we have to be proactive. we have to model ourselves by getting vaccinated and talk about what side effects we have any. we have to be really transparent about the data, the clinical trials, what we know, what we don't know, the side effects that occur like the allergic reactions in alaska and the united kingdom. we have to put that information out there and we have to respond to stone. we can't be responding to conspiracy theories. we have to show how life-saving they are and what a triumph it was for science. >> aaa estimates some 84 million people will hit the roads for this hold. it's 30% less than normal, but still a lot of people.

i know you have problems with that. what worries you most? >> what worries me most is when people think we're in a situation when the rye us have isn't there and they let their guard down. we see that with private gathers all the time. they don't social distance. they think they're not going to be exposed to the virus and that's where we're seeing a significant amount of transmission occurring. when you have a holiday like christmas, many more people from different parts of the country where there's different prevalences and different transmission dynamics, they're going to all mix together. this is going to happen at a time when hospitals have a record number of people in them. as dr. fauci has said it's a surge upon a surge upon a surge because of thanksgiving and christmas. so we don't really see, you know, any kind of respite for us in the hospitals and that's the biggest concern is that hospital capacity gets compromised. >> the takeaway here, clearly do not let your guard down. dr. amesh adalja, thank you. vice president pence tried to lead by example on friday

when he received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine. he was joined by his wife karen and surgeon general dr. jerome adams. a parade of lawmakers would follow including house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the efforts come as congress bought itself more time to tackle two big projects, yet another coronavirus stimulus plan and averting a government shutdown. chip reid is at the white house with more this morning. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. late friday night president trump signed a stopgap spending bill extending a midnight deadline to keep the federal government funded thus avoiding a shutdown. lawmakers this weekend have until midnight sunday to pass a covid relief package that has eluded them for months. >> all in favor say aye. >> all opposed, no. >> reporter: by voice vote the senate unanimously passed this short testify herm measure. >> both sides of the i'll have

firmly committed to finalizing another major pandemic rescue package for the american people. as of right now, we have not yet reached a final agreement regret pli. >> the ayes are 320, the nays are 60. >> i urge my colleagues join me in supporting the ongoing talks by adopting this clean continuing resolution. >> there's a little bit more time required to get this legislation finalized and drafted. >> reporter: bipartisan leaders in the house and senate have been negotiating a $900 billion relief package for weeks. there remain sticking points, however, including a republican-backed provision to wind down the federal reserve's emergency lending power during the pandemic. some senate democrats accused republicans of trying to insert a poison pill in the bill. connecticut democrat chris murphy tweeted, it's fascinating how republicans were fine with this fed power when trump was

president, but now all of a sudden it's bad, almost like they want to use the covid relief package to sabotage biden's presidency. both sides are under pressure to get something passed before the holiday break. >> majority leader mcconnell and i do not agree on much, but as i understand it, we are if there agreement on at least one point, and that is that the senate cannot go home until a covid emergency relief bill is passed. >> reporter: so congress now has two days to pass a covid relief package that will probably include another round of stimulus checks and a $1.4 trillion spending bill and get it here to the white house for the president's signature as soon as possible. jeff? >> chip eric thank you very much. president-elect biden's transition team has hit a new problem with the trump administration. this after the pentagon announced it is suspending daily security briefings for the rest

of the year for what it calls a holiday break. it comes as mr. biden is preparing to add some new firsts today to what promises to be the most divert cabinet in u.s. history. ed o'keefe is with biden in wilmington, delaware, this morning. should we expect more visits from him moving forward? >> reporter: we might see that. first we should know president-elect biden and dr. jill biden will take the vaccine in public on monday. today he's set to make a few more announcements and a few more historic firsts as he names people to his cabinet. first up he sets up deb haaland. she would be the first nay active american to serve as head of the interior department. a big first there. he's also planning to nominate michael regan to lead the

environmental protection agency. he's currently head of north carolina's environmental protection department and would be the first black man to lead the agency. meanwhile there is disagreement between the biden team and the trump administration over access to the pentagon. acting defense secretary chris miller says that his team and the biden team had mutually agreed to put off some meetings until the end of the holidays but the head of the biden transition told reporters that's now true and that his team continues to face, quote, isolated resistance from political appointees in the defense department and similar issues at a few other agencies he declined to name. secretary miller says the pentagon has fulfilled hundreds of interview requests and handing over thousands of documents but this is an example of some of the bumps in the road on the way to the white house. >> jeff, we're watching the negotiations in the senate and how tough they are. what should president-elect bind

expect if they should not gain the majority? >> reporter: again, the georgia race is being held on january 5th for the two open seats. if democrats can win both of those seats the senate will be divided 50/50 with vice president-elect kamala harris to be the tiebreaker. that will make it easier for president-elect bide on the get things done, more relief for the americans struggling through the pandemic, get cabinet members confirmed, take up climate change and reform and other changes the biden administration would like to have happen. that's why this weeks interactions were an encouraging sign that they're at least starting to talk in the events that knows two have to start cutting deals that might, you know, upset people on either side of the aisle but will be necessary to get things done.

it may take months before the u.s. and other nations and some businesses can determine the extent of the damage done by a brazen cyber attack revealed last week. the breach is believed to be the work of russian hackers and went undetected for months. the kremlin denies any involvement. on friday secretary of state mike pompeo blamed russia for the attack. the targets include the state, energy, treasury, and homeland security departments. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news the hack is believed to be the largest cyber espionage campaign in u.s. history and it's not over. >> this was really an attack of massive scale. >> reporter: microsoft's president told us the hack spans at least eight countries with 80% of the targets in the u.s., including many of the company's clients. >> this attack is still taking place. the industry is scrambling. people in government are scrambling to get it under control, but it's not under

control yet. >> reporter: among the concerns, that the breach at the treasury department may have exposed taxpayer information. >> what's the impact? >> well, the impact is extraordinary. any information of yours may have been compromised by very sophisticated attackers. >> reporter: officials say the tactics are similar to other large-scale attacks blamed on russia, but investigators can't rule out other foreign adversaries. >> are we going to learn that the hack was even bigger than we know right now? >> well, we should assume that the number of victims is going to increase. this is a bit like a natural disaster. >> reporter: sources say the hackers may have roamed free in unclassified systems and impersonated high-level officials to gain access to classified information. for "cbs this morning: saturday," catherine herridge, washington. ion vertz of florida forward keyontae johnson is reaching out

to his fans for the first time since collapsing on the court at florida state last weekend. johnson released a short video of social media friday from his hospital room. take a look. >> i want to thank you all for the prayers. go gators. >> reporter: >> the cause of johnson's collapse has not been revealed, but like many of his teammates, the 21-year-old tested positive over the summer for the coronavirus. one of the lingering complications of the illness can be a viral infection of the heart muscle that has been linked to sudden cardiac arrest. 21 minutes after the hour. here's a look now at the weather for your weekend. it's another consequence of the pandemic. thousands of businesses forced

to close their doors, and giant office buildings largely unoccupi unoccupied. we'll see the effect of the crisis on commercial real estate and the future of american cities. >> plus, it brings readers right to the front lines of america's longest war. we'll talk to marine and combat writer bing west about "the last platoon" his new novel that captures the skbens of our troops in afghanistan. and later he's a cartoon character come to life and then some. at 24 tons and almost six stories tall this giant robot is ready to meet his many fans. you're going to meet him too. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday."

in new england it's not just the leaves that change color this time of year. cranberries turn land and water a vivid red as the crop moves from bog to bag to our holiday tables. we'll see how one of america's oldest foods is changing with the time. yum-yum. >> and another great tradition, bells are both a holiday icon and a sound of the season. we'll trace their long history and see how they're still being made today. that and more ahead for you. your local news is next. of course, you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." we are at wa

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"cbs this morning" will return in a few minutes. for now i'm ian lee with a look at this morning's headlines. a new report says automakers are putting a new emphasis on a safety feature on all cars. >> reporter: well-designed cars can save lives during a crash. it's best to avoid an accident in the first place and headlights are key. >> when you look at traffic fatalities in the united states, almost 50% of those fatalities occur when it's dark, and so headlights are often the critical safety feature that most of us don't think about. >> reporter: david harkey is the president of the insurance institute for highway safety or iihs. the group has been pushing the auto industry to install better

headlights for years and is now finally seeing progress. many car companies are removing older halogen lights and replacing them with newer l.e.d.s that can light up the road an additional 100 feet. >> that's how we rate them. we look at how far they can see down the roadway, a straight section as well as a curve. >> reporter: a number of automakers have improved the rating in the 2021 models. >> we've been impressed by the rate at which the automakers have responded to this need. >> reporter: harkey says many new vehicles also come with high beam assists which can activate the high beams on an empty road and automatically switch to low beams if another car is dected. the iihs says that can save lives and would like to see improved headlights become standard equipment in more vehicles. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. >> "cbs this morning: saturday"

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ooh, i like that music. welcome back to "cbs this morning: saturday." in august the head line nyc is dead forever seemed to affirm what many have been fearing, that a butling new york city might not come back from the covid pandemic. the article prompted a backlash on social media and even an op-ed from jerry seinfeld who argued for the city's resilience. but as online holiday shopping sales are expected to hit a record breaking $189 billion this season, many are wondering what will be left of the physical landscape of american cities as businesses grapple to evolve in the face of a changing economy. our co-host dana jacobson has that story.

♪ >> here we are, sir. duncan's toy chest. >> merry christmas, kevin. ♪ >> reporter: in reality, this holiday season may look a little different. mitchell szpicek has owned little things toy store in park slope brooklyn for 40 years. >> we've dealt with grandmothers, mothers, the kids, different generations coming through here, so you really get to know the people you definitely have a tie to the community. >> once things shut down and there was a pause and people were staying home, what happen dwrourd business? >> it dropped off a cliff. it went from, you know, normal business to nothing really. >> how long did you think you could survive like that? >> without financial assistance, a month or two, two months the

most. >> reporter: spiczek was able to secure a ppp loan to help, but other businesses in his neighborhood weren't as lucky. >> i know a couple of businesses that are closing, have already closed down for good, that weren't able to get loans or didn't feel that the new norm might not be enough to keep them in business. >> reporter: it's something broker and real estate agent mike aubrey predicted early on in the pandemic. >> do i think that this is going to have an impact athe equivalet of a nuclear bomb on business? i do because people aren't going to be able to do the business they once done. >> reporter: the nation is occupying nearly 1 22 million square feet less retail space than the beginning of the year. so will we see building owners, landlords, be forced to drop those rents to try to entice

people in? >> 100%. i think one of the big things that building owners, commercial real estate agents will have do is drop prices to entice people to come back. >> reporter: the shifting landscape according to aubrey is also an opportunity for the rich to get richer. >> some of the sharpest people that i know are sitting back on the sideline just watching right now. i think we'll see a lot of commercial real estate change hands. for those people who have to have it, i think they're going to have their pick of what they want. >> if office space is your business, how concerning has the covid pandemic been. >> i think it's been quite concerning. >> reporter: owen thomas is ceo and director of boston properties, one of the largest developers and operators urban office space in the country. >> boston properties has been collecting 98ch of the rents that we're supposed to receive from all of our customers, but our buildings today, again, end

of august, are less than 10% occupied in terms of people coming through the turn style. >> reporter: while thomas expects that occupancy to change, he also believes those covid-related health concerns will leave a lasting impression. >> you know, perhaps a good analogy is airport security before and after 9/11, right? when 9/11 occurred, there was a lots of concern, a lot of new things put in. but what still exists today are heavier security protocols, but i do think a lot of the turnless access to the buildings and all of the cleaning and disinfection protocols that we're using, i think those things are here to stay. >> reporter: with a small percentage of retail tenants, the group has found there's another kind of security it can also provide. >> we want them to stay in business after the pandemic is over, so we've, you know, abated rents, we've delayed rents because work is many things for people. it's being in the office. it's being with each other. it's collaborating. but it's also collaborating with

others that are in the city. >> reporter: others big and small like little things toy store in brooklyn fighting to prevev that personal touch they bring to the city's landscape. >> how would you see this area changing if we start seeing those small businesses go away? >> each small business that we lose here, basically one business goes out and you don't replace it, you're going to have a hole there and you're going to lose some foot traffic, you're going to lose some excitement on the avenue. we're cautiously optimistic now. we're going to do our best to keep the expenses down and try and increase business as things get back to a new normal. >> it's sad to see, it really is. and when you think about the impact and how long it's going to last even after the virus is gone. >> i hope they can hold on. >> these small businesses are such drivers of the economy, but also they help instill a sense of community in these neighborhoods. so it's really concerning to see. lots more news straight

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. there was a rocket attack on the u.s. air base. there was no reported damage to the airfield but it's the latest reminder the u.s. is still engaged in the longest war in history. the closing chapter of the war in afghanistan is also the subject of a new book, "the last platoon", a new book by bing west. a marine, he's one of the world's great combat writers. the people have forgotten about the war in the madness of everything else this year, west is here to remind you those who put their lives on the line have not. >> reporter: it's one thing to be in a fire fight at 20 years old. you'd think it's another if you're four times that age. but at 80, bing west keeps going back. >> all i wanted to do was after

fighting over there in afghanistan for 20 years was tell the reader what it's all about every single day for 20 years. >> reporter: bing west's war services started in 1966 in vietnam where he conducted more than 100 combat patrols. he later wrote a vietnam classic," the village," the true story of one marine squad that fought for 495 straight days. half died. "the village" is one of west's ten books. >> i think it was properly ti e titled, "the last platoon," because we don't have any more platoons out there. we have some good cia operatives and some good special forces, but we're no longer out in the countryside fighting every day in the way we used to. >> should we have platoons there? >> no. >> reporter: "the last platoon" book is fiction, but it doesn't

read like it. it's one of the most powerful things we've opened this year. it allows us to look at a crushing battlefield through the eyes of marine captain diego cruz. >> he's relatable and complicated. what were you trying to get across when you built him? >> i was trying to tell the story of what happens if you're in charge of a small platoon, 40 people, and you ire givingen a mission, and you know that if you achieve certain things, you'll be promoted, but as you start to get into the fight, you wonder, is my promotion worth the risk that i'm taking on not taking? >> reporter: from a president of the united states down to the troops on the ground, west pulls together a cast of characters informed by a career seving his country, including a stint as one of ronald reagan's assistant secretaries of defense. >> it's mostly been nonfiction for you. i think it's just the second novel?

>> my second snoovl why fiction here. >> because i wanted to bring in different points of view without causing people to say, bing, i'm not going to ever speak to you again. so i think any novelist will tell you these are composites of real people. >> yeah. some of these characters are thinly veiled. >> yes. >> here comes another one. whoa. >> this is america's longest war, 20 years on, a trillion dollars. what have we got? >> we have a big mistake in terms of policy. the policy lev of saying we could turn afghanistan into a democratic nation, that was a step entirely too far. we could have done that, but only if we stayed like we did in south korea for 70 years, and we weren't going to do that. >> reporter: west says by now the haeroin trade has decimated

afghanistan. in his words the country is hurdling head first into the 9th century. he has been relentless for years in criticizing one of the central tenets of counter-insurgency. he insists it's a fool's errand, which doesn't mean he has any less reverence for what warriors on the front lines do accomplish. >> we've heard from some of these 19-year-old kids who say they have a tough time keeping up with you at 75 or 80. that's pretty cool. >> but i do have a little confession to make. they have to wear very heavy flack jackets. i learned how to kind of use a flack jacket that didn't really have all the stuff in it. so they were carrying more gear than i was. if you carry a weapon, you have to carry 14 more pounds. i say, look, if ever i need a

weapon, there will be plenty around because you'll have screwed up. >> reporter: "the last platoon" is bing west's good-bye to war that has cost more than a trillion dollars, yes, but more importantly a reminder of the greater toll. mar than 2,300 lives lost and tens of thousands of others that will never be the same. >> we went on the wrong track, but that doesn't mean that our troops didn't do their very best. it's just that we were going down the wrong road. >> the trump administration's been anxious to get out of afghanistan. that's an issue the biden administration will inherit. think about it. 20 years, right? >> go ahead. >> he paints these really complex portraits like the protagonist. >> bing has the experience and he has the writing skill. really a fun read, an interesting read, a fascinating read because he does such a great job, and he has that background. >> all right. jeff, great piece. thank you. and from the fraught lines

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blast off into outer space. guarding japan's port city of yokohama is the newly unveiled fighting robot known as gundam. to get a good close look at the robot's head, we've had to take an elevator up to the sixth floor. this is one shiny new toy that won't fit under the christmas tree. six years in the making, the life-sized robot gundam celebrates a 40-year-old anime sy-fy sensation. often compares to "star wars" or "star trek" because of its devoted fan base and out-of-this-world cultural impact, gundam is one of the most lucrative media franchises on earth. its figurines, plastic model kits, and even souvenirs, robot-embossed snacks helping rake in tens of billions of dollars. without its massive supporting gantry, the nearly 60-foot 25-on the co-louis sus of steel and fiber reinforced plastic would

topple right over. the charge was making it look like a gundam. that means giving the humanoid as many joints as possible, giving it a life-like rank of motion. built to withstand even earthquakes and typhoons, gundam has its marching orders to keep flecking its joints for audiences until 2022. >> lucy has the best stories. that's not a transformer? >> no. it's gundam. >> okay. >> predates the transformer. >> kind of like a transformer, but not. >> okay, thank you. here at home, there are some people who stand 100 times taller than that giant row bop. one of them is a new york state trooper whose sheer determination helped one man to stay alive. for some of you, your local news is next. the rest of you, stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday."

for those of you without local news, "cbs this morning: saturday" will return in a few minutes. for now i'm ian lee with a look at this morning's headlines. with covid cases surging worldwide restaurant owners fear it could be fatal to their business. >> reporter: when we first met tony stafford back in march, coronavirus restrictions forced his restaurant in virginia to just takeout and he had furloughed more than 100 employees. with the coronavirus still raging nine months later -- >> every day you fight that mental battle with yourself, am i doing the right thing, am i going to beat this. >> reporter: tony rereceived a ppp loan and brought back most of his employees, but he's still not allowed to operate at full

capacity. the independent restaurant coalition says half a million independent restaurants and 11 million jobs could be lost because of the pandemic. it's now pushing congress to pass the restaurants act, a $120 billion fund geared toward assisting small restaurants and bars. >> it's been challenging. >> reporter: patty's dear john's restaurant sits empty. indoor and outdoor dining are not allowed during what she says is the most lucrative season for restaurants. she's asking patrons to help. >> there's a letter to sign to ask congress to please act on this bill because for every day this relief is not provided, there's another restaurant that's closing. antonio is asking for help, too, by buying gift cards or stopping in for takeout. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. "cbs this morning: saturday" will be right back.

♪ welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." welcome? i don't -- >> it happens. >> welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." i'm jeff glor with michelle miller. dana jacobson is off. d.j., we miss you, but we have a friend of the show, elaine quijano. coming up this hour, the cranberries being grown on this massachusetts farm are native to the state. but something brand-new's been growing on top of them. then there's nothing much new in the art of the bell. that's part of the charm. we'll ring in the holiday with a close-up look at this ancient source of sound. speaking of sound, he's a four-time grammy winner who's up

for three more including album of the year. we'll meet jacob collier, the singer, songwriter, and self-taught master of multiple instruments. and he'll perform some eye-popping songs from the same london home where his career began right in our "saturday sessions." that's ahead. but we begin with our top story this hour, the go-ahead for the second covid-19 vaccine. last night the food and drug administration granted emergency authorization to moderna's vaccine. an initial batch of 6 million doses will begin shipping out this weekend. moderna says it hopes to make up to 100 million doses available in the u.s. by march. it comes one week after the approval of pfizer's vaccine, which is already being administered. errol barnett was the first to report that some vials of the pfizer vaccine contained extra doses. that was enough to vaccinate even more health care workers and staff at one cleveland

hospital. >> reporter: this was the moment cleveland's metrohealth hospitl had been desperately waiting for with lieutenant del mar henderson escorting the first batch of pfizer's vaccine. once thawed and mixed with a saline solution, they were ready to begin vaccinations. critical care dr. sh eerie williams was first in line. she's still witnessing the painful impact of the country's worst pandemic in a century. >> when because the last time you lost a patient to covid? >> yesterday and this morning. >> and what toll does that take on you guys? >> it's exhausting and it's heartbreaking, quite honestly. it's heartbreaking. young people, old people, people that i'm just now meeting and watching their families be devastated. >> reporter: families like thereafter o nurse david belak who works in the covid wing. >> my grandfather ended up passing in july from

complications related to covid. >> reporter: his grandfather was being treated on belak's floor while he was slipping away. >> not even my grandmother was able to see him. i mean they were able to zoom, zoom call, but it's not the same thing. >> reporter: what's striking to me is that every person we've spoken to who has received the vaccine has either lost someone to the pandemic or there's a relative they desperately want to see, but there's a sense that this could be a real turning point and there's so much optimism because of it. hope was amplified as cbs news witnessed dr. brook watts and her team trying to confirm something totally unexpected. >> each vial was meant to be five -- was originally labeled for five doses. there are six doses at least in each. >> reporter: this means hundreds more doctors, nurses, and support staff here like custodians and police officers can get inoculated. do you understand their reluctance. >> yes, i understand because i

was on the fence myself. >> reporter: recent surveys show black americans are less likely than other groups to want the vaccine, although, trust overall is increasing. but henderson, a former marine, changed his mind when -- >> my father said that's the right thing to do. i've been serving my country my entire life, so what better way to serve my country and my community than this stage right here and receive this vaccine. >> reporter: his dad mike survived cancer multiple times and suffers with diabetes. so after being among the first to get the vaccine at metrohealth, henderson went for a socially distanced visit with the man he calls his hero. the two face-to-face for the first time in months. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good. so when the test comes and it's your tame, take i. but i feel good. >> reporter: an extra dose of wisdom on a day of special surprises. for "cbs this morning: saturday," errol barnett, cleveland. well, perseverance and luck

paid off for a driver in new york who was trapped in his unheated car for ten hours that was buried in snow during a blizzard. kev kresen's car had broken down. spotty cellphone service and dropped calls made it hard for police to find him. a cellphone ping led state trooper sergeant jason cawley to the area where the car was thought to be. as sergeant cawley dug through the snowbank, he found the car. kresen was hospitalized and is said to be feeling better. >> wow. >> incredible. well, the "cbs this morning: saturday" family grew by one this week. our very own producer vidya sing hockey and her husband "z" welcomed baby number three. cyrus saleem hamdami was born thursday morning during that big snowstorm that hit the northeast. cyrus's big sisters salma and emma are looking forward to meeting him very soon.

and so are we. we're so excited for you. >> super excite. congratulations. quite the timing for cyrus. >> making an entrance. >> guide goode for you. we're thinking about you guys. it's six minutes after the hour. here's the weather for your weekend. before we had electronic ways to amplify sound there was one surefire way to get people's attention. the sound of a bell could mean everything from an emergency warning to a call to dinner. we'll look at the long and resonant history. but first another national tradition. it's one of our treasured side dishes every holiday season, but how does it end upton table? i'm nancy chen in massachusetts with a small berry that has a

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history with farmers adapting to survive in an ever-changing industry. nancy chen has the story. >> this was our original one. >> reporter: as dick ward weaves between his cranberry boggs in carver, massachusetts, the 80-year-old is surrounded by the labor of a lifetime. how many cranberries do you produce here? >> roughly 150,000 pounds. >> reporter: ward has been farming this land for more than five decades, a goal he set for himself wheen he was still in high school. his farm now sits on 50 acres with berries that need tending to for about 14 months before harvest. the bulk of his harvest is sold for profit. the rest is processed by hand in their cellar for family and friends. >> this is a well picked over batch, that's for sure czech

republic cranberry farming started here in massachusetts, the fruit, one of the few native to north america. >> the plants evolved with the glaciers 10,000, 20,000 years ago. and thegy news people used the cranberry as very much an integral part of their life. >> reporter: brian wick heads the cape code cranberry grocers' association, helping navigate the group's 300 farmers through an industry constantly evolving. >> what once was a very much a juice first-forward industry has now turned to the sweetened dried cranberry. >> reporter: the precious fruits grow in precarious situations when the season's harvest can be destroyed by one bad storm or one fatal mistake. the great cranberry scare of 1959, why was it so great? >> that was the country's first food scare. >> reporter: a few shipments of cranberries from the pacific northwest tested positive for

herbicide. but when the head of the u.s. health department said weeks before thanksgiving families should avoid them to be on the safe side, the business instantly collapsed. >> they took them off the store shelves, and it devastated the industry. there were basically no cranberries consumed that year, and it took two or three years to start to slowly build out of it. st ctak i thug fhat >> reporter: a song was even written about the ordeal called "cranberry blues." the industry eventually recovered, but it demonstrated just how delicate the agricultural business could be. still today, breaking even is considered a good year in this $3.5 billion industry, a far cry from when ward first started. >> our prices dropped considerably. we were getting for a one-pound box of cranberries, like 70

cents a pound. >> compared to how much normally. >> now 15 cents a pound. >> reporter: unable to stay afloat, ward was seriously considering selling his farm a few years ago until he started harvesting something new. >> would you be able to keep farming if it wasn't for these solar panels? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: ward leases six acres to a solar energy company, and he's not alone. since he started, massachusetts is now incentivizing farmers to install solar panels while growing crops underneath, pioneering a addenda-use program. it's first of its kind and allows farmers to continue farming. >> under previous solar programs we were losing farms completely to solar. they were no longer farming. so now with this income, the income the grower can achieve through the solar panels is enough to keep their farm going, but they're still producing their crop or raising livestock

underneath them. >> reporter: for consumers, it means produce can stay local, and for ward, it means the future, in more ways than one. >> we have 12 grandchildren, and we're very concerned with the future of our planet. so carbon footprint means something to us. >> reporter: and now every day ward takes pride in being able to continue his work, an often enormous effort to produce such a tiny fruit. >> 80 years old and you're still hard at it. why not say, you know what? i think i'm done? >> because i couldn't picture myself in an elderly mobile home park playing shuffleboard. you have to keep going. >> reporter: and he does it alongside the next generations. his son steve is a cranberry grower, and his grandson justin is getting into the business as well. ward and his wife judy assured in seeing their legacy continue. >> she and i have handed the

ownership over to our sons, but i still call the shots. >> as you should. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning: saturday," nancy chen, carver, massachusetts. >> and it's my understanding he likes canned cranberries. >> canned cranberries are great. >> my son's favorite. >> good stuff. >> surprising though. >> yeah. >> i would have expected fresh. >> what a story. from that taste of the holidays to a sound of the season. silver bells and all other a very rights ring out a joyful sound this time of year. we'll meet some of those who keep an ancient art alive. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." and get back to your rhythm. feel the power. beat the symptoms fast.

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of technological advances, proving that bells are definitely here to stay. [ bell tolling ] >> reporter: for more than a century, the striking of clappers against the side of these bronze bells has been ringing vie brags across upper montclair, new jersey. >> oftentimes churches don't have real bells in their bell tower. there's a speaker that plays an electronic sound that sounds like a bell. >> reporter: sean price is the director of music ministries at st. jam's episcopal church. >> so it's very sfoeshl me to have actual real bells playing all the time. >> this has to be different. >> yeah. it's truly a hands-on approach. >> reporter: price is a classically trained harpsichordist, but to learn how to tickle these keys, price had

to take his training up to a whole new level. >> there's a console set up on the second floor of the tower where i'm pushing a lever that's attached to a cord. that's then attached to a pully system that moves the clapper that hits the side of the bell. >> reporter: earlier this year that intricate system which fees the 11 bells above needed to be repaired, and it's no wonder. the bells have been in use ever since they were installed by the mcshane bell company. >> the bells were cast in 1918. june 11th is when the ledger was written. >> reporter: when james androuais acquired the mcshane foundry last year, he took possession of the company's ledgers that date back to 1870. >> so we can say these bells were actually shipped via b & o

railroad. >> reporter: the details for st. james include the note each bell was tuned to along with the type of bolt used and total weight of each bell. >> unfortunately we don't know how much they cost, how much they charged for it. >> i used to tell people that if my wife and i both rode harley davidsons, that would cost more than what i had in my bell collection. >> reporter: still neil spas goeppinger says he's spent tens of thousands of dollars amassing a collection of bells big and small. >> well, at its peak, i had more than 60. i must have 45 right now. >> what do we love about bells and the sound of bells. >> they have a beautiful tone. >> reporter: geoppinger bought his first bells as a way to call for his young children on their family farm in iowa just as his mother had done for him. >> i didn't start out loving blls. i acquired my first two.

and then i found i really enjoyed the sound of church bells. >> reporter: as his collection of bells grew, so did his interest in their hichlt four years ago he cataloged his vast collection in a self-published book, "large bells of america, a history of bells and the foundries that made them." >> because the sound carries so far, they've been used for alarm use, fires, in more modern days, locomotives. anything where you need to get people's attention. >> reporter: he says large bells date back to 400 a.d. when they were used to call people to church. he traces the earliest foundries in america to paul revere who used bronze recycled from cannons to make bells after the revolution airware. geoppinger still owns one of revere's bells. it's one of just a few he's holding onto. the rest are up for sale. >> my favorite bell of my collection from the standpoint of the sound is a

39-inch-diameter mcshane. it's just got a gorgeous tone. they cast their bells just a little thicker than their competitors did. it will hold its own note for a full minute. it's pretty special. >> reporter: music to the ears of james androuais. >> the idea was s to grow the company back into what it once was and get the name back out there so people realize what is there and what kind of bell they may have had in their tower. with over 100,000 bells cast around the u.s. an parts of the world, we're within a throwing distance of one of our bells. >> reporter: and with modern technology, programming a bell anywhere in the world is just a few clicks away. >> so right now this system is in le in other wordstown, maryland. >> reporter: while it all sounds good, demand for new bells isn't exactly what it used to be. three years ago whitechapel, great britain's oldest bell

foundry, which manufactured america's liberty bell, closed its doors. in the u.s. it's down to a small number of foundries, which include verdin in cincinnati and the st. louis-based mcshane. >> so is this a disappearing art form? >> while it is a disappearing art form, i don't think it will fully go away. i think there will still be the need for bells and the wasn't for that and the beauty of it. >> reporter: like in upper montclair, new jersey, where sean price has been playing for 15 minutes at noon each day since the start of the pandemic, the belltower built to honor the town's world war i veterans now serving another purpose. >> there are certain sounds that bring people back to a time in their life that may seem a little happier perhaps, especially during the pandemic. this music has really inspired

people. it's given people hope, and it's given people something to listen to and look out for every day. ♪ >> bells ringing. i'm okay with that. >> he must be very good. one wrong note and it's all over. up next on "the dish" we'll visit with three generations who know the way to a diner's heart. and next week on "cbs this morning: saturday," "the mystery of mrs. christie." what happened when the nation's most mystery writer went missing for weeks. >> when i learned she absolutely disappeared for 11 days in circumstances that seemed torn from the pages of one of her own novels, i became a little bit obsessed. >> the search for answers to the disappearance of agatha christie

next week on "cbs this morning: saturday." for those of you without local news, "cbs this morning: saturday" will return in a few minutes. if now i'm ian lee with this morning's headlines. as tina kraus reports, tacky cabs are lining up outside the capitol. >> reporter: black cabs in britain are as iconic as big ben and double-decker buses, but the pandemic has pushed them into a graveyard of sorts. >> sadly at the moment, sitting here doing nothing and drivers sit at home without any work. >> reporter: they call this the field of broken dreams and says only 20% of cabbies are still driving their vehicles, and they spend most of their time idling.

even though fares are down by 75%, scott dell is things will turn around. >> i think we'll be okay. i think now that the vaccine is coming, we'll be okay. >> reporter: even before the pandemic hit, black cabs were under threat from private taxis and ridesharing like uber. but fans of the famous black cabs say it's more than a ride. it's an experience. to earn a license, drivers have to pass what's called the knowledge, recalling all streets and landmarks in the capital from memory. london cabbies are hoping to drive up business during the holidays with cabs dressed up festively. the hope is more passengers will be back onboard in the new year, bringing london's fleet of famous vehicles back to life. tina kraus, cbs news, london. >> "cbs this morning: saturday" will be right back.

from the corner diner to more elegant fare, restaurants run by people of greek heritage have had extraordinary success in this country and there may be no better example than the livanos family and their three generations. they've mastered the art of opening and running restaurants in the new york city airy for over 50 years. we sat down with them at moderne barn, their restaurant in armonk, new york. we all know how to cook. we all have culinary backgrounds. >> reporter: for the livanos clan, nothing means more than the greek traditions brought to

this country by their pate tree arc john and chrysa, the family matriarch. >> you went from washing dishing to opening restaurants. >> i opened 14 restaurants my whole life. >> that's a lot. >> i'm was putting in 14, 15 hour as day, seven days a week. my first vacation was seven years later. >> he worked his vacation so he would have extra money. i was very patient, and i think i did a good job. >> i think you did. >> reporter: their legacy started with a luncheonette. it's since expanded to more elegant fare focusing on mediterranean seafood. >> what is it about the food business you love? >> i enjoy making new dishes. i always talk to my chefs. i emphasize a lot on the seafood. fresh fish. >> fresh. >> fresh always. >> speaking of food here, let's kind of go through the realm of what we have. >> you see what we would be

eating the day off christmas. the most classic of all greek dishes. this is a baked macaroni and ground meat. my mom's faems peas and artichokes with fresh dill and onions. always beets with virgin olive oil, salad and rack of lam. >> reporter: the second gen racing put its own spin on the new york dining scene with molyvos and oceana in midtown. >> so the kids kicked it up a notch. >> yes, they did. >> nick, the eldest sibling, graduated from the comenary institute of america and soon opened the livanos restaurant with his brother bill. his younger sister corina wasn't far behind. >> i just graduated and i was fortunate. i had a few months off and i'll never forget in fall of 1992,

nick said, i just need someone to help me in front of the house, just help me, just give me till the holidays and that's it. >> reeled you right in. >> that's it. >> tell me about walking into the newest restaurant that your two grandchildren opened up. >> i spoke to them from the beginning, i'm giving you authority. you're going to run this place. >> reporter: johnny and nick livanos launched ousia in hell's kitchen four years ago. >> i think when we first opened up we had a vision that it would be more of traditional greek restaurant. >> really. >> yes. it's, i think, the fact that we're the third generation in the business, we're kind of giving greek food another new generation of cuisine. >> reporter: and entering a whole new market in the spirit of the old country. >> i was on a wine trip in greece and we were hiking. i put some herbs in my glass. i had one of those light bulb eureka moments where i had a sip

and i'm like, wait a second. no one in greece is making gin. why not? they have all this raw material that's there. we created stray dog wild gin which basically is a combination of all different greek botanicals mixed together. >> refreshing. >> mm-hmm. >> when you sit down and think about how well off you are, it all goes back to your grandparents. what sacrifices did they make to ensure you're standing here today? >> we realized what he was doing was a sacrifice for us. i feel like some people grow up resejt parents who work too much. we saw the value of what he was doing. >> covid-19 is also keeping the livanos family and their restaurants on high alert. at their westchester locations, they resorted to making deliv y deliveries themselves. >> what keeps you going? >> we're very committed. it's tough. it's been a tougher time. but we've been through harold times before and we're going to

get through this. the family dinners we now have together every night. we've all put on covid ten but that's been fun. >> sort of like my big fat greek wedding. >> yes, true. almost. the only thing we don't do, we don't do the lam in the front. we do it in the back. >> dhecheers. >> ♪ >> they sent pictures to prove it. we didn't put it in the piece. i did bring you gin. >> thank you. >> unfortunately. >> brian took it all. >> and tony. i'm sorry, you know. >> this is the one you were texting us. you had brunch there or lunch. >> right, right, right. they're right down the street. >> good stuff. all right. here's a look at the weather for your weekend.

he was first discovered through viral videos showing him songs all by himself. sin then he's won every single grammy he's been nominated for, four in total. up next on our saturday sessions, we'll meet singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist jacob collier. and he'll perform new music from his latest grammy-nominated album in our "saturday sessions." you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." ♪ chances are you have some questions right now

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three statue its at next month's awards show. you'll see collier's eye-popping performances in a moment, including a christmas classic, but first he spoke with anthony mason. >> reporter: jacob collier has been called a musical prodigy, a modern mozart. at 26 he already has an armful of grammys, but an album of the year nomination? >> did that catch you a little by surprise? >> utter will i by surprise, yeah. a surprise would be a huge vast understatement. >> reporter: collier's sound jumps between genres. the grammy-nominate d album "jessie vol 3" is part of a four-album suite that connects all the sounds that have influenced him, in his basement music room. >> is this something you've been doing since you were a little kid? >> oh, yeah, yeah.

i learned to walk in this room when i was 1, 2, 3 years old. >> really. >> i've always lived here. yeah, i've always lived in this house. this has always been the music room of the house. >> reporter: collier grew up in london, raised by his two -- with his two sisters by his mom, a professional musician. >> i remember sitting on her lap while she plays above me and that was a very special musical memory. i was such a sponge growing up, and i think iloved the idea that you could drink in all of this stuff and sort of lit it come out. i'd write a folk song and realize i'd accidently put some dubstep drop in it and i think in my mind something about that was quite cathartic. >> when you started, did you have some sort of sense of what you wanted to be? >> i wanted to be jacob. i didn't have a clue what that

meant, but i knew that i wanted do something that felt like it was sort of a summation of things i loved. >> reporter: as a teenager his youtube videos went viral and collier was signed by quincy jones' management team. >> how you do personally measure success, if that's the right word for you. >> it's a very good question. i think if i given myself goosebumps, i've achieved a sense of success like i've done it, i'm feeling something. and, you know, you have a year like 2020, and it's actually hard to feel anything sometimes, you know. >> but he did it for nbr's tiny desk concert in summer. >> all of those people in the video are you. >> yes. that was one of my favorite quarantine projects actually. >> reporter: collier says he hasn't been able to stop creating this year. >> why do you think that is? what is it about this year? >> i think time has a different quality this year. i found this sense of creativity

that i hadn't felt since i was very young actually. it was almost like i could create without there being a point to creating again, which is i think what made me first fall in love with it. >> and now performing from his home in london from the new album "jessie volume three," here's jacob collier with "all i ne need." ♪ ♪ i love the way that i feel when you put your arms over me ♪ ♪ hi i love the way that you get in the groove when you walk with me only me ♪ ♪ 'cause every time i think about it i can't stop thinking about it ♪ ♪ you are all i need

you are all i need ♪ ♪ hi, hi, hi i love thinking of all the kisses you could give me if i came around right now ♪ ♪ oh hi. >> there must be something i could say to make you stay, baby ♪ ♪ oh hi, hi, hi i love the illumination you bring to all the ordinary things i found ♪ ♪ because every time i think about it i can't stop thinking about it, about it, about it ♪ ♪ you are all i need ♪ you are all i need ♪ so i'll be singing in the star bright underneath the moon light ♪ ♪ because i love your smile and it makes me feel all right ♪ ♪ i will sing it to the sun you will always be the one for me ♪ ♪ let your love shine down let your love shine down ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ 'cause every time i think about it i can't stop thinking about it you are all i need you are all i need ♪ ♪ so i'll be singing in the star bright underneath the moonlight ♪ ♪ 'cause i love your smile and it makes me feel all right all right ♪ ♪ i will sing it to the sun you will always be the one for me ♪ ♪ let your love shine let your love shine down ♪ ♪ i'll be singing in the star bright underneath the moonlight, oh ♪

♪ 'cause i love your smile and it makes me feel all right ♪ ♪ all right ♪ i will sing it to the sun you will always be the one for me ♪ ♪ let your love shine down let your love shine down let your love shine down ♪ ♪ do you really wanna call my name snts i really wanna call your name ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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elaine, thank you for joining us. she's going to be back next week with dana jacobson and jeff glor. i'm going to be away. you have a great weekend. for those who celebrate, have a merry christmas. >> and before we leave you, more music from jacob kol jer. this is "winter wonderland." ♪ ♪ sleigh bells ring are you listening in the lane snow is glistening ♪ ♪ a beautiful sight we're happy tonight walking in a winter wonderland ♪ ♪ gone away is the bluebird hello near ho stay is a new

bird ♪ ♪ he sings a love song as we go along walking in a winter wonderland ♪ ♪ in the meadow we can build a snowman then pretend he is parson brown ♪ ♪ he'll say are you married we'll say, no, man, but we can do the job when you're in town ♪ ♪ later on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire ♪ ♪ to face unafraid the plans that we've made walking in a winter wonderland ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ in the meadow we can build a snowman then pretend that he is parson brown ♪ ♪ he'll say are you married? we'll say no man ♪ ♪ but you can do the job when you're in town ♪ ♪ later on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire ♪ ♪ to face unafraid the plans that we've made walking in a winter wonderland ♪ ♪ walking oh, yes, we're walking o ohhhh walking in a winter wonderland

♪ for those of you still with us, we have more music from jacob collier. >> this is "in too deep." ♪ ♪ you been making me feel like i'm lonely, baby and i don't know what i did wrong ♪ ♪ lately i've been driving myself crazy, baby, oh girl, you left me all alone you know that? ♪ ♪ did i forget to feel?

everything is falling down, baby this whole world is nothing without you i don't know what i can do ♪ ♪ i thought that it was real but you got me crashing down ♪ ♪ baby, i still love you lord i know it's true i don't know what i am to you ♪ ♪ now i'm all alone ♪ ♪ something in me hopes that you still love me, baby but i know you been moving on i know that ♪ ♪ thinking like i been feeling this without you baby i miss you more than i let on you know that ♪

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