♪ good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, may 26th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. second wave warning. the world health organization urges caution on reopening. suggesting moving too fast could have dire consequences. what it could mean for americans who partied up close over this past holiday weekend. >> political face-off. presidential rivals take a very different approach to face masks during memorial day ceremonies. plus, why the president is threatening to pull the republican national convention out of north carolina. >> multistate manhunt.

how cleepolice are expanding th hunt for a student accused of going on a killing spree. and the new space age? we'll show you what could disrupt tomorrow's historic attempt at the first manned space launch in america in nearly a decade. >> it's big. but first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> in recent months, our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. >> memorial day ceremonies were held across the country. but the coronavirus pandemic forced visitors to stay home. >> joe biden made his first public appearance in more than two months. he and his wife laid a wreath to honor fallen heroes for memorial day. >> thanks for your service. >> president trump is threatening to pull the republican convention out of north carolina unless the governor there eases covid-19 restrictions. >> the fbi is now involved in

the multistate manhunt of a uconn student accused of killing two people. >> it's time to let the healing process begin. it's time to surrender. >> dealing with round after round of rain. >> storms bring flooding and damage in miami-dade county. >> virgin orbit hit a snag when it tried to launch a rocket from a flying airplane. >> the company said the mission was terminated. >> kobe bryant's youngest daughter took her first steps. >> oh, how cute. >> and working from home has its own unique set of challenges. especially if you have kids and you're on television. >> let me do this one more thing. >> you said rain is coming so i got rain boots. >> you don't need rain boots right now. >> he paid attention to his daddy's forecast. ♪ >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ >> truly a memorial day like no other. >> services went virtual to keep

people safe during a pandemic. >> thousands across the united states, part of the "taps across america" movement honoring all the men and women who died serving their country. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." "taps," whenever you hear it, it's a reminder of what we've lost. i think of it as the end of life and a life well lived. >> indeed, gayle. i love that they did that "taps across america" movement. it was really powerful. >> i did, too. across america at 3:00 in the afternoon. it was really, really very powerful. we begin this morning with an urgent warning from the world health organization for

countries reopening during this pandemic. they say moving too fast could lead to a, quote, immediate, immediate second peak of illness and death. anthony? >> memorial day crowds across the country, gayle, gave a pobot to advocates pushing for a quick reopening but they drew concern from medical experts. our lead national correspondent david begnaud joins us from times square in new york. good morning. >> good morning. a lot of people used memorial day to test the waters, literally and figuratively. the majority of americans followed the advice of the doctors to wear face covers and social distance where you can. but the people who got the most attention did not. this morning all 50 states plus puerto rico have relaxed restrictions in some way or another. as the country now rolls out its new normal. it was the unofficial start to summer monday as crowds gathered to celebrate. from the beaches in tybee island, georgia and hilton head,

south carolina, to the reopening of this casino in kansas city, kansas, the gatherings have some public health officials concerned about what is ahead. sure, some visitors tried to socially distance, and they wore masks. >> we tried to distance ourselves enough to not have to wear them on the beach but still people would come over. you had to turn away from them. >> many others did not. >> if you're worried about it, stay home. if you don't want to catch it, then stay home. >> reporter: in missouri, they issued a travel advisory after video showed crowded weekend pool parties at lake of the ozarks. they are urging those who ignored protective measures to self-quarantine for two weeks. protesters in north carolina and illinois called on their governors monday to ease restrictions for good. meanwhile, in california, that state is focusing attention on covid-19 outbreaks at nine los angeles area food processing plants, including five meat

packing plants after more than 150 workers tested positive. 25 states reported increases in their average new covid-19 cases on sunday. that's compared to two weeks ago. three of them montana, alaska, and arkansas, up more than 100%. dr. brian richardson is chairman of the covid-19 task force at jackson hospital in montgomery, alabama. the county's cases have almost doubled there in the past two weeks. >> i'm seeing right now around 20 to 25% of the hospital is either filled with patients who are positive or who are suspicious and positive. the icu beds are essentially totally full. >> reporter: sharon howell was one of the first people diagnosed with coronavirus in alabama's elmore county. >> the virus doesn't care where you live. and it doesn't care what your political party is. it can happen to anybody. and we should all be fighting it together. >> reporter: sharon and her husband both came down with the coronavirus and they are both

recovering well this morning. california has rolled out rules for religious services to resume. it's got to be 100 people or less and, tony, worshippers are recommended to wear masks, limit singing and refrain from shaking hands or hugging. >> all right. well, some kind of open is open enough for a lot of people. david, thank you very much. let's move into politics. president trump and joe biden both paid public tributes to our nation's fallen on memorial day. mr. trump chose not to wear a mask at arlington national cemetery but his democratic rival did wear one during his first public appearance since march at a memorial in delaware. now the president is threatening officials in north carolina over the upcoming republican national convention scheduled to be held there. paula reid is at the white house for us. good morning. a lot of questions about these conventions. what does the president want? >> good morning. tony, president trump is pressing the state of north carolina to get back to business by insisting that the state's

democratic governor guarantee that thousands of gop delegates will be able to attend the republican convention currently scheduled for august. and, if not, he may move the lucrative event to a different state. the president tweeted that the state's democratic governor, roy cooper, is still in shutdown mood and said that if the governor can't guarantee that conventiongoers will be able to fully occupy the arena in charlotte, they'll have to find another one. north carolina has nearly 24,000 covid cases, and the number of people hospitalized just reached a new high. a spokesperson for the governor said that the state will be relying on data and science as officials review convention plans with the rnc. the president's push for the country to reopen comes as the administration told congress it would purchase 100 million swabs by the end of the year. but doubled down on its position ththat leaves states responsibl for planning and carrying out the tests. president trump briefly put aside partisan threats during a series of events yesterday to

mark memorial day. ♪ visiting arlington national cemetery for a wreath laying and calling on americans to honor fallen soldiers and those lost to coronavirus at ft. mchenry in baltimore. >> we will vanquish the virus, and america will rise from this crisis to new and even greater heights. >> reporter: though many attendees wore cdc recommended masks, as did secretary of state mike pompeo, the president did not. his democratic rival, former vice president joe biden, did wear a mask as he visited a delaware veterans memorial on monday. it was the first time the likely democratic presidential nominee made an appearance outside of his delaware home in nearly two months. >> thanks for your service. >> reporter: president trump shared a tweet with this picture criticizing joe biden for wearing a mask. even as the u.s. reaches the grim milestone of 100,000 covid

deaths. a marker the president once said he hoped the country would never see. anthony? >> paula, thank you. an important clinical trial of the drug hydroxychloroquine is on hold because of concerns that it may be harmful to some patients. the president says he took the drug to fight off the coronavirus. our dr. david agus joins us. david, good morning. the -- why did the world health organization take this step right now? >> good morning, anthony. this is a drug called a solidarity trial. several thousand patients already being treated to one of five groups. the first group is whatever the hospital normally cares for. no direct covid-19 medications. the second is remdesivir. the third san hiv combination. the fourth is the hiv combination with beta interfe ron, a multiple schroerosis drug

and the fifth is hydroxychloroquine. even though they've had regular safety checks and no increased complications with hydroxychloroquine, they're going to stop enrolling for about a week the hydroxychloroquine arm only and take a closer look. given the results that were published in lancet last week out of columbia university. makes sense. make sure there's no side effects that were missed. >> david, the w.h.o. also expressed concerns about the possibility of a second peak if social distancing guidelines are eased too quickly. what are the real concerns about a second peak? >> well, we're having small peaks across the country in different areas at the present time, and we'll continue to do so across the country. the hope is they don't continue to gain and that we actually go toward a wave. i think that's what we all are afraid of. so we know how to prevent them very simply. social distancing, wearing a mask are critical. and so as we open up and more people go to work and go to

their -- out, we need to practice the simple things that have been shown to work to prevent this virus. >> dafrkvid, as we've been reporting this morning, wearing a mask is becoming somewhat politicized. dr. deborah birx said, as you just did, that it's critical. why is it so important? >> well, when you and i speak and we breathe, droplets come out of our mouth. and this virus is transmitted predominantly through droplets. so if those droplets are blocked by a mask, then we will have dramatically less transmission of the virus. you need a significant amount of virus to transmit it and just by blocking with a mask, reduces it enough that we can really block transmission in this country. if everyone wore a mask, we would be much safer going forward and much less chance of having a second peak. >> all right. dr. david agus, thank you.

gayle? >> all right. thank you very much. this morning, the fbi is looking into the death of a black man after he was stopped by police in minneapolis. the attempted arrest was caught on camera, and we need to warn you that it's very difficult to watch. the video of last night's confrontation shows a white police officer with his knee pinning down the neck of the suspect. and you can clearly hear the man saying, i can't breathe several times before an ambulance arrives. jeff pegues is joining us. what are police doing about this? >> both of the officers involved in this incident are on paid administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. police were responding to a report of a forgery. they say the suspect appeared to be under the influence and resisted arrest before suffering what they call medical distress. we want to warn you what happened after that is difficult to watch. >> please. i can't breathe. >> reporter: this ten-minute video posted to facebook

overnight shows minneapolis police officers holding down a man. one officer uses his knee to pin the man's neck down. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: several times during the arrest, the man tells officers that he's struggling to breathe and begs for some relief. >> please. i can't breathe. >> reporter: some people gathered at the scene try to help. >> that's [ bleep ], bro. that's [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. you're stopping his breathing there. >> reporter: as officers worked to keep onlookers back, the man on the ground appears to move less and less. five minutes into the video, the man seems to be motionless. and the police officer's knee is still on his neck. >> he's not [ bleep ] moving. >> reporter: seven minutes into the video, an ambulance arrives. an emt does the first pulse check, officers still have the man pinned. and when he's loaded onto the ambulance, his hands are still cuffed. police explained what led up to

the incident in an overnight news conference. >> after he got out, he physically resisted officers. officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and officers noticed that the male was going into medical distress. officers called for an ambulance. he was transported to the medical center where he died a short time later. >> reporter: police have not identified the man, and the officer's body cameras were on and activated during that incident. this is reminiscent of eric garner's very same words. "i can't breathe" uttered as he was dying on the streets of staten island, new york, in 2014. that phrase became a rallying cry for millions nationwide in a plea to end police brutality. gayle? >> jeff, that video is so disturbing to watch. we know how the eric garner case turned out. you said he was stopped for

forgery? is that what you said in the beginning? >> that's right. it wasn't an incident where he was armed. police say he was stopped for forgery. obviously, there will be an investigation. >> i hope so. that video raises a lot of very disturbing questions. and what we heard from the police officers, so far, does not seem to be very satisfying. thank you very much, jeff. if thank you is the right word there. tony? >> all right, guys, thanks a lot. moving on, we're just one day away from the dawn of a new era in space flight. the spacex rocket is set to blast off and send two astronauts into space making it the first private company overall to launch humans into orbit. we've been counting down to this historic milestone in space exploration in our "launch america" coverage. and mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center where there are growing concerns about the weather.

say it ain't so. >> tony, unfortunately it is so. you can look at these overcast skies and they could be the spoiler for tomorrow's launch. but whenever it happens, this test flight will be a dramatic and important milestone in u.s. human space travel. and it will all happen on launch pad 39-a behind me. the same launch pad that sent apollo 11 to the moon. the crew capsule will carry two veteran astronauts, bob behnken. this time a private company will take them and that has never been done before and that would open a new era of commercial space travel. one factor that neither nasa more sfpacex can control is the weather. there's a 60% chance that conditions will be good enough to launch tomorrow. it's not just the weather here on site that matters. meteorologists are tracking conditions up the east coast. here's why.

if the launch would run into a significant issue, the in-flight abort system would propel the capsule into the atlantic. and, therefore, the seas have to be reasonably calm. if the weather is not good for a launch tomorrow, the next opportunity to launch would be saturday afternoon. tony? >> all right. whenever it happens, mark, they'll be blasting into the future. they'll blast into the future in some very retro looking uniforms and a retro looking capsule as well. very cool stuff top to bottom.% mark, thank you. our "launch america" coverage will continue ahead. mark will show you how spacex fought to make history and transform space travel. and tomorrow afternoon, join norah o'donnell for complete coverage of the historic launch itself, weather permitting. a university of connecticut student is wanted for two murders and a developing. we'll tell you why police think he may be hundreds of miles from those crime scenes. firs feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. i am len kiese. religious leaders will hope to urge the board of supervisors to extend the moratorium on evictions. until 90 days after the shelter- in-place order is lifted at the very least. they are pushing to extend the eviction moratorium in san mateo. new locations of opened up in santa clara county and san jose and morgan hill. long lines could be seen at some of those sites. they have been trying to fix a

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welcome back to "cbs this morning". the fbi is now involved in a massive manhunt for a university of connecticut senior accused of killing two people in a multi-state crime spree. the suspect is 23-year-old peter manfredonia. police released this new photo appearing to show him walking on train tracks in pennsylvania on sunday. errol barnett joins us with new details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well police have not yet released a motive for these murders but it does appear the first take which killed a 62-year-old man was random and that's why police are warning

everyone to call 911 should you see this suspect because he's arm and dangerous. >> connecticut state police are currently searching for a peter manfredonia. >> reporter: police in at least three states swarmed multiple crime scenes desperately searching for 23-year-old peter manfredonia after a weekend filled with violence. >> connecticut state police and all of our law enforcement partners are actively and continuously searching for this suspect. >> reporter: the crimes are believed to have begun friday when peter manfredonia allegedy attacked two men in connecticut killing 62-year-old theodore demers. peter manfredonia then broke into a home and took the owner hostage before fleeing with shot guns, a miss tell and tpistol a

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>> reporter: now peter manfredonia was studying business and engineering at the university of connecticut. the uconn says it's cooperating with authorities. it is in contact with them. and expressing its deepest most heart felt sympathies to the victims and their families. gayle? >> thank you. as we approach 100,000 coronavirus deaths in this country, why one densely-populated island in asia was able to limit its death toll to just seven people. and a reminder you can always get this morning's news by subscribing to "cbs this morning" podcast. get your stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. open again, at least for a while. a new vegas for the new reality. we're working to make it more intimate, with more space, and the excitement you've come to expect. so if you ever imagined a vegas that was just for you...

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we got a coronavirus reunion we want to tell you about. a world war ii veteran got spend people drill a with his daughter after they both beat the virus. take a look at this. 101-year-old charles barbier on the right and his daughter kathryn dean. they live in the same nursing home. they both came down with the virus there and the facility says after they both beat it, gayle, they were reunited over the holiday weekend after many weeks in isolation. a reminder many people are getting infected but many people are beating this thing as well. >> yeah. we should point out most people do beat it. the numbers, the death toll numbers are staggering but most people do beat it. if he's 101 i wonder how old his daughter is. i needed a reason to smile. thank you very much for that, tony. japan is lifting its

nationwide state of emergency as the number of daily coronavirus case there keeps dropping. the country has reported just 830 deaths. hundred of miles away taiwan has had remarkable success in its response to the pandemic. it reported only seven deaths. holly williams reports how they did that. >> reporter: on the island of taiwan the streets are bustling. restaurants are open for diners. schools only shut down for two weeks in february. and even the baseball season is in full swing. one team temporarily relied on mannequin spectators. with a population of nearly 24 million taiwan has had just seven deaths and with rapid contact tracing fewer than 500 infections. that's despite lying around 80 miles from mainland china. >> we've been planning for a

pandemic. the reason is in 2003 taiwan was hit very hard by sars. >> reporter: so let me get this straight. you had been planning for a pandemic for 17 years? >> yes. we will not stop. >> reporter: they already had a command center ready to activate and generous stockpiles of protective gear. and twainese companies invested in hi-tech solutions like these robot testing machines. crucially the government started warning the public of how serious the new virus was back in january. the health minister broke down in tears as he announced a new infection. >> it appears like we were caught sort of with our pants down. >> reporter: professor robert brook is a professor who studied taiwan's response. >> they knew everything they had. they didn't have to scramble. they didn't need hospital beds or ventilators, where masks and gloves were. they were prepared.

they had stockpiles. they were ready as i would say rock and roll. >> reporter: taiwan's universal health care system keeps records on every resident, marrying that with immigration data made tracing infections much easier. >> i tend to believe that we share a lot more data to prevent ourselves from having catastrophic results when something attacks us like a virus. >> reporter: some have argued that asian governments have had it easy because people there are supposedly more obedient. do you think taiwanese people are more obedient than people elsewhere? >> no, not at all. opposition is very critical of the government. when it comes to public health, when the command center has educated people enough, they understand what's best for them. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," holly williams.

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the man christian cooper asked a woman he didn't know identified as amy cooper to leash her dog in a section of the park where leashes are mandatory. christian coop certificate an avid bird watcher and he made the request because the law was made to protect birds and other wildlife. police did not make any arrests. amy cooper later apologized.

she's on administrative leave and returned the dog a rescue shelter while the matter success addressed. a candidate running to be manhattan district attorney said it's a good thing christian cooper recorded the incident. she's tried cases where the d.a.'s office uses a hysterical 911 call as categorical evidence of guilt. she said she will tell the police there's an african-american man threatening her life and intentionally raise her voice to concoct the sense of danger. throughout american history there's examples of african-americans put in prison or lynched. once again i say thank goodness that there's videotape. you know, i think as the daughter of a black man and the mother of a black man this is really too much for me today. i'm still rattled by that last story and she's practically strangling her dog, practically

strangling her dog to make these false accusations against another black man. i'm still so upset, i'm sorry. i'm so upset with that last story where the man is handcuffed underneath a car where people are pleading please he can't breathe and we watch a man die. we go from that story to this story where she falsely accuses a black man on television. i don't even know what to do or to handle this at this particular time. i know this is -- i'm speechless. i'm really, really speechless about what we're seeing on television this morning. it feels to me like open season and that's just not sometimes a safe place to be in this country for black men. and today is too much for me. tony, i'll turn it over to you. >> that video went from bad to worse and the elevated panic in her voice, the performance in order to heighten the situation

for 911 is really off putting. i want to point out also that the individual who was filming it, who was accusing her of not leashing her dog, those laws are really important. you live in the city and he's a birder, bird people know chose laws are important for birds. it wasn't a minor thing and her escalation is totally inappropriate, anthony. >> yeah. she was actually -- he wasn't threatening her. she was threatening him as you watch the video. i go through that area all the time. there was a time many years ago it was considered somewhat dangerous. it is now a haven for birr watchers. they are always there with long lenses and cameras and stuff like that. so there is a reason that law is there to protect the birds. all right. vlad, what else have you got. >> i say again, anthony and tony, thank goodness it's video-taped.

thank goodness there's videotape on both of these stories so you can he see what is happening here. >> gayle, to the point that all of you are making, this is not the first time. this has happened in history over and over again and now we have video. >> there certainly is a history. all right, thank you, vlad. we'll be right back. of lindt excellence by the lindt master chocolatier ♪ let's be honest. quitting smoking is hard. like, quitting every monday hard. quitting feels so big. so try making it smaller, and you'll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette.

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ahead we'll bring the latest on the coronavirus crisis including a troubling symptom showing in younger and younger patients. plus we'll take you back to the kennedy space center look at the long journey to tomorrow's historic launch. why it wasn't always smooth

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going to the roadways, there are quite a few hotspots. highway 4 has conditions westbound with the crash blocking the left lane. it looks like traffic is slow out of pittsburgh. brake lights begin towards the 240 connector. the toll plaza has some brake lights. these are more cars on the roadways here. more than what we have seen the last few months. there are no toll takers but it is certainly slow. it has improved across the upper deck into san francisco. san mateo bridge is seeing more cars but the drive is 14 minutes between 880 and 101. there was a crash out of hayward near the toll plaza in the clearing stages now. the heat continues across the bay area and we have a heat advisory. our temperatures right now are running towards the 70s. the heat advisory for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline from 11 am to 7 pm due to the sought temperatures. triple digit heat for fairfield, concord, and livermore, 77 in san jose

but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. it's tuesday, may 26, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. coronavirus complications, the fight to prevent a potentially deadly symptom showing up in the younger patients. epstein's accomplices? her first network tv interview, a woman who accuses jeffrey epstein of rape tells us about his alleged network of co-conspirators. and historic countdown, how spacex overcame many hurdles and setbacks to get ready for the first private launch of humans into space. off we go, but first, here

is today's "eye opener" at 8:00. the urgent warninging from the world health organization moving too fast could lead to a second peak of illness and death. >> it appears the majority of americans followed the advice of the doctors, to wear face coverings and social distancing where you can but the people who got the most attention did not. >> president trump is pressing the state of north carolina insisting that the state's democratic governor guarantee that thousands of gop delegates will be able to attend a republican convention. police were responding to a report of a forgery they say the suspect appeared to be under the influence and resisted arrest before suffering what they call medical distress. his test flight will be a dramatic milestone in u.s. human space travel and all happen on launch pad 39-a behind me, the same pad that sent apollo 11 to the moon. bear, go home. >> a brown bear gets a little too close to a mercedes-benz, in north carolina.

[ yelling ] >> look at him up on his hind legs. he's like, what? [ yelling ] >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. >> bear was more scared than the people i think. welcome back to "cbs this morning." many americans use mel reel day to get out of the house after months in quarantine. you can see packed scenes in california as beaches across the country saw droves of people eager to get back to normal. many followed social distancing guidelines but many did not. social distancing is being relaxed in all 50 states, despite half the country still seeing increases in the average number of new coronavirus cases. >> seeing people packed on the beach like that is very frightening. the world health organization is warning of an immediate second

peak of cases if countries reopen too quickly without the proper precautions like we appeared to see on the beach. it's also temporarily dropping the drug hydroxychloroquine from a coronavirus treatment study because a potential risk of heart problems and death. last week, president trump announced he had been taking the drug as a preventative measure. so far there is no proof that it prevents the virus. and of course there are many unanswered questions about the coronavirus and how it attacks the body. blood clots are turning up as a dangerous problem in some patients, and some studies suggest around 30% of seriously ill patients are developing these clots and here in the u.s., doctors report strokes, even in patients under 50. cbs news senior medical correspondette dr. tara innarul examines the troubling symptom and what may be a promising treatment. >> i lost appetite. >> reporter: in april 33-year-old warnell vega thought

he had a common cold until his symptoms worsened. >> i went to wash my hands and before turning on the water, i did feel a little dizzy, and then next thing i know i was on the floor. >> reporter: at the hospital, vega tested positive for coronavirus, and x-rays revealed another surprise, blood clots in his lungs. vega and many other coronavirus patients, some unusually young, are experiencing blood clots. the clots are impacting blood vessels large and small, arteries and veins all over the body. sometimes leading to life-threatening conditions like pulmonary embolism and stroke. dr. adam cuker from pennsylvania. have there been any other viruses that caused this degree of clotting? >> no, the data suggests that the risk of clotting with covid-19 is greater than other infectious diseases that we have observed.

>> reporter: a new observational study from new york's mt. sigh thigh hospital suggests a potential treatment. treating with blood thinners to avoid clotting may increase their chances of survival. mt. sinai preventatively treats most of their covid-19 patients with blood thinners. dr. valentine fuster is the director of mt. sinai heart. >> we count it decreased mortality particularly in patients who are sick and a second study of 6,000 patients and it appears we are validating what happened with the first 3,000. >> blood vinners helped save vega's life. he he's he's out of mt. sinai hospital and recovering. what message do you have to other people about covid or about surviving covid? >> if you do start feeling sick, please go get checked out right away, because you never know. >> dr. narula joins us now. good morning. it's a fascinating piece and really high stakes for a lot of

people. do we know why blood clots may be a complication of the virus itself? >> well, tony, this is one of the biggest mysteries of covid and really one of the emerging and untold stories. they're probably a combination of factors contributing. the first is that we know that blood tends to clot when it's stagnant, not moving around so you can imagine an intubated ventilated patient who is sedated or on a paralytic is a setup for that. there are also issues with cy cytokine storm, the immune reaction which can calls the blood to become hypercoagulor or sticky. that can lead to clots and one of the most fascinating is that this seems to be a disease of the blood vessels, not just the lungs. the same receptor that the virus uses to get into those lung cells is found on the lining of all the blood vessels, the ace receptor, and so what we think is the virus may actually be damaging the lining of the blood vessels and that can lead to the clotting. so really, really interesting and fascinating we're learning a

lot. >> very interesting. we saw the patient in your story was helped by blood thinners, and now there's research into that as a treatment for coronavirus. how might that change the typical treatment protocols for all patients? >> well that's why this story is so important, because we're learning that this is such a big part of covid-19, the clotting, that using blood thinners has the potential to really impact so many lives from some of these really life-threatening complications like stroke and pulmonary embolism. we need the research to really tell us what type of blood thinners, we have several different kinds on the market, what dose, do we give it iv or in the skin or orally, and how long do we give it? as you heard, a lot of hospitals are changing their protocols, where they're giving higher doses than normal to covid patients in the icu and patients are getting discharged for two weeks to a month on blood thinners to again prevent the development of some of these clots. but we need those trials to better inform us.

>> and of course there are people who are convalescing at home who have the virus. what are a signs a blood clot may be forming and what should they do? >> certainly some of the things that we worry about, so dvt or deep veinous thrombosis, a leg that comes warm or super bowlen or painful, pulmonary embolism, they travel from the deep veins of the legs or pelvis into the lungs. chest pain especially when you take a deep breath or shortness of breath and finally stroke. if you have weakness or numbness or lack of ability to move an arm, leg or your face, difficulty with speech or vision, any of those signs should really prompt somebody to get attention quickly. >> dr. narula, thank you very much. troubling stuff but also promising stuff on the research front. we appreciate it. ahead and first only on "cbs this morning," iowa senator joni

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in her first network tv interview one of jeffrey epstein accusers shades new light on people she says helped jeffrey epstein run his alleged sex trafficking ring. sarah ransome accuses jeffrey epstein of raping her on his private island and says he had help from at least two women who were close to him. she's featured in the new documentary series being released on netflix, "jeffrey epstein filthy rich." it includes an interview with a contractor who worked for jeffrey epstein for years who describes what he saw on that

island. >> i started working on the island in 1999. >> steve scully worked for jeffrey epstein for six years. >> i was there for maintenance on jeffrey epstein telecommunications and data equipment. >> in the netflix documentary series, "jeffrey epstein filthy rich," scully says he frequented the wealthy island in the caribbean little st. james. >> i was on tiled about a hundred times. >> scully says he often saw young girls and prominent guests visit. including prince andrew who he says he saw by the pool with a young girl. scully says the fbi showed him this photograph of prince andrew with virginia roberts giuffre. >> as soon as i saw her, that was the girl he was grinding

against. she was wearing a bikini bottom. that's it. >> virginia roberts giuffre claims she was forced to have sex with prince andrew when she was 17. the prince has acknowledge ad friendship with epstein but denies any sexual contact with virginia roberts giuffre. >> i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. >> what was the most striking thing you found about jeffrey epstein? >> i just think it's just baffling how he manipulated and lied his way through his entire life. >> i would like toe answer that question. but today i'll have to assert my sixth amendment rights. >> the director started workin on the documentary in 2018 before jeffrey epstein's arrest. >> this pyramid scheme, the scope was unbelievable. i mean hundreds and hundreds of girls we learned. >> the very first day i between the island it started. >> sarah ransome was 22 when

she met jeffrey epstein in 2006. the south african who came to new york to study fashion was soon invited to the island. >> i assumed after that i was called into his bedroom and then raped. and there was no way of escaping. >> she describes being in shock. >> the more he saw more he enjoyed it and it excited him. >> last year after epstein died by suicide in prison, ransome joined other survivors in court. >> what was that day for you? >> i think that maybe i'll get another day in court where i could face my co-conspirators, people that helped jeffrey rape me every day. >> epstein's chief lieutenant says ransome were glenn maximum

kill and sarah kellen. >> sarah kellen would call me to his bedroom and i had no choice but to go. sara kellen was always on her laptop organizing thing. >> did sarah kellen make appointments for you? >> absolutely. she booked all my flights. >> sarah kellen went on to marry brian vickers. in a statement to cbs news kellen's spokesperson said epstein sexually and psychologically abused kellen for years. the statement went on the say kellen's scheduled appointments for epstein and maxwell at their direction, adding kellen is aware of the pain and damage epstein caused and deeply regrets that she had any part in it. >> good afternoon. >> maximum kill denies any involvement with epstein's alleged sex trafficking ring. today maxwell's whereabouts are

unknown. neither woman has been criminally charged. >> when you read maxwell says she had no involvement in this or when sarah kellen says she was a victim, what's your reaction to that? >> i think it's disgraceful and these people are going to burn in hell. they knew exactly what they were doing. she knew every time she called me i was going to be raped. every time. sarah kellen knew for every girl she organized, she would go on that island or to be picked up by a car, going to the new york mansion, she knew these girls were there to be raped repeatedly. she's going to rot in hell. definitely. >> this never really goes away, does it sarah? >> the pain never goes away. i live every day in fear. i don't know where these people are. i don't know whether they are going to knock on my door.

whether they will find me -- i'll get an earn mail. it's affected me to such an extent that i don't think i'll ever stop to heal. >> sarah ransome settled a lawsuit with epstein and with maxwell in 2018. virginia roberts giuffre also settled a suit with maxwell. prince andrew's lawyers told cbs news they had no comment on steve scully's claim regarding the prince and virginia roberts giuffre on tiled. they did offer a quote from a friend who said andrew was on the island at the time with his age appropriate girlfriend. the full documentary is out tomorrow on netflix. and, gayle, one thing you sure see in this documentary is how the women involved with jeffrey epstein are dealing with long lingering and profound emotional damage. >> that's what struck me about

the interview with sarah. even though the perpetrator jeffrey epstein is dead, that she still doesn't have peace. that she still doesn't feel she has justice. and according to her other women, how other women could participate in harming another woman is very, very difficult. my heart goes out to her. very powerful interview. >> one of the -- i've interviewed several survivors now and one of the common themes you hear is they felt for years they just weren't heard. they made complaints and the court system didn't respond. it took very long, the first complaint was made that we know of mavs made in 1996 and it wasn't until last year that jeffrey epstein, you know, actually appeared in court. ahead we'll talk with iowa senator joni ernst the first female combat veteran in senate. first on "cbs this morning" she will tell us about her new

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welcome back to "cbs this morning". it's time to bring you some of the stories we call talk of the table. so, you know, we're all coming to you from each of our homes. we each pick a story we like, share with you. anthony, you're up the first. yeah. i love this story, gayle because it reminds me of some of the conversations i had with my daughter when she was growing up. a 7-year-old girl in michigan wanted to make sure one very essential worker is protected from the coronavirus. she asked her mother to make a facemask for the tooth fairy after she lost a tooth this month. she said the tooth fairy is just a tiny little pixie human with

wings. her mom stayed up late making the mask. she left a note saying dear tooth fairy my mom made a mask for you. the next day she found a dollar one her pillow. her mother said the tooth fairy can't get coronavirus and she said mom how now? we have to play it safe. so they did. but i love the note that tooth fairy left that said thank you to your mom for sewing my mom. she stems be the best mom ever. tell her that as often as you can. >> the research is not in on whether the tooth fairy can get the coronavirus. . better safe than sorry. well played. i'm talking about elon musk and singer grimes, they have decided to tweak their baby's name. it was an unusual baby. their son was born on may 4th. the first name did not comply

with california law. you can see the name there. it's very hard to pronounce as it appears. the new name has roman numerals instead of a second dash and it looks complicated but it is pronounced x ash a 12 and grimes was fine with this switch. mom says it looks better with roman numerals. but they need a second review and not exactly clear whether this new name meets state law. in the musk household there's a lot going on. they got to worry about the spacex launch tomorrow, of course elon musk's company and get the formula right on the name in addition to rocket. >> elon musk is always an out of the box thinker. that carries through end when naming his child. congratulations to him and. grimes. that's exciting for them both. my story is about the first female elected to federal office in iowa and the first female

combat veteran to become usa senator. measure name is joni ernst. she now appears to be in a close race for her second term. the iowa republican has just released her new book. it's called, "daughter of the heartland: my ode to the country that raised me". joni ernst will tell you she's a very proud farmer's daughter. before joining the senate ernst stefrd in t served in the national guard and army u.s. reserve. she was deployed to kuwait and iraq and she knows what boots on the ground really means. senator ernst joins us first on "cbs this morning" from iowa. senator ernst, it's really good to see you this morning. i'll begin with a question, heads up it has a lot of numbers in it. iowa was one of seven states not to have a stay-at-home order. you got close to 18,000 covid cases so far, nearly 500 deaths. the cases are still continuing

since sunday there's been another 350 cases. do you think that the governor should issue a stay-at-home order in your state? >> i think our governor has taken all the necessary steps and has followed the cdc recommendations for our beautiful state. we do have metro areas and certain hot spots and in those communities certainly the local elective officials are workin e diligently and then there are other locations where i'm from like rural farmland where we're trying to get our economy up and going. i think governor has taken the necessary precautions and working very closely with our local elective officials. >> mitch mcconnell said there's a high likelihood of another coronavirus relief package. what does a good deal look like to you? you have some meat-packing plants in iowa that are concerned. what's a good deal for you at

this stage? >> well, yes. working together, of course, we need to make sure that there are liability protections in place for those businesses that are getting things back up and going in our economy. to concussion on individuals too. those essential workers that have been on the front lines and really carrying the brunt and the weight of the pandemic, focusing on them, those health care workers, our truck drivers, our grocers, those folks work in the meat-packing facilities and food industries. they are all heroes for keeping our families safe and healthy and we want to make sure we're to concussion on them as well. >> we all agree with that. you know, the trump administration has said testing -- let's talk about testing for a second because i do want to get to your book. the trump administration says testing should be left to the states. medical experts appear to say we need uniform testing around the country. what do you think?

>> i think it's a combination of both. certainly we need those guidances coming from the federal government, and then programs that can be pushed out by the states and the local authorities, working in conjunction hand-in-hand, federal government and local public health agencies would be a great way to get as many tests out to a population as possible. and i think once we start seeing that everybody will feel a lot better about going out in their communities if they know where those hot spots are, where to avoid and maybe some areas where we can open up. >> all right, senator ernst learned a lot about you reading your book. for instance at the age of 7 your dream was to be a nurse or a farmer's wildfire, miss america. that dream don't go so well for you, senator ernst. what happened? >> well i didn't realize those goals but i did go from that little girl on a family farm,

certainly, to some greater aspirations. i never imagined i would be serving in the united states, especially through a number of challenges that i've been through in my lifetime. but i am so grateful. and the title of my book says it all. it's my ode to the country. we are so blessed to be in such a tremendous nation where you can be a farm girl growing up in rural iowa and then serve your nation in uniform as well as serve your constituents in the senate. >> senator, not just a farm girl but a farm girl that castrated hogs when she was young. you said it was excellent training for challenges you faced in military and now in public office. your tag line reads mother, soldier, senator, go you. so how is the way you were

raised affected you and really gave good examples for you when you had military life and public office, because you do draw a correlation between two. >> yes. and thank you, gayle, because i grew up with a mom and dad that really believed you had to pitch in and work and a lot of that was manual labor. that's what farming entails. so not being afraid to get my hand dirty, understanding there's no job beneath me, and that really instilled the values and the work ethic, challenging myself in various situations and knowing i can overcome. of course always circling back to gratitude knowing i couldn't have done all of this without wonderful friend and family supporting me. >> senator, you've had a lot to overcome. you write very candidly, very poignantly about abuse you suffered from a boyfriend at a

very early age. then later in your marriage, abuse and infidelity and you said all of those certainly changed you. but what is your message to women who have gone through it or going through it now? you have a very clear point of view on this. >> yeah. my story is a very raw story but it's not a story that is unusual across the united states. and i have had many women that have thanked me for being so candid about whether it's sexual or physical abuse, and my point to other people and other young ladies out there is that this is what a mom can be. this is what a mom can do. she can work. she can serve in the military. she can serve in elected office. she can raise family. there's so many thing and opportunities. we just have to know how to pick ourselves up after having those challenging situations, drive through it all, and know that we can be all of these things. we can be aspirational and

inconspirai inspirational. >> you say you think about your daughter, 20-year-old libby. glad you have her in your life. you certainly have turned that around. senator ernst we thank you. good wluk your book. it's called, "daughter of the heartland: my ode to the country that raised me". on sale now wherever you like to buy your books. coming up spacex is set to launch two nasa astronauts into orbit tomorrow. we'll take a look at spacex's fight to change history and to become the

. we're counting down to tomorrow's historic spacex launch with our launch america coverage, two nasa astronauts are set to blast off from u.s. soil for the first time since the space shuttle program ended back 7011. this is a look at the spacex falcon 9 rocket that will send those astronauts to the international space station. it is standing on the very same launch pad that launched the "apollo 11" mission to the moon. mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center with how spacex got to the brink of making space history. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tony. you know, a million little

things have to go right for a successful launch but the big one is weather. skies are improving. conditions are 60% favorable for a launch tomorrow afternoon. so let's take a look now at spacex, a company with a history of beating long odds. rolling teslas to the launch pad but for astronauts, bob behnken and doug hurley this is the ride that matters. the capsule ready to blaze a new path to space. six years ago elon musk's company only had a model of the spaceship. butina is a awarded spacex drs. 2.6 billion to fly its astronauts to the international space station. liftoff of the spacex falcon 9 rocket by then spacex had already made history. the first company to fly cargo there. and the first to develop reusable rockets, slashing costs

and revolutionizing the business model of space. by 2018 development of crew dragon was well under way at spacex headquarters in haw "this morning saturday" california we met the astronauts training to be its first crew. >> coming out here it's a real motivator. this workforce is so young. they are passionate about what they do. it reinvigorates you. >> for apollo 11 the average age of a flight controller was 26. there's precedent for this. >> obviously we weren't there. i would certainly say nasa of the '60s was not drastically unlike spacex of now. learning as they go, learning about flying in space, learning the hard lessons and being successful. >> reporter: hard lessons like this one in 2015. a falcon 9 rocket lifting cargo to the space station disintegrated minutes after

liftoff. >> had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: last year another setback when a crew dragon capsule exploded during a ground test. >> while it's disappointing it also can be a real gift to the final design. >> reporter: the company embraced its failures. >> to be frank, there was some hard work i don't think we tested it hard enough. >> sometimes the aerospace industry shies away from failure in the development phase. >> reporter: gwynne shotwell is spacex's president. musk's right hand. >> it's tough and media makes a lot out of failures but that's the best way to learn is to push your systems to their limit. learn where you're weak and make things better. >> reporter: spacex is now on a streak of 62 successful launches. and crew dragon is armed with an escape system. if the rocket falters its engines can push away the

capsule landing the crew safely in the ocean. generally believe if something goes wrong you got options. >> absolutely. >> we do focus on trying to remind folks that there are people on the other end of this rocket ship and that's important to us. there's another aspect of it that we're an extension of what they are trying to accomplish. that's really their goal is to take humans and we bring the that home as we walk through. >> reporter: tomorrow's launch shapes up as spacex's most pivotal test. succe succeed and america is back. fail the dream of launching astronauts into space, it will be setback indefinitely. >> my heart is right there and stay there until we get date of birth and doug safely back from the international space station. >> reporter: when spacex was founded 2002, elon musk

handicapped its success at one in ten. tony? >> mark, hard not to be nervous for them but extremely excited. only countries have done this in the past. a company is trying to do it. all of humanity is trying to do it. when you look up at the night sky you realize we have gone almost barely not a at all into it and it goes on forever. mark thank you very much. join "cbs evening news" anchor norah o'donnell tomorrow afternoon for complete coverage of this historic launch all week on our cbs "this morning" podcast. back here on earth we're honoring asian-american heritage month. john cho talks about his op-ed what it's like to be asian-american during the pandemic. not easy. we'll be right back.

that will do it for us. thank you so much anthony and tony for your support. i really, really appreciate it more than you know. a little bit of a rocky start for me today. i promise i'll do better tomorrow.

this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning, as we look at the roadways, if you are going out, yoare not alone. we see a few more choirs. we have a bit of a backup earlier and it is not quite to the overpass. 12 past the toll plaza, you will have brake lights to the

incline and it will improve as you work your way into san francisco. things will go to cross the san mateo bridge. it is slowing down around hayward but overall, 101 has no troubles through the peninsula. the golden gate bridge looks clear as well. north of there, we have some brake lights as you work your way out of the area into san rafael. there are brake lights on the southbound area. we have warmer temperatures. here is mary. our heat wave continues. we are in the 60s and 70s right now. we will continue to watch temperatures climb as we go through our afternoon. even hotter compared to yesterday with the heat advisory in effect from 11 am to 7 pm for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline. most inland

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