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cifin breeze making a good. k u for watching kpix 5 news this morning. >> cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great day, everyone, and stay healthy. ♪ good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, may 28th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. breaking news -- new protests erupt in minneapolis. people set fire to buildings and stores are looted after the death of an unarmed black man following an arrest. pressure builds to charge the officers fired over the incident. >> 100,000 deaths. our coronavirus toll reaches a terrible mark while more of the u.s. reopens. why antibody tests face new questions over their accuracy. rumpen throcia laona giants with after hissmf fact check.
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>> and learning with ava duvernay. the award-winning filmmaker unveils a project using her stories to educate students about social justice. > there's a lot to know. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this country has been through world wars, depressions, 9/11, and this falls in that category. >> a grim milestone in the pandemic. just under four months, the u.s. has surpassed 100,000 deaths. >> anger boiling over in minneapolis. >> people began looting stores and lighting an auto parts store on fire. the mayor calling for criminal charges now against the police officer. >> why is the man who killed george floyd not in jail? >> president trump is expected to sign an executive order concerning social media companies after twitter fact-checked two of the president's tweets. >> what would you guys do without twitter?
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>> the manhunt for a college student suspected of two murders has ended. >> they captured peter manfredeonia. >> pompeo said hong kong is no longer entitled to special trading status. >> the spacex launch was delayed due to the threat of thunderstorms. >> the next launch will be saturday. >> and all that matters. >> who has more clothes? >> tom brady and his wife gisele are trending after taking the tiktok couples challenge. >> who is never wrong? >> on "cbs this morning." >> hugs are as rare as unicorns these days. but a new jersey grandma found a way to embrace her grandchildren. >> you don't have to disregard social distancing to hug your grandkids. maureen hadn't seen her grandchildren since march. the only way to safely embrace
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them was to wear this bright pink unicorn outfit. >> always good to see grandmother. welcome to "cbs this morning." we've got breaking news in minnesota. we want to get right to that in minneapolis where there have been protests overnight over the death of an unarmed black man. you are looking at pictures of the aftermath of those protests. buildings were burned. some people set fires. and others looted stores during the demonstrations. police say one person was shot dead and a suspect is in custody at this hour. the mayor of minneapolis says the officer seen holding down the black man in this deadly encounter that led to the protests should be in jail. happen every day. people are surprising themselves
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jeff pegues is in minneapolis near the site of monday night's incident. we hear police tackling the violence could soon get some reinforcements. >> well, yeah, that's right. and that could come in the form of the national guard. we heard today that the mayor of minneapolis has requested the national guard's help because of what you're seeing here around me. this is a shopping area south of the downtown area of minneapolis. you see the police vehicles lined up. a few minutes ago, they were out here in their riot gear just facing off with some of the people who had gathered. they didn't engage the people who had gathered, but they were just facing off with them. what you see behind me, some of the damage fm flames. we donee firefighters out here fighting the flames.
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it's a hose now for the first time you see firefighters over there in the distance trying to douse the flames before they spread to any structures behind this -- what looks like a warehouse. this is some of the destruction that has happened overnight. not because of the protesters but because of looters. overnight, protesters clashed with police across the city. one flash point, the intersection where george floyd was restrained by white officers monday ending in his death. while most of the protesters were peaceful, some resorted to violence. people began loobu. nttohe eveng,eseret d depledreak u the >> i can't breathe.
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>> reporter: it was a second night of violence sparked after monday's death of george floyd in the now infamous video of officer derek chauvin pinning floyd with his knee as he pleaded for help. >> this is nothing but an angel sent to us on earth, and we demonized him, and we killed him. >> reporter: george floyd's girlfriend courtney ross says he was a gentle giant and loving father to his daughters. >> he loves them with all his heart. he's a giver. he's a protector. you know, this is the man i loved for three years. >> reporter: in a new report, the fire department says paramedics in the ambulance checked his pulse several times finding none. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. do you think that was murder? >> i do. >> you do? >> i'm not a prosecutor, but let me be clear, the arresting officer killed someone. >> reporter: minneapolis mayor jacob frey is calling for derek
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chauvin's arrest even though investigations are still ongoing. >> he'd be alive today if he were white. >> are you saying that the officer, chauvin, is racist? >> the facts that i've seen, which are minimal, certainly lead me down the path that race was involved. >> reporter: courtney ross says the video makes it clear to her that her boyfriend was murdered. >> i don't know if i'm sad or mad or, you know, i just want to get on the phone and call my baby and hear his voice. he cannot die in vain. he can't. >> george floyd's case has brought out a lot of emotion in this community. you see -- i was talking about some of the destruction. you see what some of the people
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have tagged, the graffiti on some of these et never forget. obviously, referring to george floyd. right here, the fire, it's still burning. we now see firefighters showing up. all of this happening right across from this shopping center. you see a target there. a cub foods. a supermarket over there. and right here, look at all this debris. this is what's blocking the road here. debris that people have picked up and tossed right into the middle of the street. tony? >> yeah, the sun is just barely up there over minneapolis and already a lot going on, jeff. thank you. we want to get to more reaction overnight from police chiefs across the country that are giving their thoughts on the death of george floyd in minneapolis. in a twitter statement, the los angeles police chief called the video of floyd's arrest, quote, incredibly disturbing. miami's chief of police, meanwhile, says the footage captured what he calls a, quote, lack of humanity. >> i don't think anyone can see
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that video and not be disturbed by it. it is very evident that what occurred there was wron >> he and other commanders in miami applaudeded the minneapol police chief's decision to fire the officers calling the punishment appropriate, gayle. >> tony, i just got this tweet from the chief of police in chattanooga, tennessee, sent to me. there's no need, he says. there's no need to wait to see how it plays out. there's no need to put a knee on someone's neck for nine minutes. there is a need to do something if you wear a badge. if you don't have an issue with this, turn it in. tony, it's very rare to see police officers speaking in this way. i think the death of george floyd, the way he died, might have been one too many. of course, we'll stay on top of this story because there's certainly more to come. now to the terrible toll of the coronavirus that we are waking up to headlines like the
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one you're seeing from "the washington post." it says 100,000. just that number. it took just 16 weeks for the number of americans killed by the pandemic to reach 100,000. keep in mind 100,000 people, 100,000 family and friends are mourning today. and the experts agree that the real number is likely much higher than that because many people who have died were never tested for covid-19 in the first place. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in new york city. that's the epicenter of the nation's outbreak. david, good morning to you. >> gayle, good morning. hard to think of what to even say adequately. 100,000 people dead. if when the lockdown started around this country you said 100,000 people might day in four months, it would have been shock. nobody would have believed it. but that is our reality today. in new york state alone, 29,000 people have died. that accounts for nearly 30% of this nation's death toll.
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as the nation grieves the loss of nearly 100,000 americans to covid-19, california hit a milestone wednesday. 100,000 coronavirus cases. that happened on the same day retailers in los angeles reopened their doors for the first time in two months. >> it's scary to open your doors, but we're going to be -- use every precaution. >> reporter: to nevada now. at least 10 las vegas casinos announced that guests can return on june the 4th. among the new restrictions, limiting players at the game tables and spacing out slot machines. >> it's goi t a will reon two of its parks on july 11th with limited capacity. and without those character meet and greets, fireworks shows and parades. all of these announcements come as hundreds of thousands of americans are in mourning. >> it's penetrating all aspects
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of society. >> reporter: maureen o'donnell writes obituaries for the "chicago sun-times." to this veteran reporter, it's the cruelty of the good-byes. the forced distance between the deceased and their loved ones that she can't forget. >> one person i wrote about, alvin elton, was a terrific darts player in chicago. and very well known, very well liked. and at the end of his life, his wife couldn't touch him. she was lucky enough to be able to touch his face, but through two layers of gloves. >> reporter: among the 100,000 people who died around this country, she wrote about amelia athe end of herlife her f survi. family couldn't be with her. they sent a priest to the hospital, and that priest gave holy water to a nurse and blessed her.
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and then that nurse did a blessing by transference. and that gave great comfort to the family. but the separation is very cruel. >> reporter: we will end with the number of people who have recovered. we've got your messages on social media over the last several months. you want to know more about recovers. in recoveries, there is hope. so this morning, the number stands at nearly 400,000 people reported to have recovered from the coronavirus. anthony, that number is likely to be higher. >> all right, david. thank you. those separations are extremely painful. president trump hasn't mentioned the death toll since it reached 100,000. he has threatened to rein in social media companies claiming they're interfering with free speech. the president is expected to sign an executive order today targeting twitter and other well-known platforms. paula reid is at the white house. paula, what does the president hope to accomplish with this?
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>> good morning, anthony. i just got off the phone with a senior administration official who confirms that the white house is expected to issue an executive order that would curtail some of the legal protections for social media companies. i'm told this is still being revised. still being drafted. it could change but this would likely set off a significant legal battle looking at the extent to which the government can regulate a publishing platform. facebook founder mark zuckerberg weighed in on this order. >> i'd have to understand what they actually would intend to do. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg spn responded late wednesday to the president's efforts to regulate social media. >> in general, a government choosing to censor a worried ab censorship doesn't strike me as the right reflex there. >> reporter: on wednesday, the president accused social media of trying to silence conservative voices after twitter flagged his tweets about mail-in ballots for potentially
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misleading information after he claimed, without evidence, that ballots would be stolen and forged. the president's ongoing feud with his preferred social media platform comes as the united states reaches a grim milestone of 100,000 covid deaths. the president did not address the death toll wednesday but his democratic rival, former vice president joe biden, released a video offering condolences to families and attacking the trump administration's response. >> if the administration had acted just one week earlier to implement social distancing and do what it had to do, just one week sooner, as many as 36,000 of these deaths might have been averted. >> reporter: the trump campaign offered a different take on the president's handling of the pandemic. >> shut down foreign travel. get ventilators and tests now. raise unemployment benefits. cash relief to families. >> reporter: but the economy is likely going to be the biggest factor in this election. so far the white house is still
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mulling additional options to help address historic unemployment. cbs news has learned the white house wants to focus on measures that would stimulate the economy as opposed to just cutting additional checks. officials say the white house is open to extending some unemployment insurance, but not the $600 bonus payment that congress approved through july. as well as possible payroll tax cuts and reducing capital gains taxes. they're also considering tax deductions to encourage people on eat out and travel. face covering ofs have also become a politically charged issue on the campaign trail. and yesterday dr. fauci said he wears a face covering because he believes it's not only effective but shows respect for other people. tony? >> paula, thank you. tensions between the u.s. and china may increase after chinese lawmakers rubber stamped a controversial bill aimed at curbing dissent in hong kong. as ramy inocencio reports, the u.s. is signaling it could now
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take action. >> reporter: good morning. rubber stamp is right. in a near unanimous vote with just one vote against, china's national people's congress ratified that national security law for hong kong. all this week, anti-china protesters havelaed with riot police using tear gas, water cannon and pepper pellets. it would ban terrorism. many hong kongers are worried china will muzzle freedom of speech, assembly and the independent legal system. today, three pro-democracy lawmakers were thrown out of the legislature for protesting against that bill which would make it a crime to insult china's anthem. the overnight declaration by secretary of state mike pompeo that hong kong is no longer autonomous means that the white house could sever special trade ties with the city and president trump has vowed to move powerfully against beijing by the end of this week. for "cbs this morning," ramy inocencio, tokyo. an historic trip into space will have to wait until saturday. bad weather forced the postponement of yesterday's launch of the spacex rocket
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carrying nasa astronauts. mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center. mark, i was watching. they came so close. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, gayle. so close. in fact, 17 minutes before launch spacex called it off. rough, rainy weather that threatened here all day violated the safety rules at launch time. and so it was a no go. nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley had already strapped in. the fueling process under way and spectators including president trump and vice president pence were watching. but those rolling storms proved to be too much. at one point while the crew was in the capsule, an area near the kennedy space center was under a tornado warning. spacex is trying to make history becoming the first company to launch people into space but open a new era, commercializing space and letting companies become space taxis for nasa and other customers. this weekend they'll try all over again. first on saturday afternoon.
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this is a morning update. an good morning, it 7:26 am. five people have been taken to the hospital after a man opened fire in east san jose overnight. a hispanic man walked up to a group of people standing in a driveway and started shooting. blister on the hunt for the man after he fled the scene. a motorcycle crash add an
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offramp in the area. the motorcyclist was caught on camera speeding along the freeway. they say the bike was stolen. the suspect was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. seven men from the bay area have been arrested in southern california, suspected in a marijuana dispensary burglary. during the get away chase, one of the suspects hit and killed a man and his dog in long beach. the men held in the combined $160,000 bail are from four different areas. must get a check on traffic with gianna. taking a look at the roadways, if you were going out and about we have not seen this in a while. we have busy conditions. give yourself a few extra minutes around bay point. also busy at the toll plaza with brake lights. a fog advisory is in effect for the golden gate bridge and we are seeing some limited visibility. >>
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." new government guidance is raising doubt about the accuracy of coronavirus antibody tests. the cdc says the tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past, could be wrong up to half the time. it recommends they not be used to decide who returns to work. this comes as two major testing companies, quest diagnostics and labcorp, are rolling out expanded testing programs. in our collaboration with the journalism company clear health costs, anna werner has been looking those programs.
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anna, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, as you know, antibody test will not tell you if you have an active infection. they tell you if you may have had a past infection. as part of an overall program, a major testing company is now offering those antibody tests to anyone who wants one including employers. but is that a good idea? >> we feel really lucky that we've recovered and, you know, it's behind us. >> reporter: lisa wagner and her husband matty goldberg fell ill from coronavirus in march. in april, they had antibody tests before visiting her elderly parents. they came back positive. >> we feel a little bit like we have a superpower. but only within, you know, not 100%. >> reporter: you're more confident now? >> yeah. >> definitely. >> for now i feel like i have some immunity. >> reporter: many people want antibody test. major testing companies including quest laboratories are now offering them. quest launched a program this
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week for employers that it calls return to work which includes those antibody tests. one company signing up -- holiday retirement which runs 261 independent living communities for seniors nationwide. ceo lilly donahue wants to test her 8,000 employees. >> frankly, if you know that most of your employees are tested positive for the immunity, you may prioritize how that person works. >> reporter: she hopes the program will help her figure out how best to deploy them. >> if you have a positive case in your community where there's a resident that has covid, it may make sense for that immunity or the person who tested positive to be doing more of the interaction. >> reporter: and quest's chief medical officer, dr. jay wohlgemuth, told us the tests are useful. >> once we identify a person who has a positive antibody test and we've determined that they are not currently infected with the
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virus, we now know that that person is very unlikely to bring the virus with them into the workplace. >> reporter: quest is also now offering antibody tests on demand to consumers on its website. for $119 plus a $10 service fee. in marketing emails like this, the company calls the test an immune response blood test and says understanding this gives insight on whether it's right to return to work, school, and activity. do you agree with that statement? >> i don't agree with that statement. >> reporter: he's michael osterholm who head the university of minnesota's center for infectious disease research and policy. >> many of the individuals who end up being tested positive are going to be false positive meaning they don't really have the antibody. even if you do have it, we don't know what it means yet. i think it's very premature to market these tests like this. and i think that it's almost preying on the vulnerability of
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the public -- i think selling antibody tests to the general public now is just plain wrong. >> reporter: but dr. jay wohlgemuth disagrees and says the tests his company uses are clinically validated and appropriate. how would you respond to somebody who says, look, it looks like quest also saw a lucrative business opportunity here? >> yeah. i mean, we've been responding to this pandemic in a way which is i think quite selfless and is motivated by making a difference for the pandemic. >> reporter: i'm wondering if people might get the wrong impression when you say it's going give insight on whether you can return. >> yeah. i think it absolutely does provide insight to an individual whether they're trial bring a virus into the workplace or not. i think we need to be clear that this testing is not used to determine who goes back and who does not go back to work. so you know, to your point, if
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there is any language there that appears to indicate that, that's something that we would remedy. >> reporter: regarding that marketing the company later told us that it does indicate that the information on testing should be used as part of a holistic decision, looking at several factors in any work environment. quest also says that consumers will have physician oversight as part of that process. it says the tests can be helpful for individuals and employers if they're considered in the proper context. one interesting side note about this, we spoke with our medical, dr. david agus, who told us that he does not recommend to his patients that they get immunity -- i should say antibody test because he can't tell them if they have any immunity. now, if you have a medical story to tell us, email us, email healthcosts@cbsnews.com. anthony? >> yeah. really confusing when the doctors disagree. don't know what to make of what
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huh? the new york police department will now try out this innovation in its cruisers. kris van cleave has more on this story. good morning. please explain. >> reporter: good morning. police departments look at their vehicles kind of like a shared resource. they run the cars around the clock, they're used by multiple officers, and that became a point of concern for the nypd during the peak of the pandemic as they had nearly 20% of their uniformed officers out sick. the nypd asked ford for help. first responders across the country racing to emergencies now have the added danger of potential exposure to rovis. ldhousands of gotten sick. pandemic robert epperson shows the gear he wears to a possible covid call outside detroit. >> we're putting supplies on and using them all day. >> reporter: the nypd has lost at least 43 employees including six police officers to the virus that has sickened more than
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5,700 of its staff. >> we have an invisible enemy. >> reporter: nypd commissioner robert martinez oversees the 10,000 vehicles. 85% are used around the clock daily by multiple officers. >> with so many people going in and out as well as in some cases we have perpetrators going in and out of the vehicles, that definitely gave us a challenge to figure out the frequency of cleaning vehicles and how to clean vehicles. >> reporter: the chicago police department has reported at least 538 coronavirus infections. this as how it disinfects vehicles after a case is reported. cleaning supplies remain limited, and wiping down the cars between shifts can miss things, prompting the nypd to ask for ford if there's a way for the cruisers to didn't infect themselves. >> we learned how the virus degrades with temperature and time. >> reporter: within 40 days, ford engineers working with researchers at ohio state university found a way to kill coronavirus by essentially baking it. >> 133 degrees for 15 minutes inside the car can provide up to
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99% reduction in virus concentration. >> reporter: using heat from the engine, they program the ca>> y hicland afterf tempurll acn coo itack down. >> we've got to keep our department strong so they're able to do do what they do to keep the city safe. this would be a great tool to minimize the transmission of the disease within the vehicle. >> reporter: this heat mode, if you will, is a software update that's available now. the nypd hopes to be using it as part of its cleaning protocols as soon as this week. the cycle from heat-up to cooldown can be done in as little as 45 minutes to an hour. >> ingenious stuff. i hope it works. ahead, coming up on "cbs this morning," vlad duthiers's looking at the stories you're go
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america, time to tell your dogs to stop barking because vlad duthiers is about to start talking. good morning. what have you got for us? >> if anyone's going to be barking it's going to be me. hope you're well. we're safe here working from our apartments. while we're working from our apartments, we're social distancing, and we're checking out some of the stories we think you'll be talking about including this -- breaking overnight, a university of connecticut student accused of killing two people is in custody after multistate manhunt. peter manfredonia was on the run for six days. last night he wants captured near a truck stop in maryland. a firearm was found near the scene. it's believed to be tied to one of the murders he is accused of. he killed theodore demers and nicholas eisele.
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also this morning, we are honoring the life of trail blazing aids activist, pl playwright and author larry kramer. he was on the front lines of a pandemic that got much please attention initially than the one we face right now. he co-founded gay mens health crisis and organizations that helped shift national hiv policy in the 1980s andy '90s. he buttsed head with dr. anthony fauci in the 1980s, but they later became friends. >> some of us when he got our attention, we started to look at the principles of what he was trying to get across. and they were sound principles. >> reporter: you might remember the normal heart, kramer's autobiographical play that became an emmy award-winning hbo movie in 2014. on "cbs sunday morning" he reflected on his life with larry
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smith. >> as tough as you seem to be from those of us watching from the outside and as angry as you were, it was also a lonely fight. >> it's always a lonely fight. life is lonely. >> reporter: what a way to live. >> a great way to live. why? you can wake up and say i wasn't a phony, i wasn't scared. i fought the fight. >> what a way to live. what a monumental life. a consequential figure, anthony. >> yeah. susan sontag once called him one of america's most valuable troublemakers. i loved that. i loved what anthony fauci said, you know how i met larry kramer, he said, he called me a murderer and incompetent idiot on the front page of the "san francisco examiner." as you said, they became dear friends. he said yesterday losing larry kramer, we lost an american icon. what else have you got? >> indeed. all right, there is a good story.
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a 13-year-old, 13, from california has become the youngest graduate of a local community college. friends and family held a drive-by bash for jack rico when he graduated about d -- with fo associates degrees. he surpassed every high school standard by 11. he's headed to the university of nevada lake. he loves screenwriting. i don't know if you saw tony's post of him on instagram as a preteen on the way to the viewing of "top gun." at 13, i was reading comic books and was still afraid of girls. i salute jack. >> yeah. >> i'm so proud of you. you've grown up. so nice. listen -- >> a little bit. >> i think it's a planoho ulred mberme plan, tony, to remember jack rico. something tells me he's going to be a household name sooner rather than later. look what he's done at 13. he's only going up. he's just getting started.
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>> i know. i think you're right, although he probably has a few additional things to learn before he gets to adulthood like how to shave, how to cook eggs, you know. life unfolds before him outside of the classroom, as well. >> that, too. >> it's amazing to think how young he is. 13 years old. hard to fathom. i don't want to contemplate what i was doing at 13. all right. ahead -- >> you were watching "top gun." >> when i was 6 that was happening. 13, it was down hill. thank you so much. the moving meeting of a man who was gravely ill with covid-19.
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning, i am michelle griego. bart is preparing for the return of its riders with a welcome plan. bart wants to restore commuter trust by making its trains safe and convenient. they will be cleaned with a hospital grade disinfectant and longer trains will run throughout the day. icfected et. arprotesat e board of la of
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the administrators. officials voted to give the salary increases as they look to make $8 million in cuts. the protest will begin at 10:30 am on santa barbara road in pleasant hill. the diocese of santa rosa is losing patience with the sonoma counties pace of reopening. one bishop has given pastors the green light to open churches despite the public health office saying it is too soon. sonoma county has seen more than 200 new cases of the coronavirus over the last two weeks. they plan to open two churches this weekend with limited capacity. here's a look at our traffic. >> taking a look at the roadways, 101 is not too far from the broken down veal at 80 on the westbound side blocking the right lane.
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it's thursday, may 28th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." anti-police protests turn deadly in minneapolis. the newest violence over the death of an unarmed blaofcer'kn >> the u.s. reaches 100,000 coronavirus deaths. see how plasma donations from recovered patients are helping others survive. and the gap that makes technology learningor latino kids. what's being done about it.
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building were burned. people set fires and others looted stores during the demonstrations. >> the mayor of minneapolis has requested the national guard's help because of what you're seeing here around me. >> the lockdown started around this country you would have said 100,000 people might see in four months, it would have been shock. the white house is expected to issue an executive order that would curtail legal protections for social media companies. the overnight declaration that hong kong is no longer autonomous means the white house could sever special trade ties and president trump has vowed to move powerfully against beijing by the end of the week. called off the rough rainy weather that threated here all day violated the safety rules. it was no go. >> the glitz and glamour of the strip will be coming back to life as casinos get the go ahead to reopen next week. >> casinos will be offering no contact curb side delivery. it means you can drop off your
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money and then drive away without ever having to go inside to lose. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." jimmy kimmel looked a little bit like a chef good morning. good to see him. it's rare we don't lead our show with a co-vid story, but all eyes on minneapolis and with good reason. >> yeah. big news out of minneapolis. the mayor of minneapolis has requested national guard assistance after another night of at times violent clashes over the death of a black man following an arrest. now, this is the aftermath. let's go to the pictures. after some people set fires in the city. several of those fires are still burning. and here's a look at some of the fires that were set. the man who shot this video last night says he could feel the heat of the massive flames from a block away. think about that. earlier this target store was one of several businesses where looting by some people was also
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reported. >> you certainly understand the anger, but looting is never the answer. large crowds gathered at the scene of george floyd's arrest. and outside a police station one man was shot and killed and a suspect is in custody at this hour. the fbi and justice department are investigating the confrontation that led to george floyd's death. video shows the officer with his knee on floyd's neck for several minutes. nine minutes according to the attorney in the case. saying with floyd saying repeatedly that he could not breathe. the mayor of minneapolis told "cbs this morning" floyd would be alive today if he were white. anthony? >> turning to the pandemic, gayle, it is a somber day in the fight against the coronavirus. america's death toll passed 100,000 yesterday. the first coronavirus death in the u.s. is believed to have happened on february 6th. it took less than four months for covid-19 to take more
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american lives than the vietnam and korean wars combined. >> hundreds of studies are underway to test therapies to cure covid-19. one major focus is convalescent plasma. early results from a clinical trial, multiple, show that plasma transfusions are both safe and effective. the therapy transfuses antibody rich plasma from recovered patients into sick patients. many of the doctors coming forward are members of orthodox and jewish communities. with a patient own his donor. >> after almost a hospital this is the moment this 59-year-old longed for, going home. >> i was in bed for the first two weeks. then we get to week three. week three was like two steps
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forward, five steps back. >> for weeks he was depending on a high flow oxygen concentrator. >> at this point i'm ready to do anything. i could see my oxygen was not changing. >> that's when doctors found him a match for a plasma transfusion. jacob recovered from the virus in march. he's one of the now tens of thousands of orthodox jews donating their plasma to help others? . >> people were suffering with the coronavirus. >> coronavirus has ravaged their community. likely at a rate higher than any other ethnic group, according to public health data. >> there's many families that don't have fathers or mothers. there's hundreds of newly created orphans in our community. >> there's a grass roots movement to mobilize people who recovered from the virus to donate their plasma.
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>> the tradition that everything we have in life is something to be utilized. we have the gift of recovery and antibodies. our community cannot just sit and enjoy it. we all feel this intense obligation to go and to give it back. >> you can think about the antibodies as sort of pacman operating in your bloodstream gobbling up the viruses. >> the head of the convalescent plasma program at the lead institution conducting research on this. >> one of the reason we've been able to treat 500 people a day on some days is because of the generosity of the community. >> there have been 13,000 pla transfusions to treat covid-19 patients in the u.s. and at least half of all donations have come from the jewiish community. >> is this the biggest number we've seen in terms of use of plasma. >> the largest anywhere in the world ever. >> what kinds of results have we
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seen with plasma transfusions? >> the most important thing we can say with certainty is it appears to be safe. the next phase is to begin to understand effa sicacefficacy. >> it was like a miracle. i could feel the difference immediately. i think this got me back to where i am today, sitting on my deck with my beautiful family. >> just a few days after receiving plasma therapy -- >> it's nice to meet you. >> he got this special opportunity to meet his donor, jacob. the man he believes helped save his life. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling good. it's so nice to meet you. >> i've been waiting for this minute. >> so have i. i am so excited. so excited to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for really saving my life. >> wow. this is the best thing for me in my life that i can help you. that makes me my day, my year,
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my whole life. i'm so emotional after this meeting. i feel so connected with you. >> good. well, we're the same. we're the same. we're brothers from different mothers? . >> yes. yes. >> and doctor tara narula joins us. it's the donors coming forward from the community, not necessarily the doctors. i misspoke earlier. it raises the question of how does one become a donor in the first place? >> well, the first thing is you just have to meet basic general requirements for blood donation. you have to be symptom free from co-vid for about 14 days. and you have to have lab documented evidence that you did, in fact, have co-vid. as far as how to find out where to go, you can go online. the red cross. the american association of blood centers. lots of places you can get information. there's actually a new campaign called the fight is in us. it's started by multiple
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companies and institutions where you dp k go online and they can screen you through the website to see if you're eligible and put in your zip code and tell you where you can go locally to donate. it's ib spiring to see this. we focus on the tragedy associated with co-vid, but to see the rigbright spots coming together and showing the americans, it's fantastic and inspiring. >> here, here. well said. that's a great note. and if you want to -- i want to add, thank you very much. i want to add 20 oto our viewer tomorrow you'll join us to answer questions about the coronavirus. this week all 50 states have relaxed some guidelines. we'll look at what you need to know to safely return to your doctor's office. also if there's something you would like us -- like to ask us if you want clarify, email
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ahead, the pandemic is ahead the pandemic is sing between latino students and other groups. >> i don't have a laptop. i have to use my dad's phone. >> you do your homework on your dad's phone? >> yeah. >> what's that like? >> um, it's a bit hard. >> coming up, why they're struggling to access online learning and how schools are trying to help. you're watching "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." ♪
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the so-called digital divide may be deaning for -- deaning for latino students in the wake of the pandemic. a pew research center analysis said nearly 25% of hispanic children live in households without high-speed internet compared to 15% of all u.s. children. and 18% of latino teenagers do
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not have access to a computer at home. cbs news contributor marina elena salinas sws hownc arniomes the new normal. iould s% are learning, and 40% i've had struggles with calling the parents. >> reporter: 40% of students are not connecting the way they should be and could be falling behind. online learning is a challenge. for nearly 20 years, she's been teaching at santa clara elementary school about 80% hispanic. >> sometimes you spend most of your day trying to reach the parents instead of teaching. >> it's frustrating because the parents maybe switched cell phone numbers, there's still a bunch that i haven't been able to reach. >> reporter: she has no problem reaching the three herndezse, 10-year-joe,nd on
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religiously. what do you say to kids that are not locking on? >> if they don't get on, they won't be able to see their friends. >> reporter: marlen said her oldest son has help with the technical and language barriers. "it's difficult because you don't know how to use a computer." miami-dade's public schools have distributed more than 117,000 devices to students who needed them, including one laptop to the hernandez boys. >> i feel like i'm learning, but it's more a slower pace. >> reporter: do you have wi-fi? >> yeah. we had a situation once where the wi-fi went out. it wasn't back until like a week later. and by that time, i missed a lot of work, but i was able to do it agai famies aren' so lucky. >> inoet there o the low-cost internet that comcast was providing, the parents or the students had to be a citizen. so you had to put i your social
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security number or government i.d., and a lot of our families didn't have that. the district were handing out hot spots. >> reporter: in austin, the school district is bringing online schooling to kids, retrofitting 110 school buses as wi-fi hot spots and deploying them to neighborhoods where few students have internet access. back in miami, one hernandez brother studies on his school-issued laptop. the other on his family's computer. and that leaves 8-year-old angel with a cell phone. >> i don't have a laptop. i have to use my dad's phone. >> reporter: you have to do home work on your dad's phone? >> yeah. >> reporter: what's that like? r: fatr serves ard. as a chaplain for localpolice he supports his family through construction work. now he's among the nearly 20% of u.s. latinos who have lost their jobs because of covid-19. how are you making out without him working? >> "they've been able to find
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food in one place or another," you've had trouble paying your phone bill and paying your rent? for chace, the problems with virtual learning extend beyond devices and connectivity. what is your biggest fear for your students right now? >> safety. safety. i just don't know what's going on in their homes. >> reporter: you're more concerned about their safety than their education. >> right. you can always catch up on your education. but safety, you can't do anything if you're not safe. the neighborhoods tend to be more violent. you know, i don't know if they're playing outside and there's a fight or if the parents are essential workers. >> reporter: do you see either racial or economic divide in the families that have access to online learning? >> i think that it's an economic divide, yes. >> reporter: the hernandez boys are all gifted and talented programs and have a supportive family at home. experts say some kids will fall gtion inequities that already exile behind.
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as far as teacher alexandra chace, she's facing her own problems. her husband lost his job in theater production because of the pandemic, and she is battling breast cancer. gayle? >> oh, my gosh, so main layers to the story. so many take wi-fi access and computer for granted. it's importance to show that not everybody is equal, we know that. it's good to be reminded of that. it's also important to make sure kids don't fall behind. we'll be thinking about that teacher, too. thank you very much for reporting for us. ahead, award-winning director ava duvernay tells us -- thank you -- ava tells us how she's bringing education and entertainment together. it's an interview that you'll see only on "cbs this morning." we love when that happens. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.
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how to get america back to work. all small businesses are struggling at this time, but what are you hearing from mind business owners in particular? ahead we'll talk to jill schlesinger about the new unemployment numbers and which types of businesses are actually hiring now. we're celebrating asian pacific american heritage month. we'll hear from actress olivia munn, our own ramy inocencio,
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and other leading members of this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning, digital efforts at uc davis are underway to stop the spread of covid-19. computer scientists have developed a contact tracing app called we care. users who signed up can check themselves in at specific locations if someone reports as positive for the virus at the same spot, and alert will be sent out. the app can also be used anonymously. san francisco supervisor matt has complained that half of the hotels have not been occupied. he says the pace of moving people off the streets and into
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shelters has slowed, even stalled. mayor london breed says stating is a major challenge. they are expecting a financial hit leading to furloughs and layoffs. the school protects losses as high as $267 million in the current fiscal year. the president cites several factors including fewer students living on campus and a reduction of income strains for research. they do not know how many jobs will be lost. let's check on traffic with gianna. >> we're looking live at the golden gate bridge. we are dealing with some foggy conditions on the roadways mostly on 101.
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." the labor department says another 2.1 million americans filed for jobless benefits last month. more than 40 million people have reported losing their jobs since the crisis began nearly three months ago. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us. jill, what stands out to you in this report? >> i think there are two extra pieces. one is that we now know that there are a lot of people claiming the pandemic unemployment assistance. those are gig workers or self-employed folks. now, there is incomplete data because this comes from the
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states themselves, but so far we've got another 8 million, not even included in that 40 million, that are receiving that assistance. so the 40 million undercounts. the glimmer of good hope is that the number of people who are already receiving unemployment dropped for the first time since this crisis began. the problem is the number is still too high. it's 21 million. these numbers are devastating for the families impacted by the virus financially. >> jill, what, if any, industries are hiring right now? >> we've talked about how many of the big warehouse and online operators have been adding. so that is obviously amazon and walmart and target, but there are other industries also starting to nibble. we hear that security guards are wanted. people who work with seniors as aids, both the licensed and maybe just the companions. we know that landscapers
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interestingly enough and those essential businesses like defense contractors, they are also dipping their toes in the water. the problem, anthony, is that for the good news on those who are hiring, there are only three jobs added for every ten layoffs. so we are still working at a big deficit in this situation. >> jill, there is -- there was one top federal reserve official who predicted the unemployment rate would be below 10% by the end of the year. is that something other economists agree on? >> well, that was the fed chair -- the fed official named bullard, jim bullard, and i think he's a bit more optimistic. most of the consensus is that the unemployment rate, and we'll get an update on that next friday, that that rate will likely stay above 10% through the end of this year. remember, anthony, we were at 3.5% just back in february. matching a near half century
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low. so even if we were just at 9% or 10%, that is three times nearly where we were, and the numbers are going to get worse before they get better. >> yeah, the virus has had a staggering impact on the economy. thank you, jill. ahead only on "cbs this morning." film
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award-winning director ava duvernay is turning her powerful productions into a resource for classrooms and independent study. today, ava duvernay is launching a new initiative called array 101, that's the name of her company. it will offer free learning guides for students and really anyone interested in social justice, she says, to accompany tv and film productions. the first is for her miniseries "when they see us," released almost one year ago this week. it documents the wrongful conviction of the exonerated five. only on "cbs this morning," duvernay told us her goal is to inspire a deeper conversation. >> you start to think you did a good job, and in one night you look away. vionary behind tritirnay is a
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med serin ty see us." a four-part drama about the five black boys wrongfully convicted of a central park rape in 1989. she says the emotional response led her team to develop a new project. >> so many people came up and -- i cried, i couldn't finish it. you know, they felt very deeply about it. but i think what i failed to do and what many of us in hollywood fail to do is connect the dots between the thing you make and the people who are watching, particularly young people. >> reporter: to bridge that intersection between film and social justice, duvernay's production company, array, partnered with participant media to create what she calls a learning companion for "when they see us." she hopes these resources will empower youth and inspire action. >> what i found is they had people sign a petition or everyone go to this protest, everyone may not be interested in taking action in that way. there's a full array -- no pun intended -- of options that we,
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you know, suggest and really invite people to go further. >> now we have another story from central park. >> yes. >> where a white woman is falsely accusing a black man. >> please call the cops. >> i'm going to tell them there's an african-american threatening my life. >> where do we begin to process when calls for help and i'm using help in finger quotes, in this particular case, are really used as weapons against people of color? >> we have to look to history. we're not the first to be in this situation. and i think the -- the idea that we are helpless is just an idea that i don't accept. i think we can continue to be learning how to combat these things, you know, in this social media age. we react to it, we're upset about it for a day, we tweet, we post. and then we kind of move on. and that organizing principle, that deeply ingrained mission to change is what i hope we can get to. >> the viral video in question shows a white woman in a racially charged confrontation
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with a black man in central park. he was bird watching at the time when she called police and made a false accusation against him, specifically mentioning his race. >> the minute i saw it, i knew what was going to happen before it happened. >> what do you mean? >> well, to say an african-american man is doing this, you -- as a student of history, you have context for exactly what's going to happen next. you know when the police come, they will historically and there's overwhelming precedent that they will believe her on sight and not him. his background will be interrogated. he was a harvard graduate, percent of the bird-watching club, and a prominent figure. he shouldn't have to be that for him to have the benefit of the doubt. >> what action can white people who see themselves as allies, what can they do? >> you know, i really feel strongly that that's not a question that people who are not white should answer. you know, we take on the emotional labor of racism.
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and it is not our job to explain to white folk how to fix their broken sel brok broken selves because there's a brokenness that says i am better, i will be believed, right? that's what this woman grew up with. the privilege of being believed. the privilege of the presumption of innocence. there are many educated caucasian folk who are talking to each other about it. they need to continue to do that so that we can save our energy for survival and thriving. >> i did have a conversation with will -- had on a black mask, we're supposed to wear masks. he said, you shouldn't walk around with a black mask? where is your orange bandanna? he said, why should it matter the color of the bandanna that i'm wearing. i think it does matter. >> my brother nicholas the other day was jogging -- going to be jogging in this neighborhood, had a black mask and black hoodie. i'm like, what are you doing? ww wh thatmean >> the "new york times"ad a powerful fronthey les
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-- >> yes. >> what is the impact that coronavirus has had on the film industry and maybe even on you personally? >> yes. well, you know, i've lost a crew member on the project that i was just working on. no one was there when he passed away. and so the grappling with the not being there i think is the toughest part with the folks that i have lost because so many of us are such a "be there" kind of person, you know. and -- >> you are one of those "be there" kind of people. look in the mirror. hello, mirror. >> yeah. so to not be able to do that, you feel so unmoored, so unanchored that your grief just sits right on top. and it's nowhere more it to go. >> what's your game plan moving forward for your business, ava? >> yeah. a black woman-owned business, say it's not a mom and pop, it's just a mom. >> hello, mom. >> yeah. that's me.
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we're working hard, programming virtually, learning new ways to program. >> we're all to figur out ways to adapt. you're doing something different in "when they see us" coming up. >> yes. we're going to watch the first episode of "when they see us" together on the one-year anniversary, this sunday, may 31st. >> i can't think of a better way to watch it than with you. thanks, ava. thank you. >> thanks, gayle. >> i'll be watching with you, ava duvernay. listen, needless to say, ava's very, very ready and interested and excited to get back to work. what is she waiting for? the okay from the governor and mayor of los angeles. and once they give the okay to go back to work, she said, i'm going to wait two weeks after thoehat it's really okay.shro that she's working on and clearly has a lot to say. >> yeah. i loved "when they see us." such a powerful show. i love the idea of, as she put it, connecting the dots between the program and viewers' vonss
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to it. a lot of people don't know what to do and how to follow whatever their gut reaction is to that's -- that's an important thing to do, i think. tony? >> i think you're right. the thing that jumped out is her invitation to people to go further, to look deeper. you know, every day on this program, we're engaged in the day's events, we're on deadline. there's a reason they call it journalism, the first draft of history. in her position, she can delve more deeply over longer term periods. i think any opportunity, any invitation at this moment for deeper reflection is a welcome one. gayle? >> especially in the middle of the george floyd case. a lot of people don't know what to say or what to do or how to react. you know, my favorite daughter said a white colleague said is it okay to ask my black friends how they're doing. kirby said it should be deeper than that. you should understand they're not doing okay. there's a bigger conversation to be had here. and there is a lot -- lots more to follow. you can hear more of our conversation with ava duvernay on today's "cbs this morning"
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all month we've been honoring asian pacific heritage month. to continue that honoring, we asked six influential asian americans to share their stories with us. they include the author of "little fires everywhere," celeste ng, actress olivia munn, award-winning journalist lisa ling, the director of "crazy rich asians," jon m. chu, professor and vice chancellor at the ucla school of law, jerry kang, and foreign correspondent ramy inocencio. they also told us about the racism they faced during the pandemic and why they're proud of their heritage.
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>> i think what it's important to know about asian american history is that it is american history. >> i'm half filipino and half chinese, and i like to add all american. >> each one of our lives is a tapestry threaded by our different experiences, culture, and family histories. >> being asian american means being part of one of the most diverse, vast demographics imaginable. but it is a wholly distinctive category unto itself. >> i think about my dad and my mom. both of which came to there country when they were in their late teens and 20s. i remember them serving people in the dining room, and occasionally, you'd get the rude ones. >> didn't know a lick of english, and my parents didn't have any money. we made it work. let's be honest, throughout that entire time, i never felt asian american. on the outside i looked aubu ed
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but inside i felt completely american. i just wanted to fit in like everyone else. >> and my dad sat me down and said, jon, you have to understand that we are ambassadors to this area. so we need to give them the best experience, the best food, the best service, and be kind. so they walk away not just with their bellies full but their hearts full. >> being an asian american can be complicated. our cultures, accents, and mannerisms can be confusing to some and targets to others. everyone in my family has experience with dealing with racist comments and prejudice in our daily lives. pl tha came a legal scholar, asians make. w we have been viewed as forever foreign, escascapegoate dangerous or diseased, resented as unfair competitors. >> because we don't fit the stereotypical image of what an american looks like, we can be targeted when tensions arise
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with our countries of ancestry which is exactly what's happening now in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. >> literally 48 hours ago, my cousin in new york texted me frantically about how she and her young son had to run from someone yelling racial slurs on their own street. i could hear in her voice how terrified she was. her home, where she has lived for decades, suddenly doesn't feel like home anymore. >> nobody deserves to be harassed. you don't need to drape yourself in the red, white, and blue, and try to convince other people that they should treat you as an equal because you are an equal. >> we all have to use our hearts and to remember hate is like a virus, just like covid. >> i am proud of my family and the efforts of all asian americans, not only during this time but throughout our collective history in this country. >> to be asian american means whatever you want it to. if you think there's a box defines you, stop, rip it up in your head, and fly.
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>> such a beautiful piece. i think ramy summed it up at the beginning where he said, look, i'm half this, half that, but 100% american. and i really feel like that applies is on to so many american citizens. in fact, all of them, gayle. >> i know. it's funny because that is exactly the line that resonated with me, too. special shout out to andy mose who put that together. we say this all the time, it's very difficult to do with no track. to capture all the different voices -- different cultures are so important. maya angelou used to say we are more alike than we are different. and that's okay. but always remember, we are all alike, we are more alike than we are different. but there are differences, and the differences are okay. i think that's a perfect example of that. tony? i love that piece. >> important to underline -- important to underline asian american history is american history. >> yes. exactly right. >> well said. well put. beautiful piece. we've also been featuring the stories on our social media
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platforms so people with go there for more. as for us,
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning, five have been taken to the hospital after a man opened fire in east san jose. they say a man walked up to a group of people standing in the driveway and started shooting. police are on the hunt for the man after he took off from that scene. a police chase along interstate 280 ended with a motorcycle crash. the motorcyclist was caught on camera speeding along the freeway. the bike was stolen. the suspect was taken to the hospital with a minor injury.
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seven men from the bay area have been arrested in southern california, suspected a marijuana dispensary burglary. during the get away chase, the suspects it and killed a man and his dog in long beach. the man is on bail from four different countries. his check the forecast on this thursday with mary lee.
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