1989 in boston. >> charles stewart shot and killed his pregnant wife and wounded himself, but told police a black man did it. >> reporter: a murderous south carolina mother five years later. >> in 1994, susan smith claimed she was car jacked by a black man who took off with her two young sons in the back seat. >> reporter: and last month in florida, after the droungiwninga 9-year-old uh advertiautistic b allegedly by his mom. >> she made up a story about her son alejandro being abducted by two black men. >> why is it we're so quick to blame black folks for things they didn't do? they all k o ty feho educator tim wise says it's not fear that drives people to conflate blackness with crime, but power and a disregard for some people of color. >> american history is one in which white americans, by and

large, have been taught to have indifference or even contempt for black life. we have defined the country as a white nation where people of color are here on a guest pass and it's a guest pass that we think we can revoke. >> reporter: cbs news contributor is a professor at american university. he says since the jim crow era, white people have had the right of using the police to their advantage. >> they recognize that they are they have the privilege to call a police officer with the belief that the police officer, even if they're in the wrong, will be on their side. >> reporter: it's a painful history that educator jane elliott has been trying to fight for more than 50 years. >> the blue-eyed people are the better people in this room. >> reporter: her famous brown eyes versus blue eyes experiment assigned heightened status to third grade students based on those arbitrary parameters in an effort to teach them about discrimination. >> it's time to recognize people

as they are, which is human beings. we're all in the same race. you need to educate yourself as to the truth of this situation instead of believing the lie that has been promulgated in this country for the last 400 years. lie of the everal different rightness of whiteness. it's a lie. >> reporter: she does not mince wrds. i want to tell you about a study published last year by multiple universities that found that black men are 2 1/2 times more likely to be killed by study al police sixth adinause ofeath races 25 9. think about that. >> michelle miller reporting from new york city's union square, the scene of a number of protests over the past wreak. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. $9.95 at my age?

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jamie wax reports on the state of comedy in the age of covid-19. >> what's up, everyone. >> reporter: with stand-up in lock down and everyone home. >> get in the frame. we're just looking at hair. >> reporter: comics have had to adapt. >> i'm going to do a set for the cats. >> reporter: finding new ways. >> hi, it's me, your mother! >> supposing you brought the light inside the body. >> reporter: to bring us the laughs we so desperately need at the moment. >> it is important right now whether it's in a podcast, a live stream or however we get it because it's a coping mechanism. >> reporter: according to mike rabiglia, comedians are essential workers. >> comedians do a thing which is unique, which is we address tragedy with the opposite of tragedy. >> reporter: covid-19 derailed his plans for a book tour for the new one, a collaboration with his wife jen stein based on

his hit stage show. that created a new direction, creating a charity called tip your weight staff. where comedians tryout new material. >> i want to go to the concert in the antidepressant commercial. >> i was a door at the washington improve. so many workers check the check. what can we do to help? i start a url tip your weight stat. >> you need a shot for a lower angle. look at this. >> if you see love, run at it. run at love. >> reporter: pat and oswald is also finding rewards in plans gone awry. >> look at the amazing innovative ways people are getting around dealing with this shut-in aspect. >> we are bringing our country back and a big focus is exactly that. >> reporter: >> sarah cooper doing her lip

sinking donald trump. >> i tested positively negative. i tested perfectly this morning. >> and live from zoom -- >> shows, saturday night live. >> at home. >> people are trike to find ways around doing this.>> rorter: oz special, i love everything, was taped before the outbreak of covid-19 and was just released this month. >> i will give 50 this. the one big change for me was all of a sudden, my breakfast cereal became deadly serious. >> going away slows it down for everybody, and it hurts the art form. it hurts the individuals that are out there that have made a commitment to being a comedian, taking the risk of pursuing a creative life. >> the biggest change in my life is not doing stand-up every single night. >> reporter: the pause button has also been pushed on the busy careers of rising stars like stand-up comic nikki glazer. >> jobs come and go, tv shows,

radio shows, whatever. but i have not not done stand-up for more than three nights in a row for the past 15 years. i can't go through another quarantine. i don't even want to go through the resurgence in the fall. >> reporter: and doing a stand-up routine on zoom is challenging. >> because it's not the same. there is a two-second delay that is aeons in the mind of a stand up who is so used to joke, ug it's reciprocated immediately. >> thank you for being here, i love you. >> i like the 0 camaraderie of stand up. i like hanging out with other comics. i like walking off stage. and i'm like, thank you, guys, good night. then you have to go, leave meeting. >> reporter: speaking of stand up, i have had to go cancel so many dates. >> reporter: pod casts have been another outlet for comedians which bob saget turned to. >> it's another way outside of taking care of ourselves. i have to create. if i don't, i can't sleep. >> reporter: your podcast during

the pandemic is called, bob saget is here for you. >> i want to soothe you, i want to give you a full body massage in your mind. i just wanted to entertain people and let them feel stuff. so i'm a little bit less, i guess, less blue, whatever you'd say, and just more heartfelt and human. >> happy roast, everyone. happy roast. >> reporter: roast master general jeff ross is creating memorable experience for his fans in an entirely different way. >> all right. let's go with some random people here. you're making dreams come true by destroying people during this quarantine. >> the little bit of excitement and joy i can look forward to. on the weekends i've been insta roasting random fans from all over the globe. are you in australia? >> man, i'm from iran. >> i'm in london. >> explain the teeth. >> you're finding everyone in quarantine. they're with their kids, they're with their families. so flthere's a lot to make fun . iknd quarantine.

>> what are you eating? >> bacon and cheese. >> how about a napkin or a plate? >> you look like you're trying to invent a disease. >> so great to see a firefighter sitting around doing nothing. >> the world is closed for business, but comedy, you know, my doors -- my light is on. >> reporter: you're still open for business. >> i think that's important. i do think comedy, as corny as it sounds, is saving people's sanity. >> go to sleep. >> that's the talking i'm hearing the last 37 days. >> reporter: according to sebastian matascalco, the healing comedy works on both sides. >> hope you guys are doing well in your quarantine. >> the excitement and joy i get out of going on stage night in, night out. really moves and expresses and physicality. all that. >> you guys have been great. >> there's just no real remedy

for performing stand-up comedy. i'm just doing instagrams. >> that sounds really sad. [ laughter ] >> no, it's like i went from, you know, madison square garden to my own garden. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: however and whenever live comedy returns, patton oz wald says the need to laugh at our troubles is and always has been a crucial part of human existence. >> comedy really is a survival tool. >> language was a survival tool and so comedy is just the further survivor tool for the damage that language can do to us. so it looks like comedy is an adaptation of a survival tool wd that's it's somp >> thihe maste general saying, thank you for joining insta roast. >> reporter: for cbs in morning saturday, jamie wax, 2340rk. new york. >> and hopefully i'll see you on stage within the next eight years.

this crisis has changed almost everything, but not our resolve. we've pulled together, worked hard to keep each other safe. we've flattened the curve and are starting to reopen our communities. we can protect the people we love, and help californians get back on their feet. for our families and our communities, let's stay the course and stop the spread.

the success of the spacex mission will likely mean the end of an era for russia's soyuz program. for years it's been the only ride to the international space station and a big money maker for moscow. elizabeth palmer visited russia's space city and got a behind the scenes look at the soyuz to silt. >> and liftoff. >> reporter: you might call soyuz the old faithful of space travel. we found veteran american astronaut steve bowen in moscow training nor a flight. >> see if i can remember how to do this. it's reliable, it's incredible, it's worked for a long time. >> reporter: the soyuz is really the work horse of space exploration. the basic design goes back to the 1960s, and in use ever since, this spacecraft has racked up more than 1600 successful flights.

gran it'slt tha pays tabout 3 m. program started out as a cold war race. russia won round one when it put first man into orbit. and then the u.s. took the lead with the new landing. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: but after 1989, the fierce competition became a collaboration, and ever since cosmonauts and astronauts have worked as a team on the international space station. surgey spent 97 days in orbit. back home he showed me around a soyuz capsule like the one he roerd rode in with an american colleague. that's her on the left. know our families. it's very helpful for us because

during flight we can understand who is who. >> reporter: for decades now, soyuz has blasted off and bumped back down. >> and touchdown. spacex's launch may mean the end for this old work horse, but it's not gone quite yet. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, star city, russia. >> as for the spacex crew now on the international space station, the mission at this point remains open-ended. nasa says astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley will remain six weeks and up to four months. whenever they return, you can watch it here on cbs. and that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of co fohers, please check back later for "cbs this morning". and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett.

♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, anger grows in america. ashe bt ioncake to the streets thnational guaent into nearly half the states. america's largest cities impose curfews. tense moments at the white house as american troops are seen on the white house grounds. plus cbs news obtained audio of t trump beratip berating american governors, demanding a crackdown on protesters. >> if you don't dominate, they'll run over you, and you're going to look like a bunch of jerks. >> o'donnell: manner of death, the medical examiner tonight rules george floyd's death a homicide. his family says their autopsy shows it wasn't just the knee on his neck that killed him but also the other officers that