the weekend is almost here. thank goodness. back to you. >> yes. thursday off and running. thank you for joining us this morning for kpix 5 news. remember, the news continues all day ♪ day good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, june 25th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. surging infections. the u.s. reports its highest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. why our dr. david agus calls it a wake-up call especially for younger americans. millions call for action. police in colorado face new questions about their conduct before the death of elijah maclaine who was put in a chokehold. plus we talk to the mothers of beyonce and breonna taylor about how a fair election is essential for justice. honeymoon horror. in their first u.s. network

interview, an american couple badly injured in a deadly volcano eruption describes their terrifying ordeal. and billy porter's pride. the award-winning performer on what community means in these divided times and why he practices activism through acting. >> he's one of a kind. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we have to continue with our social distancing, folks. we have to wear the face coverings. there are no excuses to let up even one bit. >> the stunning and dramatic new peak to cases of coronavirus. the u.s. seeing its highest number of new infections since april. >> as more people mix, as the economy opens up, as more people are out and about, wear a mask. >> grand jury indicted three men accused in the shooting death of an unarmed black man jogging in georgia. >> the family was ecstatic to hear it happened this morning. >> counselor to the president

kellyanne conway defended the president's use of the term kung flu. he wants many to understand the virus originated in china. >> president trump vows to sign an order to prevent protesters from tearing down monuments across the country. >> now they're looking at jesus christ. they're look at george washington. they're looking at abraham lincoln. thomas jefferson. not going to happen. >> nasa is renaming its headquarters after mary jackson, the first black female engineer at the space agency. >> just look how close this great white shark is to a group of surfers off south africa. >> yeah, no thanks. >> all that -- >> i am being chased by a stupid goat this whole run. >> who needs a personal trainer. just find yourself a goat. >> look at this thing. it won't stop running after me. i don't know what to do. >> and all that matters. >> look at me. i'm going full christopher lloyd in --

>> i can beat you. >> what do you think? >> i can beat you. >> that's a lush mane. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the arts community is outraged over the latest in a string of botched restorations. here's the original painting here. and here's the restoration. i don't know if it's that bad. if you dropped it into a zoom call, i don't think you would even notice. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." i think you might notice. >> i noticed that one. >> i think it looks a little bad. >> the zoom calls with all the talking heads. >> lost in translation, we've heard of that before. that's lost in restoration. >> very good, tony dokoupil. we begin with the startling evidence of the threat of the coronavirus it still poses to millions of americans and signs that optimism about a swift reopening may have been

premature. yesterday the u.s. reported the largest single day increase in cases since the outbreak began more than 38,000 across the country. in some places it's worse. right now than it's ever been. the three most populous states -- california, texas and florida -- all broke their own records for the most cases reported in a single day. think about that for a second. and the cdc predicts nearly 30,000 more americans could die by mid-july. manuel bojorquez is in homestead, florida. manny, how is florida handling this fight? it's not good. >> it is not good, gayle. good morning. several state and local jurisdictions are pushing ahead with mandatory mask orders and enforcement of social distancing rules. hospital capacity is also a concern. homestead hospital behind me reached capacity on tuesday. officials say some beds have now opened up again but hospitals across the area are prepared to add additional units if necessary.

>> i think we had covid on the ropes. we were doing very well, and it's making a comeback. >> reporter: dr. sergio segarra is the chief medical officer of miami's baptist hospital. he says he's seen a significant increase of coronavirus patients in the last few days. mostly walk-in cases. >> these are community acquired covid infections as opposed to nursing homes. >> reporter: florida was one of five states reporting record high increases in coronavirus cases on wednesday. another was california where more than 7,000 people tested positive. rises in hospitalizations and rates of infection prompted governor gavin newsom to warn that a rollback of the state's reopening is not out of the question. as cases rise in the south and west, the one-time epicenter of the outbreak is taking precautions. >> people coming in from states that have a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days.

>> reporter: the governors of new york, connecticut and new jersey warned those in violation of the rule would face a fine of up to $10,000. their list of states includes texas. >> there is a massive outbreak of covid-19 across the state of texas. >> reporter: governor greg abbott said certain parts of his state could face new restrictions after seeing more than 10,000 new cases in two days. >> the situations in the hospitals continues to worsen. >> reporter: in houston, hospitals are at 97% capacity. and statewide, hospitalizations rose 57% in the last week. several states, including texas, are reporting large increases in cases among young people as bars and restaurants reopen. >> i understood the chance i was taking going out and, obviously, now i'm paying that price. >> reporter: 21-year-old adriana carter says she and her friends caught the virus after a night out in san marcos, texas. she says while she was being

careful, many others were not. >> we're trying to figure out a new normal. and i hadn't gone out since the bars reopened. it just so happened the one night out i did, like i did contract coronavirus. >> reporter: and another reminder that the young are still very much at risk from this disease. 17-year-old carsyn davis, a high school student in ft. myers, florida, was airlifted to a hospital monday and passed away the very next day from complications of covid-19. anthony? >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. cbs news confirmed more than 54,000 people living and working in long-term care facilities have died from the coronavirus. that's more than 40% of reported u.s. deaths. at one hard-hit facility, the holyoke soldiers home in massachusetts, 76 residents died. all of them veterans. a newly released report blames

management decisions described as, quote, utterly baffling. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> it was preventable. for sure. >> reporter: susan kenney is heartbroken over the newly released report detailing the missteps at the holyoke soldiers home. her father, charles lowell, was one of the home's nearly 80 residents who died from coronavirus. the 174-page report released wednesday said the most substantial error was the decision to move all veterans, both covid-19 positive and those with no covid-19 symptoms into one unit. resulting in more than 40 veterans crowded into a space designed to hold 25. >> veterans that fought for our country just put together like cattle. >> reporter: workers described the move as total pandemonium saying the space resembled a war zone. one social worker said they felt

they were moving these unknowing veterans off to die. the investigation was ordered by governor charlie baker. >> veterans who deserve the best from state government got exactly the opposite. and there's no excuse or plausible explanation for that. >> reporter: nursing homes around the country have been crushed by the pandemic. about 1 in 5 facilities have reported deaths. last week, a special house panel on the coronavirus pandemic launched an investigation. >> my father would not have died this year if it hadn't been for covid. >> reporter: danielle letourn u letourneau's father also passed away at soldiers home. >> i want other people's grandparents to be able to spend time with their grandparents. >> reporter: they are conducting a separate investigation to determine if legal action is warranted. the report also found the home's lead superintendent bennett walsh was not qualified to manage a long-term care facility. he was placed on administrative leave. in a statement, walsh called the

claims baseless. the state's secretary of veteran affairs has resigned. tony? >> an absolute tragedy there. we know not the only facility where questions are being asked. jonathan, thank you very much. with the covid-19 case load surging, a new poll this morning shows that president trump is trailing in several key states that he won back in 2016. just take a look at these numbers. presumptive democratic nominee joe biden is leading by double digits in michigan, double digits in wisconsin and double digits in pennsylvania. biden is also ahead by six points in florida, seven points in arizona and nine points in north carolina. weijia jiang looks at the president's latest efforts to find support. >> reporter: president trump heads to wisconsin today after traveling to arizona earlier this week to address a packed crowd of students. the back-to-back visits to swing states come as new polling shows a majority of voters

disapproving of the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and protests calling for police reform. at the white house, mr. trump attempted to show the nation has turned a corner by welcoming the polish president. the first foreign leader to visit since the start of the pandemic. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: and on police reform, president trump said he supports legislation under one condition -- >> we won't do anything that's going to hurt our police. >> reporter: the president claimed that's what democrats aim to do. after they blocked a gop policing bill from moving forward in the senate. which would have created a national database of police incidents involving the use of force, set up new training procedures and put restrictions on chokeholds. >> the issue is, do we matter? we had an opportunity to say, you matter so much, we'll stay on this floor for as long as it takes, as many amendments as it takes for us to get to the issue that says, yes, you matter.

but we said, no today. >> reporter: democrats argue the bill was inadequate. >> that is not going to be about real consequence and real accountability. and that's what america is demanding. >> reporter: the president also said he plans to sign an executive order to protect statues, confederate and otherwise, on federal property as well as other historical monuments. >> many of the people knocking down these statues don't even have any idea what the statue is, what it means, who it is. when they knock down. >> reporter: the protesters say it's who the statues celebrate at the center of the problem. >> we should remember this as exactly what they are. these were people that killed humans as property. >> reporter: president trump has not offered any details about that executive order and it's unclear what it will do since a federal act already makes it a crime to destroy or vandalize veterans monuments on public property that carries up to ten years in prison. according to "the washington

post," u.s. marshals have been told to get ready to protect those monuments across the country. gayle? >> weijia, thank you. the house judiciary committee chairman is talking about impeaching the attorney general who is accused of interfering in cases on president trump's behalf. a federal prosecutor told a committee yesterday he was pushed by what he calls the highest levels of the justice department to go easy on the president's longtime friend and adviser, roger stone. the testimony followed a federal appeals court ruling ordering a judge to dismiss a criminal case against retired general michael flynn. mr. trump's first national security adviser. nancy cordes has the president's response. >> i'm very happy about general flynn. >> reporter: the president hailed the appeals court ruling as flynn conveyed his joy to radio host rush limbaugh. >> it's a good thing for me, for my family, but it's really a great -- a boost of confidence for the american people and our justice system.

>> reporter: flynn pleaded guilty twice to lying to the fbi about his calls with a russian official. but attorney general william barr moved to get the case dismissed last month, saying the fbi should never have interviewed flynn. >> bill barr does regularly lie in ways that impact official action. >> reporter: at a hearing about barr wednesday turned heated at times. >> the american people deserve to know the truth. >> reporter: as democrats accused him of repeated political interference. >> he has shown us there's one set of rules for the president's friends and another set of rules for the rest of us. >> reporter: just this month, they argued, barr ordered the removal of protesters to facilitate a presidential photo op and fired a u.s. attorney overseeing cases involving trump associates. donald ire is a former attorney general under george bush. >> he has a personal belief that the president should be above the law and he has worked very hard to achieve that.

>> reporter: assistant u.s. attorney aaron zelinsky described how his team was pushed to recommend a lighter sentence for longtime trump friend roger stone. >> i was told there was heavy political pressure from the highest levels of the department of justice to cut roger stone a break. >> reporter: republicans argued barr was being maligned. >> now they're targeting administration officials. in this case, attorney general barr, for merely acting within the scope of their duties. >> reporter: barr will have a chance to defend himself next month after several false starts. he has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee on july 28th. but the chairman of that comittee, jerry nadler, now says he may pursue impeachment charges against barr. anthony? >> nancy, thank you. a grand jury in georgia has handed down murder indictments against three white men in the killing of ahmaud arbery. a black man shot while prosecutors say he was out

jogging. gregory mcmichael, travis mcmichael and william "roddy" bryan face nine separate charges but could face life in prison if they are convicted. the suspects allegedly chased and confronted arbery in a neighborhood outside brunswick, georgia. the mcmichaels told investigators they thought arbery was a suspected burglar. bryan's lawyer says his client, who recorded the incident on video, is innocent. travis mcmichael's lawyer says his client will plead not guilty. a lawyer for gregory mcmichael says he is innocent and a victim of a rush to judgment. we have an update to a story we've been following for years now. bayer has agreed to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle thousands of current and potential future lawsuits claiming that its popular weed killer roundup causes cancer. the lawsuits claim a key ingredient in roundup glyphosate

causes non-hodgkins lymphoma. bayer maintains its safe. an independent panel of experts will now study roundup. if the panel finds it does cause cancer, bayer will no longer be allowed to claim it does not in court. but if the experts find no cancer connection, plaintiffs will be prohibited from suing bayer claiming that it does. the agreement still needs to be approved by a judge. it covers about 93,000 of the claims against the company and sets aside more than $1 billion for any future claims. in 2018, bayer bought monsanto, the maker of roundup for more than $60 billion. bayer will continue to sell the product. one of the lawyers involved in the settlement told us the possibility of adding a warning label is still on the table, but it's not part of the deal. ahead -- new outrage over the death of a man named elijah mcclane after an encounter with police.

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>> reporter: two years later, matt and lauren urey said "i do." and this past december, the newlyweds took a honeymoon cruise to australia and new zealand. >> we started off having the time of our lives. and then it just turned out to be just hell. >> reporter: on december 9th, they took an excursion to the white island volcano. snapping these pictures near the crater. soon after, the volcano erupted. >> oh, my god -- >> going, go -- >> heard the tour guide yell "run." >> in less than a minute they were engulfed in scalding ash and smoke. matt and lauren took cover behind a rock. >> it was just pitch black. you couldn't see anything in front of you, and you could just feel your skin burn and getting pelted with rocks. it was terrifying. >> reporter: could you even see each other? >> oh, no. she was holding my wrist, but i had no idea -- other than that, that she was there. i genuinely thought that was the end of might have life.

and i thought that -- of my laugh. and i thought that was the end of lauren's life. >> severely burned and barely breathing, they found their way to a tour boat which rushed them to the mainland. you ended up in hospitals 600 miles apart. >> yeah. yeah. the hospital that we originally were at couldn't handle all of the burn victims. >> both were put in medically induced comas and underwent skin grafts and plastic surgeries. it would be nearly two months before they were reunited back in the u.s. were you grateful to be alive? >> if you want me to be honest, at times, i -- i kind of wished maybe -- it would be easier if i wasn't. i am now. but at the time when i was in new zealand, i couldn't do anything -- i couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. i couldn't brush my teeth. and i -- i just was wondering if i would ever be normal again.

>> now home in virginia, the ureys are going through painful laser procedures to increase mobility and break down their scars. i can't imagine it's been easy to sleep with this. >> we have separate beds because we just -- between the tossing and turning and general discomforts, there's no way we can share a bed right now. >> it sucks. it just sucks -- >> i can only imagine, lauren. what's been the hardest part for you? >> i don't like the person i see when i look in the mirror. i don't like my -- obviously my burns, the scars. i don't feel beautiful. i'm afraid he doesn't think i'm beautiful. which he tells me repeatedly he does. >> i do. >> but i just -- it's just really -- it's really hard. >> the ureys are suing both royal caribbean and the new zealand tour company. >> they needed to have done a heck of a lot more to warn these folks. >> reporter: maritime attorney michael winkleman.

>> when they're going to offer a shore excursion to passengers, they have a duty to reasonably inspect the excursion and make sure it's safe. >> in the weeks prior to the trip, the volcanic alert level was two, three is an eruption. >> having known that, there was no way we would have stepped on the island. >> we're very, very angry about it. >> can you see normalcy now, lauren? >> a little bit, yeah. i owe it all to him. i really do. he's been my rock. he's been everything to me. >> in a statement to cbs news, royal caribbean said, quote, we respectfully decline further comment while the investigation is still proceeding." we reached out to i.d. tours new zealand for comment, but we've not heard back. gayle, the ureys face surgeries monthly for at least the next year -- possibly more. they are hoping, however, to get a redo on their honeymoon. that's what they're looking

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a black man is demanding detroit police apologize for arresting him based on a false hit from facial recognition technology. robert williams was held for 30 hours in january in connection with a 2018 robbery in detroit. a photo of williams came up as a potential match after officers ran grainy video of a black man stealing watches through an ai system. williams and his lawyers reportedly told officers the match was faulty. >> i said, no, that is not me. it zoomed on the face of the guy in the first picture, and i saw -- held it up to my face and said, "i hope you don't think all black people look alike." >> the charges against williams have been dropped. the detroit police department says after williams' case, it will use facial recognition as a way to generate leads only, and they will require corroborating evidence before an arrest is made. >> we've been hearing this is a problem when it comes to facial recognition to people of color. spread the word, all black

people do not look alike. for instance, you and i look very different. >> thank god for you, gayle. thank god for you. >> sure, vlad. sure. all right. so let me lay this on you -- nasa is renaming its headquarters in washington after mary w. jackson, the african-american african-american engineer. she helped open opportunities for americans and women in the field of northerning and technology. her life and career helped inspired the book and movie "hidden figures." ry retired in auto -- she died in 2005. whenever i reflect on the life of pioneers like mary jackson, americans who blazed a trail where there was none before, like benjamin davis, the first african-american brigadier general or ida b. wells or connie chung, rita moreno, they inspire me to keep on keeping on. >> i'm so glad that nasa is honoring her now. i think to the 1950s when she

started, she was in a segregated unit of a four runner to nasa, proof that you can be really smart, building rockets, and really dumb segregating your work force. >> thank goodness for "hidden figures." a lot of people didn't know about her until the movie. that was a good thing. what else you got? >> all right. so you guys can't forget the surgeon -- we introduced in march -- lifting spirits. he's lifting spirits all over america. dr. elvis, the so-called singing surgeon, finishing his reynolsiy and says he believes the power of music can heal. >> you start to realize the surgery and medication can only go so far. music heals and touches people in ways medicine can't. >> yes, indeed. dr. francois held a free live socially distant concert. one last performance before he goes. >> dr. william robinson on piano. the two put an album out

together called "music is medicine." i love that. i think dr. elvis francois is like a rock star's name. i love that name, vlad. >> i do, too. i think it's one of the best -- we're tight on time, but we have to give a shout out to tony dokoupil who was live on "the talk" yesterday. live on "the talk" yesterday. >> thank you so much. >> that was very fun. >> great appearance. >> thanks. >> no time to talk. coming up, dr. david agus on the alarming spike in coronavirus cases and what can be done to control it. that's ahead. ♪ at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. luckily, we are right around the corner with safer ways to shop so you can enjoy the moments you do make. like making sure you have pool toys the whole family can try out. ♪ and never running out of sunscreen before playing in the yard. and if you do spend the day indoors, always have enough snacks. this summer, walgreens is making shopping safer, with touchless pay and drive thru pick up, so you can keep your summer going.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning, it is 7:56. here is some of your top stories. the woman caught on camera coughing on a baby at a yogurtland and san jose on purpose may be a oak grove school district employee. one was upset because the child's mother was not maintaining social proper distancing. so far, she has not been arrested. a rally happening in san pablo in support of striking mcdonald's workers took at least two employees tested positive for covid-19 at the san pablo restaurant. one of them also works at a low

can look oakland location where dozens of workers have tested positive. today, b.a.r.t. ward members are going to decide whether to approve a proposed budget for the next fiscal year. they will also get an update on the pandemic's impact on the transit agency. that meeting gets underway in about an hour. gianna has a look at your traffic. topic as we take a look at the roadways, it is still busy out there. if you are taking highway 4, westbound highway 4 slow out of pittsburgh. 30 more minutes from antioch over to hercules. we've got a crash on southbound 101 not too far from candlestick locking the left two lanes. it's moving at an okay paste, just a little slow as you pass the scene. mary? >> another day of cool conditions for the coast. mild around the bay, and ating in line, so businesses are starting to bounce back.

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you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. it's thursday, june 25th, welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. >> the u.s. reports the highest daily coronavirus increase yet. we look at why many young people are now getting sick. fair election fight first on "cbs this morning." the mothers of beyonce talk about a new push to make sure the virus doesn't lead to voter suppression. and a performer talks about the meaning of pride and why he's entering the twilight zone. first here's today's eye opener

at 8:00. >> the u.s. reported the single largest day number. >> i understood the chance i was taking going out and now i'm paying that price. >> another reminder that the young are still very much at risk from this disease. >> more than 54,000 people living and working in long-term care facilities have died from the coronavirus. that's more than 40% of reported u.s. guests. >> the covid-19 case load surging a new poll shows president trump is trailing in several key states. >> the house judiciary committee chairman is talking about impeaching the attorney general who is accused of interfering on cases on president trump's behalf. >> he has a personal belief the president should be above the law. >> he'll have a chance to defend himself after several false starts. marking the occasion, a string quartet performing for

potted plants. it looks like they're going plantum of the opera. that's a concert where everyone was on pot. you know what they say, there's nothing better than an audience that really roots for you. >> it's so corny it's funny. well done, james corden. >> each one worst than the next. >> we'll begin with this. more than five months after the first confirmed coronavirus illness in this country, cases are surging again to record levels. there were more than 38,000 cases reported yesterday. that's according to the co-vid tracking project. now, that surpasses the previous high of about 36,000 back in april. the three most populated u.s. states california, florida and texas all reported record daily cases. >> in texas, hospitalizations have hit record highs for 13 straight days. in that state's biggest city of

houston, 97% of icu beds are occupied at texas medical center which is billed as the largest medical complex in the world. officials there say if trends continue, the center could become overwhelmed. and with all that in mind, let's get to dr. david agus joining us from los angeles. good morning. there's a lot to get to. i want to begin with dramatic numbers. the surge in cases. we expected little spikes as states reopened. this doesn't seem little. what concerns you most about it? >> you're right, tony. this is -- when we're all staying at home, we knew we had to stay home and we all did what we were supposed to do and the case rate in the united states fell. but inning two, the rules are different all over the place. we don't know what to do. i think we're seeing that and seeing young people go out and go back to the way they were. they're not going down a level,

going out with masks and social distancing. they're going back to the way they were. it's not going to effect me dramatically, i have to go back. and then they come and spread to others. the number increases are scary. and obviously we're seeing it like the report in texas where the hospitals are overwhelmed. >> why is it that we have this double digit increase nationally in cases but the death count is declining, the two-week average in the number of fatalities on the way down, why the lag? p>> well, because we have an agd drift downward. the united states is 4 % of the global population yet 25% of the deaths and cases of covid-19 in the world. we're seeing the increase in cases now in the united states, but the younger people, they're hospitalized. many of them, but they're not going to an icu as much, and not dying as much. the death rate is staying stable, but this is worrysome.

they could spread the virus. the asymptomatic worry me because they could spread to others without knowing it. the numbers of cases spreading are going. it's scary right now in this country. >> yeah. you mentioned new rules. one that comes to mind is new york, new jersey and connecticut, a two-week quarantine on visitoring seeing a surge. is that effective, and are the states with the surge likely to need a lockdown to get it under control? >> well, we saw it the other way a few months ago. right? you couldn't go from florida to new york. now you can't go from new york to florida. i'm saying it backwards. we saw it in the old days. you couldn't have gone from new york to florida, now you don't go from florida to new york. they have to do this. there are places in the country with high numbers of cases and they have to in a sense be on lockdown and other states are

going to say i don't want people from that state coming to my state. we're going to start to protect each other. states with different rules makes it confusing. we don't have national leadership on what to do. it's all at the local level. and that makes it difficult, because you don't exactly what the rules are. >> yeah. the united part of the united states seems to be missing from the public health response, but we have heard from president trump who yesterday teased what he called a beautiful surprise on the vaccine front. do you have any idea what he's talking about? >> i'm not always quite sure i understand what he's talking about but i can say the results on the vaccines look very promising. right now thousands of patients have been vaccinated. there have yet to be significant side effects and what i think is encouraging is almost everyone is having an immune response. the vaccine is going to be different than what was originally billed. it may be two shots. one shot on day zero. another three weeks later. then we'll see how long the

vaccine lasts. so my gut is there will be a vaccine in the fall. and we're going to start to vaccinate the country. having light at the end of the tunnel, i think is very positive. and hopefully that will enable all of us to say just a couple more months of hunkering down and doing a change in behavior. because in the end, we're going to get back to a new normal, but it will be a way of life where we're more comfortable. >> yeah. wow, the fall sounds like a tame table a lot of people will be rooting for. thank you very much. gayle, back to you. >> it's nice to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. in the meantime, please stay home and follow the rules. ahead, we'll talk to the mother of beyonce. how they are fighting to make sure all voices are heard on election day. first,

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this this week primary voters flooded the sole polling location in jefferson county, kentucky. they were locked out until a judge ordered an extension. they started shouting "let us in." a number of polling sites dwindle among this pandemic. ti tina knowles-lawson mother of beyonce knowles-quarter and solange knowles helped to pass the so-called heroes act. it would make voting more accessible. tamika palmer is one of those that signed in support. her daughter was killed by louisville police back in march. first on "cbs this morning," we spoke to both of them in the

hope for justice in breonna taylor's case and it's time for action. >> i am outraged just like everyone else, and i want to do my part. i'm not a politician. i'm not, you know, an activist in that public sense, but i just felt like i had to do this. >> so tell us what does the letter say and what do you want it to do? >> the letter is speaking of all of the pain that's going on in the country, and how, you know, how sick and tired of it we are and if there is something that can help it like the heroes act. why is it a question? it should be done in an instant. >> what would the heroes act do? >> it would supply gloves. it would supply masks. it would supply voting machines so that people are want not in so the longer you're in line you're more likely to catch

covid. it's simple mathematics. it all comes down to having the polling places open. where is that money going to come from? we didn't have the funds to print up enough absentee voting ballots and we didn't have enough funds to pay people to come out and have more polling stations. it all comes down to money and that is what this bill is going to provide. >> i would imagine, though, tamika this is also very personal to you. you are, of course, breonna's mother. why did you sign the letter? >> just because it is important people vote and they're given the opportunity. we need to get out here and vote and that we're able to have the resores to do it. >> there was news that one of the officers involved in the shooting of your daughter has been fired. what was your reaction to that? >> mixed. i'm happy to hear he was fired.

he should have been fired. it's just the beginning. there's so much more to go. there are so many other people involved. >> know you're working on passing breonna's law which would ban those no-knock warrants. it's a start for other families. it doesn't help breonna's situation, but i would be grateful that it doesn't happen to someone else. somebody still has to answer for what happened to breonna, though. >> how do you want us to remember her and what do you miss most about her? >> her smile. >> yeah. >> just -- her smile. and just remember that she didn't deserve this and she would do anything for anybody. >> listen, i know, tamika, you never planned to sit here doing interviews and i can only imagine how difficult this is

for you. it's interesting, tina, many people don't understand the link between voter suppression and justice for people like breonna taylor and george floyd and ahmaud arbery. can you collect the dots, please? >> i mentor kids and i was sharing with tamika yesterday that i talked to my kids about what was going on and there were a lot of tears. there was a lot of frustration, so their response was it doesn't matter if we get our family to vote. it's not going to make a difference. it never has, and they are very hopeless, and i think a lot of black people feel that way and how i connect the dots with them. if you vote, you vote for the mayor and the mayor hires the police chief and the district attorney and all of the people in power to make those changes in your community, and so if you don't vote, then you don't have a voice. >> beyonce wrote an open letter to the attorney general of

kentucky. she also mentioned calling for these officers to be charged. so you've got beyonce knowles-carter, you've got tina knowles-lawson and a one-two punch in your corner. what does it mean to have that kind of support? >> it's amazing to have so much support from so many different people, and all over the world. people who don't know me or don't even know breonna, but they know that what happened wasn't right and that they're willing to stand and demand justice. i am so eternally grateful to so many different people. >> people keep saying, though, tina, this feels different. >> it absolutely feels different. i think people's humanity is showing. when have you seen this many people out marching and our white brothers and sisters out marching and standing as shields with people. i get emotional about it because my friends have supported and they've called and they've

stepped up and i do feel like it can be a change. i really do. i have so much hope. >> i do, too. i do, too, tina. i think it's a wake-up call for many people. tamika, i'd like to tell you this, they're saying the name of breonna taylor all over the world, it's not just in the united states and not just in kentucky. it is all over the world. what would be most helpful to you at this time? >> to continue to say her name. we are still in the beginning and there's still so much work to be done, just please continue to say her name. please continue to march and demand justice. >> the list of people who have signed the letter, impressive. viola davis, whoopi goldberg, beyonce, solange knowles, gabrielle union, lala, sybrina fulton, mother of trayvon martin and my heart goes out to tamika.

number one, as i said, she didn't expect to be doing this and at the end of the day as grateful as she is for the support she's still a grieving mother whose daughter should not have died under those circumstances and it's heartbreaking and that's the name of tina knowles-lawson. >> i think she connected the dots. >> why it's important to vote. what y it feels that people's humanity is showing. >> we see that, too. >> ahead, the late of the weekly jobless numbers and why the push to reopen is affecting the economic recovery. that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." [upbeat music] ♪ today was the day that i put everything in perspective. ♪

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first on "cbs this morning," i always like when that happens, we're announcing that beyonce, tina knowles-lawson's daughter, is getting the honor of a lifetime. queen bey will be presented with the b.e.t. humanitarian award for all the hard work she's done during this pandemic through her

beygood foundation. it will feature timbaland and swizz beatz for their philanthropic achievements. the 20th annual b.e.t. awards will be simulcast this sunday on, yep, cbs. along with other networks including b.e.t. and b.e.t. her at 8:00, 7:00 central. anthony, i have to say when i first saw -- sunday on cbs -- i thought it was a typo. >> yeah. me, too. >> i had to check because that has ever happened at this network. i think good things have come from this merger. and that's one of them. that will be this sunday. that's a big deal. >> a lot of initials. cbs and b.e.t. all together -- >> i'm excited about that. >> that's cool. very cool thing. so is what's coming up that's really cool. billy porter, boat known for his emmy winning role in "pose" and for his performances in "kinky boots." ♪ papa's got brand my shoes got to break in the heels ♪ >> nothing more electric than billy porter on stage.

ahead he will tell us how fide protests against racial injustice give him hope. he'll talk about his role in the twilight zone on cbs ll access. this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning. hate crime investigations underway in vallejo. police say someone spray- painted a swastika with references to white power and a derogatory name on the side of a restroom at blue rock springs park. that graffiti was found yesterday morning. crews have since cleaned it all . start back the oakland school board voted unanimously to expel police officers from district schools. members passed a plan dubbed the george floyd resolution eliminating the ousd police

department. it redirects $2 million in funding to programs for students. today, b.a.r.t. board members will decide whether to approve of budget for the next fiscal year. will get a pandemic on the update on the pandemic's impact on the transit agency. just a bit of a hiccup along highway 4 westbound to bay point. other than that, things looking a lot better out of that commute heading towards hercules. if you are taking south 680, we've got a few brake lights there. there's a crash south of there, and we've got a crash involving two vehicles and a big rig, and that is causing some delays. golden gate bridge looking good. there was some debris on the northbound side. looks like it's not causing any trouble. san mateo bridge, a clear ride from 880 and 101. gianna, big temperature fred from the coast and inland locations. about a 30 degree temperature difference, so cooler because. 68 in san francisco , mild

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is 8:30 on a thursday which means we have brand-new numbers showing how americans are doing in the job market. this more than three months after the coronavirus pandemic began. the labor department has just reported that 1.4 million people filed for unemployment benefits

last week. 1.4 million. that number is still far above the historical average and taken on its own would be a record. but it is far below the number of job losses we have seen in the weeks through march and april. the total during that period, 14 weeks, is around 47 million. a truly staggering number. but the weekly number has steadily fallen for most of that time. in fact, this would be the 14th straight week, gayle and anthony, of a declining number. but of course, unemployment overall still in the double digits. >> yeah. >> and 1.4 million is a big, big, big number. it's a lot of economic pain out there. so while things are slowly improving, slowly is the operative word. >> yeah. hard to call 1.4 million unemployment claims good news. but it does -- it is part of a very slow but steady decline. so things headed in the right direction. obviously still a ways to go. >> yeah. one of those times you want thing to go down, not up. down, not up. how about this -- billy porter. he's working really hard.

we earn aed a tony and grammy f "kinky boots," and he made history as the first openly gay man to win an emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role in the hit fx series "hose." he's well-known for expressing his gender fluidity with statement-making gowns, boy can he dress on the red carpet. now he's taking on the role of a psychic in the second season of the cbs all-access revival of "the twilight zone." >> i see a man pretending to be something he's not. do you even know? >> know what? >> do you know who you are? >> i guess i don't. >> do you want to find out?

>> billy porter joins us from his home in new york. i'm scared. i want to find out, billy porter, do you know who you are? >> i know -- >> billy porter, i know you do. your character has a great line in the episode where he says, "i'm a scam artist, but i make people feel better." that's what i think about you -- not a scam artist in real life, but you make people feel better. i remember when you won the emmy. openly gay man. bound up with the hat that looked like a checkmark like check. and kerry washington gave you the emmy. gave you the emmy at that time. >> yes, she did. >> and so anthony and i were talking. we can't believe that you were the first openly gay man to win an emmy. weren't you surprised yourself or no, not really? >> i was completely surprised. i had no idea. you know, i don't follow the statistics that way. >> yeah. >> but i am so honored to have had the privilege to be chosen

to be that person, to be that -- that fire brand, that catalyst in our culture. >> yeah, because i'm wondering, you know, you did a great letter to yourself, to your younger self, billy. i was so touched because you said this, "you are what you say you are, so say what you want. speak what you want from life into the air and into the universe." my point about that is you always seem to have been a very strong sense of self, even as a little kid based on this letter. did you ever have time when you had self-doubt about yourself and who you are? >> oh, i had self-doubt all the time. >> do you? >> especially in the middle -- especially in the middle of what i call my valley. you know, i spent a long time unemployed and not working. and my -- the masculinity game, you know, i was in that masculinity game. i was never masculine enough to sort of succeed traditionally in the way that the business was set up. it wasn't until i took myself out of that game, out of that

race and really stood in my own truth and chose myself regardless of the consequences that things turned around. >> billy, how did you maintain your sense of self, your strengths through all that then? >> you know, it's my faith. it's my spiritual practice. it's my mother. my mother is a disabled woman who has -- who has had a degenerative condition her entire life. she resides at the actors fund nursing home right now with no mobility. and the biggest fight we had when we moved her into the nursing home was that they weren't waking her up early enough to get out of bed so she could enjoy whatever life she had. and that is the human being that raised me. so i always refer and defer to her when i'm in spaces and

moments where i feel discouraged. >> that's very nice. we can always count on mom. so here you are, "twilight zone." you get a call that says what and you say what? >> they say, "do you want to come and do the "twilight zone," and i said, "yes." listen, i didn't even have to audition. they offered it to me. i went to vancouver. i shot that thing. i got to be spooky, as you saw. >> yes. >> i don't really get to be spooky very often. mysterious. i got to be spooky and mysterious, and that was fun. and you know, i'm excited about jordan peele being at the helm of this redo and this reboot because i was so connected to the "twilight zone" as a young kid. it would come on late at night before the channels would go off. i was connected to it because it's moral stories told in parable. very much like the bible. very much like when i was, you

know, growing up in church. i could make that comparison. so you know, there's black people in it now. >> yes, i know. >> how fun is that? >> that is very fun -- billy porter -- >> all kind of people of color. >> billy porter, we like black people. we think that's a good thing. and jordan peele does all the intros and the outros which is nice. he's got the perfect tone, the perfect voice for it. it's nice. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> billy, do you think hollywood is -- with all that's happening now, do you think hollywood is doing enough in terms of diversity? both in terms of color and in terms of -- terms of gay characters? >> i think hollywood is in transition. i think that there are a lot of people who are transitioning into positions of power. when you're in a position of power and green light things that dictates the material, there are a lot more allies who are in positions of power like

ryan murphy who helped to expose prose to the general public. and the world at large. you know, i'm trying to get in that seat myself, that power seat where i can green light. i'm trying to be like you, gayle -- >> what is that? what is that? >> you and oprah. you and oprah. green light your own stuff. >> yeah. you're talking about oprah there. my name is gayle. i'm sitting right here green lighting. nothing but "cbs this morning." billy, parts of the fun of you is waiting to see what you're going to say, what you're going to wear. when you came on the air this morning, i was thinking what's he going to do. where did the whole fashion sense, your -- oh, vote -- >> great sweater. where can we get one of those? >> that's what i'm wearing. >> i want one of those. >> my michael kors. call him up.

>> i'm going to say, "billy said to call you." your sense of style and fashion, do you see i'm going to have fun with it? do you walk out there and intend to shock, or you're just saying i want everybody to be in on the joke? or you're just thinking this is what i look best in, a lamp shade that opens and closes? >> all of it. it's -- it's intentional. >> yeah. >> you know, i've always been into fashion. i grew up in the black church, sunday is a fashion show. this is an extension of who i've always been. >> yeah. >> you know, it never occurred to me while doing "kinky boots" that i could sort of embody this idea of gender nonconformity in my fashion. it was actually after doing "kinky boots" and going in search of what my style would be as you toured the country with my music. i thought, i -- i think i can play with it -- like i can -- why can't i? what is the reason why i couldn't? and i had no idea that it would

-- >> turn into this -- >> explode into -- yeah, i didn't. i really, really didn't. it's political. >> i'm happily for you, too, billy. you have always said that authenticity means more to you than anything. so you've got an emmy, a tony, a grammy, so now you know you've got to go for the oscar. we are cheering you on. cheering you on. thunderstorm watch for g-- than so much for getting up early. >> thank you for having me. yes, absolutely. >> see you on tv. >> have a wonderful day. >> you, too. >> bye. >> bye-bye. virtual hug. and you can watch billy in the second season of "the twilight zone" streaming now on cbs all access. neighbors are helping each other in a community badly hit by the pandemic. ahead in our series "a more perfect union," how one good deed turned into a huge support network with nearly

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and we're back in our series "a more perfect union," we aim to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. as the coronavirus continues to spread, neighbors are forming mutual aid groups to help each other out. the concept is not new, but it's made a huge difference in places badly affected by the pandemic. places like new york city. erroll barnett shows how one

family in queens created a massive aid network that's helping hundreds of people. delivery -- >> reporter: evie handzopoulos has lived in astoria for 22 years, but most of her neighbors were strangers until the pandemic brought them together. >> i saw a flyer hanging up as the pandemic was unfolding just saying, you know, if you want to help out -- >> reporter: in one of the hardest hit regions in the country, people are banding together, volunteering for grocery runs and other errands to help the most vulnerable. >> i immediately reached out. i said, i'm freaking out, i can't leave my apartment. i need medication. they were like, yeah, that's what we're here for. >> reporter: a lifeline for people like elissa weinberger who lives with the autoimmune disease lupus. >> it really helped me keep my -- my independence and my sense of normalcy. >> reporter: what began with flyers and texts has evolved

into the astoria mutual aid network. >> i said to them, you know, i'm a nurse, can i help in any way? i'd like to help. >> reporter: mariah lyrist became a neighbor in need after she and her husband contracted covid-19 leaving their 11-year-old daughter to care for them both. >> we were bedridden, very weak. i was shocked how it can hit you like a ton of bricks. >> reporter: how much help did you receive from the group you were previously volunteering with? >> i was thankful they were out there. when i was first really sick like with temperature spiking to 102, 103 for days in a row, i remember the one lady who i had asked for cleaning wipes for us but ended up using them to keep cool. i think that helped me bring the temperature down. >> reporter: marya and her husband bounced back, but her sister, anna, who also contracted the virus couldn't. >> a little older with underlying health conditions. despite the best efforts, she passed away.

>> reporter: this mutual aid network was an idea born out of this nondescript building in astoria. a woman who lives here realized a neighbor needed groceries, so she took what she could out of her fridge and hand delivered it. that good deed has cascaded into hundreds of neighbors helping each other. >> we know we've been able to assist over 600 of our neighbors. they've asked support for at least 900 tasks. we've been able to do that because we have an incredible network of almost 900 now volunteers. >> maryam and her husband cross created the astoria mutual aid network, creating a deep sense of community for their 7-year-old daughter, emma. >> mutual aid -- this. >> reporter: even though the new york metro area is densely populated, it's often the case that you don't know who lives right next door. >> yeah. for me, to truly get to know my community and the members of that community in a very direct and real way has been incredibly

powerful. >> reporter: what do you think will be the lasting impact? >> my hope is that we're not waiting to go back to what we call normal, but that this experience helps us shape what we want the new normal to be. leading with compassion and humanity and recognizing that we have the agency to create the change and to demand the change within our communities that we hope to see. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," erroll barnett, new york. >> wow. bravo, bravo to the astoria mutual aid society. this is one of those moments where you wonder could this be a longer term change in the way we help one another. instead of turning to private services, turn to your neighbors, turn to your friends. they're there, too, guys. >> they certainly figured it out. >> they built something special. before we go, how a 7-year-old is using the power of reading to bring kids together during the pandemic. we'll be right back.

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before we go, a 7-year-old is helping other kids during the pandemic, helping them by reading. >> look, i. a gerald. see -- and you are piggies. >> that is bryan rumfelt reading the book "harold and hog: pretend for real." with his flair there. the rising second grader loves to read and realized that other kids probably missed having story time canceled because of the pandemic. his grandmother suggested he start the facebook group bryan's book corner. and bryan records himself reading his favorite books. and then with the help of his family, posts the videos to facebook, and the group now has more than 1,000 members. anthony and gayle, reading is fundamental. with bryan it looks fun, too. >> i'm hooked. not only that, we love bryan's

little voice and the sound effects. >> he's a very good reader. can't do enough reading. there's plenty of time now. >> i never get tired of children's voices ever. >> no. that will do it for us. see you tomorrow. [upbeat music] ♪ today was the day that i put everything in perspective. ♪

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning, it is 8:55. a shooting in santa rosa sent two people to the hospital. that happened overnight on sevastopol road. they are expected to survive. know what on the suspect. a coronavirus outbreaks keeps growing and san quentin. it has more than 450 cases after having not just three weeks ago. 1 in 8 inmates are infected along with 40 employees. a sharp increase in cases

of lantus at the clare county on the state watchlist. the sound he saw tiny single they increase on tuesday. it's hospitalization rate is also climbing. a stalled vehicle at eastbound 580, so if you are headed out the door and plan on taking 582, traffic is light with no delays. you looking good as well on 580. bay bridge, lights are off, and everything has dissipated their pretty much. you are clear from this point all the way to the city. a little slow coming the skyway, and very quiet on the rest of our bay area bridges including the golden gate bridge with traffic light on both directions. mary? another day of cool temperatures at the coast. mild around the bay in heating in. check it out come of 94 degrees in concord this afternoon, 96 in fairfield, 95 in liver field, 68 for san francisco. so we're looking at cooling cloudy weather along the coast, pacifica 63 degrees but sunshine and heating inland. we're looking at temperatures at least very similar for your friday but much cooler as we

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