♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's monday, july 20th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. the legacy of john lewis. we honor the late congressman and civil rights icon's lifetime of good trouble. what he told us about his mission to help redeem the soul of america and how the next generation is carrying that effort forward. we'll also have an exclusive interview with the lewis' longtime allies, bill and hillary clinton, about how all of us can be part of this important work. breaking overnight, judge's family ambushed. a gunman dressed as a delivery driver kills the son of a federal judge and seriously wounds her husband at their home. the latest on the manhunt and how the fbi is now involved.

and fighting about the virus. president trump doubles down on his criticism of dr. anthony fauci. plus hear the emotional message from one father who survived the coronavirus. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> i'll be right eventually. i will be right, eventually. it's going to disappear. i'll say it again. >> does that discredit -- >> and i'll be right. >> coronavirus continues to ravage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. >> when you're in the middle of a pandemic and you try and deal with it, there isn't anything worse that you have as someone who doesn't care about the science. >> the deadly attack on the family of a federal judge just days after she was assigned to a case involving jeffrey epstein. >> president trump weighing in on federal agencies response in portland. >> the president has a complete

misunderstanding of cause and effect. >> i think mail-in voting is going to rig the election. >> you will accept the election? >> i have to see. look, i have to see. no, i'm not just going to say yes. >> the toronto bluejays will be looking for a place to play. >> the canadian government deny the request to play games in toronto this year. >> not your typical police chase. a little dog named astro is okay after leading first responders on a chase. >> once they get going, they're gone and you're not stopping them until they want to stop. >> you have six guys trying to catch him. >> and all that matters. >> tributes continue for former congressman john lewis. >> ehe'll always be remembered s an individual who did all he could for america and for african-americans. >> on "cbs this morning." >> if not us, then who? if not now, then when? time and again, he faced down death so that all of us could share equally in the joys of life generations from now when parents teach their children

what is meant by courage, the story of john lewis will come to mind. an american who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time. whose life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. very well said, president barack obama. welcome to "cbs this morning." today, we're focused on honoring the legacy of congressman john lewis. we'll hear his thoughts from our conversation that we had with him just last month. so grateful we have that today. and we'll speak with others who knew him well, including house speaker nancy pelosi, fellow civil rights activist andrew young and exclusively, bill and hillary clinton, his longtime friends. i have to say anthony and tony, many people knew the end was near, but when you heard the news, it was still very, very difficult to take in. he really was superman without a cape, i think, for many people. and very few people have a pure

heart, but anybody who knew john lewis said he was one of those people that had a pure heart. thinking about him a lot over the weekend. >> he was the epitome of an american hero. we'll be remembering him throughout this broadcast. first, we're following breaking news about a deadly shooting at the home of a federal judge. a manhunt is under way after a gunman opened fire on the family of judge esther salas in new jersey. her son was killed and her husband wounded. she was unharmed. errol barnett is at the scene. we're hearing the fbi is involved. >> that's right, anthony. good morning. the fbi now leading this investigation. coordinating with u.s. marshals and state and local police. what they tell cbs news is the suspspect was dressed as a delivery driver when he approached the house you see behind me on sunday. that's when the judge's husband, that's defense attorney mark

anderl answered the door and was shot. the gunman also shot and killed the couple's 20-year-old son daniel. esther was in the home's basement at the time and was unharmed. he's been rushed to the hospital and appears to be in stable condition. it's unknown the reason for the shooting. it's unknown who the actual target was considering the judge's husband himself is a defense attorney. salas presided over a few high-profile cases from drug and gang violence cases including one involving the cripps street gang and one involving investors of deutsche bank for failing to monitor questionable transactions by jeffrey epstein. right now there is no link between those trials and court proceedings and this shooting on sunday. and, gayle, that is why the fbi is pleading for anyone with information to reach out to the agency. >> errol, thank you.

that's absolutely terrifying. now to the legacy of congressman john lewis who fought his entire life to help america live up to its ideals of freedom, justice and equality. his work began with demonstrations and demands and continued for decades in washington where he became known as the conscience of congress. congressman lewis never stopped being an activist. cbs this morning saturday co-host michelle miller has more on what it took lewis to bring us all closer to a just society. michelle, you've known him a very long time. good morning to you. >> good morning. well, john lewis, the congressman, was instrumental in shaping this nation's freedoms. one of his greatest achievements was the national museum of african-american history and culture. something he fought for for 15 years. he called it a dream come true. he was a living blueprint for change through nonviolence. and many said an effective

leader because he lived it. >> it doesn't matter whether we're black or white, latino, asian-american or native american, whether we are gay or straight. we are one family. >> reporter: john lewis not only had a way with words. >> get out there, and push and pull until we redeem the soul of america. >> reporter: but was revered for the change his words inspired. >> for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the corn fields of alabama. >> reporter: the civil rights titan often discussed his own family's story of rising from the ashes. >> sometimes i feel like crying. tears of happiness. tears of joy. >> reporter: as a reminder of how far this nation has come and the progress that can still be made. >> when people tell me nothing has changed, i just feel like saying, come and walk in my shoes. i will show you. >> reporter: lewis was, after all, a man who walked the walk.

>> we do not want our freedoms gradually. but we want them now. >> reporter: fighting against injustice and equality almost his entire life. >> i kept saying to myself, how many more young black men will be murdered? and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change. >> reporter: lewis embodied nonviolence. it was a cornerstone in his philosophy. >> when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something. do something! >> reporter: he was arrested at least 45 times for peacefully protesting. good trouble, he called it. >> you only pass this way once. you have to give it all you have. >> reporter: and he gave all he had. in 1965, lewis led an historic march from selma to montgomery, alabama, which sparked the passage of the voting rights act. the brutal crackdown of the protest at edmund pettus bridge, known as bloody sunday.

it was a turning point for lewis and the nation. he went on to serve as a congressman representing georgia for over 30 years. and became known as the conscience of the congress. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom for his courage and commitment to justice. president obama saying this moment -- >> preserve, defend and protect the constitution of the united states. >> was only possible because of the sacrifices lewis made. in the end, lewis said that as long as he has breath in his body, he would do what he can. and he did. he fought with humility and, above all, he fought with love. and congressman lewis lived by the message that love will always conquer hate. and he always seemed to rise above violence. that was an ideology he shared with c.t. vivian, another civil

rights organizer who worked closely with martin luther king jr. and crossed paths with lewis in a twist of fate. vivian passed away the very same day as lewis due to natural causes. he was 95 years old. tony? >> two big losses there. you say he was a lover in addition to being a fighter. he believed that love would triumph over hate. an optimist as well. he wouldn't have begun the fight in the first place if he were not. we should continue that fight as well. michelle, thank you very much. during his more than three decades s is in congress, john worked alongside others who say it paved the way for them to serve in congress. nancy cordes spoke to two lawmakers. terri sewell and hank johnson who are considering the best way to pay tribute to him. >> john has sowed so many seeds. >> reporter: congresswoman sewell grew up in selma, alabama, hearing stories about

john lewis. never dreaming she'd grow up to walk and work alongside him. >> there was never a moment that he, if i was anywhere within ear shot and he's talking about selma that he wouldn't say come on up or grab my hand. but the fact he'd be willing to share his platform with me, always. and she's the one who represents selma today. >> reporter: as a congressman, lewis was a study in concontras. >> when you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. >> reporter: on one hand, fiercely partisan. a champion for gay rights, gun safety and immigration reform. >> i would go to the borders. i get arrested again. you know, if necessary, i am prepared to go to jail. >> reporter: and yet, for 17 terms, he seemed to transcend politics, forging bonds across the aisle. not unlike other late giants

like john mccain, john dingell and elijah cummings. >> he's going to treat you in a certain way that caused you to respond and live up to his expectation. >> reporter: congressman hank johnson represents the georgia district next door to lewis'. >> when he really wanted to be emphatic about something, his voice, he would rise his voice and he would sound like, you know, he would sound like god from heaven. >> do you think that's why he got the nickname, the conscience of congress? >> that name was so appropriate because when john lewis speaks, people listen. >> reporter: we are still awaiting details of the memorial services being planned, including here in washington, to honor the life of john lewis. we do know that the democratic party of georgia is intending to

name a nominee to replace him on the ballot at 4:00 this afternoon. one of the things that always struck me about john lewis was how lightly he wore his status as an icon. a couple of years ago, i was covering a political rally in atlanta and things were running late. the crowd was getting restless. and so he decided to stand up and entertain them all by getting down to "happy" by pharrell williams. he really leaned into it for about four minutes. the crowd went completely wild. and i should point out that he was 78 years old when i shot that video on my iphone. >> i love that video. i saw you posted it, nancy. it's wonderful. goes along with his crowd surfing at the stephen colbert show. great moments. turning to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. 41 states and washington, d.c., are seeing a rise in daily cases. the reported death toll from the

virus has now surpassed 140,000 people nationwide. florida saw more than 12,000 new cases just yesterday. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami beach. >> 8:00 curfew. >> reporter: here in the entertainment district of miami beach, there's an 8:00 p.m. curfew. an earlier one, because officials are concerned that people are continuing to gather, even as new infections top 10,000 in the state of florida for the fifth day in a row. >> we're hoping that by closing earlier, it tones down the party and it will allow these folks to go home and possibly keep everyone else around them, everyone else in our city safe. >> it's going to disappear. and i'll be right. >> reporter: in an interview with fox news sunday, president trump once again downplayed the rising number of cases. >> many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day. they have the sniffles and we

put it down as a test. >> reporter: the president also pointed more criticism at dr. anthony fauci's dire warnings. >> he's a little bit of an alarmist. >> reporter: in california, skyrocketing numbers could lead to more shutdowns. hospitalizations in los angeles county reached a record high at more than 2200. here's the mayor of los angeles, eric garcetti. >> stop telling people this will be over soon. if we don't come together as a nation with national leadership, we'll see more people die. >> reporter: in new york city, people there are prepared for phase four of the reopening. opening things like zoos and fanless pro sports stadiums. the city is moving forward, even after the mayor tweeted, party is over, sunday, in response to this scene outside of a crowded bar in queens. new york city is making the bar come up with a social distancing plan before they are allowed to serve customers again. >> i'm alive. >> reporter: back in florida, what a story john place has to

tell. this is a video he recorded from his hotel room after making up on a ventilator for nearly 20 days. john, his wife michelle and their four kids all tested positive. this is what john wants you to know. >> wear your mask. stay distanced. this is the worst experience i've ever been through in my life. >> reporter: john is only 42 years old. he didn't know he was a diabetic until he went into the hospital with coronavirus symptoms. john was treated with a ten-day course of remdesivir. he received steroids, as well as convalescent plasma. he did not receive hydroxychloroquine. his family believes he was infected by their 21-year-old son who went to a party with friends and came back and fell sick. >> yeah, we've heard that story. i hope people listen to john, though. wear your mask. thank you very much, david. cbs news has learned the trump administration plans to send 175 federal agents to

cities across america to assist local police with what they call unrest. the cities involved in this program, by the way, are run by democratic mayors. in oregon, the state's attorney general there filed a lawsuit over clashes like this in portland in recent days. federal officers in military-style uniforms have put protesters into unmarked vehicles allegedly without cause. carter evans is in portland with more on this story. >> reporter: protesters returned to downtown portland sunday night in a peaceful sign of soiledarity. a far different scene than the night before. that's when some protesters clashed with federal authorities who moved in on orders from the white house. community leaders and activists are pleading for an end to the violence. >> violence is not our way. but violence is not what we do. >> reporter: attorney general ellen rosenblum says federal officers are the ones escalating

the violence. she's suing agencies for actions like these. >> what is going on? who are you? >> three, four, five of them jumping out of the unmarked vans at night. grabbing people off the streets. putting them into their vans. >> i'm wondering if you really think this is political? >> i really do think this is political. i think it is politically motivated from the very top. i think that our president is essentially throwing mud on the wall to find an issue that will help him carry the day in november. >> reporter: for his part, the president insists this is all about protecting federal buildings and statues and to keep people safe. president trump tweeted sunday, we're trying to help portland, not hurt it. we must protect federal property and our people. portland police declared a riot saturday after they say demonstrators lit their union headquarters on fire. on sunday, the portland police association president said everyone is committed to talking about solutions. >> people who are out here every night that are rioting and

burning. if they want to sit down and have a conversation, we're more than willing to sit down and have that conversation. >> reporter: now this is one of the projectiles protesters say that authorities were firing at them just last night. this is the park they've been occupying for almost two months now. and tony, they have no plans to leave any time soon. >> carter where does you

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tennessee. and he just kept doing what he thought was right. >> a lot of people are hoping that the pettus bridge will be renamed -- >> i hope so. in 2000, i was holding his hands walking across the bridge on the 35th anniversary. hillary was a senator. and both of us walked across with him. and then he walked across with president obama. he was always there. he was tired or full of energy, he was always there. he showed up to honor people and events he believed in. >> someone said about him that he never made you feel guilty, he just made you feel responsibility r responsib responsible. is that a true characterization of him? >> absolutely. >> when you heard the news that we lost him, what was your initial thought? >> you know, it was such a sense of both personal loss and a

sense of national tragic loss, especially at this time, gayle, where his voice, his moral authority is so desperately needed. it was such a -- a joy of my life to be his friend. and i want to say something about joy because we talk about his incredible life of service and activism -- and yes, putting his life on the line. but he was a joyful man. he was someone who had a good time. if you ever saw him dance, he had a big smile on his face. he had a joy that just was contagious. >> i like what president clinton said, madam secretary, about him showing up because i think the fact that he showed up at a book signing for you at a costco. i think of hillary clinton and

congressman john lewis at a costco together. >> it's one of the -- looking up, and there he was. i was so surprised. and he had that smile on his face that i loved seeing. he goes, "wow, i was in the neighborhood, and i thought i'd come by, see how you were doing." that's the kind of friend he was. >> what does this loss mean to the country do you think? especially at this particular time? >> i think one of the things that i did feel very grateful for, having known him for a long, long time, was that he lived long enough to see the outpouring of public support after what happened to george floyd and all of those other fine people who lost their lives. finally there was there galvanizing of opinion in america. and as john said himself, it was much broader based than what happened in the '60s in the civil rights years. so i'm glad he lived to see that. and we need to finish the work

now. >> here we sit in the country now. we seem to be going through two crises actually. the coronavirus pandemic, and the racial strife and injustice we're feeling. he spoke about what he called getting into "good trouble." i love that phrase. what does that look like to both of you as we try to move forward and heal during this time? >> i think we have to remember that the great genius of john lewis through all his years in congress and all those years in the civil rights movement was that he knew how to make good trouble, and he knew how to heal troubled waters. it's a matter of heart as well mind, and he was a genius at it. the rest of us need to be searching for that perfect fist he had. >> thank you very much, clinton i s. the team said -- i said when was the last time they sat down and did an interview together? they said how about a answerizi

years. everybody was in such great spirits because that's what john lewis does for you. he makes you feel good. it's hard to process his loss, but he left us with so many wonderful things. bill clinton told a story that before he was going to endangerous him for a particular race, he said i need you to do something about environmental justice first. he always had words of advice for people. he never made you feel guilty, he just made you feel responsible. >> yeah. >> and he will be dearly, dearly and sorely missed, anthony. >> i love that phrase you use, gayle. and it reminded me of something that mayor andrew young said -- that he could break down barriers with white people just with the sheer voice of his spirit. we will be talking to ambassador young in the next hour. >> as we think about what good trouble means, i'm reminded that by john lewis' own tally, he was arrested more than 40 times, 40 in the 1960s, five after he was a member of congress. think about that. >> congress, yes. yes. and tony, he was willing to be arrested again, too.

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my dear friends, your vote is precious, almost sacred. it is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union. >> that was congressman john lewis speaking of the importance

of the vote at the 2012 democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. lewis spent much of his life fighting for voting rights and was a champion of the voting rights acts of 1965. it established federal oversight of election laws in states with a history of racial discrimination. the supreme court struck down key sections of that legislation in 2013. and as ed o'keefe reports, lewis had been pushing to restore parts of law ever since. the bill is passed. without objection. >> reporter: congressman john lewis banging the gavel on a vote last december to reinstate parts of the voting rights act. >> laid on the table -- >> reporter: a bill first passed in 1965 in part because of his march in selma, alabama. the scene of violence against black protesters demanding voting rights horrified or americans. months later, lewis was there when president lyndon johnson

signed the act into law. >> the president of the united states, lyndon johnson, members of the house and senate, and the american people heard our cries and responded to our pain and to our suffering. >> reporter: the voting rights act was renewed several times. most recently in 2006 with bipartisan support. [ applause ] in 2013, the u.s. supreme court invalidated federal oversight of elections, akey part of the lie designed to keep tabs on states are a history of discriminating against minority voters. the court decided such oversight was no longer necessary because of changes made by states since 1965. lewis strongly disagreed and became the lead advocate for fully restoring the law. >> they're saying in effect that history cannot repeat itself. but i say come and walk in my

shoes. >> reporter: vinia gupta worked with a group that tried to restore the act. >> the decision from the supreme court devastated the voting prights movement. >> reporter: give an example of where it's still an suppression and well in the united states of america of 2020. when you see on the news these long, long lines, why do those long lines exist and why do they only exist in predominantly black and brown communities? >> reporter: senate republicans have refused to take up the issue of voting rights arguing states should be left to run their own elections. just last week, republican senator majority leader mitch mcconnell told the "wall street journal," "there's very little tangible evidence of this whole voter suppression nonsense that the democrats are promoting." but now, congrsional democrats say they'll be stepping up pressure on republicans. >> the best thing that senate republicans can do to honor the legacy, service, sacrifice, and

sincerity of congressman lewis is to pass that voting rights act bill. >> reporter: congressman jeffries and some of his colleagues say if or when parts of the voting rights act are restored, the legislation doing so should be renamed the john r. lewis voting rights act. the realities of washington are such that unless democrats have full control of the white house and congress, passage of that legislation isn't expected any time soon. tony? >> all right. thank you very much. ahead, vlad duthiers will look at the stories you'll be talking about today. first, it is

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on the work still to be done. >> and the people doing it. we'll look at his lasting influence on the next generation of activists. lewis expressed hope just last month when he talked to us about the black lives matter movement. but those activists say he taught them about good trouble. >> and we'll hear from the congressman's own voice. his note to his younger self for "cbs this morning" about how he saw his own life's work. >> so glad we're doing that today. but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the man hunt is underway after a gunman opened fire on the family of a judge. her son was killed and her husband wounded. >> the suspect was dressed as a delivery driver when he appro h approached the house. the big question is the motive. a worsening coronavirus pandemic. the reported death toll from the virus has surpassed 140,000 people nationwide. we are focussed on honoring the legacy of congressman john

lewis. >> he was a living blueprint for change through nonviolence. >> one of the things that struck me was how lightly he wore his status as an icon. >> we can ride anywhere we want to ride, stay where we want to stay. those signs that said white are gone. and you won't see them anymore, but there are still invisible signs. that form a dove between us. i say to each one of us today, we must never, ever give up. we must never, ever give in. we must keep the faith and keep our eyes on the prize. >> this morning's eye opener at 8:00 is presented by the capital 1 walmart rewards card. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." we are dedicating this entire 8:00 hour to remembering the life and legacy of civil rights leader congressman juohn lewis.

he dedicated his whole life to making this country and those of us in it a better place and better people. >> better place filled with better people. he transformed the politics of the south a and that continues to shape our world today. the death of john lewis leaves the state's democrats with a tough decision. they're expected to decide today who will run in november to take his place in washington. in atlanta, a giant mural honoring lewis has been drawing large crowds since his death on friday. plans for his official funeral have not yet been announced. flags were lowered to half staff for lewis at the white house over the weekend. u.s. capital continues to do so along with all government buildings in the state of georgia. >> first on "cbs this morning," house speaker nancy pelosi joins us to does the legacy that lewis left behind. he served more than 30 years in congress and just four months ago lewis marched with nancy pelosi and other lawmakers to

mark the 55th anniversary of bloody sunday in selma, alabama. i love this picture. house speaker nancy pelosi joins us to discuss. good morning to you, madame speaker. oh, what a life he lived. i've been thinking about it. when was the last conversation you had with him, and are you comfortable sharing with you talked about? >> the last conversation i had with him was thursday. and that was a sad one. i didn't know it was the last. but i had some conversations with him, but we never talked about his dying until that day. and we talked about he always said he wanted to go home, so he was going home to heaven. >> i stayed up last night watching the documentary, good trouble. it's really good. highly recommend it on amazon. you're featured in the documentary. in it you said that he really was the -- he challenged the

conscience of the congress. how so? >> well, i love that documentary, because it says so much about john, but there's so much more. because he was just remarkable every single day. i served with him for 33 years in the congress of the united states. he challenged our conscience in so many ways in terms of equality and justice. and it was justice for all. of course, he made his mark for equality in the south and voting rights, but issue strt stwern sfu -- for the african american community. but he went beyond that. he stood with us when we were talking about women's rights and everything that that involves. he stood with us when we passed the affordable care act. it saddens me to say that when

he was helping us with that, that was 2010, there were people picketing the capitol and they -- now, this is only 2010. that recently. that recent. they shouted profanities at him. they spat on him. ten years ago. so there's something that our work has not been done. but the most wonderful thing i love about the very end of his life, the last really public appearance that he made was to go and identify with black lives matter painted on the street with the mayor of washington d.c. his connection to all of that, it's such an iconic moment, such an iconic photo. right before that he had had shortly before that, a meeting with president obama, another

connection to the future. someone, president obama being inspired by john lewis. so he -- >> yeah. madame speaker, he was very proud, he told us, of the black lives matter and was insistent there be peaceful protests always. i notice you got choked up when you were talking about him being spat upon. i understand the pain of that. he seemed to love a country that sometimes didn't love him back. he was able to do that. >> well, he was a patriot. he was a patriot, and one thing about john is he was truly committed to onviolence in every way, as was reverend vivian who died the same day he did. such a coincidence. and when his nonviolence took him to a place that led him to respect people that even disagreed with him so vehemently that they would enact in

violence, but he would reach out in friendship, always. he was -- not many of us could do that. >> yeah. yes, saintly. this is the other thing. he was able to -- >> i'm sorry. jim clyburn, democratic whip of the house, he said it's a good thing i wasn't with john on some of his challenges, because i'm not sure i would have been as nonviolent as he was in the face of some of the attacks made on him. >> i heard him say that. he said he didn't think he would have the restraint john lewis had. the oh thing about him is people on both sides of the aisle wanted to be associated with him. he was able to bridge that gap. especially during these times. how was he able to do that, do you think? >> well, he was really a very special person, and the respect he had for every person came back to him. you're so right.

on both sides of the aisle and the capital and by and large down pennsylvania avenue, most of the time, he had a great -- commanded great respect and had great rapporrapport. he did believe all of us had a spark of dwivinity in us that made us worthy of respect and he treated people with -- in that vain, and they had the spark of divinity and he did too, and that called upon him to rise to a higher level of engagement. so he was a model to the rest of us. i sent a note to my colleagues this morning and said in terms of arrangements and the rest, but in closing i said when all of us who worked with john in congress knew that he always worked on the side of the angels. and now he is with them. >> yeah. so as we remember him and we celebrate him today, two things

i'm curious what you're thinking. how can congress best honor him, and how can we the people best honor him? >> my granddaughter is ten. she loved john. all my children and grandchildren did. the children loved him. he connected with them in every possible way. but in any event, she said, she cried when she heard he passed and then said why didn't they revive him? i said well, he's passed. he's gone home to heaven. and she said well, then, we'll just have to make sure his ideas live. and that's probably how we all, congress and otherwise, honor john lewis. one way we could is for the senate to pass the voting rights act, and name it for john lewis. that would be a very appropriate way to honor him most immediately. >> all right, madame speaker. you know people. let's see how this turns out.

let's see how it turns out. that would be quite a tribute to him. thank you for taking the time with us this morning. >> thank you. >> we really appreciate it. >> thank you. yes, right this morning's "eye opener at 8" is sponsored by the capital one rewards card.

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we are honoring the legacy of congressman john lewis this morning following his death on friday. in our exclusive conversation with bill and hillary clinton, they told us the best way to remember john lewis is by exercising the right to vote that he fought for and then battled to protect. >> we should take time to honor him and ask ourselves what was it about john lewis that we helped, that we loved, that we need. and then the rest of us should seek our own way to model that.

to sort of live for him and let him live through trying to make america better. >> one of the ways to pay tribute to john lewis is by finally passing the voting rights act once again with teeth and meaning to it and naming it after him. name it the john lewis voting rights act, and his lifetime of work and sacrifice and physical and emotional stress that came in as he continued to advocate for every person's right to have a vote that would count would be the best tribute we could give him. >> who picks up the mantle for john lewis? who is that person? >> i don't think there will be one person. i think there will be many people. there has to be a role that everyone feels they can and should play. and a song in the heart of everyone like the song that was in john lewis' heart. >> people are stepping up and

basically saying "se sensend me ready. i want to do my part." they know what we've lost. the very least anybody can do is to vote. think about what john lewis went through in order to get us it the right to vote and, for hefbhef heavens sakes, think about him in the weeks and months ahead turn out to vote if for no other reason than to honor the legacy of this really great american. >> well, congressman lewis himself once said the vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democratic society. i love what the clintoning said when they said -- the clintons said, when they said it isn't one person that can fill his shoes, it will take many. how wonderful to know you are irreplaceable. what they told about john lewis today. and ahead, how john lewis inspired the elk generation to fight for equal rights. we'll talk to members of the black lives movement and dr. bernice king, daughter of dr.

martin luther king jr. you're watching "cbs this morning." we always thank you for that. we'll be right back.

congressman john lewis's legacy has inspired a new generation of civil rights activists including those in the black lives matter movement. jericka duncan spoke with two co-founders of the movement, patrisse cullors and opal tometi. she also talked with dr. bernice king, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. they discussed congressman lewis' fight for equality and how it can be carried on. >> what did you all learn from him and how are using his message to continue your efforts in black lives matter? >> you know, i think i learned that this is a long-haul fight and struggle, that the work that we do matters most if we stay inside of it and if we recognize that nothing changes overnight. >> my father defined a revolt as

moving people. but a revolution as changing people and systems. so the question is whether we will see the true change and man fessation that this -- manifestation that this is revolutionary. >> reporter: what do you think is the next group of people to lead this movement? >> we need to make sure there are people that are spokespersons, even if it's 20, and that the messaging is the same. you don't have to literally say the exact same words, but the narrative and the focus and the target, that those people who represent this generation are sending that same message. >> so much of what we get to do in our day is because of the tremendous work that our ancestors and freedom fighters before us did. and we stand on the shoulders of so many who came before us. >> his ability and capacity to behold the weight of the struggle but also there was a levity to how he showed up.

i think that's incredibly powerful for me as an organizer who's been in this struggle, but also for other younger organizers, younger than us, who are newly joining this fight. >> reporter: what do you think congressman lewis is saying right now? >> continue to get in good trouble. continue to get in the way. ton fight for jutice and freedom and equity, and do it in a nonviolent way, that love is the foundation. >> reporter: we also talked about this moment right here which we just heard speaker pelosi mention. and what it meant to those co-founders of black lives matter. it's that image of congressman lewis standing strong there on black lives matter plaza. you know the co-founder, one of the co-founders of black lives matter, patrisse cullors, said what comes to mind when she saw that photo is that we are our ancestors while this dreams. and she even said that what made it special is that congressman lewis was that ancestor, but he

got to see his dream to fruition before his death. >> yeah. that was a very powerful moment. jericka duncan, thank you. ahead, we'll hear

may your power be patient. how long can we be patient? we want our freedom, and we want it now. [ cheers ] we do not want to go to jail, but we will go to jail if this is a price we must pay for love, brotherhood -- >> that was john lewis at the march on washington in 1963. he called on americans to wake up. welcome back to "cbs this morning." former u.n. ambassador andrew young knew lewis for decades and considered him a friend. they fought in the civil rights

movement together with dr. martin luther king jr. >> andrew young helped draft the civil rights act of 1964 and later became the first african-american to serve as ambassador to the united nations. he was also a u.s. congressman and, of course, the mayor of atlanta. andrew young joins us from atlanta. good morning, mr. ambassador. thanks for being with us. i know you met with john lewis just last week. can you tell us what that last meeting was like? >> well, i want to forget that last meeting because i saw then that he was weak. and i had never seen him weak before. john lewis when i saw him was always the calm, quiet power of humility, integrity, and determination. he didn't say much, but when he sid a word, everybody listened.

>> you said -- >> he was willing to put his life on the line for any word he spoke. >> yeah. he demonstrated that over and over again. you've said that humility was his real power, which is very interesting because a lot of people think humility is a weakness. >> well, that's true. but you have to remember back in 1961 when it was formed you had 100 young leaders from all over the south. marion barry who became mayor of -- of washington was one of those leaders. the women all powerful. and yet he emerged as a leader of that group. i think the reason was that he didn't fight for it. he wasn't lobbying for it. he was just -- he was being himself. and he was one person that

everybody could trust. the same thing happened to martin luther king in 1955. there were people who were fighting to be leaders of the montgomery improvement association. he was in the back of the church printing the flyers for the next day's demonstration. and when they had a logjam, they decided that he was the one that they could trust. i think humility is an underrated power and influence in our lives. >> when we think about the power -- >> you add that -- go ahead. when you add that integrity and determination to his humility, he's not going anywhere. he's not giving up. he's going to keep getting in good trouble. >> when we talk about that good trouble -- >> he loved even his enemies. and i doubt that there's anybody in congress that has more

friends on the opposite side of the aisle -- the other side of the aisle than john lewis. he got along with everybody. he respected everybody, he loved everybody, and he saw the worth in everyone as a child of god. >> ambassador young, while we're thinking about congressman lewis' personal qualities, the quality of resilience comes to mind. his philosophy of nonviolence was tested and tested severely, more than once he was left unconscious in a pool of his own blood. how did he remain so resilient and so optimistic? >> well, i don't think it's optimism so much as it's faith and determination. i think we have faith in this country. we have faith in humanity. we have faith in god. we know this is my father's role. he said the morale compass of the world is long, but it bends toward justice. we have to bend that moral arc.

and i think it's faith in god. it's faith in the country. and it's faith that even in us flawed and, you know, foolish human beings, there is the capacity for us to come together as one in a time of crisis. and we've done that in our lifetime, my lifetime going back to the second world war. >> yeah. >> when the going gets tough, the tough get going. >> and on the subject of getting going, the last time we spoke to congressman lewis on this show, he said that the death of george floyd and the movement that followed was another step on the long road toward freedom. how do you judge our journey on that road? are we any closer today to dr. king's dream? >> well, we're much closer because i think the american people saw george floyd die just as they saw john get beat up on

the bridge. and just as they saw a little nude girl walking down the streets of vietnam and decided that when they see this kind of inhumani inhumanity, they don't want to be a part of it. so the american people said that's not the america i believe in. i do not believe in policemen killing innocent men who are no threat. that's not america. and so it was america that rose up, all colors, all classes. i've been impressed with the way the business community even has realized that they are also a part of a system that has not exercised the full rights and potential of all of the citizens. even if you look at it as a marketplace, the market is at the bottom of the pyramid.

and we see the essential workers that are essential not only as workers, but they're essential as consumers. it doesn't matter what color they are, we've got to bring this economy back together. we've got to bring the world economy back together. >> yeah. >> and we've got to deal with all of those things that have held us back. and john was willing to do that all his life. >> yeah. ambassador young, a man who at one time was inspired by john lewis, continuing to inspire with your own word today. thank you upfor being with us. >> thanks and god bless you. ahead, we'll share a letter congressman john lewis wrote to his younger self three years ago.

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. i met rosa parks in 1957 when i was 17. 1958, i met dr. king. and these two individuals inspired me to get in trouble, and i've been getting in good trouble, necessary trouble ever since. [ cheers ] >> then after he did that, that comment, he starts crowd surfing in the stephen colbert audience. that was quite a day. that was civil rights leader john lewis on "the late show with stephen colbert" back in 2016. he also recalled getting into good trouble in "note to self." this is a letter that he wrote to his younger self back in

2017. >> young john lewis, you're so full of passion. in your lifetime you will be arrested 45 times on your mission to help redeem the soul of america. in 1956 when you are only 16 years old, you and will some of your brothers and sisters and first cousins went down to the public library trying to get library cards, trying to check out some books. and you were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only, not for coloreds. i said to you when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral

obligation to continue to speak out, to speak up. i can no longer be satisfied with going along with an evil system. you became so inspired by dr. king and rosa parks that you got involved in the civil rights movement. something touched you and suggest you write a letter to dr. king. you didn't tell your teachers, you didn't tell your mother and your father. dr. king wrote you back and gyp right issed you to come -- and invited you to come to montgomery. in the meantime, you made it to law school in nashville, tennessee. ♪ it was there that you got involved in the sit-ins. you would be sitting in in an orderly, nonviolent fashion, and someone would spit on you or

would pour hot water, hot coffee, hot chocolate on you. ♪ you got arrested the first time, and you felt so free. you felt liberated. you felt like you had crossed over. >> free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last! [ applause ] >> you probably would never believe it, but the boy from troy, as dr. king used to call you, would become the embodiment of nonviolence in america. ♪ >> we must wake up, america, wake up. for we cannot stop and we cannot -- >> reporter: two years after you speak at the march on

washington, you will see the face of death leading the march for voting across the edmund pettus bridge. i'm marchinged from selma to montgomery. we are marching to the state capitol to show the nation and the world our determination to win first-class citizenship. >> advance toward the group -- >> you were a beacon on that bridge. you were left bloody. you thought you were going to die. but you would make it, you would live to see your mother and father cast their first votes. >> the change we need doesn't come from washington. change comes to washington. [ cheers ] >> you will also live to see the segregated nation you live in

send an african-american president and his family to the white house. and guess what -- guess what young john, by two divine providen providence, has lived to send a message down through the ages. that man would be nominated on the 45th anniversary of the march on washington. ♪ all of those signs that you saw as a child that said white men, colored women, white women, colored women, those signs are gone, and the only places you will see those signs today would be in a book, in a museum, on

r row. jo john, thank you for going to the library with your brothers, your sisters, and cousin. you were denied a library card, you were sad. but one day you'll be elected to the congress, you wrote a book called "walking with the wind," and the same library invited you to come back for a book signing where blacks and white citizens showed up. and after the book signing, they gave you a library card. ♪ and believe as dr. king and a. phillip randolph and others taught you that we're one people, and it doesn't matter whether we're black or white, latino, asian american, or

native american. that maybe our foremothers and forefathers all came here in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now. john, you understood the words of dr. king when you said we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters. if not, we will perish as fools. >> i was so excited and so happy when i heard, anthony, we were running that piece. i remember when bwe first rana, dana brewington, producer at cbs who's gone on to other things, that was her piece. i thought it was so powerful and well done. the little twist at the end about the library book signing and the library card -- in the studio that day we went "oh," it was such a wonderful moment. he had such a serious expression but joy and sense of humor.

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