for concord and livermore but there are low clouds along the coast and bay. through the afternoon we will see sunshine inland and upper 70s for san jose and low 80s in concord and partly sunny to mostly cloudy in the 60s. 63 in san francisco and 68 in oakland and cool, cloudy and ♪ and good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning" on this friday, tgif, july 24th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. canceled. president trump makes an about-face on the republican convention while coronavirus cases surge across the country. plus, new cdc guidelines encouraging schools to reopen face major pushback. down to the wire. federal help is set to expire for tens of millions of jobless americans this weekend. and there are still deep partisan divisions on how to help. we talk to one struggling family with hard decisions as the money runs out. pushing the envelope.

what mail-in voting might look like in the covid era with so much on the line, we did an experiment to see if every vote really will be counted. and name game. first on cbs this morning, we'll talk to the head coach of the nfl franchise now called the washington football team. >> say what? >> but first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> i looked at my team and i said, the timing for this event is not right with what's happened recently. the flare up in florida. >> the planned celebration for president trump to accept his nomination in jacksonville, florida, is now off. >> the announcement comes as covid-19 cases in the u.s. surpass 4 million. >> it's impossible really to stop the virus. and even when we try to do our best, even when we've locked everything down, it still leads to a mountain of dead people. >> alexandria ocasio-cortez criticized republican congressman ted yoho on the house floor after the two

lawmakers had a verbal confrontation. >> representative yoho called me, and i quote, a [ bleep ]. >> the washington redskins are temporarily becoming the washington football team while they develop a new name and logo. >> a shocking surprise for mother and son when they got an unexpected visitor on their front porch. mike tyson will fight roy jones junior in september. taylor swift is helping you shake off the quarantine blues. swift is shocking fans after she dropped a surprise album. ♪ and all that matters. >> fox sports is announcing plans to put computer generated fans in the stands during the mlb broadcast. the attention to detail is amazing. virtual dads who insist on leaving in the seventh inning to beat traffic. >> on "cbs this morning."

>> that ball is high. it is far. it is gone! >> baseball is back. for a season like we have never seen before. no fans in the crowd. and a scientist turned celebrity throwing out the first pitch. dr. fauci. oh! that's another curve he's got to flatten. >> the man has been so busy. that is not something he's probably had time to practice. >> i'm speechless, carl. i'm speechless. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." leave dr. fauci alone. baseball right there is not his forte. back in the day, he was good. he was a good ball player. >> i'm sure he was. we don't want him to quit his day job anyway. so don't worry about it. >> they don't pay him to be a pitcher. >> there you go. there you go. baseball is under way. we'll begin with this. the coronavirus in a big about-face from the president after months of resisting. president trump is taking new steps to acknowledge the

severity of the coronavirus pandemic. now he announced the republican national convention celebrations in jacksonville, florida, will not -- not take place as cases surge in that state. >> this comes as the cdc announces new guidelines for schools to reopen after the president criticized the previous rules as too strict. and federal unemployment help is set to expire for millions of americans unable to work unless congress can break the deadlock. ben tracy is at the white house. ben, what will the rnc look like now? >> well, good morning. the delegates will still formally nominate president trump in charlotte, north carolina. but the president was asked if he'd deliver his big acceptance speech here at the white house. he did not deny that but said he'll make a formal announcement about the location in a couple of days. >> just not right with what's happened recently. the flare up in florida. to have a big convention, it's not the right time. >> reporter: in a sudden

about-face, president trump has been forced to bow to the reality of the coronavirus. canceling the jacksonville portion of the convention. he says he's setting a good example. >> it's hard for us to say we're going to have a lot of people packed in a room and then other people shouldn't do it. >> you are warriors. thank you. >> reporter: but just last month, the president held a rally in tulsa. he filled an auditorium in phoenix and has complained about not being able to hold large events. the president's desire for a packed convention night speech was hitting a wall of resistance in florida. which is battling one of the worst outbreaks of the virus in the country. this week the sheriff of jacksonville said he could not guarantee the safety and security of the event. >> the children, obviously, have a very strong immune system. >> reporter: but the president has not stopped calling for schools to reopen. although he has softened his demand for places where the virus is surging. >> districts may need to delay reopening for a few weeks. that's possible. that will be up to governors. >> reporter: the administration

complained that the cdc's original guidance on schools reopening was too tough. revised guidance issued thursday now falls in line. stating covid-19 poses relatively low risk to school-aged children. it does recommend keeping students in pods to reduce the risk of spread as well as social distancing, face masks and hand hygiene. >> there are more rules that seems to opening a restaurant safely than to opening your neighborhood elementary school. >> reporter: teachers unions are frustrated and say the president cares more about the safety of his convention than the nation's schools. >> it wasn't safe to put a whole bunch of rich and powerful people in that convention hall. now take the same advice from the republican convention folks and apply that to a third grade. >> reporter: the white house is requesting $105 billion for schools from congress in the

next coronavirus relief bill. president trump says that schools that don't reopen should not get any of that money. instead it should go to the parents and they can send their kids to private or charter schools. >> ben, what's the status of the republicans' proposal for the next round of relief? >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell hopes to unveil that proposal this week. that's been delayed because they still don't have an agreement with the white house. they do seem to agree on that school funding. they seem to agree on about $16 billion in funding for testing. but a sticking point seems to be extending this $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit and at what level they'd do it. once they come to an agreement, then the negotiations with the democrats begins. >> ben tracy, thank you. gayle? >> the coronavirus is spreading even faster than it did in the spring adding to frustration in some areas over the lack of a coordinated national response. as our lead national correspondent david begnaud reports from miami, some people

are taking their own action to help slow this spread. >> reporter: the spread of covid-19 is reaching critical, new levels. the cdc now predicts there will be up to 30,000 new deaths in the united states over the next three weeks. >> we have a perfect storm. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus believes that delays in testing and the lack of a national mask mandate will keep driving numbers up. >> we're going back to where we were. the sad truth is that if we all wear a mask for three to four weeks, the numbers would plummet. >> reporter: that is why sean canoney is taking matters into his own hand. >> you don't want someone who is an at-risk person to be fighting the virus on the streets. >> reporter: driving through broward county, florida, in a converted ambulance, his covid-19 outreach includes temperature checks and handing out masks and sanitizers to people who are homeless and may be contributing to the spread of the virus in the community.

>> not only is it the moral thing to do and help stop the spread. >> reporter: robert shackleford died wednesday from coronavirus after spending four weeks at a hospital in sarasota, florida. his mother told us he was a huge green bay packers fan, a father and helped to care for his autistic brother steven. >> i'm devastated. i'm sad. i can't believe that that happened. he was such a good son. >> reporter: health officials say cases are surging across the sunbelt. alabama set a new record thursday with nearly 2400 new cases. louisiana topped 100,000 yesterday. >> we're certainly not where we want to be in louisiana. >> reporter: there are signs of progress in at least one recent covid hot spot. the state of arizona is now seeing its numbers of new cases drop. just over three weeks after the governor closed bars and gyms

again. here's the governor doug ducey. >> there's no victory lap today. there's no celebration. okay? we cannot let up. >> reporter: florida set a single day record for the number of deaths yesterday. and so did california. the cdc is now saying that over the next four weeks, the states with the greatest likelihood for a large number of deaths are the following. alabama, georgia, idaho, nevada, oklahoma, south carolina, texas, utah and right here in florida. tony? >> it's a longer list than we'd like. david begnaud, thank you. turning to baseball which finally returned last night after a long delay. but there are still concerns about the health and safety of players. >> on the corner to ring him up. >> pitcher gerrit cole won in his debut with the yankees beating the nationals in a game first delayed by the virus and

shortened by rain. and nationals outfielder juan soto tested positive for the virus. the team's general manager mike rizzo says that soto is asymptomatic and his teammates were clear to play but he'll need two negative tests before he can return. before the game, players and coaches on both teams also took a knee and held black fabric to show their support for black lives matter. members of the dodgers and giants also showed support before their game which the dodgers won, 8-1. and baseball is back. at least in some form. i think the mets play tonight, right? >> 4:10 p.m. mets versus the braves. let's go mets. all right. breaking news overnight out of china. the nation is ordering the u.s. to shut down its consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu as tensions escalate between the two countries. in a speech yesterday, secretary of state mike pompeo accused the country of using its houston consulate to spy and steal

intellectual property. that office has been ordered closed with diplomats required to leave today. china denies pompeo's accusations and says the u.s. is gravely harming relations with beijing. two big storms are set to hit the u.s. this weekend. a tropical depression strengthened overnight to become tropical storm hanna. it's forecast to make landfall tomorrow along the texas coast. hanna's main threat is flash flooding. it could dump 12 inches of rain on parts of south texas. in the pacific, hurricane douglas is packing winds of 13 0 miles an hour. it's expected to hit hawaii as a tropical storm on sunday, gayle. >> a tense exchange between two members of congress has gained the attention of millions of americans. in a speech on the house floor yesterday, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez blaftsed a republican congressman over what unfolded during a confrontation on the capitol steps.

ed o'keefe is on capitol hill with more on this story. what was the reaction to her speech? >> well, gayle, good morning. house democrats rallied around the new york congresswoman as they called out what they say is a broader culture of sexism up here on capitol hill. where women make up just a quarter of the house and senate. >> representative yoho put his finger in my face. he called me disgusting. he called me crazy. he called me out of my mind. >> reporter: new york democrat alexandria ocasio-cortez thursday rejected the apology of florida republican ted yoho for a confrontation in which a member of the press overheard him using a misogynistic slur. >> in front of reporters, representative yoho called me, and i quote [ bleep ]. >> ocasio-cortez said yoho made the remark when he confronted her monday over her recent comments about poverty being a root cause of crime. on wednesday, he apologized for the heated confrontation but strongly denied using those words towards his colleague. >> having been married for 45

years with two daughters, i am very cognizant of my language. the offensive name-calling words attributed to me by the press were never spoken to my colleagues. >> so what i believe is that having a daughter does not make a man decent. having a wife does not make a decent man. treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. >> on thursday, ocasio-cortez denounced what she calls a pattern of dehumanizing behavior by men. >> this issue is not about one incident. it is cultural. it is a culture of lack of impunity, of accepting, of violence and violent language against women. an entire structure of power that supports that. >> reporter: her emotional speech triggered an outpouring of support from other female

democrats. >> i was also told to learn how to read by another one of my members across the aisle. these are the things that happen to us all the time. >> i can tell you that firsthand. they've called me names for at least -- at least 20 years of leadership. 18 years of leadership. >> reporter: top republican leaders say they believe yoho's apology was sufficient. many democrats feel otherwise. they don't really think he apologized at all. in a sign of how extraordinary this moment was, the congressional tv network c span says that its clip of the congresswoman's speech was the most retweeted clip ever with, at this point, more than 10 million views. gayle? >> wow. oh, that's impressive. listen, let me tell you something, ed. i think women, democrats and republicans, everywhere are applauding alexandria ocasio-cortez and several good men are also giving her a round of applause. >> i was going to say. >> have you ever seen anything

like this? i was thinking you were going to say this. have you ever seen anything like this in congress? >> no, but we asked the house historians and, in the past, there have been some examples of people using four-letter words, just not in the tv age. and so it clearly was a standout moment for that reason if anything. >> yeah, it's more than the four-letter words. i think we can all take some of her decency class lessons. very well done. thank you. anthony? >> a private funeral for civil rights leader and longtime congressman john lewis will be held next thursday in atlanta. it will follow a week-long celebration of his life. cbs this morning saturday co-host michelle miller is at the edmund pettus bridge in selma, where lewis was beaten by state troopers in 1965. >> good morning. as you said, it will be a full week of remembrances and special moments beginning on saturday in the congressman's hometown of

troy, alabama. that's about 90 miles southeast of where i am. there will be a memorial at troy university where lewis was denied entry because of his race. and where the local library wouldn't even issue him a library card. indignities that fueled his fighting spirit. lewis' body will head to selma. the edmund petus bridge is the scene of the infamous bloody sunday where he was badly beaten. on sunday a processional will carry lewis across the historic bridge before he's taken to the alabama state capitol. that will be an emotional highlight. on monday and tuesday, lewis' body will lie in state at the u.s. capitol building. first in the rotunda and then with social distancing rules in effect on the east front steps for public viewing. it's a full circle tour of the places and the people to whom he meant so much. and we can tell you, the crew

and i, in driving from georgia through the alabama countryside, that reverence was on full display. in the church message boards. in the flags flying half-staff. public squares and barbecue joints alike. this congressman was a hero to so many people, both big and small, gayle. >> and he deserves, michelle, quite the send-off. it sounds like they have a lot planned. very, very well deserved. thank you very much, michelle miller, reporting from cell selma. cbs news will be covering those events. >> tens of millions of americans face possible cuts to their unemployment benefits. we'll look at the impact on

we have much more ahead. many americans are expected to vote by mail in this year's election, but can we rely on the postal system for this vital

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." republican lawmakers in the white house are still struggling to finalize a new coronavirus relief bill. millions of americans depend on a $600 boost to their unemployment benefit. that's effectively set to expire tomorrow, that's july 25th for most people. republicans say the additional payment discourages work. democrats say a cut could be devastating for those who live from benefit check to benefit check. nancy cordes reports on the possible impact on families. >> it's survival for people. that's really what it is. >> reporter: roughly 30 million americans will be in limbo this weekend, not knowing if they're

about to lose $600 a week in federal jobless benefits they've relied on since april. >> so you'd be going from $847 to $247 a week? >> yes. >> one of those people is travis smith. >> and can you make ends meet on that much money? >> i mean, i'm thrifty, but i'm not that thrifty. >> smith is a cook in new orleans. he and his wife michelle lost work in march with four kids at home. >> people are not just sitting around waiting on a check flipping channels just to see what's coming on soap operas. they are hard-working american people that would love to go back to their jobs. >> reporter: for months, republicans vowed the benefit would not be renewed. >> i don't think we'll extend the bonus for not working. >> reporter: on thursday, many still had reservations. >> i would not support something that would pay on unemployment more than you would earn if you

were working. >> reporter: but with 1 in 5 american workers still out of a job, the trump administration is now searching for a middle ground. >> if you were making $300, you'll not get $600 this time. and that's fair. people understand that. >> it's very difficult to find people that want to work right now. >> reporter: carol fletcher is a recruiter who helps companies fill jobs in central new york. she says the $600 does make hiring tougher. >> do you think the problem would be as bad if people were getting, let's say, $300 or $400 a week? >> it would not be as bad. right now $600 is a lot of money to people. especially people on minimum wage. >> reporter: travis smith says it isn't the money that's keeping him at home. >> so many people are getting infected once they go back to work. it's like health risk from seeing the numbers and seeing the data that it's just kind of scary to want to infect myself and bring that back onto my family. >> reporter: and like so many

businesses, the restaurant where he works is still closed. so here's where things stand on capitol hill right now. democrats want to extend this $600 benefit through january. republicans are still finalizing their position. so at this point, it does appear that there will be at least a short-term lapse in these benefits. americans may or may not get that pay retroactively if and when congress does strike a deal. anthony? >> that's going to be a tough moment for people, nancy, for a lot of people. that check is what's keeping them going right now. thank you very much. a record number of americans are expected to mail in their votes this november. but when you send in your ballot, what are the odds it will actually count? ahead, tony puts the postal service to the test. and the results will surprise you. we'll be right back. motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going,

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many many americans are expected to vote by mail for the first time this november because of the pandemic. and all across the country, the rules vary for when you can get your ballot and when you should return it. so just take a look at this. in green, you can see states that require ballots to be postmarked by election day. the yellow states require that they be received by election day. key distinction. for details, everybody should check with their state election office. i can't stress that enough. very important. one other thing that is very clear, you need to give it even more time than your state might recommend to get your ballot

through the mail system. this is crucial. in 2016, out of 33 million mail-in ballots, more than 73,000 arrived too late to be counted. they were not counted. so what we did is set up an experiment to see how long you should give yourself to make sure your vote actually counts. we got guidance from voting rights advocates who say it's as simple as determining how much time it takes for first class mail to go from point a to point b. if you know how to mail a letter, you already know how to mail in your vote. >> how are you doing? >> thank you very much. >> but how long might it take for that vote to arrive and be counted. >> have a good afternoon. >> we decided to test it send g i 100 mock ballots from locations all across philadelphia to a p.o. box we set up to represent a local election office. a couple days later we mailed 100 more using the same size envelopes and the same class of mail as real ballots here.

to approximate the wait we even folded mock votes into every one. in the following week, we checked our p.o. box for the results. >> mail pick-up notice. there's more. >> when we went to collect everything -- >> i don't see anything here for you. >> most of our votes seemed to be lost. >> that's all i have back there. >> you're sure? you're totally sure? i believe you. >> have a good day. >> all right. take care. >> we had to ask for a manager. >> and explain ourselves before someone finally found our votes. >> they had them somewhere else. >> thank you. >> we soon discovered another problem. missorted mail. two pieces of it. >> we got a birthday card from mike to ronnie. have a sweet b-day. >> when the birthday greetings ended -- we found a bigger issue. 21% of our votes hadn't materialized after four days.

and the batch we mailed a week prior? some of those were missing, too. of our 100 ballots, 97 arrived, which sounds pretty good, unless you consider the fact that that means three people who tried to vote by mail in our mock election were, in fact, disenfranchised by mail. >> in a close election, 3% could be pivotal. especially in what's expected to be a record year for mail-in voting. >> we're going to see somewhere between probably 80 and 100 million voters receiving their ballot that way. >> reporter: tammy patrick is a former arizona election official who said many states have policies that don't take any account the postal system. >> some states like ohio, you can request your ballot on saturday up until noon for tuesday's election. and that is the worst possible thing because you are setting up the voters with false expectations and you are setting them up to fail. >> reporter: the postal service says voters should mail their

return ballots at least one week prior to the due date but nearly half of all states still allow voters to request ballots less than a week before the election. so you can forgive the public for being a tad confused. >> how long do you think the post office recommends? >> about three days. two to three days. >> they are saying at least a week. >> a week? >> at least a week for our vote. >> reporter: others are hesitant to rely on mail for something as serious as their vote. >> do you trust the postal service to deliver your vote? >> i never have, honestly. i don't know if i would. >> have you ever had anything lost in the mail? >> absolutely have. yeah. >> are you waiting on things in the mail right now? >> i am. i am. i just don't trust the mail. >> that's true. >> you don't trust the mail either? >> well, i would like to give -- especially during covid, give them ample time to deliver it. >> i don't trust it. >> why not? >> i don't know. i'm scared it might get lost in the mail. i just want to make sure that my vote is submitted. like i see it. it's submitted. that it actually counts. >> reporter: in the warehouse

where philadelphia stores its voting machines, we shared the results of our experiment with the city commissioner who helps oversee elections here. >> better than you expected? >> it was better than i expected. >> reporter: after nearly 15,000 ballots arrived late in last month's primary here, she says voters are right to be wary. >> if i'm hearing you correctly, what you are saying is, even if a voter follows all the rules in the state of pennsylvania, you still can't guarantee, as an election commissioner, that that vote arrived on time. >> no, because i can guarantee my end of it. i can guarantee that i'm going to get your ballot andf i get it back in time, it's going to be counted. but i have no way of guaranteeing what happens in the postal service. >> think about that for a minute. we should point out that official election mail, unlike our mock ballots, has a logo that we couldn't include. that logo is supposed to expedite things. but our results are broadly in line with the post office's own

audits. the postal service told us in an email it's committed to delivering election mail in a timely manner and says it can handle the expected surge and that it is working with election officials to help with that effort and to educate the public. guys, gayle, the postal service also says, get this, it cannot guarantee any delivery date with your ballot so the recommendation, nationally, don't wait. get that thing in the mail early, early, early. >> well, message delivered, tony. but for people who are thinking about voting, mail-in voting, i don't know if -- i wouldn't be comforted by your piece. and number two, you said that 97 of the ballots -- of the 100 came back. but you had to ask the postal service a couple of times because first they told you it wasn't there. >> yeah, and there are cases just from -- >> that's not reassuring. >> there are cases from this last spring where ballots have gone missing and turned up after the election. the post office is doing their best but they're humans.

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rubio believe it's about fighting aerial threats from our foreign adversaries on earth. i'm with former senate majority leader harry reid who says he believes in extraterrestrial life. >> i believe, as well. president trump has said he's learned interesting things about roswell, area 51. i'm looking forward to that press conference if it materializes. i think a certain singer has fans in a frenzy? >> swifties, tony, swifties. they're going crazy. they waited up all night for taylor swift to drop her album "folklore." ♪ i knew you playing hide and seek and giving me a weekend ♪ ♪ i knew you your heartbeat on the high line once in 20 lifetimes ♪ >> to top it off, swift also release thursday music video for her new song "cardigan." my weekend project is figuring out how to grow moss on one of my guitars. of course the twitter verse is

going crazy over these new jams, gayle. >> yeah. i mean, number one, sounds like she took a page out of the beyonce book. you release the video -- this album all intact at once, surprising everybody. i can't wait to hear it. i can't wait to hear it. and go taylor swift. >> yeah. the fans are loving it on twitter. it's been a real -- a real humdinger. >> i'll bet. so you've got a story about two best friends that kept a promise from years ago. >> yes. these two guys in wisconsin are proving you cannot put a price on friendship. tom cook and joseph feeney split a $22 million powerball jackpot. here they are with their lives in the on, blackberry tori oversize -- obligatory oversized check and a cow for some reason. it stems from the pact they made three decades okay in 1992ment they vowed to split the price if ever was to strike it rich playing the lotto, and it

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it's friday, july 24th, 2020,. happy about that. welcome back to "cbs this morning." course correction. president trump drops the florida portion of the rnc as the number of coronavirus cases there surge. we'll look at some of those we've lost in the pandemic, and what they left behind. game changer. we'll talk to the coach of the newly titled washington football team about how they settled on a new name. >> and seeing is believing. hear from a black photographer documenting the harsh truth about racism in america. >> but first, here's today's eye

opener at 8:00. president trump announced the republican national convention in jacksonville will not take place as cases surge in that state. the president was asked if we would deliver his acceptance speech at the white house. he did not deny that, but he said he'll make a formal announcement about the location in a couple days. baseball returned after a long delay, but there are still concerns about the health and safety of players. in front of a representative yoho called me, and i quote, a [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> he asked and they said in the past there have been examples of people using four letter words, just not in the tv age. >> u.s. expecting to launch its rover next week. >> is this the best time for space exploration? scientists, i know you want to have fun, but we want you

focussed on the pandemic. now is not play time. no space until you finish your corona. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." i get trevor's point, but i think scientists are saying we can multitask. we can do more than one thing. >> but there is still a lot of work to be done as new numbers show, gayle. we start with this. the u.s. has become the first country to reach 4 million coronavirus cases. it took the u.s. 97 days to reach the first million cases. according to johns hopkins university, the next 2 million took less than half that time, even less to go to the 3 million mark and just 15 days to jump to 4 million cases. >> as cases surge in florida president trump announced that the jacksonville part of the republican national convention next month has been cancelled. he resisted that decision for

months. meanwhile the cdc released new recommendatio recommendations on reopening schools, recommending in person while wearing masks and social distancing. it suggests closing schools if there's substantial uncontrolled submission in the community and keeping them closed until things improve. ultimately state and local officials will make the final call. the nfl team based in the nation's capital will now be known as the washington football team. the franchise said yesterday this is not the final name or rebranding of the team. it will use this name for now for the upcoming season pending the selection of a different one. the announcement comes after washington said it would retire the previous name following criticism it was racist. first on "cbs this morning" the head coach of the washington football team is joining us now. coach, it's good to see you. on twitter there's a lot of head scratching and a big huh about this name. washington football club. i know it's temporary, but it

would be like calling you head coachman. i'm wondering this. are you guys close to making a decision? >> well, good morning. no, we're not close to making a decision. the biggest thing we've learn second down this is going to take steps. this can't happen automatically. we're going to have to go through the process. on july 3rd we mentioned that we were going to go through a thorough check a background check on everything. we found it's going to be harder than we anticipated. i believe july 13th we said we were going to retire the name and the logo. yesterday we came out and said pretty much we put a place holder in terms of the name. we're going to be known as the washington football team. truthfully, this is about a 16 to 18-month process to do it the right way and really not miss the opportunity to rebrand ourselves. hopefully for the next 100 years. >> are you planning to change the team colors?

>> the colors will stay. there's so much tradition and history with this football team. so change the colors distracts from what this team as done with the championships it's won. there was an era when they won throw championsh three championships in about ten seasons. >> a lot of fans were reluctant for the name change. were you on board right away and how will you win over people that aren't ready for the change? >> initially i'm one of those that grew up with the washington red skins. i was a fan. i think the thing that people have to understand is this is going to be a little bit of a transition. t not going to happen immediately. we're going to win the fans over by playing good football. when you win football games, people get behind you and support you. we have to come out and show our fan base that hey, we're the same football team, just a different name right now. a place holder, as i said.

but we've got to do the things the right way. we've got to change the culture of what we are and not just rebrand the name but rebrand the style of football we're going to play. rebrand the way we do things and that's probably one of the most important things we've got to do right now. >> and let's talk about the culture for a second. listen, you started this job in january. it didn't happen under your watch. the allegations from 15 women about sexual and verbal harassment at the team. were you aware that there were issues at the club before you joined? >> no, i wasn't. when i first got there, the biggest thing we talked about was changing the culture of the way we did things and thinking from the football perspective. but when these things came to light, we had to really look at ourselves and dive into it. you know, we continued to do that. there's a firm hired to look at the way things are done, and recommend the changes we need to make. so no, i didn't know these things had occurred, but we had

to make -- we had to react and do things the right way. that's what we're going to do. >> yeah. you inherited what they call on the streets a hot mess. do you have any regrets about taking this job? >> no. no, i don't. i truly don't. i took this job because of what i saw on the football team in terms of the players, who i saw as the young players this team has. to me, there's a lot of young quality football players with a bright future. as coaches we have to coach them and give them an opportunity to have success. >> you know, roger goodell said recently that he regrets having nfl handling of the issue of players kneeling. he's reversed his position on that. will you support players on your team who decide they're going to kneel during the national anthem? >> most certainly. again, we have to understand that this is one of our rights. in fact, in the first amendment, freedom of speech and expression. these guys all they're doing is

exercising their fundamental rights. i support them. it's what our military fought for, for freedom. again, i think we have to look at it this way. we can't look at it any other way. >> because i heard, ron, that you read the u.s. constitution, the bill of rights to -- listen, it wasn't lost on you about what needed to happen, but the fact that you did that kind of research, and this is what i've heard about you, ron. that after the george floyd death, it triggered a lot of emotion and a movement. and that you had a big zoom team call with your team to discuss how did you prepare for that conversation with your team? >> well, again, i went back and read the constitution. i read the bill of rights and the amendments. i talked to sports psychologists and friends of mine. i talked to a spol center. friends of mine that have these types of positions. i talked to an activist who works with the nfl. i've talked to clergymen and

police officers. i wanted to get everybody's interspective before i talked to our team. our organization. i didn't want to say something that wasn't appropriate at the time. and one thing that did happen, too, is in my conversations with the owner was that we had to do some action. we had to move forward. and we've been doing that as an organization. >> you said something very telling. you start playing good football, it makes everybody happy. it makes everybody happy. a lot of people cheering for you. cheering for you at this particular time. very nice to see you, coach. thank you for joining us this morning. we are pulling for you. >> thank you, gayle. >> thank you both. we now know the details of the final services for congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. on monday and tuesday lewis's body will lie in state at the u.s. capitol in washington. a private funeral will be held friday in atlanta. week-long events celebrating his

life will take place in troy, selma, and montgomery, alabama. lewis died last week at the age of 80. cbs news will cover the events starting this weekend. and bet will honor the congressman's legacy with a new special called john lewis in his own words, hosted by our national correspondent jericka duncan sunday night at 7:30 p.m. on bet. ahead the national women's soccer league says keeping players in a bubble has led to zero coronavirus cases during its championship tournament. we'll talk to the league's commissioner about how they

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there have now been more than four million coronavirus cases in the u.s., and the pandemic has claimed more than

144,000 lives. including parents, siblings, friends, teachers, business owners, and frontline workers. as the country continues to face a surge in new cases, we're sharing the stories of the remarkable people we've lost. here are just some of the many lives to remember. ♪ >> jack turnbull was a highly-regarded acting coach and teacher in los angeles. >> remember acting is a muscle, you have to work it out. >> he saw more than 100 clients find success in tv and film. >> arr, remember, do your warmups as a pirate. >> on actorsite, a businessly founded, turn -- he founded turnbull rooted his students on with a groovy enthusiasm said kimberly cranvel, an actress and fellow teacher, he made everybody feel their worth. turnbull was rising three kids

with his wife jessa who he met in the philippines in 2009. "i felt like i found my mr. right guy," he was so special to jefferson and to me. he was 72. mary j. wilson was the first african-american senior zookeeper at the maryland zoo in baltimore. she started working at the zoo in 1961 with only a high school diploma and a love for animals. she was just an extraordinarily brave woman, said her daughter, sharon wilson jackson, and a no-nonsense lady. mary would walk through blizzards to get to work, fearlessly face loose animals, even catch escaped monkeys out of midair. she spent her entire career in the zoo's mammal house caring for the gorillas, elephants, and big cats before retiring in

1999. mary j. wilson was 83. ♪ saul moreno owned a mexican restaurant that became a mainstay in chicago's rogers park neighborhood. he remembered every face that came through the door, said his daughter, daisy. he loved his customers as friends. >> yay! >> moreno came to the u.s. from mexico city at 13 and would later land a job at a seafood restaurant. with his wife, maria, helping in the kitchen, he opened his own place, restaurant cuetzala, in 2005 and spent nearly every day cooking and welcoming guests. his success sent all three kids to college. the family plans to keep the restaurant open, daisy said, as a tribute to him. saul moreno was 58 m.

valentina blackhorse worked as a government administrator for the navajo nation and dreamed of leading her people one day as navarro had the. a former pageant queen, she was proud of her native american heritage. the reservation which sprawls across three southwestern states was hit hard by the coronavirus with one of the country's highest infection rates. when valentina's boyfriend got the virus, she left their daughter, poet, at her grandparents' while she cared for him. then she got sick herself. she gave so much and never asked anything in return, said her sister. she was a giver. valentina blackhorse was 28. ♪ leslie lamar parker was a tech support specialist for a minneapolis school district. he dreamed of being a published

writer. it was the last wish on his bucket list, said his wife, whitney. they dated long distance in college, married in 2012, and were raising two kids. his spirit was beautiful, his soul was kind, he just loved, whitney said. when the pandemic hit, he wrote an essay about how it brought his family closer. "i won't recall how unforgiving the virus was to people like me. i won't talk about how scared i was for my wife who has severe asthma," parker wrote. "instead, i'll remember the conversations we had during our sunday dinner." shortly after his death, parker's essay was published by the food journalism site "the counter." "my husband gets to cross off that final bucket list item," whitney wrote. "i am so grateful. my heart is so full." leslie lamar parker was 31.

>> boy, anthony, we haven't done one of these pieces in a while. i was really glad that we -- this we weren't doing them. when you bring them back, it's another reminder of how these people are deeply loved and deeply missed. and you look at the ages and the different backgrounds -- this virus does not discriminate. this toll will continue to rise. there are real people behind the numbers that we talk about every day. >> yeah. the best way i can describe it, these are my favorite pieces that i wish we didn't have to do. i wish we were beyond this at this point. >> didn't do, yes. >> we're not. the best we can do is remember. and no one does it like anthony mason. >> as we've been saying all this week, we're going to have rising numbers through the summer. so unfortunately, we're going to have to keep telling the story. we'll be right back. stay with us.

three-time olympic gold medalist shannon boxx calls this week's announcement that a professional women's soccer team

will come to los angeles a dream come true. it's great, shannon, when dreams come true. ahead, we'll talk to her about that and the steps needed for eq this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning. it's 8:25. a new testing site has been causing frustration since it opened in alameda on wednesday. people found them closed yesterday. they ran into some liability issues with the property owner. the site has reopened but only for those with appointments. two deputies are shot. it happened overnight on waterloo road off highway 99 in

stockton. the deputies were not injured. a suspect is in the hospital. oakland cannabis businesses are under siege. video from last friday shows a heist and deadly shootout. one woman died and a man was injured. another business was targeted in late may when they rushed in and grab marijuana that was hanging to dry as part of the cultivation process.

welcome back to welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that we call talk of the table this morning. it's my favorite part. this is where we each pick a story we would like to share with each other and all of you. anthony, you're in the pole position, as you say. >> yea. i got a new recording of an old song by a new band called dave and the quarantines. it's actually made of up a lot of members of old bands. you'll probably recognize them. take a look. ♪ someone locked the door and took the key ♪ ♪ doing all right all right ♪ ♪ not feeling so

good myself ♪ ♪ feeling all right >> that's "feeling all right" performed by traffic's dave mason with sammy hager, mick fleetwood, mike mcdonald and members of the doobie brothers. they rewrote the song he wrote when he was 22 because he thought people needed hope and comfort through music. it's great to see these guys all together. joe cocke had a huge hit, performing with john belushi on "saturday night live." niece these are the guys. >> that's quite a band. very talented group. >> and feeling all right is a message we could use. >> that's right. >> that brings me to my "talk of the table" which is bittersweet.

we talked about how this virus has disrupted families' plans, and my family. my two older kids live in tel aviv with their mom. i haven't seen them since december 31st. the april trip blown out by the virus. i have a picture when they arrived last summer. it's the best time of my year. we go on a big family vacation together. we're hiding their faces so they can continue in espionage in the future, at least until their 13. kid spies. usually they would be here. best time of the year. they see their grandmother and little brother. blown out by the virus. >> we saw them in the studio. they were here last year. >> my daughter is a budding broadcaster already. she's got the gene. so the only thing i can do, given the circumstances, is do the thing nobody wants to do which is get on an international flight, fly to israel and take

some time with them. i'm going to be gone. i'm grateful to the show for understanding. i'm grateful to all my colleagues for filling in for me until the convention. and i hope you understand. i'll miss you. >> we'll miss you. but you've got to do this. we totally get it. >> yes sh, yes. this is want an option. it's not even a matter of understanding. you're a dad. i know how painful it was for you ot to see them over spring break. it's tough. they miss you. they have a little brother in the states. i know this is hard. i'm glad you're going. just don't forget to come back. >> i will be back, i promise. >> we'll be waiting for you. this is so much more important, though. >> thank you, gayle. >> i mean it. we have an update on a high school student in texas who was suspended from school. he was prevented from walking in his graduation. why? because he has dread locks.

>> is his hairstyle a distraction or does it stop him from learning in any way? >> not aed by. >> what's impeding your learning more, you getting called to the office or your hair? >> me getting called to the office. every week. i can count on it. >> now, the school's dress code says male students cannot grow their hair past their earlobes but the aclu says this was all about race. another student, caden bradford, was also suspended under the policy. why am i talking about it this week? because the board of trustees for the school district voted unanimously to uphold the hair policy. i was so surprised by that decision. they have not responded to cbs news for comment, but during a board meeting the other day officials said this has nothing to do with race. it's about maintaining a standard of excellence in the schools and that standard entails keeping one's hair

short. this decision just seems to be so out of touch with the times, to me. deandre was applauded all around the country. he was on the ellen show, got a $20,000 scholarship, invited to the oscars at the time. i was very surprised in this time, during this time period, on this issue, that that was a decision they made. >> i'm surprised as well, gayle. you can say it's not about race but you can look at who's impacted by the policy. doesn't seem this one ended in the way people expected. we digress. the national women's soccer league is showing isolating players can be a successful approach for sports during the pandemic. per league guidelines, players eat, sleep and play in a strictly isolated environment away from the public during this month-long tournament that airs on cbs. now, officials say that, plus regular testing, have resulted in zero, zero coronavirus cases since the start of the tournament. this comes as the league

announced its newest team is coming to los angeles in 2022. we have lisa baird, the league's commissioner joining us, and former national u.s. team player shannon boxx, one of the los angeles team's investors. lisa, what you've been able to pull off with this tournament is incredibly impressive. when teams lose, they go home with cookies and beer, i understand, but they don't go home with the virus. how did you pull that off? >> the cookies and budweiser were a thank you to the players. i think that's how we ultimately pulled off a safe tournament. the players took the protocol seriously and we have a final game to prove it. >> when you're playing at that level as a professional athlete, people have all kinds of routines for dealing with the stress, for getting game-ready. how was that impacted by the restrictions being in this bubble?

>> you know what, it was pretty intense. again, the players just played their hearts out. i think we've seen that on tv. and i think they came up with their own ways of living in the bubble. i've talked to several athletes who have left so far. they were -- i think the silver lining was they got to spend all this time with their team. i want to thank the teams themselves, the staff, because they made sure they could do everything they could to give them the games and keep them entertained but it's definitely been intense. >> shannon, we're talking about this new team in l.a. that is your hometown. you're also an investor in the team. what does it mean to be a hometown girl bringing a hometown team in? >> yeah. i'm just so excited to be a part of angel city. it's to see everything full circle. i played in the women's first professional league and i wasn't

on the national team when i made that, so that kind of created my career. i wouldn't have been playing in the olympics or world cup if it hadn't been for that first league. to see it come full circle and i'm in a majority women-led group that is just starting a team from scratch, i'm very excited. very excited to bring this back to los angeles, my hometown. i did play in l.a. in 2009 and it is probably one of the best years i've had because i was actually able to have my home life with my soccer life all in one place. >> shannon, as you pointed out, this team is really a first of its kind perfo. it's majority led by women, natalie portman, serena williams. how did this all come together? >> yjulia and cara, they kept talking about the equity piece. this was always a dream for them

to put something together. you know, for me, it's just -- you know, we've always tried to grow the game on the women's side. this is a great way to do it. i think that they're just really excited to bring this to los angeles. it's been 11 years since there's been a women's professional team there. they want it to be more than just about the players. they want it to be the community. l.a. four is a group that the foundation they're working with as well. and that is going to be huge because that will obviously bring in the community, give more young girls a chance to play the game of soccer. so, i think all of us together are so excited we get to continue to grow the game. and be a part of it. >> there's playing the game and then getting paid for the game. you mentioned pay equity, shannon. i'm curious with all that's happened, where are you right at this moment in terms of optimism for ultimately reaching pay equity in sports. >> i mean, i'm very optimistic.

you have to be. it hasn't been that way in the past. right now you see a lot of the players that are even in the current league having to have two jobs. they're going and playing their sport for six months and then turning around and having to go back to their hometown so they can get another job. it's pretty hard to get a job for six months. they're doing things like coaching and doing clinics and camps and little things like that to make extra money. the goal for angel city is that eventually we'll get it to a point where their salary is their full-time job. that is going to be so important because i lived my life playing the professional game and having to have two careers. thankfully i played for the national job. playing in the league was my second job. i think that's the ultimate goal, to get it to that point. >> lisa, drawing on your expertise, you have very unique expertise having managed the

league through this crisis. you shut it down. now you had a successful tournament so far. i'm curious, what's the biggest lesson you've learned as a manager in managing this crisis? >> well, i think make sure you come up with an end-to-end solution. that's what we did when we designed the tournament. i talked about the health and wellness of the players and we spent a lot of time with our doctors doing that. the other part is creating the format we did because we knew the players wanted to get back on the pitch and play. we wanted something that would really be exciting, that is soccer. the combination of the group play and the single elimination knockout round, you're going to see that on cbs at 12:30 this sunday with the chicago red stars and the houston dash just going at it until the end. >> well done. lisa, i appreciate the plug. i'll be watching on sunday. lisa baird and shannon boxx, thank you to you both.

another reminder, you can watch the women's soccer national league championship here on cbs

brooklyn-based photographer andre dee wagner has been documenting the lives of every day americans in his neighborhood and city for nearly a decade now. we asked wagner to reflect on

this current moment in america in this original essay on being a black photographer. ♪ >> after the police murdered george floyd on camera, i found myself struggling with the weight of the moment and what to do as a black photographer. only a month prior i was walking in my brooklyn neighborhood and a policeman mistook my camera for a gun. something that i'm sure my black skin played a role in. so on the second day of protests, i decided to go to lower manhattan to photograph and be part of the demonstrations. as i made my journey from brooklyn to manhattan, i routinely stopped at the elev e elevated subway and looked down. what used to be a community garden is now an empty lot since its development a few years ago. i took a few photographs noticing two construction workers. as i advanced the film in my camera i glanced down, and one

of the construction workers was picking up an iron rod and points it directly at me like a gun. and then proceeds with a shooting motion, also directed at me, laughing. i paused for what seemed like an eternity and then continued up the stairs and on to the subway. as i sat on the subway and traveled over the williamsburg bridge, i found myself thinking the same thing that black boys and men like me think in these situations, people will never believe it unless i get it on camera. when i moved to new york from omaha in 2011 to pursigh a master's -- pursue a master's in social work, i discovered photography and the work of another midwestern photographer, gordon parks. i instantly felt a personal kinship with what he wrote about his camera. to him it was a weapon against racism and poverty. i've had the camera in my hand ever since. as a black man, i see the world through black eyes, and it's this blackness that shapes my perspective. because of the real-world

immediacy of my medium, being in the world, photographing real people, my black body helps me see truthfully. i've learned to operate in my skin, doing my craft the way i do it in order to survive. when i set out on these streets to make photographs that can stand on their own, i know it's a tall order. i don't have the luxury to only deal with the medium. i know for a fact that my camera can be mistaken for a gun. i know that some people will think that i'm doing something suspicious. and i know that my wife worries about me coming home safely. i also know the pure joy of kids playing in the streets or the special bond shared between a fathers and daughter, and i definitely know the feeling of the young brothers lonely in a sea of faces on 34th street. after doing more research, i found more information about the old community garden. a black woman by the name of miss hansley moved from north carolina to new york in the '60s in search of a better life.

she landed in bushwick, brooklyn, and founded what walk called the secret garden. the same plot of land that the two men stood on as they made a joke out of me. i used to think that being black would be a burden as a photographer. i quickly changed my stance because now my life and gift of sight will be a legacy. i became a black photographer in spite of. i've had real moments of affirmation looking through this view finder. nothing brings me more joy than to organize the real world around me into distinct moments, trying to get at the heart of anyone pausing to look at my photographs. it seems to me that one of the beautiful aspects about art is that it places us face to face with our history. in america we want to sweep our history underneath the rug. any real work of art won't let you. >> bravo, andre dee walker, photographing real people doing real things. and bravo to you to the producer

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