will also make it feel cooler. tomorrow, it is cooler than this date. it is the coolest today with wednesday's daytime highs him and only go into the upper 70s. we have a gradual warm up from there. >> thank ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning. it's tuesday, august 4th, 2020. i'm jericka duncan with jeff glor and vladimir duthiers. gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are off. isaias slams into the carolinas as a hurricane bringing flash flooding and a deadly tornado. we're in the middle of it all with how the storm could put tens of millions of americans at risk. >> covid anxiety. experts say positive test rates in more than 30 states are too high for reopenings. plus, one company facing backlash from some employees for its plan to get back into the office. new body camera footage. video from the police perspective shows what happened to george floyd just before he

was killed. why an attorney for his family says it bolsters the case he was treated differently for being black. >> and oprah's new pick. only on cbs this morning she, reveals the next selection in her book club with gayle. and they talk to the author. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if you are in this area, you need to be in your safe place. >> the wind is whipping and the rain as well. >> we've seen gusts that will make you move off your feet a little bit. >> isaias actually making landfall as a hurricane. >> watches and warnings extending across the entire east coast. >> a tropical storm or a hurricane, you should take this storm seriously. >> president trump claimed the coronavirus outbreak is receding. >> there are those that say you can test too much. you do know that. >> who says that? >> read the manuals. read the books. >> manuals? what manuals? >> read the books. >> what books?

>> right now new police body cam footage shows what happened in the last moments of george floyd's life. >> the video shows they came with guns drawn. >> the fire in california continues to grow. >> it was sparked by a malfunctioning diesel vehicle. >> more than a dozen people were hurt in an accident involving three hot air balloons near teton village, wyoming. >> an octogenarian has gone viral. she's known as the warrior grandmother. >> and all that matters. >> 13 members of the st. louis cardinals tested positive for covid-19. mike the marlins and phillies before them, had to postpone games. >> throw up your hands and we go, we can't continue the season because here we are again talking about a virus. it just grabs you and pulls you back in. >> on "cbs this morning." >> gold medalist katie ledecky posted this video of her swimming across the length of a pool with a glass of milk on top

of her head. she didn't spill it either. >> eventually, wait for it. wait for it. wait for it. might just have to trust me. i didn't realize it was this long. >> can she dip a chocolate chip cookie in it? >> that's tomorrow. >> that would be special. >> good morning. welcome to "cbs this morning." jericka, i'm not even going to show you the coffee that i spilled all over the rug here, let alone swimming with it. >> she is beyond talented for sure. good morning to everyone. we begin with this. a fierce storm wreaking havoc this morning in the east. isaias made landfall as a category 1 hurricane near ocean isle beach, north carolina, packing winds up to 85 miles an hour. at least one person has been killed by a tornado spawned by the storm. it's now a tropical storm, but still very dangerous as it moves swiftly up the east coast. chip reid is on the coast in norfolk, virginia. chip, what is it looking like

there? >> well, jericka, this may have been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, but it is still packing a very serious punch. we have had wind gusts that have almost knocked me off my feet. until moments ago, there was a torrential downpour. judging by the clouds behind me, we're due for another one soon. west of here, a large and dangerous tornado touched down in suffolk, virginia. and south of here on the carolina coast, they really took a punch. isaias was a category 1 hurricane as it made its presence known off the coast of south carolina overnight. bringing powerful storm surge, flash flooding and property damage. just hours later, isaias churned upward and made landfall in north carolina. leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. rushing water overtook roads and

trapped cars. and the severe conditions likely contributed to several fires in ocean isle beach caught on camera by local rescue crews. strong winds also reportedly spawned several tornadoes in north carolina and at least one touched down in virginia. it's added stress for a state where coronavirus cases dramatically increase by more than 27,000 from july to august. earlier this week, hurricane hunters with noaa saw isaias from above looming large as a push toward the coast. the approaching storm prompted virginia governor ralph northam to declare a state of emergency, and he warned monday that those seeking shelter must follow distancing guidelines. >> you need to all have facial protection on. we need to keep our distancing. we've made modifications to prepare in virginia for these hurricanes in the midst of a

pandemic. >> here's some bad news. the national weather service says that this storm is not weakening as quickly as they were expecting. and tropical storm conditions are expected as far north as new england over the next few days. jeff? >> we saw some of that. chip rooeid, thank you. let's go to chief weathercaster ronnie quinn. the lightning was nasty on the way in here. is the worst threat here the wind or the rain? >> you know what, listen. it's going to depend on what side of the storm you're on. on the eastern side of the storm, the big wind. on the western side, you're dealing with the big rains. we haven't talked enough about, but chip was mentioning it, tornadoes. here's your storms. the center of circulation is down around the north carolina/south carolina border. rain bands go up to albany right now. you have a storm that has 70-mile-per-hour winds so chip

was saying, it's a tropical storm. it's a tropical storm by 4 miles per hour. if it was 74-mile-per-hour winds you'd have a hurricane. moving to the north-northeast at 28 miles an hour. currently 25 miles to the west-northwest of norfolk, virginia. it gets to washington, d.c., around 10:00 in the morning. washington, d.c., your biggest threat will be rain. you have the most likelihood of seeing flash flooding with half an inch -- half a foot of water in washington, d.c., by 2:00 this afternoon. it's to the philadelphia/new york city metro area. if you are on the eastern half, the big winds. on the western half, the bigger rains. winds blowing 65 miles per hour. you get to 6:00 p.m., up around albany. it's already moved through the new york city area. by the time you get to midnight, 2:00 in the morning, it's to canada and we're basicale icali with this system. the thing i have to touch upon is this risk for tornadoes. a tornado risk is out there until noon for all the areas in yellow and after that, the tornado risk continues into the

nighttime hours. so it will be an eventful day up until midnight when it moves into canada and 40-mile-per-hour winds. back to you. vlad? >> all right. another reason to stay indoors and stay safe. lonnie, thank you very much. the head of the world health organization says we should not count on a vaccine alone to stop the coronavirus. he says there may never be a silver bullet, and we'll need to change our behavior as well. recent large gatherings like this rave under a bridge in new york over the weekend are raising alarms for health experts. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami beach. david, good morning. >> good morning. over the last 24 hours, florida reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since the end of june. but, but, but, there's a big but to this. most every one of the testing sites in florida have been closed for the last four or five days because of tropical storm isaias. now they are opening back up like the one in miami beach behind me. we'll get a more accurate count of what the numbers are.

here's what's happening elsewhere in the country. >> in many, many parts of the country, mississippi, missouri, illinois, ohio, the number of cases are rising. >> reporter: this is dr. ashish jha, director of the global harvard health institute. he's warning unless attitudes on masks and public health rules change, no region of the country is going to be safe from new outbreaks. >> right now, across much of the rust boelt, i don't expect schools to be able to open or stay open for very long. >> reporter: in 32 states and puerto rico, the percent of positive tests is still above the recommended level for reopenings. handling it properly means wearing masks and avoiding crowds. indoors and out. but still, gatherings like this house party near beverly hills keep happening. >> it is a public health issue for everybody no matter how healthy or young you might think you are. >> reporter: molly grantham says her entire family caught the virus including her two young

kids and her brand-new baby boy hobie. >> how is the baby? >> thank god okay. i've studied his breathing like a hawk. you don't really know what you're studying. >> reporter: once her family recovered, she decided to share her story online. molly is no stranger to story telling. she's an anchor at wbtv, the cbs affiliate in charlotte, north carolina. she's even covered the virus. but going through it showed her there was a lot she still didn't know. >> i didn't know that you didn't have to have a fever. i didn't know kids were definitely susceptible. if i could learn something, i felt like maybe someone else could learn something from my story once i knew we were safe to tell it. >> reporter: molly says little baby hobie was the youngest presumed covid case in meclenburg county. molly's husband thinks he contracted it in the hospital when she was there to deliver baby hobie.

the bottom line, jericka, after the family going through this, they feel they are now awareness ambassadors for telling people about the other virus. >> david, thank you. president trump says he may take executive action if the white house and congressional democrats cannot work out a new coronavirus stimulus bill. negotiators say they are making slow progress and more talks are scheduled for today. democrats have a $3 trillion proposal. it includes restoring the $600 a week additional unemployment checks that ran out on friday. republicans want a much smaller package of $1 trillion that would reduce the benefits to $200. they also oppose a call by democrats for $1 trillion to help state and local governments balance their budgets. in a newly released interview that making a lot of news this morning, the president believes his administration has the coronavirus under control. that follows his strong criticism of one of his top

experts, dr. deborah birx for saying the virus is now extraordinarily widespread. as weijia jiang reports, the president was pressed to explain his optimistic outlook. >> we are beginning to see evidence of significant progress. >> president trump insists the coronavirus is receding. contradicting his task force coordinator, dr. deborah birx. >> it is extraordinarily widespread. it's into the rural as equal urban areas. >> reporter: it was after birx made those comments that the president attacked her on twitter, accusing birx of bending to criticism from house speaker nancy pelosi writing, quote, deborah took the bait and hit us. pathetic. later, mr. trump said he has a lot of respect for birx but sees things differently. >> i told dr. birx i think we're doing very well. >> reporter: but with around 1,000 americans dying on average every day, the data backs up birx. in an interview with axios on hbo, president trump was asked

about his optimistic messaging. >> i think it's under control. i'll tell you what -- >> how? 1,000 americans are dying a day. >> they are dying, that's true. and it is what it is, but that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. it is under control as much as you can control it. >> reporter: the death toll in the u.s. is over 155,000, but the president claimed the only way to interpret the numbers is by comparing it to the number of people who get sick. >> oh, you're doing death as a proportion of cases. i'm doing death as a proportion of population. that's where the u.s. is really bad. much worse than south korea, germany, et cetera. >> you can't do that. you have to go by -- you have to go by where -- look. here is the united states. you have to go by the cases. >> reporter: mr. trump was also asked about his comments regarding ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein who has pleaded not guilty to charges she recruited girls for epstein to sexually

abuse. >> but i wish her well. >> why would you wish such a person well? >> i do know that -- >> she has been arrested for that. >> her friend or boyfriend -- >> epstein. >> was either killed or committed suicide in jail. she's now in jail. yeah. i wish her well. i'd wish you well. i'd wish a lot of people well. >> reporter: president trump's only attorney general has said the evidence indicates epstein died by suicide. when asked how history will remember civil rights icon john lewis, who was laid to rest last week, the president said, he didn't know. >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches. and that's okay. that's his right. and again, nobody has done more for black americans than i have. >> i understand -- >> he should have come. i think he made a big mistake. >> but taking your relationship with him out of it, do you find his story impressive, what he's done for this country? >> he was a person that devoted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights, but there

were many others also. >> reporter: in another developing story, president trump's attorneys are trying to block the manhattan district attorney from obtaining eight years of the president's tax records. in a new court filing, the d.a. said his request is justified because of alleged extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the trump organization. the president call the effort just a continuation of the witch hunt. vlad? >> weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. newly leaked video from the body cams of two minneapolis police officers shows what happened before george floyd died while in custody in may. we first told you about the video last month but were unable to show it due to a court mandate. an investigation is under way to determine how some of it was leaked. jeff pegues shows us what the video reveals. we want to warn you, it is disturbing. >> reporter: after getting a report of a man trying to pass off a counterfeit $20 bill,

former officers thomas lane and alexander kueng approached george floyd with a gun aimed in his direction. >> both hands. hands up right now. let me see your other hand. >> reporter: the two leaked body camera videos obtained by the daily mail.com show the encounter from the officers' perspective. floyd appears to be distressed. he repeatedly tells officers he has anxiety as he's led to a squad car. >> i'm claustrophobic. >> stay on your feet and face the car door. >> during the struggle, floyd repeatedly says, i'm not a bad guy. >> i'm not a bad guy. >> reporter: as the rookie cops try to get floyd in the back of a squad car where floyd appears to say, i can't breathe for the first time, officer derek chauvin appears to intervene. >> come on out. get on the ground. get on the ground. >> as soon as floyd hits the

pavement, you see chauvin's knee on floyd's neck. >> i can't breathe. >> you're talking fine. >> attorney ben crump who represents floyd's family believes officers were unjustified in their use of force from the beginning. >> this was an allegation of a nonviolent offense about a $20 bill, but the video shows that they came with guns drawn. we believe that's just because he was a black man. >> reporter: chauvin is charged with second-degree murder. in the other officers involved, they are charged with aiding and abetting. we reached out to their attorneys and didn't get a response. the attorney general of minnesota did issue a statement saying that his office did not leak that video and it will take the strictest precautions to ensure a fair trial. jeff? >> jeff pegues, thank you very much. ahead, a peaceful ride in the sky comes close to disaster.

why three hot air balloons had to make a sudden landing. and what happened to the people

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been learning about why some employees are so upset. >> reporter: nearly 10,000 people work at epic's medical records software business on the sprawling campus outside madison. in mid-march most shifted to working from home. but now the company says they must come back. chief administrative officer. >> we have this responsibility to health care workers around the world and to their patients to make sure we're at our very best. the fact is that we can't do what we do without being together at the absolute highest level. >> reporter: he says to enhance safety on epic theme park campus visited by cbs late last year the company took extra steps, including private offices for its employees, enhanced heating and filtration systems and a take out only cafeteria. >> we're not taking this lightly so we'll do so in a very mindful and careful way.

and make sure that it's safe. >> reporter: but some employees say they don't feel safe and worry about spreading infection. we have concealed these two employees identities because they fear being fired. >> reporter: they are reacting to an email sent to staff earlier this month by he pick ceo judy faulkner. in it she told employees staff working at home not nearly as good as staff working at epic. even if work gets done we're losing big time the culture that made the company successful. executives say even workers with high-risk health conditions must return to the office by november. >> reporter: in an internal

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we're learning troubling new details about children found dead on a idaho man's property. tylee ryan and joshua j.j. vallow were reported missing months earlier. prosecutors began to lay out their case against chad daybell. he is married to the children's mother who is also facing charges. jamie yuccas reports on what happened in court. some testimony is graphic. >> i observed what looked to be brown human hair. >> reporter: in pain staking detail the detective told the court what he saw. after investigators dug up the ground at chad daybell's home in june. >> a small body tightly wrapped

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>> i'm okay, man. i'm okay. >> so the passengers appear in shock. a young girl was holding her leg and crying. one person was reportedly airlifted to a hospital. authorities say multiple people were also taken there for treatment. this time lapse video was taken during one of the turbulent trips. some passengers say they were desperately trying not to fallout as their gondola slammed them up and down. the balloon company said the pilots made high wind landings. i want to be clear to that in response to sudden wind gusts that had not been in the forecast. federal authorities are investigating this. >> i took a ride with this balloon company with our family last year for my mom's 70th. here's the pictures from it. we were safe. we had a good time. i thought they were professional. it gets dangerous when it gets windy and you got to be really careful. >> had you ever done that

before? >> first time i ever balloon ride. it's always jarring especially when you land. >> jeff, you said to me that folks who run that company, what you witnessed when you were taking the ride with them was extreme professionalism. >> he's been around for a long, longtime. been doing it for a longtime. i guess we'll wait to see what the investigation shows. >> vlad, you have another story? >> m myy m momom looks grgreaea. shshe dodoeses.. > h happy>> august 12th. wait that's my birthday. >> my birthday is july 12th. >> okay. i knew there was something. >> we know, vlad you have another story for us about more trouble in the air. >> yes. cbs news has learned more than 80,000 airline workers face potential furloughs and more job loss could be on the horizon. alaska, legion and frontier

joined american, delta and united airlines in warning staff they could be furloughed this fall. those at risk are pilots, flight attendants and ticket agents. only southwest airlines and ski wewest b believe thehey c can a cuttining jobsbs. blow to the i that's been ravaged by the pandemic losing billions of dollars in revenue. kris van cleave did a lot of this reporting. i have a lot of friend in the airline industry, a lot of friend at united airlines specifically who i have been friend with for more than half of my life and my heart goes out the them because they are suffering. >> delta came out with numbers they are down 78% for business year-over-year. >> olympic champion is showing off a specific skill. >> let us end with a lighter note. this is katie ledecky. she's out of competition this year, of course, because of summer olympics are delayed until next year due to the coronavirus. so the 23-year-old gave us this

insanely awesome video instead. that is katie ledecky swimming the length of the pool. guys, there is a glass of chocolate milk on her head. she swims the length of the pool and does not spill a single drop. at the end she takes her goggles off and drinks from the glass. she posted this video on instagram to kick off a new got milk challenge. when i saw this video i wasn't sure this was really. this is amazing. given i can't across the hall in my own apartment without spilling something all over the place. >> the best place is chugging the chocolate milk when she finishes. it really is. >> i just can't wait to see the numerous people who will attempt to do what they just saw there. >> and break glass all over the pool. >> we should can people on twitter to send us their videos of them trying to do this. >> no glass. plastic. thank you, vlad. you always crack yourself up.

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but first here is today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> isaias made landfall in north carolina. one person has been killed by the tornado. >> this may have been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm but it is still packing a serious punch. we've had wind gusts that almost knocked me off my feet. >> it was traveling 4 miles per hour it is moving to the north northeast at 28 miles per hour, 25 miles to the west southwest of norfolk, virginia. >> over the last 24 hours florida reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since the end of june. but most every one of the testing sites have been closed for the last four or five days because of tropical storm isaias. >> the president said he believes his administration has the coronavirus under control. >> they're dying, that's true. but that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. >> if you're looking for proof that it is never too early to

train look a champion, look at this dad and daughter duo. >> and get this. she's only 6 years old. >> wow! >> float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. rumble young girl, rumble. >> good stuff. >> my daughter was smacking me yesterday but it was not with the boxing gloves. >> welcome -- welcome back to "cbs this morning," we're going to begin with the latest on isaias. and the storm has turned deadly as it moves up the east coast as a nasty tropical storm after making landfall as a hurricane late last night. you could see some of the widespread flooding in oak beach, north carolina. one person in that state was killed during a tornado spawned by the storm. >> when isaias hit land it was

category one with sustained winds of up to 85 miles per hour. before it is done it could affect more than 100 million people, all the way up to maine. right now the storm is passing norfolk, virginia, chip reid is there. so tell us what it is like where you are. >> reporter: well, we've been out here a couple of hours now and the storm has not weakened much at all. we're still getting gusts that are strong enough to knock people almost off their feet. tables and chairs not far from us are flying through the air. let's take a look at some of the serious damage we've seen elsewhere. there was major flooding in oak island's north carolina, where vehicles got mired in deep sand and debris. and results of multiple tornados including one that killed someone in north carolina. the storm made landfall in north carolina just before midnight and it sparked house fires there. no word on whether anyone was home. in south carolina, some homes on the coast were damaged and there was major storm surge in myrtle

beach. from here the storm will continue moving north, hitting states up the coast and as far away as vermont and possibly maine. the silver lining on the storm is that it is moving so quickly at times more than 20 miles per hour. so if you are in the path of this storm, hunker down, stay safe and please listen to your local officials. jericka. >> chip, thank you, good advice. joe biden is narrowing down his pick for a running mate with the democratic national convention just two weeks away. former national security adviser and u.n. ambassador susan rice is among those being considered. her best-selling memoir "tough love, my story of the things worth fighting for" is now available in paper back, published by simon and schuster. good morning to you. we are down the straightaway and i think people want to know, have you been able to interview

with joe biden yet? >> well, good morning, jericka and good morning, everyone. i can't talk about the process as it stands. i want to respect the vice president and his ability to pick the person that he deems best. so i'm not going to get into the details. but i'm honored to be among those that are reportedly being considered. >> what argument will you make, ambassador, as to why you should be the vice presidential pick? >> well, we all, each of us, it is an extraordinary group of women, have strengths that set us aside from the others. in my case i think what i would bring is almost 20 years of deep experience at the senior most ranks of the executive branch, getting things done for the american people. wrestling with crises and dealing with the solutions we need. so that is my background, as national security adviser and many other roles that i've held and i think that is very

important given the nature of the crises a new administration would face from the pandemic to economic recession, to our global leadership, which is suffering enormously. >> many of these other potential candidates have all run for office, you have not. does that hurt you, does that help you and how? >> well it is a difference. some might say it is a weakness. in my judgment, i have had the opportunity to work on three presidential campaigns. i've campaigned on behalf of others but not myself. i think this is different given the pandemic and much of the interaction with the american people will take place remotely. >> and your experience as you talk about is heavy in foreign policy, how do you relate to the average person, especially as your talking about facing a pandemic and an economy that is suffering people that aren't working right now, how do you relate to them? >> well, jericka, i understand

very much what our country is going through. and, in fact, as national security adviser and u.n. ambassador, one of my responsibilities was to deal with global pandemics. we dealt with the ebola epidemic, we dealt with the zika virus and the h1n1 flu pandemic and frankly much more effectively than we've seen as of late. i understand what disease could do. i understand deeply the economic repercussions for americans who are suffering enormously, and how that suffering has disproportionately affected communities of color in this country. particularly african-americans and latinos. so we have enormous amount of work to do to come together, to tackle these challenges far more effectively and with a collective sense of purpose than what we've seen under the donald trump leadership. >> historically vice presidential candidates are in the background and out rallying and championing for the person that they're teamed up with to

be potentially the next president. what do you think is the most important at tribute and are you prepared to play that role in just supporting biden? >> well, of course. the running mate, whoever she may be, first and foremost has to be acting in support of the candidate, and governing as a partner should he win. so i absolutely think that is the vitally important role. it is not about one's own ofile. i haven't one for president or other office, so in my case i don't have a personal political ambition, i have a long-standing commitment to public service. that is been what has defined my career. and whether i'm privileged to service with the vice presidency or any other capacity, i just want to give my utmost to this country and to the very critical importance of helping joe biden put in place a policy that will benefit the american people at a

time when we're suffering so much. >> in the new afterward in your book you write about the recent sprrt sparked by the long suppressed agony of african-american communities over never-ending police brutality. do you support the call to defund police? >> jereca, no. that is not terminology i would use. but i would say this. we have a long history of inequality, of oppression that endures in this country and we need the police to be part of the solution. in some instances they are. there is no one size fits all. i'm for getting police out of things like social work, i'm for responsible reallocation of resources where that makes sense to invest more in our communities and the health of our citizens. but it doesn't fit a one size fits all approach. you can't just take money away uniformly and put it somewhere

else or take it away altogether. we need to look at this community by community and be quite thoughtful about it. >> the book is called tough love. there is no secret that you have no problem giving tough talk at times. but you say this is a point in america where we are facing a tough love moment. what did you mean by that? >> well, tough love to me means loving fiercely, but not uncritically. it is how my parents raised me, how i tried to raise my children. that means you tell the tough truths that someone you love needs to hear. and here we are in america where we've been knocked down by a pandemic, by recession and divisive and incompetence leadership and failing to reckon with social and economic justice. i believe deeply in this country and our ability when we have unity and resolve and collective purpose to accomplish anything. so it is a moment where we need to understand what we're facing, come together and defeat it.

>> day one, let's just say, we have president biden, what do you think should be the first issue that he's looking at when it comes to foreign policy? >> well, jericka, there are many, many aspects that he'll have to look at unfortunately. the challenges are many. but i think the most important thing is to restore and re-establish and renew our relationships with our allies and partners which have suffered so much. we have a president who is embraced our adversaries, from putin to kim jong-un and disparaged our traditional allies from germany to canada, to south korea. our strength in the world, the ability to lead and get things done depends on our allies and partners wanting to join with us. we need to repair those relationships and restore trust. >> and ambassador, if you're not picked, what will be your role? >> i will do anything i can, jericka, this is not about me, this is about our country, and

restoring new leadership. and i will raise money, i will do the 21st century equivalent of licking envelopes, i'll serve in whatever capacity that joe biden thinks i so serve and i'll support whoever he chooses as his vice presidential running mate. this is a critical moment in our history and the most important election of our lifetimes and i look forward to help him win, help us win the senate and then to help joe biden. >> thank you for your time. the paper back

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wall into this map of legos. >> this is when it gets steep. >> cool. >> reporter: he was born with a condition that causes abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina which creates scarring resulting in complete blindness. he says in many ways legos gave him eyes. >> reporter: how do legos help you see the world around you. >> reporter: it miniaturizes the world. when you build with legos, the scale is so small and so convenient that you're able to take in entire buildings, entire city skaps with a single hand. >> reporter: the idea that is a child's toy cop up a world for you i think is pretty incredible to some people. >> it's thrilling. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by mandatoriy curtis and justin proctor who are also visibly

impaired. >> i joke sometimes he's a wizard. you can take legos and really write out a climb in a very tactile way helps me understand not teen precision and shapes of the holds but the way the climb will flow. >> reporter: justin how about for you >> amazing idea. legos you can put out a route. the routes change often and you can move from climb o climb. >> reporter: proctor has a degenerative eye condition which caused him to lose all his vision. >> i know what my limits are. >> reporter: curtis has sight in only one eye which she describes as looking through a door's peep hole. >> reporter: why is it important somebody with limitation do a sport like this? >> the thing sue always think about disabilities as limiting but the truth it's not the disability in the person it's the world we live in that limits

people. >> reporter: it's become his personal mission paving the way giving the disabled community more access. >> it's really up to us to always be energized. as disabled people or people with different abilities. people are thrilled to do something they never thought was possible. >> what a beautiful piece by dana jacobson. what a beautiful life. to use a toy to open up new worlds for him is remarkable. what a great story. coming up, wisconsin's newest supreme court justice takes the long road to her new position. why she was wearing running gear when she was sworn in. you want to see this. you're watching "cbs this morning".

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welcome back to "cbs this morning". it is time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk of the table this morning. this is where we each pick a story we like to share with each other and all of you. jeff, you're kicking it off for us today. what how far got >> virgin ga lack ga tack -- g unveiled its new jet. it partnered with rolls royce which will design the engine. nasa has been way out on front on this. they are working on aircraft

that can fly the speed of sound. you can't do it over land. can still do it over sea but that's the goal. >> how much is it going to cost? >> a lot. >> yeah. >> i see you flying around in that supersonic jet. did you ever fly on the concord? die that many years ago. that w that was pretty cool. >> i never did. >> this is back in the day, in the mid-90s when i worked in global finance and i got to fly in the concord. it was an incredible experience. this is -- i hope this comes to fruition because 90 minutes not too shabby. >> i got a pretty cool story here as far as talk about something that's fast. new wisconsin supreme court justice is going to the extra

mile. she was sworn in on saturday in the middle of her 100 mile ultramarathon. >> what? >> yes. she was at mile 35 when she stopped for the ceremony. take a listen. >> i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] >> congratulations. she then continued her run but she finished the next day. the ultramarathon had been cancelled because of the pandemic but she ran it anyway. get this. due to some traffic issues she actually ran 103 miles. she tweeted 34 hours, 103 miles, and ready for ten years on the wisconsin supreme court. >> so you run 35 miles and then just stop casually to get sworn into the state supreme court and

dhoe continue on. >> i only did a half marathon. >> so fun fact, jericka duncan used to be a collegiate star runner. i can see you doing that. you went to ohio university. shout out to ohio university. a little more than something something. i can't wait to see you and jeff run the half marathon from the comfort of my couch. >> you're coming too. >> sure. all right. i got a great story, guys. the star of the dance video that became an internet sensation has land ad scholarship. so you might recall back in june a video posted to instagram showed this 11-year-old who lives in nigeria. doing ballet barefoot in the rain. video has been seen more than 312,000 times.

the artistic director of abt jack michael mckenk jacqueline kennedy onassis institute. she was offered a course to help instruct instructors. it's beautiful of these young children in nigeria dancing ballet. look at this young man. the grace and poise that he's exhibiting at such an early age. really cool. i wish i could dance like that but sadly i can't. jericka duncan knows. she's tried to train me in our offices. i have two left feet. it's a work in progress. all right. let us talk about this now. oprah winfrey is revealing her new highly-anticipated book club selection only on "cbs this morning". gayle and oprah spoke to the

author last week about the book. oprah calls the most important read for all of humanity right now. it provides a new way of seeing racial inequality in america. >> hey, vlad, we're still here in the santa barbara bureau. and the oprah who owns the santa barbara bureau where we've been for the last month. >> call me bureau chief. >> i know you're excited about all your books. but you're doing something you've never ever done before. this is the 86th oprah book club selection. >> this is the most important book. the most essential book. the most necessary. >> with a capital i. >> most necessary for all humanity book that i have ever chosen and the book is called "cast" by isabel wilkerson. >> hello, isabel wilkerson.

a round of applause. hello. >> my heart sings just to see you here this morning. so good to say. isabel i was not exaggerating when i said i never saw oprah so excited when she said she wanted so many people to read this book. >> i'm buying 500 books and sending them over tory governor in the united states. i'm sending them to the top 100 mayo in the united states. i'm sending them to the 100 top ceos of companies. and college professors. >> why are you doing that? >> i'm doing that because i think, as i just said this, is a book for all of humanity and it's necessary for people who are leaders in our country to understand the origins of our discontent and what cast really means.

>> isabel, this book is the bomb because it's interesting about caste. i never thought of the u.s. as having a caste system. but after reading your book i see it so clearly. i'm not sure i like what i see, isabel. explain. set the scene. set the tone for what you wanted to do in this book. >> this is not a book i wanted to write. this is a book that compels me, that called to me that i felt i had no choice but to write it. so i ended up working on this because it seemed that there were things going on that only caste could explain. when you actually make so much progress when it comes to things we consider to be traditional old school racism of the klansmen, the late 19th century and early 20th century. now we're in a very different place. how is it we have these situations in which there are these videos coming out, so, so many that show

african-americans, for example, moving about their regular day and someone comes in and then calls the police on them for sitting at a starbucks waiting for their friends? how is it that we're seeing these things. there's something else that is percolating underneath all of what we can see. >> what's so extraordinary is the comparison of the american caste system, the system in nazi germany and also in india. how did you come to that? >> caste we applied to india, the original caste system. that was the first place i was going to look. and then after charlottesville, charlottesville pulled me in another direction because in that moment we saw the symbolism of both the confederacy and nazi symbols coming together, converging in a rally who themselves had made the connection. and that propelled me, inspired me to go and look at the history of germany. and how do they remember their past.

what have they done in the intervening decades to reconcile that past and atone for it and what can we learn from it. >> one of the best things i told oprah i love the analogy about the house. talk about the house. >> you talk about the house. because it's so dead on. >> the fact you came up with that house as a metaphor for our country and it represents america as it has been, what is it and what can it be. >> everybody who has a house understands exactly what you mean. >> i present our country as an old house and when you have an old house you know there's always work to be done on it. when after a rain we do not want to go into that basement sometimes because we don't know what we might face. whatever is there you have to deal with whatever you issue to or not. it won't go away until you address it. >> the chapter of the euphoria of hate. that is the defining chapter for me and you end that chapter by

saying that it's much harder to look into the darkness and hearts of ordinary people with unquiet minds, needing someone to feel better than whose cheers and votes allows despots anywhere in the world to rise to power in the first place. it's harder to focus on the danger of common well, the weaknesses of the human immune system. the ease which the toxins can infect succeeding generations because it means the enemy, the threat is not one man, it is us, all of us lurking in humanity itself. drop the microevent isabel wilkerson. there you go. >> after spending an entire afternoon in one of the many, many museums that have been set up in berlin as ways to educate people about what had happened in hopes it would never ever happen again and it seemed to be that it connected all of the, all of the challenges that

humanity has faced over time and that's the desire or impulse to divide and to rank and to separate and the need that we now have need to transcend these false barriers and we have so much more in common. >> what was it like when oprah called you and said she had chosen your book. the phone rings. >> it's the voice recognized all over the bell. >> hi isabel it's oprah. but no. usually i call authors over the years i'm going choose your book. sometimes authors cry and are excited. it's the first time i called. i was crying. >> were you >> yes, i was crying. i'm so moved by this book, what you've done with this book. so it's amazing. >> it's true. it's coming out. it's coming out today. i can't wait for people to read it. all of humanity needs this book. >> thank you, isabel wilkerson. so nice to meet you. >> thank you.

wonderful meeting you. >> can't wait to meet you in person. >> valentine's day oprah will send you a book. >> i'll put you guys on my list. i can afford that. >> jeff glor is a big book reader. book is coming your way. i did receive my book. thank you very much. that was, of course gayle and oprah from our santa barbara bureau. as they mentioned, ""caste" is n sale right now. this is one of the most compelling nonfiction books of the 21st century. i'll go so far to say it will be taught in classrooms. >> we got an advance copy, vlad. you started. i'm halfway through. i just think it feels like a history book as oprah said. it's almost a must have. it is a true history of all of these different things that have

happened throughout history and have led us to where we are today. >> jericka duncan hasn't shared her copy with me. i did get to check out some of it this morning. especially this quote you just showed me where she says it's called "caste." it's the bones that raises the skin. seems fascinating. ahead, a tribute to an inspiring work and life of civil rights hero congressman john lewis featuring some of the entertainment world's well many people have such a misunderstanding

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♪ a sneak peek at billy porter and jon batiste celebrating a hero. primetime special airs tonight light on cbs. just one of many special performances you'll see this evening as we tliechb and legacy of congressman john lewis with a unique tribute featuring the biggest names. it will be hosted by oprah winfrey with tyler perry, brad pitt alex our own gayle king. the star-studded lineup include

performances by some of music's powerhouse legends. ♪ you can watch john lewis celebrating a hero tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central right here on cbs. before we go, we'll introduce you to a 4-year-old girl who was proud to stand up for what she believes in. how she's fighting for black lives matter. we'll be right back.

before we go a 4-year-old in colorado wants much to understand black lives matter.

>> i say black lives matter. >> she shouted the phrase when she saw sherri g at home depot. she told our denver station affiliate she was so moved by the gesture she went over to say hi. the two immediately formed a sweet friendship that didn't end there. later both families worked together to raise money for gonzalez's charity which help girls go to school in kenya. she said this gives her hope that young people will change the world. vlad, i know you love that one. >> we saw billy porter singing "a change is coming" for the john lewis special tonight. >> that will do it for us for this morning. we'll see you again tomorrow on "cbs this morning". have a great day, everybody.

this is a morning update. three people are critically hurt after shots ring out overnight at a massive party in beverly hills. it is not clear what led up to the shooting. most people attending were not wearing masks. the apple fire burning in riverside county is more than 26,000 acres and only 7% contained. flames broke out friday and investigators say a diesel vehicle emitting burning exhaust to start the fire. a supervisor will push to issue fines for health order violations include not wearing a mask in public in san mateo

county. we are easing things up nicely for traffic. our travel times are in the green. things are looking good on the east shore freeway with no major delays. the next ride is 10 minutes from highway format to the maze. we had a couple trouble spots but everything seems to be cleared up. it is 22 minutes for highway 4. the bay bridge toll plaza has the lights off and it is an easy ride into the city. the clouds will stick around longer but we will go to the coast within the next couple of hours and then we have a noticeably cooler day for the afternoon. 86 degrees inland and 71

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