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>> nice. >> amen. >> thank you for watching kpix5 news this morning. news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> cbs this morning is coming . good morning to you our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, we made it, january 22nd, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. glad to be here. president biden unveils a sweeping national plan to fight the coronavirus but warns it could take months to turn things around. why some say his vaccination goals are just not ambitious enough. millions of americans desperate to get shots face confusion and delays as the virus mutates. we take you inside a lab in south africa studying a new strain that could be resistant to antibodies. anger erupts overnight as thousands of national guard
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troops protecting the capitol were told to move into a parking garage. what finally forced capitol police to reverse thatat order. and sacha baron cohen says his s comedy is s a form of f p. in a rarare and exclclusive intervieiew, the actctor tells why y now was ththe time to bri back borat. >> and he's got lots to say. but first here's today's "eye opener," it's your world in 90 seconds. >> the full-scale wartime effort to address the supply shortages by ramping up production and protective equipment, syringes, needles, you name it. >> reporter: on his first full day in office, president biden declares war against the coronavirus. >> let me be very clear -- things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. the death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. >> reporter: getting 100 million people vaccinated in the first 100 days is quite a reasonable goal. >> reporter: that's a million vaccinations done a day which is what we are doing right now. >> we had announced that you
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said it's not possible. give me a break, man. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is asking to delay former president trump's impeachment trial until february. >> make no mistake about it, there will be a trial. >> reporter: growing concern over national guard troops being forced to leave the capitol and sleep in a parking garage. all that -- >> bernie sanders is trending for his fashion statement at the inauguration. >> it's gotten so popular it's a bobblehead. and all that matters -- >> the united states will remain a member of the world health organization. >> reporter: the trump administration left the organization critical of its handling of the pandemic. >> dr. fauci began by saying, so, that was awkward. on "cbs this morning." >> fauci touched on how the biden white house differs from the last white house. and he threw some shade. >> one of the new things in this administration is if you don't know the answer, don't guess. just say you don't know the answer. >> dr. fauci -- more like dr.
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ouchy because that was a sick burn. meow. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive -- making it easy to bundle insurance. >> that is what a lot of people are talking about, that dr. fauci seemed giddy. >> seemed lighter. >> the "washington post" headline is "dr. fauci unchained." he plays it straight. he sticks to the facts. but you could tell he did seem lighter. a lot of people feel -- >> liberated almost. >> liberated was the word he used. >> and he used that word. welcome to "cbs this morning." we always feel liberated here. we are going to begin with this -- what president biden is calling a full-scale wartime effort to fight this pandemic and get the country back to normal. on his first full day in the office, the president described a desperate situation likely to get worse before it gets better, he said. but he also laid out a very ambitious agenda including new executive actions on vaccines and the economy.
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weijia jiang is at the white house. what's the plan? good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, today president biden is expected to sign two new executive orders to provide economic relief from the covid-19 pandemic. the first one focuses on increasing financial assistance for food amid a growing hunger crisis. in the second, aims to help federal workers in part by restoring collective bargaining and worker protections that the trump administration rescinded. the orders today will bring president biden's total in three days to 29 executive actions and orders. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: the first wave of help is coming through ten executive orders that president biden signed thursday. he promised to do better than his predecessor, but he reminded americans of the reality ahead. >> we didn't get into this mess overnight, and it's going to take months for us to turn things around. >> reporter: the president invoked the defense production
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act, compelling companies to make supplies. everything from more syringes to ppe. part of mr. biden's actions aimed to increase testing and vaccinations, but he bristled when he was asked if as some experts have suggested the promise of 100 million vaccines in 100 days is too low. >> is the goal to get vaccines in 100 days, is that high enough? can you set the bar higher than where the u.s. is right now? >> when i announced it you all said it's not possible. come on, give me a break, man. it's a good start. 100 million. >> reporter: back in the briefing room, over two months after his last appearance, dr. anthony fauci, who returned as president biden's chief medical adviser. >> one of the things that we're going to do is to be completely transparent, open, and honest. if things go wrong, not point fingers but to correct them. >> reporter: fauci said he already feels the difference of working under a president who
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fully embraces science. >> the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence -- what the science is, and know that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. >> reporter: some state officials tell cbs news the federal government has already reached out more in the past 36 hours, including from fema, offering to set up and staff mass vaccination sites. at the same time, the president is trying to convince congress to pass a $1.9 trillion rescue package, including funding for those centers nationwide. >> he feels that package is designed for bipartisan support. >> reporter: so far the moderate republicans needed to seal the deal have said it is too pricey. yesterday senator susan collins of maine joined her colleague senators mitt romney and lisa murkowski to say it's hard to support such a big package when they just passed a $900 billion
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plan at the end of last year. >> thank you. millions of americans are running into obstacles as they try to get vaccinated during these deadliest days of the pandemic. we've seen lines like these at dodger stadium in los angeles where people reportedly waited up to five hours to get vaccinated. around 37 million doses have been delivered but the cdc says only about 17 million have been given out so far. amid complaints of a dwindling supply at vaccination sites. carter evans has more from hard hit glendale, arizona. >> reporter: as supply shortages force closures and cancelations at vaccination sites nationwide, frustrations are growing with the lack of information from state and federal leaders. whether it's a family-owned pharmacy in pennsylvania -- >> toward the end of last week i asked for 1,000 doses, and they couldn't give me any kind of answer. >> reporter: -- or a city-run site in garland, texas. >> we do not have any
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notifications pending for our next shipment of either when it will arrive or how much it will be. >> reporter: while reports of supply shortages grow, the latest cdc data shows just 22 states and washington, d.c., have used more than half of their received doses. >> feelsls very contraradictoryt only half the doses have been used, and yet cities are saying we need more. but they're both true. >> repororter: dr. ashshish jha dean of the brown school of public h health. so what explains the discrepancy? >> there are two issues going on. one is there's a bunch of vaccines that have been allocated to hospitals, nursing homes, that are just not getting delivered into people's arms. but of course, they can't take those vaccines back from those places. these megasites cities are creating are running well. their main problem is they don't have enough doses. >> reporter: and that's just for adults. the vaccine still isn't approved for children, and pediatric cases are soaring in arizona which leads the nation with covid infections in kids.
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and pediatric hospitalizations here are up more than 400% since october. >> they can go anywhere from just needing a little bit of oxygen and iv fluids all the way to needing a ventilator. life threatening lung and heart disease. there have been deaths in arizona from covid in children. >> reporter: 8-year-old juliet hernandez tested positive after she was hospitalized. fortunately she survived. but her parents say it was a long road to recovery. >> we ended up being there 15 days. you don't want your kid to be the one getting sick. >> reporter: some of the most severe complications in children comes from multisystem inflammatory syndrome. that can happen up to six weeks after a child has recovered from covid. as for vaccines, here in arizona they've used less than half of their available doses even though mass vaccination sites like this are booked solid for weeks. >> time to use them if you've got them, carter, thank you very much. the race to vaccinate is
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even more urgent due to the new more contagious variant of the virus, we have lair access to a lab in south africa studding one such mutation that appears to be resistant to antibodies. an important form of treatment. more from johannesburg. >> reporter: virus hunters in this high-risk biohazard lab are hot on the trail of the mutant strain spreading at breakneck speed across south africa. the virus has mutated to attach more easily to human cells. the disease is no more deadly, but it spreads more easily. >> we do believe that we are going through a new papandemic here which is variants that not only transmit much faster, but that also potentially has less neutralization. >> reporter: genetic scientists discovered the new variant after observing a dramatic uptick in infections in november. south african hospitals are
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overwhelmed, mortuaries overcrowded, and burial plots in short supply. colleagues in the highly secured lab have developed a live culture of the strain to speed up research. the new strain here seems to have the ability to reduce the effectiveness of antibodies in people infected in the first wave. by how much? >> so tenfold would be conservative. you can also have complete knockouts. >> reporter: where there'd be no response at all. >> that's right. >> reporter: this means of those infected in the first wave could have little protection from the new strain, even more troubling, it could render some of the vaccines less effective. >> it's clear that we've underestimated this virus. on the other hand, the evidence is not there yet that vaccines will be affected, and certainly people should keep vaccinating because that's the solution to this pandemic. >> reporter: here at the country's central lab, scientists stress immunity is
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only part of the problem. results on just how effective the vaccines are against the new strain aren't due for a couple of weeks. but in the future, vaccines may have to be tweaked every now and again to protect against mutant strains just like the annual flu shot. gayle? >> all right. reporting from johannesburg, thank you. turning back to washington, there was swift backlash last night over a plan to move some national guard troops out of the capitol. lawmakers and others on social media expressed outrage after these images of the troops resting on the ground went viral. many of them had been ordered to move to a nearby parking garage. that order was quickly rolled back as senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge now reports. >> reporter: this was the moment national guard troops left a parking garage heading back inside the capitol where only hours earlier they were asked to leave. the capitol's hallways had served as a warm place of rest for the troops patrolling outside, protecting the building
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in the wake of the deadly riots two weeks ago. the guard told cbs news the troops were asked to leave by capitol hill police on thursday afternoon, citing an increase in foot traffic with congress in session. about 3,500 soldiers were moved from their rest area in the capitol's hallways and relocated to the parking garage which, according to the guard, had heat and bathrooms, but some soldiers described a facility with limited restrooms, internet service, and power outlets. lawmakers expressed outrage on social media, showing troops resting on the cement floors in columns. this is unconscionable and unsafe, tweeted republican senator tim scott. while democratic senator and retired guard member tammy duckworth tweeted, "they can use my office." just before midnight service members were permitted back inside the capitol to a designated area for their shift breaks. in the days leading up to wednesday's inauguration, more than 25,000 national guard members formed a protective ring around the city after rioters
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invaded the capitol on january 6th. on thursday, a sweep of those who attacked the building continued with at least nine new arrests, including christopher greiter who claimed the president asked people to come, and it's kind of why i came. both were charged with violent entry into the capitol. >> and that, again, was catherine herridge reporting for us, an update this morning the capitol police said they did not instruct the national guard to vacate the capitol facilities. they said management at the thurgood marshall judicial office building reached out directly to the guard to offer use of its facilities. former president donald trump's impeachment trial will not start until next month, if senate republican leader mitch mcconnell gets his way. mcconnell says he doesn't want the senate to rush into a trial. congressional correspondent nikole killion is on capitol hill. are democrats ready to start right away? >> reporter: well, anthony, house speaker nancy pelosi says
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she is ready to hand over the article, but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says he doesn't want to have big process. he argues that it is important for both sides to have time to prepare and that the former president gets a fair trial. some democrats are willing to wait. but with conditions. with condi. >> i would expect that we'd be more receptive to this delay if we are continuing to do the work of the senate in confirming the senior members of the cabinet across all departments. >> reporter: senate democrats signaled they're open to compromise as long as they're allowed to continue voting on president biden's cabinet. senator mcconnell proposed impeachment managers deliver articles to the senate on january 28th. former president trump would have to respond by february 4th. then he would get another week to file a pretrial brief. an aide to majority leader chuck schumer says the idea is under review. >> leader mcconnell and i are trying to come up with a
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bipartisan agreement on how to conduct the trial. but make no mistake about it, there will be a trial. >> it doesn't prove up an impeachable offense. the articles fail. >> reporter: after mr. trump's legal team from last year's impeachment proceeding declined to represent him again, allies of the former president say he has hired south carolina lawyer butch bowers. >> the president has a very good legal team, a great legal team, and we're going to fight like hell to make sure that the second impeachment of donald trump ends as quickly as possible. either dismissed or with an overwhelming vote for acquittal. >> reporter: today the senate votes on defense nominee lloyd austin who could become the first black man to lead the pentagon. senate leaders also want to confirm the nominees for treasury and the state department before the weekend. >> it is the secretary of state that is fourth in line of us isestion tof the united states. leaving the office vacant is irresponsible. >> reporter: a group of senate
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democrats has filed an ethics complaint against republican senators josh hawley and ted cruz for objecting to the results of the 2020 election. a spokesperson for cruz accused them of playing political games, while hawley called it a flagrant abuse of the ethics process. gayle? >> thank you. there seems to be a lot of game playing in politics. at the end of the day, you just want it to be fair. really for both sides. whatever it's going to take it make it fair. >> you want to see the senate walk and chew gum at the same time. i think they are proceed with the impeachment while taking votes on important matters -- >> most of all you want them to get settled in and get going. >> it's called multitarveging. ahead, the legal challenges facing donald trump outside congress now that he is no longer president. what are the chances that he could now face prison time? we're talking about that.
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he was attacked in this film. he wore a bulletproof vest in this film. >> wow. >> he tried to get it all made during covid. it was -- >> not only does he not often drop character, he rarely does interviews. i'm curio good rainy friday morning. it is 7:26. i am anne makovec. san francisco's first mass vaccination site is launching momentarily. only 500 vaccines will be given out by appointment only which are already booked up today. there are no walk up appointments available now. alameda still vaccinating healthcare workers as other counties move to the next phase. officials blame the slow roll out on the limited supply and large number of healthcare workers in the county.
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president biden signed ten executive orders yesterday to fight the pandemic. one invokes defense production act to increase supply of ppe, tests, and vaccines. traffic alert continues as you head towards the bay bridge, chp and crews working on clearing injury crash west bound 80 off the skyway near the fremont street exit. we have at least two lanes blocked. a lot of activity is on the scene. look at the back up pretty much along the span of the bridge. 55 minutes, an hour from the maze as you head into the city with the back up at the toll plaza as well. mary. it's been a wet start to our day and more wet weather is coming our way. here is high def doppler. i am catching a bit of a break from the rain for now. but through the day, showing you futurecast, we are looking at scattered showers, isolated thunderstorm or brief heavy downpour possible late morning
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♪ you recognize that music. do you know what you are reyou are looking at the raymond james stadium in tampa, the site of super bowl lv, watch here on cbs on february 7th. >> if tom brady gets a victory this weekend he will be there. >> he's going. >> in his home stadium. >> and this will be his first season with the bucks. so to take them to the super bowl right out the gate is a very cool story. >> what a story that will be if it happens. >> my apologies to patriots fans who don't like hearing home stadium and tampa bay. that's the reality we're working with. >> tough pill to swallow. this morning we are continuing our series vaccinating america, we're looking at covid vaccine
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hesitancy, among frontline health care workers. well, many are proudly sharing vaccination photos on social media, others, believe it or not, are reluctant to get the shot. they are waiting. an estimated 29% of all health care workers are hesitating. senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula shares how public health officials are trying to change minds. >> they've seen firsthand the horrors of the pandemic. >> at first i wasn't sure. i've had reaction before with the flu vaccine. >> when vaccines were offered at her michigan hospital, nurse bash stuby wavered, concerned about the speed of vaccine development until a trusted hospital pharmacist explained how it works. >> talking it over i just felt, whatever the vaccine's going to throw at me cannot be what i was seeing with the actual virus and i said, well, you can sign me up. >> public health officials are working to address concerns
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about vaccine safety. >> my primary message to health care professionals is please get vaccinated. >> another barrier, a mistrust of government and medicine among some minorities who make up about 40% of u.s. health care workers. stemming in part from our country's history of dishonest medical experiments on people of color. >> i was definitely not on board. >> in the african-american community we've always felt like when it comes to vaccines we've been the guinea pigs. >> we serve a minority community and our staff reflects that minority community. >> reporter: chief clinical officer leads vaccine education at loretto hospital through information sessions with skeptical staffers. >> they believe that the government rushed and they say do you really know what happens? and if you explain to them how it actually works they seem to come around with that. >> jennifer stefanson came
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around and got her second dose this week. >> seeing leadership stepping up to the plate, and actually taking the vaccine. >> reporter: to convince others the hospital added a paid day off as a reward. still, one in four haven't yet signed up. institutions across the country are coming up with creative ways to convince their staff to take the shot. houston methodist offers a $500 cash incentive. and an atlanta nursing home chain raffles off bonuses, vacation days and free tvs. >> the worst thing that could happen is that, you know, our health care work force goes down when there's a vaccine at our fingertips. >> reporter: dr. tamera dunn is assistant professor at stanford medicine. she says there's been too much vaccine misinformation and not enough public health education. how important do you think it is for health care workers to show others in the community that they are taking the vaccine?
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>> i don't think there have been many times in my life since i've been a physician where i have felt such a call to duty. >> reporter: to address hesitancy among people of color, both pfizer and moderna made a concerted effort to recruit minorities for their vaccine trials. they say about 30% of participants were nonwhites. >> tara, does it surprise you that so many health care workers are hesitant to get the vaccine? >> i think certainly the numbers were definitely surprising, anthony. but, you know, health care workers are human. and everybody wants knowledge. as one of my patients told me, i want to know what i'm putting in my body. we've really failed as a country in the last nine months to roll out an effective broad health care campaign to educate. where we are now, we're playing catchup. what we need to do is listen without talking at people, understand what their concerns are, meet them where they're at, in their communities, on their phone in social media, one on one with role models, and
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finally really the core of this is trust. that is what really works in every health care setting to help reach people. and we need to rebuild that. >> all right. dr. tara narula. thank you so much. ahead, the chances of a former president facing prison time. we'll show you the investigations donald trump still has to think about while he gets ready for an impeachment trial in the senate. and a reminder, you can always gets get the morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. hear today's top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. it. exexercising o often and eatingng healthy?? yup, o on it therere too. you mamay think yoyou're dodoing all yoyou can n to manage e type 2 diabetes a and heart d disease. .....but couldld your medidicn do morore to lolower your h heart risk?? jardiancnce can reduduce the risk o of cardiovavascular deh for adultsts who alsoo haveve known heaeart diseases. so, it c could helpp save y your life fromom a heart a attack or strokoke. and d it lowers s a1c. jardrdiance can n cause serious siside effectsts
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former former president donald trump has an impeachment trial coming up, and now the possibility of criminal charges hangs over him. he and his wife melania left washington behind on wednesday, we all know that. in their former home of new york though, a financial fraud investigation of his business dealings reportedly is really heating up here. ben tracy is in west palm beach near the trumps' new home. good morning to you. what's the story? >> reporter: gayle, good morning. so president trump, former president trump has been quiet since arriving here in palm beach. he's taken up residence at his mar-a-lago club and been playing golf. you know, as president he claimed that a sitting u.s. president could not be charged with a crime. now that he's an ex-president, all bets are off. now that president trump has said good-bye to the white house >> have a good life, we will see you soon. >> reporter: there's a chance he could be saying hello to a lot of legal woes. >> now that donald trump is no
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longer president, he is in the shoes of any other normal citizen. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says the former president's legal jeopardy stems mainly from two cases in new york. manhattan district attorney cy vance is conducting a criminal investigation of the trump organization and has reportedly obtained some of mr. trump's long-sought tax records. court filings show vance may be investigating tax and insurance fraud as well as falsification of business records. new york attorney general letitia james is also investigating the former president and his company for tax fraud. >> my loyalty to mr. trump has cost me everything. >> reporter: mr. trump's former personal attorney and convicted felon michael cohen acknowledges he's now providing information to prosecutors and believes indictments will be coming soon. >> i do believe that it will be the new york prosecutors that will be first on line within which to bring donald trump and family to justice. >> reporter: what do you think the odds are that donald trump
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actually faces significant jail time or a prison term? >> i think that on the state side there is a good possibility that donald trump will face significant prison time if convicted. >> reporter: the former president has not been charged with any crimes, so it's unclear how likely a conviction would be. but there are also civil suits brought by two women, former "apprentice" contestant summer zervos and e. jean carroll who both accused mr. trump of sexual assault. >> it's a total false accusation, and i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: after he denied their claims, they sued for defamation. attempting to force mr. trump to be deposed under oath. finally, there's a federal investigation into the assault on the capitol. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol -- >> reporter: the justice department has not ruled out charging mr. trump for potentially inciting the riot. an extraordinary decision that
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would be made by the biden administration's new presumptive attorney general, merrick garland. >> since the american founding, no former president has been criminally indicted. >> reporter: cbs news' legal expert and analyst jeff rosen -- >> something unique, and that's why the biden administration will think very hard before filing any kind of federal criminal charges. >> reporter: now president biden says his justice department will remain independent and make its own decisions. he was asked on the campaign trail if he would ever consider pardoning president trump, and he emphatically said no. tony? >> all right, ben. beautiful west palm beach behind him. thank you very much. ahead, vlad duthiers will bring the stories that you'll be talking about this morning.
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you're going to be coming closer monday. >> i hope to be a little closer, a little nearer. hoe so. >> a little bit closer, you're my kind of guy. >> that's right. socially distant -- >> it's progress. >> there's a lot of progress happening on this show. we love it. and here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today -- the international olympic committee is still planning this year's summer games in tokyo, but a new report claims they will not happen. the "times of london" citing a japanese source as the games are off due to the surge in coronavirus cases in japan. but in a statement this morning, tokyo's governor says there is no such talk, and a protest should be lodged over any media reports saying otherwise. the summer olympics are scheduled to open july 23rd after the pandemic forced them to be postponed last year. still, not clear what's going to happen. i feel for those athletes. >> i do, too. >> confusing. >> never good when that kind of talk leaks out the way it is and that people have to say, no, no truth to it. i would like to think by the summer that we should be okay.
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>> crossing my fingers. >> i hope so. >> they've got to be careful. first on "cbs this morning," the nfl says 7,500 healtlth car heroes will be invited t to sup bowl lv. this is a live shot from tampa where the game will be played next month. commissioner roger goodell surprised staff at sarasota memorial hospital an hour from tampa. watch. >> if you're able to swing it, i want to personally invite each member of your team, the unit, to be our guests at the super bowl. [ cheers ] >> no if about whether they're going to be able to swing it. here's how it goes -- each nfl team gets to pick four health care workers from their hometowns who have been vaccinated. the packers who are one win away from the super bowl invited dr. s michael landrum and he told me he is pumped.
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>> you're going to go to the super bowl. >> are you kidding? >> yes, yeah. how's that? >> i've been a football fan since i was a kid. it's surreal. while i'm down there, i know there will be people in the hospital, my colleagues here will still be at their bedside taking care of them. so it's a little bittersweet in that way. >> yeah. that's so nice of hem to acknowledge that. everybodiy would like him to hae a break. >> coming from wisconsin, a big fan of the florida weather in january. >> looking forward to that. >> i'm excited for the health care workers. nobody deserves this more than they do. >> 7,500 workers, an additional 14,000 fans, about a third of the capacity. >> where and when can we watch the super bowl? >> right here on cbs. sunday, february 7th, tony dokoupil. that is our graphic. >> cbs. very good. >> indeed. all right. we told you about a dog earlier this week, right. >> yes. >> showed you how they're man's
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best friend. the dog was limping along. check out boncuk waiting outside of a hospital in turkey. a security guard says the dog showed up every morning for nearly a week staying until nightfall. turns out boncuk was concerned for her sick owner. the two were reunited wednesday. of course, look, so, so, so happy. and folks, this reminded me -- do you know greg friar's body, the scottish terrier of scotland? in 19th century scotland, his owner passed away. that's him wearing a mask. he went to the grave site for 14 years every single day. he sat at his master's grave site until he himself died. >> that's totally heartbreaking. >> we should look at boncuk's face again. the way the dog was so looking into the window. >> and i come in -- >> watching that door open and close every time. the daughter of the man in the hospital took him home a number of times, but the -- he always went back. >> always went back. >> found his way back. >> so sweet.
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i love it. >> he doesn't live close either. >> no. he's got a -- it's a hike. >> you know, something we were going to talk about later but i'll bring you now, joe biden has redone the oval office. there have been questions about what the red diet coke button will be used for president trump had. i think he might press it for "what to watch." >> that would be amazing. let me see what's going on "what to watch" today. >> and rescue dogs in the white house, too. that's good. >> all right. thank you so much. coming up, our exclusive interview with a actor sacha ban cohen,n, he's gettingng oscar b for playiying abby hofoffman i triaial of the c chicago seveve. stay with h us.
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♪ it's friday, january 22nd, 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're glad to be here. i'm gayle king. tony dokoupil, anthony mason. president biden is out with a 200 page plan to defeat the coronavirus. dr. david agus will give us his take on that, and new variants of this virus. sacha b baron cohenen says was c completelyy mad to have d his latestst boborat movivie, t how dangerousus it w was in our exclusive interview the actor reveals whether he'll do another one. a joyful moment decades in the making. incoming harvard student whose acceptance went viral talks about the extraordinary immigration hurdles the family
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had to overcome. >> this is such a great story. first, here is today's" o e opener at 8:00. millions of americans are are running into obstacles as they try to get vaccinated during the deadliest days of the pandemic. >> here in arizona, they used less than half of their available doses. even though mask vaccination sites like this are booked solid for weeks. >> the race to vaccinate is even more urgent due to the more contagious variants of the virus. >> there was swift backlash last night over a plan to move some national guard troops out of the capitol building. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says she is ready to hand over the article, but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says he doesn't want to have big process. >> amazon extended an offer to president biden to help with the national distribution of
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coronavirus vaccines. >> yeah, that should speed things up, although, well, you each tiny vial is still going to come in a gigantic cardboard box that has been kicked over the fence into your garden. >> james corden, that is so true. you get something in this big box and it is this size. smaller than this. >> a book the other day in a box this long. >> and recycling day is sunday and i spend the whole afternoon cutting down boxes. i can't find a neighborhood kid to take the job. on more serious matters, the biden administration is moving quickly to address the ongoing pandemic and he signed ten executive orders yesterday addressing things like wearing masks on public transportation, and speeding up production of ppe and other supplies. he also released a 200 page plan tackling issues from reopening schools to vaccine distribution. >> the white house briefing, dr. anthony fauci said if we can get to 70 to 85% of the country
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vaccinated by the summer, things could start getting back to normal. he also took some subtle jabs at the trump administration. >> it is very clear that there were things that were said, be it regarding things like hydroxychloroquine and other things like that, that really was an uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact. the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what evidence -- what the science is, and know that's it, let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. >> well, during yesterday's briefing, dr. fauci also said we might be seeing a plateau when it comes to the average numumbe of new coronavirus cases every week. but a new restraint of the virus first f found in the uk has bee identified in at least 20 different states. yikes, dr. fauci says that strarain in the n new variant discovovered in south a africa more transmissible but they may not be deadlier. dr. david agus joins us now to discuss that. let's start right away with that, david. i like the not deadlier part,
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but the more transmissible is a little disconcerting. can you explain what is happening here, what this means? >> so what happened is the virus, the spike protein has changed and the spike pre teen is how it gets into our cells. and it is binding more tightly. so in the beginning of the pandemic, first 10, 11 months, say it took ten minutes of a conversation four feet apart for me to give enough particles for me to spread the virus. now that number is half or a third. so much more transmissible. smaller amounts of time, smaller arts of particles, i can transmit you the virus. that's what gets very scary. plateau may start to take off at as this variant becomes dominant across the country. >> why is this popping up now? is this a common thing with these kinds of viruss? >> well, yeah, these viruses change. over a million years our genome changed 1%. these viruses can change 1% in a day. but for the first ten months, we
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were slowly getting infected in the country. now 30% of the country is infected, and we're starting to vaccinate. so we're changing, so the virus is changing in return, and what we're seeing is get more aggressive in terms of being able to be more infectious. the clinical outcome is the same. you're not going to get sicker with this variant, it is easier to catch. >> do you think the vaccine everybody is excited about the vaccine, everybody is trying to get it, will it be effective against the new variant strain? >> i am so excited about the vaccine. i literally am in tears every day if i get a note from a patient, i got it. what we know is the uk variant, from england, the vaccines work efficiently again. but the south african variant is the real worrisome one. many of the monoclonal antibodies, a tiny part of the spike protein, aren't binding. and what we're seeing with some of the people who have been vaccinated, exposed to the prior versions of the virus, is that their antibodies aren't binding well. we don't know the true answer yet. there will be some immunity, but probably not 100% immunity like
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we see with the vaccines with the other strains. >> what do you think of what you're hearing so far, david, about the biden plan? to attack covid? >> 100 million doses, 100 days, you know, i like putting a stick in the ground. i think he's going to dramatically exceed that if we look at the supply of vaccines coming from moderna, pfizer, j & j, astrazeneca. that part i'm excited about. there is a real strategic plan for every aspect of fighting this virus, going on offense in the country. if we all follow, if we stop the spread of the virus, and this plan takes off, we'll get by summer some toward herd immunity and hopefully a more normal fall. >> how likely is that? dr. fauci said 75 to 80% if we get the vaccine, we could have 75 to 80% herd immunity. >> listen, it is doable, right. but we got to roll it out. many states have half the
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vaccines sitting in freezer. vaccine in a freezer and not in an arm, to me, is unconscionable. we have to do better. and we have to get more aggressive in getting this vaccine out. >> the question i have to ask you about dr. fauci, he seemed downright giddy yesterday at that press kofrconference, evend the word liberating, what did you make of his change in attitude, did you understand his apparent glee in. >> i loved it. the conversations now are about science, data, people talking back to me in a new, new way. i'm giddy. i think everybody who is fighting this virus is feeling a new sense of optimism, and to be part of a team that really gets it. >> all right, dr. david agus, thank you, we like people who get it, very much. thanks a lot. actor sacha baron cohen tells us, us, i mean anthony, why he raur rarely did interviet of character. >> some of that is insecurity, a lot of that is i just didn't want to be recognized, i didn't sesee the upside o of b becomi
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cohen about why he was so driven to make both of these films. >> do you have contempt for your government? >> i'll tell you, it is something compared to the contempt my government has more me. give me a moment, with ould you friend? i've never been on trial for my thoughts before. i found him this incredibly funny, charismatic character who underneath it all was amazingly courageous and was ready to give his life to fightht injujustice. so i n needed to play him. >> reporter: hoffman was one of the real life chicago 7, political activists who were put on trial for their anti-vietnam war demonstrations at the 1968 democratic national convention. >> in many ways, he's very similar to you.
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fell in love with comedy. >> me and my brother, we used to improvise songs and there was an old south african 95-year-old pianist who used to come around to my parents house and would say, one day you will be in hollywood, they'll love you. we're like, yes, yes, that's right, granny, sure we will. seemed so ludicrous. >> despite his success, the comedian has been reluctant to give interviews as himself. >> probably some of that is insecurity, but a lot of that is i just didn't want to be recognized, i didn't see the upside of becoming famous as myself. >> but in a 2019 speech to the anti-defamation league, he spoke out publicly for the first time against social media companies. >> all this hate and violence is being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount t to the grereatest propaganda machinene in history. >> bararon cohenen thoughtht he retitired his iconic boratt
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do? >> you got chased off the stage. >> yes, a group of armed members of the crowd stormed the stage, overpowered the security, and one of them actually reached for his pistol and i was extremely lucky that i had a fantastic bodyguard who grabbed the guy's arm, and told him, whispered the words, the phrase, it's not worth it, buddy. >> is there any point during it you said to yourself, why am i doing this? >> throughout the whole movie. i remember being in the bathroom before that gun rally and i was putting on a bulletproof vest and looking at myself in the mirror thinking i must be completely mad, w what are you doing? >> reporter: at one point -- >> could i stay in your homeme? >> repororter: -- h he s spent daysys in covidid lockdown w wi coconspiracy theorists.s. it i is the lonongest he'ss eve to remain in character. >> i think i had close to having a panic attack because there are
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no crew around, i thought how do i do this? how am i not going to slip up for, you know, having breakfast, lunch, dinner, getting drunk with them in the evenings. >> reporter: those guys were just -- they were pivotal to the film. >> jim and jerrrry, whichch was theieir nanames, werere goodd gu knknow. they werere kinind to a foreign. they were actually to a degree a femin feminist, but they leaved in some reprehensible conspiracy theories and it wasn't their fault. they had been fed a diet of these lies and conspiracy theories on social media and by various news channels. we're living in a dangerous age where e the diffeference betwew fact and fiction is notot evid. > reporter:r: but s sacha ba cohen, whoho is married to actrs isla fisher, and now a father of three, says it is time to really put borat behind him. was this your last undercover movie or would you do it again in. >> no, i can't do it again i was
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lucky to make it out of this one fully in tact. so, no. >> i actually -- i asked him, i said do you alert your wife when you're going into these dangerous situations? and he said, no, i don't, i did that once when he was making bruno, and he ended up being chased by the police that day and he said, she's never gone back to the shoot after that. >> i'm sure he doesn't want his wife to worry about him. the beauty of what he does, i think he's brilliant on how he -- what he put s on the screen, on one level, you're saying, wow, this is amazing, on the other, you're cringing and the next minute you're doubled over in laughter. >> yeah. >> you're on a roller coaster the whole time. >> he's always making a point. got a lot of attention when he spoke out about social media and people said letme take a look at this. >> he went after that habbie hoffman part. he called steven spielberg on the phone and said i want this part and he said, well, it has a very distinct accent you don't
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have, he said i'll give you two weeks to learn it and -- >> and what happened? >> it waited 13i years for them to make the film. he interrupted borat to do the chicago seven movie. he wanted it so badly. >> his criticism of social media may be his more lasting legacy and has not ended with that speech. on election day with donald trump leaving the oval office, he had a picture of donald trump and mark zuckerberg and said, one down, one to go. he really thinks that social media is a sewer of bigotry and they need to take responsibility for what is on the platform. we're beginning to see that. that could be his legacy. >> moving in that direction. >> yeah. >> they would say they have been doing it all along. they have definitely stepped it up. >> he also wrote a piece for "time" magazine i believe as well. he continues to be vocal about that. >> anthony, a really good piece. >> he's a very interesting guy. he's a very interesting guy. ahead, new evidence that the simpsons predicts the future. how two moments from the long running series nearly came to life at the inauguration. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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ahead the story behind a california student's jubilation after s got into good morning. it's 8:25. a mass vaccination site is opening in the south bay. santa clara and mountain view have partnered to open the site at mountain view's community center. it will provide up to 1,000 vaccinations per day. san mateo filed a lawsuit against pacifica beach yoga for repeated violations. a judge has issued a temporary restraining order forcing the business to should down. today almena is expected to
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make a plea deal. he was charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter after a warehouse fire killed 36 people in 2016. no date has been set for his sentencing. i am gianna franco in the traffic center. we have brake lights at the bay bridge toll plaza from an earlier traffic alert on the upper deck of the bay bridge. all lanes are open but still recovering. give yourself a few extra minutes. we are dealing with windy conditions and slick surfaces. we have brake lights on 101 south near 92, a crash blocking two lanes. mary. i am tracking showers now pushing across parts of the north bay on high def doppler this morning. as we head through the day, looking at scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms, even a brief heavy downpour as this cold front pushes across the bay area. unsettled weather today and looking at daytime highs only in the mid 50s this afternoon.
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories we like to call talk of the table. anthony is in pole position to go first. >> i have some really interesting developments involving vladimir putin's most prominent critic, alexey navalny, who is causing a stir in russia, even from prison. navalny was arrested sunday, and is being held in a moscow jail for 30 days. the u.s. and its allies are calling for his release. navalny supporters released a video message that was prerecorded by the activist, where he calls on his supporters
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to rally tomorrow against his detention. they're looking at 65 cities. the kremlin obviously is not enthused about this, and in an attempt to crack down on resistance, several of navalny aides were detained by police, his spokeswoman was jailed today, though she tweeted from custody january 23rd should become legendary. police are threatening to immediately suppress the illegal rallies, but support is spreading across social media, particularly young people who have flooded tiktok with videos showing them preparing for the rallies. it is extraordinary what he's doing there. because he's literally poking the bear here. he's poking putin, he's done this throughout recent years, in poking putin and some of his closest allies, and he's creating a moment here and it is going to be very interesting to see what happens this weekend. >> putin may be playing into his hand by reacting so much and leading to these demonstrations.
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social movements are built on that. >> navalny has also released a report this week that claims to expose putin's secret -- lavish secret sprawling luxury palace in southern russia that cost more than a billion dollars. >> i'm so worried about him. i don't know if he's aware of how worried i am about him. i don't know if it is smart to poke the bear that is trying to kill you, but i understand the point he's making. >> the angrier putin gets, the more people take notice and his message is out there. >> whatever the case, tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day in russia. >> i am extremely excited en this friday to talk about the simpsons, my favorite show from childhood. they havave preredicted the fut again. >> ass you know, w we have inheririted quitete a b budget fromom presidentnt trump.p. how bad iss it, secretary?y? > we're brokoke. >> t the countryry is broke?e? howw can thatt bebe? >> so, of couourse thehere w w presesident trump, correrectly predictedd 20 years earlilier te by the simpmpsons. alsoso a bududget crcrunch. nonow they're gettiting credit
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another detail that they appeared to foresee, and that could be kamala harris' outfit on inauguration day. look at that. president lisa simpson on the left with the pearls, with the purple jacket, kamala harris on the right. >> that's good. >> pretty interesting. and -- >> if i was kamala harris, i would take that picture and blow it up. that's very cool. >> the question is, is she a simpsons fan. i'm not sure. >> doesn't matter. that's so cool. >> there is more. they even got tom hanks correctltly preredicted inn a a simpsons movie, hee wasas t thee of the i incoming i inauguratiod the line is, u.s. govovernment s lolost its credibility, so theye borrowing some of mine. and, hanks hosted the primetime inauguration special on wednesday night. >> i wonder if that's where they got that idea. >> he is so beloved. where is his coat? that's great. >> very funny.
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>> i was up -- >> me, i'm sorry. there is a mystery in maryland over who won the giant powerball lottery jackpot worth $731 million. we told you it was in maryland, but we didn't know where to look. now we do. the one winning ticket purchased at the coney market that is in lonaconing, a coal mining town in western maryland. about 300 families live there. the poverty rate is 22%. the store will get $100,000 for selling the ticket, the owner plans to spread that money around. >> some of my employees will benefit from that, or all of them to some extent, and the rest of government to me and the store. >> isn't that great? he's going to spread it around to employees and he's also going to remodel the kitchen at the store. that's great. we may never know who won the lottery in maryland because you don't have to -- you don't have to identify yourself. here is the question, would you come forward if you won? >> you would never know. >> i would not.
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and in fact i would leave people off the trail, i wonder who it is. >> i was thinking that too. >> i would be walking around in a t-shirt, just -- >> they said the town has really 300 families, less than 2,000 people. so i saw an interview with one woman who said either we know who it is or you know somebody who knows somebody. so after taxes, it is $546 million, if you take one lump sum. if you spread it out, you get more money. if you spread it over 20 years. i think i would take the lump sum, no guarantee you'll be around in 20 years. >> that would be gone in the night. >> you're on the case to find out who won. this morning, we're hearing from a california student who got national attention for her very emotional reaction when she found out she got into harvard university. good reason for that. only about 5% of harvard applicants get in. lilia luciano sat down with the teenager and shares the story of hard work and perseverance behind her success.
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>> reporter: hundreds have watched and reposted it. her invitation to the ivy league is not only proof of her dedication to school, but a testament to her parents sacrifice. >> i come out of high school and my mom would pick me up and she would drive me to the public library and she would leave me food and i would stay there until 10:00 p.m. when they kicked me out. >> reporter: last year, her dad, a father of six who immigrated from el salvador was detained by immigration and customs enforcement and held at the detention center. about two hours away from his family. >> i just take my homework and i do it in the car, and whenever i visit my dad, he would really encourage me to stay focused. so especially because it came from him during that time, i took it more seriously. >> reporter: in the six months her father spent in detention, cielo became an advocate for the detainees. >> i'm so glad that both of them
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have been released. >> reporter: fellow alum gloria montiel was an undocumented student when she attended harvard in 2005 before earning her ph.d. she helped cielo go through the arduous admission process. >> harvard's investments will pay back a thousand fold. they don't just go and take off, they always come back and do something for the community. >> reporter: she plans to become an oncologist. >> my grandmother who is from oaxaca passed from colon cancer and my grandfather, my paternal grandfather who is currently in el salvador has carcinoma. >> reporter: what do you want people to know about your family's story about who your dad is? >> honestly, i think i want people to understand that not having a certain immigration status doesn't make a person lesser than.
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they're still brilliant people, they're still good people. >> reporter: she says this achievement was not just the result of her own hard work, but that of her family, and her community. >> my parents do everything. and i'm so happy that i was able to do something that made them really, really excited and just feel that their work was worth it, because it really is. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," lilia luciano, los angeles. >> i love the squeals. and congratulations to cielo. i'm very happy you got into harvard and all the points she made, right on point. >> what a wonderful young woman. her family must be extraordinarily proud and they should be. they should be. >> they're all looking at the computer screen and they get great news like that. ahead, a 30-year-old secret rocks a criminal investigation in alabama. "48 hours" shows us why prosecutors suddenly dropped the
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just one day before an alabama man was set to go on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, a shocking new confession turned the entire case upside down. carl harris was charged with murder in 2016, 26 years after the death of his former wife tracy. "48 hours" correspondent maureen maher spoke with him.
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>> reporter: dale county district attorney and ada jordan davis spent years building a case against carl harris for the murder of his ex-wife tracey. >> tracey harris was a hard working young mother that disappeared march 7th, 1990. >> reporter: a week later, her body was found in a nearby river. >> based on the autopsy, the manner of death was homicide. >> i think from the get-go there was one suspect in this case, carl harris. >> reporter: the couple had recently divorced, and carl had a girlfriend. >> carl harris did have a reputation for being very violent and in particular towards tracey harris. >> reporter: about a dozen witnesses gave investigators statements describing carl harris' physical abuse of tracey, something carl denies. >> i've never put my hands on tracey. never. >> reporter: so all those people were lying? >> yes, ma'am.
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i love tracey. she was the love of my life. >> reporter: despite the suspicion, no arrest was made. and the case languished. >> everybody thought i killed her. everywhere i turned they -- you hear them whispering in the background, there is the man that killed tracey. >> reporter: then in 2015, an ozark police cold case unit took another look at tracey's murder, and, again, zeroed in on carl. >> the evidence was circumstantially strong. >> reporter: more than 26 years after tracey harris was killed, carl harris was arrested for her murder. >> who else would want this sweet innocent young lady murdered? >> reporter: the prosecutors were confident in their case, until they got in touch with a potential witness for the trial. dawn beasley, a friend of tracey's. >> jordan and her team spent a lot of time building a case that
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i was about to torpedo. >> reporter: she would up end carl harris' murder trial days before it was to start. and point prosecutors to the real killer. >> i kept the secret for 30 years. >> maureen maher joins us now. that is dawn at the end. why would she keep this secret for 30 years? >> she was told by that person, keep the secret, don't tell the police, and also that it was an accident, and it is important to remember she is 21 years old at the time this happens, pregnant and scared she was scared if she went to police, they wouldn't believe her and the person might then deny it. >> who is the person who confessed to her, if you can say without giving too much away. >> you got to go home, put that cute baby to bed and sit down and watch it. >> can you tell me what happened to carl harris, the ex-husband? >> yes, i can. so, of course, the trial does not go forward. charges are dropped. the problem for carl, though, is that he felt he spent his entire life under suspicion as the main
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suspect. so he hasn't filed notice that he intends to file suit against the city of ozark. his problem isn't with the prosecution, it is with the police department and its investigation. >> all right, maureen, thank you very much. you can see maureen's full report the 30 year secret, the tracey harris murder on "48 hours" here on cbs. a look back at all that mattered this week coming right up.
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see you monday. >> democracy is precious. democracy is fragile. and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed. [ applause ] ♪ say can you see ♪ >> it is a new day in america. inauguration day for joe biden. >> america has been tested, and we've come out stronger for it. ♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ >> we did what we came here to do, and so much more. >> now president trump is going to be skipping all of the inauguration events. >> reporter: it is an act of extravagant selfishness. >> have a good life. we will see you soon. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: the country passed 400,000 covid deaths. >> the latest cdc data shows less than half of all available vaccine doses have been given to patients. >> a lot of ""i" words,
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insurrection, impeachment. a lot of people want vlad to inspire this week. another "i" word. >> i didn't know where you were going. >> you can do that. >> oh -- ♪ >> 72 tennis players are in quarantine ahead of the australian open. some players are going next level to get some practice. who's paying the deposit on that room? the security deposit? >> the window -- makes me nervous. >> how would you like to be in the room next door with the tennis ball thumping on the wall. ♪ >> the constitution is in trouble for this reason -- most americans do not know what's in it. ♪ >> how many people are in the house of representatives? >> i don't know. >> 12? >> 14? >> the house? chief justice of the supreme court -- john -- >> roberts. >> yes! it is. he got it. well done.
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♪ >> being american is more than a pride we inherit. it's the past we step into and how we repair it. >> have you already made your campaign plans? >> i have. my hash tag is going to be #camandainchief. >> that's awesome. >> play on words because that's what i do. >> did she ever say "i want to be president of the united states one day"? the. >> it no. she just had characteristics of a leader. kamala's tended to kind of stand out. >> our first african-american, first asian american, and first woman vice president. [ cheers ] ♪ >> it is my honor to be here, to stand on the shoulders of those who came before. >> and unity is the path forward. and we must meet this moment as the united states of america. if we do that, i guarantee you
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good morning. president biden signed ten executive orders to fight covid- 19. one mandates use of masks in airports, trains, intercity buses. another invokes defense production act to speed up production and delivery of covid tests. san francisco opening first mass vaccination site at sf city college. 500 doses will be given out today by appointment only. san jose police say the man shot and killed by officers yesterday was wanted in several crimes including a homicide and multiple shootings in gilroy and morgan hill.
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he had arrest warrants for weapons charges in san jose. i am gianna franco in the traffic center. things are easing up just a bit at the bay bridge. we have a slight delay at the toll plaza coming off the over pass but better than 30 minutes ago. the rest of bay area bridges are problem free. the san mateo bridge is looking better than it did earlier, 13 minutes between 880 towards 101. we are dealing with slick surfaces so be careful as you hit the roads with this rainy weather. for more on that, here is mary. i am tracking scattered showers on high def doppler this morning. giving you a closer look at where the showers are, especially for the north bay. you see the light to moderate rain over san rafael, mill valley, pushing into vallejo and hercules. the rest of today, scattered showers, isolated thunderstorm or brief, heavy downpour is
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