it's friday, jry this is the "cbs morning news." dangerous mutation. a new and more contagious covid strain is in the u.s. where the first two cases were reported and the vaccine that may not be as effective against it. game on. robin hood is letting investors buy shares of gamestop again. why the change of heart might be too little too late. remembering an icon. we page tribute to actress cicely tyson who broke barriers cicely tyson who broke barriers during her decades' long career. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin this

morning with the latest challenge on the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. a variant first detected in south africa is now here in the u.s. it's infected at least two people in different parts of south carolina. and this strain could cous and more resistant to some vaccines. debra alfarone is in washington. what else do we know about this dangerous mutation? >> reporter: we know that the existing vaccines don't work as well with this new strain to fight it. that's why moderna and pfizer are both working hard to find new ways to fight this strain. a dangerous new coronavirus strain has turned up in the united states, infecting two patients in different parts of south carolina. >> there is no known travel history and no known connection between the cases. >> reporter: this variant was initially detected in south africa. it's believed to be more contagious and possibly more resistant to vaccines. >> the more uncontrolled spread

of virus there is in this country orwhere woiaeven more lethal. >> reporter: the discovery comes as another highly infectious variant takes hold in the u.s. it was first identified in the uk and has now been found in over half the states. there are encouraging signs to report. the nation's overall infection and hospitalization numbers are down roughly 35% from highs set earlier this month every 2,000 folks over the age of 65 that we vaccinate is four lives saved. >> reporter: the cdc says 26.2 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the u.s. so far. >> i hope to stick around long enough to see my great grandchildren grow up. >> reporter: more vaccines could be coming. novavax says clinical trials show its vaccine has 90% effectiveness against the said it was less ehe drugmaker and president biden is banning travel to the u.s. from south

africa for everyone but u.s. citizens in an effort to slow the spread of this new variant, anne-marie. >> yeah, it's very concerning. debra, thank you so much. so a world health organization team visited a hospital in wuhan, china, today. it's part of a probe into the origins of the coronavirus. the hospital treated the first covid patients more than a year ago. investigators also plan to speak with first responders and visit a market linked to some of the first coronavirus cases. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for more protection for members of congress saying the enemy is within. safe have escalated since thater deadly assault on the capitol earlier this month. pelosi wants congress to provide more money to protect lawmakers. >> i do believe and i have said this all along that we will probably need a supplemental for

more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. ncabout indditioto what ihappen. >> pelosi said t aberseswant tg their guns on the floor and threaten others. she did not mention names. meanwhile, a democratic resolution is set to be introduced next week in the house to expel republican marjorie taylor greene. she's facing backlash for supporting conspiracy theories related to 9/11, along with her past support for social media posts calling for violence against democrats. there's also outrage that she was placed on a house education committee even though she challenged the credibility of some mass school shootings. a spokesman for greene told cbs news she had no plans to resign. and trading app robin hood is once again allowing people to

helped shares of gamestop rise nearly 2,000%. the strategy created big losses for hedge funds who bet that the gaming retailer would collapse. shares dropped 44% yesterday after robin hood restricted buying gamestop shares. the move triggered a class-action lawsuit and outrage fom investors and lawmakers. >> i think robin hood's actions today were extremely unusual which is why they are attracting 's a vy boecision to make >> the u.s. house financial services and senate banking committees said that they will hold hearings on the state of the stock market following robin hood's temporary decision to put limits on buying stock. hollywood has lost a legend. award-winning actress cicely tyson died yesterday at the age of 96. her death comes just two days

after the release of her memoir called "just as i am." chris martinez takes a look at her seven-decade career. >> reporter: cicely tyson spent much of her career playing strong black women overcoming struggles. she recently sat down with "cbs this morning's" gayle king. >> whenever i'm offered a script, what i'm interested in when i get it is why me. who was that character, and why did they want me to play it? and when i get to the point where i feel like her skin has fitted my arm or my mind, then i know there's something about her. wormer slave, tyson embraced her roles with vigor and humility. born to west indian immigrants in 1924, tyson started her career as a model who transitioned into playing bit parts. >> i was a very shy child. if you got 15 minutes of words

out of me, you got plenty, you know. i was a thinker. >> reporter: her career was delayed until her 30s when she found herself pregnant at 17 and in an unhappy marriage that only lasted two years. >> what they doing, mama -- >> reporter: her breakthrough performance came in 1972 playing rebecca, the wife of a louisiana sharecropper, a performance that won her an oscar nomination. the kennedy centerorwouness oth including a tony and an honorary oscar. >> what you do here -- >> reporter: tyson appeared in more than 100 roles on stage and screen in a career that spanned seven decades. president obama awarded tyson our nation's highest civilian honor, the medal of freedom, in 2016. chris martinez, cbs news. coming up on the "cbs morning news," caught on video. two escaped inmates are captured in a ctofid in arizona.ht

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variant of the coronavirus first detected in south africa. the cases were found in two adults with no travel history.

the strain is believed to be more contagious and possibly more resistant to at least one vaccine. and house speaker nancy pelosi wants congress to provide more money to protect lawmakers saying the enemy is within. she says internal tensions over safety have escalated since that deadly assault on the capitol earlier this month. pelosi said some members of congress want to bring their guns on the floor and threaten others. lawmakers in france had to step for when a dispute over croaks, quacks, and other countryside sounds pitted farmers against city folks who were rtf the tapery of a barnyard. throw in a mooing cow and maybe the wafting fragrance of their manure and you're in the countrr senator described it -- the countryside is music, the rustling of branches and leaves that form a picture when we close our eyes.

but some city folk found the sights, smells, and sounds offensive. even the chime of church bells. but the main perpetrator. their urban sensibility, maurice the rooster. he became a national celebrity after annoyed neighbors complained he was the nuisance and sued to silence him. parliament has now passed a new law that protects all sounds and smells of the countryside. this french lawmaker says "the new law targets city slickers who view the countryside in a technicolor screen like an odorless, silent photograph." it's hard to imagine what people expected when living next to a farm, but for now, the ducks are quack and the roosters crow in triumph. ian lee, cbs news. >> thank you goodness for that. coming up on "cbs this morning," cdc director dr.

rochelle walensky has an update on covid vaccines and their effectiveness on new strains. plus, we'll remember groundbreaking actress cicely tyson and hear from those who knew her. and we will show you how a chicago community stepped up to help a family mariachi band that was facing eviction during the pandemic. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend.