up next. have a great day everybody. good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning" on wednesday, february 17th, 2021. i'm gayle king, anthony mason and tony dokoupil are all here. millions in texas are without heat in the coldest winter there in generations. why did the power grid buckle with more frigid conditions on the way? and president biden makes a big promise that every american can be vaccinated by the end of july. what is behind his optimism behind the rollout of covid vaccine. and a trial to see if the vaccine can be given to kids.

how vaccine nating children can drive down overall transmission rates he.e. we will talk to dr. anthony fauci. and we have a candid conversation with vince gill, maren morris and ricci palmer as part of our new series "unifying america." great lineup. but first, here's today's "eye opener," it is your world in 90 seconds. >> we're going to die. >> millions of americans without heat during a deadly deep freeze as more winter weather moves in. >> here we go again. exact same area with another snowstorm. and then that storm will be pushing to the northeast. >> donald trump now blasting senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying mitch is a dour, sullen, political hack. >> mitch mcconnell was indispensable to donald trump's success. president biden went to milwaukee where he held a cnn town hall.

>> when is every american going to be able to get a vaccine? >> by the end of july of this year. >> cleanup is under way after severe weather in north carolina. >> at least three people were killed in a tornado that struck a seaside town. to the net, novak djokovic, then he goes ballistic. >> oh, that's toast! >> and all that matters. >> peter mcgavins, this is for you. >> adam sandler bringing back "happy gilmore" 25 years later. >> you're dead, shooter! ha, ha, ha. >> on "cbs this morning." >> money! shooter still got it! thank you to all of the fans, and thank you to you, adam sandler, and why don't you just meet me at the ninth green at nine, gilmore? little secret code, okay? and, gilmore, wear something

nice! ha, ha, ha. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. >> american classic. >> you have to appreciate when grown men act like boys. i love that. >> yes, you do. >> appreciation for life. it's always good to play. be there's nothing to play with for this earth wa and that's where we're going to begin, the desperate plight of millions of people in frigid, frigid is the word, snowy texas. many have been through their second straight night without heat. millions without power two days after a deadly ice storm there. many are facing sub-zero can temperatures, which are life-threatening if you cannot stay warm. >> freezing temperatures are also causing pipes to burst. as you can see from the social media videos, that means flooding on top of everything else. we begin with omar villafranca in dallas. omar, people are getting angry and some reported burning furniture to stay warm.

what happened? >> good morning, yes. state power officials were not prepared. the demand blew past their predictions and now they're asking people and even cities to conserve power. look behind me, this is the dallas skyline usually lit up, and now it's pretty dark. now the energy state trying to push enough to have power so people can warm their homes. >> it was 38 degrees last night. there was no power >> reporter: to protect her 8-month-old daughter, tara is heading to florid to protect her family.cary situation to even do considering the fafact that health official don't want you to sleep in the bed with your 8-month-old baby. we had to do that so we could keep her warm because keeping her warm was top priority. she was in the nicu for close to two months.

we know that she cannot afford new me round. this is a chance we're willing to take to not have to have our baby out in negative degree weather. then also to be stuck in our home for multiple days where we're not sure when help is going to come. >> when we left, the thermostat said 32. >> reporter: dylan luster and has wife left home and brought their 3-year-old and 15-month-old to this church acting as a warming shelter. >> number-one country, right, but can't handle a snowstorm? >> reporter: residents around the state are demanding to know when their power will return and why it has stayed off for so long in the first place. >> the way that ercot has handled this entire situation has been completely unacceptable. >> reporter: governor abbott is blaming ercot, charged with operating the state's grid. he called for a full

investigation into the nonprofit company. >> i think it's appropriate. we are here to serve the people of texas. >> reporter: but he argues the blackouts are necessary. >> i think the fundamental decisions that our operators made, very likely could have prevented a catastrophic blackout. the outcome of preventing that catastrophic blackout unfortunately turned out to be a long period of outages like we have not seen before. >> reporter: what do you tell people who have been without power in subfreezing temperatures for over 30 hours now? i mean, that's sounds catastro catastrophic. >> it's a terrible time to be in that situation with the weather we're having especially. but we will get those services back up. we will get those folks their power on. power.

my colleague mireya villarreal is in oklahoma city to explain. >> reporter: hey, thanks. you know, here's the deal -- right now it's about eight degrees here in oklahoma city. it has been snowing for about 12 hours straight. it is snowing right now. the question remains why is it possible -- how is it possible that oklahoma is faring better than decision? here's what it boilts down to -- oklahoma shares a power grid with its neighbors. here's what it breaks down to -- the state gets its energy from the southwest power pools along with 13 other states. when the temperature dipped in oklahoma and demand went up, the pool had enough energy available and reserved to respond to this emergency. like omar said, texas has its own power grid that is run by the company ercot. it doesn't have the luxury of relying on other states for help. and even within texas, there are communities not impacted as severely by power outages, places like el paso where just about 100 people are without power.

the reason is that region is on a completely different power grid. its own separate from the their homes and their businesses, as well. >> a lot of big questions about the power supply in texas. thank you so much. we're joined by meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tony, and good morning, everyone. so another big story today and that is ice once again, especially in east texas, louisiana, and more ice tonight in virginia and north carolina. take a look at the radar. lot of ice right now places like

austin, san antonio, east toward luskin, texas. and that's headed into louisiana. the hour by hour, snowed to the north across little rock, to the south a solid sheet of ice. and the potential for severe weather and maybe tornadoes as we head into the evening and zoe overnight tonight, look at this ice, roanoke, raleigh-durham, greensboro, up through richmond, to the north of that, snow from washington to philadelphia. and new york city. and it could be a decent amount, maybe four to eight inches of snow. take a look at the accumulation. you see all that ice along the gulf coast. and we're going to see probably widespread to extensive power outages there, and then another bull's-eye in the carolinas, north carolina especially, and the southern part of vaemptirgi. look at cumberland, maryland. here's the great news -- it's going to stay cold in texas, but heading into saturday and sunday, by sunday we're about 67 degrees in houston. >> that's a change in temperature.

thank you. president biden held a town hall in wisconsin last night, and there was one subject he did not want to address. >> i'm not going to call names out. look, i -- for four years all that's been in the news is trump. the next four years, i want to make sure all the news is the american people. i'm tired of talking about trump. [ applause ] done. >> let's bring in ed o'keefe following this. the president didn't want to talk about his predecessor, but he did answer quite a few questions about his pandemic plans. he made a big promise when it comes to vaccinations. let's listen to that. >> when is every american who wants it going to be able to get a vaccine? >> by the end of july of this year. [ applause ] >> when you say by the end of july, i -- do you mean that they will be available or that people will have been able to actually get them? dr. fauci -- >> they'll be available --

>> they'll be available. >> they'll be available. >> that's less than six months from now. what do you make of that? >> reporter: yeah, look, it is a far earlier and more specific end date than they've talked about before. and listen as he said there, vaccine will be available, not that every american will have a shot in the arm. but look, the government's been able to purchase more vaccine from pfizer and moderna, and it's widely expected that the johnson & johnson single-dose vaccine could be approved by later this month, available next month. clearly he's feeling more confident about that goal. >> the president was asked about his plans for schools. here's one from a high school teacher. let's listen to that. >> why is it okay to put students and teachers in close proximity to each other for an entire day, day after day? with large class sizes and outdated ventilation systems, how and when do you propose this to occur? >> number one, nobody is suggesting, including the cdc in its recent report, that you have large classes, con vegested classes. it's about needing to be able to

socially distance, smaller classes, more protection, and i think the teachers and the folks who work in the schools, the cafeteria workers and others, should be on the list of preferred to get a vaccination. >> making vaccines a priority. what else should we make of that? >> reporter: look, school reopening now becoming the hottest button issue in the pandemic. republicans starting to seize on it, as well. he pledge friday december that a majority of schools would be opened by his first 100 days mark then said he's focused on kindergarten through eighth grade. he's balancing his politics with public safety and health. with the concerns of teachers and their unions. and with the concerns of distressed, overworked, tired parents like this correspondent who want to see their kids back in school. lots of tricky balancing there he has to do. >> sure is. ed o'keefe at the white house. thank you. >> pretty good for somebebody who's tired. thank you, ed. dr. anthony fauci is president biden's chief medical adviser and the top infectious disease doctor at the national

institutes of health. he joins us for further conversation. always good to see you. help us, we need a reality check here. we heard the president say last night that he thinks that the vaccine will be available by the end of july. i've heard you say it would be by the end of april. do you think that's still possible? >> no. i think closer to what the president had said. when we were talking about april, we were hoping that -- when you say available, you're talking about to anybody. >> yeah. >> beyond the layered priorities. you know, the 1a, 1b, 1c. then you say anybody who's anybody can wind up getting a vaccine. we were hoping that it would be by the end of april, but what has happened is that the d dose that we were expecting earlier from the j & & j likelyy wilill be available for another couple of months after that. the ultimate total amount of doses that j&j will get us,

we're pretty confident that we're going to get the 100 million doses by the end of june, the beginning of july. and i believe that's the reason why when the president was saying available by july, it was in tune with the fact that we will get those doses that we were promised. and i'm sure we'll get them by that time. so i think the dates now coincide pretty well. >> okay. july. i like what you said about where anybody and anybody can get it. there are no guidelines. we all get the vaccine as soon as we can. there seems to be a difference in how every state seems to handle it differently. do we need to have a uniform process? because you know, i hear reports of vaccines being thrown out. i hear reports of people showing up and getting it because they have leftover doses. what can we do to get it on track and get it going smoothly? >> yeah. you know, that is -- that is an issue that's been around for a long time. on the one hand, you want to respect the ability and the right of states who know their own situation well to make their

own decisions about that. and there's a reluctance always to deck tate from above. but the point that you make is a good point. there should be some sort of con consistency, not necessarily identical from state to state, but i think what you're referring to is what i myself am seeing when i ask around is that the capability of a person in one category to get a vaccine differs greatly from state to state. hopefully that will smooth out as we get more vaccine doses. you know, the interesting thing, gayle, the cure of all of this is when the supply/demand gap closes. right now that the demand far exceeds the supply. as we get into the later months, april, may, june, and july, as you were mentioning just a little bit ago, i think those kind of discrepancies and difficulties are going to disappear. >> dr. fauci, it's tony. i want to shift topics slightly to schools. the president is saying that

younger children in lower schools could be back in the classrooms by spring. what's behinds that could? what needs to happen for spring to be the timeline? >> you know, i'm not -- tony, i don't want to try and read his mind, what he said about could. i mean -- what i think he meant and, again, obviously the final decision will be up to him. what i think he meant is that if you look at the cdc guidelines and the things that were recommended about how to make their entry and the maintenance of kids in school, particularly at that age, are the things that were delineated in the cdc guidelines. and i believe what the president meant is that if we adhere to those guidelines, that we could get the kids back to school on the date that he mentioned. i think that's compatible with what i said. he referred a couple of times to the cdc guidelines about trying to make it safe for the children and safe for the teachers and other people in the educational system. >> quick question about the other people in the educational

system. as part of the cdc guidelines, teachers are not considered must-be-vaccinated personnel in order for schools to reopen. what do you say to teachers who say, hold on, that's a condition for me, i'm worried? >> you know, i think you have to rethink that. i think if you are going to say that every single teacher needs to be vaccinated before you get back to school, i believe quite frankly, tony, that that's a non-workable situation. i think teachers should absolutely be priority among those who we consider essential personnel. and you should try and get as many teachers as you possibly can vaccinated as quickly as you possibly can. but to make it so that you don't open school until every teacher is vaccinated i think is not workable. probably most of the teachers would agree with that. you want to put a good effort to get as many as you can as quickly as you can, but you don't want to essentially have nobody in school until august the teachers get vaccinated.

>> dr. fauci, you're a verb. i know you heard about it. i have a new dating requirement -- in addition to no motion, no nose rings, no fauciing. somebody who doesn't take it seriously. what do you think about being a verb, and what's your best dating advice for people trying to date in covid? you have a lovely wife, but what's your dating advice? >> i have to tell you, that is one subject that i absolutely am staying away from. as much as i love you, i'm not going there. >> a rare i don't know. >> i love you, too, dr. fauci. somebody sent me a hand puppet, a dr. fauci -- i'd like to send to you. you'll get a kick out of it. thank you, sir. always good to see you. >> same here. thank you. >> you'r're welclcome. ahahead, we'e'll takake y ye onone of the federeral govevern. this was in california. first, it is

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." the snow that you're looking at is in louisville, kentucky, bad news for the district of the coronavirus vaccine. last thing anybody needs. u.p.s. has a major hub there, and weather delays are expected. that's also true for memphis which has been badly affected by the storm, as well. fedex sends shipments from its massive hub there in memphis. the cdc says the delays are likely to last for several days. and those delays come as two federally supported mass vaccination centers open in california. take a look. these sites are in los angeles and oakland. and five similar sites are set to open in texas and new york in the next week. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is at one of

those locations at cal state l.a., good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. what makes this unique is that you have active duty military members staffing this site. they're giving every one of the vaccines. this operates seven days a week. you can drive up, heck, you can even walk up if you don't have a car. the key is you need to make an appointment. we were here all day yesterday, and i got to tell you, from what we saw everything ran really smoot smoothly. this is overwhelmingly a latino area in east los angeles. and it was specifically selected to be a vaccine site. ♪ because covid-19 has run through here like a raging wildfire. >> thank you. well done. >> woohoo. i'm excited. >> reporter: meet susan hernandez. >> it's essential for me to get it because my father who lives with me has cancer. my husband is predemocratic, and i don't want a death in the family. >> reporter: she waited in line for almost two hours to get her first shot. hernandez has spent the entire pandemic as an essential worker. she is a cashier at a grocery

store here in los angeles. she says that job at this time makes her feel like -- >> i'm playing roulette with my life. >> reporter: hernandez had covid back in november. she has seen the toll the virus has taken on the latino community. so far, latino californians only account for 16% of the people being vaccinated. while those who are black make up just 3%. white people lead the list at 32%. within the latino community, we have repeatedly heard that there is a concern that people who are undocumented may be arrested when they show up at a federally run vaccine site. here's what the interim fema administrator, bob fenton, had to say about that -- >> we will not conduct immigration enforcement operations at or near vaccine sites. >> reporter: the sites in los angeles and oakland are part of president biden's plan to open 100 federally supported vaccine sites. at least eight sites here in california had to close this week because they simply ran out of vaccine. now those sites get their supply

from the state's stockpile. you foresee that being an issue here? >> no. this is a dedicated supply for the eight weeks of the pilot they're running here. that gives them up to 6,000 doe doses of vaccine per day over that eight-week period. >> the person who answered to us, really nice people, in five minutes they made the appointments. and today we were here. >> reporter: wow. you were car number two. >> really? oh -- yeah. >> reporter: what makes these site unique is that these are all active-duty military members deployed here to staff this site and administer the vaccines. one of the soldiers monitoring the rollout is sergeant first class carlos arona. >> right down the street here, at the end, is where my mother still lives. it's where i grew up. >> reporter: for him, this mission is personal. how does it feel to be back? >> it actually feels good. feels really good. i wish you could see the smile on my face right now. >> reporter: aw. i can see it in your eyes.

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tensions of millions of americans have received a covid-19 vaccine, but the parents want to know when will there be a vaccine for their kids. in the uk, a new trial joins others in the u.s. looking to vaccine effectiveness for young people. it will eventually study kids as young as 6 years old. that's young. charlie d'agata has the story from london. >> reporter: when the call went out, 16-year-old tilda stepped forward. >> it's cool. i might be one of the only people around my age group that's got it. >> reporter: might be. in the blind trial, a control group will be given a meningitis shot instead. if mimics side effects of the virus and has been proven safe for children. around 300 brave volunteers aged 6 to 17 to see whether the oxford vaccine produces a strong immune response in children which is why 14-year-old ella chose to take part. >> to further the research and

hopefully help and make sure that us kids can be safe and get the vaccine. >> reporter: a proud moment for parents. >> i think she's amazing. i saw the call for children volunteers, and i went and spoke to her, explained what the vaccine was about. and she volunteered without a hesitation. >> reporter: while most children aren't as susceptible to becoming seriously unwell with covid, researchers believe vaccinating young people could drive down transmission rates. >> it may be rather similar to the flu situation where with the influenza program we vaccinate children to protect them but also because that reduces transmission in the wider population to ensure that all of us are protected against the virus. >> reporter: the oxford vaccine hasn't even been approved yet in the u.s., and while millions have received it here without any issues, we asked cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus what he thought. >> as confident as i may be in these vaccines, i'm not sure i would volunteer my two daughters for these trials.

>> we're seeing people step up for those trials as volunteers. both the child and the parent have to sign consents. you know, they're heroes. they're stepping up to protect others. >> reporter: but are they safe? >> the answer is yes. i think uniformly we all think that the vaccines, the leading vaccine candidates, are safe in the elderly, are safe in adults, and are safe in children. >> reporter: in the fight against covid, there's no age limit for superheroes. while most children have been spared the worst of the virus, doctors say the pandemic has had a profound impact on their emotional well-being. one woman said her daughter just wanted to do something for the future for everybody. anthony? >> glad she did. can understand that. charlie d'agata in london. thank you. up next, vlad duthiers has the stories you'll be talking

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great song, time for "what to watch" which means americans can stop checking the weather for a moment hopefully. and maybe stop hitting refresh on the vaccine home page. take a mental health break for vlad. >> it's the power of love. in the news. >> you are the warmest thing in the tri-state area. you're going to melt the snow. you should come to my house early morning. not so warm. here are a few stories i think you'll be talking about. ashley judd is giving thanks to people who saved her after she shattered her leg while walking in a jungle in africa. the actress shared images on line yesterday of her grueling 55-hour rescue. you can see photos of her being carried on a makeshift hammock. there are also photos and video of two men driving her on a scooter, and others -- yeah -- showing two women tending to her while she was hurt. one of those men on the back of the bike was maridna, he supported jud's like for the

entire six-hour journey. she says he was the only person who volunteered for the task. judd revealed last week that she broke her leg in four places on that walk after tripping. she's currently recovering in a hospital in south africa. this happened in the democratic republic of congo. she there to work with bonobos. shattered her leg walking -- >> five hours -- >> walking at night and fell over a tree. >> they spent five hours on the ground before she was found. >> the pain -- >> that was just the beginning before that long journey she took to get to the hospital. >> imagine no anesthesia, four broken spots in your leg and you have a long bike ride on rough road. she also wanted to share this to highlight the fact that she was able to eventually get to a place where she can receive medical attention. and that's not the case for many people in the drc. >> talk about the kindness of strangers. six hours holding your broken leg and -- >> yes -- >> on that little motor bike. wow. >> can you imagine riding a

motor bike with a broken leg? >> there's a picture of her on instagram of her in a tarp. >> maradona was the one with her. another young man, papa jean and didier, those guys took care of her. >> going to be a long road. we're glad she's alive. >> yes. >> she could have been dead. we're talking about vaccine distribution, even a winter snowstorm in seattle could not stop a 90-year-old from getting her covid shot. fran goldman, there she is, she walked six miles, guys, through nearly a foot of snow to make sure she got vaccinated. it took her weeks to book the appointment, and she did not want to miss it. driving was out of the question. she layered up and braved the snow on foot. she said the medical staff was shocked that she made the hike. >> they said, you've got to sit down, wait the 15 minutes. i said, i'll be delighted to sit town for 15 minutes. i've been walking here. >> she said she wanted to get the shot so she could hold her new great grandchild.

his name is silas. and she has a new hip and wanted to put it to good use. 90 -- folks, she's 90. i got a new hip, i want to use it. >> her daughter ruth said her mom is someone who looks for solutions, not problems. >> that's right. you know, she also -- >> i hope somebody gave her a ride back -- >> no, she walked back. >> that looked like not an easy walk. >> there was a trail. a trail that she followed in other people's footsteps. what's interesting -- she talked about getting the polio vaccine in the 1950s and contrasted that with the distribution of that vaccine and how everybody believed in the science, everybody got the vaccine that needed it. >> i don't think i could walk six miles and six miles back in the snow. i might need a new hip myself. >> that's a great ad for hip replacements. don't be scared. it works. what else is working -- a trio of dancers. given the bbc news theme song new life on tiktok. watch this.

♪ so that is katie wong. she posted this clip of herself and her palls, amy lester and tao winn this month. they also choreographed dances to other news broadcast themes in england. it's so popular, bbc's morning host tried to re-create it in the studio -- >> i will not be doing that. >> he did pretty well until -- wait, he knocks over the studio lights. i'd be kicked out of the set if that happened. >> can we spend them our theme song? >> here's katie, a 31-year-old journalist. she told us she can't believe that the bbc video scored one million views. watch this. >> so many nice comments, people are telling us never stop, you put a smile on my face. i think we never imagined that we would make the world smile. >> reporter: any thoughts to perhaps at one point choreographing to an american newschannel theme? >> oh, well, definitely. >> you know, i went back, our song is than easy -- i don't

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♪ wednesday, february 17th, 2021. welcome back to cbs this morning. i'm gayle king. many texans are freezing in their own home after power failures leave them without heat for a second straight night. country musicic facing questions about how to better reflect diversity. and first on cbs this morning. singer/song writer will tell us about her new partnership to

fight climate change. nearly three million texans are without power this morning. many are facing sub freezing temperatures. >> state power officials were not prepared. the demand blew past their predictions. now they're asking people and cities to conserve power. here is the great news. it will stay cold in texas. but as we head into saturday and sunday, by sunday we're about 67 degrees in houston. >> if you were going to say that every single teacher needs to be vaccinated before you get back to school, i believe, quite frankly, tony, that that's a nonworkable situation. >> you know, they had to cancel the mardi gras parade last year because it turned into a superspreader event. this was the scene on bourbon street because there was no bourbon to be had. >> there is nobody in the french quarter day on mardi gras 2021.

>> it's girls gone home in new orleans. >> he's right. it's true. it is amazing to see those empty streets. >> who would have thought a year later we would still be dealing with it. >> we will begin with that relentless weather that continues to sweep across the country with another last of snow, ice and frigid temperatures particularly in the south. texas continues to see more snow and a significant amount of freezing rain in addition making for dangerous travel. in addition, three million people are still without power statewide. meaning in many cases they are still without heat. om omar, a lot of anger about those power outrages. governors calling for action. what is the latest? >> the governor here in texas called this the winter version of hurricane harvey. and one of the issues is that texas is the only state in the lower 48 that has its own grid. state power officials admit that the demand blew passed their

predictions. the governor is calling for a probe into the group that runs texas's power grid. the ceo tells us he welcomes any investigation. meanwhile, the cdc says the weather is affecting coronavirus vaccine distribution because it is impacting shipping hubs in memphis, ten tnessee and louisv louisville. some had to postpone vaccine appointments. you may know him as mattress mack opened up the doors of his huge furniture to give hundreds that are without power a warm place and some food. he did the same thing during hurricane harvey in 2017. and yesterday we told you about herbert miller, the stepfather of cbs news producer rodney hawkh hawk hawkins. he's recovering from covid. he was struggling without power. but we are happy to admit that mr. miller and his wife now have power. they have had it for several

hours. he's able to charge his oxygen machine. but they were so cold for so long, their pipes burst. >> oh, my gosh. omar, i was wondering how that story turned out. you were lifting us up and then we go, oh god. thinking of them again this morning. this morning we are hearing from a british singer and song writer in her first tv interview since filing a lawsuit against actor and former boyfriend shy yeah la buff. she accuses him of sexual battery, assault and inflicting emotional distress. he denies all of the allegations. she filed this lawsuit and is speaking out to help women in abusive relationships. >> he would often just start having an argument with me in the middle of the night, start accusing me of doing all sorts of things, planning to leave him in my head. he would wake me up to tell me i

was disgusting, that i was vile. >> all of the things were not true? >> nothing was ever true. this is the thing. but i would really doubt myself. you know? especially when i would wake up and he'd be like you were lying there with your eyes open planning to leave me. i would be like, i literally was asleep. then he would only want me to sleep naked because he said if i didn't, then i was keeping myself from him. so, you know, it is a tactic that a lot of abusers use. it is this constant availability and everything centered around them. and i think, you know, that's why i wanted to come out and talk about this because the signs really are there from the beginning. >> so when did you think maybe there is some issues here, there is a problem? >> there wasn't one set moment. but it's very subtle. that's the thing about, you know, domestic abuse, domestic violence. it's a real gradual step by step process to get somebody to

replace where they lose themselves so much they accept or feel like they deserve to be treated in that way. it is not one thing, it is loads of tiny things that get sewn together in a tiny nightmare. >> the response obtained by other media outlets last week, the actor denies generally and specifically each and every specific allegation in the lawsuit. we reached out to his attorney who told us a lawyer issuing general denials to all the allegations in a lawsuit is stan dord procedure in civil practice and signals nothing about his past statement or his acceptance for things he has done wrong. nothing has changed. it is very interesting. she tells some eye opening, jaw dropping things. it is troubling. but it is her first tv interview. she said i've never talked to a tv reporter before. she was a little nervous. she said, i tried to settle this privately. i said, if you get help, make a

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america highlights people who are trying to cross the racial and cultural divides that separate so many americans. today two of country music's biggest stars will have a conversation at the country radio seminar about how artists can help open up the genre to diverse voices and make changes for the better. this following the industry's rebuke of morgan wallen who was suspended by his record label after using a racial slur and the industry's support of tj after he became the first openly gay artist. we spoke to four artists about the state of country mu suck right now. >> i got to be honest, when he told me he wanted to talk about this, i'm nervous. your intentions can be so good and then you can just get just ripped. >> country music has long

avoided uncomfortable questions about its history and diversity. >> i think most people perceive that country music is extremely conservative. and i'm not sure that that's true. maybe the audience might be predominantly conservative. i don't know if the artistry is. i don't know that the community is. ty is. so there's a rub in there. ♪ love starts lifting away ♪ >> gill is one of the most distinguished members of that community with 21 grammys, the most of any male country artist. do you think country artists need to speak up more? >> well, it would be nice, you know. i mean, no matter what the issue is, to see tj osborne come out, i thought was spectacular. >> what did you think when you saw the news about morgan wallen? >> it was just sad. you know, it was just disappointing because i knew

that everybody was going to massacre country music. and white america when they make the argument, well, i hear it in rap music all the time, i hear it in -- i go, have you not been paying attention to the last 300, 400 years how that word has been used by the white community? it's a derogatory just dismissive and hurtful -- it doesn't have a place. ♪ >> wallen is the latest white man to rule the country charts. between 2014 and 2018, a recent study found 84% of artists on billboard's year-end chart were men. country music at the moment is perceived as a white man's genre. >> sure. women in country music could make the same claim to some degree. black artists could, that they haven't been made to feel welcome. >> why is it so hard for artists of color and women to get into country music? >> i wish i knew. you know, i'm someone that

adores what they do. >> yeyeah. >> and i think we wouldld be better for itit. ♪ >> marenen morris is one of the too few to break through. >> i think the only way that we can really move forward is by deconstructing our view of what the genre is built on and acknowledging the fact that at its roots is racism and cultural appropriation and completely destroying that mentality going forward. >> morris and her husband, singer/songwriter ryan hurd, were quick to condemn morgan wallen who recorded hurd's song "heartless." ♪ why you got to be so heartless i know ♪ >> i don't want to seem like we're piling on morgan, but there's no place for that word. >> morgan is a symptom of a much bigger disease of what our genre

is right now. >> they were encouraged when hundreds of radio stations took wallen's music off the air. and when their friend, tj osborne of the grammy-nominated brothers osborne came out as gay. ♪ >> he's out there alone on this. i mean, as a major artist in country music. >> yeah. >> i hope he doesn't feel that way. he is such an amazing human, and it takes so much strength to make that statement in our genre. and i think that like you're seeing a lot of these little moments add up to something really big. >> yeah. >> the world is looking at us right now. people are starting to speak up. we're not protecting our own with this wall of silence because we're afraid we might be canceled next. it's like, no, we're all becoming more accountable. >> maren morris. >> when morris won female vocalist of the year at the cmas in november, she used the moment to highlight black artists.

>> there are so many amazing black women that pioneered and continue to pioneer this genre. >> reporter: among them, rissy palmer. ♪ show the world you're a country girl ♪ when palmer scored a hit with "country girl," in 2007, she was the first african-american woman to crack the charts in 20 years. ♪ why did you want to be part of an industry that was not especially welcoming to people of color or to women? >> i knew in the very beginning that there weren't a lot of people that looked like me. and i knew that that was going to be a mountain that i was going to have to climb. but i love the music. i love the songwriting, the storytelling, the way it makes me feel. just -- i'm a fan. >> on some level it's got to be heartbreaking to be a fan of something and then find they won't let you in the club. >> it's heartbreaking. i've been turned away at my own shows, trying to get on stage. and a security guard wasn't

going to let me get on because he was like, who are you? i was like, i'm -- they're calling my name right now. >> palmer now hosts the "color me country" show on apple music that celebrates artists of color. >> it's my contribution to the reckoning or the change that i want to see in national. >> do you see a real self-examination going on? >> i think in some sectors, yes. we'll see. we'll see in hiring practices. we'll see in signings. we'll see in how the charts look. >> that will tell the tale. >> yeah. >> is country music ready for this conversation? >> yes. i mean, the thing is is like they're going to have to be because there's an influx of artists of color, and it's time. >> and vince gill, who was nervous about that conversation, at the end offered up a song. >> here it comes. >> he'd only recently finished. ♪ 400 years of history

couldn't be more wrong ♪ ♪ a reckoning's coming ♪ >> gill calls it "march on, march on. " ♪ came here in shackles picked the cotton in chains ♪ ♪ that's a sin of my people and i carry that shame ♪ ♪ god knows you must be weary you've been dreaming so long ♪ ♪ you built this country so march on march on ♪ >> to hear the full song, the full "march on march on" by vince gill and our interview, measure of our interviews, go to "cbs this morning" on twitter, instagram, facebook, or youtube. we want to note that despite the backlash, morgan wallen's album remains number one on the billboard chart and has been for five straight weeks. we'll be watching today's virtual seminar with maren

morris and luke combs, criticized for his use in the past of the confederate flag. we'll see if he addresses that today. >> and morgan wallen, to your point, his song is number one. he's apologized and said, please don't support me, i was wrong. i like that he's sending that message. i like what -- when rissy palmer said she can't get on her own stage. we keep saying cancel culture, guys. i think maybe we should think about accountability culture. there are cases of cancel culture, but in this case, in this particular story, to me it's more about accountability. >> that's a beautiful point. >> yeah. if you want to get to the question of why in is happening, which vince gill said he couldn't answer, you need talk to rissy palmer. when she put out "country girl," the label told her to change the lyrics. she mentioned in the beginning that she was black. in the end she doesn't. and so there is -- there is a form of prejudice in there, it's either the label's or the label assuming their audience has it, and -- and it's got to be addressed. >> love maren morris. the world is watching. the world is watching. >> vince gill said he couldn't say why, but then he wrote the

song. >> that's right. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." ♪ listen to that music -- get out of bed! here's stories we call "talk of the table." that's rousing. tonight's up first. >> i want to direct our viewers' attention to an important job opening. the peanut mobile is looking for a driver. that is the planter's nut mobile is what the official title is, and the driver is called the pea-nutter. the requirements are that you hang out with mr. peanut all day. he is your co-pilot. you also need to have an outgoing, creative, friendly, exuberant, and always-on college graduate description for yourself, also an appetite for adventure -- not sure what's planned on the itinerary -- and

a desire to see the world which makes me wonder is that a beat, too? can you just drive the peanut mobile into the water and go across -- i don't know. >> no. you can't. >> do not try that if you happen to get the job. that's why they're asking for college graduates. >> right. >> advanced education. >> tony, you know that. >> i wanted to do this because it continues -- it continues my important coverage of all the oscar mayer food mobiles including the wiener mobile -- there it is. katie was proud of me that day. >> yeah. >> dr. mr. peanut share the driving, by the way? >> he does not. he's purely the co-pilot. got the map unfolded, munching peanuts all day. >> katy did have the expression, that's my guy. anthony? i've got an update on a tiktok user we told you about yesterday. apparently we've become part of the story. deni yacoobian found the lyrics to a kelly clarkson song summed up the pandemic perfectly with a slight tweak. take a look. ♪ because of covid i learned to play on the safe

side so i don't get hurt ♪ ♪ because of covid ♪ >> so clever. and so true. >> a profound discovery is all you need. >> turns out she was excited to learn that we talked about her during the broadcast yesterday, she shared her reaction. >> gayle? gayle knows my name. gayle -- >> profound discovery -- >> you don't have to dance on tiktok. you said it, not me, anthony. >> i don't know what it is about that video, but i just love it. >> i think she's awesome. i can't wait -- i know she's going to be on "kelly clarkson." >> did we figure out where she lives? california? >> california. >> i thought she was new york. >> i assumed -- >> because she had major attitude. i like you, i like you, deni. i'm very excited for my "talk of the table," anthony. first on "cbs this morning," singer/songwriter s weatza is jn us with a very exciting

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♪ bebeyond her music, sza i is outstspoken on protectining the environment. now she's combineingg thahat w call for racacial justitice byy showowing a sidide o of systemi racism that rarely makes headlines. so first on "cbs this morning," look at her -- sza is partnering with tazo tea and the nonprofit american forests to launch the tazo tree court. the goal is to help fight climate change in areas most affected and create jobs in underserved neighborhoods by, guess what, planting trees. good morning to you. you look good morning out this morning. i think it's good days because you're here. we're very excited that you're here. >> thank you so much so much, miss gayle. good morning to you. >> i'm glad to see you. when i heard sza is getting involved in planting trees, i thought huh? then i read you went to college to study marine biology. climate change is no stranger to you. it's something clearly that you care about. but help people connect the dots on why planting trees really

helps the environment. and certainly in the neighborhoods that you're talking about. >> well, first off, when you have neighborhoods that are directly affected by environmental racism, that means they are basically chosen based on their demographics, to live near chemical plants, basically no trees at all, similar to poisoned water in flint or dumping in the rio grande or just, you know, living in los angeles where you see smog literally every day. based on where you live, your air quality may be better. some neighborhoods are 20 degrees higher than whiter neighborhoods -- >> that's what i was going to say. what is the difference that trees make? help people understand. the difference a tree makes is what? >> everything from mental health -- from general color theory to oxygen quality to be able to see every day productivity. i think -- i grew up in a place

called maplewood, new jersey, named after trees. i feel like there's something about having access to the visual of an arborial display or feeling valued as a human being based on the care of your community and the aesthetic of your community. i feel like it will obviously help children in school, help their parents, help everything from job productivity with planting trees because the people are being hired are local members of the community who are directly affected by climate. >> it's anthony. as gayle mentioned in the lead-in to this, your album "control," an amazing record, was named one of "time" magazine's 25 defining works of the black renaissance. i want to ask you what that felt like, one, and two, so many people want to know when we're going to get more music. >> it's definitely incredibly humbling and surprising. i'm opting -- i'm just a girl

from the burbs who talks about exactly how she feels too often. i feel like i'm very grateful that anybody connected especially in different parts of the world, i'm just very blessed to be a catalyst and a channel. and i'm just grateful especially to represent my community and my people in any way. so i'm just honored. and new music -- i haven't slept. i'm coming directly from the studio right now. >> wow. >> and it is -- i think like 5:00 a.m. i left the studio at like 3:30. i'm here with y'all. music is on the way. >> look at how you look. i thought this was interesting to follow up on anthony -- your album, control," i wore it out. in the beginning i said, have you heard that singer s-z-a, sza, had to be corrected -- >> anything you call me. anything you call me. >> i want to know where sza comes from in a minute. you consider yourself a shy and awkward kid, you said, that when you step on the stage, you sometimes don't feel worthy, and

you're surprised to see people there. have you listened to the "control" album lately? you need to go back and listen to your music. >> i never listen to my own music just because, again it mamakes me f feel ststrange. but t i - -- i don't t know. even with like "good daysys," i wasn't m meant to bebe a sising. it was a a sonong that i liked. it's -- i'm like people liked it, but it's like the type of song that i wouldn't expect to be -- i don't know. it's just honest vibes. so i just -- i don't know. i just -- i'm very shy and confused often, and i probably seem that way. it's truly genuine. >> not listening to your lyrics. >> can we talk about a song -- you put a snippet out of a song that folks on tiktok ran with. they call it "shirt." you say that's probably not what it's going to be called. >> it's like -- "shirt" is super

easy to remember. enough to every time that i'm working on it in the studio, i reference it as "shirt." and then some people call it blood stain, which is very graphic. and that is -- yeah. i had no idea. again that was just me posting a little snippet of something i was doing in the studio. and i guess the way tiktok works, which is why i guess probably part of the reason it's awesome, is you can take any original sound from anyplace and make it a thing. so now this song that i wasn't even like 100% sure the placement of my album has like centered itself on my album. and i rushed to get it ready. now we shot a video for it. and now it's "shirt." >> i'm thinking it has to be on the new -- >> is it going to be called "shirt"? are you calling it "shirt"? the. >> i don't know. can we give back to them? i have to have some tiny choice, even if it's a pretend choice. so maybe we'll call it something obscure. something bizarre. >> you've also -- i know you

lost your grandmother who you loved very much. people are so lucky who still have their grandmothers. and you wrote "good days" in part i'm told as a tribute to her. you've talked about mental health. and i like what you said, you really have to choose to feel better. can you talk about that? i think that's so -- that's such an important message to get to people. you have to choose to feel better. >> i want to -- first, i want to emphasize that it's -- i don't mean that in like the toxic positivity way because i think sometimes when we're buried in the deluge of emotion saying things that are super vague like choosing to feel better can seem insensitive. and i think most importantly it's about like acknowledging that dark space that sometimes we're going through and acknowledging that confusion and calamity, allowing emotions to wash over you and be a moment. and then kind of like assessing those different viewpoints of yourself. it's like there's me observing me feeling this way, there's me actually feeling this way, and then kind of like dividing

what's a rational thought. i -- what's irrational thought. i have tons of irrational thoughts all day. >> we do. know this, we are cheering you on. t tanahasie coates said it's her time, she's sexy, human, a young black woman who sometimes feels insecure about her body, but she sometimes falls really hard. i think that's a beautiful tribute to you. >> thank you. >> sza, not s-z-a, sza. thank you. >> anything you want. >> you can call me

as our series "unifying america" continues, we're recognizing those who are trying to right injustices and bring communities together. in loaner, south carolina, an effort is under way to turn a former ku klux klan meeting hall into a center for diversity and reconciliation. adriana diaz introduces us to the unlikely team leading that change, and we have to warn you that some of the images are upsetting. >> reporter: quiet laurens, south carolina, has harbored an open secret for decades. this, once a segregated cinema, the echo theater was long a meeting place for white supremacistists. inside, the redneck shop which

sold confederate flags, nazi propaganda, and ku klux klan apparel. local reverend david kennedy had been fighting to close the shop for years. >> it has always represented racism and humiliation for the black community. >> reporter: humiliation and terror. kennedy knows the oral history of his own great, great gran grand's -- grand uncle's lynching. >> i felt like it was me hanging from the rope. >> reporter: the theater was a symbol of that hate. this meeting in 2006 included members of the kkk, the aryan nation, and the nazi party. the theater's destiny took an almost cinematic turn. the building was owned by a reformed klansman who sold it to a black pastor who helped him through tough times. that pastor was reverend kennedy. >> we knew if we owned it, it would never be a ku klux klan

reckoning shop again. the power of the building still lives. every time i go in there, i have to brace myself. >> reporter: the shop closed in 2012, and the reverend's now trying to transform the theater into a symbol of love with the help of his new beginning missionary baptist church and an unexpected ally. 24-year-old reagan freeman. >> i believe in this. i do not know why it caught on to me. it's the right thing to do. >> reagan is a breath of fresh air. he's young, he's energetic, he stays pumped up. >> there is a reckoning taking place -- >> reporter: freeman was in college when this 2018 "60 minutes" story changed his life's course. oprah winfrey's report on the memorial honoring the thousands of african-americans lynched in the u.s. revealed an ugly truth about freeman's home county of

la laurens. >> every name has its own story. >> liza cowen was lynched in south carolina -- >> she was lynched here, and that was never taught to me as i was growing up. it sat with me and bothered me to no end. that side or that side -- >> reporter: he did some digging, learned about reverend kennedy's goal for the theater, and offered to help. >> i cold called reverend kennedy for him to take a chance and let me be a part of this, and to help his church push the rock up the hill. it's the honor of a lifetime. >> reporter: freeman's executive director of the echo project, the effort to convert the theater into a museum and memorial for diversity and reconciliation. it will display the racist relics it once housed. >> everything we have, you know, ranging from the artifacts to the oral histories of the people who lived this, it illustrates that this is not ancient history. it's our responsibility to really tell the truth here. >> reporter: how does it feel to have a young, southern, white man care about this missions in

this deep way? >> it's a sign of hope. >> reporter: the project has raised more than $400,000 but needs millions. reverend kennedy is undeterred. ♪ >> at a critical time, if our democracy is going to be saved it must not be saved with racism and hatred. it must be saved by love. ♪ >> reporter: love and the people who spread it. for "cbs this morning," i'm adriana diaz. ♪ ♪ pump it up ♪ >> great job. >> yes. >> heck of a story. >> you tell a good story, guys, and you never know where it's going to land. he's watching the piece, and it inspires him to get involved. >> exactly. >> very well done. thank you so much. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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