♪ good morning to you our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, february 18th, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. outrage grows in texas where many families are still struggling to survive in this cold without power. we'll show you why a state with huge energy resources cannot keep all the lights on. troubling new findings about a covid mutation make the push for vaccines even more urgent. plus, we take you to one california hospital that could be a test case for so-called herd immunity. today nasa will attempt it's most difficult mars landing ever in what's described as seven minutes of terror. how the mission could provide

answers about life on the red planet. and singer fka twigs talks to us in her first tv interview since filing a lawsuit accusing her former boyfriend, shia labeouf, of abuse. how she hopes speaking out can help others. first, here's today's "eye opener," it's your world in 90 seconds. >> reporter: this is no longer just an emergency, it's clear that it is a disaster. >> reporter: the deep freeze isn't letting up in the lone star state. >> reporter: in texas, snow, ice, freezing rain, downright dangerous conditions. with millions without power, without heat, without water. >> every source of power that the state of texas has has been compromised. >> reporter: democrats are set to unveil a bill today that will include a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. >> reporter: the president's visit to michigan's pfizer plant has been moved over weather concerns. >> weather also impacting the delivery of covid-19 vaccines. >> people are working as hard as they can given the importance. >> reporter: conservative media

icon rush limbaugh has died after battling lung cancer. >> limbaugh was 70 years old. >> reporter: the queen's husband prince philip has been admitted to the hospital. >> reporter: the ailment is not covid related. all that -- >> a sweet way to celebrate the mars rover landing. krispy kreme offering a limited edition doughnut. and all that matters -- >> the end of an era in atlantic city. the trump plaza hotel and casino demolished. >> they auctioned off the chance for one lucky winner to blow it up. on "cbs this morning." >> naomi osaka overpowers serena williams. >> it is the rematch everyone's been waiting for. naomi osaka taking on serena williams. >> she came up going 2-0, but the match turned. osaka was in cruise control.

>> i was a little kid watching her play. to be on court playing against her is a dream. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive -- making it easy to bundle insurance. >> wow, naomi's dream and serena's nightmare. it was tough for serena -- >> passing of the torch we may be seeing before our eyes -- >> not yet. not yet. it was great tennis all around for both of them. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin, of course, with the weather. a weather disaster in texas is gaining new urgency with many people still fighting to survive in their own homes. tere are still widespread power outages for a fourth day in a row, though it has been restored in many areas. the food supply is also a problem. it's disrupted in parts of the state causing scarcity at some food banks and grocery stores. and now nearly a quarter of texans are under boil-water advisories because the treatment plants are down, too. >> freezing temperatures continue to burst pipes across the state, flooding homes and businesses, including this golf shop outside of dallas.

we have a team of correspondents this morning covering all of it. we begin with janet shamlian in houston for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it has been a challenge to find the basics, gas, groceries, in the hard-hit areas over the past few days. this service station came back online overnight, but for hundreds of thousands of texas families, this is day four of the misery. they are waking up once again without heat or power amid bitterly cold temps. in texas, it's a full-on humanitarian crisis. >> this is worse than harvey, and we lost everything. >> reporter: some desperate families using outdoor grills inside and running cars in garages to stay warm. those choices contributing to at least 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning according to "the houston chronicle." >> cold and now deal with this.

>> reporter: this man homeless after seven town homes went up in flames west of dallas during rolling blackouts. >> pretty short supplies, especially water right now. >> reporter: with temperatures below freezing, an hour long wait just to get into this grocery store. insidede some shelelves bare.. at this market, customers waited in the dark. the dandridge family has been without heat and lights with their 13-month-old son bobby. >> all of our camping gear has been what i've been able to use. then i've been boiling pots of water. that's kind of steamy in here. >> reporter: kind of survivalist. trevor's been trying to fix his grandmother's burst pipe, flooding the yard in freezing rain. >> we can't get it unstuck. so the water's coming out. our water bill's probably going to be outrageous. >> reporter: this morning, no end in sight.. >> we're heariring from familie all over the county. this is unprecedented. they're dealing not only with water, with power, with no heat, what would you say t to them rit now? >> i don't want toto raise fals hope and pretend that things are

going to get meaningfully better very soon. >> reporter: so this could go on for days? >> i believe it could because they still haven't gotten additional generation on line. every hour that passes, things are getting worse. >> reporter: as texans wait for a thaw and power to their homes, senator ted cruz is facing backlash after an alleged fellow passenger tweeted this photo appearing to show cruz on a flight to cancun. as the power is being restored the next issue is water. dozens of cities are seeing the taps run dry due to bursting pipes. here in houston methodist hospital on wednesday had to cancel all but the most critical surgeries because of low water pressure. and they might have to do the same once again today. >> janet, thank you. as texans suffer

politicians and power industry officials are blaming each other for the failure. but they are not yet able to say how long this will last. omar villafranca is in dallas with the reality check on why these outages are happening. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're actually standing outside of a dallas power substation, and you may be able to hear that humming sound of power getting back on the grid. texas has its own grid, managed by the state with a nonprofit group called ercot, the groups are blaming each other figuring out why the lights went out for millions of texans. >> every source of power that the state of texas has has been compromised. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott is leaving no one out when it comes to the state's energy failures. >> whether it be renewable power such as wind or solar, but also as i mentioned today access to coal-generated power, access to gas-generated power, also have been compromised. >> reporter: for context, in 2020, wind and solar energy were

responsible for roughly 25% of the state's electricity generation throughout the year. that compared to natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, which combined for roughly 69%. >> the natural gas generators are the ones that we were all counting on to provide the electricity. some coal plants were supposed to fire up also, and they didn't answer the bell either. >> reporter: even if wind was a major source, the reason behind that failure is much of the equipment has not been winterized which can include using heaters and insulated pipes. that's something places like minnesota do, and their wind turbines don't shut down in the cold. after a 2011 winter storm in texas crippled power, a report recommended winterizing power sources. according to hers, the recommendations were not followed. >> the warnings have been there for years, and governor abbott has done nothing. before that, governor perry did nothing. this was a train wreck on the way to happening ten years ago.

>> reporter: texas governor greg abbott is again blaming ercot for the power failure. but ercot's ceo told us they had to two to blackouts. we tried to talk to two executives, but we were either denied an interview ordy that i had got get back to us. >> an education for all of us. thank you very much. for more on the weather picture cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is with us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tony. and good morning, everyone. from a snowy central park. the relentless polar vortex, the cold, the snow continues across a lot of the country this morning. would you believe it is snowing in the big bend area of texas right now. there's ice in san antonio. temperatures are in the 20s for the folks who are still without power. that's going to continue at least for the next couple of days. in the east, it's ice, it is snow. ice in the carolinas and into virginia. and it's heavy snow in places like d.c. and philly.

that will spread north during the day today. snow is going to fall heavy at times here in new york city throughout the day. as we head into tonight, that snow moves into new england. that's round one. round two comes right behind it. this is a long duration event. in total, we're likely to see about four to eight inches of snow across parts of the northeast, especially around new york city. now in texas, the cold air is going to stick around unfortunately. this relentless grip through saturday morning. here's the good news -- as we head into sunday afternoon, it will be in the mid 60s in houston and san antonio. so gayle, there's finally some warm light at the end of this very long, dark tunnel. >> you're right. but today's thursday, jeff. sunday seems very far away. round one, round two, long duration event. but thank you very much. good to know you're on top of it. thanks a lot. now to troubling new find -- about a covid variant found in ten u.s. states so far. a study says that the variant first found in south africa

reduces antibody protection from the pfizer vaccine by about two-thirds. pfizer says there's still no clinical evidence that its vaccine is less effective against the variant, but they are still working on a booster shot just in case. this comes as south africa takes a different path to vaccinating the people there while struggling to keep up with the richer nations. debora patta has that story from johannesburg. >> reporter: lee mccabe never imagined he would begin the year packing up his parents' belongings. heartbreaking reminders of his loss. >> i thought we did everything we could to protect them. >> reporter: for most of last year, mccabe kept his elderly parents winona and franz safe, moving them into a cottage on his property. as covid infections dropped, they insisted on returning back home, unaware that the virus had mutated and a far more contagious strain was spreading like wildfire across their hometown. first, it took his father. five days later, his mother.

>> maybe if we didn't let them go home they'd still be around. >> reporter: to add to the pain, just four weeks after his parents died, the first batch of lifesaving devices landed in south africa, the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> if this arrived a few months earlier, their lives would have been saved. and that makes me angry because i feel that we have delayed so long in getting much-needed help to people that need it. >> reporter: to date south africa has secured barely enough doses to cover half the country. but it's far worse than other developing nations where unequal vaccine apartheid means nine out of ten people won't get inoculated this year. many not until 2023, says united

nations' winnie byanyima. >> the virus is moving faster than global action. action is too weak, the virus is mutating. we're going to get more dangerous forms of this virus, and we will be running behind it slowly as people die. >> reporter: until everyone is safe, sons like lee mccabe will continue to grieve the loss of parents whom he believed still had many good years ahead of them to enjoy with their family. globally, unequal distribution will harm us all, experts warn, leaving reservoirs across the world for new variants to emerge and spread. it's a price people in this country are already paying. the south african strain has become the dominant strain both here and across its borders in southern africa. for "cbs this morning," debora patta, johannesburg, south africa. >> she makes a good point at the end, guys, about how the vaccine shortage in developing

countries really does harm us all. it's not only the variants that can develop it's an economic question. those are customers for things we make, they make parts that we need, families send money there. the global hit for the economy could be in the trillions. we're talking on the scale of like the economy of japan. it's not just -- >> we're all connected. >> all right. breaking news out of washington this morning on a brand-new immigration plan. cbs news has learned the white house and congressional democrats will unveil a bill today that would reshape the laws to provide a long-promised path to citizenship for most of the undocumented in this country. ed o'keefe is at the white house for us. ed, good morning to you. what do we know about the bill? >> reporter: good morning, tony. this bill, if passed, would establish a two-tiered legalization system for millions of immigrants across the country. in the first one there would be millions of farm workers, people here under temporary protected status from countries like el salvador or syria, and dreamers, the undocumented immigrants who came here as children. they'd be eligible for green cards or lawful permanent residence. after three years, they'd be

able to apply to become citizens. all other eligible unauthorized immigrants would be placed on an eight-year pathway to citizenship if they pay taxes and fees and pass a background check. but those immigrants would have to prove they were here before january 1st to be eligible. remember, president biden eligi. remember, president biden campaigned on a pledge to enact immigration reform early in his administration, but it's been put off a little bit obviously boy the pandemic. one other notable thing, there are no republican sponsors on this legislation being introduced today. the white house says he's willing to work with anyone who has ideas on immigration enforcement or border security, two key elements of the immigration debate that aren't actually in the bill. one other note -- the wild weather across the country it postponed the president's trip to michigan today to visit a pfizer distribution facility. he'll make that trip tomorrow. >> thank you. this morning, many leading republicans are paying tribute to conservative radio icon rush limbaugh. the 70-year-old died of lung

cancer yesterday. limba limbaugh, who was known for his inflammatory comments and views, helped shape the conservative movement. his death comes as the republican party faces a new crossroads. jim axelrod looks at limbaugh's legacy and i pampact on the gop. the democrats are going to tear this country apart. the people that voted for trump know what the left has been doing to our country. nothing to do with race, has nothing to do with white supremacy, nothing to do with white this or that. it has to do with the left destroying western civilization. >> reporter: the polarizing host helped pave the way for modern partisan media. in the 1980s, limbaugh made a name as a right-wing talk radio host, and through the years often used his airwaves as a political weapon where mockery, anger, and insults were commonplace. >> one of the problems in america today is societal decay. the family unit is falling apartment. >> reporter: in the '90s, limbaugh gave voice to

republicans like newt gingrich and promoted conservative causes. teetering somewhere between being part of the gop establishment and on the fringe. david folkenflik is a media correspondent for npr. > whahat you saw him do was the way for fox news, what you saw him do is pave the way for somebody who's even more conservative, even more conspiracy minded, somebody like glenn beck. >> rush is gone -- >> reporter: his fans were loyal. nicknamed ditto heads because limbaugh said what they felt. he attracted around 15.5 million listeners a week, making him the momost listenedd to radio host amamerica. >> they loved his style and his spirit and his fight, his rhetorical fight. and if it give him access, hypocrisy. >> reporter: his critics labeled him misogynist, racist, homophobic and pushing an us versus them mentality. >> we have a major immigration problem in a political party that needs a permanent underclass of voters that wants

that parade of illegal people who are uneducated, don't even speak the language, they want them here. if any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's caucasians. the white race has probably had fewer slaves and for a briefer period of time than any other. >> reporter: in 2012 he said this about a woman fighting for expanded access to birth control -- >> it means you're a slut, right? makes you a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> he also paved the path for a donald trump presidency. a combination of showmanship, bombast, gleefulness, and at times bigotry and prejudice. knit together in a way that appalled its critics and enthused his fans. >> reporter: last year former president trump awarded limbaugh the presidential medal of freedom. >> he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever

meet. rush limbaugh, thank you. >> reporter: after his death wednesday, mr. trump called in to fox news to pay tribute to rush limbaugh. >> rush was really special. he was a really special guy. you said, irreplaceable, and it's true he's irreplaceable. >> reporter: the death of rush limbaugh raises the question who is the conservative media figure to steer the party next. for "cbs this morning," i'm jim axelrod. >> certainly no denying his influence and legacy. no one can deny that. >> sound impact on the party. >> when the history of our times is written, he will be a major figure. >> exactly that. thinking about his family today. ahead, we're inside a hospital where the staff have an urgent message about life after vaccinations and a possible test case of so-called herd immunity.

much more ahead including what nasa calls seven minutes of terror. what makes today's ambitious landing attempt on mars the most difficult ever. not an easy planet to get to. not an easy planet to land on apparently eitherme. ugh, there's that cute guy from 12c. -go talk to him. -yeah, no. plus it's not even like he'd be into me or whatever. ♪ ♪ this could be ♪ hi. you just moved in, right? i would love to tell you about all the great savings you can get for bundling your renter's and car insurance with progressive.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." after a slow start, vaccinations are speeding up across america. more than 56 million doses have been administered so far. it's good news, but we're still far from the so-called herd

vaccination. and watch what happened to one of them. meet chasity whitmer, she's a nurse. she was delivering babies at the height of the pandemic. and when her time came to be vaccinated, she hesitated. what were some of your initial concerns? >> if i got the vaccine, would i get covid, what would my side effects be, how long would it last. >> reporter: but with a husband who stays home and takes care of the kids, this is what changed her mind. >> i was orienting a relief charge nurse on my unit, and we were kind of having a discussion. what happens if we got covid. we wouldn't be able to work. we wouldn't have income.

we wouldn't have health insurance. and so we kind of just talked amongst each other and boosted our confidence up and stood in line to get vaccinated. >> reporter: she and more than 90% of the staff in california have received at least one dose of the vaccine. now listen to how high the rate is at the emergency department -- >> so we have 100% compliance amongst emergency physicians. 100% among ask emergency faculty. >> reporter: this is dr. nathan kuppermann, in charge of the emergency department. we were there in december when he got his first shot. how has vaccinating the vast majority of employees here changed your ability to staff the er? >> that is a great question. so before the vaccine came out, on any given day we would have between 100 to 150 employees that were sick with covid. and were calling in sick and were not coming in. >> reporter: now? >> now i think it's single digits. there's less than ten. suddenly there was like this

pressure lifted from our shoulders. >> reporter: it's not just uc davis' health system. across the university of california health system, cases among health staff dropped from 431 per week to 171 per week. and with fewer staff out sick, the strain on health care workers has really dropped, too. ann thomkins, health services director at uc davis medical center, showed us the data. >> it's working. the numbers are a testament. the vaccine is truly working. we're going to be okay. >> reporter: back to nurse whitmer for a moment, she's gone from being a vaccine skeptic to an evangelizer. here's why -- a few days after she received her second dose, her husband, her mother, her three kids, and her grandmother, all tested positive for covid. you know who didn't? she and her grandfather, and they are the only two in the family who have been vaccinated. >> my husband was extremely sick with covid.

pneumonia, here at the emergency for nine hours. my grandmother spent 25 days in the hospital with covid pneumonia and is still recovering on oxygen. it's not fun seeing your family members sick. it's very scary. being a nurse, watching them get sicker and sicker and whether to go to the hospital, whether to stay home. >> reporter: what do i hear in your voice? i hear the breakup. >> yeah. just reliving it. >> reporter: when you relive it what makes you emotional? >> not knowing if my husband would be one of the ones that would live or die. >> reporter: what a story. she went from being an "i don't want it" to a "thank god i got it." one health official at uc davis said covid-19 is no longer an occupational hazard within our health system. think about that for a minute. back to you y'all. >> you always give us a lot to think about. what a story, chasity whitmer's

story, almost a cautionary tale for people trying to decide what to do. >> her fear, statistics bear it out. there's a statistic from the federal government yesterday, life expectancy last year in the u.s. dropped by a full year. typically it moves by like weeks or days. a full year among men and women, among black americans it dropped by 2.6 years. it's the biggest drop since after world war ii. so it had an enormous impact on how long people live in this country. >> fear is real, but we have to get over that. anthony, i've heard you say if they pulled it in the garage, you would roll up your sleeve. any time to get it. >> you can use the same needle as anthony, i don't care. wipe it off with a paper towel. i'm take it. >> david, thank you again. ahead, singer/songwriter fka twigs tells us about her relationship with actor shia labeouf. one that she says was full of abuse and manipulation. this is her first tv interview since filing a lawsuit against him.

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after a seven-month journey, a nasa mission set for a landing today could help lay the groundwork for humans visiting another planet. if successful, the rover "perseverance" will search for signs of ancient life and

seven minutes of terror. >> and liftoff -- >> reporter: it turns out launching "perseverance" to mars last summer was the easy part. 293 million miles later the success of this $2.4 billion mission rides on nailing the landing. >> so many little pieces have to go exactly right in order to get the whole thing to work. >> reporter: engineer swati mohan will be doing play by play in mission control during the descent. this is all autonomous, right? like once this process starts, there's nothing you can do. >> we call it the secretary of minutes of terror -- seven minutes of terror because it takes seven minutes to get from the top of the atmosphere down to the ground safely. >> reporter: the clock starts ticking when "perseverance" plunges into the planet's thin atmosphere at 12,000 miles per hour. its heat shield must survive scorching temperatures hotter

than lava. then its parachute has to fully deploy to slow it down. even if all that works, "perseverance" still needs to find a safe landing spot at a place considered far too dangerous for previous missions, jezero crater. >> it's filled with rocks and cliffs and sandy areas. but the exact reasons that scientists love it so much is why we engineers get very nervous trying to fly to jezero crater. >> reporter: landing here now is only possible because of new navigation technology mohan helped design. "perseverance" will scan the terrain below and change dangerous avoid obstacles. then the rover will be lowered the last 65 feet on cables, suspended by a rocket-propelled sky crane. after the rover "curiosity" landed on mars eight years ago, it confirmed the red planet once could have supported life. "perseverance" will try to find definitive proof. >> if life existed on another

planet like mars, that would be such an amazing result. >> reporter: nasa's thomas zurbuchen told us when mars was covered with water 3.5 billion years ago, jezero crater was a lake. >> a river came in, and it deposited sediments. if there's ancient life, we think that's the highest likelihood of finding it. >> reporter: using its robotic arm the rover will drill for sediment samples that could contain evidence of past microbial life. but today, the only proof of life that matters will be a photo from "perseverance" after a safe touchdown. what's that sight going to be like for you? >> to be able to see that the wheels are on the groun even min

terror, whatever happened will already be over. >> oh, man. >> reporter: anthony? >> carter, fascinating -- so fascinating. thank you. you so want this to work. >> yes. >> so exciting what they're doing up there. >> i like to see those nasa scientists who many people think are all buttoned up. i like to see them excited. i love that. one day people will be doing that. it's great that they're laying the groundwork. you can watch it live on our streaming service, cbsn. >> they're going to find alien life. i feel it. come on. say hello. >>

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>> every day we're here at this time. good to see you all. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. serena williams is out at the australian open after losing to naomi osaka in a heartbreaking semifinal upset ending her latest bid for a 24th grand slam title. >> naomi on, sake -- >> ouch. osaka dominated her idol 6-3, 6-4. the 23-year-old booked her second career australian open final. afterwards she said williams was her inspiration to get in the game. >> i don't know if there's any little kids out here today, but i was a little kid watching her play. and just to be on the court playing against her for me is a dream. >> williams paused after losing the match and put her hand on her chest. later the seven-time champ cut a short -- cut short a post-match news conference in tears. she refused to see what this means for her future in the

game. >> even if i have to say farewell, wouldn't tell anyone. >> considering how well you've played to get to this stage, what do you feel caused that? was it just one of those bad days at the office? >> i don't know. i'm -- i'm done. >> breaks your heart because she's such a competitor. and you know, it's hard to answer questions like that in the moment. meanwhile, for naomi osaka, i interviewed her for the show in 2019. i asked her about what it's like to compete against serena williams, and does she see her as a peer. this is what she told me. listen -- you don't feel like you're a peer. >> i would have to win 20 something more grand slams to be her peer. she has so many lists of accomplishments. so no way. >> so -- >> i love her attitude showing the respect to serena. i appreciate that. >> i didn't know who to root for. >> it's hard. >> i really wanted serena to tie the grand slam win record.

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is this a kpix5 morning news update. >> good morning, it's 7:56, i'm michelle griego. vaccinations for more than 1600 workers at the alameda county sheriff's office will begin today. two of their employees died from coronavirus in july. the shots will be administered through the alameda county healthcare services agency. in sanoma county, the rival of vaccines have been delayed due to winter storms. this comes on the heels of news that the county will receive as many as 1,000 fewer doses than it expected next week. students at redwood christian high school will be

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"queen sugar". >> first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the weather disaster in texas is gaining new urgency with many people still fighting to survive in their own homes. >> it has been a challenge to find the pacibasics, gas and groceries, for hundreds of thousands of texas families. this is day four of the misery. >> texas has its own grid. it is not federally managed. it is managed by the state and a nonprofit group called ercot. and now those groups are blaming each other. >> the east, it is ice, it is snow. ice in the carolinas. and into virginia, and it is heavy snow in places like d.c. >> this bill if passed, would establish a two tier legalization system for millions of immigrants across the country. they would be eligible for green cards, lawful permanent residence. >> the first day of lent, the whole year has been lent. what is left to give up? because of the pandemic, some catholic churches had to

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utilities say they have been able to stop controlled outages. >> nearly all abortions could be banned in south carolina under a new law to be signed by the state's governor. the legislation was approved in the state house yesterday after the senate passed it last month. according to a research group that supports reproductive rights, 11 states have passed a so-called hart beat abortion ban or something more restrictive. although all have been blocked by courts. meanwhile, a handful of states have moved to protect or expand abortion rights. senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge is following this story from washington. good morning. >> good morning. planned parenthood says more than 200 anti-abortion bills are pending at the state level. yesterday in south carolina, the state's democratic caucus walked out during debate of the bill, which bans abortion if fetal cardiac activity is detected which happens at around six

weeks. >> the democratic caucus will exit the house floor and leave you all to the farce which is a debate about life. >> in the end, it was passed by a vote of 79-35. there are exceptions for rape, incest, and if a mother's life is in danger. if signed into law, an abortion provider who violates it could face prison time and a $10,000 fine. data shows a surge in state legislation restricting abortion after the trump administration confirmed supreme court justice brett kavanaugh in 2018 and more recently amy coney barrett in october. later this week, the supreme court will consider whether to take a case challenging roe v. wade, which legalized abortion in 1973. if it is overturned, it would fall back to the states where these more restrictive laws could govern, gayle. >> all right, catherine, thank you very much. still to come, our candid and emotional interview with fk

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is speaking out to us in her first tv interview since filing a lawsuit against her former boyfriend shia labeouf. she said their relationship was filled with verbal, emotional and physical abuse. in december she filed a civil suit against him accusing him of sexual battery, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. shia labeouf's lawyer says he denies every allegation in this lawsuit. twigs told us she wanted to share her story to help others spot early signs of abuse, and most important, to let survivors know they are not alone. >> i was always told that, you kn, i ows special and to look after my heart and to look after the light inside my chest. when i was with shia that light got blownwn out andnd i i d didk ththat could happen. . >> crititically acccclaimed singer/songwriter fka twigs m m shia lababeouf i in 201818 when made her aingct debebut in "hon

boy," a film labeouf wrote about his own childhood. the two began a troubled romance that lasted just under a year, a relationship she says had red flags from the very start. >> in the beginning, he would come -- he actually would jump over the fene where i was staying and leave flowers outside my door and poems and books, and i thought it was very romantic. but that quickly changed, you know. i understand now that that's testing your boundaries, instead of me thinking, oh, that's nice to have flowers outside my door. now i think that's inappropriate to jump over the fence of where i'm living -- that's breaking a boundary. but it didn't stop there. you know, his behavior became gradually more and more abusive. >> i've heard you use the term love bombing. what do you mean by that? >> putting me on a pedestal, telling me i was amazing,

over-the-top displays of infection, just to knock me off the pedestal, to tell me i was worthless, criticize me, berate me, pick me apart. some of the worst times i experienced in that relationship were when i think he felt like he was losing control of me and i was trying to get out. >> didn't he have request of you -- you had to kiss him a certain amount of times -- >> i had to give him a certain amount of physical affection a day. so at first it was touches. so i'd have to touch him and be like, are you okay, i love you. >> so concerned and express love. >> are you okay? little things like that. and then he would say i didn't kiss him enough. >> you never knew what that bar was? >> no. i think it was around 20 touches and kisses a day. i'd start to panic. you know, you lose count and the days blur into each other and i'm thinking, it's 8:00, i've got like three hours to do this.

abusers use gaslighting, which is where somebody minimizing your experience, it's like altering your narrative and not listening to you and denying your experience. eventually it did become physical. there were certain instances where he would push me and say you foul. i would get really confused. i would think maybe i did. >> when did you know this was really serious and maybe i need to rethink this relationship? >> well, we had -- around valentine's day we had a really disturbing trip to a spa in the desert, but it just descended into one of the worst, like, long weekends that i had had in the whole of my life. it resulted in him speeding down the motorway and saying that, if i left him or if i said i didn't love him and if i was going to leave him that he would smash

the car into the side of a wall. i thought, wow, he needs so much control over me that he would rather kill us both and eventually he pulled over into a gas station and i tried to unload my bags from the car. there were three men opposite the car. and i remember thinking this is it. this is it. i'm done. i can't do this anymore. and he picked me up and threw me against the car and started strangling me. that's when i realized i need to get help to get out of this relationship. >> what did the men at the gas station do? >> they did nothing. they just watched us. and i felt so alone, you know. that's why i wanted to come forward, because victims and survivors shouldn't have to feel alone. >> it got so bad that you called a help line, right?

>> yes. i remember after that weekend going back to where i was staying and looking at myself in the mirror. one side of me was completely black. i was sort of shocked, you know. i was -- >> it's okay. it's all right, twigs. >> sorry. >> no, no, no. you do not need to apologize. >> i didn't want to cry. >> twigs, look at you for just a second. you're talking about something that's very traumatic to you, and yet you feel that you're the one that has to apologize. that's sort of why we need to be talking about this, don't you think? >> exactly. i had gone back to where i was

staying and the whole one side of my body was black and blue, and i remember thinking, i'm a dan dancer and i really love my body and i take such good care of it. and i was looking at my body and i just thought, where did it all go wrong. >> why did you decide, twigs, to file a lawsuit against shia labeouf? >> i didn't want to originally. i wanted to ensure that he got help privately so he couldn't hurt anyone else the way he hurt me. i wanted him to donate money to charity, to an organization -- when i called the help line, it was a real moment of everything changing for me. they didn't know i was fka twigs. they didn't know who i was. i was just a girl on the end of the phone. >> who needed help. >> who needed help. >> if he had done the things you asked, you would not have filed the lawsuit? >> no. >> nobody who has been in this position likes this question. i often wonder is it even an

appropriate question to ask. and you know the question. why didn't you leave? >> i think, we just have to stop asking that question. i know you're asking it out of love, but i'm just going to make a stance and say that i'm not going to answer that question anymore because the question should really be to the abuser, why are you holding someone hostage with abuse. people say it couldn't have been that bad or else she would have left. it was that, no, because it was that bad, i didn't leave. >> shia labeouf said this, i have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. i have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. i'm ashamed of that history and i'm sorry to those i hurt. when did you heard that, what did you think? >> it reminds me of the gaslighting i experienced when i was with him.

taking some of the blame and not all of it and denying it. >> what do you hope will come out of this? >> i think the result for me is already happening, and i think i needed to -- i just couldn't carry it anymore. i felt like i was cracking whereas now i feel like i've handed his dysfunction back to him, and it's his. >> as we sit here today, fk twigs is feeling what? >> that's a big question. i'm feeling brave. >> brave, yeah. shia labeouf's lawyer says the actor denies generally and specifically each and every allegation in this lawsuit. she says she feels brave. i think we should add impressive, too. this was not an angry, better young woman. she's a little bitty thing. i've never met her before. she didn't come with anger and bitterness, and she was very emblematic, if he had just gotten help. she reached out several times,

just get help, donate money to these tharts. she said the hotline was a big help and resource. she didn't want to do an interview, didn't want to file a lawsuit. she wanted for women to know, to recognize the signs. what she went through is horrible. stomach turning some of the things she said. we couldn't put everything in. she said she wants women to recognize themselves in her story. '6. >> i thought it was very powerful, the question you should ask, why did you do this? and the way she said, i'm essentially giving his dysfunction back to him, was really interesting. incredible interview, gayle. >> thank you. she will help a lot of people today. we thank you fka twigs. if you need help related to domestic violence, we have free resosources on o our websitite, cbsnews.s.com. wewe'll be rigight back.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that are "talk of the table" this morning. and mr. anthony mason's going first. >> i got to follow on the story we did yesterday on the state of country music. >> yes. >> country music singer luke combs is apologizing for appearing in the past with a confederate flag, saying, quote, there's no excuse for those images. combs made the remarks yesterday during a panel discussion on accountability in country music during the annual country radio seminar. in 2015, combs was in a music video with fellow artist upchurch in which confederate flags were in the background. he also had a sticker on the -- of the flag on his guitar. combs said, quote, i do

apologize for that, adding," hate is not a part of my core values." he went on, "as i've grown as an artist and the world has changed drastically in the last five to serve years, i'm aware how painful that image can be to someone else." singer maren morris joined combs on the panel and also spoke about the confederate flag. she recalled as -- as a native texan, she didn't understand the history and context of the flag until she was a teenager. she said going forward, country music has to make room for more diverse artists. both -- this was supposed to be -- these are the cma male and female vocalists of the year. this was supposed to be a celebration of their careers. you got to give them credit. they chose to speak on this subject and just talk about that, and they spent an hour doing that. >> two of the biggest stars in country music today. i love that country music, guys, is even having this conversation. >> yeah. there needs to be room, as maren, says, for diverse artist. and room for people like luke

combs to say that was then, now i've learned something now, and this is now. >> he made a point of specifically addressing the issue around the confederate flag, which he's gotten a lot of heat for on social media. >> i love country music. i'm so happy about the conversation that's happening right now. mine is about krispy kreme. what does there say about us, this "talk of the table"? what does it say about me? krispy kreme, i love krispy kre kreme, launching a space edition. the mars doughnut. time to celebrate the landing of nasa's "perseverance" rover on mars. it looks like the red planet, it's a -- listen to the ingredients -- a chocolate cream-filled doughnut dipped in caramel icing. >> eating that might be seven minutes of terror. >> or heaven. >> not for me. the red planet's swirl and sprinkled with chocolate cookie crumbs. act fast because it's only available today. listen, i love krispy kremes glazed hot out of the oven. i brought a dozen to the office and by the time i had gotten here, i had eaten eight of them. i came with four doughnuts left.

i'm not ashamed of that. my younger days. i'm ashamed of that now. they're like crack to me. >> you know what that adds up to in weight watchers -- >> i'm not going to go there. today only you can get the mars doughnut. >> all right. my "talk of the table" is about a video that caught my eye. i want to explain why it caught my eye. a couple of years ago, a comedian named john mulvaney had a standup special called "kid gorgeous." he came one an unusual metaphor to explain the strange political times we've all been living through for the past four years. he compared it to a horse lose in a hospital. in australia, that kind of came to life. take a look. this is a wallaby, a kind of kangaroo creature, loose in a hospital. >> there you go. >> as mr. mulvaney put it, you know, i think everything's going to be okay eventually. but i have no idea what's going to happen for the next hour. >> i love that he went right through the front door. >> he's hopping around.

>> so scared he doesn't -- he's trying to get out. doesn't know what's happened. >> he's a bit confused. but this is to me the visual of what we all experienced mentally for the past four years. i don't know what's going on. >> hopping in a hospital. >> all new and strange to me. >> losing our freaking minds. you're right. >> somebody fix it. >> you're right about that. turning to one of the hardest working filmmakers in the industry, the great ava duvernay, who is expressing her commitment to a more inclusive hollywood with a new initiative. it's a data base called array crew, and it connects hiring managers and talented crew members in film and tv who are women and people of color. here's an example of why this is needed -- look at the numbers. an analysis of 3-00 top grossing films found less than 1% of camera playoperators were femal% of editors people of color. the data base is a partnership between ava duvernay and former warner bros. tv executive peter roth. duvernay is committed to

inclusion in her projects. every single episode of her series "queen sugar" on own has a woman in the director's chair, go, ava. here's one of the stars on why that's so important. >> "queen sugar" is really a trail blazer, the innovator of having all-female directors, having a totally inclusive crew and cast and such diversity that we rarely ever see in other shows and sets. i really feel like "queen sugar" has been at the forefront of the shift that's happening right now in the business. a beautiful shift. >> i'll say. ava duvernay joins us now. there she is. the brains and the beauty behind what bianca calls this beautiful hit. so ava, good morning to you. we're all here at the table. >> good morning. >> good morning. i know that you've been working on this, thinking about this for at least the past two years. what is it that you saw that you said we need to do something and by we you said i'm going to do something? >> well, i would just walk on sets and not see enough people

who look like me, not enough women, not enough people of color, not enough people who were older even, you know. over 60 being older in our industry, not enough people with disabilities. i mean, it's really the idea that our crews should reflect the real world, and they can. so often, though, when you talk to people about why, why don't we have more inclusion on our sets, they say, well, we don't know where to find people. i thought, well, maybe we can help with that. >> what was your pitch to the studios? number one, how many people have signed on? what was your pitch? >> i cannot even believe i'm saying this -- every single major studio is signed on. >> wow. >> every single major studio and streamer over the last two years. >> wow. >> in very detailed conversations have signed on. and the pitch was really you are making so much -- so many shows and films right now, why not get a little help with crewing up. >> it's a big deal and big accomplishment just to have built the data base.

i'm curious, going forward, how will you monitor if at all whether it's been implemented and used as it should be? >> well, we have a whole system of checks and balances for people to really report in to us the hiring side, producers, are you finding people on crew, and then crew members to have this kind of badge of honor when they get hired off of crew. we have 70 productions currently across all of the stouds. 3,000 crew members in the data base now, and it's growing every day. >> it sounds like an industry story. do you see it bigger than the industry? >> i do. it might sound like it's just about hollywood, but really we all consume, we all watch and enjoy what comes out of hollywood. so it matters the way that it's made. it matters the intention behind these things, that there is inclusion, there is belonging. i believe the way that the set feels and looks embeds itself in the image. you end up watching the way it was made. so why don't we create a more balanced way of making the work so that we can enjoy it even more. >> ava, when you look on imdb and you look up your name, it

says you have 14 upcoming projects. how do you keep track of 14 upcoming projects? how do the pots on the stove not all boil over? >> and anthony, she doesn't look tired. >> no. >> you know, i -- there are women before me who have juggled -- oprah, shonda, j.j., spielberg, these are the people i aspire to, so i follow in their footsteps. >> let's talk about one of those projects. if you can pick one to talk about, let's talk about "queen sugar" which shut down production because of the pandemic. then reopened and as i understand it, you've reworked the storyline to bring covid and black lives matter into the script. what was that process like? >> well, we had written all the episodes, and then the pandemic hit. so we went down like the rest of hollywood. when we came back we thought we can't use the old episosodes th don't addrdress everyrything th happenened in 2020. so we e decided toto rewritee i quickly. it is a show that reaeally -- t

season is a time capsule of 2020. all the things that everyone went through, you know, the fear about, you know, covid, and the election and black lives matter and, you know, food scarcity. i think it's a tribute to the survival that we all have gone through and making it through 2020. >> i thought this was cool, ava, for the first time a poster of "queen sugar" was on the warner bros. lot. listen, i was with "queen sugar" from the beginning. i remember when you were writing it. what was it like for you to see a poster? >> it started as a small show, and it really does have a fervent cult following. the audience grows each season. for us to be on the big, the billboard on the side of the studio was a real honor, real pleasure. a thrill. >> we've been talking a lot about cecily tyson and gayle's last interview with her and the words of wisdom that she left all of us with that continue to echo. you're familiar with her work, you knew her over the years. are there particular things that

she said or you heard her say that stick with you? >> oh, gosh. i'll get emotional. and gayle's last interview with her was extraordinary, and she said everything that she wanted to say. the last acting that she did was an art show, "cherish the day." she was one of the stars of our show. i got to know her really well. she was supportive of me since my first film 12 years ago. the main thing she said is, don't worry, just keep working hard. don't worry. keep your eye on the ball, and just keep going. we get so bogged down in the little pieces and the worry. she said, make sure you keep your eye on the bigger picture. don't worry, keep going. and i hear her say that to me, and i intend to. >> she actually went to your first film at the only theater it was playing in on the east coast when it came out. >> went to the -- the only theater in washington, d.c. i get a call out of the blue -- able to book in one small theater. somehow her friend took her to see this independent film by someone that she didn't know. she called me after.

she said, my dear, this is cecily tyson. i want to tell you, your film is lovely, and i want you to keep going. we had a lovely conversation and stayed in touch ever since. what a thrill for my path, my little path to cross with her magnificent life. so i miss her. but well done, right? 96 years of beauty. >> thank you so much. congratulations. congratulations. >> thank you. >> bravo. the new season of "queen sugar" airs on tuesdays on own. and ahead in our series "a more perfect union," how four sisters are carrying on a big family baking thradition makinga

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dot org. ♪ our series "a more perfect union" shows that what you nights us as americans is far greater than what divides us. this morning we're highlighting four sisters on a mission to end racial injustice with a simple recipe. a literal one. like so many americans, the loffman siblings found themselves baking while in lockdown at their family's new jersey home. they've been making a traditional jewish bread and loads of it. nikki battiste shows how that's raising money to help organizations all across the country fight for social justice. >> reporter: the four loffman sisters didn't expect to find themselves where they started as

little girls -- in their parents' kitchen baking challah, a jewish bread. >> we fall into that group of jews who learned how to bake challah when we were really young. it's eaten ceremonially on the sabbath, friday evening. >> reporter: when the pandemic pushed college classes and jobs on line, they headed home to spend time with their parents and younger sister, eliana. >> challah has its own symbolism. it's traditionally a braided bread. with each strand of bread we're reminded that we're all unified, and that we're all connected somewhere, somehow. >> reporter: initially the sisters decided to donate loaves to frontline workers in their hometown. a few weeks later, news of george floyd's death sparked a second idea. >> we want freedom for all black and oppressed people -- >> we all attended, the four of us, the black lives matter protests that took place in teaneck. that was a pivotal moment. >> reporter: the girls were

born. the sisters began selling loaves and donating profits to different organizations committed to racial equity and social justice. >> this really was a project that was inspired by the moment because we were home, because there was this attention to all these different issues. >> when we're actively baking the challah, there's a traditional blessing that we say -- [ speaking foreign language ] when i do that blessing, i try to think of the people around the world who need that healing and who need that prayer. >> reporter: so far the girls have given away nearly $50,000 to 14 organizations, include b3 foundation, a nonprofit providing educational tools and scholarships to underresourced children. it was founded by pittsburgh steelers zac banner.r. he posted this video tasting the challah. >> that is fire. it's literally a group of

sisterers baking and working an sweating and doing all these things for a good cause. but it was -- it's such a small gesture. it's so easy to do. >> reporter: how many states have you now sent your challah to? >> we're at 42 states. >> reporter: wow. >> and over 300 cities. >> this is zac banner's favorite. >> reporter: spreading a love of hau challah one loaf at a time. dangerously good. for "cbs this morning," nikki battiste. >> it looks so good. a perfect shade of brown. the way it raised. imagine it hot with some butter on it. >> challah french toast, with peanut butter and about unanimous ahoney. >> nice job -- nice honey. >> nice job, sisters. >> love it. we can get you some. they're selling it. >> yes. i'm going to make a call to somebody. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast we talk with climate reporter kendra

pierre-louis about president biden's proposals to address climate change, climate migration, and environmental justice. we'll be right back.

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