>> we'll save you some. we'll put it in the freezer for you. >> for sure. >> thanks so much. the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> cbs this morning is next. have a great fr ♪ good morning to you our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, february 19th, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. the crisis in texas escalates. millions are unable to access drinking water, and now some families are being charged thousands of dollars for power. we'll have the latest on the ongoing disaster. texas senator ted cruz faces intense heat for flying to cancun while his constituents shivered in the bitter cold. why he's now calling the trip a mistake. this country's history of housing discrimination helped create a huge wealth gap between white and black americans. the shameful truth about many suburbs that touches on my own

family's roots. and nasa makes history with its newest mars mission. >> touchdown confirmed. "perseverance" safely on the surface of mars. >> what we're already learning from the mars rover "perseverance." >> they nailed that landing. but first here's today's "eye opener," it's your world in 90 seconds. >> we have already begun the process to make sure that events like this never again happen in texas. >> reporter: officials say the texas power grid was, quote, seconds or minutes away from catastrophic failure. >> reporter: winter weather misery continues across large swaths of the country. >> we just started hybrid school, and another snow day. tired of it. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz is facing a storm of criticism after flying to cancun in the midst of the crisis in his state. >> so i changed my return flight and flew back. >> reporter: the covid nursing home scandal keeps getting worse for andrew cuomo. >> republicans are looking to form an impeachment commission.

>> this governor has not shown an ounce of remorse or accountability. >> reporter: the pfizer clinical trial is under way to test the safety and efficacy of their covid-19 vaccine on pregnant women. all that -- >> dolly parton asked state lawmakers to remove a new bill that would put up a statue of her on the tennessee capitol grounds. and all that matters -- >> i didn't get a lot of sleep last night. i think i'm going to sleep really well tonight. >> nasa is celebrating a big success -- the landing of its most advanced mars rover, "perseverance." >> mars, the next frontier in space and home to a legendary pop star named bruno. >> on "cbs this morning." >> it really is just an incredible achievement, the fact that these people were able to do this. i can't even put the toy in the kinder egg together without help. minutes after "perseverance" landed it sent the first images back to earth. really unbelievable to see the surface of the planet -- what? he's there, too? [ applause ] wow.

>> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive -- making it easy to bundle insurance. >> oh, man. >> you can see it coming. but it was still very funny. >> there are so many memes. all i can say is "saturday night live" is live this weekend. it is a skit waiting to happen. >> looking forward to that. >> a little bit of material. >> yes, they do. welcome to "cbs this morning." we've got a lot of material, too, unfortunately all about the weather. it's just not good. millions of people in texas who endured massive power cuts are now facing critical shortages of drinking water. it's another day of bitter cold. it means more burst pipes and flooded homes. while many remain without power for a fifth day in a row. think about that for a second. nearly 12 million texas residents are facing disruptions to their water service, in part due to problems at the treatment plants. texas power officials say on sunday night they were just seconds or minutes away from the entire collapse of the energy grid which potentially would have left millions of people in the dark for months. omar villafranca's in dallas with more on this story.

omar, it is such a mess. it's still being investigated. what are issues that people are still dealing with today, five days later? >> reporter: good morning. the power is coming back on, that is the good news. but there is some bad news. when the folks are turning the lights on, this is what they're coming home to. at this apartment complex a water pipe burst and flooded the three levels below it. it looks like a frozen water fall. a lot of the goods and things that were inside, couches, furniture, ruined. people having to throw them away. in this dumpster. that is going to be an expensive bill to try to repair everything. another expensive bill people have to brace for, high electric bills. >> we walked in and about two-thirds of the ceiling was collapsed. there was sheet rock over the floor, and water was gushing in. >> reporter: joel burns didn't have power, but he had flowing water in all the wrong places. >> it's disheartening. >> reporter: this week burns said he reached out to 14 different restoration companies

for help with repairs like busted pipes and damaged drywall. all 14 companies declined because they were not available or the job was too big. do you think that your insurance company is going to be able to treat you, one of probably a million other cases? >> i think ultimately yes, but it's not going to be fast. we're going to be dealing with this for probably over a year. >> reporter: and insurance will not cover everything. >> it will cost us thousands. already we've just in the -- supplies and stuff to clean this up, we're in the many hundreds. >> reporter: governor greg abbott has asked president biden to declare a major disaster declaration. >> if granted, this will give texans the ability to apply for individual assistance from fema. that individual assistance will assist them with funding to restore damage to their homes. >> reporter: but repairs aren't the only financial burden texans are now facing. are you worried about what your next electric bill is going to look like? >> i'm happy because our rate's locked in. the nature of deregulation is

some people have fluctuating rates. and theirs are going to go up. >> reporter: most residents enter into one of two types of contracts with energy providers -- a higher fixed rate or variable. variable meaning customers take the chance and can pay low rates when demand is low is higher rates when demand rises. houston resident meghan o'neill paid over $2,000 in two days. her february bill is now more than $3,000. >> it's like, okay, do i feed my family, or do i run the heat? which one do i do? >> reporter: joshua rhodes, an energy expert at the university of texas, explains that those with fixed rates could also pay more in the future. >> that effect will take later as utilities and the like assess how much money they need to recoup. eventually the customer always pays kind of at the end of this. >> reporter: the mayors of houston and dallas have started raising money for a fund to try to help residents with some of

these repairs that will be very costly. also what will be expensive, cities having to repair their own infrastructure, in the city of dallas alone more than 250 water mains burst during the big freeze and that is going to be a very expensive bill. >> omar, thank you. acting fema administrator bob fenton joins us now. good morning, mr. fenton. what are you doing at this point in time? what is fema doing on the ground in texas right now? >> yeah. we have teams and resources supporting texas with things like fuel, water, meals, blankets, and other supply items to support the population there that's been in the cold for almost a week now. >> yeah. and temperatures are expected to drop back into the teens tonight. what has you most worried? >> what has me most worried is making sure that people stay warm. texas has set up a number of shelters that they could go, warming stations where people could go. so if you're cold, don't stay in your house. go to one of the warming stations.

>> governor abbott has asked president biden to declare a mjor disaster declaration in texas. how would that impact your ability to provide relief? can you do more with that? >> yeah. so the president declared an emergency declaration leaning forward this weekend. forward this weekend. that provided me the ability to direct the federal government resources so all federal agencies that support the state of texas, in addition to that it provided me the ability to reimburse some costs to texas for this response. the major declaration that the governor's requesting now allows me to not only do more things to repair permanent infrastructure, but also the ability to help individuals. so we're -- we got that this morning, and we'll be evaluating that and meeting with the president here to discuss it later on today. >> when you say help individuals, what do you mean? what can you do? >> the first -- individuals start with insurance. that's the critical way that individuals, the quickest way and the best way to make yourself whole is through insurance. so we recommend that if you have insurance, go through that.

our individual assistance programs supplements things like insurance to either help you with uncovered costs or other costs to make your home habitable. in addition to that, sba is typically made available in disasters. that is another form of assistance through low-interest loans that can help individuals. >> has the pandemic limited your ability to get relief to texas? >> no. the pandemic hasn't limited -- if anything i've had staff from the pandemic as we were in the process of opening many community vaccine centers across many states. so i've had staff there working on those. in fact, we are still hopeful to set up some three community vaccine centers next week in houston, dallas, and arlington. so it allowed me to have staff there already to start responding to this. >> bob fenton, thank you very much for being with us this morning, we really appreciate it. acting fema administrator. >> thank you. and the multiple storms in texas and throughout the country are adding a new urgency to the

bipartisan push for new funding for america's states and cities. in a letter, more than 400 mayors are imploring congress to approve $350 billion in aid as part of the president's covid relief plan. ed o'keefe spoke with the mayor from each party. >> reporter: one's a democrat -- >> city government is hurting, revenues are gone. >> reporter: the other a republican -- >> we are certainly doing a little bit more with a little bit less. >> reporter: and these two mayors of baltimore and oklahoma city agree -- congress needs to come together quickly to help cities struggling to balance the books. what's happening in big cities isn't unique. smaller towns like watervliet, new york, and waterloo, iowa, are also struggling to provide essential services as tax revenues dry up. so they'y're all askining for h. >> i'm still looking for the mayor of a city, blue or red, who hasn't - -- you know, , experienced the nenegative financial impact from the pandemic. >> reporter: oklahoma city's republican mayor, david holt, says the downturn caused by the pandemic means he can't make

good on a law passed two years ago that requires hiring 120 new police o officers. >> that has meant, youou know, freezing the hiring of lots of positions, especially in police and fire because that's basically two-thirds of our budget. >> reporter: in baltime, or democratic mayor brandon scott says a drop in tourism revenue means he's facing at least a $30 million shortfall. >> the convention center is a covid testing center and vaccination site. no one's having conventions there. >> reporter: last year congress gave hundreds of billions of dollars to cities and states, but only to pay for covid-related expenses like buying protective equipment. baltimore and oklahoma city each got more than $100 million. now, president biden's nearly $2 trillion american rescue plan would provide about $350 billion in direct aid to cities and states. polls show a majority of americans support the president's legislation, but most republican lawmakers say it's too expensive, and that taxpayers in one part of the country shouldn't have to bail out somebody else's cash-strapped city. >> this legislation, this

proposal is a blue state bailout. >> we should help on covid relief. i want targeted help for people. to bail out these blue states makes no sense. >> reporter: but republican holt from ruby red, oklahoma, disagrees. >> the idea that there are places that haven't experienced economic downturn and impact on services, that place doesn't exist. >> reporter: democratic mayor scott is less diplomatic. >> this is about a once in a lifetime pandemic and the fallout that was made worse ironically by the inaction of a republican president to still be talking in partisan talking points just shows that we still have folks who do not want to grow up, do their job, and help american citizens. >> reporter: the white house is still trying to build republican support for the legislation which the house is set to pass as early as next week. democrats on the hill are hoping to get that bill to the president by mid-march. gayle, it also includes a

proposed $1,400 direct payments to struggling americans. >> before we go, we wanted to get your take on the countries that is currently swirling around texas senator ted cruz. he's taking a lot of incoming about his family's poorly timed trip to cancun. he's calling it a mistake, and here's how he explained it last night -- >> we had spent two days without power, and my girls wanted to take a trip with their friends. and frankly, get somewhere where it was warmer. and heidi and i agreed. we took them. frankly, leaving when so many texans were hurting didn't feel right, and so i -- i changed my return flight and flew back on the first available flight i could take. >> a lot of people, ed, around the country hitting their head going what the hell was he thinking. not to mention there's pictures of his little dog, snowflake, poodle, who's standing in the door also looking forlorn. i want to know, what do you make of his decision to go, and his explanation now about it was a mistake? >> reporter: yeah, look, who

among us wouldn't like to get to cancun after all this weather? but you know, you're just not supposed to be doing that kind of thing right now. and he's hardly the first political leader -- especially in recent months -- to basically tell constituents do as i say, not as i do. take the example of california governor gavin newsom photographed last fall at a birthday party inside a five-star restaurant without wearing a mask or social distancing despite his guidance otherwise. one of those things driving a potential recall against him. when the democratic mayor of austin, texas took his own trip to cabo san lucas, mexico, in december, cruz hailed him as one of several, quote, complete and utter hypocrites. the bigger point is legislators like cruz can be doing a lot to help their communities right now. they could be calling federal officials like the fema director to make sure enough aid is getting there. and he sent a letter for federal

assistance over the weekend, but got to follow up. calling agencies to make sure they have small business relief. he could be opening district houses as relief centers. i've spoken to legislators who have been doing that over the course of the pandemic. he is a public servant, and it sooms texas probably deserves a little more public service from him, gayle. >> while he's wearing a mask from the state of texas. i'm sure he regrets it now, and now he's back to work. thank you, ed. he coronavirus vaccine affects pregnant women is under way. pfizer told us they've already administered the first dose. the drugmaker plans to enroll around 4,000 women in the international study. pregnant adults between 24 and 34 weeks along are eligible to participate. each one will be monitored for about seven to ten months. pregnant women are at higher risk for severe illness with covid-19. the cdc has said expectant mothers can get vaccinated, but they should talk with their health care provider first. newly released video is

shedding light on the moments before police shot and killed a homeless man in california. 42-year-old kurt reinhold was killed last september in san clemente, south of l.a. deputies had stopped him for alleged jaywalking. as jonathan vigliotti reports, the incident is now under investigation, and "cbs this

morning," jonathan vigliotti, los angeles. >> reinhold's family has filed a lawsuit. we did reach out to the orange county sheriff's department for an interview or additional comment, but we did not hear back. a question to me is why do you stop the guy for jaywalking or alleged jaywalking in the first place? i saw no cars in sight. >> that's the issue. i mean, why stop him at all? he shouldn't have been stopped from the looks of it. jaywalking, really? >> a lot of people could say it's called living your life as a person of color in this country. it's just another example. i'm so glad that there is videotape, that there is videotape to show once again how this situation seemed to, from what we saw, escalate in a way that it really didn't need to. >> yeah. >> it ear direally didn't need . let's start with that. start with that. thank you for the videotape. the story is ongoing, and we'll stay on top of it. ahead, the first pictures from the mars rover "perseverance" on its quest to discover if there was ever life

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ahead, breaking news, a big announcement about the future role of the duke and duchess of suss good morning. it is 7:26. i am michelle griego. winter storm gripping much of the nation is taking its toll on vaccine shipments into the bay area. many counties are rescheduling or even canceling appointments because of shipping delays. vaccine eligibility has been expanded in contra costa. those who work in education and childcare, food and agriculture workers and emergency services can now get the vaccine. in gilroy, a one day no appointment walk up vaccine

center. wrist band distribution starts at 9:00 a.m. vaccinations are for over 65 from 10:00 until 2:00. good morning. we've got a lot of brake lights still at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is a slow ride coming from the foot of the maze into san francisco. off the upper deck there is a crash near the fremont street exit. it was blocking one lane. north bound 101 to the city, a trouble spot here as well, north bound before vermont, middle lane blocked as well as the shoulder for a crash. looks pretty from the top of the sales force. you see the tops of the buildings starting to peek out through the clouds. that's your blanket of clouds responsible for a steady mist. rain along the peninsula south of half moon bay but rain across much of the bay area will remain like this, fairly light until about 11:00 this morning, noon. then the showers will turn

back now at 7:30. the white house said this week it supports the study of reparations for black americans. congress hr 40, a bill, will examine the history of slavery and discriminatory government policies and suggest ways to address inequality. consider this -- the typical white household has about ten times the accumulated wealth of the typical black household. it's an issue we began looking into last summer on the campaign trail, and we found what many scholars say is the root of this racial wealth gap. it's not entirely in slavery or some century-old wrong, but, in fact, in the modern suburbs, and it touches on my own family's history. in 1953, my grandfather, rudy dokoupil, became a homeowner, moving my grandmother and three

kids including my dad out of a tiny apartment in manhattan and into a new house in lyndhurst, new jersey, one of america's growing suburbs. after world war ii, millions of families made a similar move. >> families are pursuing the american dream to give their children a better chance in life. >> a lot of them were masons, carpenters, farmers. >> reporter: working class. >> working class. >> reporter: proudly so. >> definitely. >> reporter: bob giangeruso is the mayor of lyndhurst and a lifelong resident. >> we had a great childhood here. it's priceless. one of the best places you could ever imagine to grow up. >> reporter: and joe cofone retired police officer is an unofficial historian. it sounds like a classic american suburb. >> that's it. that's exactly it. thatat's -- thatat's a good d w put itit. >> reporteter: but amemerica's suburbrbs have anonother storyr less often told -- about who was able to o buy these e homes and benefit from that boom-time

economy and who was not. >> it's just a remarkable record of exclusion. >> reporter: david troutt is a law professor at rutgers university newark. >> it is not accidental, and it is not just a question of bad attitudes. it's a question about ineqequitable rurules. >> r reporter: f from the 19193 the 191960s, the m major federe programs t that developed the suburbs and guaranteed mortgages were for w whites onlyly. first t as a matteter of policid later in practice. redlining, for example, is a term that comes from these 1940s-era maps adopted by the federal housing authority. green, blue, and yellow areas were typically eligible for government-backed loans and investments. the red areas were not, leaving them starved for resources. and as i looked back at lyndhurst and the surrounding county where my great grandparents also owned a home, i noticed those redline areas had a lot in common. they were anywhere from 45% to 95% negro, the term used.

some had wells spoiled by typhoid, some did not have city gas or utilities going to all the properties. some were divided off by a railroad line or an elevated train. so physical segregation in addition to everything else. any of that surprise you? >> not at all. in fact, you can multiply those findings across the country. those who were fortunate enough to enjoy the largess of this government were able to see benefits accrue over generations which they could then share with their children and their grandchildren. and so to be left out of that process of household wealth accumulation has been devastating for black families. >> reporter: by 1950, about half the new home purchases in america were made with government-backed loans. but 98% of them went to white buyers, and among veterans like my grandfather in the lucrative new york/new jersey area, it was more than 99%. it's an uncomfortable fact that families like mine are only just beginning to face.

>> wait a minute. you're telling me they were only going to mortgage white people? >> reporter: yeah, yeah. >> for you to say that lyndhurst is the way it is, it almost implies that lyndhurst was racist. >> reporter: this was my family, too. i'm not saying that. i'm saying we had no idea. >> you're right. most people would not have known the federal government had this program in place. >> a lot of people did not know -- >> reporter: a lot of people, lee porter among them, were personally physically aware that racist policies prevented black families from moving into highly desired neighborhoods. >> i didn't call it redlining, but that's what it was. >> reporter: what did you call it? >> we called it -- this is the area that persons of color can live. >> reporter: at 94 years old, porter still runs the fair housing council of bergen county. you have been called the mother of fair housing in new jersey. >> i don't know how that happened. >> reporter: she's been here since the 1960s when she and her husband were blocked from buying homes they could afford. how did you feel when you found out that real estate agents were

steering you away from the white houses? >> i was quite angry about it. but i was persistent. i was -- i was determined to get what i wanted, the same as anybody else. >> reporter: quite angry sounds like an understatement. >> we managed. we did okay. >> reporter: but black families who couldn't own those nicer homes have not been able to build the same wealth over time. many americans, me included, are only just now coming to terms with how big a role our federal government had in enforcing discrimination. the question now is what are we going to do about it. the one thing that i'm struggling with, and this is as somebody whose family came through here, is when i looked at the old maps, just over the river the areas were redlined by the federal government, meaning they weren't worthy of mortgages.

and lyndhurst wasn't redlined. what do you do with that knowledge? >> you move on. come on. it's all god's people. >> reporter: now that we do know, what do we do about it? >> you know, that's a good question. i don't have the answer to that, tony. i wish i did. >> that's a very honest answer, too. what are we going to do about it? that's jaw-dropping to me. 98%? >> 99 in this area. >> went to white families. >> 99 -- >> it begins the wealth gap. >> that is the origin of the racial wealth gap in this country. this is where history shows up in your wallet. >> yes. >> bob and joe, who i appreciate having a very difficult and uncomfortable conversation with me -- >> i do too. >> -- they're representative of where most white americans are today. 80% or 90% don't know what to do about it or think we should start today and be better in the future. but how do we deal with the past? how do you catch up? okay, we've been running a race, and now we're going to follow the rules of the race. but don't worry about the head start. >> yes. that matters. >> the dilemma because it

compounded, as you point out in the piece, over generations. >> yes. >> it's not just one family lost opportunity that goes on to their descendants and the descendants after them. it's gone on for decades. >> and continues. your professor said it right, a remarkable record of exclusion, but can we just take a moment to acknowledge lee porter? i bow down to her. what a class, class act. >> she is the woman who got senator cory booker's family -- was in bergen county and got in through her work. >> i didn't know it was her. amazing piece. >> thank you. >> a lot of people need to see that piece. >> ask ourselves what are we going to do about it? the white house is asking americans to study it. you can always get the morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. hear today's top stories in less than 20 minutes. >> that's a deal. coming up, after a succeed -- successful landing on mars, the next big challenge for nasa's "perseverance" rover. plus, we were there when nasa's top official got an unexpected call. you're going to like this. we'll be right back.

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that lowered "perseverance" down to its new home. >> touch confirmed. safely on the surface of mars -- >> reporter: minutes after landing, the rover beamed back proof of life, two black and white photos from the red planet. what was it like seeing those pictures? >> it was amazing. >> reporter: while he was speaking to us, nasa's acting administrator, steve juryzick, got a call from his boss who watched the landing at the white house. >> congratulations, man. you know, that's the president, right. and so he was as psyched as i am. >> reporter: "perseverance" is the largest and most advanced rover ever built. it's jam packed with instruments and experiments like ingenuity. a four-pound helicopter that could prove it's possible to fly on another planet. but the main goal of this $2.4 billion mission is to collect samples that could contain evidence of past life.

>> if this finds proof of life, everybody will say it's a great investment. >> thomas zurbuchen oversees the missions. >> they're all expensive missions and i don't think there's a lot of people who would say i wish we didn't do that. it changed not only what we know but how we think about ourselves. for me that's ultimately what research is about. >> reporter: this research will require patience. to answer the question of past life on mars, these samples first have to get back to earth. that will take two more expensive missions, and at least a decade. >> congratulations. believe it or not, we have a job to do now. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," carter evans, pasadena, california. >> love seeing their reaction when it landed. >> i did too. you could hear the excitement, anthony, in her voice. i love when the nasa engineers get psyched. all of it. >> congratulations to them. and to percy, as they call "perseverance." >> yes. >> it's so excited to see what

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to today -- prince harry and meghan markle have officially quit the royal family. the duke and duchess of sussex will not be returning as working members of the family. the move means harry will be stripped of his honorary military titles, and the couple will lose royal patronages. they announced the decision to step back larvst year, and whil all are saddened by the decision, the duke and duchess remain much loved members of the family, of course. we will hear from prince harry and meghan in an interview with oprah next month. the 90-minute special will air right here on cbs on march 7th. so going to be talking about stuff -- >> we don't know anything about it. >> nothing is off the table. that's important. >> yeah. that is true. >> they're not going to have their patronages, that means money, right? >> no -- >> it's charity work. >> the charity work they do. and prince harry is not going to continue to hold on to his honorary military title.

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♪ little mellow music for you on this friday, february 19th, 2021. i'm gayle king, this is tony dokoupil, that's anthony mason. the texas power crisis turns into a water crisis for close to half the state's population. how it is making healthcare very difficult. the u.s. officially rejoins the paris climate accord today. our exclusive conversation with john kerry about america's new path. and the powerer o of ladyy n the n new m movie the unununite statates versus s billie holida. we'll talk to the star and

director of the film about holiday's untold story. first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. >> millions of people in texas who endured massive power cuts are now facing critical shortages of drinking water. >> at this apartment complex, a water pipe burst and flooded the three levels below it. >> temperatures are expected to drop back into the teens tonight. what has you most worried? >> what has me most worried is making sure people stay warm. if you're cold, don't stay in your house, go to one of the warming stations. >> what do you make of his decision to go, this explanation now about it was a mistake? >> yeah, i mean, look, who among us wouldn't like to get to cancun after all this weather, but, you know, you're just not supposed to be doing that kind of thing right now. >> touchdown confirmed, perseverance safely on the surface of mars. >> you can hear the excitement, anthony, in her voice. i love when the nasa engineers get psyched. >> the space program successfully landed its most sophisticated rover yet on mars.

scientists say it was an incredibly difficult seven minutes of terror, the perseverance rover had just slowed from 12,000 miles per hour to 1 mile per hour in those seven minutes. >> yes. seven minutes of terror. and i'm terrified too if i spent $3 billion on a roomba. please work, please work, please work. yes, i don't want to take this back. please. >> seven minutes of terror phrase that gets me every time i hear it. but they nailed it. >> they sure did. >> mission accomplished. >> a lot of information, we hope. we're going to begin in texas where the power, we're glad to tell you, is back on for many people after days of suffering in the cold. but a new crisis is emerging. there is now a shortage of drinkable water. frigid temperatures have caused water pipes to burst, and the wells to freeze and power ou outages have knocked out water treatment plants. many texans are under boil water advisories, being told to drink

only bottled water. the water shortage is prevent something hospitals from providing crucial care. one facility in austin is moving patients elsewhere, while others operate without water or heat. president biden has been asked to declare a major disaster by the state's governor greg abbott. the president tweeted i made clear to the governor i will work relentlessly to get his state what they need. today, the u.s. officially rejoins the paris climate accord. america is currently the second largest emitter behind china, of greenhouse gases, that are warming the planet. in 2017, former president trump announced he was pulling out of the landmark deal, signed by more than 190 nations, which was designed to help cut global carbon emissions. for our continuing series "eye on earth," ben tracy spoke with former secretary of state john kerry who is now the biden administration's climate envoy. >> reporter: the wild winter weather this week has been called historic and

unprecedented. but some day we may just call this normal. >> and obviously we want to prevent this from becoming the new normal to the degree that we can. >> reporter: some people get hung up on the term global warming and say i thought everything is supposed to get warmer. i heard one scientist say this is global weirding. is that a good way to think of it. >> i had think think it is an a way to think of it. your instinct is to say this is the new ice age, but it is not, it is coming from the global warming. and this threatens all the normal weather patterns. >> reporter: the planet is warming in large part because of the greenhouse gas emissions we pump into the sky from our power plants, our cars, trains and planes and even from raising and growing our food. that warming makes storms stronger, droughts dryer and oceans higher. that means certain places on earth where people live will become unlivable.

how much time do we have left to avert climate catastrophe? >> the scientists told us three years ago we had 12 years to avert the worst consequences of climate crisis. we are now three years gone, so we have nine years left. >> reporter: and that's where paris comes in. the climate accord named after the city of lights where it was agreed to back in 2015. but the pledges from nearly every country on earth to cut their planet warming emissions will no longer cut it. how much more aggressive do we now need to be to really solve this problem? >> even if we did everything that we said we were going to do when we signed up in paris, we would see a rise in the nearest temperature to somewhere around 3.7 degrees or more, which is catastrophic. >> reporter: then secretary of state kerry signed the paris accord in 2016. that's his granddaughter isabel on his lap. about a year later, he watched his signature accomplishment be

erased by former president trump. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> reporter: the trump administration rolled back more than 100 environmental regulations. but guess what, renewable energy, all those wind turbines and solar panels are much cheaper and providing record amounts of energy in the u.s. putting some coal plants out of business. and it is not just tesla making luxury cars that run on batteries. general motors just announced it will go mostly electric by 2035. kerry says that's great, but we need to transition to clelean enerergy much faster. and, yes, that will both create and cost jobs. the new climate envoy says there has been too little action and too much hot air. >> there is no room for bs anymore. there is no faking it on this one. >> reporter: so the next thing is for the biden administration to announce a much more ambitious emissions target.

they say they're going to do that by earth day in april. and then later this year in scotland, all the countries that signed the paris agreement will get back together and formalize their new targets. the overall goal is to get to net zero emissions by 2050. but, anthony, that is not going to be easy. >> no, the clock is ticking, ben, thank you very much. a gunman who killed the son of a federal judge may have also intended to target a supreme court justice. judge esther salas was in her new jersey basement last year when a gunman dressed in a fedex uniform opened fire at the front door. her 20-year-old son was killed, and her husband was critically wounded. the gunman, an attorney who argued a case before salas, later took his own life. after the shooting, salas successfully pushed for a new jersey law that safeguards personal information of judges and other officials. "60 minutes" correspondent bill whitaker spoke to salas about a chilling discovery by the fbi.

>> reporter: judge salas has become a crusader for federal legislation to scrub judges' personal information from the internet. her mission became more urgent, when the fbi discovered a second locker in new jersey belonging to her son's killer. what did they find? what was in the locker? >> they found another gun, a glock, more ammunition, but most troubling thing they found was manila folder with a workup on justice sonia sotomayor. >> reporter: supreme court justice sotomayor? >> yes. chilling. >> reporter: what do you think when you find that a supreme court justice was on his list? >> more than on his list, on his sights. >> reporter: stalking her like he had stalked you? >> who knows what could have happened, but we need to understand that judges are at risk, we need to understand that we put ourselves in great danger

every day for doing our jobs. >> wow. >> yeah. >> i remember that story very well. and, listen, it was heart breaking on many levels, but when you learn that that was their only child, their only child, and it made it even more painful to me. >> it is heart breaking for all americans as well because, you know, attacks on the judicial system are something we're used to hearing about in other countries. and to hear about it here is a sign of a bad change of circumstances. >> yeah. and the gunman literally went right to their front door. >> exactly. >> front door. you can watch bill whitaker's interview with judge salas this sunday on "60 minutes ". judge salas will join us here monday on "cbs this morning." we have much more

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over the past decade, we have seen many instances of black americans being subjected to police violence with video capturing what unfolded. before that, the 1991 rodney king beating was the first time most americans saw this type of violence from officers. to remind of you what happened, we're going to show you the video. we do want to warn you it's violent. you can see in this video, los angeles police officers kicking and beating king after a car chase. that beating and what followed is the focus of the first episode of "boiling point," a new docu series from b.e.t., a division of cbs. and it looks at issues affecting black americans through critical social justice moments in our history. here's the reaction after the officers were acquitted nearly 29 years ago.

>> i don't believe this racist country. people are sick. >> this was a modern day lynching. >> like i see what i see. how are you going to justify this? >> that's when i saw what a america was about. that's when i saw who we were. you know, they told us loud and clear. >> my little boy, he wanted to be a cop just like his father. after seeing that tape, he doesn't want to be that anymore. he's 2 years old. how do i raise him not to be prejudiced? how do i do that? when there's no justice for him because he's born black. >> hasan kwame jeffries who is featured in the series joins us now. he's an associate professor of history at the ohio state university. professor, good morning to you. so 1991, a neighbor hears a commotion outside, happens to have just bought a camcorder and features on film the rodney king beating. how have things changed because

of that footage? >> the footage is critical. it's shocking, and it shocks many americans. it's important to point out, too, that it -- it was shocking to african-americans, but it wasn't necessarily surprising. african-americans had understood and been dealing with police violence and brutality as long as there have been police. to see it captured in video in such stark terms -- as video and handheld cameras and the personal cameras were becoming more common -- really shook the nation. but what was equally important as that moment was what happens a year later with the trial and acquittal of the officers which then raised questions about, well, what could actually happen even if the face of such stark evidence. >> when we think about the progress from then to now, the cameras are more ubiquitous, the technology's gotten better, there's a lot more of this kind of video, but have you seen progress on the policing side and also the accountability side? >> well, certainly there has

been change. but the degree of progress is really relative. particularly as it relates to accountability. one thing that we know is that over the last -- over the 29 years, as you pointed out, more and more cameras have been available, more and more of these incident vs. been captured on film. at the same time, the number of cases has not declined. so it really raises the question just capturing these moments on film, is that enough certainly to raise the consciousness of people, but is that enough to bring justice? and sadly the answer to that, unfortunately, is no. >> that's what i wanted to know, professor jeffries. just earlier in this very broadcast, we had a story from san clemente, california. black man crossing the street, sdw jayw jaywalking, an encounter with the police, it ends up deadly. you see with the george floyd case, just last year. what do you think it's going to take to bring real change, and

what does the involvement, the participation of white people in this conversation? how much of a difference does that make? >> well, gayle, i think what really is going to lead to change is actually holding officers who violate the constitutional rights of anybody accountable. those who use deadly force when clearly it is unnecessary. until we get to the moment where we hold them not just police departments civilly responsible, but actually hold officers who commit these crimes criminally responsible, then we won't see a change in behavior. we've poured millions of dollars into anti-bias training for police officers, into adding cameras, and we see over the last seven or eight years that has not significantly changed the behavior. we need to have criminal justice accountability. it is critically important that everyone, all americans, all concerned people, get behind this movement. and which is why one of the great things from last summer, the summer of 2020, was to see

the black lives matter protests protesting for justice, criminal justice reform, justice for the individuals of police violence, brought out so many people, not just black folk, black people, white people, latinos, asians. it was a multiracial, multiethnic movement of millions demanding justice. that's what we need. >> professor jeffries, the series "boily points," there are several moments that come to mind, there's catrinkatrina, bl sunday, when you think of themes that emerge, what are they? >> well, there are these boiling points, there are these moments of crisis, moments where things come to a head. and we don't know how they're going to turn out. things could become better in these moments of crisis, or things can become worse. it all depends on how people react. african-americans have always been pushing the envelope and demanding justice in these moments of crisis. how does the state react? how does government react? how do white citizens react?

and what's the basis for that reaction? sometimes such as in the case of the rodney king beating, when it came to holding those officers accountable, white citizens, white jurors did not hold them accountable. they failed their civic obligation. and that led to the uprising that was responding to the moment but also a much longer history. so all of these moments we, i think, as ordinary people have the power to decide what comes next. >> professor jeffries, has anybody told you look like congressman jeffries? >> they've said that i look like his better brother. >> okay. >> so i -- i leave it at that. >> you may just -- thank you. >> all right. professor jeffries, thank you very much. appreciate it. "boiling point," a six-part docuseries appears sunday on b.e.t. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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during that same hearing, a congressman who represents the kearns' town in illinois held out his phone to show people what still happens when you try to call robinhood for help. >> thanks for calling robinhood. please visit us at robinhood.com or on our app for support. if you have an urgent need, include details in the app. thanks and have a nice day. >> the family is suing robinhood for alleged wrongful death. tenev said the company has made improvements since kearn's suicide including an option for customers to ask for representative to call under certain circumstances. as you heard, getting a live rep on the phone is still very difficult. the hearings were to investigate the gamestop frenzy. but that stood out to me. >> doesn't seem like a significant change there on the phone call. >> a recording. >> yeah. i wanted to remember mark morales, someone most of us know as prince markey dee, a member

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>> so nice of you to remember him today. nice. my talk of the table, we're joined by two people who are already getting a lot of oscar buzz for their new movie, filmmaker and tv creator, leslie daniels, you know him, he's responsible for hit projects like precious, lee daniels the butler and empire. his new film the united states versus billie holiday features andra day, you know her as the iconic jazz singer "rise up." it shows how she became the target of a governmenent investstigation. >> whahat is the govevernment's problelem withh billie holiday?? why is thee g governmentt alway afafter you?u? >> my song. itit remindss them they'y're ki us. reminds them, reminds you too.

>> wow, the united states versus billie holiday has been nominated for two golden globe awards, best actress, that's for andra, and best original song also for andra day and lee daniels joins us. good to see you. let me start with you, andra, i was so blown away by your performance. number one, congratulations on your golden globe nominations. i suspect oscar is coming soon. but we don't want to jinx it. we don't want to jinx it. i get that. this is your first ever acting role, how do you even begin to prepare and then to prepare to play billie holiday? what was your process? >> well, i mean, first of all, overcoming fear, faith had a lot to do with it because i didn't want to do it at first because i was so terrified of, you know, sort of dishonoring billie holiday's legacy and the great

diana ross. but it was trusting lee. i think the very first step was to -- one of the first steps was to trust lee and i saw the script and i spoke with lee and understanding the story which i was really happy to see as a fan of billie holiday, the story would be really vindicating her legacy in a world because of his storytelling would get to know this icon as not a tragic drug addict but a person of the civil rights movement. >> you were known for thinking outside the box, known for changing things up. was andra day, did you look at her and think that's my billie? >> no. not at all. i didn't. i had -- and nor did she, by the way, gayle. >> yeah, yeah. >> i had a couple of actresses in mind. i had a couple of actresses many mi in mind, but everyone was forcing me to see her and i finally saw her, and i found

myself talking her into auditioning and because she really, really honored billie and wanted -- we wanted to do this right. we wanted to tell the story right and she really wanted to tell the story right and once she auditioned, it was a no brainer. it was god working, gayle. i had never seen anything like it before in my career. >> andra, it is anthony, you ended up losing almost 40 pounds for this role, which i mean that's a lot to go through physically. and you also said you started actually drinking for this part. why did you do that? >> yeah. >> drinking and smoking, yeah. >> i started smoking cigarettes as well too. i think it was just, you know, i prayed a lot about this, i had a peace moving forward and once i had that peace, i thought, okay, you know, i'm in, you know what i mean.

it was because the reality is, you know, for instanance, withh billieie holiday,y, i didn'tt w theree to be a moment w where peoplele are, like, she doesn't reallyly -- you'r're hard p preo find a candid photo o of thiss woman without a cigarette. i needed to know not just what thwack that looked like but what it felt like in my body, to be in a middle of a conversation with someone or to need a drink or pick up a cigarette and it goes back to addiction, which manifests differently, but i needed to feel that, i needed to live in that space and feel her through that because i think it is a part of her story, you know. it was not her story, it was part of her story. >> andra starts drinking. you said for you decided to take a different course on this movie. what was that? >> yeah, it is not really about -- it is not a biopic on billie holiday. we have done that and seen that with -- >> no, i'm talking about you, for you personally, i'm talking about for you personally. you were saying andra started

drinking and you decided you were not going to drink. >> yeah. i did say i wasn't going to drink. listen, i understand what hitchcock meant at the end of the day when he says that martini shot, because by the time you finish shooting at the end of the day, you're, like, you know, give me that, gimme, but i have been struggling with this for a while. and it was nice to finally, i think, to give -- to do justice by billie, i wanted to be present and clear and sober for her. and it really was the hardest thing. it was the hardest thing i had ever done to sort of give it up. there is a stigma with -- attached to addiction and it is uncomfortable, even talking about it now. but i'm really proud of what it -- what it represents to millions of americans, to stop, to stop. >> and i just wanted to chime in

on what he said, i have to give such -- so much credit to lee because him being so candid about his own struggles on set, i mean, it fueled us as actors. it is why i'm saying, okay, i want to get this right, not just for billie, but for me and everybody who is struggled with this, i've seen it in my family. it really changed and motivated our performances, the actors on set. >> and this -- >> i think that's what -- >> go ahead, lee. >> i think that's is that gets the performances from people, people ask me how do you get performances from people, and i think it is just transparency and honesty. and oftentimes it seems almost as if you're a little nuts for being frank and candid about where you are in the space, but i think once actors feel comfortable with that, they sort of -- they give you their all. and i'm really happy that andra did. >> all i can say is i'm so glad you two trusted each other because i had never even heard of this story about billie holiday's life, and the performance, the story that

you're telling, i can't wait for people to see it. andra day and lee daniels, thank you, thank you both. "united states versus billie holiday" airs n

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we'll see you again monday morning. before we go, a look back at all that mattered this week. >> reporter: what we're seeing is unprecedented. get your shovels ready. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: what makes this unique is you have active duty military members staffing this site. >> right down the street here, at the end, is where my mother still lives. >> reporter: how does it feel to be back? >> feels really good. i wish you could see the smile on my face. >> reporter: fka twigs accuses labeouf of sexual battery, assault, and inflicting distress. we sit here, fka twigs is feeling what? >> that's a big question. i'm feeling bright. number one, how many people have signed on? >> every single major studio is signed on. >> wow. >> when you talk to people about why don't we have more inclusion

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