it's thursday, february 25th, 2021. ths ouubout "cbs morning news."n cuomo controversy. a former aide details sexual harassment allegations against new york's governor. near fatal crash. tiger woods continues to recover from a car wreck in california. the two pieces of information that could determine what that could determine what exactly happened. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the race to vaccinate america

against covid is picking up pace. right now more than 45 million people have received at least one dose. more than 20 million people are fully vaccinated. a new vaccine could be on the way. the fda is supporting johnson & johnson's vaccine for emergency use. final approval could be given in just a few days. debra alfarone is in washington. so these developments come as president biden's relief package is a little in doubt. >> reporter: yeah, a little bit, anne-marie. republicans have long bristled at the nearly $2 trillion price tag for the plan. now they're counteroffering that one provision that could be a sticking point, the $15 minimum wage. president biden praised the bipartisan support for an executive order boosting america's supply chains amid the coronavirus pandemic. >> like the old days, people actually are on the same page. >> reporter: but republicans have quickly turned the page, taking aim at the president's $1.9 trillion relief package.

>> unfortunately, this bill is too costly, too corrupt, and too liberal. >> reporter: gop leaders say it's a job killer that doesn't do enough to reopen businesses and schools. >> how much time do you have, mr. president, to go through the litany of things in this bill that have nothing to do with covid? >> reporter: included in this bill is a provision to hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour. democrats need the senate parliamentarian to approve, who's a nonpartisan interpreter of procedural rules. that's if they want to pass the bill in its entirety without republican support. >> this rescue program is designed to put vaccine on the streets, emergency provisions across the board for schools, individuals, families, businesses. >> reporter: on the vaccin front -- >> we anticipate allocating three to four million doses. >> reporter: the food and drug administration may approve johnson & johnson's single-dose vaccine in the coming days boosting the nation's supply. >> you want to keep out of the hospital, out of the intensive

care unit and to keep you from dying. the moderna, pfizer, and johnson & johnson vaccine appear to do exactly that. >> reporter: more than 20 million americans have been vaccinated. texas has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country due to the cascade of issues surrounding the last winter storm they had there. this new single-shot vaccine could really help boost vaccination rates. anne-marie? >> yep. fingers crossed. debra alfarone in washington. thank you. a declassified report is set for release today which finds the saudi crown prince approved the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. the largely based cio assessment includes muhammad bin salman likely ordered the killing in 2018. khashoggi's "washington post" column had criticized the crown prince's policies. president biden says he had report the report and will speak with the crown prince's father by phone soon.

the report's public release is part of the mr. biden's policy to realign ties with riyadh. a former top aide to new york governor andrew cuomo has made public new details of her sexual harassment allegations against cuomo. lindsay boylin details her claims in an essay posted to the website medium. she says in 2018 cuomo kissed her on the lips without consent when they were alone in his office. boylin also said in 2017 he had joked that they should play strip poker and said he went out of his way to touch her back, arms, and legs. she first went public with allegations in december saying he harassed her for years. a spokesperson for the governor calls the claims false. and tiger woods remains in the hospital this morning recovering from a serious cras los angeles county sheriff's deputies say that the wreck was purely an accident. at this point they have appeared to rule out any potential criminal charges.

they will now look at the vehicle's black box and cell phone records to see if woods was on the phone at the time of tuesday's crash. chris martinez has the latest. >> reporter: l.a.'s sheriff's deputy was among the first on the scene after tiger woods crashed his suv along a hilly street south of los angeles. >> i'm asking him things like, hey, do you know where you are today, do you know what day it is, do you have pain anywhere. and he's able to answer me quickly. >> reporter: according to a statement posted on the golfer's twitter page, doctors put a rod in his right tibia and used screws and pins to stabilize his ankle and foot. cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus estimates it could take six months for woods to heal from his injuries. >> they actually had to put a slit in each of the muscles to allow the pressure to be relieved. it's going to take a while to retrain these muscles, to enable these bones to heal over the rod, and to enable him to walk again. >> reporter: investigators say woods' seat belt likely saved his life.

how and why he lost control of the vehicle remains a mystery. the accident was the latest setback for woods after a decade of injuries, personal struggles, and multiple back surgeries. >> his impact is -- is profound. his impact is perpetuand we're excited to help him overcome his injuries, to help him recover. >> reporter: the pro golf community and the world are now rallying around woods as he faces one of the greatest challenges of his life. chris martinez, cbs news, torrance, california. texas lawmakers today are set to hold their first public hearing into a deadly winter storm that knocked out the state's power grid leaving four million people shivering in the dark. executives from ercot, the electric reliability council of texas, will be in the hot seat along with officials from the icn private electric and gas companies. governor greg abbott says that there is no excuse for the blackouts.

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our top stories this morning, we could soon have a third covid vaccine here in the u.s. the fda yesterday endorsed vaccine for emergency use. final approval for the single-dose shot could be given in just a few days. and it appears tiger woods will not face charges after his car crash outside of l.a. authorities are looking at his suv's black box and cell phone records to see if he was on the phone at the time of tuesday's wreck. the golf legend remains in the

hospital recovering from multiple leg injuries. researchers have named the safest vehicles in america, and there's only one manufacturer that did not receive a single award. here's nancy chen. >> reporter: the insurance institute for highway safety performs a number of crash tests to determine if a car's safe. the group also measures high light quality and accident prevention systems. this year a record 90 new vehicles earned a top safety pick or top safety pick-plus award. up from 64 last year. >> it is indeed a big year. >> reporter: iihs president david harky says more vehicles made the grade because of auto braking systems and better headlights. >> casting more light down the road for the driver, and eliminating that glare for the oncoming drivers. >> reporter: the iihs has yet to test the genesis gv80

tiger woods crashed near los angeles tuesday. the luxury suv does have modern safety features including multiple airbags. two other cars were tested and g70 ich performed well in the e roof strength test. authorities say that is key in a rollover accident like woods'. >> the interior was more or less intact, which kind of gave him the cushion to survive.17 awards, the most of any automaker. mitsubishi was the only manufacturer that did not receive a single award. general motors earned just two for the cadillac xt6 and chevy equinox. >> for the large number of vehicles that they produce and the models that they produce, we only had a couple of award winners for them. so we would like to see them step up their game. >> reporter: the iihs continues to test new models as they are released which means more vehicles could soon be joining the list. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. coming up on "cbs this

morning," an exclusive interview with current deputies who claim violent gangs exist inside the los angeles county sheriff's department. plus, first on "cbs this morning," we're going to speak with malcolm x's daughter about a recently released letter that could shed light on his assassination and legacy. and in our series "a more perfect union," we'll meet the founder of the black college expo which creates college opportunities for underserved and under represented students. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪