business owners say it's an impossible situation. >> it's easy for governor abbott to say everyone should open because he is not the one who is physically at risk. >> reporter: michael owns the cotton mouth club, he closed it last june, believing it was not safe to be open. he said that other bar owners were attacked for enforcing the mask wearing in the statewide mandate. >> we are used to having people do what they don't want to do. this makes it seem to people as a optional thing and something that they want to argue about. >> reporter: a number of national chains, including starbucks, kroger and target say they will continue to enforce mask wea b mae to do soer in the lone star state goes . heen citizens living in long-term care facilities. what about older americans who find themselves home bound. there's a group of nurses in new

jersey working to make sure that they are not forgotten. >> reporter: so far the new jersey health department has not allocated a single vaccine specifically for the home bound. that's why the visiting nurse association here just began a pilot program using vaccines given to them by community health centers. our cameras followed one of their nurses driving doses door on door. >> i'm carrying something that's so valuable, so, yeah, i will watch every little thing i do with it. >> reporter: packing up vaccines in a temperature controlled cooler. >> don't jilg it or shake it. it's like liquid goal, you are carrying this and you hope this changes the crazy world we are in. >> reporter: the nurse hits the roads of new jerseyiad of hse c. >> what kind am i getting? >> you are getting moderna. >> reporter: she is administering vaccines to the elderly and those suffering from

medical conditions and not get the a vaccine site. we went with her as she went to them. it's a pilot phase that they have launched, that could be a frameworkfor the nation. >> i'm peggy. they are very appreciative, they have been nervous and scared because they have not been able to get out and get it. >> reporter: the nurse in gave 79-year-old vincent newland his first covid vaccine. >> has heart disease, long disease, kidney disease and multiple myelo hama, he has lot going on. they called us and said they were starting a pilot program and if he would be interested in getting it if they did. it was like, yeah, you want to do it now? >> they are living in the shadows. they are eastoorget about, but they are our parents and elders and they need our help.

>> reporter: dr. steve sanders lead the group. he and his nurses treat 10,000 people in new jersey on any given day. >> the states have not prioritized giving the home health agencies themselves vaccine product. so there's over 12,000 home health agencies across the country and they serve these millions home bound people. >> i see constituents every day in their 70s, 80s, 90s that don't get vaccines. >> reporter: he said that his office has received countless calls from the homebound, so he contacted the new jersey governor. >> i directed it to him that we need to move away from the open portal system and it needs to be done in a more farthered approach. >> reporter: what was governor murphy's approach, did he understand? >> we will look in to it and get back to you. >> reporter: what do you say to state officials that can expedite the process? >> i have talked to everyone about focusing on the home bound. i think the information is

getting through. >> reporter: dr. landers said this effort is not just about the patients living but having a reason to. >> maybe they can feel more safe with their family coming over and getting a hug. you have to survive the virus and have a reason to live in family connections and joy and of and care. >> reporter: and in a statement, the governor's office told us that as vaccine supply increases mobile options to reach vulnerable populations will be incorporated. the statement also said that the state has had initial cnversations with the visiting nurse association about nurse association about prioritizing the home ♪hey, hey, how you doing, baby?♪ ♪you look mighty fine.♪ ♪i figured i might come your way,♪ ♪and roll up on you with that golden ticket.♪ ♪ ♪ smell irresistible. new axe. ♪

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voice and she still is does. ♪ ♪ ♪ i should be happy ♪ >> all these years later. ♪ ♪ no more laughter. i should be happy ♪ >> i could not resift seeing along. especially with encouragement, billie davis, jr. ♪ would you like to ride ♪ ♪ a >> and marilyn's husband had. you have been married for 51 years. >> where did the time go? >> it flies by. >> but thankfully their music always brings us back. ♪ ♪

>> the 5th dimension charted singles and were fixtured on pele up ce dancing the islaisle. >> born in st. louis, missouri, he was raised on gospel and the blues. he ran a talent agency, and among the clients an unknown young woman from tennessee. >> she was ann bullock, we didn't know her as tina turner. >> she preferred music over medicine and was an aspiring singer. >> he came out looking for a record deal, and ran in to two men from st. louis and they decided to put a group lereaux e

other hebs. it was five people and dimension was about music. nobody had a name like that out there. >> reporter: and known had a sound like they did. go where you want to go was their rrriv om a hot air baloon festival. >> he started to play up and up and away, and it was beautiful. and we said it was beautiful but it will never be a hit. >> why didn't you think it would? >> we had thought the song was too pretty. >> pretty, and popular. and in the tumultuous year of 1968, up and up and away, won six grammy awards. next, a classic.

♪ ♪ aquarius is, let the sunshine " >> we were in the studio and we had done all the let sunshine in over and over again and our producer told billie. he said, okay, billie, it's your turn, take it to church. >> and you did. >> and he did. >> and he can still bring it home. ♪ ♪ let the sunshine in ♪ ♪ open it up ♪ ♪ let the sunshine in ♪ >> i love it. i love it. other top ten ow ♪ic i di get to sleep at all. >> and wed withing bell bl-- an wedding bell blues. recorded when they were dating.

but as they drew closer the 5th dimension drifted apart. >> we talked about it and we said, if we don't try to see where it can go, we will never know. ♪ ♪ >> a big risk that paid off in 1976 when a producer brought them a song that would go all the way to number one. >> and we heard it and we said, that is clever. ♪ you don't have are to be a star baby to be in my show ♪ >> their history is still being written. they continue to perform and this year, will release "black john lennon and paul mccartney. it's their first studio album in nearly three decades. >> we think about the things that are happening in our country right now and we feel like, as a country, we have to stick together. >> reporter: sticking together and singing together.

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something remarkable is happening in a ranch you said of austin, texas, where rescued animals are sharing love with those in need. >> reporter: some super heroes need a five kick, for 5-year-old harper, it's halo, the the white fluffy dog with one leg and an unlimited supply of love. what is her super power? >> she has lucky fins like me. >> reporter: she calls her hand her luck willy fin. she comes every week to this animal rescue sanctuary to check on her superer heroes. >> i have a cow and a lamb that wheelchair. >> reporter: she cares for just

under 160 disability animals that were left on death's door and let's them live out their life in hog heaven. she matches the animals with kids who somehow know what they are going through. when harper and halo get together, harper's mom said it's magical. >> harper got a lot of her own confidence coming here, seeing how resilient those animals are. >> it's 90% stresses and hard and muddy and 10% that is pure magic. >> reporter: sometimes unconditional love comes from rescue animals rescuing children. cbs thus. the "cbs overnight news," will be right back.

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