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cbsn bay area. don't forget to turn those clocks forwa i'm gayle king, that's anthony mason, and tony tony. president biden says every adult will be jbl for a covid vaccine shot in less than two months. science's race to make sure the recovery stays on course as they track and sequence new variants of the virus. we go inside the fight. >> an kbreechlt investigation is launched against new york's embattled governor, andrew cuomo. how he is losing support from close allies after the latest
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sexual misconduct allegations. just two weeks away from a unique grammys, with a star studded lest of performers. we will have an onstage look at the preparations. first, here's today's eye opener. it's your world, in 90 seconds. >> i will not relent until we beat this virus. but i need you. i needs every american to do their part. >> in his first primetime address, president biden says america is coming back. >> i will direct all states, tribes, and territories to make all adults eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. >> president biden has signed his massive covid-19 relief bill into law a day early. >> pretty much a payoff for pelosi's political allies. and it will be the american people paying the bill. >> new york lawmakers launched an impeachment investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against governor andrew cuomo. it is disgusting to me and he
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can no longer serve as governor. >> four former presidents and their wives are part of a new ad campaign encouraging americans to get the coronavirus vaccine. a nail biter between uva and syracuse. >> bigman for the win -- got it! and all that matters. >> actor matthew mcconaughey says he is seriously weighing a run for governor in his home state of texas. >> are his policies all right, all right, all right, or all left, all lert, all left? >> on "cbs this morning." today marks one year since the world health organization declared covid-19 a pandemic. none of us imagined this would all still be going on a year later. case in point. i thought i was being pessimisting when i said this in the first show we did after leaving the theater. >> the cdc is saying this might go on for the next eight weeks. so get comfortable. >> oh! oh, tub steven. how naive you were.
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>> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> we were all tub steven back then. >> we were all very naive. >> yeah. >> just to hear him say this could go on for eight weeks. we thought that was an exaggeration. >> that seemed like a long time. >> it really did. >> here we are. >> but there really is hope on the way, i believe. that. welcome to "cbs this morning." that's where we are going to begin, president biden said light in the darkness in the fight against the coronavirus. in his first primetime speech to the nation he says bay may 1st, 50 days from now, every adult american -- every adult paper, got say that twice. will be eligible to receive the vaccine. more than 64 million americans have had at least one dose. that's around 25% of the adult population. >> the president also laid out the benefits of what he calls his american rescue plan for the u.s. economy and said americans should remain vigilant against
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the virus. ed o'keefe is at the white house. there was grief in the speech last night but also hope. >> a call for unity and owe praying. he is optimistic but laid out in stark terms what americans need to do. keep marg a mask, socially distance and get a vaccine when you can. and the president took time to remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost. >> finding light in the darkness is a very american thing to do. in fact, it may be the most american thing we do. >> president biden set two new goals on two key dates. >> you will adults people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. >> reporter: and july 4th, independence day. >> if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th, there is a good chance you, your families and friends will be
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able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cook out and a barbecue and celebrate independence day. >> reporter: the president said he is deploying active duty military, fema personnel and retired doctors to help vaccinate americans. and he outlined what should be possible for most americans in the coming weeks. >> you can drive up to a stadium or a large parking lot, get your shot, never leave your car, and drive home in less than an hour. >> reporter: but he was also differenttial as he paid tribute to lives lost reading the exact death toll. carry a card in my pocket. >> reporter: off a card he pulled from his pocket. >> they leave behind loved ones unable to truly grieve or to heal, even to have a funeral. >> reporter: the president made a point to denounce an uptick in hate crimes against asian americans since the start of the pandemic. >> so many of our fellow americans are on the front lines
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of the pandemic still they are in fear for their lives just walking down streets in america. it is wrong. it is un-american. and it must stop. >> reporter: the speech came just hours after mr. biden signed the nearly $2 trillion american rescue plan into law. >> got it. thank you all. appreciate it. >> reporter: and now he, the vice president, the their spouses plan to travel at least six states in the coming days to sell the plan. one of the states the president and vice president will visit together is georgia next friday. that state's two new democratic senators were key to getting the american rescue plan passed. as you saw there, he officially signed the bill yesterday. but they will hold a ceremonial signing ceremony for the bill today in the rose garden. it will be a smaller even to adhere to social distancing amid the pandemic. at least 22 lawmakers were invited to attend. at last checken in of them are
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republicans. >> very conspicuous ed thank you for more on the president' primetime address let's bring in correspondent major garrett, good morning. >> good morning. >> as ed just said, the president, vice president, key official are set to hit the road to sell this plan. why do they feel the need to do this? >> to maximize the meaning of the money, to let everyone know there is real money to benefit american lives right now in the american rescue plan. there is a remembrance of president obama didn't go out across the nation to aggressively tout the potential benefits of his stimulus plan. this is to counter what he believes was a mistake by his former boss, president obama. a stimulus check is not a shovel ready project. a tax credit is not a shovel ready project. it is real money that will land
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in your bank account in a matter of days and a tax credit as early as july. it will give the biden white house the ability to s f piece of major legislation from the biden administration passed with no republican support. what do you think the significance of that is, major, and what does it mean for biden's agenda down the road? >> it is a very important moment. partisanship sometimes gives you a window into where politics currently are. the biden white house believe this will boost the economy, accelerate vaccines and increase contact tracing and vaccine development in case we need new vaccines to fight these variants. the republican are saying no. democrats and the white house believe they are rewriting the playbook with a better plan,
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more aggressive and attuned to the needs of the economy and this virus. and that is a very clarifying moment. now the nation knows who is which side. democrats on the side of the american rescue plan. republicans against it. they will make a decision in the midterm elections. >> the president made a point of calling out attacks on asian americans and saying they must stop, major, why is that important? why did he put that in his speech? >> because the numbers are an epidemic. that is not an exaggeration. fellow americans being attacked by their own americans. people who don't have any other country but america but look asian or have an asian ethnicity in their background, maybe two or three generations ago are being attacked. they are suffering psychologically in addition the all the other suffering because of the pandemic. the president wanted this highlighted. >> thank you major. there is a shadow hanging
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over the growing optimism about endsing this pandemic, highly contagious strains first found in the uk, south africa a r 60 minutes cbs's leading medical correspondent spoke with a leading scientist about what they are learning. >> we are reading evolution's time notebook. every time one of these pops up it tells us how evolution benefits at the expense of human kind. >> reporter: this doctor is a yennet cyst who 20 years ago oversaw the decoding of the human genome. he said he is surprised how much this virus is evolving. >> why the variants of concern that we are seeing in places like the united kingdom south africa and brazil? >> some of the mutations actually change the behavior this virus in a way that makes it more infectious or more
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serious. and the evidence is that for both the b 1.1.7 which is primarily seen in the uk and increasingly in the u.s. and the south african b.1.351 are more transmissible they are successful. >> we are seeing evolution in motion? >> i think it has rarely been seen as clearly as right now how evolution works. in that way it was pretty predictable. what wasn't predictable for me anyway was that there would be so many copies of this virus that even a slow evolutionary process could in just a matter of a few months vaet a variant we are worried about. >> it is worrisome because -- it is it is a pam and it has been successful in infecting millions and millions of people. >> the doctor joins us now. we heard dr. collins say the viruss are designed to mutate. what does that halloween for our current stock of vaccines? >> there is certainly turn,
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tony. and good morning. you heard dr. collins mention the uk variant. good news is that the pfizer moderna vaccines do seem to work well at least in the lab against the uk variant. in terms of the one from south africa, clinical and lab studies of the three authorized vaccines in the united states suggest that the vaccines may be somewhat less effective at eliciting an immune response or preventing infection against the south africa variant. good news is that the companies -- also francis collin and dr. fauci believe they anticipate that the vaccines will still offer broke out there in real life n. fact, the johnson & johnson vaccine was very effective at preventing hospitalization serious illness and death in south africa. good news. >> the vaccine is still our best weapon for now. as the mutations happen could you see booster shots on a regular basis going forward? >> exactly. company are thinking about a regular booster shot or a
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booster that was designed to go after one of these variants, and then actually changing the vaccine itself. yes, that's absolutely in progress. i spoke to all the companies yesterday about this. >> president biden last night said july 4th is the goal for some sort of naturalsy but things could change. he was frank about that. i think he has mutations in mine. how realistic in your view is july 4th for a return to some kind of normalcy? >> you know, tony, i think it is possible. but we have to do everything right. and you fwauk about these variants of concern. they are variants of concern, not variants of panic. there is something we can all do about it right now. you heard dr. collins saying when these viruses divide, the more they divide the more there is a chance for one of these rare mutations. it is not that they are mutating at a high rate. there are just so many infections out there, mutations can occur and sometimes team up to create the variants of
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important. what can people do about it? masking, washing hands, social distancing, outside is safer than inside. but there is a reason -- if we stop infecting each other, if we stop infecting each other and spreading the virus the virus can't divide, fit can't divide it can't form mew futatmutation. >> the president said we know what to do, how to act. we hope people continue to take this seriously. watch the from's report this sunday on "60 minutes" here on sunday. >> i am not tired of being told to wear a mask. andrew cuomo face as new threat to his job. an impeachment investigation by fellow democrats.
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our national correspondent injury eka duncan joins us to discuss. the governor insists he is not going anywhere. but it is a steady drum beat of bad news for him. good morning. >> it absolutely is, guyel. so far in totoren 120 law make rembersallingor the governor to of them signi a press release yesterday saying, quote, he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature. now, earlier this week a six-woman alleged sexual misconduct by the governor. a person with direct knowledge told the newspaper that cuomo aggressively groped a female aide late last year when she was alone with his in his private represents where she had been called in to work. ant aide didn't want to file a police report but the governor's office had to report the allegation to police as required by state policy.
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yesterday the "new york times" reported that police said the incident may have risen to the level of a crime although they had not opened an investigation n. response to the allegation, governor cuomo said i have never done anything like this. the details of the report are gut-wrenching. now the national organization of women, which supported the governor in 2018, is also calling for him to resign and really standing by the accusers. of course the governor is under investigation by the new york state attorney general's office. investigators for that office launched a new website yesterday where anyone can submitings to about the governor. anthony. >> injury eka duncan, thank you. the judge in derek chauvin's trial has restored a third-degree murder charge against the fired minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd. chauvin is already charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. the added murder charge requires a lower standard of proof. jury selection resumes this
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morning. five men and one woman have been chosen so far. britain is still on edge this morning over prince harry and meghan's extraordinary interview. even after prince william rejected his sister-in-law's claims of royal racism. it was his first public comment and it is getting a big thumbs down from many british people today. holly williams is outside buckingham palace with more on the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning the royal family seems to be trying to minimize the damaging fallout from this interview. but for some people this this country a blanket denial of racism like the one that we heard from prince william yesterday just isn't enough. harry and meghan's explosive interview has sparked a debate in this country about the way in which britain's powerful tabloid newspapers have covered the butch he is, the first person of color to join the royal family. but this country is deeply divided. a new poll found that nearly half of 18 to 24-year-olds sympathize with harry and meghan.
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only 9% of the over 65s do. and conservative voters, nearly two thirds of them sympathize more with the queen in this crisis than with harry and meghan. about you the queen isn't just this condition's head of state. she's also the head of is commonwealth, 54 countries, most of them british colonies, many of their citizens people of color. many of them are saying the allegations of racism have brought back painful memories of colonialism. >> certainly started a conversation. thank you very much, holly williams reporting from london. you can watch an encore presentation of oprah's interview with prince harry and meghan markle tonight at 8:00/7:00 central here on cbs. the latest from a cbs that may have closed an international
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you've ever seen before. that's what they're telling us. we'll take you to the stage in l.a. where music's biggest stars with one notable exception are preparing for mu good morning. i am len kiese. the 75-year-old asian american victim in a recent violent robbery in oak land has been taken off of life support. he was left brain dead after the attack. bailey is facing murd charges and will be arraigned today. surveillance video of a suspect who gunned down a man in his own driveway in san jose has been released. the 55-year-old was shot and killed after confronting at least two people breaking into a car one week ago. a 24-year-old woman arrested in connection with a san francisco uber ride attack. the driver saulted ter inpaenger to wear a mask. involved in
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and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. welcome back t welcome back to "cbs this morning." we have a follow up on a cbs news investigation from last year. it is a very disturbing issue. child abuse suspects in this country who fled to israel. one of those suspects's name is gershon kranzer was returned to new york city yesterday to face the charges after more than a decade in israel. he is accused of molesting two female relatives. one of them was just 6 years old at the time. ian lee has investigated these cases for years and his reporting has had a major impact. he joins us now from london with more on this story. ian good morning to you. >> good morning, guyel, people like krantsner exploit a process called the law of return wrsh
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any u.s. person can move to israel and boomcally gain citizenship. it has caused dozens of accused and convicted american pedophiles to flee there. >> 6'2"rtake out in israel in 2019 looking for jimmy caro, an american wanted for sexually assaulting multiple children. >> do you think that was him? >> yeah, yeah, that was him. definitely, definitely him. oh, my god. >> reporter: police arrested him after 20 years on the run. >> did you assault a girl in the united states. >> no >> did you flee to israel because you assaulted a girl in the united states? >> no. >> do you know that you are wanted by interpol? >> yeah. >> reporter: this arrest was for a rape in israel. but our report broke the news of caro's arrest to one of his alleged victims in america, casey myers sm how d when youthe video of pol ? >> i had that
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video to show me. i have wanted to see that gotcha moment for so long. but also, i was even more angry because he denied what he did to me. >> reporter: casey and her twin katie were just 9 years old when they met caro at their neighborhood pool in oregon. >> he would make jokes and start poking fun at us, playing games with us, and then touching us and grabbing us and getting up closer. and then he sexually abused me and my sister repeatedly. >> what happened next when you wentthe police? iemexams, as children. i that we also had a
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grand jury. >> reporter: caro fled before being indicted but no one told casey. for years she thought he was locked up, case closed. >> i found his name on clack mass county's most wanted sfoor that must have been a shock to you? >> yeah. very frustrating. >> reporter: do you feel let down by the authorities? >> yeah. >> reporter: casey then began her own search eventually tracking him to israel. >> i found him -- i found his work, even, and i sent it to the county. >> reporter: it took another seven years before she saw us follow shaupa aaronson and her team from the organization jewish community watch track caro down south of tel aviv. she immediately reached out the shauna. >> there was so grateful that there was somebody out there that had been looking for him and that actually cared about this. >> reporter: soon after our investigation aired israel changed its policy now requiring
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immigrating americans to undergo fbi background steps. >> it was an important step. not enough to close all the holes because there are so many people that can get through through other ways, through other means, and there are other efforts that are needed but this was a very significant step. >> reporter: a significant step to stop people like caro who last month was 12e7bsed to 12 years in prison in israel for raping a child. casey and her twin katie now want caro extradited to the united states to face justice for what he allegedly did to them. we reached out to the district attorney in charge who told us they are diligently working with u.s. authorities to get caro back. ultimately, it will depend if israeli authorities will hand him over. that's not necessarily a done deal. anthony. >> do we know why he was walking with a limp? >> well, he had a medical condition. this was actually crucial to finding out where he was going to be and able to arrest him. the yewish community watch was
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able to learn he was going to be at that hospital deal with that issue. that's when they were able to notify police. >> ian lee in london, thank you. coming up, investigators are taking another look at the mysterious death of a teenager who was found inside a rolled up gym mat at his high school. why his family believes it was murder. we'll be right back. serena: it's my 4:10, no-excuses-on-game-day migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose of ubrelvy works fast. it can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours, relieving pain and debilitating symptoms. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. serena: migraine hits hard. hit back with ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. i embrace getting older.
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reopening the investigation into the mysterious death of a teenager more than eight years ago. surveillance video shows kendrick johnson less than 24 hours before he died in january, 2013. his body was later found inside a rolled up gym mat at his high school. investigators quickly ruled it an accident, but his parents have never believed strassmann family about what they hope to learn. some of the details are disturbing. we want to know what happened to kendrick johnson, why nothing has been done, and why nobody's been held accountable. >> reporter: jacqueline johnson wants justice for her youngest son. you feel the loss every day? >> every day. every second of the hour. >> reporter: in january of 2013, surveillance video showed kendrick johnson walking the hallways at his high school. sometime in the next 24 hours, the 17-year-old, three-sport athlete, died. his body found the next day
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rolled up headfirst in this wrestling mat. >> kendrick was in one of the places that should be the safety place. kendrick was at school trying to get his education. >> reporter: state investigators ruled the death an accident. they initially said johnson dove into the mat to retrieve a shoe, got stuck, and died from positional asphyxia. but two other autopsies requested by the family in the following months determined blunt force trauma to the neck caused his death. >> i know that my son was beat to death and rolled up in the mat. i'm not going to even say think again -- i know my son was beaten to death. >> reporter: no way in your mind it was an accident. >> no, no way. >> reporter: a federal civil rights investigation followed. in 2016 the department of justice determined it lacked evidence to file hate crime charges as it would have needed to prove he was killed because of his race. that investigation's results were sealed.
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but now for the first time, investigators will have access to that evidence coupled with the state's original files. lowndes county sheriff ashley paulk was not part of the original investigation but will lead the new one. >> i made a promise, i'm well known for keeping my promises. reg>> reporter: the spokesm -- >> now that that is reopened in the sheriff's department, we feel there's an array of charges that can be applied. murder. it will be -- wear hope -- we're hoping, cautiously optimistic that murder will be dealt down here. >> reporter: a fresh look that could mean different answers for this family. for "cbs this morning," i'm mark strassmann. >> thank you, mark strassmann. i remember that story very well. and it never made any sense to me. >> no. >> how could you be accidentally rolled up in a mat that heavy, number one. >> takes a bunch of people to roll them --
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states if you're pregnant, that counts as a condition where you can get your vaccine now. and then the big question is should pregnant women get it. it's a personal decision. >> i'm worried about it, tony. >> people's households will come to different conclusions. i can tell you, we had a ten-day lag between the appointment and the actual shot. katy called all the doctors she could find. what she heard was, look, there isn't good data. we don't know. the studies aren't out yet. so -- >> but, but -- >> but if it were my daughter, if it were my sister, if it were me, the doctors were telling her that they would recommend it. and she went on that side of things because the risk of getting covid in her mind was bigger than the risk of the vaccine. that's the calculation. >> i do think it's brave. i'm sitting here -- >> a decision a lot of people are wrestling with. >> you feel good about it? >> i do feel good about it. obviously every household will come to their own conclusion. she did a whole segment on her ownggt to aionalfo >>e leagnant warship should know in more than 20 states they are eligible now.
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it's an operable question. >> congratulations, yeah. i think it's good. if she feels good about it, you feel good about it -- bravo -- >> that's what -- >> i feel good. >> and bravo to the national guard there, the national guard in injected her. >> go mrs. dokoupil. in other stories, protesters plan to march in louisville tomorrow marking one year since the deadly police shooting of breonna taylor. the 26-year-old aspiring nurse was killed in a botched police raid on march 13th, 2020. when the case became widely known months later, it sparked outrage across the nation. louisville became the site of massive protests. and now proposed legislation could make it a crime to taunt a police officer in kentucky. the bill says anyone who accosts, insults, or challenges a law enforcement officer would be guilty of a misdemeanor and face up to 90 days in jail. kentucky's republican-dominated senate has approved the measure, but the house has not taken it up. accosteding is one thing.
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freedom of speech is another when it comes to, you know, the language that you're using around a police officer. >> all i can think about, it's a year later and the death of breonna taylor is still very painful. >> for a lot of people. >> for a lot of people. yeah. okay. how many of you guys are using your friends' netflix accounts? >> i was going to -- i have to warn you -- time to get your own account. >> everyone's like, humana. >> the biggest video streaming service may use a new test to start cracking down on password sharing. when a user selects a profile on a shared netflix account, a popup will ask to verify the account by confirming with a text or email sent to the accountholder. viewers who can't confirm they're authorized users will be prompted to set up a new account. according to one study, about one-third of all netflix users share their passwords. nobody's talked -- >> one-third, that's a lot. >> wow. >> clearly authorized too many users, they will say you have to get a second account or a family
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plan. >> i'll say when the romance films and ss u in feed, i kw my mom's tching. l to c d. katy andyeag w sti get somebody making a profile in italian on my netflix account. >> hilarious. >> it will be me, katy, the kids, and some italian guy. chutzpah. >> netflix is saying enough, cracking down. who else is traveling? check this out. a 2-year-old boy from california got the best surprise thanks to a stranger. his name is seven secrethagen d. he left his beloved toy on a plane. i know. southwest employee found it. his name is jason. he found buzz, decided to send him home in style. the toy arrived in a hand-decorated box filled with photos of his adventure and even a handwritten letter describing his mission. buzz's mission with southwest. they were reunited. ashley says it is nice to know there is still good in this
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president biden says by may 1st every adult american will be eligible to receive the vaccine. >> he's optimistic about the coming months, but laid out in stark terms what he thinks americans need to do to help fight the pandemic. >> a stimulus check is not a shovel ready project, a tax credit for your child is not a shovel ready project. that's real money that is going to land in your bank account. in the case of the stimulus check in a matter of days and attached credit for your child as early as july. >> so the vaccine is still our best weapon for now. but as the mutations happen, could you foresee booster shots on an annual basis going forward. >> absolutely. all the companies are thinking about that. >> lawmakers are calling for the governor to resign with 60 of them signing a press release saying, quote, he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature. >> it has been announced that one in four adults in the united states have now received their first vaccine dose. yeah. yeah. one in four. one in four.
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and the other, the other three out of four adults are extremely happy for them. that's wonderful news. good for you. >> however you can get it, you get it. my son got it yesterday, he's 33. everybody gets it different ways. his friend called him and said get down to the drugstore right now, stop whatever you're doing, they have extra vaccines they're going to throw out. you run, don't walk. >> that's incredible. you keep hearing that's a hoax or a joke, but really -- >> it happened yesterday. >> this happens. >> we're going to begin with the pandemic and joe biden's speech last night, after more than a year of grief and loss, caused by this pandemic, we now have a sense of when things could begin to get back to normal in america. during his first primetime address, president biden said we are on track to surpass his goal of vaccinating 100 million americans in his first 100 days and most k through 8 schools should be able to reopen in the coming weeks. by may 1st, he's ordering all
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u.s. adults to be made eligible for a vaccine that doesn't mean you'll get one by then, but you'll be able to sign up for one. >> if all goes well, by july 4th, we could once again be able to have small gatherings with loved ones. mr. biden said we don't need him to make this goal a reality, we need each other. >> we need everyone to get vaccinated. we need everyone to keep washing their hands, stay socially distanced and keep wearing the mask as recommended by the cdc. because even if we devote every resource we have, beating this virus and getting back to normal depends on national unity. >> today mr. biden will hold a ceremonial signing event for his coronavirus relief bill, meaning those much awaited stimulus checks could start arriving later this month. in our road to the grammys series, we're counting down to music's biggest night, it is sunday, the recording academy's
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63rd annual grammy awards. the host trevor noah says it will feel more like a music festival than a virtual awards show. entertainment tonight host kevin frazier is in los angeles with a special look at the preparations for the show. kevin, good morning to you. i can can't wait. >> i love our morning get togethers. i'm inside the los angeles convention center. behind me, one of five grammy stages, now, i wish i could show you all five, you anyhow the folks at the grammys like to keep their secrets. i don't want to lose my job. some of the biggest names in music have been rehearsing here all week long and the cool thing is while one artist is on this stage, another artist could be over here supporting, getting ready for their performance in taylor swift's case, probably dancing. now, what will be great about this night is the nominees will be the audience, and each
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nominee will be allowed one guest, and for a lot of the artists it is a big night. because it is almost one year today -- to the day that the music stopped because of the pandemic. so everybody is really excited about putting on a great show. ♪ >> music's biggest names say this weekend's star studded show will fell like a long overdue celebra celebration. ♪ if you don't want to see me dancing with somebody ♪ >> for me, performing is just like -- it is one of my favorite parts of my job, so to be able to be on that stage and put on a performance, i'm just over the moon. >> reporter: staples center hosted the grammy awards for most of the last two decades, but the pandemic forced producers to reimagine this year's broadcast. >> i think it makes it really special. i think that actually allowedtol about at the sho could be is seeing which artists are fans of other artists because of how
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we're going to be doing the show. it is like they're per forring f each other for everybody at home, which is fantastic. >> harry styles will open sunday's show and dua lipa -- ♪ >> reporter: megan thee stallion and cardi b are among the nearly two dozen artists set to perform. the show will also include a tribute to music venues and their employees hit hard by the pandemic. >> we met amazing people who work there from the box office manager to the bartender, security guard, who are really missing the job they do. they're going to come on stage and give out awards to our amazing nominees. rerd br >> reporter: brandi carlile says her song will honor the late
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john prine. one person who won't be there, the weeknd, he's boycotting the show, blaming the committee process for snubbing his critically acclaimed album ♪ i'm blinded by the light ♪ >> reporter: the academy's interim president says this year as in past years we are going to take a hard look at how to improve our awards process, including the nomination review committees. ♪ those who are attending say they're ready to finally reconnect with fans. >> when you're forced to miss out on what you love to do, it is like we'll never take it for granted again. i miss the fans this year for sure. i'm glad we can be in their homes with them on grammy day. >> you're right, miranda, you miss the fans and the fans miss the music. listen, we had trevor noah here recently. he told us he was terrified and excited. i know he's going to knock out to of the park. we saw ben talking about the amazing nominees. they had to change a lot for
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covid. how is this exactly going to work, because it is inside, it is outside, what is it? >> reporter: well, here's the deal, gayle. what you have is the segmefshow thne guest, y undem andir award or not and then they will leave, everything will be wiped down and the next group of nominees will come in. they are being very, very vigilant and safe because they don't want anybody to get sick at this awards show but this he do want us to inch back towards normalcy. >> kevin, there are so many huge nominees this year, it is very competitive. you think this is dua lipa's year, do you think it is beyonce's year, whose year do you think it is? taylor swift's? >> reporter: that's a great question. i think number one it is the fans' year they get their music back. you will feel that. i also think that beyonce and meg thee stallion will break the
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drought. beyonce has not one in one of the big four categories since 2010, which sounds crazy. i think the houston homegirls will win for their savage remix and record of the year. and i think it will be a big year for trevor. but i don't think there is any stopping taylor when it comes to album of the year. i could go on and on. i think this will be a night of surprises but i also think it will be a great night of music, which we have missed. we need to get back to the world we love so much. >> so do. and dua lipa too, up for six, that's interesting. it was surprising to me that you said beyonce hasn't had one since 2010. that's going to change on sunday. thank you, kevin frazier, thank you very much. >> yes, it will. >> you can watch the -- >> go ahead. okay. no. you can watch the 63rd annual grammy awards this sunday at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific here on cbs. >> cbs. >> i think it is your favorite network. >>
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♪ country star granger smith is known for it's like back roads song, but behind the music he and his wife amber have struggled to find hope after tragedy. coming up, they'll tell us about their journey, and mission to help others. we'll be right back. tell us about their journey and mission to help others. ♪you watch them, bag them, ride them into town♪
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♪ ♪ if you're like me you'll always be a sucker for country things ♪ >> that's singer/songwriter granger smith performing "country things." the title song from his tenth studio album. smith said making the album was a healing process. he and his wife amber lost their 3-year-old son in a drowning accident in june of 2019. the couple has made it their mission to share their journey heartbreak and all with their millions of social media followers. their message -- you are not alone. mireya villarreal spoke exclusively with the couple about living through loss and
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finding hope again. ♪ >> reporter: amber and granger smith's love story begins in 2009 with granger's first video as a country music ar the love . >> reporter: the two were planning a family before they'd even tied the knot. >> after we got engaged, wye sta we -- we started writing journals to our unborn children. >> reporter: a year after they were married they had a little girl, london, and a son, lincoln. when their third child, river, came along, they felt like their family was complete. >> river was so content. >> he went with me everywhere. it meant so much to me. >> yeah. he was your buddy. >> he was my buddy, yeah. >> reporter: on june 4th, 2019, the biggest fear every parent has unfolded. >> me and the three kids were outside. and i noticed a little bit of quiet, and i thought, where is riv? and i've turned around, and our pool is probably 20 paces behind
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me, and with a gated fence. and he was in the pool. and i jumped into the pool and got him. and i just thought that because of the short time that had gone by, i thought i was going to grab him and flip him over, and he was going to cough, and i was going"buddy, how did you get in here?" that's not what happened. he was lifeless. >> reporter: granger and amber took times giving river cpr, ems restored his heartbeats, but the lack of oxygen while in the pool left him brain-dead with no hope of recovery. >> i don't think i will ever not have that feeling of responsibility and guilt. i feel like somebody has to be responsible, and it was me. >> why would you say that? >> because as a parent, i look back on that day, and there's a million things i could have done a little bit different. and it would have been a different outcome. >> reporter: what do you say to him in those moments, amber? >> i say i feel the same guilt. i feel the same responsibility because river's my son.
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and i never once have felt blame for him. and i hate that he carries that every day. >> reporter: a few weeks after river's death, the couple spoke out on their youtube channel hoping to help anyone struggling with loss. >> don't feel sorry for us because we feel very blessed. we had an incredible little boy for three years. >> wait a minute. i have to line it -- >> it's not -- his life and his legacy meant something because he's -- through him we are speaking out, and we are trying to stop this from happening to other people and other children. >> reporter: leaning on family, friends, and fans helped the smith heal. they started talking about adding to their family. were both of you on board? >> he came to me pretty soon after we lost riv and just -- just asked me would you want to have another baby? i said -- i said no. >> i just had this feeling. i said, i don't ever think we could replace or would try tore. ha love available to give.
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>> reporter: after months of counseling, prayers, and a lot of discussion, they decided to start in vitro fertilization, and the couple documented their journey. >> you know, if you believe in god's plan, maybe this was always god's plan. >> reporter: in july, 2020, they got news they were expecting. >> you're definitely pregnant. >> reporter: then at nine weeks -- >> it's not in my hands. i did everything that i could. >> reporter: heartache for the family again when amber miscarried. >> i think for a lot of women they can feel guilt for not being able to do what we all think our bodies are meant to do. >> okay, here's the embryo -- >> reporter: with one embryo left, they tried again. >> so we went in december 8th, and we implanted. and then another week later, we found out that we're pregnant. with a little boy. so i am 15 weeks today. >> reporter: the smith believe their pain has become their purpose. sharing their lives, the raw joy
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and struggle is an effort to connect with people who might also be suffering. ♪ sometimes you're beat up ♪ >> i'm so happy, so happy that we're pregnant.t change what th that sounds a little like me ♪ i'm so sad. >> i'm so scared. >> it's okay. it's just me. >> that one child won't replace another in that way. that's why we say that this -- we're moving forward, we never move on. >> yeah. >> from something like this. but we're moving forward into a new chapter. >> reporter: the one thing that stuck with me most was when he said i have so much more love to give. granger heals through his music and says he hasn't written a song about there yet but will one day when it's not so heavy on his heart. >> yeah. that's -- >> that stuck with me, too. >> exactly what stuck with me. >> he has love available. thank you for sharing that story. >> yeah. it is -- >> a roller coaster.
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>> it sure was. there's good news -- there was some good news at the end. we're glad to hear it. >> yes. >> we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning." if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe.
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intermysterious circumstances in this very house. was it a tragic accident or murder? that's coming up on "cbs this morning". good morning. it is 8:25. i am anne makovec. 1,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine will be administered today at city college of san francisco. it is a mass vaccination site and the big event today is to help educate the public about efficacy of the one dose vaccine. next round of stimulus payments will be a much needed cash infusion for cities like oakland, oakland facing deficit around $45 million and the $190 million will help the city fund basic services. public transit workers able to get a coronavirus vaccine monday with supplies tight
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across california. the eligibility expansion doesn't mean transit workers will necessarily be able to get a shot right away. i am gianna franco. it is a busy ride across the east shore freeway. the good news is the traffic alert is cleared but you have brake lights west bound 80 as you head out of richmond into berkeley. we are tracking delays across richmond san rafael bridge as well. 28 minutes highway 4 to the maze taking west bound 80. slow and go south bound 680, pleasant hill to walnut creek and busy both directions of the nimitz. if you are heading out the door don't forget your sunglasses and coat. it's a chilly start in the 30s and 40s this morning with that sunshine. that will continue through the day, though mild temperatures, warmer compared to yesterday. you see 60 in san francisco, 66 in san jose this afternoon with plenty sunshine as we go
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is that time again, that time to read you some of the stories that are the talk of the table this morning and gayle is going first. >> normally light hearted funny story and this is not that today. georgetown university's law school fired a part time professor caught on video saying disparaging remarks about her black students last month. here's what she said. >> you know what, i hate to say this, i end up having this, you know, angst every semester that a lot ofow o are blacks, happens almost every semester. and it is, like, oh, come on, you know, you get some really good ones, but there are some that are just plain at the
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bottom and it drives me crazy. >> sandra said that to another teach, david batson, placed on administrative leave now. the dean called it abhorrent and said steps would be taken. sellers released a resignation letter saying she's deeply sorry for the, quote, hurtful and misdirected remarks, both professors have not returned our request for a comment. professor batson is also under the gun because people say he should have condemned it right away. sometimes you're in the middle of it, you're not sure what to say. they were on with students, the students had logged off, but it was still recording, one of the students now released it. it is deeply hurtful and really totally out of line. >> i'm embarrassed for my alma mater. >> that's right. it is your place. >> you know those rumble strips that tell you you're qgoing off the road, the verbal equivalent is saying, i hate to say it, but -- take a pause. a digital artwork that just
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set an eye popping record, the collage every day, first 5,000 days, sold for more than $69 million in a christie's online auction. this is the highest price ever paid for an art work that does not exist in our physical world, it is purely digital. purely digital. it is also the third highest auction price achieves for any living artist. bested only by jeff canes and david hockney. i think this is an amazing marker of our transition for some people into a purely digital existence. i don't get it.antion in "the new yorti s abt is that says i don't have the right software in my head to understand what is going on. >> maybe we're just out of the loop, tony. i don't get it either. >> it is a mystery to me. it is obviously something.
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something's going on. >> yeah. >> clearly something's going on. my talk of the table is about an interesting way a man sold a car that he loved. he shared the story on instagram and called it the ballad of earl. he bought a 1993 volvo and named it earl. they had cross country adventures together through more than two dozen states. cole said a big part of his heart belongs to earl. well, the car got hit by a truck last year and it cost too much to repair. so cole decided it was time to sell earl for $100. but only if the new owner fixed the car and kept driving it. he got 46 inquiries, within just five hours. to narrow down the candidates, he added a scavenger hunt. one man named jake found all the correct items in first few hours and sent a photo of proof. cole explained what each of the items was for, a bouquet of flowers in honor of the car, a large cardboard box so cole could put everything out of the
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trunk and put it in it, and a ja pickl because co to buym at the store. and a disposable camera to document the future adventures with earl and a bottle of apple cider to celebrate. cole who is 24 and an environmental scientist, can now happily say good-bye, earl. and he said it is old, it is grumpy, but gets you where you want to go. he had driven it away from college. it is a beautiful car. i talk about listening to oldies in mom's car, that's the car. only maroon. beautiful vehicle. >> i like that. i like that too. now to our coverage of women's history month and this morning we're looking at the impact of the pandemic on women in work, nearly 3 million women have left the workforce during the pandemic, among working mothers, a survey shows that two in five have taken a step back from work or at least they're considering it. many cite cld
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reason. tami is one of those. >> it was the scariest thing i've ever done to leave my job. >> reporter: before the pandemic, tami burch was able to bring her 10-year-old twins to the assisted living facility where she worked. >> i had to quit because the facility went on lockdown. i couldn't bring my kids to work anymore. i didn't have anybody for child care. so of course i had to stay home with them. i looked for temporary jobs online. where i could work from home. but there really isn't anything around here that i can do without college degree. >> reporter: burch received unemployment benefits for several months. but they ended abruptly last october. she was told her account was flagged for fraud, and provided all requested documents. tami says the kansas department of labor told her in january she
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still qualifies for benefits, and they are sorting it out. but she is still not received any new unemployment checks. >> it has been a good three, four hours on the phone every day, if not more. i have no money. i have zero dollars. >> reporter: with no income or savings, burch is now $10,000 in debt. >> it is hard for me to keep a smile on my face and to tell them everything is going to be okay when i'm not sure myself. >> reporter: burch continues to look for a job where she can work from home, but she doesn't know what the future holds. >> i think it is going to take quite a bit of time to recover from this. it is going to be building from ground zero for me. >> after can cbs news contacted the kansas department of labor, it called tami and told her it filed all of her claims, which now paves the way for her to get all the money. joining us now with some financial advice for women like tami is cbs news business analyst, jill schlesinger. good morning to you, jill.
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>> good morning. >> what is the best use of the money, do you think, for people who are in the situation that tami is in? >> i think about these womenare the most important thing you can do is save any money. we know that big checks are going to start flowing in. $1400 stimulus checks, child care tax credits, that money is going to come in, so do what most americans had been doing with their excess cash. they have been saving it. last month, gayle, we saw the savings rate pop up over 20%. you wind the clock back 10, 15 years, nobody was saving a dime. so, please, save, save, save, before you start paying those bills. make it really safe. >> sometimes it is hard to save, jill, when you don't have the money to save. i'm looking at women thinking about leaving the job, or considering it, at some point what do you think they should be thinkingy?bo >> i think that the best plan of action is to really detail what your expenses are.
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so this can happen suddenly. we know that. so even if you have a job, you really should be looking at what are my essential things that i have to pay. and you know what is essential? food. everything else is negotiable. you know, the categories include food, and shelter and utilities, you heard tami say she accumulated debt. a lot of people will get some money, maybe from unemployment, they'll say i should pay down my debt. no, you need to keep that money safe and really looking at food first, everything else is negotiable and, remember, you can never hide. in a situation where you lost your job suddenly, you got to notify every single person that is out there. whether you owe money to them, a utility provider, a landlord, get on the record and say, could covid has impacted my life, and this is whether you lead voluntarily or involuntarily. remember, tami is actually really classified as a voluntary, but she doesn't feel that way. she had no one it take care of her kids. she has to notify everyone out
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there. >> jill, people are worried about healthcare in this pandemic. if you lost your job what are your healthcare options? >> well, you know, with this new bill that was just passed, i want people to pay attention to the affordable care act. for the next two years, premiums are capped at 8.5% of your modified adjusted gross income. that means way more people will qualify for the affordable care act. also, remember, you'll get more tax credits, there is, of course, medicaid if you need it, and as we know there is cobra, cobra is existing coverage, which the government will pay for, from april through september of this year. so three important programs, check them out. >> jill, thanks so much. ahead, "48 hours" investigates the case of a nurse accused of m
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this week's "48 hours" investigates the possible role of a common item found in medicine cabinets in the death of a millionaire. when steve clayton was found dead in his south carolina home, investigators did not suspect ui behavior we lana claytondcion and ho corspon peter van z r van sant says a s out. >> grieving lana clayton was
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comforted by a friend. >> you can't blame yourself for any of this. >> lana, a nurse, said she found her husband unresponsive at the bottom of the staircase. as word spread about steve's death, from an apparent heart attack, his nephew nick french rushed to the mansion. she gave me a big hug, started crying. >> when did you start to see things that troubled you? >> right away. she made no mention of attempting to revive him. >> steve's family reached out to coroner sabrina gast and asked for an autopsy, and a toxicology test. the results revealed an unusual chemical in steve's blood. >> tetrahydrozoline is the common ingredient in visine. >> theye drop? >> the eye drop. >> tetrahydrozoline is extremely toxic if swallowed. solicitor kevin brackett was the prosecutor in this case. >> can it create a heart attack?
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>> it can. >> lana clayton was brought in for questioning. >> there is a drug called tetrahydrozoline. >> immediately she knew exactly what tetrahydrozoline was. oh, okay. this is really odd. >> on august 31st, 2018, lana clayton was charged with her husband's murder. >> i did not kill my husband. >> wow. peter joins us now. what would have happened if steve's family had not requested the toxicology and autopsy? >> well, this case would not have been solved. it would have been seen as a fall down a flight of stairs and a heart attack. and also the wife wanted steven to be immediately cremated. but the family got the autopsy, which resulted in a toxicology report, that discovered this poison. and it needs to be said that the manufacturers of these eye drops say they are safe if taken as directed. i used some this morning. it is for external use only. and it is to never be swallowed.
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>> thank you for adding that. i did as well. peter van sant, i appreciate it. watch peter's full report the eye drop homicide tomorrow night at 10:00, 9:00 central, here on cbs. and before we go, we will look back at all that mattered this week. and there was a lot. stay with us. . there was a lot. stay with us. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need... leaving those old policies in the dust. three. no nonsense. just common sense.
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small business insurance is usually so complicated, you need to be a lawyer to understand it. that's why three was created. if you own it, three covers it. got a cheese slice for “spokesperson?" that's me. i don't even need to see what's happening behind me to know it's covered. three. no nonsense. just common sense. ♪ i'm still thinking about the georgetown law professor. so not good. she's deeply sorry. and now, you know, black students are saying we want to look at all of her grades. her grading process for last few years. i totally get that. but i was most moved today by granger smith and his wife. >> yes. >> can't stop thinking about them. >> been through so much. >> i'm glad that there's another baby on the way and that they're
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telling their story. that will help. that will do it for us. see yo on nday. s a look at all that mattered. take it easy. >> please explain how you, literally, a prince, how you were trapped. >> trapped within the system. >> there is a -- hold up. >> there are several conversations about it. >> there's a conversation about how dark your baby is going to be? >> and what that would mean or look like. >> bombshell, bombshell dropped. >> when you said you were surprised about the skin tone conversation, were you surprised that that would be true inside the palace, or were you surprised they were telling you about it? >> i was surprised that they were telling me about it. >> it must be nuclear now. how damaging is this to the royal family? >> it's kryptonite. it's kryptonite. >> what goes through yourmind when you think about that little girl? >> i get inspired. she was very strong and courageous. and sometimes i still ask for her help. i had never known black girls to do skating. the program delivers to you more than just like skating.
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♪ i am in possession of some video of you trying to skate. >> when we saw the chorus line of girls skating, i was expecting a slow pan across the girls, and then vlad -- >> yes. >> you looked like -- her.okay. i'o >> sor- it notablet of h coos were like, no, piers, come back. >> i didn't know we could walk off the set. >> i bet you can't. he built this retro video store in his basement with a beaded curtain. >> that's right. >> the back room, tony. tony's asking about the beaded curtain -- >> what does it say that tony knows about that back room with the beaded curtain? >> oh, boy, oh, boy. ♪ you've been on an incredible journey. >> we're just in another stratosphere of it beyond anything i would have imagined. >> ooh.
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>> dua lipa. >> yes! >> anthony going to show off his dance moves later. >> going to scare people. >> will you be joining him, tony dokoupil? >> no. there is all my moves right here. >> this is it. >> excellent. ♪ what do you think is my favorite line on the song "new rules"? >> "if you're under him, you ain't getting over him." >> yes, yes! >> my girl. ♪ [ squeal ] >> let's talk about oprah's glasses. those are pretty cool. >> a lot of people on the phone in between commercials going, got to go, it's back on. when was the last time -- >> i was doing that with my daughter. we were called a recap -- i got to go. >> we were trying to get teddy to bed. he's got to go down. come on. join me tomorrow with gayle, anthony, and tony. [ cheers ] >> was that at your house? >> that was on my couch. ♪
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good morning. it's five minutes before 9:00. the elder liriano victim of a violent robbery has died after he was robbed and punched near his home as he took his morning walk. the suspect was arrested and set to be arraigned this morning. one of the women in connection with the bay area uber attack has been arrested. 24-year-old malaysia king assaulted the driver after he asked her to wear a mask. the second suspect arna kimiai has reportedly told police she will turn herself in soon.
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good news for oakland with the arrival of stimulus payments. relevant city is still facing deficit of additional $100 million. we are seeing improvement on freeways for your ride along the east shore freeway. the accident is cleared near carlson. highway 4 to the maze, better news for your morning ride. no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is looking good there as well as the san mateo bridge, easy ride across the span and a nice ride across the golden gate bridge. it looks sunny. >> looks beautiful. plenty sunshine today with milder temperatures, a dry, quiet end to our work week. you can see temperatures as we head through the day, mild and around where we should be. 60 in san francisco, 65
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