on cbsn bay area. >> yes. have a great day everyone. good morning to you our viewers in the west u today is thursday, march 18, 2021. dozens of tornadoes tore across thousands of miles and some are still in threat. we will talk to a survivor who held on to a tree. and backlash against the sheriff's office for its response to the atlanta murders. of and why some experts say the attack was racially motivated. border crossing fight, we go to mexico to hear desperate stories of migrants seeking asylum in the united states. president biden's homeland security secretary joins us to

tell us why he won't call it a crisis. and march madness starts today under strict new safety protocols. see the extraordinary precautions being taken to protect players and fans from the coronavirus. >> love basketball. want them to be safe. but first here's today's "eye opener," it's your world in 90 seconds. >> it got quiet, i'm saying really quiet and next thing i know, i just hear it. >> all i can do is say jesus, watch over me. jesus, watch over me. >> wave of storms pounding the deep south, outbreak of tornadoes, hail, thunderstorms, threatening tens of millions. >> this is high risk, and active 24-hour stretch. >> we believe he frequented these places. >> a man accused of an atlanta area mass shooting has been charged with eight counts of murder. >> the question of motivation is still to be determined. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faced tough questioning from house

representatives on the surge of migrants. >> we are not expelling children who arrive unaccompanied. march madness is back after taking a year off because of the pandemic, the ncaa tournament is just about to get under way. and a 2-year-old bear attacks a man and chases him along the street in russia. according to reports, the vic the is the bear's owner. and all that matters -- >> california governor gavin newsom submitted the final batch of signatures needed to force newsom's recall. when she heard this newsom's ex-wife kimber gi guilfoyle proclaimed -- >> justice is yet to come! instant progrartifacts dati back 2,000 years were just found. i'm going down into a cave and i want to find a treasure chest, or secret to eternal life. not a piece of paper that said don't lie.

i already knew that! barney taught me that, come on! and isn't that where they found that big, old basket? >> yeah, the big old basket. the question with barney, how did darny learn about it? >> absolutely true. welcome to "cbs this morning." we will begin with this, the violent impact of dozens of storms that hammered communities from texas all the way to georgia, terrifying scenes like this. take a look at this. this is in silas, alabama, showing how millions faced danger with many waking up to a very difficult reality this morning. and in all nearly two dozen tornadoes were reported, especially in mississippi and alabama, where our lead national correspondent david begnaud is this morning. he's in the city of tuscaloosa. david, good morning to you. >> gayle, we found a hell of a story of survival. jennifer patterson lived in this mobile home, one place you don't want to be when a tornado is approaching. is she heard there may be one coming, tried to go to her car,

realized she didn't have her teeth and then turned back to her home and then realized she didn't have enough time and ran to the woods in the back and held onto a tree. i want to show you the chair she would sit in her home is right here, two feet from my finger. shhe been inside when the free fell tree fell, it would have killed her. in the woods. >> i was down in there holding on, and that little tree right there yonder is probably the one i was holding on to. >> reporter: she stayed on her phone with her son as the trees collapsed around her. >> he was hearing his mama scream. he was hearing the sounds. and you know, i was just -- all i could do is say "jesus, watch over me. jesus, watch over me." it kept going and, go and i said, "jesus, take it away." you could hear it easing up.

>> reporter: she was worried she wasn't going to survive. now she's picking up what's left of her property. there are those with homes from alabama farms in mississippi -- >> i hear it. i hear the tornado, it's just coming. and oh, my god, it was horrible. my baby, she's crying and crying and crying. >> reporter: sabrina hargrove said she and her child sheltered in a bathtub with her boyfriend and put a mattress on top of them. they said the storm blew out the home windows and vehicles. >> all i could do was wait for to pass. >> reporter: get a shot of this. blue the dog was outside when the tornado hit the home. outside. >> yes. he was outside. and only thing i could think about was lord, is my dog okay, because right now the lord has spared our lives. we're okay. so i get up, look out the back window, and he's out there just standing like nothing even happened. like he's a soldier.

>> reporter: in dusk ltuscaloos hundreds packed into buildings after being forced to shelter in place. across the region you had schools, vaccination clinics, businesses all shut down >> wow. >> that is really good news when you the kicker, no injuries or deaths. >> that is really good news after you look at those pictures, david, thank you. the threat from the system is far from over. our cbs meteorologist and climate specialist is tracking this for us. >> good morning, everybody. the threat shifts each and yesterday we had 5-5 on the scale and we talked about it. but luckily a lot of these and tornadoes did not hit big, populated communities. andn notice how they happened in the same area generally at the same time. so they share energy. as storms share energy, no one storm can become a monster so that was kind of a saving grace during the day yesterday of the today that threats shifts to the

east, places like slum bcolumbi south carolina, up towards charlotte and then places like myrtle beach, places that were 4 out of 5 on the scale. and we talked about this but over the past decade, tornadoes have been shifting further and further east. what's the reason for that? the forward climate, desert air, was restricted to the desert but that's expanding because of climate change. it's going into the plain states, making it less stable there and at the same time the gulf of mexico is warming up, adjacent areas are warming up. there's more energy to fuel tornadoes in the southeast and mid-south. so what he with saw yesterday and what we are seeing today is likely a harbinger of what is to come in the future. now and as we head through the next several decades, that will be an area of increasing risk of tornado. >> jeff berardelli with the big picture for us, jeff. thank you very much.

we have new information on the attacks around the atlanta area that killed six asian women. women. the suspect, 21-year-old robert long, is charged with murder and aggravated assault. one police spokesman is taking criticism for his public response as investigators say they they are not sure if it was racially motivated. >> this is where robert long killed four men and he said he's a sex addict, not a racist, but many believe this is a hate crime. robert long's parents recognized him in these surveillance photos posted on social media and alerted deputies, who began tracking his cell phone.150 miles south of atlanta. but not before they say he went on a rampage at three different atlanta area spas. >> a white male, what is he

wearing? >> i don't know. >> reporter: eight people were murdered in roughly one hour. six of them asian women. >> this is still early, but he does claim that it was not racially motivated. >> reporter: officials said race did not appear to be behind the attacks. >> he apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places and it's a temptation that he wanted to eliminate. >> the working theory is a sexual addiction issue rather than a racial profile. >> during our interviews, we asked that specific question. and that did not appear to be the motive. >> reporter: but activist and author helen zia said authorities are missing important context. >> hyper sexualization of asian american women is part of the racism toward asian americans. and to say that sexual addiction is an excuse or a reason to go on a mass killing rampage is ridiculous. he's going to take the word of a

mass shooter who happens to be white against the lived experience of the asian american community. >> reporter: zia also said captain jay baker's description of the suspect's frame of mind was outrageous. >> he was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope, and yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. >> i couldn't believe that a police captain was recounting the bad day that the killer had without a shred of empathy for the really bad day that the eight victims and their families had, the incredible grief that the whole community is going through. and in is the kind of thing -- this is the kind of thing that makes people question law enforcement and whether they are captain baker is also under fire for an anti-asian facebook post last year. he talked up t-shirts that read covid-19, imported virus from china.

we reached out to the sheriff's office and they so far have failed to get back to us. >> that was a moment i have to say watching that news conference and he called it a bad day and all i could think is eight people were grieving tonight. he had a issue and went to eliminate eight people, to eliminate the temptation he has an issue with? outrageous. >> it's too much empathy for a mass shooter. >> it's humanizing the shooter, once again. can i point out the shooter is a white man who is alive after they knew he killed eight people. >> and he was armed. >> and he was armed and they knew that too. we'll have more on that story a little later on in this newscast. new details breaking overnight about the arrest of a man on a weapons charge outside of vice president's kamala harris's official residence. police say he came to washington and he was heavily armed. jeff pegues joins us on this story now. what do we know about him and his arrest? >> the man charged is 31 paul

murray of san antonio, texas. d.c. police arrested him near the naval authorities in the afternoon. d.c. police said officers recovered a rifle, ammunition from murray's car, which is parked in a garage. police report obtained by cbs news says he was in possession of an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle, 113 pounds of unregistered ammunition, and five 30-round magazines. and an intelligence bulletin from texas described murray as someone experiencing paranoid delusions, including one that the military and government were after him. texted his mother yesterday morning that he would be in d.c. now, the vice president has not moved into the naval observatory just yet so she was not there. but, of course, this incident is certainly alarming at a time of heightened security around here because of the capitol attack. anthony? >> alarming to say the least,

jeff, thank you. russia called its u.s. ambassador back to moscow after president biden confirmed he thinks president vladimir putin is a killer. mr. biden told abc news putin would pay a price after a u.s. intelligence report found he authorized efforts during the 2020 election to help then-president trump hobble the democrats. >> he said you said you know he didn't have a soul. >> i did say that, yes, and his response was, we understand one another. >> you know vladimir putin and think he's a killer? >> i do. >> it what mice muprice must he? >> a price you will pay, you will see shortly. >> vladimir putin called that a very bad statement and russia's government wants an explanation. president biden's secretary told capitol hill the situation on the border is difficult but would not call it a crisis. his comments came as the border

patrol are dealing with a huge influx of migrants. some have been waiting months to plead their case. >> reporter: the biden administration is slowly starting to let in asylum seekers, thousands of them, while they wait in the u.s. for their hearings. at this point we understand this is a big difference from the trump era, when they were forced to remain in mexico and still thousands of people are across the border, stuck there now.lin wait out their cases. >> my dad was a drug dealer. my oldest brother was a >> my dad was a drug dealer. re member-turned-jordanian minister, abraham barberi crosses daly from brownsville, texas, into matamoros, mexico, where he opened a bible school and hip-hop church. >> in between the songs we would

share the gospel. >> reporter: in the last year this father of four helped minister to thousands of migrants living in this makeshift camp near the international border. this was video taken three weeks ago outside the camp. and this is what it looks like today. it's been abandoned. most of the migrants waiting here were allowed to cross into the u.s. to start the asylum process, but nearly 60 were left behind with nowhere to go when the camp was shut down by the mexican government. >> we're just waiting for the 56 asylum seekers to cross the border and close the shelter. it's just a temporary shelter. but people started coming, you know, and people who were already here, they just came and we stood and say no. >> this is a church/school that has been converted into a shelter for migrants. have a lot of people from a lot of different areas. one thing they have in common is they want to be able to have their chance to go into the u.s., ask for asylum.

[ speaking foreign language ] >> she said that's where she sleeps and that her friend ivana sleeps there. >> reporter: school rooms are now bedrooms, and this parking lot is now a part-time playground. everyone is hoping to explain why they deserve a chance at requesting asylum in the united states. >> they say it's confusing. they want at least to be able to tell their story to someone in the government. they're very frustrated because nobody is listening. their level of desperation is at an all-time high. when it comes to what's happening, the influx of immigrants, is there an end in sight? >> i don't think so. at least not for now. as a matter of fact, i think it's going to increase because right now the people in south america, central america, in south of mexico, for some reason they think that the borders are going to be open.

>> reporter: resources and money are exhausted in mexico, and the government has little incentive to help the u.s. care for these migrants anymore. do you think that the mexican federal government wants to help these people? >> i don't think so. i really honestly think that because of these three years of intense immigration processes and dialogues, i think that the mexican government is tired of it. >> reporter: you feel like it's your duty to do this. >> so as a christian, to me this is what i'm supposed to be do doing. >> we met a group from cuba all they are all waiting in mexico. at this point we will see more asylum seekers being let into the u.s., some at this check this is point, but the process will be very slow and these people are very tired of waiting. >> you can, in why, maria, thank you very much. >> we will talk about all of

this and more in our next hour when we spoke to homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas about what is going on on on our southern border. >> they say nobody is listening but maria is listening and will pass the story forward. and march madness is back. we'll show you what's being done to keep everybody safe at the

we have much more ahead. trevor noah gets serious on "the daily show" denouncing the killings of three spas in the atlanta area. why he believes the motive had to be racist. plus, the effort to vaccinate teachers so more schools can bring back students. some of them talk about going back to class before they could get a vaccine. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ keep it together 'til this work call wraps ♪

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ahead and first on "cbs this morning" he's going to preview a new song and talk about what it means to host year w good morning. 7:26. i am michelle griego. an asian grandmother is recovering after being punched in san francisco yesterday. she was able to fight back. this is one of many encounters targeting the asian community in the bay area. crews on the scene of a deadly crash in san jose. it happened just before midnight on 101. you see the vehicle wedged under a big rig. no details yet on what led to the crash. today preschoolers and kindergarteners return to class for in person learning in dublin. the school district has a plan laid out in bringing all

students back through 12th grade by the end of march. we've got brake lights as you work off of highway 4 to 242 where chp and crews are working an accident. a couple lanes are blocked south 242 after solano way. two left lanes are shut down until further notice. still crowded on the san mateo bridge for the west bound commute. a live look at the bay bridge, traffic has been light with no issues out of the east bay into the city. i am tracking high def doppler. you e that rain pushin across north bay, even moderate to heavy rainfall over santa rosa. as we head through our day, rounds of rain off and on. here we are at 9:00, stopping the clock again at noon. this afternoon and evening, catching moderate to heavier rainfall and breezy conditions. drier weather ahead

welcome back to "cbs this morning." dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. could start vaccinating high school students against covid this fall. and younger students early next year. meanwhile, president biden is pushing to make the vaccine available for all teachers by the end of the month. but the cdc says that's not required for the safe reopening of schools. meg oliver spoke with some teachers who said they had to go back to the classroom before they could get vaccinated. risk

they love. >> like a ghost town. >> reporter: at peabody high school in massachusetts -- >> i have one student in one class today. >> reporter: corey manuel starts prepping his class just before 7:00 a.m. >> i worry about myself getting sick. i worry about kids getting sick. >> reporter: since going back in december, the biology teacher has been teaching a hybrid model, spending half of his day in person and half of his time virtual. >> it's not the same. it's disheartening. i can't hand out materials. i can't collect materials. i can't put the desks together in small groups. >> if you need to use my hand sanitizer use it on your way in. >> reporter: about eight miles away at saugus middle school -- >> good morning friends at home and friends at school. >> reporter: corey's wife jeff returned to room 176 last week. neither teacher had been vaccinated. how did you feel about returning

in person? >> anxious. i was anxious about every part of it. >> i have a lot more anxiety than he does. >> reporter: did you feel like you were taking a risk? >> very much so. >> reporter: why did you go back? >> i didn't have much of a choice. it was that over not get paid. >> reporter: the couple has three children learning virtually at home. >> come here -- >> reporter: the family lives with jess' parents. all they wanted before returning to school was a shot in the arm. when they finally prioritized teachers in massachusetts to get the vaccine, what was your reaction to that? >> finally. finally. >> reporter: you just wanted to be vaccinated before you went back. >> that's the biggest thing, yes. >> there's been a lot of talk of teachers not wanting to work and not wanting to go back to school. i can promise you that i have not devoted 15 years of my life, and i don't have three advanced degrees in education because i don't like kids and i don't want to go back to school. >> reporter: a lot of people have said why can't teachers go back when grocery workers have gone back or health care workers have gone back, even before a

vaccine was developed. >> there are different situations. ideally everybody should be vaccinated. it's difficult to feel like an afterthought when, you know, states are saying, okay, here's the date you're going back, and then a week later, okay, we'll figure out when we can get teachers vaccinated. that's a frustrating situation. >> how are you -- >> good. i'm checking in -- >> reporter: it's an emotional situation, as well. >> i'm so excited. this is like -- it's a game changer. >> reporter: three hours before we sat down with the couple -- >> the fact that i got here, i feel like i won the lottery. >> reporter: we followed jess to get her long-awaited shot. >> ready? one, two, three. >> it's unbelievable. it's -- it feels like the first time i've taken a really deep breath in a long time. sorry. >> reporter: this was a big day for you. >> i really feel like it was this page that turned. it's just a little bit shinier.

like there's just a little bit more hope there. >> reporter: that feeling of hope continued on sunday as you can see in this video. corey sat down for children bac when he receives that second shot. anthony? >> so great to see them getting that shot and see that relief on their faces. i've said it so many times, i got a teacher at home -- just give the teachers a shot. give them the shots. >> you've made the point that the only side effect of the shots is relief and peace of mind. >> i never forget to when you said that. >> you see what happened to them. they want to go back. they want to be there. just get them the shots. >> yes, yes. >> all right. thank you. a reminder, you can always get this morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. coming up, how the ncaa is

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[ cheers ] i like that. that was wichita state's basketball team celebrating making the cut for this year's men's ncaa tournament. with everybody masked up, as you see, even the celebrations look

different. the tournament is being held entirely in the indianapolis area instead of across the country like they usually do. and safety remains a huge, huge concern. at least six tournament referees have already" dou co-host dana jacobson is covering the event for cbs spo sports. we know last year there was no tournament because of covid. you can tell these players are psyched. >> reporter: gayle, that is the best way to put it. next to me is a little bit of the march mad not waiting here in indianapolis -- madness waiting here in indianapolis. last team is set to arrive tomorrow, virginia. they got held up because of testing protocols. there is a strict covid policy for everyone from the teams to the broadcasters which is why i'm here in my lovely hotel room right now. the goal for the ncaa, though, to once again crown a college basketball champion. as the tip-off to march madness

inches closer, teams are heading to america's heartland for one of the most ambitious national tournaments in collegiates history. >> the national college championship -- >> reporter: before last year's cancelation, the ncaa had crowned a basketball champion every year since 1939. >> while there was hope and confidence that this could happen, there was also lingering doubt. >> reporter: senior vice president of basketball for the ncaa is in charge of tournament operations. >> it is a challenge to have 68 teams staying in four hotels. teams were required of to seven daily negative tests before they arrived in indianapolis. and then daily testing upon their arrival. we're requiring mask wearing, physical distancing, and sanitation. >> reporter: during a normal year, players, coaches, and fans would spread out at regional sites around the country. this year, each of the 68 teams

will play in and around indianapolis. players and coaches will be isolated. each team will occupy its own floor of a hotel. everyone will wear contact-tracing devices. but interacting with family members is off limits. and fans will be allowed to watch games in person, but arenas will be limited to just 25% capacity. >> we're at the gw marriott. there's been worse bubbles, you know. >> reporter: michigan state hall of fame coach tom izzo hasn't missed a tournament in 23 years and understands the stress of the isolation. >> you really don't leave your floor. you can't really go outside for a walk or things like that. so right now, it's just different. but it's not -- not necessarily a bad different. >> it's a unique year. my parents get to come even with everything going on. you know, it's

doing sidelines for the tournament. i've covered it in some way for more than 20 years. trust me, the appreciation and the emotion, they are heightened this year, gayle and anthony, i know for your teams it is heightened, as well. good luck to them. >> yes. yes. we all understand. but i like what the coach said, it's different, but it's not necessarily a bad different. just glad they figured out a way that everybody can play. i think that that's a good thing. dana, thank you. we'll be watching you. we'll be watching. you can catch all of the march madness action right here on cbs and on our partner networks starting later today. and up next, vlad duthiers has the stories you'll be talking about today including trevor noah's passionate reaction to the spa shootings around atla

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shouldn't be so serious about it." let me show what getting angry speaking about the shootings that killed eight people including six asian women. >> people are tweeting, please help us. we're getting punched in the streets. we're getting slurs written on our doors. we're getting people coming up saying thanks for covid, thanks for spoiling the world -- we've seen this happening. please, don't tell me that this thing had nothing to do with race. even if the shooter says that, he thinks it had to do with his sex addiction -- you can't disconnect this violence from the racial stereotypes that people attach to asian women. this guy blamed a specific race of people for his problems, and murdered them because of it. if that's not racism, then the word has no meaning. >> trevor speaking truth as always. reinforced by many people, including on capitol hill. congressman ted liu wrote, "if the murderous temptations are asian women and he kills them,

that's racially motivated." >> yes. >> we've seen -- sorry -- >> i was going to say, sex and racism seems very intertwined here. and i don't think that we should miss that point. >> the police official who indicated that this guy had a bad day -- >> yes -- >> and he was targeting these places of business because of his sex addiction, that's racist, that's misogyny. when you use that language around asian women to talk about asian women, that is misogyny. i want to point out that black and brown people are also standing in solidarity with the aapi community. here's what shonda rhymes tweeted. hash tax are nice but -- tags are nice but actions save lives. people are pointing to the 2019 shootings where a gunman tilled 22 people. a liberateatinos saying we -- l saying what this was about before the shooting. >> this could be a wake-up call for people like george floyd's death was. people said, i heard about it, but i didn't know. what we're seeing in atlanta,

people are going, oh, my god, even though we've been reporting on it, talking about the uptick in the cases. people haven't really been paying attention, i don't think, outside of the asian community. >> there was -- we'd started to talk about it. but this just underlines it in a way that you can't -- you can't look away there this. >> you cannot. >> you hope there's change, but it ae's sad that it comes to th. >> it will be interesting to see what happens on the hill. this meeting was set up before the hate crimes in atlanta. so we'll see what happens there on capitol hill. >> there's some -- nearly 3,800 incidents that have been reported. >> it's a spike which is, you know -- just look what shannon li is saying. a significant increase in violence against asian americans. as people say, this could be your aunt, this could be your uncle, your grandfather or grandmother, that is -- is being -- >> there are six asian families today that are saying that was my grandmother. that was my -- >> we haven't heard the stories yet. we'll hear their stories. >> we don't even know their

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and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. this thursday, march 18th, 2021. we wac you back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. that's tony dokoupil. that's anthony mason. the humanitarian crisis at the border is growing as an hepgss are the highest levels in two hours. we ask is enough is being done. new details amid an intense debate about the suspect's motive. how it fits into a bigger conversation about violence, especially against asian women. and d.j. d-nice has provided joy with his d.j. sets. he'll do the same for us today on "cbs this morning." >> we could always use more joy,

but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. nearly two dozen tornadoes were reported. many now waking up to a difficult reality. we found a hell of a story of survival. jennifer patterson said i don't have enough time. i have to find a place to go. she ran in the woods in the back and held onto a tree. a lot of the tornadoes did not hit any big populated communities. they were sharing a lot of energy. as storms share the energy, no one storm can become a monster. police say the suspect said he's a sex addict, not a racist, but plenty of people believe this was a hate crime. the biden administration is letting in asylum seekers, thousands of them, and still thousands of people are still across the border. they are stuck there right now. for the second straight year, st. patrick's day looks different than it did before the pandemic. in new york they couldn't hold the normal parade. they just had a small one to

keep the tradition technically alive, and to ensure no crowds would show up, organizers invited bill de blasio. >> he said it, not us. we're going to begin with devastation and heart break from severe weather which is still hitting the south. nearly two dozen tornadoes were reported, including in whistler, mississippi. you can see the suspected twister tore a chicken farm to shreds. these pictures are from more than 100 miles away in louisiana. a lot of people lost power there as well. in the carolinas, they are next in the cross hairs. the secretary of homeland security is telling congress the u.s. southern border is secure, not wide open. dhs warned this week the u.s. is on pace to see its largest wave of migrants in two decades. in a house committee hearing yesterday, secretary alejandro

mayorkas called it a difficult situation. one group said it created the problem by rolling back trump policies. >> mr. secretary, good morning to you. i think it's fair to say most americans have been troubled by the pictures they've seen along the u.s. border. i want to start with what we have not seen. that is the conditions inside these facilities where now thousands of children are being held. outside observers have not been allowed in to see it with their own eyes. why not? and have you toured the facilities? can you describe the conditions for us this morning in. >> thank you very much for having me on the show. i certainly have toured the facilities and i will be taking another trip to the border. let me take a step back first and then answer your question directly. i want to repeat my assurance to our audience this morning that the border is, in fact, secure.

what we are speaking of is children. many children arriving at our border who are fleeing poverty, violence in their countries of origin. we continue under our public health authorities to expel families, to expel single adults. to address the needs of the pandemic. we have made a different decision than the prior administration. we do not expel young children back into the environment of poverty and violence from which they are fleeing. and we're seeing a number of them. and i've said repeatedly, the border patrol station is no place for a child. and so we are working with the department of health and human services to move those children out as quickly as possible, and unite them with their parent, legal guardian, or other responsible relative here in the united states. >> mr. secretary, could you take a run at the conditions there? we've heard from lawyers who have spoken to the children that some of them are taking turns

sleeping on the floor because there's not enough space. you said you took tours. what did you see? what are the conditions? >> you know, the conditions, tony, depend on which border patrol station we're speaking of. let me address the border patrol station that i most recently visited. it's crowded, and remember, we're dealing with a pandemic, and so we're dealing with restrictions on physical distancing and the like. but the mattresses, the blankets, are actually selectively chosen so that they're safest for the children. what we don't want to do is have maybe a traditional mattress with fabric, because it breeds lice and other conditions. so actually, the equipment, the provisions that we give to these children are selectively chosen for their care. but i have to repeat, because i don't mean to walk away from this. the border patrol station is not

a place for children. and so we are working very quickly with our sister department that shelters the children pending their placement with a responsible adult -- >> mr. secretary. >> we're partnering with them to move them quickly. >> i want to pick up on the point that the border facilities are not a place for children. the prior administration had a very clear if morally debatable message to families who wanted to come to the border and and children. it was do not come. your message is a little more nuanced. for families listening this morning, making a decision about staying where they are, which is dangerous, and coming to the u.s. border, what do you tell them? >> i tell them do not come. and let me explain why i say do not come. it is born of a very different approach than the prior administration. it's do not come, because it is not safe to take the journey. it is not safe in a time of pandemic to arrive at the

border. families and single adults are being expelled. let us build. let us rebuild, if i may, a safe orderly way for you to apply for humanitarian relief under the laws of our country. that is who we are. it is do not come, but while we are rebuilding the system that was dismantled by the prior administration, we will make the conditions as safe as possible for the children whom we are not expelling. >> mr. secretary, according to our information, as many as 500 children unaccompanied children a day are now arriving at the border. my question is how are you going to stop that at this point? because the people we've talked to there say this is going to continue because desperate families believe the border is open. >> well, so let me draw a

distinction between families, if i may, and children who come without an adult. some of these children are as young as 7, 8 year old girls. so we do not expel them back into the desert. but we say do not come, because it is dangerous. there are children tragically who do not make it to the border, because of the perils of the journey. so i cannot overemphasize the importance of the message of do not come. >> mr. secretary -- >> but for those who arrive -- yes. >> i cannot begin to imagine the difficult decision that these families are making, and if you say to them this morning, do not come, the next question is going to be how long do i wait and what am i waiting for? is there going to come a moment where you say okay, now is the time? >> in weeks, in several months, we will expand the legal processes that we already have

started to rebuild. we already have reinstituted the central american minors program that was build in the obama/biden administration that was torn down by the prior administration. but we well understand that out of desperation some children might not wait. some loving parents might send their child to traverse mexico alone, to reach the southern border. our southern border. i hope they don't undertake that perilous journey, but if they do, we will not expel that young child. we will care for that young child and unite that child with the responsible parent. that is who we are as a nation. and we can do it. >> all right. secretary mayorkas, the conversation will continue. thank you. ahead, in the wake of the spa shootings around atlanta, we look at how racism

ahead, dj d-nice gained a huge following for ahead, dj d-nice gained a huge audience for his parties called club quarantine. he'll discuss his one-year anniversary, his upcoming 24-hour set and a new song with neo. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪

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we are learning more about the eight victims, six of them asian women, in the atlanta area to shootings. the memorials were set up at the site of the attack. the suspect denies any racial motivation, but given how targeted the attacks are many are pointing to the long history of racism and sexism against asian women. a new report found that asian american women were the victims in 68% of hateful incidents against asian americans in the last year. sung yeon choimorrow is the executive director of the national asian pacific american women's forum and joins us to discuss. thank you so much for joining us. i want to start with what the suspect is saying, that it's not about race, this is about a sexual addiction. given the targets of the attacks

and given the people that were attacked, does that make sense to you? >> no. it doesn't make sense to me. it doesn't make sense to most of us in the community. partly because that's also not necessarily how racism works in this country. it is sometimes about the individual acts of racism that people are perpetuating, but often it's because of the structural racism that they're a part of. as you mentioned earlier, there is a long arc of racialized sexnism, racialized misogyny directed at asian american women that's at play. and so you cannot separate the two in the incident that took place in atlanta. >> we keep hearing that racism is experienced differently in some cases for asian american women in a hypersexual way. what do you mean exactly by that? >> yeah. you know, that's really the most common way that asian american women experience racism in this

country. it always has a sexual undertone. while not always, oftentimes it does. >> like what? like what? >> like for example, you know, whn i am -- when i experience public harassment around covid, it's not just about me being asian, it's also about me being a woman, right. and the -- the kind of experiences we have in terms of sexual harassment, it is not just sexual harassment, it's often very racialized. for example, when i first immigrated to this country, i came when i was 18-years-old, and i would often get stopped by men who would ask me, are you korean? and then if i would say yes, then they would, you know, launch into, you know, some korean phrase they know, and then how much they love korea. and you know, they served in the military and how i remind them of some girlfriend they had and

then say something really inappropriate. like that is the kind of ways we experience racialized sexism in this country. >> how would you say that pop culture has influenced the way we see asian american women? >> i think history has informed pop culture, and pop culture is -- emulated those stereotypes, right. and i think the way it plays out often is in the way we appropriate our cultural outfits and costumes, and you see that a lot at halloween, right. and sort of exotifying our look even in the way that people do make-up. and you know, those things are perpetuated in our -- broadly in our mainstream culture. >> i'm looking for education, too. i was talking to a friend of mine who's asian and said many times people think submissive or timid or -- very open to engaging in sexual acts because it was said so by a man.

do you think that there is something to that? i want people to really understand what's being said here. i don't want us to dance around this. i think this is so important. i think many people don't know what is happening in this country and how serious it is. >> yeah. and you know, we've got to go all the way to the -- to the beginning of, you know, asian american women being in the united states, right. you know, go all the way back to 1875, the page act, right. what it did, basically assumed that people that looked like may, east asian women, were coming to the united states for the sole purpose of prostitution. so off the bat, our existence in this country has always been framed around the hypersexualization of our bodies and our -- our looks. and then, you know, move along a couple centuries and, you know, into the militarization of the pacific rim, you know, the asian

pacific where korea, okinawa, philippines, vietnam, where the u.s. military personnel have gone there. and again, you know, really commodified asian american women for their pleasures, their desires, and bring those ideas and fetishes and fantasies back to the united states and continue to perpetuate that on those of us who live here. >> what do we need to take away from this moment? >> we need to take away from this moment that, you know, i'm glad that we're starting to have this conversation, but this cannot be it. asian american women have been long invisible in this society, right. you know, we're being told this is not a racist incident. it is a racist incident because of the way asian american women experience racism in our country. and so what i want us to walk away from is that all of us find a way to talk about what happened in atlanta in a way that honors the women who --

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there he is, welcome back to "cbs this morning." that is dj d-nice playing his brand-new single with neo, it's called "no plans for love." hey, mr. nice, we can't wait to talk to you. we'll talk to you in a second. right now it's time to bring the stories we call "talk of the table." tony is up first. >> i know we want to get to the dj so i'll go quickly with a story about adults behaving like it children. andreas fotin quit at walker luktsry auto works in peachtree, georgia. he gave two weeks notice but his

boss wasn't happy. walked away and stiffed him for $915 in back pay. there was back and forth, argument. they went to court, yadda, yadda, yadda. and then this showed up in andres' driveway. >> pennies. probably $1,000 worth of pennies. >> it is presumed that that is about $915 worth of pennies from his former boss who clearly did not want to pay him. and the reason i say that this was an auto works shop is relevant is because the pennies are apparently covered in oil, making them impossible to cash. i think the moral of the story is do not underestimate the power of i'll show you. >> yeah. somebody's a petty betty over there. that's not nice. >> no, that is not nice. what did you guys do for st. patrick's day? anything? >> we were here. >> working. >> i bet it wasn't this -- i want to show you one of those -- another only in new york moments. ♪

that is mike hickey playing the bagpipes high above new york's hudson yards on the west side of manhattan. the person who took the video said they were about 1,200 feet up. by my calculations that's 85 stories he's standing there. >> cool. >> these are workers taking the boom off a crane at hudson yards. members of level on 40 iron workers union, mike hickey's been playing the bagpipes since he was 6. i don't know that he's ever played it way up there. >> way up high. a lot of people think that's a beautiful sound. i did see pigeons take flight in the afternoon yesterday. that might have been the reason. >> thank you, mike hickey. >> the only bagpiper in the neighborhood. my talk of the table, we're talking to ledge do every dj d-nice. it was one year ago as the coronavirus sent people into quarantine, he began using his instagram feed to live stream sets from his living room. "club quarantine" quickly became the place to party remotely during this pandemic, attracting high-profile guests like -- who?

oprah, who? michelle obama. who? mark zuckerberg. >> club quarantine. let's dance. ♪ ♪ >> party all over the world. all over the world. come on. get up! come on. >> come on. ♪ >> we brought the world together tonight. we've got 105,000 people in here. ♪ >> we have joe biden in here. michelle obama in here. >> ah, remember the "los angeles times" called d-nice a coronavirus hero. he not only helped change music culture but also brought some unity to a socially isolated world. he inspired shirts saying "i

danced at "club quarantine," and halloween costumes featuring his signature hats. dj d-nice joins us for an interview -- look at that -- you're seeing first on "cbs this morning." i love to when the little kids wear the hat. dj d-nice, it's so good to see you. i remember that night so well. i can't imagine what it was like for you because in started as a little thing you were doing among your friends. it just grew and grew and grew that night. people started calling saying, go to his instagram and look. what did that mean to you in that moment, and how are you processing it a year later? we're still talking about you. >> well, in that moment -- first of all, good morning. you know i love you to death. >> good morning. >> in that moment, it was just about -- it was about healing, healing myself initially, and then once i realized that the music was like healing so many people, i just wanted to give more of it. and the fact that we're still here a year later, you know, sad thing in terms of like the pandemic, but it's still beautiful to know that we are still just kind of like uplifting each other's spirits. >> healing yourself from what?

d-nice? >> just being afraid of like what -- what was to come. you know, i know they said initially that we were only going to be quarantined for two months, but then like everyone else, i was worried about it. like, okay, you know, there was no cure in sight. how long is this going to really last. so there was that fear that i had -- just as an artist, as a parent, you know. like what are we going do if this lasts for like a year. >> yeah. >> i wanted to make sure i would still be able to provide. i was a little nervous. and i started playing music, and you know, we changed the world with music. >> d-nice, it's anthony. you not only did a lot of healing and a lot of helping out in the mental health front, you raised an awful lot of money. you raised millions of dollars for historically black colleges and universities, for the apollo theater, for frontline workers. how did that feel to make that kind of a contribution? >> i'll tell you this, when this thing started, you know, i always wanted to be in a position to give back. like that was always important

to me. it's always been important to me throughout my entire career. so yes, when that moment happened, i was worried about the people and worrying about kids going to school. and you know, we were able to raise so much money and especially for frontline workers. that was -- i did that with will smith, which was awesome. we had my first "club quarantine" slirt, we did that together. and raised money for the cdc foundation. and it's always important to me to be in a position to give back to people. >> so starting tomorrow, you're going to be deejaying for 24 hours straight, as i understand it, to mark the anniversary of "club quarantine." you also don't use set lists. so how exactly are you preparing for this? >> so you know, i'm stuck with the 24-hour thing. it was actually a joke initially. it started out -- i'll just deejay for 24 hours. i don't use a set list. i truly play from the heart, you know. and i truly play what i feel that people want to hear. and the beauty about "club

quarantine" is that people have been celebrating the music all over the world. so i figure like, all right, when i know people in south africa are up listening, i'll go into a south african kind of like house set or, you know, i'll play afro beat for two or three hours. i know how to space it out and ease off of any drinking, just water the entire time. i'll pretend to be celebrating with water in my champagne flute. >> you know what i like, d-nice, more than anything, i love watching you do it. you look dead in the camera, and i feel like you're looking exactly at us. right there on the screen. i'm wondering, what is he looking at -- i feel like you're looking at me. you seem to be having as much fun as anybody is listening to you. >> listen, how could i not have fun playing music? music is life. music is life. and when you see so many people dancing together, and i read the comments and see hearts flying, that's fun. it's exciting to me. so i know that i'm bringing some joy to people, and i want to

continue doing this. >> you just played a bit of it -- your new single with neo. it's your first music -- new music in 30 years. >> in 30 years, man. i'm excited. i'm excited. this project is awesome. so happy that neo, you know, agreed to join me this first single called "no plans for love." and it feels like my set. i wanted a song that felt like, you know, old school, '80s, '70s, disco vibe. and neo brought it, man, with his vocals. it's a great song. >> so what do you want the impact of "club quarantine" to be going forward? we're not ready to let you go, d-nice. >> no, no. i'm not ready to go. next for me -- you know, i'm looking forward to this record coming out. i'm happy to be able to celebrate it with you. and i hope to see you in "club quarantine." >> yes, yes, i'd like that. i hear you're going to take "cl "club quarantine" on the road. what does that look like? >> i've been talking to live

nation urban about doing this. when the world opens up. obviously nothing is happening before that. like it's important to stay safe. but when the world opens up, i want to do this in the best way possible, amphitheaters where people can have space and celebrate with their families, and it's important to give music back to people. >> all right. really good to see you. i'm so happy for you. i think it started a whole new chapter in your life which i think is great. i know you always say you read the vibe, play us out to break reading the vibe for "cbs this morning." be careful what you choose, d-nice. be careful. >> i will be careful. >> okay. >> take the new single. i want to hear that again. >> thank you. >> you know, what i'll play the new single. here we go. ♪ >> yeah. >> welcome to cq. d-nice, neo, kent jones, here we go. >> jones -- ♪ celebrating life and life

come on ♪ ♪ there's a dark innocness in hs i hear story after story no surprise ♪ >> i like any time you can celebrate love and life and a little more joy. that's what d-nice does for all of us. thank you so much, d-nice. really a

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as we reflect on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, we're taking a moment to honor the more than 538,000 people in the u.s. who have died. for the past year we've shared the stories of the remarkable people we've lost, some were known to the world, others only to loved ones. all made a significant difference. here are just some of the many lives to remember. ♪ >> antoine hodge was an opera singer known for his powerful bass baritone and his kind, commanding presence. ♪ he would always find light and love for every person and everything, said his friend arthur buetel. ♪ originally from georgia, he

performed with professional companies across the country. before moving to new york city and in 2019 he achieved a dream -- joining the ensemble for the metropolitan opera's revival of "porgie and bess." ♪ he was ecstatic to have finally made his met debut and for more doors to open. he was waiting in the wings for his moment. antoine hodge was 38 m. martin and madeleine schwartz were married for 65 years. they grew up in brooklyn just two blocks apart but had never met. in the early 1950s when marty was stationed with the air force in san antonio and madeline was vacationing with family, they finally met at a military ball. marty and madeline fell in love,

said "i do," and built a large family, before retiring down in florida. marty was an avid golfer. madeline loved to travel. they sent their grandkids custom-made birthday cards in the mail every year. in february, marty and madeline got vaccinated, but days later were admitted to the hospital where both tested positive for covid-19. they died four days apart. martin schwartz was 90. madeline schwartz was 87. ♪ claudette white was a tribal judge who fiercely advocated for the quechan tribe in southern california. >> okay. >> she was featured in the 2017 documentary "tribal justice" for her work as a chief judge in tribal court focusing more on healing families and resolving conflicts through mediation

instead of punishment through incarceration. >> tribal court lots of times is about people. >> claudette was the first in her family to go to college. and at 23 years old became one of the youngest members elected to the council. she helped her tribe stop the building of a nuclear waste facility in the mojave desert, land they consider sacred. ♪ claudette had a tattoo of a native american wonder woman on her arm. she cared for her people and loved her people like a superhero would, her son zion said. she was a strong person, even in the face of death, she wasn't scared. claudette white was 49. petty officer second class cody myers was an information systems technician in the u.s. navy. cody was passionate about

seattle sports, theater, jazz music, and "lord of the rings." a natural-born leader, he was always helping friends through tough times. he was one of the greatest men i've ever known, said his longtime friend isaac monroe. in february, after cody's last trip out with the navy, he was awarded an achievement medal for his work on the georgia-based ballistic missile submarine. cody loved his country, but most of all, his family. he and his wife mallory were raising their first child together. cody died a few weeks before his son asher's 1st birthday. "i'm thankful," mallory said, "i feel like we lived 100 lives in seven years." cody myers was 26. cody's family is hoping to hold a memorial for him at t-mobile park where his beloved mariners played. another footnote, the metropolitan opera this fall

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