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how hammer's attorneys are respond plus, a best-selling flea and tick collar may be linked to hundreds of deaths. we will look at concerns as lawmakers push for a recall. but first here's your "eye opener" in 90 seconds. >> asian american advocates and lawmakers testified before congress about the recent rise in anti-asian attacks. >> this comes after a gunman killed eight people in georgia. >> i think what happened with the shooting was kind of a tipping point. >> president biden announcing the administration will reach its goal of 100 million doses today. >> this is a time for 0optimism about the not time of relaxation. the cleanup is under way in the deep south. >> tornadoes leaving paths of destruction. >> most is gone, including the

walls. the los angeles police department is investigating actor armie hammer after accusations of rape and sexual assault. firefighters in northern colombia came to the rescue of goats trapped on a roof. former president barack obama unveiled his ncaa brackets for the tournament. >> he has gonzaga taking the tile. >> which is interesting because gonzaga, as i pointed out in the past, is not a school that does exist, it's imaginary. >> it's a pretend place, like wakonda for white people. >> on "cbs this morning" -- >> >> canway west is reportedly worth all of that money from his shoe line. to think he got all of that money by selling things like this. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle

insurance. >> people maying laughing but a lot of people want those shoes. >> they cross into fashion. >> exactly. getting a lot of money for that we will begin with this once again in atlanta because we've got new video showing the suspect in this week's spa killings around the city of atlanta. you can see him waiting outside one of the spas before allegedly murdering the first group of victims. in rallies in atlanta, activists are demanding action to address a spike in crime against asian americans. they say this killing spree is an example of that hate and police have not yet ruled that out. mark strassmann is following this investigation. >> reporter: sursurveillance to theage obtained by atlanta affiliate cbs 46 showed the gunman waiting in his car calmly for an hour before he started the rampage that killed eight people, six asian women. table? >> our investigation is looking at everything.

so nothing is off the table for our investigation. >> reporter: meanwhile, the cherokee county captain who said the suspect was having a bad day is off the investigation as the sheriff said he mourned with the community. >> i just want to let our community know, i want the world to know we're better than this. our hearts go out to those people. >> reporter: right now we know the names of just four of the victims. 33-year-old delaina yaun was a wife and mother of two. other victims include 54-year-old paul michaels, 49-year-old xija tong. police have yet to remain the remaining victims. georgia state representative bee nguyen says the asian community may resist coming forward about the violent acts. >> most immigrant families don't trust media and law enforcement and being vocal in a public way. so i think that is also a

contributing factor in whether or not we are going hear from families, and so that compounds how horrific this is and erable . anthony? >> mark, thank you. i think it's asian americans have been feeling vulnerable especially throughout this pandemic. know . >> i was wondering yesterday.

normally we've seen several profiles, talked to family members. i also heard yesterday that as mark said, some of their next of kin hasn't been notified. very, very sad situation on so many levels. >> so many levels. the house judiciary committee held a hearing yesterday on violence against asian americans during the pandemic. it was the first congressional hearing on this. lisa zhang is at the white house with more. >> reporter: good morning. president biden and vice president harris are going to atlanta today to meet with asian american leaders. they say the time to take action is now because lives depend on it. >> they started calling me chinese virus and [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: denny kim said the unprovoked verbal assault came

first before two men knocked him down on a los angeles sidewalk last month.hey were beating me up on the ground, they told me they wanted to kill me. >> reporter: the 27-year-old is a proud korean american and a u.s. air force veteran, now pleading for the country to serve him. >> i feel like president biden really needs to protect asian americans right now. if you're listening to me, if you're watching this right now, sir, i need you to help me people, sir, because we're getting shot and killed, sir. >> reporter: on thursday, lawmakers held a hearing about the surge in attacks against asian americans. whoever poured a nearly 4 -- reported nearly 4,000 crimes against them since the start of pandemic. an increase of about 150% in major u.s. cities. but texas congressman chip roy questioned if a crime should be linked to hate. >> who decides what is hate? who decides what is the kind of speech that deserves policing?

>> reporter: roy also defended the use of anti-chinese rhetoric to describe the virus. >> and i'm not going to be ashamed of saying i oppose the chi coms. >> reporter: new york congresswoman grace meng fired back. >> this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community, to find solutions, and we will not let you take our voice away from us. >> reporter: meng said asian americans have a target on their backs. she would know. meng shared several voice mails her office has received to show the racism is real. >> chinese virus, kung flu -- >> reporter: the congresswoman is pushing to pass the covid-19 hate crimes act. how important is it that the government take some action? >> it's as important as my mom living and not fearing for her life when she walks to the grocery store. i don't want her getting beat up

and her head hitting the concrete and her head bleeding all over the flo congresswoman's meng's bill said she cannot remember a time when so many people who didn't look like her stood in solidarity with the community and that is very promising. >> powerful piece with a veteran of our air force. thank you very much. the fbi released new video at the capitol showing the mobs some of the most malicious attacks on police. who you are looking at have not been arrested. katherine harris is joining us with more. why are they releasing these videos now? >> tony, good morning, the fbi

already arrested more than 300 people but need help to identify these suspects. the attacks range from this person using their happened to punching an officer in the face to others using what could be described as dangerous weapons, like this person dousing police with chemical retardants from a fire extinguisher. this individual in the black and white sweatshirt used a stick to repeatedly beat off the officers. if you recognize any of these suspects, you're asked to call the fbi or submit a tip online. in all 135 officers were wounded and after the riot two died by suicide and dr. brian sicknick died from injuries sustained during the riot. cbs news also obtained an assessment saying extremists like january 6th still maintain a persistent threat to the area. since the riots, there's been fencing surrounding the capitol to keep it safe and this new report can impact how much longer it stays in place, gayle. >> all right, katherine, thank you very much for that. nearly 116 million shots of

the coronavirus vaccine have now been administered, including enough to fulfill president biden's promise well ahead of schedule of 100 million shots in 100 days. right now i think it's day 58. but some republicans are still skeptical of efforts to fight the virus. as you can see on this tense exchange on capitol hill yesterday between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul. >> you won't be able to get the vaccine, give them a reward instead of telling them the nanny state will be there for three more years and you have to wear a mask forever. people don't want to hear it and there's no science behind it. >> let me state for the record masks are not theater. masks are protective. >> if you have immunity, they're theater. if you have immunity, you're wearing a mask to give comfort to others. >> i totally disagree with you. >> dr. anthony fauci joins us now, president biden's chief medical adviser and country's top expert on infectious diseases. good morning to you, dr. fauci. so when are you and senator paul going to lunch? you.

when are you and senator paul going to lunch? let me just say -- as the kids of today say, he seemed to be coming for you. you can certainly hold your own on this topic in particular. were you taken abad by his question, and what is the message you want to make sure we all hear loud and leaving out important studies which actual show that people actually can get reinfected. his point was if you're vaccinated you shouldn't be wearing a mask. in fact, as the more people get vaccinated, just -- put masks away, it's theater. that's ridiculous. i mean -- anybody who knows the literature -- just the other day, yesterday, the day before, paper came out showing that an individual who is infected, particularly the elderly,

greater than 65, have a high incidence of getting reinfected. he was saying if you've been infected or vaccinated don't wear a mask. completely against public health tenets. he's dead wrong. of i don't anything personally against him, but he's just, quite frankly, incorrect. >> we should point out that he is an eye doctor, and you are an infectious disease expert, just saying. let's talk about the astrazeneca vaccine. it was pulled in europe and now it's back on in europe. do you know when it's coming here, and should we be concerned? a lot of people are very worried about this one now. >> well, i think we just need to go with the data. right now it has completed a randomized placebo-controlled trial in the united states. the data are currently being examined at the level of the data and safety monitoring board. i think it's important for us to hold back any judgment until we see what the results of the deliberation of the data and safety mentoring board that is assigned to the trial in the

united states. there has been some concern in the european situation as to whether or not it was responsible for blood clots. the european medicines agency, the ema, the equivalent of our fda, feel there is no direct association, that it has occurred, these blood clots, but not to a degree that was significantly greater than what would occur anyway. that's their determination. i don't want to miake a judgmen on that. i would like to see what our data show. that will be imminent. i think we'll be hearing about that in the next few days. >> recently infectious disease expert michael oster moment painted a picture of the variant in the uk and what happen it could do here. he was talking about what it could ngdom.

it will cause a surge in cases, and i think schools will be challenged to open at all. >> what do you think, dr. fauci? >> i mean, that's taking an understandable but somewhat mess mystic view. -- pessimistic view. that is possible. michael is clearly correct in saying it's a threat. the one thing we need to understand is that the 1.1.7 variant, the one that's been dominant in the uk and is currently becoming more dominant here, so in that respect, michael makes a good point, but the vaccines that we use now are very good in protecting against the 1.1.7. my response would be our response to that is two things -- one, get as many people vaccinated as quickly as you possibly can. and two, continue to implement the public health measures of

mask wearing, notwithstanding senator paul, mask wearing, avoiding close contact, and avoiding congregant settings. if we do those two things, we can blunt a potential surge. but dr. osterholm is correct that if we don't do those things, there is a threat that we will see a surge coming up. >> i think people need to constantly be reminded about the rules. if you've been fully vaccinated, do you need to keep getting tested? >> not necessarily. >> okay. >> in fact, i wouldn't say that that's something you should do. if you've been fully vaccinated with two doses of the mrna or one of the j&j, i would not be -- unless you develop symptoms that were suggestive of covid. but not if you're without symptoms. >> all right, dr. anthony fauci. always good to have you here. thank you so much for your time. >> good to be with you.k you fo. the biden administration's first high-level talks with china publicly exposed the tensions between washington and beige. china's top diplomat lectured

u.s. administration officials for 15 minutes about alleged american shortcomings after secretary of state tony blinken criticized china. this all happened nation" moderator, margaret brennan, joins us. good morning. these are tense exchanges. what do you think we should take away from this? >> reporter: anthony, this is what is now called wolf warrior diplom diplomacy. the new approach that the chinese leader xi jinping has adopted. these high-level meetings are scripted, you get about two minutes to air your grievances at the top, and you do it in sort of a hedged, polite way. but in top chinese diplomat blasted the u.s. for 15 minutes, a litany of complaints including criticisms of the black lives matter movement which china said was a sign of america's human rights problems here at home. the chinese diplomats asked for

the tv cameras to stay in the room to capture this, and a senior biden official later said this was grandstanding and theatrics. the ambush is just a snapshot of this conflict to come. this week the secretary of defense vowed that the u.s. is going to keep pace with china's modernized military which has been muscle flexing in asia. the soecretary of state just th day before sanctioned today 4 chinese officials for human rights violations in hong kong. the gloves are the good news is that they'll still be talking today. >> not a good way to kick off the relationship, though. thank you. ahead, hollywood actor armie hammer is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault. what a woman who says she was in a relationship with hammer is

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." actor armie hammer is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault. los angeles police say hammer is the main suspect in a case that was reported to authorities last month. police provided no further details on this case, and they would not say who made the claim. yesterday a woman who said she had been in a relationship with armie hammer publicly accused the actor of rape and other physical and mental abuse. hammer's attorney denies these allegation which we warn you now may be upsetting to hear. we have the details, lilia, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the woman who only wanted to go by her first name, effie, said she met armie hammer in 2016 on facebook when she was 20 years

old. she says she instantly fell in love, and the relationship quickly progressed before taking a dark turn. >> got to relax a little bit. >> reporter: he's known as a leading man in hollywood appearing in "call me by name" and "by the basis of sex." >> i don't know why you're acting like it's such a bad thing. >> reporter: off screen he's accused of being manipulative and violent. >> i tried to get away, but he wouldn't let me. >> reporter: on thursday, a woman who identified herself as effie alleged the actor sexually assaulted her in april of 2017 during an on and off-again four-year relationship. she read prepared marks in a virtual news conference. >> armie hammer violently raped me for over four hours in los angeles. during which he repeatedly slapped my head against a wall, bruising my face. he then left with no concern for

my well-being. i was completely in shock, and i couldn't believe the one i loved did that to me. >> reporter: in a statement, hammer's attorney said as late as last year effie sent sexually explicit texts to hammer which undermines her outrageous allegations. he said since day one hammer has maintained that all of his interactions with effie and every sexual partner of his have been completely consensual. >> i tried so hard to justify his actions even to the point of responding to him in a way that did not reflect my true feelings. >> reporter: effie's attorney, gloria allred -- >> even if a sexual partner agrees to certain sexual activity, she still has a right at any point to withdraw her consent. >> reporter: could she have given consent and withdrawn that consent? >> absolutely. consent should be an ongoing process. >> reporter: heather drevna is vice president of communication

for r.a.i.n., rape abuse and incest national network. >> consent doesn't mean that because you consented to something once you're consenting to it again. and vice-versa. so in this situation, these messages from 2020 don't say anything about the situation years previous that she's alleging. >> reporter: hammer first faced backlash in january when multiple women accused the 34-year-old actor of emotional and physical abuse, and said he r sa he iolent sexual fantasies. wouldn't respond to what he called vicious online attacks. effie says now that hammer doesn't hold power over her, she wants him to be held accountable. >> i feel immense guilt for not speaking out sooner. by speaking out today i hope to prevent others from falling victim to him in the future. >> reporter: effie's attorney says her client has provided law enforcement with evidence of the alleged rape, including photos of some of her injuries. it will be up to prosecutors to decide whether there is enough

evidence to press charges against hammer. gayle? >> all right. thank you very much. all very disturbing. you know, all the experts say it's very difficult for women to speak up in these circumstances. and when they do, it's something that should be taken very seriously. there's a lot of stuff swirling around armie hammer that i don't think can be ignored. >> important point in the piece that, yes, now does not mean yes to everything later. it's a continuing process. >> exactly. >> as you point out, there are a lot of things swirling around him. >> exactly. we'll continue to follow that story for you. if you or someone you know is seeking sexual assault counseling or maybe resources, you can call the r-a-i-n-n hot line, 1-800-656-4673, going to repeat it again, it will be our website, 1-800-656-4673. coming up, we're learning more about a popular flea and tick collar that may be linked to the deaths of hundreds of pets. and a reminder, you can always get the morning's news by

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pets and even people ill. our consumer investigative correspondent anna werner with more. good morning. we're be only talking about sick pets, the collar may be linked to the deaths of nearly 1,700 pets. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. right, and those reports went to the epa which regulates pesticides. now the agency has not concluded that these collars pose any danger. but people reported to them and on social media that their pets became ill or died, and many of them believe that the collars are to blame. 4-month-old kittens oscar and felix were healthy, says owner karen pisano, until she put seresto collars in them. within two days, oscar's legs began twitching. >> that's when i became alarmed. >> reporter: on a veterinarian's advice, she immediately removed the collars. but oscar died that night. >> you think you're doing the best thing for your pets, to protect them, and to see this

poor thing, see him pass, he didn't deserve that. >> i believe it was that collar. i absolutely do. >> reporter: jerry kurtz says his 135-pound dog baron was healthy as a horse until he put air ceresto collar on him. >> within 12 hours, he had a massive, massive seizure. he was foaming at the mouth. his eyes was rolled back. >> reporter: kurtz says a veterinarian gave baron anti-seizure medication, but the seizures continued. getting so bad a year later, he says, he felt he had to put baron to sleep. >> i loved that dog. it just wasn't right. just wasn't right. >> reporter: ceresto collars contain two pesticides to ward off ticks and fleas. the retailer says the collars are safe, government documents obtained by a unanimous profit group show since ceresto collars were introduced in 2012, more than 75,000 incidents have been reported to the epa ranging from skin irritation to seizures, plus, nearly 1,700 pet deaths.

senior scientist nathan donley. >> the biggest thing that stuck out was how high the numbers are. >> reporter: elanco says the incident report rate in the u.s. has been below .3%, and the majority relate to nonserious effects such as skin problems. a company official said that a report is not an indication of cause, and said there's no established link between exposure to the active ingredients in seresto and pet deaths. but a congressman wants the collars off the market at least temporarily. >> i think that it's only appropriate in this case that the manufacturer do a voluntary recall. the situation has to be investigated. that's why we're taking action as we are right now. >> reporter: well, the company says it's cooperating with the subcommittee but will not be hosting a voluntary recall. that, it says, would be up to regulators. the epa says it's in

conversation with elanco about the incidents. it should be noted that many veterinarians continue to recommend these products. now if you have a story to tell us about this issue or anything else, you can email us at consumer@cbsnews.com. tony? >> can feel for those pet owners. we hope we get to the bottom of this. anna, thank you very much.

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in san francisco. xiao zhen xie says she was waiting at a traffic light when stephen jenkins punched her in the 76-year-old fought back injuring the 39-year-old attacker. she told our san francisco station kpix she's haunted by what happened to her. watch. >> my mom feels scared and traumatized. >> she is extremely terrified. >> so that was after -- that interview that betty did was after the attack. what you saw her on the street, and people were sipsyched to se her beat up her attacker. when you see an older woman crying, that broke me heart. she's crying, in trauma and pain. the good news -- an online fundraiser to pay for her medical expenses has collected more than $500,000. >> whoa. >> half a million -- >> almost $600. she still can't see out of her right eye. >> it was bleeding when betty from kpix did the interview.

>> right now it's 5969,125. >> we were talking yesterday it was $150,000. >> shows how people are saying this is not okay. this is not okay. we want to help you. >> exactly. all right. "teen vogue's" editor is out of a job before she took over. 27-year-old alexi mccammond faced backlash after tweets she sent in her late teens. the magazine released a statement saying mccammond and the company have decided to part ways. members of "teen vogue" staff demanded the new eshots of the tweets were sherrod are online. it quoted stupid dot stupid ta in the classroom. and googling how not to wake up with swollen asian eyes. she also tweeted, quote, you're so gay, to a user on another occasion. mccammond, who was supposed to start next week apologized and said the tweets overshadowed the work i've done to highlight the people and issues that i care

about and added she became a journalist to support, quote, our most vulnerable communities. as a young woman of color, that is part of the reason why i was so excited to lead the "teen vogue" team to its next chapter. >> probably so disappointed -- >> 17 years old when she sent these tweets. she's apologized for them, and "teen vogue" knew about them before they hired her. >> i was so disappointed to read this -- i don't know her personally, but i've watched her on tv. she's very good what the she does. if you look back at anything we did at 17 and that we had to pay for years later, there's some being that that just want? right to me. >> it raises questions as to where the cutoff is for behavior. and if you -- >> like a statute of limitations. yeah. >> she said it does not reflect who i am today. what growth are people am loued? >>al although the tweets were racist. >> we all agree. >> far me to judge the particulars of the case, but it points to a bigger conversation about where the lines are. >> were you like to be judged by everything but at 17?

>> no. i think no one would want that. we are in a in a moment now and she was going to lead a newsroom. if you don't have the newsroom behind you, it's -- >> she didn't have support behind her? >> the 20 staff members of "teen vogue" sent a public letter when she was announced as the editor-in-chief saying that they really wanted to have a conversation -- >> it was hard to get past that. how long do we pay a price for something we did when we were young and dumb. i don't know. >> i 100% agree with that sentiment. let's talk about dolly. can we talk about dolly parton, please? she is now leading a comic book. she's adding that to her resume. called "female force: dolly parton." tidal wave will publish it on print and on line. the first in a series of biographical comics that's featured form first lady michelle obama. she's proven to be a superhero donating $1 million to help develop moderna's covid vaccine. >> want to put a statue of her up. she's got a comic book --

>> no, she rewrote "jolene," vaccine. what did you say the other day, she's the only person all three of have us interviewed. >> that's true. >> is that right? that's cool. i need to get in on that, dolly. hit me up, dolly parton. >> i want her to run. she'd win in a landslide. thanks. coming up, an inside look at the first covid trial involving pregnant women in the u.s. we talked to one mother who's participating. stay with us on "cbs this morning." no matter what goes wrong in this country they're out there. look to the families. the communities. every small town, city and schoolyard. and know that they will endure. because in this country, we build with something stronger than brick or steel. we build with each other. ♪ ♪

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and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. it is friday, march 19th, 2021. happy friday to you. it's been a long week. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. that's tony dokoupil. that's anthony mason. new pleasurressure. how they're responding to calls for justice in atlanta from asian americans. a new study looks at one covid vaccine's effect on pregnant women and whether antibodies are passed onto newborns. >> millions of women have lost their jobs during this pandemic. we'll have tips for getting back into the work force in industries that may be growing again. first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. we've got new video showing the suspect in this week's spa killings around the city of

atlanta waiting outside one of the spas? . >> often by this point we'd have heard more from victim's families but in this case, police have yet to identify four of the victims because they are still working on notifying next of kin. president biden and vice president harris head to atlanta to meet with asian-american leaders. we spoke with victims who said the time to take action is now. >> the fbi has already arrested more than 300 people, but it still needs the public's help to identify these suspects. if you already have immunity, you're wearing a mask, be a comfort to others. if you're not wearing a mask -- >> i totall disagree with you. >> were you a little taken aback we his line of questions? >> senator paul has a message we don't need masks. that goes against about everything we know about how to prevent the spread of the virus. the ncaa men's basketball tournament underway with the first four games. >> ucl and michigan state. the legendary programs went into overtime.

the bruins pulling out the victory to advance. >> ucla, a comeback win. >> i crave any kind of normalcy, and you're right. on "cbs this morning" lots of basketball. >> we're going to start with this. we're learning more this morning about the deadly shooting about the spas in the atlanta areas. we are at one of the sites targeted in the killing spree. mark, good morning to you. do we know any more today about a possible motive here? >> reporter: well, that, of course, is the big question, gayle. atlanta's deputy police chief says nothing is off the table, but they're still not calling it a hate crime and refusing to call it that has angered members of the local community who held a vigil last night to honor the victims. cherokee county sheriff frank

reynolds came to pay his respects and got emotional while addressing reporters. >> i just want to let our community know. i want the world to know we're better than this. >> reporter: meanwhile president biden ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the white house to honor those killed. he and.kamala harris plan to meet with leaders in georgia's asian-american and pacific islander community today during a visit to the state. the white house said on thursday that the president will listen to community advocates about the recent rise in anti-asian hate crimes. he's expected to enforce legislation to expand the justice department's ability to investigate any covid-related hate incidents. as we've been reporting, over the last year during the pandemic, hate crimes against asian americans have spiked nearly 150%. tony? >> all right. mark, thank you very much. the first coronavirus vaccine trial involving pregnant women

is underway in the u.s. and around the world. pfizer's study includes 4,000 expecting mothers. it will assess vaccine safety and efficacy and look at whether the vaccine can transfer protective antibodies to newborns. the cdc says pregnancy is a risk factor for more severe covid infections. more than 51,000 pregnant women in the u.s. have been vaccinated without waiting for the trial results. and i share a household with one of them. nikki battiste is giving us more. >> reporter: pregnant women have historically been excluded to vaccine trials. it results in a lack of safety data. the covid-19 pandemic made this a priority. the women in the pfizer trial don't know if they're getting a vaccine or placebo. we spoke with one expectant mother after she received the

first of her two doses. >> have you had any severe reactions to vaccines? >> never. >> reporter: in her eighth month of pregnancy, kelsey rolled up her sleeve for protection. not just for her, but more importantly, she says, for her unborn daughter. >> are you worried at all or are you happy you're doing this? >> i'm happy i'm doing this. i would be totally off base if i said i wasn't a little nervous. >> reporter: the 28-year-old from fort worth, texas, already mom to a toddler says she and her husband discussed the vaccine extensively before signing up. >> at the end of the day, it just seemed like the best decision for me and my family. >> reporter: the pfizer trial will include 4,000 healthy pregnant women from at least nine countries who are between 24 to 34 weeks of gestation. half get a placebo. each woman keeps a trial diary, recording any symptoms such as fever.

>> our hope is that by getting the vaccine, it transfers over the immunity through the placenta to the baby. >> that seems to me like that would be a really big deal. >> it is a big deal, because their immune systems are so small, and weak. so the only immunity they're ever going to get when they're born is from what mom passed to them. >> reporter: pregnant women are prioritized for vaccines in at least 21 states but a recent poll in the u.s. found that more than half are reluctant to sign up, citing concerns over lack of data. >> as an obgyn, were you nervous to administer vaccines to pregnant women? >> i wasn't. i knew the disease j the covid-19 infection in pregnancy was going to be worse than in the general population. >> reporter: the american college of gynecologists recommends that covid-19 vaccines not be withheld from pregnant and nursing women. the cdc says no reports of

miscarriages or preterm births are linked with the vaccines in women who became pregnant while participating in the initial vaccine trials. >> if you're not happy to be in a trial q don't do it. i'm just really excited that pregnant women will have this chance to be immunized for us to make history with some answers. >> reporter: carpenter's daughter is helping pave the way for future generations too as part of the trial, newborns will be monitored for their first six months of life. >> that's what sold me on it. like, okay, this could help my daughter. that can keep me safe. it just seemed like a win/win. >> reporter: there's at least one documented case in the u.s. of a baby born with covid-19 antibodies after the mother was vaccinated when she was pregnant. pfizer told us the women in this trial who receive a placebo will get a real vaccine one month after birth. that's important, because it's believed nursing mothers pass antibodies to their newborns through breast milk. pfizer expects the results from

the trial in the summer of 2022. anthony? >> nikki, thank you. this is such an important study. we've talked about this. and you've experienced -- >> many expectant mothers are very nervous about this. this will give them hopefully some comfort. >> an important study. >> my wife was more worried about getting covid an than the side effects. >> when you said all the doctors say go ahead and do it. >> the cdc points out pregnancy is a high risk category for covid. >> if the immunity transfer to the baby, that's huge. >> that's big. ahead, we look at the places suddenly left behind a year ago when people fled offices, classrooms and other spaces to go on

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women have lost jobs in retail education and health services and leisure and hospitality services. they all have mostly female work forces. deborah coordinated travel programs for employees. this is her story. >> i've been in the travel industry for 12 years. i travel a lot. so it really was a good combination of the things that i enjoy doing. >> when the pandemic hit, deborah knew her job was on the line. by april, the travel industry was decimated and she was laid

off. >> a call came in, and based on what i had seen going on in the industry and i knew kind of what the call was -- it was a little bit of shock, but it was mostly expected. >> her unemployment checks and her husband's income kept the family afloat. >> did you get your homework done? >> but she had to make changes. >> we started cutting costs. i looked at utilities and tried to switch providers and do whatever we could to save a little bit. i kind of immediately got my resume together. there's nothing under travel consulting. it's been really hard. it comes up empty quite a bit. it's a really kind of debt market right now. >> deborah has turned her attention to building a community newsletter. because she doesn't know if or when she can ever return to the travel industry. >> going back into the industry is going to be more competition. it's going to be a much harder climb back.

the unknown. it's hard. >> it is so hard. linked in has been studying this. the series is called conversations for change. the editor at large of the global news team joins us this morning. carolyn, it's great to see you. there are a lot of deborahs out there. a lot of people telling the same story. what do you think employers need to do to keep women in the work force? >> well, good morning, gayle. i'm glad you asked that y question. the pandemic has had an impact on tens of millions of professionals. we're finding women are bearing the brunt of this crisis. there are 2 .3 million deborahs not in the work force. women's participation rate in the work force is at the lowest rate since 1988. if employers don't think about flexible workplace policies and don't check in with the current women in their work force, we're risking decades of progress

being erased from women. >> i want to talk about how we get women back into the work force. for people who have lost their job during this pandemic, how do they talk about that job loss and that gap in their resume when they go back out there on the market? >> sure. particularly for women, career gaps have been stigmatized when it comes to returning to work. the good thing about the pandemic is the stigma has virtually gone away. we hear from hiring managers who say they almost expect career gaps because of the devastating impact on the labor force. walk in confident knowing that's the case. don't feel bad about it. come in with a case for what you've done during this time. maybe you've taken courses that help with the next job but own the fact this is a hard time for everyone and you're not alone. >> there's also a difficult moment people face when you're looking for a job, particularly looking for a long time and failing. at what point do people say i need to change careers? not just trying to apply in the same area? >> we have data that is showing

that women in particular right now given just the devastating impact that the economy has had right now in industries where we see a lot of women, you mentioned some of the industries. travel, retail, good and beverage. these are industries that have more women and men in the work force right now. they're having to pivot and thinking about different career paths they can go on. i think right now the name of the game is skills. how can you transfer your resume from just a job and industry to the skills you have to make the pith to the industries booming. >> and you say it's all about story telling. it's good to hear that employees aren't judging you if there's a career gap. when i was coming up, it was always said you don't want to have a career gap. it doesn't look good. a time out. so you say that it's about story telling. what does that mean in getting a job? you have to sell yourself? >> it means that we have to rethink how people think about their careers. so many people think okay, it's my job title, the industry i'm in. what we're seeing on linked in in the new digital economy is it's about your skills. transferable skills you have.

let's take deborah. the travel industry isn't a great place to work right now but her experience as a consultant can be transferred to e-commerce or business sales. these are skills she has that she can paint it out as a story in terms of getting her next opportunity. >> carolyn, leading an important conversation for us. thank you very much. we hope it works out for people listening. ahead, demi lovato's tough times. she talks about surviving drig abuse and a near deadly drug overdose.

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pop superstar demi lovato is talking about her struggle with addiction. a new series explores that and an overdose that lovato said nearly killed her.

sunday morning's tracy smith spoke with lovato to discuss her relapse and that overdose. >> i'm not sure that people even realize how very serious this was and how it still affects you. how close did you come to dying? >> the doctors told me that i had a five to ten minutes, like if no one had found me i wouldn't be here. and i'm grateful that i'm sitting here today, yeah. >> reporter: me, too. >> thank you. >> reporter: i got to tell you, we had a similar conversation in 2016. what happened? >> like i was probably 24 when we did the interview. so we're doing this interview, i'm in recovery from a bunch of things, and i have been sober for however many years, but i'm

still miserable. for the first time in my life had to essentially die to wake up. >> you can watch the interview with demi lovato this weekend on "cbs sunday morning." she's not kidding. she had three strokes, a heart attack, organ failurement it took her two months to recover sight to read a book. it was devastating. >> wow. >> it's very chilling when she says i had to die to actually wake up. i mean, she really has been through it. and it just -- based on the clip, it seems that she's extremely candid. i'll be watching. very glad that she's okay. >> yeah. >> and she says that it's been very difficult to even navigate that she still sometimes drinks. she still sometimes will do -- on a limited basis, that it's still a struggle even now. she's candid about that. >> the conversation about how to address addiction and how one comes out of it,

good morning. it is 8:25. i am anne makovec. it has certainly been a long week of anxiety after attacks against asian americans. many volunteers are staying strong in the bay area though now patrolling streets of bay area china towns to help further protect the aapi community. the suspect accused of punching a 76-year-old asian man in the face is going to be arraigned. that happened in oakland tuesday near 7th and broadway. the victim was rattled but not badly hurt. sfusd facing a lawsuit over controversial agreement to rename 44 schools. a local law firm filed a legal

challenge yesterday claiming the district did not adequately notify the public that the decision would be final. one of our lowest spots continues to be that ride along 80, east shore freeway. we are tracking slow speeds west bound with a 24 minute travel time from highway 4, 88 connector in hercules to the macarthur maze. there was an earlier trouble spot. there was a traffic alert issue. it looks like activity on the east bound side. this is definitely causing delays in both directions. the golden gate bridge, things are murky as you work across the span. tracking a few spotty showers on high def doppler. you see the showers pushing across the peninsula over san francisco into around the bay bridge down through south san francisco at this hour. patchy dense fog as well. watch for that as we start our day. we are going to see clearing though in the afternoon with some sunshine,

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that we call talk of the table and tony is up first. >> i'm talking about a wonderful piece of technology. it is flat and light and very responsive. you can't hack it. >> etch-a-sketch. >> it is called paper, and researchers at the university of tokyo looked at students who use paper to take notes and compared to those who used smartphones and the smartphone users took longer to complete memory-based tanks than their counterparts who used paper. students using paper finished note taking 25% faster than their digital counterparts and the study concluded that paper is more advanced and useful compared to electronic documents because paper contained more

one-of-a-kind information for stronger memory recall. >> i agree. >> i do too. i actually find that any time you write something down, you actually -- >> you retain it. yes, i totally agree. >> i support that study and the conclusions. two famous music festivals are returning to the northeast. there will be music in newport this summer. boy am i excited by that said the rhode island governor, working with the newport folk and jazz festival to plan to host events with modified capacities, both festivals were canceled last year because of the pandemic. for decades the newport folk festival featured top artists in 2019, high women and maggie rogers took the stage and including kasey musgraves and mumford and sons and jack white. when i went to get my vaccine shot, i wore a new port folk festival. it is my hope to go so i'm

feeling good about this and one of my favorite memories was one of the last performances when dolly parton made a surprise appearance. there she is and came out and performed. she was not listed as a headliner, she just showed up. >> if you go this year, you could get another t-shirt. >> i always get a t-shirt every time i go. >> i get that. >> and i hope it is looking like we could go, end of july. >> that is very nice. for my pick we're talking to wesley morris and jenna wortham with the hit podcast by confronting perhaps the most charged word in the english language. what do you think it is. it is the n-word. in the new episode they support many faces and talk about an instance where wortham called morris the n-word. what? >> i remember absorbing it. >> do you feel uncomfortable and you just busted out into a very ex plickable long laugh that had no end for many secondaries. you just kept laughing. >> well, for the next three or

four days after that, i was, like, jenna called me the n-word. jenna called me the n-word. but it made me feel loved. i have to say. it is really -- >> that is crazy. >> jenna goes, it's crazy. an a lot of people go that's crazy. so good to see you, both. what do you mean when you said that you felt loved? >> i mean, i understand that it is a term of endearment among black people and it can be. and i don't use the word. this is what jenna and i talk about. but when she said it to me, she didn't say it to judge me, i mean she did, not because i'm black, because i was doing something ridiculous. and i sat with it and i understood what it was and jenna loves me and that is what she meant when she said it. >> i feel this is a tiptoe

through the tulips conversation because i didn't grow up in a house where we could use it or say it and now it is coming up. but wesley, you make reservations with your soul before you write it and in jenna you said you used it with friends because you thought it was cool and nice to be defiant and now you don't use it. it still seems after all of this time it is complicated for both of you. jenna, can you respond to that? >> of course. also, gayle, thank you so much for having us. we love you so much and it is always an honor to be here. >> we love you, gayle. >> i'm so glad you're here. >> yeah, you know, i think when i was younger, i really relished in the ownership of the word and i didn't always understand the power that i was wielding when i used it. and over the course of my life, right up until the incident with wesley, i understood that not all black people are the same, of course. we know that. and i never wanted to harm someone. and don't want to harm wesley. i love him so much.

for me it was such an eye-opening moment about the ways in which i have to reconsider the usage of the word and working it out of my vocabulary. >> and you said that white people have as much stake in this word as black people do. >> yes. >> explain. >> well, i mean, i think that, you know, in this day and age, i think everybody hears that word pretty frequently, whether your using it or whether you're in an environment in which it is in a song. and i think it is a white word. and i think that, you know, one of the things that we've run up against in the last couple of months is the question of when it is, quote, okay, for white people to use it, particularly if they're not using it in a racist way. if they're using in a quote, if they're repeating a rap lyric,

whereas among many black people and people general, i think the assumption is you never say that word if you're not black. so jen and i talk about on the show it is more complicated than that. >> yep. >> so talk about that, wesley. because what you hear a lot of white folks say is what, i see people use it in movies and i hear it in songs, why can't i use this word. >> why would you want to use the word? i guess that's the question. >> right. >> because they're singing the song, wesley. they're singing the song. >> well, i think that one of the things that we have to really think about, i mean and that is what jenna and i are talking about in this episode. it is settled among black people that it is a word that we use but you understanding the history of this word and how it came to be acceptable to use in hip-hop, for instance or among black people, it is been a journey. and it is not just something that you could drop into and run. you'll see, morgan whalen, when

you get caught, out here using that word, what happens. and that, i think, will begin an education for this particular white person. >> so then on that question of an education, what do we do when a white person is caught using this word? every case is different and, jenna, i'll throw it to you, every case is different and treated on case-by-case basis but are there guidelines or people should look at when deciding what needs to happen after it comes out? >> i think accountability and personal responsibility are always good immediate go-tos. i think people should not expect to be forgiven. in this country, black forgiveness over white accountability and i'm ready for that balance to head toward white counter ability and i think people need to use it

knowing its legacy. that word is tied to black death, that word is tied to the history of slavery and enslavement of black people in this country. if you feel that strongly about that word, you have a deep inner journey to go on as a white person and i deeply recommend that anybody who is listening to this and feels very strongly about their -- their ability to use that word, rewatch "roots" and then decide. >> i could use it as a teachable moment for many people which is exactly what i think is happening to morgan whalen at this time, to take a deep dive into what means and the pain that it caused and i do think there is redemption. >> i hope so. >> i hope so too. >> that is the hope. >> i believe that could be the case. jenna and wesley, it is good to see you both. can't wait for the oscars. there is much to discuss. we'll talk to you again i'm sure. >> oh, yeah. i'm very curious to see how that goes too. thank you, gayle. >> see you guys. >> bye-bye. >> new episodes of -- i love the title, still processing, are

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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.

if you see wires down, treat them all as if they're hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. when much of the planet went into lockdown a year ago we left

behind scenes of life interrupted. from desks to dorm rooms and in school lockers, labs, and classrooms, our worlds were suddenly frozen in time. this morning, chip reid reflects on those places and personal spaces that a year later are just as we left them. breaking news tonight, america locked down. >> near total lockdown -- >> complete standstill. it is very scary. >> a year ago, a scary virus made an unrelenting march. >> we're at war. and we're fighting an invisible enemy. >> reporter: an invisible enemy that made us disappear. silencing the roar of rush hour. and leaving the city that never sleeps still as a photograph. ♪ go inside those buildings today,

and you find an eerie time capsule. a strange still life of life still as we left it. have you wondered what about that plant on my desk? well, there's good news -- some survived, even thrived with the run of the place. buzzfeed brought four floors of plants to huddle together in this conference room. most made it. others drooped as if to match our moods. schools shuttered before kids could put together the pieces, leaving playgrounds and classrooms achingly empty except for the parking lot. experiments moved out of the lab, showing the effect of time on a banana and an apple left in a locker. time marched on, but calendars on their own couldn't turn the page from march, 2020. fittingly, it was friday the 13th of march here at the smithsonian's museum of natural history where preserving the

past is what they do. >> we have closed our new york broadcast center to clean and disinfect -- >> reporter: in our "cbs this morning" offices, it's still march 11th, 2020, on the assignment board. >> they told everyone not to return to work. >> reporter: in the rush to leave, producers thought ahead and preserved the moment. >> this is absolutely insane, but we're going home. >> one day we'll look back on this video and it will just be a memory. >> reporter: that day hasn't come yet. a year later, our abandoned desks still hold what almost feel like clues, time lapse the big good-bye. >> reporter: in one office, four bags of girl scout cookies, one co-worker never got to hand out. another colleague still out of state now only sees her apartment on this security camera. sadly, over half a million americans will never go back home. but as with trials faced by

earlier generations, america will persevere. we said it back then. >> we're going to get through it. >> and we're going to be okay. >> yeah. >> reporter: what image will come to define that return? what photo will say we're back, we're still living? for "cbs this morning," i'm chip reid. >> i love that picture. i still say we're going to be okay, guys. it sure is tough to look at those pictures. >> and the empty offices. >> we are going to be okay. we have to recover our lives. before we go, a look at all that matters this week. we'll be right back.

here's something fun to think about -- spring arrives tomorrow. >> last day of winter right now. >> shortly after 5:30. you should get up and say, hello, spring. excited about that. >> been a long winter. >> yeah. >> that will do it for us. see you monday morning. first, a look back at all that

mattered this week. take it easy. >> we need to make sure -- >> the attacks around atlanta killed eight people on tuesday including six asian women. >> a really bad day for him. this is what he did. >> i couldn't believe that police captain was recounting the bad day that the killer had without a shred of empathy for the eight victims and their families. >> there could be ape wake-up -- this could be a wake-up call for a lot of people like george floyd's death was. >> there are children tragedy e ically who do not make it to the border because of the journey. >> it's heartbreaking. >> that is watching -- >> black residents are behind on getting the vaccine. >> reporter: we heard there's on woman, as they say, doing the lord's work. >> she's an angel in disguise. >> reporter: what's your reaction? >> i'm just so pleased. >> did you think you had made crappy movies? >> i had my share of [ bleep ] crappy movies. i said the other day, if you put

your kids first before you make any decision, you never make a bad decision. >> you should have talked to the children about the [ bleep ] movies you were making. monday morning, i want happy. ♪ >> the grammy goes to beyonce! [ cheers ] >> all bowing down to the queen this morning. >> the royal family, as like to ta call them of music. >> didn't she do well? ca cardi, styles icon. >> bring it. i wanted to answer somebody and say, it's not easy getting a feather boa. this is not long enough. there you go. >> yeah! it's very jimi hendrix monterey -- >> i bet you thought they'd never have a feather boa. ♪ [ laughter ] >> it's early in l.a. >> tiffany, did we wake you up, hon? did we wake you up?

>> yeah. only did this for you, gayle. you owe me much. >> you've got a foundation, it's called she ready -- >> no, she ready -- >> thank you, gayle. >> she ready foundation. >> thank you, ladies. i appreciate the translation. matthew mcconaughey joins us -- >> all right, all right, all right. >> right on cue. >> thank you. >> is it possible at that time to speak to potential gubernatorial candidate governor mcconaughey? is he there? >> he's -- he's not here right now. let me look around for him. the book is called "so many ways to lose: the amazing true story of the new york mets." best worst team in sports. >> ahh! oh, very nice, gayle -- >> a special early copy of the book. >> we're going to do really well this season, though, by the way. >> sure you are. you can read and enjoy about how they lose -- >> relive all my --

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majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time.

good morning. it is five minutes before 9:00. i am anne makovec. today a virtual candle light vigil will be held in honor of oak land resident pak who died after a brutal assault and robbery. it begins at 7:00 tonight. mount diablo unified school district having a special board meeting to ratify a tentative agreement. children's ferry land is oakland is reopening today. the park will be open in two daily sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. no rides will open until the

city is in the orange tier. some good news to report for the ride across richmond san rafael bridge. it's getting a little bit better than we have seen most of the morning. things are easing as you work through the toll plaza, a little sluggish there. golden gate bridge seeing a little murkiness. east shore freeway, if you are on 80 east bound exit ramp to university avenue is still blocked from an earlier accident. you have brake lights there with a slow ride continuing air cross east shore west bound from highway 4 to the maze, 22 minute ride. i am tracking a few spotty showers on high def doppler. we are not done just yet with our wet weather. you see light showers across san francisco, bay bridge to the east bay, berkeley, alameda, oak land. also dense fog down to near zero at half moon bay

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