follow us any time online at cbs news.com. reporting from new york city. it's it's monday, march 22nd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." a race for space. housing facilities overflow with migrants. who the u.s. is not expelling from the country. state of emergency. spring break chaos in one u.s. city as massive crowds fuel concerns of a new covid outbreak. texan in trouble? houston's star quarterback is under investigation after seven under investigation after seven women accuse him of assault. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin this morning with the intensifying humanitarian crisis at the u.s./mexico border.

the u.s. government is housing more than 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children, and that includes 5,000 minors who are currently in facilities not designated for long-term custody. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want more transparency from the biden administration. they want journalists allowed inside the facilities. elise preston has the latest from new york. elise, does the president have plans to visit the border at all? >> reporter: well, good morning, anne-marie. the president says he might visit the border soon, but a timeline is not clear. the number of migrants seeking to enter the united states is surging. thousands now occupy camps along the mexican border waiting for a chance to apply for asylum. >> now is not the time to come. do not come. the journey is dangerous. >> reporter: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is warning migrants against

entering the country saying the border is closed, though an exception is being made for unaccompanied children. mayorkas says the situation is the result of president trump's immigration approach. >> there was a system in place in both republican and democratic administrations that was torn down during the trump administration. >> reporter: republican lawmakers are blaming president biden, saying he reversed president trump's policies before a back up plan was ready. >> the border right now is wide open because the biden administration dismantled the very effective policies of the trump administration and the agreements we had with mexico and other latin american countries. >> reporter: on sunday the president told reporters the u.s. can do more to help the migrants. >> what we're doing now, re-established what was in place. >> reporter: mr. biden says he may soon visit the border to get a firsthand look at the conditions there. and in a statement issued last

night, former president trump called on the biden administration to restart construction on a wall at the mexican border. anne-marie? >> all right. elise, thank you so much. ahead on "cbs this morning," senator chris murphy's going to join us in his first interview to discuss his visit to a border facility last week and what he'd like to see the biden administration to ease the migrant situation. covid vaccinations are ramping up. more than 81 million people have received at least one dose. of those, 44 million are fully vaccinated. that's more than 13% of the total population. breaking overnight, the astrazeneca vaccine may be one step closer to approval in this country. results of a large u.s. study found it was 79% effective against the virus. a safety panel also found no high risk of blood clots following several reports in europe. meantime, there is some

concern of new outbreaks with spring break under way. lilia luciano explains. >> reporter: a state of emergency in miami beach after police and s.w.a.t. teams were called out last night to clear streets of rowdy spring breakers. dan gelber is the city's mayor. >> we don't want to be a superspreader. >> reporter: do you know why it's so chaotic? >> the whole country's been in lockdown, and there are people who want to get somewhere and let loose. >> reporter: americans are increasingly on the move. 1.4 million flyers went through u.s. airports on friday, setting a pandemic record. but with more travelers, more tension. this fight broke out in ft. lauderdale after several passengers got kicked off a flight for refusing to wear masks. there's cause for concern. infections are still rising in at least 36 states, even as vaccinations accelerate. >> we're continuing to put protective immunity into the population.

>> oregon advances, the game's not going to be played -- >> reporter: covid has also hit the ncaa tournament. virginia commonwealth university sent home without playing a game after several team members tested positive. in l.a., tourists are back, once again flocking to historic hollywood boulevard. >> we now have reopened places cautiously with the lessons learned. >> reporter: the mayor says this is the most optimistic he's been in a year. one reason why, the positivity rate is 1.3%. lilia luciano, cbs news, santa monica. the nfl is investigating allegations of inappropriate conduct and sexual assault against football star deshaun watson. at least seven women are suing the houston texans quarterback. an attorney representing them plans to submit affidavits and evidence in the case today. some of the women who were working as massage therapists claim watson assaulted or harassed them during or before massage sessions last year.

watson tweeted a statement denying any illegal conduct. rallies were held nationwide over the weekend protesting the increase in violence and racism against asian americans. [ chants ] a large group marched through the streets of new york city calling for solidarity. in california, home to the nation's largest asian population, hundreds of people walked to chinatown grieving for victims of racist and sexist attacks. >> it's a personal choice to say no, enough is enough. i cannot stand by and watch another grandpa, grandma be pushed over with violence and killed and murdered. >> the rallies come after an increase in violence against asian americans including last week's shooting rampage at three atlanta area spas where eight people died including six women of asian descent. defense secretary lloyd austin made his first visit to

afghanistan as pentagon chief. he spoke to reporters during a stop in kabul yesterday. austin says the biden administration wants to see a, quote, responsible end to america's longest war, but made it clear the level of violence must decrease for diplomacy to have a chance. the u.s. is tentatively set to withdraw american forces from the country on may 1st in an agreement signed by the trump administration and the taliban more than a year ago. so coming up now, caught on video, a father carrying a toddler flees a charging elephant at a zoo. and paying back black residents. a chicago suburb votes on reparations. this is the "cbs morning news." on reparations. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis... or psoriatic arthritis, little things, can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable...

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much of the grounds have looked like a fortress for nearly three months. vehicles were also allowed back on the streets near the capitol complex this weekend. a father was arrested after entering an elephant's habitat with his child, and a congressman has apologized for sexual misconduct. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the new york times" reports new york republican representative tom reed says that he won't run for any political office next year after being accused of groping a woman. the 49-year-old apologized after a woman said that he touched her inappropriately in 2017 when she was a 25-year-old lobbyist. in a statement, reed said that the incident occurred at a time in his life when he was struggling with alcohol addiction. last month, reed said that he was considering running next year against embattled new york governor andrew cuomo. reed is also up for re-election in 2022. the "san diego union tribune" says a father was arrested after carrying his

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our top stories -- the humanitarian crisis at the u.s./mexico border is intensifying. the u.s. government is housing more than 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children. that includes 5,000 minors who are currently in facilities not designed for long-term custody. and a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach. authorities are concerned large crowds gathering for spring break pose a coronavirus risk. as a result, an 8:00 p.m. curfew will be extended

through april 12th. there have been more than 1,000 arrests since partygoers started to arrive. turning to a massachusetts community where neighbors came together to help a family. nancy chen explains. >> reporter: scraping snow is a chore most people dread, but for jane cunningham it's a blessing. >> this is the home everybody's grown up in. >> reporter: her home of 25 years in sudbury, massachusetts, was a sanctuary as she became a single mother raising three children including a son diagnosed with cancer. but the house that was their foundation was falling apart. the roof collapsed. animals invaded, and they stopped living in parts of the home for their health. >> there's mold everywhere. other things are crumbling. it was kind of like our life fell apart a few years ago. it just became too much. >> reporter: with medical debt climbing, cunningham had few options but to move until a friend started a fundraiser to replace her roof. it caught the eye of construction executive dave fenton who immediately started making calls.

>> it was in my town, and you know, without a doubt it was something we needed to do. >> reporter: before long, about 20 people got involved donating materials and labor to fix the house. >> the roof had to go first. then we went on the inside, and there was a ton of mold, drywall rot, insulation was in disrepair. so i reached out to another friend of ours who does a lot of that work, and they came in with a demolition crew. >> reporter: the community raised about $50,000 worth of donations to repair her home and pay off medical bills, changing the lives of cunningham and her family. >> when you're carrying a lot of problems alone, it can feel very alone with them and very overwhelmed. what they did is like taking a boulder off my back. >> here we go. this is it. so this is my new family room. doesn't it look great? >> reporter: sometimes it takes a village to give a home. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. coming up first on "cbs this

morning," more on the migrant crisis at the southern border. we'll speak with senator chris murphy who visited a border facility in el paso, texas. plus, the former notre dame coach talks about the fight for equality in college shorts. and demi lovato opens up about addiction and her drug overdose. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. er drug overdose. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

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