thanks everyone for watching kpix5 news. don't forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> cbs this morning is up next. have a great thursday, good morning to you, our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, march 25, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. harrowing stories of survival from the mass shooting in boulder, including a young man who hid just feet away from the gunman. we will also hear from the sister of fallen police officer eric talley who said his light still shines. breaking news out of night over north korea. their first significant challenge to the biden administration. why they decided to test two suspected ballistic missiles now. and vice president kamala harris takes charge of the

border crisis. meanwhile, a tv camera is allowed inside a shelter for the first time under president biden. how the pictures compare to the crowded facilities we saw earlier this week. >> pictures always tell the story. but first here's your "eye opener," the world in 90 seconds. >> rikki would do anything to make anybody smile. >> i have seen a lot of things before but this one takes the cake. >> ahmad al aliwi alissa will face a judge for the first time. >> we're a resilient community, we will come back. we will be stronger. >> the president has tapped vice president kamala harris to lead the white house effort to tackle the migrant surge at the southern border in recent weeks. >> there's no question this is a challenging situation. >> the covid vaccine astrazeneca has updated its clinical trial dayla after being criticized by a medical review board. >> when you look at the data, this is going to turn out to be a good vaccine.

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>> i like a good geography joke. >> how did that happen? >> wind, wind. went sideways. it's a huge ship. >> it is. be we welcome to you "cbs this morning." we're going to start with two stories about the boulder, colorado, shooting that really bring home the enormity of the tragedy that unfolded there. in a moment, you will hear our exclusive interview with kyrstin brooks, sister of fallen police officer eric talley. she has a very powerful message to share with us. first our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, spoke with a survivor of the attack, a worker at the king soopers store, who hid a few feet from the gunman. >> reporter: good morning. this is the first time we are hearing from a eyewitness who was there the entire time, saw everything, heard everything, hid behind trash cans in his coffee kiosk. he saw the gunman tracking up the store with the gun pointed

out people and watched the gunman take a man down in the parking lot. >> i kind of was thinking it was a dream, like none of this was actually happening. but then the adrenaline kicked in and i realized that this is a life-or-death situation. >> reporter: 20-year-old logan smith said he and a co-worker spent nearly half an hour hiding behind garbage cans inside the coffee kiosk he worked as the gunman moved through the store. >> did he ever say anything? >> not one word said by the gunman or anyone within the building that i could hear. >> reporter: no screaming from the victims? >> there was screaming within i would say the first five to ten seconds, and then dead silence for the next 30 minutes. the only thing that could be heard was store music and the automated store message. automated store message. >> reporter: smith says shortly before the smooth he had been on a break with his friend and 25-year-old manager rikki olds.

he saw her again right before the gunman shot and killed her. >> she was near the east side self-checkout. i saw her get shot, and i immediately saw her just fall to the ground. instinctively i wanted to rush over and comfort her, but i knew that i would have lost my life, as well, if i engaged in that. most of the mass shootings in colorado have happened within my lifetime. and the idea of a situation like that happening has been ingrained in the back of my head since i was a child. in every single year of my primary education, i have done at least one active shooter situation since first grade. >> reporter: did that active shooter training you underwent from first grade through high school kick in? >> it did immediately. no one should ever have to experience what happened that monday. it's the reality of the day we live in. and it won't

be the last. >> reporter: i want you to know at the end of the interview i asked if he was an assault weapons fan. he said no, i'm a gun owner but when i go back to work and i hope kroger, who owns this store, will guarantee we have armed security at all times. then he said, as a gun owner and someone with a license to carry, i would like permission to carry my gun on me when i'm at work to protect not only myself but the people around me. >> surreal description of what happened in that supermarket, david. thank you. a vigil was held in boulder to honor those who did not survive, and that includes officer eric talley, who died trying to stop the shooter. his sister kirsten brooks told us how she found out he was gone and how he should be remembered. >> i checked the news and the first thing that showed up was boulder shooting, one cop

killed. and i immediately screenshotted it and sent it to my mother and eric at work and texted eric. i said hey, i know you're in the middle of this probably but give me a call. and didn't hear from him, didn't hear from him. i made it home. i made it into my front door. and my mother called me and she was just screaming. and she said his daughter had called her, his young daughter and said, nana, daddy's dead. i didn't know other people had been killed yet. i just knew at that moment eric was gone. and with that everything about eric was gone. it's not just eric was gone. it's who he was in my family.

he loved being a police officer. he's like it's not my job that's unsafe, it's people. he said, you know, it's not a bad job. he said it does a lot more good. he was moving towards working as a drone operator because he -- he talked about the violence in the world. we had a conversation about that recently. and he's like yeah, it just seems to be getting worse. and he said, i would never want to put my family through losing me as their dad, husband. he said why would i do that? he said that would be stupid. so i know that he didn't -- he never put himself at risk impulsively. i feel like what happened was a hateful act, what this man did, he took my brothers' life. he took nine other lives. and these beautiful people are

gone. and that shouldn't bring more hatred. anger, sure, yeah, i was angry. i still am angry in sadness but i don't hate that person. he doesn't get to have that power. shootings and death and darkness, they happen. but they cannot put out -- they can't put out -- they don't win. they can't put out the life that was my brother. they can't put out the beauty that is his children and his family and this is not okay. it's not okay. i buried my brother. that's not okay. but everything is going to be okay, and he would say that. he would say it with that look. that bemused look like don't be too upset. there's still light. >> kirsten brook, sister of boulder police officer eric

talley. >> what a gift she's giving with those words. i find myself so angry about why this keeps happening and for his own sister say we can't let the hate overtake us. i keep thinking about that. i saw an interview with one of the victims who said she saw her mother's car in the parking lot. just the daily stuff we do. logan smith, i don't know, thinking about him too today, what he witnessed. >> the description of the supermarket was an eerie silence except for the automated announcement. chilling. >> i take away the endless legacy of these tragedies, the way the bullet hits an individual but also hit the family. >> it's so hard to be angry and sad at the same time. it's such conflicting emotions but you feel both in this moment. >> i hope she's right, going to be okay. we have breaking news out of north korea, which test fired two suspected ballistic missiles for the first time since president joe biden took office. we're following all of this from

beijing. ramy, good morning to you. what do we know? >> good morning, tony. one south korean general tells cbs news those launches are a sign of intimidation for the new biden administration. a north korean expert also says it's a show of anger, specifically at biden, after he downplayed and even laughed at some launches that happened over this past weekend on sunday. as for the missiles that launched overnight, those flew about 270 miles east and landed in the sea offon. that's according to south korea's joint chief of staff. ultimately missile launchers, as we know, missile launcherser not new. north korea tests new and sitting presidents this way. these launches are illegal per the united nations and happened after secretary of state antony blinken visited south korea just last week. he stressed denuclearization of the korean peninsula as a top priority. we know north korea will fight tooth and nail to keep its nuclear arsenal because really it's the country's best defense

against washington. another analyst tells us it would be like making israel, india or pakistan give up their own nuclear weapons, which is next to impossible. now today's launch also comes as we're looking ahead to a policy review for the u.s. against its north korea policy. we're expecting to find that out in the coming weeks. gayle? >> ramie insendio from beijing, thank you. the president tapped vice president kamala harris to lead the efforts to stem illegal migration into the united states. here's what she told us exclusively about this issue just yesterday morning. >> look, it's a huge problem. are we leaking at overcrowding at the border? yes. should these kids be in the custody of hhs, health and human services, instead of border patrol? yes. health and human services ninstead of the the border patrol? yes. >> the media was

>> janet shamlian is at the u.s./mexico border now in el paso, texas, with more on that part of the story. good morning to you. >> good morning. to be clear, this was highly controlled access inside a health and human services facility. the tour showing children playing in both facilities. quite a contrast to the still photos we saw earlier in the week from a customs border control facility shows children on the floor sleeping and overcrowding. here along the border there's not enough space to keep up with the number of people who are crossing over each day. this morning there are more than 16,000 unaccompanied migrant children in u.s. holding facilities, like this one in co-riga springs, texas, where on wednesday just one network camera was allowed inside.ssing are surging. cbs news on a ride-along with texas troopers watching the flow

along the rio grande. >> we've come across children under 10 that have been just basically dumped there and gone on. so that takes a toll. >> reporter: each day, a number of migrants are taken into custody then flown to san diego and el paso. many single adults and some families are then expelled back into mexico as part of the trump-era 42 policy which is still in place and allows asylum seekers to be denied during the pandemic. others are able to go through immigration proceedings like this mom and her son from guatemala. for safety, she asked not to be identified but told us she paid a smuggler more than $3,000 to get them across the border. a heart wrenching decision. she left her two younger children behind as she heads to meet relatives in alabama. ruben garcia runs enunciation house with shelters in el paso and juarez. he fears what's happening e at

the border now is only the start. when you see the situation unfolding, what keeps you up at night? >> that title 42 will be changed without planning. because if it's not happening and there is chaos, then one of the accusations is going to be you knew, you knew that this >> garcia said there's a bottleneck of tens of thousands of migrants from central america just across the border and that's not the only concern now. the pandemic is another one. at the texas shelter yesterday of all of the boys staying there, more than 100 of them had tested positive for covid and were isolated. >> janet, thank you. there are disturbing new details in the deadly capitol riot. court documents allege there

were significant coordinations between two members of extremist groups before the january 6th assault. and there's new footage of an attack on a capitol police officer showing what may have contributed to his death. senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge has the details. the details. >> reporter: prosecutors allege kelly meggs, a member of the oath keepers mish awas among this stack of more than a dozen individuals heading toward the capitol building on january 6th. court filings say in the weeks leading up to the riot, meggs was building support through social media to accomplish his goal -- disrupting congress. in december, meggs wrote, "i organized an alliance between oath keepers, florida 3%ers and proud boys. we have decided to work together." he later referred to the proud boys as a force multiplier. in a week before the riot, meggs claimed a heavy qrf or quick reaction force would be on standby to support their efforts. he added, "we are all in d.c. to

insurrection." his lawyer did not respond to requests for comment. the allegations surface as more details of the riot come into focus. new video obtained by "the new york times" shows how rioter julian chaiter allegedly used bear spray at close range against capitol police including brian sicknick who can be seen doubling over. sicknick later died of injuries sustained in the riot. khater and george tan i can't say -- tan ios face charges. for "cbs this morning," i'm catherine herridge in washington. ahead, crews are scrambling to free a skyscraper-sized cargo ship stuck in the suez canal in egypt. how it caused the world's biggest traffic jam and

ahead, dozens of states are considering new limits on voting. we'll talk with one of georgia's

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mass shootings didn't receive much attention during the pandemic, but gun violence never really went away. in 2020, the gun-control advocacy group every town for gun safety says there were 17 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed. yeah, that's the lowest number since 2014, but 2020 was still one of the deadliest years on record for gun violence with more than 19,000 americans killed. that's according to researchers at the gun violence archive. they also report that this week alone, more than 100 people have died, and 200 others were hurt in smaller shootings all across the united states. so why does this happen? well, one study found that while america makes up about 4% of the world's population, we have more than 40% of the world's guns. and we use them. coming up, we'll talk with

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." all-out push by democrats for a massive overhaul of u.s. elections has reached the senate after being passed in the house. senators held a hearing yesterday on the so-called for the people act. the bill would expand early voting and allow for universal mail-in voting. the measure comes as 43 states consider republican-backed proposals to curb voting rights. ours requires stricter i.d. checks on mail-in ballots and limit where they can be returned. nowhere is the issue more urgent than in the state of georgia. ed o'keefe spoke with leaders there about this fight. if your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't be working so hard

to try to stop it. so don't let anybody take your voice or your vote. [ cheers ] >> reporter: senator raphael warnock will be up for re-election next year when georgia willing also have a competitive governor's race. >> it certainly has been a very interesting time. >> reporter: that's part of what's fueling an especially partisan fight over voting rights in the peach state. >> georgia is ground zero for the voting rights debate. and it is difficult to overstate how important this issue is. >> reporter: the republican-controlled legislature's putting the final touches on changes to state voting laws that would mandate new early voting hours, enact stricter i.d. laws for absentee voting, and potentially regulate who can talk to voters standing in long lines. [ cheers ] part of a nationwide push by republicans in the wake of former president trump's loss that he's actively encouraging. >> another one of the most urgent issues facing the republican party is that of ensuring fair, honest, and secure elections.

[ cheers ] >> reporter: georgia state senate president pro tempore butch miller is among those puhing for the changes. >> we have a lack of confidence in the billion on the box and the integrity of the ballot box. we have to restore that. >> reporter: would republicans be doing this if donald trump had won in november? >> let me look at my crystal ball. >> reporter: miller says he and his gop colleagues have received thousands of calls from constituents concerned about the election results. >> we have people call that said that they received multiple ballots in the mail. they received multiple requests for absentee ballots in the mail. if you get one in the mail, you don't know where it came from, did you? >> reporter: but if it says state of georgia on the envelope, as it's mailed, you're telling me people are concerned that might not be a legitimate ball snot. >> there might be people -- ballot? there might be people concerned and rightly so. >> if there's any lack of confidence in our voting system it's because politicians have been pushing the big lie. they are using the lie about voter fraud ads a pretext for

voter suppression. this is jim crow redux in new clothes. there is no reason for this. what we saw was black voters all across the country standing up, other voters of color, young people, women, students, and they made a difference in the election. >> reporter: to those who call it jim crow 2.0 or jim crow in a suit and tie, you say -- >> that is just sad that someone would stoop to that type of name-calling. we want everybody to have a chance to vote. >> reporter: stopping the republican-backed changes to election laws is of concern to national democrats like warnock and president biden. they met to discuss the subject with other georgia democrats during the president's visit to atlanta. do you think republicans would be pushing to make these changes if you had lost your election last year? >> the fact is i won, and i won as a result of more than closel

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today marks italy's, venice's 1,600th birthday, but there is little to celebrate. the once-thriving tourist destination along with much of the country of italy is in lockdown as a third wave to sin "happy birthday." ♪ 16 candles, that is if each candle equals a century. for the past three centuries, the history of venice has been told through cups of espresso in st. mark's square at the caffe florian, says its artistic director stefano stipitich. so even casanova came here. it also just had a birthday. its 300th, making it the oldest

cafe in italy. but just like venice, it isn't celebrating. this says everything, doesn't it? [ speaking foreign language ] this is the situation we're in, he says. all of venice is on top of the tables. it's a disaster. since the pandemic, venice has gone from one extreme to the other. tens of thousands of daily tourists, many in cruise ships, used to barrage the city and distress the locals. ♪ once even slamming into a pier. today, all gone, taking 90% of the city's revenue with them. but in 1,600 years of venetians sailing the seas, covid is hardly their first bout with disease. venice even gave us the term "quaran "quarantine" for the 40-day period that sailors had to spend on this island in self-isolation to keep nepthem from spreading plague. the black death, as it was known, gave birth in the 17th century to this haunting

doctor's mask. the long nose ensuring social distancing, says costume designer stefano nicolao. this is like ppe. this is like the mask and the gloves -- >> yes. right. >> reporter: that we wear today because of covid. >> you're right. >> reporter: simply, the venetians have seen it before says the mayor. tour ifists will come back, but we'll have to manage them more responsibly. if a city as important as venice there will be any tourists around to see them. tony? >> all right. chris in venice, italy. thank you so much. i see my reaction time through anthony mason -- >> i'm desperate to go. i learned two things in this story. i didn't know about quarantine rain identity oidentity -- orig

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ship traffic control data shows the backlog more than 100 ships are unable to pass through. there are concerns the back up could lead to shipping delays of at least a week. we heard trevor noah joking about it, but that is literally what might have to happen if they have to go around the tip of africa. >> it will take two days to get it out of there. while it says "evergreen" on the side, it is "evergiven." ever green is the company, ev evergiven is the ship. there's one called evergoing, what they hope this ship will do. >> i was wondering, too. you're reading and thinking, no, it says evergreen. >> i know. we were talking, my producer and i were saying we should point out that it's "evergiven," even though it says "ever green" on the side of the ship. most people are saying they haven't seen this in 150 years since the canal was first built. pretty amazing. >> we'll see how long it takes. first on "cbs this morning," the inside scoop on the 52nd annual ncaa image awards. after anthony anderson who we love will be returning as the

show's host for the eighth year in a row, we've also learned lebron james scored this year's president's award for his distinguished work in public service. the l.a. lakers star is in good with past recipient including jay-z, you know him, lauryn hill, know her, rihanna, and of course muhammad ali -- >> i know all of them. >> the naacp awards will air at 8:00, 7:00 central. >> big night for lebron. it will be live? >> it will be live. lebron is getting honored because we talked about this on "what to watch." he really led a massive campaign for co-workers during the rikki olds election -- during vets to the vote. alicia keys is going to be there. >> arsenio hall. >> wait, hold on. this is a sickcynthia erivo, li miranda -- >> going to be huge.

what else is huge? i love this teacher. this kindergarten teacher from washington state. gaining fame on social media for his creative virtual class. watch this. >> class -- a rhino. a rhino. that's right. >> you can hear the kids. >> yeah. let me explain. that is garrett talcott with his laptop in hand taking his students on a tour of the woodland park zoo in seattle. he introduced the kids to all sorts of animals. he told us his main goal is to keep his students motivated. >> it was exciting to see that light bulb come on and the students making connections. i not the one secret to remote -- i think the one secret to remote learning is engagement. learning should be about fun. and so the more that students are engaged, the more they're going to learn, the more they're going to be excited to be there. >> so anthony, i know your wife's a teacher, your mom was a teacher. i was telling him that i remember at least one teacher from every single grade i was in going back to third grade. that's how much of an impact

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it is thursday, march 25th, 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. tony dokoupil and anthony mason, we're all here. two mass sho two mass shoot investigation less than a week and we're talking about our gun laws. we'll ask a senator what change might look like and it's possible. missed cancer screenings could be a consequence of the pandemic and doctors are sounding the alarm. and only on "cbs this morning," cleveland cavaliers owner talks about comemebacks. his own and his home city's with help from his massive new invest. . zblchts massive is the word.

we spoke with the survivor of the attack, a worker at the store who said he hid a few feet from the gunman. >> i was thinking it was a dream like it wasn't happening. but then the adrenaline kicked in and i realized this is a life or death situation. >> as a gun owner and someone who is licensed to carry, i'd like the permission to carry my gun on me when i'm at work to protect not only myself but the people around me. >> the missiles that launched overnight flew about 270 miles east and landed in the sea of japan. that's according to south korea's joint chiefs of staff. one says the launches are a sign of intimidation for the new biden administration. the company that owns kfc, taco bell and pizza put is buying a tech startup. no. >> you next them the items you want. three steak soft tau woes, a

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65% of americans favor stricter gun laws. just 35% of republicans said they'd support change. and therein lies the problem. president biden is urging action from the senate on gun reform measures already passed by the house. democratic senator of hawaii joins us now. she is on the senate judiciary committee which held hearings on the issue this week. senator, good morning to you. thank you for being here. >> good morning to all of you. >> i appreciate you being here. it's an important morning. what we laid out, i think, is the crux of the issue politically for those who support gun reform. republican senators have a pace that is activist on the issue and it doesn't appear you have the votes. given that situation, do you think biden should move forward with executive action to do what he can? >> he can take executive action to require universal background checks. i say go to it, mr. president. but in the meantime, one would hope that we can act on at least

requiring universal background checks and closing a three-day background check loophole. i don't think that is outrageous gun legislation. we have more gun violence in our country than in any other vast nation. in these kind of mass shootings, it just occurs too often in our country. >> senator, the other thing that makes the united states unique on the global stage is the fact that we have in our constitution this idea of an inherent right to access to firearms. republican senators or colleagues in the senate are looking to defend that not or bridge it in any way because their voters believe in that. the repercussions and side effects notwithstanding. what would you say to those voters? to move the senators you have to move them. if they are listening, what would you say to them? >> republican senators know the constitutional right is to own a gun is not unfettered the supreme court said so. gun legislation is not something that goes against that

constitutional right to firearms. none of us is saying the second amendment right should be taken away. this is what the republicans are pushing off. the fear and scaring people that we are all about taking away guns. no. we are for gun safety laws. >> democratic senator joe manchin senator says he does not support the two house bills that president biden is pushing. do you -- have you spoken with him at all? do you think he could -- his vote could swing on this? >> i hope that joe will change his mind, because there was a time when he worked on a bipartisan gun safety bill. so i certainly hope that he will recognize that we need to do more than what we have done which is basically nothing after all these mass shootings. and i hope he recognizes the need. and there was a time when he did recognize the need for gun safety laws. >> you know, your republican

colleagues have pushed back on this. what is your message to them? >> we have way too much gun violence and killings in our country. and there is some -- there are things that we can do, and why should anyone be against universal background checks? what is the problem with that? and also, closing a three-day loophole so that you can't get a gun after three days of a background check is not completed, and suddenly you can own a gun. that is hardly what i call outrageous and the fact is the majority of americans support this kind of legislation. it's just the republicans are totally out of step. they must be in with the gun lobby. they are doing a tremendous disservice to americans in their position. >> more work to be done. >> yeah. on that issue. i want to switch positions here to a different topic. the issue of diversity.

the white house has announced that it will appoint an asian-american pacific islander liaison for voices from the community. you and senator duckworth have removed your approval against approving straight white nominations. what more do you think needs to be done on the diversity question? >> the aapi community as well as me and others have been advocating with this administration for more representation by aapis in both the cabinet as well as in senior level white house positions. so the naming of this person who i conclude is someone who will have access to the president, to the vice president, to the cabinet who will have substantive input on issues that impact our community, that is what i'm looking for, and it is

a good step. i have had other discussions with the white house and so i have concluded that they are going to do better, and i will work with them to make that happen. >> senator, you're co-sponsoring a bill that would condemn anti-asian sentiment. among other things. what more needs to be done to stop this? and what exactly does your bill do? >> and in the past those bills haven't gotten very much. >> my bill is a covid hate crimes bill, there's a companion bill in the house. it's a totally noncontroversial bill that requires the attorney general to appoint a person to review these kinds of hate crimes across the country and to work with state and local law enforcement to make sure that the word gets out in these communities as to what constitutes a hate crime, how they can be reported. this is a collection of information so that we can have

a national approach, because this is a national issue. these kinds of targeted hate crimes against asian americans and pacific islander. that's what this bill does. it's hardly what i would call controversial. however, i have not been able to get a republican to support it. and in fact, i don't hear very many republicans getting up and condemning this kind of targeted attacks against aapis to the point where the aapis have died from these attacks. and this is why our community is so mobilized and concerned. we need to do better. >> we'll keep our eyes out for movement on that bill you're co-sponsoring as well as gun reform legislation. thank you very much. >> thank you. president biden will be holding his first presidential news conference today. it is set to start at 1:15 p.m. eastern. we'll bring it in a special report on cbs. ahead, some people are mistaking side effects of the coronavirus vaccine for signs of

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>> reporter: dr. linda ann smith is a breast surgeon in albuquerque. she's treating johnstone now half a year later. >> there were no words for how striking that picture was, how big the tumor was. it was everywhere. it was all four quadrants. it was underneath the nipple. >> reporter: johnstone is getting chemotherapy to shrink the tumors so smith can operate. surgery has become increasingly common during the pandemic. >> we're doing harder surgeries, sicker patients, people who will have had to go through extensive treatment before we can take them to surgery. >> reporter: for 59-year-old yvette lowery, that meant therapy. the mammogram was canceled during the early outbreak of covid and the backlog of screenings made it hard to reschedule. in august, lowery felt two lumps under her arm. after three months of delayed screenings and tests, she finally got her diagnosis -- stage-three breast cancer. >> it's been a little emotional,

but i just keep my faith and trust in god. >> reporter: if her cancer had been detected last may or june, doctors believe they may have been able to prevent the spread. last week, lowery had a double mastectomy. >> they put our life on a standstill. >> reporter: what was the hardest part for you? >> the hardest part was telling my kids. i didn't want them to worry. i didn't want to be crying. >> reporter: experts predict the number of people who will die from breast or colorectal cancer in the u.s. will increase by nearly 10,000 over the next decade because of covid-19's impact on cancer care. dr. karen finkelstein who treats gynecologic considers has seen a 30% decline in cancer reforms. >> i'm being -- referrals. >> i'm being frozen by covid because it's changed the landscape of medicine and patients. >> reporter: last year has taken a toll on her personally. >> you start to feel a sense of

despair. the hurdles covid has forced us to face this year, some of them have been insurmountable. >> i love you. >> reporter: it's that love from johnstone's family and for her family that gives her the strength to keep fighting. >> it doesn't seem like you're going to take this sitting down, are you? >> no. i'm not. i'm going to get it. i'm going to get it good. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," mireya villarreal, dallas. >> we want her to get it good, too. our dr. david agus, who specializes in treating patients with advanced cancers, joins us now. good morning to you, david. there is such a great wake-up call to those of white house put off screenings for whatever reason. here's a question -- what screenings should we absolutely not put off or delay? >> well, you know, during covid there was almost a 50% drop in the diagnosis of breast cancer week by week. so those breast cancers are still there, they're going to be diagnosed. you need to get your mammogram.

you need to get a psa test if you're a man. a lung screening test if you're a smoker. colonoscopy, all the standar lo the screening. >> you know, and then some vaccinated people are reporting swollen lymph nodes underneath their armpits which can sometimes be mistaken as a sign of breast cancer. what do you have to say about that? >> yeah, gayle. i mean, you're right. after the vaccination, for six to eight weeks, lymph nodes get enla enlarged. part of the immune response. there are lymph nodes in the breast. you can get false positives if you have a mammogram or other medical test during that time period. so if you can, if they're elective, if they're part of your routine screening, delay it six to eight weeks after the vaccine. >> can i talk about the

astrazeneca, the latest thing that we're hearing there? now they're saying the efficacy is now 76%, down from 79%. it's very slight, i get it. but should people be concerned -- it seems every day there's something new about astrazeneca. are you worried? >> i'm worried about the communications group. this was a problem of omission. they put the data they had in february, but february to march, another 49 cases, and the data went from 79% to 76%. the data in the elderly went from 80% to 85%. these are small changes. it is still an amazing vaccine. and we shouldn't let this noise affect our acceptance of something that could save our lives. >> all right. dr. david agus, thank you so much. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. it is time to bring you some of the stories that are "talk of the table" this morning. mr. mason is up first. >> first on "cbs this morning," the ford foundation, one of the wealthiest charities in the world, is making a major announcement. it's committing $15 million to help launch the black feminists fund which supports organizations around the world whose work benefits black women. the fund will be the first of its kind created and led by black women for black women. priorities include creating safe communities and supporting the leadership of young black girls. the pandemic has made their efforts even more urgent. last summer i asked ford

foundation president darin walker about the organization's plan to borrow $1 billion and give that money to those affected by the pandemic. >> we're at a time when foundations have to do more. the question in 2020 for wealthy, privileged people and institutions, is not how much do i get back, it's how much am i willing to give up. >> as of last year the ford foundation has a $1 3.7 million endowment. that was a daring thing to do. borrow the $1 million in the middle of the pandemic. as he said, people need the money now more than ever. >> i like that. it says created and led by black women for black women. >> underlined. >> for us, by us. i like it. we've got another great story of black women doing well. her name is actress issa ray. she has inched a blockbuster deal according to "variety." she signed a five-year deal with

warner media, valued at $40 million. you go, issa. her production company could reportedly make tv shows or movies for hbo and warner bros. hbo as you know is already the home of issa's hit show called "insecure." i love the show. rae told "variety" they wived me up. when people believe in you and build with you i tend to want to further that relationship. i like the way she thinks. i'm looking forward to seeing what this marriage could look like, she says. the chief content officer for hbo and hbo-max, that's casey boyce, says it's been very good to work with issa personally but also as a company because she has seeded a lot of talent elsewhere. in 2016, we spoke with issa about the impact of her show "insecure" before its debut. i've heard from many young women, black women in particular, that you are telling their story. is that the best compliment you could hear? >> 100%. i'm just like, where were yaulg when i needed friends -- y'all when i needed friends in middle school. we could have gone through this

together. >> we love issa rae. she's filming her final season of "insecure." i'm going to miss the show. i love the name of her production company, h-o-o-r-a-e. >> she has to come on the show. >> i bet it's hard to get her back then, i bet it's real hard >> you're gayle king. >> terrific. my "talk of the table" is about a helicopter sort of. next month a small nasa helicopter called ingenuity will attempt the very first powered, controlled flight on another planet. that planet being mars. here's the cool thing -- ingenu ingenuity, even more cool, ingenuity is carrying something cooler than the flight itself. it is a postage-sized stamped piece of museling from the wing of flyer one. that is the wright brothers' plane that took its first historic flight in kitty hawk in

1903. wrapped around a cable. the reason i think this is so amazing, in 1903, it's than long ago. >> true. >> we were earthbound as a people, then we took flight 100 years ago, and now we're going to fly on another planet. 125 years. that is amazing. >> that is extraordinary. it is. i'm fascinated by the helicopter, too, on mars. all right. shifting gears, billionaire businessman dan gilbert is speaking only on "cbs this morning" about tackling some huge challenges. gilbert who owns the cleveland cavaliers founded rocket companies. the parent of the mortgage giant quicken loans. in 2010, gilbert moved his business headquarters from the detroit suburbs to downtown. his companies have since arequired and developed more than 100 properties to help transform the motor city. today he's announcing a $500 million initiative to revitalize neighborhoods in his hometown. dana jacobson sat down with

gilbert and his wife in their detroit-area home nearly two weeks after he suddenly became ill. until the health department shut remember down -- shut him down. when he had a stroke, everything changed in an instant. >> i'm feeling good. an inch a day. it's a marathon coming back from it. welcome to detroit, everybody. >> reporter: the charismatic billionaire who built a mortgage lending empire. [ cheers ] >> reporter: and owns the nba's cleveland cavaliers is still recovering from the stroke he suffered in may, 2019. >> it was long enough i'm ready to have a baby, it's been nine months. >> reporter: a journey that's taught him the importance of

gratitude. in that moment, you realize this has all changed, what is that like for someone like you? >> it's very scary for anybody. and you start to appreciate everything and everybody much more than you ever did. >> reporter: humbling? >> definitely humbling. >> reporter: you said that just everything is hard when you have a stroke. >> right. that's the problem with it. half your body is -- is gone. in my case, the left half. luckily i'm a righty. >> reporter: he remembers the near death experience vividly. >> there happened to be a light show on the river. i started seeing double vision. i thought it was because of the lights. luckily one of our good friends who was there was an er doctor. how about that for luck, huh? he made sure -- and my wife, as well, made sure we went to the hospital right away. >> reporter: his wife, jennifer, has been by his side throughout his recovery. >> when you have a stroke, it's like the whole family had the stroke. >> reporter: it changes the whole dynamic. >> it does. i will say that in a crisis, our family rallied. >> reporter: has the battle to come back been tougher mentally

or physically? >> i think it's been tougher mentally. it plays with you because you always ask yourself every day, is this ever going to be over or not. and you hope it will be. >> reporter: but even in the midst of his challenges, gilbert remains committed to his decade e decade-long mission to help revitalize detroit. >> we need to gain momentum. we need to have a lot of companies that want to be there because it's smart for them to be there. like to see the people of detroit benefit. when you look at the energy level downtown right now, we've got to carry that through to the neighborhoods and have the whole city have that energy. >> reporter: so gilbert and rocket companies' ceo are announcing a new initiative to invest $500 million into detroit's neighborhoods over the next ten years using the first $15 million to relieve property tax debt for homeowners. >> it was very clear to us that it was -- property taxes caused the majority of the blight in detroit. and the vast majority of citizens at one point were in tax foreclosure. with interest and penalties,

that debt kept building. some cases more than they owed on the mortgage, and people would walk from the houses because they couldn't afford it anymore. >> reporter: that money will cover everyone in the city that's delinquent? >> it will cover about 20,000 homes. probably 40,000 or more family members. the idea here was how do we really, a, stabilize the families in detroit, and then, b, start creating wealth. the first thing you need to do is make sure people have a place to live. >> reporter: to make sure they understand what the community wants, jennifer gilbert participated in listening sessions in detroit's neighborhoods which are about 80% african-american. >> probably the worst thing we could have done is had everything figured out and written a check. we did a lot of -- of listening. >> reporter: there are people that look at it sometimes that it's -- here are people from the suburbs, white people coming in to change a black community or save the black community. and we don't need saving. are you sensitive to that? how does that even make you feel

when that is raised? >> well, the more you listen, the more you learn. and the more you realize you have to learn. as long as we continue with that philosophy and we stay close to it and we stay close to the people and the communities we can't help but have a positive impact. we're empowering the people from within the communities to come up with the solutions. >> reporter: whether it's rebuilding detroit or recovering from a stroke, gilbert says he's learned a big lesson. >> america loves a comeback story, right? >> reporter: you already knew that with the cavs. come on. >> there you go. [ cheers ] >> reporter: has there been a lesson learned here that you would pass on to other people? >> you know, i would say it's just the old cliche of the only thing that matters is your health and your loved ones. you can't control bad things from happening. but you control how you respond to them. and so for us, it really is just being mindful of how can we make

the best of to regain strength and movement. tony, two things that need no rebuilding -- his fighting spirit and sense of humor. >> yeah. you can see that. >> definitely came across. that was a beautiful piece. thank you so much. >> you can also tell how hard a battle it is for someone as much of a go-getter he is. that's a big wall to climb. >> i think some cliches are cliches because their powerful and true. the importance of gratitude. how family takes center stage when your health falls away. all these things are fundamentally right and true. we need reminding. >> to go through all that -- i confess, i didn't know it even happened to him. it's good to see that he's going

to be okay. seems to be okay. even in the middle of all this, that he's still trying to going out how to help other people, that's extraordinary. and jennifer gilbert, i thought what she said was so important, that she decided to listen. sometimes you think if you have a lot of money, i can show you what's best for you. >> i can go and fix this. >> i can fix it. to listen to what the people want and how it benefits them -- >> it's critical. something like that. it's -- great -- great what they're doing for detroit. >> exactly. >> tens of thousands could benefit. in "a more perfect union," how high schoolers are working hard to close the education gap, helping students who have been out of the

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>> reporter: behind this screen and her virginia home -- >> we felt so tired -- >> reporter: is the voice that's kept alive ella's joy of learning. >> my tutor's name is miss emily. she's kind and really, really sweet. i love her so much. >> reporter: miss emily is 18-year-old emily kalt, a high school senior in new york city. >> when my guidance counselor and my school told me about this opportunity to tutor on line, i started tutoring her in reading. her reading has improved so much. she's excited to just read everything. >> piggy is my best friend -- >> reporter: ella and emilie connected through one of dozens of free online tutoring programs that was started last spring by high school students. >> as high school students, we understand the struggles of virtual learning. >> reporter: intutorly was created by alex and his younger brother ben. >> we were dismayed to find that

there was an entire generation that would be forced to play catchup perhaps for years to come. >> we wanted to do something to help bridge that gap. >> reporter: what did you do? how did it start? >> we reached out to our friends, classmates, and family members, and in the early days we had more tutors than students. >>reporter: how many do you have now? >> we have over 1,000 students and tutors. and about 500 each. >> reporter: matches like these are happening in other free online tutoring programs also started after the lockdowns by teenagers. like educove run by teenagers in new york. >> we came up with the idea to connect students as a way to promote, you know, social exchange which was something we all were missing with online learning. >> it was just word of mouth and then constant just more contacting. and i think as of now we have around 60 to 70. >> reporter: their mission also was personal. >> we had an up-close view of this with my two younger brothers.

they were in sixth and fourth grade at the time, and they were really struggling. their focus, it sometimes wanes. with virtual school it's harder to keep on track. it left them a little bit behind with math and english. >> reporter: jason is christian's youngest brother. >> the teacher would walk into the classroom and talk to individuals. online, the teacher would teach the whole class in one session, and there's no group. >> reporter: these teenagers may have first signed on to help others, but soon realized teaching taught them a different lesson. >> educove was an opportunity for me to find something to really put my mind into and to really dedicate myself into. and it really filled the hole that was sort of left in my heart by not being able to go to school. >> it's been hard to deal with the isolation. it's the one thing that really pulled me through the pandemic. >> okay, a heart for you --

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