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weekend. thanks mary and gianna. thank you for joining us for the kpix5 news. >> the news continues all day on cbsn bay area and cbs this morning is coming up next. we'll see you back >> good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs morning news" on this good good morning mow to you and welcome to "cbs this morning" on this good friday, april 2, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony dokoupil. we will resume the trial of derek chauvin and review the testimony from yesterday. and in taiwan, one of the country's deadliest rail accidents ever. we will show you the attempt to rescue survivors. and hunter biden speaks out about the laptop republicans
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made an issue in the 2020 campaign. plus, how he says his dad confronted him at a particularly low point in his life. first, here's your today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> in a living person there should be a pulse there. i did not feel one. i suspected the patient to be dead. >> day four of testimony in the derek chauvin trial. >> stunning testimony from chauvin's prior supervisor. >> and when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> this is the greatest coordinated attack on democracy. >> it's the southern border, 150,000 migrants were likely apprehended in march. 50% more than in february. >> the federal government is failing to act. >> new details surfacing about a shooting at a california business that killed four
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people. >> police identified the suspect. animals are getting into it and mere cats taking part in london's zoo animal easter hunt. and play ball! >> the red sox forcing the team to postpone the first pitch of the season. >> holding on to the umbrella like mary poppins. >> one reporter might have been the plot of an april fool's joke by mother nature. >> opening day in the city of detroit played out more like christmas. >> deep and gone! >> miguel cabrera hit the first long ball of the season but he couldn't tell at first thanks to the downpouring of snow. >> he thought it was a double! how about that! that? >> he couldn't see. he slid into second. we've got a whiteout. who says he doesn't like the cold? this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> and that was no joke on april fools day. people were so excited for
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baseball even if you're playing in the snow. >> in some terrible weather. >> it's incredible they can play like that. >> barely. >> people are just glad to see something normal. we welcome you to "cbs morning news." and we're going to begin with this story. striking testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial. a former police supervisor testified that officers should've ended restraint of george floyd much sooner than they did. two paramedics also took the witness stand testimony. he thought that george floyd was already dead when chauvin still had his knee on his neck. a lot of people are wondering what has derek chauvin been thinking and reacting to what has been very damning testimony against him this week. what's his demeanor like in the courtroom so far? >> well, this is what we know, gayle. at times when chauvin hears himself on tape, he seems agitated. we still don't know whether or not he will take the stand though. george floyd's girlfriend of
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three years did testify not only to tell us more about the man floyd was but also to preempt one of the defense's central arguments. a warning, the images and video you're about to see are disturbing. >> he had this great deep southern voice, raspy. he's like, sis, you okay, sis? and i wasn't okay. >> courteney ross, george floyd's girlfriend, described how the two met at the shelter where george floyd worked as a security guard. >> he said, um, well, can i pray with you? when i felt alone in this lobby, it was so sweet. >> she also talked about her and floyd's struggles with opioid addiction. >> we both suffered from chronic pain. mine was in my neck, and his was in his back. we got addicted and tried really
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hard to break that addiction many times. >> a big part of the defense's strategy centers around floyd's addiction, claiming that it was largely responsible for his death. paramedics derek smith and seth bravinder responded to the scene. >> i assumed that there was potentially some struggle still, because they were still on top of him. >> body camera video shows smith checking floyd's vitals while derek chauvin still had his knee on floyd's neck. >> what did his condition appear to be to you overall? >> in lay terms, i thought he was dead. >> jurors also saw new body camera video of paramedics working frantically to save floyd's life. also on the stand, now retired minneapolis police sergeant david pleoger. that day 9-1-1 operator jenna scurry called pleoger about a possible incident because he was the supervisor at the time. pleoger called chauvin and eventually made it to the scene. >> did he mention anything about putting his knee on mr. floyd's
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neck or back? >> no. >> and is the placement of a knee on a subject's neck a use of force? >> yes. >> because floyd died, the case was sent up the chain of command and pleoger was not responsible for a full review of the incident. the defense argued that pleoger should not answer certain questions because he had not reviewed all the evidence. after an extensive back and forth between prosecutors and the defense, the judge allowed pleoger to answer this question. >> do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? >> yes. >> what is it? >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up in iresistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> we spoke to a legal expert who told us the defense could try to file a motion for a mistrial because the judge allowed the sergeant to provide what sounded like expert testimony even though he was not a use of force expert.
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meanwhile, the judge told the jurors to expect a short day today. tony? >> all right, jamie, thank you very much. cbs news legal analyst ricky joins us. you just heard jamie say that today will be a short day. so week one of this trial is nearly in the books. what stood out to you? >> this has been a very emotional week. emotion of people who take the witness stand one by one as eyewitnesses, ear witnesses, fact witnesses, what they saw, what they heard. and it brings the entire incident back to anguish. this is excruciatingly painful testimony for these witnesses. and therefore for the jurors as well. we never see a week of witnesses with videotape because the videotape in and of itself might be enough to help the prosecution get to its burden of
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proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> and yet rikki we just heard that according to one legal expert, the defense could file for a mistrial because a police sergeant that we heard from yesterday made a comment about use of force. it would seem to have helped the prosecution, but could it actually hurt them? >> i fully expect the defense to move for a mistrial. you have to understand that defense lawyers move for many mistrials during the course of a trial, in part, to preserve an issue for appeal if a defendant were to be convicted. in this case, the police officer, the sergeant, gave an opinion. the question was, do you have an opinion on the ultimate issue, which is whether or not there was excessive use of force? he was not qualified as an expert, the way it is usually done in court. the prosecution has plenty of experts. so would it be reversible error?
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highly unlikely because it's merely cumulative. >> all right, highly unlikely. we will leave it there. thank you very much. now to breaking news overnight in taiwan where at least 48 people were killed in an early morning train accident. around 70 other passengers were hurt in the crash. two hours north of the capital of taipei. lucy craft reports on the rescue efforts that went on for several hours. >> this was the scene moments after the deadliest rail disaster in taiwan's history. a passenger train partially visible wrecked on its way into a tunnel. survivors climbing out of windows and onto the roofs of overturned rail cars to reach safety. rescuers worked to find others still believed to be trapped inside. officials say the accident took place when the packed eight-car train, carrying nearly 500 people smashed into a truck.
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it's believed to have accidently slid onto the tracks. this passenger says, i was sitting on the aisle side, and i was thrown to the floor. the accident took place in a scenic area at the start of the holiday with many passengers on their way to pay their respects to deceased family members. survivors carried luggage as they escaped the crumpled cars. the path in front of them now littered with wreckage. for "cbs morning news," lucy craft, tokyo. >> and this morning there is explosive new information about an investigation of republican congressman matt gaetz. the "new york times" reports the outspoken defender of former president trump is accused of paying cash and using drugs with women. boy, the more you hear about this, the more bizarre and the worst it seems for mr. gaetz. >> well, gayle, the encounters with the women took place in
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2019, according to the "new york times," in 2019 and 2020. investigators believe it was one of gaetz's associates former county tax collector joel greenberg who introduced women to the congressman. they said he used the drug ecstasy before having sex. and the papers said it reviewed receipts showing gaetz and greenberg's payments to one of the women. the alleged transactions could put gaetz in legal jeopardy if authorities find he used force, fraud, or coercion to have sex. in a statement to "the times," gaetz's office said matt gaetz refutes all the disgusting allegations completely. an attorney for greenberg, who faces separate charges for child sex trafficking and other crimes declined to comment to "the times." the new details come as the justice department is also looking into whether gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and fade for her to travel across state lines with him, potentially violating sex trafficking laws. in addition what we understand is that the congressman has denied these allegations, and no
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charges have been filed for having a relationship with a minor. the florida lawmaker has sought to paint these allegations as part of an extortion scheme against him and his family. adriana? >> some disturbing allegations, catherine, thank you. this morning the focus of republican efforts to change state voting laws has shifted to texas. the state senate there passed a bill yesterday to limit early voting hours, make drive-through voting illegal, and restrict voting by mail. democrats in the country's second largest state claim it's intended to keep their supporters away from the polls. senior white house and political correspondent ed o'keefe reports. >> the texas bill is still up for consideration in the statehouse, but democrats say it targets some of the lone star state's most democratic areas like harris county, encompassing houston where more than 100,000 cast drive-through ballots last year during the pandemic. critics also say it would make it harder for minority voters to cast ballots. >> it is part of this pattern that we're seeing across the
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country of bills that would make it harder to vote and suppress the vote. >> about 55 more restrictive voting proposals are up for serious consideration in 24 states. five have been signed into law, including the new law in georgia passed last week. while some states expanded voting options due to covid, cbs news election law experts say proposals like the one in texas go far beyond returning to pre-pandemic levels. >> the provisions in the texas law are actually making texas even worse than they were before the pandemic. it is making it harder for people to vote by mail. one of the most restrictive states if not the most restrictive states for mail voting in the country. >> corporate opposition to the republican proposals is growing. american airlines, a major texas employer, says it strongly opposed to the texas bill because it will limit voting access. meanwhile president biden says he supports calls from some major league baseball players to move this summer's all-star game
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out of atlanta because of georgia's new voting law. >> this is jim crow on steroids what they're doing in georgia and 40 other states. >> georgia republican governor brian kemp struck back. >> i think the people are standing up and realizing the games that are being played here, and they're going to be fighting back with us. >> the georgia law includes new restrictions on voting by mail, limits where ballot dropboxes can be placed, and when they can be accessed, and gives the state legislature greater control over how elections are run. >> religious leaders are also calling for a national boycott beginning next wednesday of coca-cola, delta, and home depot, three of atlanta's largest employers. coca-cola and delta have issued statements in opposition to georgia's new voting laws, but these religious leaders say the companies should be doing more and speaking out against these voting rights laws that are up for consideration in other states. if you're interested in learning more about them, we just posted a rundown at cbsnews.com. >> all right, ed, i'll take a look in the commercial break.
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we appreciate it. border patrol agents say they are seeing what they call a significant increase of migrants crossing the southern border into arizona. nearly 90% of them have been sent back, but the rest are being allowed to make their case for asylum starting in the u.s. yesterday we reported on a small town where many asylum-seeking families have been sent. people there are working to move migrants to shelters in bigger cities. this morning she is in tucson which is the next step in their journey. [ inaudible ] >> this couple is finally reunited nearly two weeks after they entered the country. >> you were hoping that you would get asylum, but you didn't expect that they were going to separate you? [ speaking foreign language ] the couple from cuba plans to meet family in orlando but is
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currently staying at the nonprofit shelter in tucson. federal space to hold asylumseekers is limited because of covid. enter given notices to appear and then released. for many, the next step is a shelter like this one. >> volunteers right here are organizing hygiene kits for everybody. >> this program manager says the organization's role providing essentials and helping them connect with family has become even more important. >> asylum will always be a need, and there should be some level of government to support this work. >> this border patrol person says arrests are up 206%. he's worried about the summer months ahead. >> they meet with their smugglers who tell them that it could be a one hour or two-hour work and that one gallon of water will be sufficient. what they don't know is that these walks can be days long.
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they're being misled, led out into the desert. >> this mother of two from venezuela crossed the border 12 days ago. her 19-year-old son is still in custody. >> the people who were processing you, they didn't even know where your son was? >> no. >> what's your biggest fear at this point? what are you worried about? >> translator: he's an anxious person so he is always thinking about what could happen if he gets back to venezuela, if he doesn't see us again. >> they are now sending supplies not only to shelters across the states but also across the border. and now border patrol here say they are exploring the idea of opening shelters that are actually legally viable to keep families who are seeking asylum. gayle? >> all right, thank you very much. that scene with the husband and the wife reuniting, that's why they're coming here. they're coming here because they're desperate. you can't lose sight of that.
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it's a very complicated issue. i understand that, too. >> love is love and family is family. >> people crossing that desert, i mean, so many die. they actually have phone booths set up throughout the sonoran desert and arizona where people can call for help. and then cpb comes by helicopter to pick them up in the middle of the desert and put them near the u.s. border. then they go into detention, if they survive. >> perilous. >> if you survive. thank you. ahead, hunter biden's new memoir first on cbs news the president's son talks about his addiction and one of the incidents that made him
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in february. lowry talked with him about that and what originally brought him to new york. >> because of the energy of new york, the pace, the tall buildings, you know, the people. the people are so in a hurry. [ laughter ] >> definitely in a hurry. >> each morning he would board a crowded subway car for his 45-minute ride to work. until one day in february when he was brutally attacked. his face still bears the scars. >> when this man boarded the train, he stood beside me. so, after a few minutes, he kicked my back. i put my bag in front of me. >> you're trying to make sure you're not bumping into him? >> yes. >> and after a few more minutes he moved forward, came to me and
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then slashed me. i thought he was going to punch me, but i didn't feel anything. so when i saw the reaction of the people seated, i put my hands on my face and i saw blood. >> what did you think when you saw that blood? >> i asked for help. i asked, help me, please, help me. >> did anyone come out? >> no. nobody helped me. >> consishe ended up with about hundred stitches across his face. police later arrested a 28-year-old and charged him with assault. while the case became a rallying cry about targeted attacks against asian-americans, prosecutors did not bring hate crime charges. to charge something as a hate crime, prosecutors must have evidence that an attack was specifically motivated by prejudice. while he says he was the only asian-american standing near his attacker, there were no racial slurs made during the incident.
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a defense attorney for boykin who has pleaded not guilty said one reason prosecutors did not bring hate crime charges was because his client's past criminal record has one other violent crime on the subway, and that crime was committed against a nonasian victim. >> it might be a hate crime, but, still, he didn't say anything. so it's hard. >> it could be either. you don't know. >> yeah. >> wow, no one came to help him. "60 minutes" correspondent wesley lowry joins us now. wesley, good morning. so a hate crime wasn't charged in the case of mr. quintana. does an attacker have to use derogatory language for a hate crime to be considered? >> first of all, thanks for having me this morning. and there is an interesting distinction here. an attacker does not have to use a racial slur or specific derogatory language for something to be a hate crime. on the other hand, because in a hate crime, prosecutors and police have to prove motivation,
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one of the easiest ways to do that is if a racial slur is used or some type of offensive jessu gesture. you end up having these cases where it might potentially be a hate crime or bias-motivated crime, but the police don't have the evidence to prove that, to prove the motivation why this person was attacked on this subway. and so what you end up having later in the segment i spoke with the head of the anti-asian hate crime unit at the new york city police, and we have this exchange where he says, look, there are crimes that i know are a hate crime and you know are a hate crime but that we can't prove in the court of law as a hate crime. and, understandably, that leaves a lot of people frustrated. sometimes we see these videos and the attacks and the average person, you go, this person's being targeted. but that raised burden of proof, to have to prove motivation
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becomes more difficult. >> right. it's a higher bar. i watched your case last night. it is really incredible. asian-american attacks against them are underreported, you included in your piece. why is that? what do the victims tell you about how they feel going to police? >> of course. well, first and foremost, hate crime statistics are notoriously unreliable for any number of reasons. different police departments count hate crimes differently. these numbers are then self-reported from the police. but, beyond that, when you think about a hate crime or a bias-motivated crime, you are talking about crimes against the most vulnerable of people. for example, in the cases of immigration or in cases of immigrant communities, there might be fear of going to the police. and so what we know is many people who are being attacked are not calling 9-1-1 and reporting these crimes. >> all right. well, wesley, thank you so much. you can watch wesley's full report this sunday on the new via com cbs streaming service paramount plus. and a reminder, you can always get this morning's news
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president biden's son hunter talks about his revealing new memoir. it's called "beautiful things" published by gallery books, a division of via com cbs by simon & schuster. hunter biden answers questions about scandals that put him front and center in the 2020 presidential campaign, including claims about a laptop hard drive acquired by then president trump's personal attorney. >> was that your laptop? >> for real, i don't know. >> i know, but you know -- >> i really don't know. >> you don't know, yes or no, if the laptop was yours? >> i have no idea. >> so it could've been yours? >> of course, certainly. there could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. it could be i was hacked. it could be that it was russian intelligence. it could be that it was stolen from me. >> hunter biden also describes his decades-long battle with alcohol and drug addiction.
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at one point his family actually intervened as he told our anthony mason. >> and your father chased you? >> because i tried to go to my car, and my girls literally blocked the door of my car, said, dad, dad, please, you can't, no. this was the hardest part of the book to write. and he grabbed me and a hug and grabbed me, a bear hug. and he said, he just cried and said, i don't know what to do. >> what did you think when you heard that? >> i thought, i need to figure out a way to tell him that i'm going to do something so that i can go take another hit. it's the only thing i could think, literally. that's how powerful. i don't know of a force more powerful than my family's love, except addiction.
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>> you can see the full interviews on cbs "sunday morning." and on monday here on "cbs morning news." and i think you're going to want to see both those full interviews. >> absolutely, it's interesting that we both have it at the same time, but they're both very different interviews but also very compelling interviews. what hunter just said there i thought gave me goosebumps. his family's love was just as powerful as the addiction. i've heard people say that. >> it's true. >> and we'll have it for you sunday and monday. coming up next, the stories you're g
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>> time now for what to watch. >> i like that. >> people know you for your smile. it's a wonderful smile, but there you have a mask on. is it the leather jacket? >> i don't know. >> we were at the javits center doing a shoot for a story you'll see next week on "cbs morning news." and valerie and her mom recognized me. and they were standing off to the side. and i was, like, hi. and they were, like -- and you heard it. [ laughter ] >> and you can tell. >> i am so grateful that people trust us to deliver their news. but it gladdens me that we bring joy, too. like when you see that. because she was, like, i watch you every morning. >> did she take a photo with you? >> we did. and of course the crew was, like, vlad, we're on the clock. [ laughter ] >> do not disappoint her today. >> exactly. this is for you, valerie and mom. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. virginia's highest court ruled two confederate statues near the university of virginia can come down. the decision allows
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charlottesville city officials to remove the statues of generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. efforts to get rid of the rallies sparked the rallies in 2019. soon after the rally a circuit court ruled the statues were protected by state law. virginia's supreme court overturned that decision saying the law did not apply in this case. over 90 confederate statues have come down according to the southern poverty center. and i think an important thing to note, they were not from the 1800s. they were put up in the 1920s, particularly a racist moment in our country's history when the kkk was growing in membership. it's not tied to legacy. it's tied to that moment. >> it's an important distinction, tony, to remind people that. these were not put up at the end of the civil war. in fact, robert e. lee himself was against any kind of symbolism for what he had done during the war. all right. love this story.
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nickelodeon is recruiting dr. anthony fauci to answer young kids' questions about the pandemic. he will be featured in a series called "nick news breaks." children ages 6 through 13 had a chance to ask him all sorts of things like when can they hug their grandparents and whether they'll be able to have a birthday party this year. listen. >> dr. fauci, when will i be able to play again? >> i would hope that by the time we get to the late spring and early summer, you can start having play dates. so hang on a little bit longer. we're going in the right direction. >> thank you, dr. fauci. he's so good for children of all ages. i'm not kidding, everybody when he speaks people are listening to what he has to say. >> the same way he talks to us. is he treating them like adults or us like children? [ laughter ] >> nick news has covered topics that are serious, the insurrection, the election. so it's really, really interesting. and i love that dr. fauci's
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getting questions about hug are your grandparents and play dates. >> i love nickelodeon for children. >> it's a great series. it's going to air tomorrow and throughout the weekend. all right. if you've got some old video games lying around, you could be sitting on some big bucks. this original super mario brothers game sold for $25 when it came out in 1985. check out what our graphics department did. look. it's now up for auction, and the top bid has already reached $372,000 making it the most expensive video game ever sold. the game is worth six figures because it is in super mint condition. it was found after nearly 40 years, has the original packaging. it also has the original perforated cardboard hang tag. they were discontinued a few years later and switched to plastic. the video games director says the demand for these games is driven by nostalgia.
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starting at 25% capacity. ticket sales are online and anyone age two or older must wear a mask. i am gianna franco in the traffic center. let's look at travel times in the south bay. we are seeing a lot of green which is good news. we had reports of trouble spot along 101 near blossom hill. looks like they got everything to the shoulder and traffic is at the limit with no delays. bay area bridges are flowing nicely. a live look at the bay bridge, you see no troubles or delays at the toll plaza, golden gate bridge about a 15 minute ride from richmond san rafael bridge south bound 101 into the city. a gray start to our day along the coast around the bay and even inland spots are dealing with that fog. on shore flow kicking back in, daytime highs five to ten degrees cooler compared to the very warm day we had yesterday. mid 60s in san francisco, 70 oakland, upper 70s for san jose as we as fo
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♪ it's friday, april 2nd, 2021. welcome back to cbs this morning on this good friday. i'm gail king. that's tony. anthony is off today. disturbing testimony at the derek chauvin has minneapolis re-living its pain. we'll talk with a minneapolis city council member trying to heal the community. and we take you to jerusalem where it is a quiet easter. but the faithful tell us it is still an occasion for joy. and re-creating history with children. see a new way to visualize civil rights heroes in our series
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unifying america. >> powerful stuff. but first here's today's eye opener. officers should have ended restraint of george floyd much sooner. >> george floyd's girlfriend of three years did testify not only to tell us more about the man floyd was but also to prehemt one of the defense's central arguments. >> one week of this trial is nearly in the books. what stood out to you? >> this is excruciatingly painful testimony for these witnesses and for the jurors as well. >> "the new york times" reports the outspoken defender of former president trump is expected of paying cash and using drugs to pay one. >> investigators believe gaetz recruited women online. border patrol is exploring the idea of opening shelters and are actually legally viable to keep families who are seeking asylum. >> a ride to school took a wild
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turn for students in virginia. >> did that wake you up? >> a deer crashing through the windshield, landing in a seat where a student was riding. >> i woke up to something on my back and i realized it was a deer. i was very confused. >> that student said he had just been taking a nap moments before. he's okay. >> the deer was wondering the same thing. >> oh, my gosh. how scary. >> all right. we will begin with the derek chauvin trial. it has brought back a flood of emotions for those watching all around the country and all around the world. but nowhere more so than in minneapolis itself, the city where george floyd was killed last may. we spoke to people in minneapolis to find out how the trial is affecting them as they watch it unfold. >> i'm a minneapolis civil rights attorney and activist. >> i'm ceo of the minneapolis foundation and former mayor of
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minneap minneapolis. >> i'm a community member. i am the vice president of the naacp minneapolis chapter. >> i live eight blocks from where george floyd was killed. >> it's a daily gut punch, i think, for me and a lot of others in this community to see the word minneapolis connected to such a hideous crime. >> they showed the video again. that was my first time watching it in a long time. i mean, since it actually happened. and, man, literally tears got in my eyes and then literally anger just at what we seen. >> sometimes i feel traumatized from watching the witnesses in particular, hearing the desperation in their voices on those bystander videos. >> is he breathing right now? check his pulse. >> it's really sad and disheartening to think about what they went through and the burdens that they still carry with them. >> i didn't intend to watch the
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trial. i thought i had seen enough. and i turned it on on monday morning, and i couldn't stop watching it. it was too traumatic. but i felt i needed to bear witness to what had happened. >> our community is hurt. we're healing. and now the trial is like ripping a band-aid off all over again. >> oh, my god. >> the trial is very traumatizing for many of us in the african-american community. >> walking through every piece of this is absolutely excruciating. but it's exactly what we need to do because the -- the notion of learning what is wrong, of re-learning what was wrong as well is playing out right now in front of our eyes. >> this was the impetus for change. i'm hopeful that there is change
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ahead. good change. >> something inside of all of us broke. you know, what's going to happen this trial could really change the landscape of things not only for minneapolis but the nation. >> oh, boy. joining us only on cbs this morning is minneapolis city council member jeremiah ellison. his father is the minnesota attorney general who is leading the prosecution case against derek chauvin. we welcome you council man ellison to the stable virtually. you know, it is hard to watch this trial. i can't imagine what it's like for minneapolis resident, how painful this must be, but many people are feeling this. it's traumatic. it's very hard to watch. how are you processing it along with your residents and what stood out to you this week? >> you know, thank you for having me on the show. i really appreciate it. and i appreciate the attention that minneapolis is getting for, you know, what we're going through. it is traumatic. i think that i'm trying to keep
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my ear to the ground, talk to my constituents and my neighbors about what they're feeling and be responsive in this moment. i think, you know, people are looking for a little bit of leadership on the outside of the trial, of course. the people who are in it need to be focussed on the trial, but that doesn't mean that it's not having ramifications out in the community and that people aren't really feeling the weight of it. >> did anything in particular stand out to you this week as you were watching? >> you know, i think that there has been some really riveting testimony. obviously, you know, watching somebody like donna williams who is my age, you know, who -- who we have actually crossed paths growing up here in the city and, you know, playing sporting against each other and that kind of thing. and so, you know, watching that seeing how close and how this thing is, it really is -- it really does feel very close. it is not some distant thing that we're watching on tv. we're seeing our neighbors up
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there. >> councilman, people who have looked at it so far say, oh, man, this is a slam dunk. you look at that video. you hear the testimony. but as you know, you have 12 jurors with different life experiences. there is no such thing as a slam dunk even if what you are seeing seems obvious. do you think about the outcome of this because the world really is watching this. are you concerned? >> you know, i think it's not my place to be concerned. you know, the folk who is are the prosecution and the folks in that room are going to make the best decisions that they can. i think that no matter what, here in minneapolis and across the country, we can't look at what happens with this criminal trial or what happens on the civil side as the totality of justice. we have to be focussed on that because no matter what the outcome is, we still have issues in our city and we have to work hard to make sure that doesn't happen again. i think justice will come in the
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form of some really needed change and that no matter what the outcome is, we've got to be ready to fight for that. >> after george floyd's death the city council voted to reform the police department especially in terms of funding. where does that stand now and how do you think this trial might impact that effort? >> yeah. the minneapolis city council took $8 million from the police department and really in an effort to expand how it is that we keep our neighbors safe. i think for so long the police have been synonymous with safety, and we're finding not only in this case but also in other instances around the city that they're not the most appropriate response to every emergency. we do have emergencies here in our city and folks don't want us spending less money on their safety. people want us making those investments. but i think that folks are recognizing that the police can't handle every single crisis. so that's kind of where things stand. you know, we've got those budget allocations. we're expanding the office of
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violence prevention, which is a program we just started in 2018. and that work has gone from roughly half a million dollars to $2.5 million. it's a lot of expansion, but it is not enough that we're going to need to continue those programs and we're investing in mental health response. and also looking to take away those non-emergency calls from npd, you know, things like fender benders that often cops will respond to. we just have more appropriate, you know, uses of -- we have more appropriate responses to those things. >> what kind of impact do you think, council man, do you think this case will have on your city going forward? you know, we keep hearing that feelings matter sometimes as much as facts in a situation like this. what are your thoughts on that? >> the people in minneapolis don't feel any different than the people of new york when witnesses eric gardener's killer not face charges.
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i think folks don't feel different than watching their trial. it is not unique to minneapolis. i think that fortunately every single city, you know, some big cities, some small cities like ferguson have experienced what we're experiencing emotionally here in minneapolis. i think that we're going to need to, you know, learn from the past, learn from that history and also continue to learn in realtime, you know, how to be in solidarity with those cities who are experiencing what we're experiencing here. but i don't think we can take this as a local issue. what we're experiencing goes far beyond minneapolis, and i think the questions we're asking ourselves here about how we keep our neighbors safe moving into the future are the same questions that folks are asking themselves all over the city. and, you know, you got examples of, you know, the mayor up in
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ithica is doing great work out there and folks around the country are asking this question, how can we better keep each other safe. you know, law enforcement is probably going to be a part of that, but it doesn't need to be the only way. >> jeremiah, you make a very good point. unfortunately, your city is not alone in this. we
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and four other secretaries to help with the push. chief white house correspondent nancy cordes spoke with the commerce secretary about the president's historic proposal. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. commerce secretary gina raimondo is a former rhodes scholar. the former rhode island governor who led her state's recovery back from the highest unemployment rate in the country. she's now trying to replicate some of that success on a national level. we sat down with secretary raimondo on her 28th bath running an agency -- day running an agency that encompasses everything from the national weather service to the u.s. census bureau. >> we do a little bit of everything. we deal with fish and fisheries. we have an office of space commerce. the way i think about it is it's everything to do with making sure america can compete. >> reporter: you were on the short list for a number of different cabinet-level positions. what made you want to run the commerce department? >> jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs.
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getting americans back to work. every american deserves an opportunity for decent paying jobs, period. >> gina raimondo -- >> reporter: president biden gave her a job yesterday -- selling his new $2 trillion infrastructure plan and the corporate tax hike designed to pay for it. you must have business leaders blowing up your phone already saying don't increase the corporate tax rate, it's going to hurt us, it's going to slow the recovery. >> truthfully, i don't. >> reporter: really? will. >> what i am hearing is we need these investments. we need the trained work force. yes, there will be some grousing if there are increases in corporate taxes. but as long as our corporate tax rate is competitive, i think overall they're going to be happy for the historic investment. >> to get as many people back to work -- >> reporter: raimondo is eager to expand on a back-to-work initiative she implemented in rhode island to combat pandemic job losses. >> we will hire you.
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>> reporter: there she put $45 million in federal stimulus into retraining displaced employees for high-skill, higher paying jobs. >> we need to make more things in america and put people to work doing it. my dad worked his whole career making watches andin providence rhode island. every morning he got in his carpool with him and his buddies, they went to the factory. unfortunately those all those jobs including his went overseas. >> reporter: a lot of politicians promise that they can bring manufacturing back to the u.s. what's realistic and what isn't? >> that is an excellent question because not everything can come back. manufacturing today isn't my dad's manufacturing, you know. it's not low skill, low wage. that isn't going to come back to america. what will come back is the higher skill, higher tech more advanced manufacturing, and that comes back with a combination of basic research and training, and
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then fair trade policy. we can't let china eat our lunch. and so we have to be aggressive to stick up for american workers and businesses. >> reporter: let's talk about china. you have actually said that your predecessors' tariffs have worked to some degree. you think that that was the right approach? >> china has shown it's willing to do essentially whatever it takes. they'll steal our intellectual property, use technology for military purposes. so that means we need to be strategic, aggressive, and have a whole of government approach. you know, it's game on, and my bet's on america. >> reporter: one of her most pressing challenges -- the gender gap. almost three million american women have left or lost their jobs during the pandemic. >> not only have they fallen out of the work force in greater numbers, but in large part we're the ones who have been juggling between teaching the kids at home, taking care of the kids at home, and working. >> reporter: did covid create
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new inequities for women, or did it just expose inequities that were already there? >> i think both. for all of us it should be a wake-up call. like when we talk about building back better it means building back more equally. >> reporter: one piece of leftover work from the last administration is last year's census. secretary raimondo told me that the data delayed by the pandemic may not be ready until september which is well past the deadline for some states to redraw their congressional districts in time for the 2022 midterm elections. and of course this all comes at a time, gayle, when there's a national debate raging over access to the ballot box. >> that data is very important. i remember filling out my questionnaire. thank you very much, nancy. thanks a lot. i like how the commerce secretary's thinking. she says, "game on," and she's betting on america. >> it's encouraging that she's working on the gender gap with so many women out of the work force. >> yes. coming up, another tough easter in the holy land amid the
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ahead in our "unifying america," one photographer's very creative way to help teach kids about good morning. it's 8:25. i am anne makovec. a suspect in a deadly shooting in san mateo has been arrested in oklahoma. the shooting happened in december at a wells fargo parking lot. officials are working on setting up extradition back to the bay area. an increased police presence starts this weekend around lake merit. officers are going to enforce traffic rules as well as vending and parking regulations. this comes after people who live around the area complained about traffic jams and trash. parts of the pacifica municipal pier reopen today on a section that runs
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perpendicular to the shoreline. high tides damaged a 40-foot part of the pier back in january. an area with a broken railing will remain fenced off. as we look at the roadways, it is certainly friday light for the most part. live look at the richmond san rafael bridge, traffic is moving right along. it's a good time to be on the freeways if you are headed out and about. a quick live look at the bay bridge, traffic is moving nicely there as well. your golden gate bridge commute is an easy one so far in both directions. san mateo bridge is clear. both directions moving at the limit. all major freeways are in the green. we are looking at cooler temperatures about five to ten degrees cooler compared to yesterday with the on shore flow. partly sunny, mid 60s in san francisco, upper 60s to 70 oakland, upper 70s for san jose
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welcome back to " welcome back to cbs this morning. >> there is a new study that suggests that pregnant women and as you guys know i'm pregnant, those who are vaccinated earlier in the third trimester have a chance of passing the antibodies to their babies. northwestern university studies expect tant women who got the vaccine. this is a pretty small study. a longer period of time between vaccination and delivery was associated with a more effective
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transfer of antibodies to their babies. the vaccine is still pretty new so that's all they could look at. out of the 27 women, only three babies did not get born with the antibodies. that's because the moms got the vaccine within three weeks of delivery. but it's a really personal decision. tony, you know. >> yeah. >> and i spoke to every doctor i knew in deciding. >> including your own, with my husband and my own actual doctor and anybody else i could find. and we decided to do it and we have the video of me getting my first shot last week. >> oh, wow. >> there we go. it actually hurt a little bit. tony, you're the reason why i got this vaccine because i didn't realize that pregnant women in illinois were eligible for getting vaccinated until i saw you saw it on your talk of the table. i thought really? i looked at illinois where i
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live and i thought, oh, my gosh, i could get this vaccine. >> i love that. >> and now you feel better about doing that. as you said it's a personal decision. i know you feel good about it. >> i do. >> based on this study, maybe we should have done it earlier. >> we still don't know if earlier -- what happens before the third trimester. but at the least the study tells you about the third trimester. >> i can't wait until she gets here. four-year-old recreated beyoncé's ivy part clothing line. her family recreated the styles. by family, i mean her mom and her grandmother. you can tell they're handy with a needle and a thread. they said they didn't have these looks in my size, so we had to make our own. beyoncé, we need these 4t. beyoncé is her favorite artist.
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this isn't the first time we told you about riley. look at her. she and a family friend recreated the looks of former president obama and michelle obama. her family says she was such a trooper that it took her two and a half hours to recreate all the six beyoncé looks. something tells me that beyoncé will hear about this. it's very nice. >> kids are cute. but they have a presence, those two. >> they do. they really do. >> nicely done. all right. as you guys know, yesterday was the most beautiful day of the year. it was baseball opening day. >> because? >> baseball's opening day. and levin reed of our powerhouse boston station, he was lucky enough to cover it. take a look. >> poor guy. don't you hate when that happens? >> he's trying to look at his notes. >> they are a lot of new players on the red sox this year, so he had them written on a piece of
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paper. the wind picked up. just before he went to his live shot -- >> he's still holding on to that umbrella. >> he was talking about how the weather was happy enough for ducks to be on the field. and then the wind picked up and the ducks actually took off, so it was just him. >> it isn't funny when it happens to you. >> the game was canceled but he's already back at the ballpark today looking forward to the actual opening day. >> and after all that, the game was canceled. >> yeah. >> turning overseas now, the coronavirus hocanceling easter celebrations in israel. the country's borders remain closed. that leaves holy sites without the usual crowds of international worshippers. elizabeth palmer visited the city that millions hold sacred to see how it's managing.
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>> here is a rare site in the run-up to easter. the church of the holy in jerusalem, one of the holiest sites in christianity virtually empty. normally it looks like this, packed with pilgrims who believe jesus was krusfied and rose from the dead on this spot. this year, covid restrictions mean no crowds. father louis is a monk who serves in the church. i asked him would that spoil the celebration? >> no. i expect the easter celebration. when we are not together, it is hard. but the joy is the fact that jesus is risen from the dead. >> that's the spiritual view. then there is the material one. down in the ancient alleys of east jerusalem where souvenir merchants haven't seen a single customer for months.
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>> this is what they're used to, thousands of christians following the route they believe christ took to his death. but here is what they saw. we met this man. for the first time in a year he opened his shop hoping for an easter trail. no dice. >> without tourists, no business, no food, no nothing. no life. >> on palm sunday, a small crowd did come out for the traditional procession and religious service, but these are all people who live inside israel. the mass vaccination program here may be beating back coronavirus, but the borders are still closed. >> that's meant the american colony hotel, too, has been closed for a year. >> this needs maintenance. >> the man who runs it hopes to reopen this summer, but it
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depends on the easing of travel restrictions at home and abroad. >> we need tourists from america, scandinavia, europe, britain, the whole world. but as long as most of the developed world is unable to travel, we are struggling. >> for christians, easter celebrates a return to life. this year that's what people of all faiths in this holy city will be praying for two. i'm elizabeth palmer in jerusalem. >> israel is way ahead of the world in the vaccinations. >> i have never been. i would like to go. you both have been. >> it is powerful. it is beautiful. >> seems very meaningful. >> it is very meaningful to a variety of villages and it is definitely worth a trip once you get that vaccinations. ahead, our unifying america series looks at a -- trying to figure out which camera to go to. a way to bring civil rights
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journalists and activists. that's wells and the great nelson mandela. how these photos are very helpful to inspire future leaders. >> it was a dream come true for 11-year-old terrence bradley jr., playing the part of his hero. >> it is almost like i was actually seeing what mohamed ali was seeing. >> one of dozens of kids chosen by this photographer to learn about cultural and civil rights leaders by portraying them. >> this is about people who matter, who really made a change. >> giants re-sized to fit in her new book engineering of equality. >> they didn't know booker t. washington. >> were you surprised. >> you know, i wasn't surprised because i didn't know who they
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were. >> but one name these kids do know, george floyd, whose death was a driving force behind this project. >> this is my opportunity to allow kids to be able to understand and be inspired and not scared. and, so, this book is really about creating that narrative through the eyes of kids through my lens. >> this 11-year-old elle scott put her heart into her hero. singer and activist. >> i researched her. i watched a documentary. i wanted to make sure i got it right. >> what was going through your head in that moment? >> i'm killing because nina simone, she didn't think about what anybody like thought about her. >> it was that same grit and determination that nine-year-old mia thompson found in her hero, harriet tubman, a former slave turned abolitionist.
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>> i was thinking, girl, you're playing harriet tubman. you know how much you love her. you are going to nail this. >> she photographs jonathan as john lewis in this iconic message. >> meeting jonathan on the bridge, it hit me right here because you know the story. you know the people. it looks like john lewis. he knew everything about good trouble. >> what do you want people to take away from this project? >> we're fighting for more than just civil rights and voting rights. we're fighting to not be killed all the time. >> now that i have been in this project, i love my skin tone. i love the way i look. >> you got kids who will probably be leaders one day and will maybe make a change in the world. >> kids capturing not only the image but the spirit of their role models. for cbs this morning, baldwin new york. >> i love the confidence.
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tricia, thank you for that. >> that was incredible. they say you can't be what you can't see and now they're embodying these people. that's a great way to teach black history. >> but also to imagine yourself making it. >> the little girl said she wanted to make sure she got it right. she says, i'm killing it. this is the thing i thought was so great -- it was confidence without arrogance. confidence filled with a lot of pride about what they're doing and what it represents. beautifully, beautifully done. >> well done. all right. on today's podcast, we talk with rutgers university law professor david troutt, author of "the price of paradise," about the history of housing discrimination in america, and then this weekend "face the nation" presents a special broadcast focused on inequality. margaret brennan will speak with white house chief economic adviser cecilia rouse about the president's infrastructure bill and will talk to business leaders, ken chenault and ken frazier, about efforts are to create new voting restrictions
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♪ before we go, we want to remind you that although it is april, march madness continues for the ncaa. the baylor bears and houston cougars play the first game of the final four, and then undefeated gonzaga, the bulldogs, take on the cinderella story of the tournament, the ucla bruins this weekend. all of that here on cbs. >> and thinking about march madness, we have to say congratulations to roy williams. he's a great, great coach at unc who announced he's retiring. go, heels. he's got such a history, such a legacy. >> what didabout duke -- >> i like duke, too. >> adriana diaz, great to have
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you. >> thanks for having me. >> a look back at all that mattered this week. have a great weekend. i heard george floyd saying, "i can't breathe." he cried for his mom. >> you can't believe it's homicide, murder. >> he's not resisting arrest now. >> when they replayed the video of good moreorge on the ground, to walk out. to this day i haven't watched in full. >> reporter: one juror had to take a break as nearly every witness burst into tears on the stand. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: we're seeing a lot more 30 and 40-year-olds coming in. last week we intubated a 21-year-old. >> reporter: how alarming is that? >> pretty concerning. nobody is completely safe unless you're vaccinated. >> reporter: the suez canal is open for business again after crews freed a massive container ship. >> i'm a little sad this is over. so is the twert-verse. >> when i heard it could hold up toilet paper, i'm like hurry up. >> not again. ♪ >> greetings "cbs this morning" family, it's anthony with a quick postcard from vacation.
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i've slipped on my super grover socks. >> vlad duthiers, as he says his name -- >> it was so nice to be outdoors. we were outdoors, of course. >> who's the we? >> my lovely wife, marian. i saw the aviators on and thought of that song leaker -- future so bright. ♪ i've got to wear shades ♪ we are pleased and quite pleased to report that the university of houston, hometown of our executive producer shawna thomas -- >> that's right. there she is. >> they won last night. there -- yeah. there she is. >> may i say i have never seen so many university of houston stories. >> right. >> go, shawna. ♪ welcome -- >> you're adriana diaz and here all week. when she came in the studio, she said, it's so good to see people. >> i come in, like a breath of fresh air. >> yes. >> this is my baby when she was a puppy. >> that's her four-legged baby. but you have a two-legged baby coming. >> i do. >> are we allowed to say?
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good morning. it is five minutes shy of 9:00. i am anne makovec. santa clara opening up thousands more slots for people to receive the coronavirus vaccine. next week an additional 48,000 appointments will be available for first doses. sign ups are available online. in east palo alto, new clinic at the cesar chavez middle school. 11:00 to 7:00. tiny homes in oakland.
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the village on hegenberger road has more than two dozen units. it is geared towards providing job training and housing for young people. look at the bay bridge toll plaza, not a lot of cars. that friday morning commute has been pretty easy so far, no issues as you move into san francisco. things are at the limit across the upper deck of the golden gate bridge. no delays on san mateo bridge. bay area bridges are pretty quiet. travel times are all in the green as well and the 580 commute through altamont is looking good. we are looking at cooler temperatures, five to ten degrees cooler. still mild and above average, just not as warm as yesterday and the day before. low 60s along the coast with the clouds hanging around today, partly sunny skies as we look to the afternoon, around the bay, inland, 60s and 70s.
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wayne: hey, america, how you doin'? jonathan: it's a new tesla! (cheers and applause) - money! wayne: oh, my god, i got a head rush. - give me the big box! jonathan: it's a pair of scooters. - let's go! ♪ ♪ - i wanna go with the curtain! wayne: yeah! you can win, people, even at home. jonathan: we did it. tiffany: it's good, people. - i'm going for the big deal! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady. wayne: hey, america, welcome to "let's make a deal." wayne brady here, thank you so much for tuning in. i need two people here to make a deal. you want to make a deal. and you want to make a deal. come on now. (cheers and applause)
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