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good morning. i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. new covid cases are spiking across the country even as millions of people get vaccinated against the virus. president biden visited a vaccination site in alexandria, virginia, yesterday. he wants states to open vaccine eligibility to all adults by april 19th. almost two weeks sooner than first announced. meantime, california hopes to lift most restrictions on businesses and workplaces by june 15th if enough people get vaccinated and hospitalization rates stay low. naomi ruchim is in new york. where do vaccination numbers stand right now? >> reporter: you'll remember when the vaccine first came out, there was a lot of frustration the process was going going quite slow. people wanted the shot and couldn't get it. weeks and months later, as of this morning, one in four adults in this country is fully vaccinated. when you look at that group 65

and older, more than half are fully vaccinated. still though, there is concern over these new variants. president biden is speeding up the timeline for covid-19 vaccine eligibility. >> by no later than april 19th in every part of this country, every adult over the age of 18, 18 or older, will be eligible to be vaccinated. >> reporter: about one-third of all americans, 108 million people, have already received at least one dose. the white house had previously announced that all adults would be eligible by may 1st. >> the virus is spreading because we have too many people seeing the end in sight think we're at the finish line already. >> reporter: the change comes as coronavirus variants continue to spread. nine states recently reported at least a 20% increase in cases. >> we're really on the brink of a surge. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci says the pandemic is at a critical stage.

>> pulling back on mask mandates, they're pulling back on restrictions on capacity for restaurants and bars, it is premature to declare a victory. >> reporter: next week fema will begin to reimburse families for covid-19 victims' burial costs. the agency will cover up to $9,000 in funeral expenses. and just this week a dozen more states opened up eligibility to everyone to get the vaccine 16 and older. diane, that doesn't mean it will be necessarily easier to get because with more eligibility, the lines will only grow to get the shot. just because you're eligible, keep in mind it doesn't mean you can just get one tomorrow. you still have to go to your state's website, refresh and refresh again until you can get a slot. >> good advice. and be patient. naomi ruchim in new york, thank you. developing this morning, the

fbi is searching for a motive after a navy medic shot and wounded two sailors at a military facility in frederick, maryland. last night, investigators took evidence from the apartment of the 38-year-old. a witness says police escorted the shooter's wife and two children from the apartment. earlier in the day police say the suspect shot the sailors before heading to the nearby army base of ft. detrick where security forces shot and killed him. >> before he was able to be searched, he sped past the gate, made it about a half mile into the installation. he was pursued immediately by the ft. detrick quick reaction force. they were able to stop him in a parking lot. >> one of the shooting victims is in the hospital in critical condition. the other has since been released. new video has surfaced of the man who killed a capitol police officer last week. noah green is the man in the

white sweatshirt and wearing a blue face mask. he bought a $300 knife minutes before friday's attack. the 25-year-old rammed his car into two officers outside the capitol before he was shot and killed after lunging at officers with a knife. officer billy evans, an 18-year veteran of the capitol police department, died in the attack. the 41-year-old dad will lie in honor next week in the capitol rotunda. the trial of a former minneapolis police officer charged with george floyd's death will resume this morning. yesterday a lieutenant who trained derek chauvin in 2018 took the stand. he said officers are taught not to use their legs or knees on someone's neck and are told to avoid neck pressure when possible. >> was this is an mpd-trained neck restraint? >> no, sir. >> has it ever been? >> not to my -- neck restraint? no, sir. we don't train neck/leg

restraints with the officers in service. as far as my knowledge, we never have. >> chauvin's lawyer has claimed chauvin did what he was supposed to do when he pinned his knee on floyd's next for more than nine minutes. turning to the border crisis. more than 19,000 unaccompanied minors are in u.s. custody this morning. last night, city leaders in long beach, california, approved a plan to turn its convention center into a migrant holding facility. it's expected to house up to 1,000 children. some of the kids make the dangerous trek to the u.s. border all the way from central america where they flee dangerous conditions. our manuel bojorquez reports from guatemala. >> reporter: even though their own government hasn't deemed it safe to return, students have started to trickle back into class learning in the few classrooms spared by back-to-back hurricanes last fall. raise your hand if you want to -- all of you would like to go to the united states? 12-year-old kendall is one of

them. his sister left for los angeles a year ago leaving behind her children. why did your sister decide to leave? to find work. his teacher has worked here for 20 years. this year has been the toughest [ speaking foreign language ] they're not good emotionally. more than half a million central americans were temporarily or permanently displaced due to last year's hurricane. two weeks ago you left here -- francisco cook made it all the way to mexico city before he ran out of money to pay smugglers. back in guatemala, he says he has few options but to try again. what do you think you'll do? [ speaking foreign language ] so you think you'll try again. the u.s. government has put out radio messages warning people not to come. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] you've heard those ads. do you think they'll work?

this is the mayor for this region. he's asking president biden to give work visas to his residents. a work permit to work and come back when they've made their money. you see that as a better option? manuel bojorquez, cbs news. coming up, stormy rescue. the crew of a cargo ship in danger of capsizing gets help from above. and breaking baseball news. a foul ball destroys a broadcast camera. this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." your missision: stand upup to moderarate to severe rheheumatoid ararthrit. and take. . it. on.... with r rinvoq. rinvoqoq a once-dadaily pill can dramamatically improve e symptoms..... rinvoq h helps tame e pain, stiffness,s, swelling.g. and for r some, rinvnvoq can n even signinificantly reduce r ra fatigue.e. that's's rinvoq rerelief.

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up the vaccine timeline so every adult in the u.s. is eligible for a shot by april 19th. he initially set a deadline for may 1st. about a third of all americans, some 108 million people, have already received at least one dose. and the fbi is searching for a motive after a navy medic shot and injured two sailors in frederick, maryland. authorities collected evidence last night from the gunman's apartment. police say he shot the sailors before heading to a nearby army base where security forces shot and killed him. switching gears, it's not a fair fight when a young child is forced to battle a serious illness. a businesswoman figured out a way to even the score by turning the kids into superheroes. here's our omar villafranca. >> reporter: 4-year-old elliott hill of georgetown, texas, has no filter. >> superhero. >> reporter: or fear. her mom, janette, was very scared when doctors found a lump on elliott's abdomen last year.

it was kidney cancer. >> she had a kidney removal. >> reporter: she posted facebook updates on her daughter's progress, and that caught the eye of allison shickle. >> she's this effervescent beautiful little soul. >> reporter: the austin businesswoman makes robes for women recovering from breast cancer. when she saw elliott, she designed a superhero robe for a little girl battling big health problems. >> she immediately put it on, and she started running around. it was one of those moments when i sit there and go, you know, this is exactly what i'm supposed to be doing. >> reporter: the superhero hospital robe has a cape, mask, and pockets for medical devices. >> it's like little things. something fun that doesn't feel like a hospital. >> reporter: elliott's joy inspired 900 more robes for other kids. she is now cancer free, but if you ask her, there will always be something special about that robe. what superpowers do you have?

>> whee! >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, still frozen in los angeles. thanks. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with dr. anthony fauci for the latest on the covid vaccine and the surge in new cases. plus, we'll meet musicians who arare helping g to ease nen atat vaccinatition centersrs wi little music. and cnn anchor brooke baldwin tells us about her book "huddle," and the importance of women working together. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm diane king hall. have a great day. ♪

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