. and cbs this morning coming up next. enjoy your wednesday. ♪ ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning," it's wednesday, april 7, 2021. i'm gayle king. that's anthony mason and that's tony dokoupil. the president is pushing to make vaccinations available to all americans in two weeks. plus california gavin newsom talks to us about re-opening his state. >> america's border crisis starts more than a thousand miles away in central america. we're in guatemala talking to people who want to leave and how smugglers are trying to cash in. a parade of police officers testify against derek chauvin.

what an lapd sergeant who has trained nearly 3,000 officers told the court. and the leading human rights group may be slowly killing alexey navalny. see the protest outside the opposition leader's prison. >> scary news about him. >> first your "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> no later than april 19th in every part of this country, every adult 18 or older will be eligible to be vaccinated. president biden says two weeks from now covid shots will be available to everyone, but the announcement comes with a stark warning. >> too many people think we're at the finish line already. we are still in a life and death race against this virus. more crucial testimony on day 7 of the derek chauvin trial. among the witnesses a minneapolis lieutenant who trained chauvin on use of force. >> is this an mpd-trained neck restraint? >> no, sir.

>> mitch mcconnell blasting corporations for taking a stand on voting rights. >> stay out of politics. i'm not talking about political contributions. >> the new york times says that congressman matt gaetz privately asked for a pardon in the final weeks of the trump presidency. >> all that. >> a ship rescue right off the coast of norway that lost power and was on the brink of capsizing. >> and all that matters. it is a video that may make you jump. >> the cardinals tyler o'neal hit a foul ball that destroyed a camera lens. here it comes right in your living room. oh! >> in your face. that will cost a lot of money to replace. >> on "cbs this morning". >> american restaurants are now facing a nationwide shortage of ketchup. imagine some of them in 2019 trying to understand the sentence, ketchup is the new toilet paper. >> heinz makes up 70% of the ketchup market and wasn't prepared for the pandemic.

you know what they say. heinz sight is 20/20. >> this eye opener is brought to you by progressive, making it easier to bundle insurance. >> everyone getting the ketchup packets and start hoarding them away. >> i think you have them. >> i really do. i really do. >> along with plastic cutlery. >> i plead guilty. we welcome you to "cbs this morning" and we'll begin with this. the dream of vaccinating most americans against covid is getting closer to reality with president biden's announcement that every adult in america should be eligible by april 19th and that is less than two weeks away. not far. we should have enough doses for everyone by the end of may which is remarkable considering where we were just a few months ago. weijia jiang is at the white house with more on this. we all like good news. this is very exciting, but there's still a northwest cautnote of caution out there, too. what is it?

>> becoming eligible for the vaccine does not guarantee that you will get one right away. it all depends on supply. even as president biden expressed optimism about all of the progress the country has made, he warned the pandemic remains dangerous. touring a vaccination site in virginia, president biden stressed the importance of getting more shots into arms as infection rates soar in states that have relaxed their covid restrictions. >> we aren't at the finish line. we still have a lot of work to do. we are still in a life and death race against this virus. >> while the new deadline to make all adults eligible for the vaccine is april 19th, the administration has not changed when it expects to have enough supply for everyone. the end of may. >> just because you're eligible doesn't mean you're going to get it. >> ed became eligible for the vaccine in mid-january along

with everyone else who was 65 years or older in san jose, california, where he lives, but the 66-year-old who looks for appointments online says he has not found one yet. >> by the time i get to that screen we're not taking appointments, we're sold out, too. >> so it sounds like you've done this quite a bit. >> every day for the last two months. >> 63 million adults in america are fully vaccinated and the u.s. is currently administering about 3 million doses a day on average, up from one million in january. the white house said it continues to ramp up supply and expand vaccination sites. br brimbaugh said he's trying to remain patient. >> it's tough to be checking like this and it is understandable, they're trying to get a shot. >> 80% of all teachers, school workers and child care workers have received at least one dose

of the vaccine which falls short of the president's goal of 100% by the end of last month. however, the administration is on track to administer 200 million shots in the next 100 days. >> weijia, thank you. california plans to lift nearly all its covid restrictions on june 15th, although masks would still be required. carter evans talked with the state's embattled governor gavin newsom who is facing a recall fight over his handling of the crisis. >> looking back at your pandemic response, is there anything you would have done different? >> i think everybody can look back because we're not all experts, we're geniuses in hindsight. the one word in the last year is humility. all of us humbled. >> with california governor gavin newsom facing a looming recall and harsh criticism that included some of the restruckive rules in the country, his job could now depend on how quickly his state recovers. >> this economy are re-opening

and schools are back in business and california is uniquely positioned to come roaring back. >> california has been slower than other states to re-open schools and re-open businesses. what do you say to parents and business owners who feel like you let them down? >> well, 9,000 of our 11,000 schools have either re-opened for in-person instruction or have set a date to re-open for in-person instruction. >> they've been out of school for more than a year now and other states have been back for months. >> yeah, so we put out a blueprint in december, $6.6 billion to address learning loss and we're looking to extend the school year and extend the school day. >> we also have the third highest unemployment rate in the nation right now. >> yeah, and it's continuing to drop significantly and the reason our unemployment is stubbornly high because of the impact of the hospitality and leisure industry has been disproportionate. what will return and what is returning is the opportunity for these businesses to re-open. >> still more than $2 million

californians have signed a petition to force a recall. county officials have until april 29th to determine if enough of those signatures are valid to trigger a special election. >> it looks like you will face a recall election in a few months. i've met some business owners who are supporting a recall effort against you because they feel that the decisions you made destroyed their livelihood. we put $2 billion in small business grants and california is the first state to do a state home order and we think we're better positioned than most other states to come roaring back and we're providing record amount of relief and support for small businesses. >> has the recall effort influenced your decisions and pandemic response? >> absolutely not. quite the contrary. we're just focused on the data, disease prevalence and i'm focused on what's happening on the ground. >> newsom also met that california met its goal of administering 4 million doses to people in the hardest hit zip

codes. >> when you look at hispanics in california, they're roughly 40% of the population, roughly half of the covid cases, half of the deaths and yet they're 22% of the vaccinations. >> that's why five weeks ago we announced that 40% of all of the new first doses are going under the new equity metric. at the end of the day it's still stubborn and the equity metric continues to be a challenge and there is no having made it. >> the governor expects 30 million doses to be administered by the end of this month and that puts california on track to vaccinate almost everyone who is eligible. the governor also talked about the increase in the number of migrants crossing the border and how california is preparing. if you want to head to cbs this morning on twitter, instagram or facebook to hear more, that's where you'll find it. tony? >> in the meantime, please continue watching us, carter. thank you very much. let's go to the u.s. southern border where more than 19,000 unaccompanied children are in u.s. custody although the biden administration says it is

moving hundreds a day out of border patrol stations and facilities. miguel bojorquez went to the adults and children alike fleeing to the u.s. border. this morning manuel is in guatemala city after talking to some people who are considering making that journey themselves. manuel, good morning to you. >> good morning. the biden administration is making a push here to tell people that the u.s. border is not open and that they should not leave, but the dire circumstances some are facing far outweigh any official demand and smugglers are readily available to try to profit off their desperation. >> as we travel through the guatemalan state of alta vera paz we couldn't help signs that advertise smuggler services on the side of the road, trip to the usa, financing available. >> we are about to call that number written on the sign to find out how exactly they're

offering and how much it costs. she confirmed it was the right number, but when she dead who i was. [ speaking foreign language ] nope. no answer. >> but people say it can cost tens of thousands of dollars, often borrowed. 19-year-old francisco made it all of the way to mexico city before he ran out of money to pay smugglers. >> what do you think you'll do? [ speaking foreign language ] so you think you'll try again? >> that's because, like many here in the town of campur poverty has been worsened by back-to-back hurricanes. it's not just campur, many remote farming communities like this one have suffered the same fate. the scars from the storms still visible. the crops they rely on, destroyed. the man who owned this home told me he's run out of options and is considering leaving for the

u.s. but the u.s. government has put out radio messages warning people not to come. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so you've heard those ads. [ speaking foreign language ] >> winter is the mayor for this region. i asked him what he would tell vice president kamala harris who has been tasked with addressing the immigration crisis. [ speaking foreign language ] >> you want her to come here? he wishes the biden administration would offer temporary work visas to guatemalans who need them and he's been urging people not to go because of the dangers of the journey not only to adults and to children. we've seen another disturbing example of that along the

u.s.-mexico board. showing an agent coming across a crying boy near the rio grande and says he's been abandoned by smugglers and you can hear in his voice how he's afraid of being kidnapped or robbed and he is now in government custody like thousands of others. officials say that he is from nicaragua and it is another example of the dangers of human smuggling and the desperation of families who are willing to put their child in the hands of strangers. gayle? >> you know, manny, i saw this little boy this morning. he's still got his baby teeth at 10. you are still so young. do we know what's going to happen to him? i also learned that he has relatives here and the fear in that little boy just really got to me. >> oftentimes they do have relati relative they are trying to reach. as for the boy, we haven't learned additional information from border patrol and he will be processed and if there is someone in this country in the united states that can take him in. eventually the government's goal will be to reunite them.

>> as you know, it's desperation. thank you again, manny. i love watching your reports and the way you translate on both sides so that everybody can understand is really, really masterful. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll see you again. in other news, nine current or former minneapolis police officers have testified against their former colleague derek chauvin in his murder trial. prosecutors called four officers to the stand including a use of force expert from the los angeles police department. as jamie yuccas reports, all four -- all for of tur of them criticized the treatment. >> stiger has trained 3,000 police officers in use of force tactics. >> they should have a slowdown or stop their force. >> stiger's testimony followed half a dozen minneapolis police officers including lieutenant johnny mercil, the department's

own use of force instructor. chauvin attended his class in 2014. >> is this an mpd-trained neck restraint? >> no, sir. >> has it ever been? >> not -- neck restraint? no, sir. >> officer nicole mackenzie, the medical coordinator for the minneapolis police department was asked about this moment. >> i can't breathe! >> you're talking fine. >> just because they're speaking doesn't mean they're breathing adequately. >> the defense asked mackenzie if the crowd could have distracted chauvin, a central point in their case. >> it is very difficult to focus that patient while there are other things around you. if you don't feel safe around you. >> ben crump, one of the floyd family attorneys said he has never seen so many officers testify against another. >> it is our hope that that will become the norm when police see things that are wrong or violate policy that they would tell the truth. >> thank you. we love you all. >> floyd's brother rodney was at

a midday prayer service outside the courthouse. >> all shades and ethnicities that are responding and replying and reaching out to us saying they feel our pain. >> reporter: today that l.a.p.d. expert will be back on the stand and likely to face an aggressive cross-examination, while mackenzie was called by the prosecution, the defense said that it intends to call her back about drug use as part of its case. >> we'll be following along, jamie, thank you very much. >> this morning, amnesty international said russian authorities may be slowly trying to kill vladimir putin. nava navalny -- >> even behind bars, alexey navalny is causing trouble for the russian government. russian police detained nine people yesterday when his

supporters, including his personal physician, tried to gain access to navalny in prison. >> i am really very afraid of his health and his condition. that's why i'm here now. >> do you trust the prison doctor? >> no. >> navalny started a hunger strike a week ago, a protest against the russian authorities denying him access to his doctors. the outspoken opponent of the russian government says he is suffering from acute leg and back pain. navalny was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars in february for violating parole, a case his supporters say was politically motivated. it followed his near-fatal poisoning last august with the nerve agent novacek which navalny blames on russian leaders. a russian government source recently released this footage of navalny in prison. the russian authority say he's receiving all necessary medical assistance.

his lawyer says he's lost 28 pounds since he was locked up and is suffering from sleep deprivation. anthony. >> holly williams in london. thank you, holly. ahead, medical price rule eat, a young man burned over most of his body and now facing

we have much more ahead including a look at why republican men are now among the most reluctant to get the covid vaccine. what? plus, new pandemic guidance for the cruise industry after one major company threatened to, well, take its ships away. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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say, no or they're not sure they're going to get vaccinated. that's a huge difference. >> reporter: steve mitchell has been polling republicans in the state of michigan for more than 30 years. why is there that difference? >> i think that difference exists because of the idealogy and the philosophy that republicans have that if you start off with this fundamental distrust of big government and a dislike of government regulations, and now they're going to inject this into my arm, they're going to start off not wanting it. >> reporter: one of those people is chris howe. he's a conservative living in clarkston, michigan, where he runs his hardwood flooring business. howe says he has doubts about just how deadly the virus is. two months ago your family came down with covid. h you well it. side effects were pretty mild? >> yes. >> reporter: all right. do you want to get the vaccine? >> i don't think it's necessary.

i have gotten it and not died. >> reporter: in order to target people like mr. howe, faith groups are partnering, and vaccination with republicans, especially republican men, is something that national party leaders are trying to address. you've got the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, saying this -- >> we need to take this vaccine. these reservations need to be put aside. >> reporter: former president trump said this -- >> it's a great vaccine. it's a safe vaccine, and it's something that works. >> reporter: now mr. howe says he hasn't heard enough information from sources that he trusts to make him want to get the shot. and even though the vaccines have been deemed safe and effective by doctors around the world consistently, mr. howe says he's not moved by it. >> when i go into stores, i'm civil, and i wear a mask and everything like that. the mask is nice. the social distancing -- i'll do

that. what would change my mind to say if you get this vaccine, you're not going to give it to someone else, if you get this vaccine, you're not going to get it. if it comes down to where i think that i'm hurting the rest of the populace, then i will get a shot. if i have to travel and go somewhere then i'll get the shot. >> reporter: but to be -- chris -- >> i feel fine. >> reporter: you feel fine. >> i feel fine. >> reporter: you're not going to get it. >> probably not. probably not. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm david begnaud in cla clarkston, michigan. >> i think we're thinking if you get the shot you are protecting everyone else because we have that herd immunity possibility. i don't think he wants to hear it from someone talking on tv. the only way that people in that category are going come over the line and get the vaccine is if people they trust in their family or their friend group have a conversation with them. >> and he made that very clear. i always think -- i look at the science, number one. but you have the evidence that over 500,000 people have died from covid. >> yeah. >> i haven't seen a lot of evidence -- any evidence really

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in our series "medical price roulette," we're sharing the story of a young man who survived massive injuries and months of recovery only to face overwhelming medical bills. our consumer investigative correspondent, there she is, anna werner, joins us with more on his story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. and you know, the tip on this story actually came from our own david begnaud who asked me if i could investigate why this young man from puerto rico who had reached out to david in desperation basically was facing a staggering bill. a bill for injuries that nearly killed him. we do want to mention, some images may be disturbing. >> doing great -- >> reporter: this is how alexis hernandez made his way back from the accident -- step by labored step, over the seven months at a texas military hospital

recovering from burns all over his body. >> i never expected -- never in my life to live through something like this. i never imagined that i would have to live through such pain. >> reporter: it was january of 2019 when hernandez, a puerto rico resident, arrived in guadalajara, mexico, to begin studying to be a doctor. he was 23. >> i'd been working really hard all my life to make this real because i had a dream to start in medicine. >> reporter: just two days after he arrived, he says, he went to turn on a boiler in order to get hot water for his shower. then came the explosion. >> the flames went all over the apartment and the building. and i had to run through the flames in the apartment looking for a way out, and then i almost lost my life. >> reporter: rescuers saved him and took him to a mexican

hospital, but his severe burn injuries required specialized care, so as a u.s. citizen, he was then flown to one of america's premier burn centers, the u.s. army's institute of surgical research in san antonio. kelly brown was his physical therapy assistant. >> he had a huge percentage of burns, almost all over his body. there was only a few places that weren't burned. >> reporter: he was just in an excruciating amount of pain. >> yes. yes, even with pain meds because you can only give -- you can only give so many. >> reporter: one of the only places not burned -- the soles of his feet. recovering meant 19 surgeries and hundreds of hours of physical therapy. >> i start from zero again. i learn how to walk, how to eat, how to breathe, how to see, how to dress myself, how to do everything again. >> he's a very determined young man. but he's been through more pain than any human should have to deal with. he fought through it.

he always wanted to get better, and he would always give it his best effort and then some. >> reporter: some seven months later, hernandez walked out of the hospital. [ cheers ] then flew home to puerto rico. [ cheers ] >> that day was amazing. [ chants ] to see how happy they were. it was a really special moment for me. >> reporter: but when he got home, he found his health insurance company, insurance provided through his father's job as a policeman, had denied payment for his medical expenses. alexis' father says the company now refused to pay the claim, telling him it was because the accident turred in mexico -- occurred in mexico. then the u.s. government sent him this bill saying for his treatment at that military burn center, he owed the u.s. treasury $1.7 million. an amount they suggested he could pay by check or by phone. >> what did you think when you

saw this letter? >> completely -- completely hopeless. >> reporter: his local representative sent letters to the treasury, department of defense, even attorny general william barr last year asking that the debt be forgiven. there has been no response. so he's trying to move on despite owing all that money. what keeps driving you forward? i mean, why are you so determined? >> because i got a second chance. i feel fortunate. i'm grateful that i can see the light of the day every day. not everyone has a second chance, and i'm not going to waste it. >> reporter: he wants to use that second chance, he says, to help others by going back to medical school and finally becoming a doctor if the debt doesn't stand in his way. >> i am working so hard to go back to school. and maybe with this i'm not going to be able to go back.

>> reporter: hernandez's insurance company, first medical, would not comment to us despite our multiple inquiries. we also reached out to the departments of treasury, defense, department of justice, no comment from any of them either. meanwhile, hernandez has had two more surgeries so far this year. he still faces months of anthony, his family has been using a gofundme page that was set up for him to pay for a lot of these expenses. but the bill still stands. >> that's 21 surgeries he's had now. this man, incredible courage and determination. i hope this gets resolved. it's a ridiculous situation. but what he's been through is just -- >> we hope so, too. >> thank you so much. up next, vlad duthiers has the stories you'll be talking

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time for "what to watch." and vlad, i'm told we cannot talk about ice skating for a third day. so don't have time. no banter today. >> here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about -- the effort to bring cruise ships back to american waters is intensifying. the cdc said yesterday that cruises could resume by midsummer with restrictions after carnival threatened to move its ship out of u.s. waters. cruise companies are frustrated with the cdc's lack of a clear timeline for them to sail again. shops have been docked for more than a year due to the pandemic. one carnival ship, "the grand princess," made headlines last year when it became one of the first covid hot spots. $55 billion industry. and i'm a big -- >> i'm a big fan. i love cruise, yeah. i do. >> we have to banter about that, but we don't have a lot of time. i know. wow. okay, tony dokoupil. >> call my wife and tell me

they're fun and we should go on one, okay? >> go with my parents. >> all right. >> try not to duck when you see this moment from the marlins-cardinals game. >> here it comes right in your living room -- oh! in yo face. >> i like how they say try not to duck. almost feel like you need to duck. >> i'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. that's a $40,000 camera. >> exactly. the first time according to some that it's happened. here's what took place -- a line drive fall ball from the cardinals' tyler o'neil slammed right into a camera set up behind home plate. it shattered the lens. the home plate umpire asked if someone could clean up the glass since covid protocols limit who can come on the field. they cleaned up the mess. very ware. >> i've seen so many close calls. i was like, one day this will -- there it is. >> there it is. this is my favorite story. a burglar in georgia has a job

offer from the restaurant he broke into. let me tell you what happened. this man was caught on camera last saturday at diablo's southwest grill in augusta. he ran away when he realized the cash register was empty. carl wallace, who owns the restaurant, says at first he was annoyed, but then he realized this man probably needs help. wallace went on facebook and asked, please swing by for a job applica application. no police, no questions. let's talk about how we could help you. wallace told us he's doing what he's doing -- what he's doing shouldn't be a novel idea. >> it's almost sad in the sense that kindness and forgiveness and a road for redemption for someone is a viral sensation. let's fix this. let's do something different and give this guy an opportunity. >> right? >> yeah. i love what he said. he also said we are all just one good choice away from a completely different life. >> it's really a rare story. i know he says it shouldn't be viral, kindness, but it is. >> carl wallace is a different

kind of dude. i think that's really admirable what he's doing. so do we know if the guy came? >> not yet. we have not heard if he has taken him up on the offer. we'll be checking. >> i hope he does. >> i hope he does, too. i hope he does, too. it will be interesting to hear his back story. >> that's right. >> even people in the criminal justice system probably think getting that job and staying out of the system is better than going in. >> those are the opportunities you got to take when you get them. >> indeed. >> kindness is a superpower. ahead, something unusual during the pandemic -- a live conc concert. meet the musicians alleviating people's anxiety. ♪

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deprivation. >> boston coming from behind against the rays in the 12th inning. >> that one is driven to right field. back it up. it's over his head. it's over his head. and the red sox are going to win the game. boy, is that a fitting end to this one? >> wow. wow. >> that wasn't my team. >> i wasn't going to say anything about the mets but boy, it is nice to see. >> the mets won last night, if you wanted to see. >> i heard about that, too. anthony loves the mets. we're going to begin with astrazeneca facing another setback. the partner, the university of oxford said yesterday it's pausing a trial of the drug in children while it waits for data in blood clots. several countries have suspended the drug use in younger adults. a european watchdog is expected

to announce its findings this week on whether the blood clots are linked to the vaccine which, by the way, has not been approved for use in this country. president biden says we've had enough success with the vaccines that are approved to make shots available to all adults sooner. >> i'm announcing today that we're moving that date up from may 1th to april 19th nationwide. that means by no later than april 19th in every part of this country, every adult over the age of 18 or older will be eligible to be vaccinated. >> the president says the nation is on track to reach 200 million doses administered by the end of the month. we're joined now by dr. anthony fauci, he's president biden's medical adviser. dr. fauci, good morning. >> good morning. >> we heard what the president said there. everybody eligible by the middle of the month, but supply is

still -- is still short of demand. a lot of people having trouble making appointments. why is that? >> well, you know, it's getting better and better by the day. if you just look around the country, we're seeing that there was a gap between supply and demand, and literally every day that goes by, if that gap is closing. and that's the reason why the president was able to make that statement, pushing up the date when people would be essentially everyone would be eligible to receive the vaccine. so although there was some issues regarding early on that the demand clearly outstripped the supply, that's closing down. that gap is closing. and that's really good news. you know, we're now going between 3 and 4 million doses per day. and every day that goes by, it gets us further and further toward that goal of being able to get ahead of any possible surge. so all that you've just said right now is actually all good

news. >> what -- how do you feel about the progress we're making toward herd immunity? we had a report earlier in the broadcast about half of republican men said they don't want to take the vaccine. are you concerned about the resistance? >> of course i am. i mean, that's something that we really need to do. we have already three emergency use authorize dation approved vaccines that are highly efficacious in the clinical trials, and when you look in the real world results, following the eua, the results are even better. so we are really very fortunate that we have these vaccines. the more people we get vaccinated, the greater protection we have not only for the individual but for society in general. and that's the reason why we're putting such a big push in trying to get people to be convinced to get vaccinated. we have this covid-19 community

core which is getting trusted messengers be they clergy, sports figures, athletic figures, people that the community trusts and look up to. we're getting information to them to be able to better articulate the need and the importance to get vaccinated. so we're paying a lot of attention in trying to win over those people who for a variety of reasons are hesitant to get vaccinated. we've got to do that. >> dr. fauci, i'm so worried. i remember you saying listen, america, hold on. you know, it's like spiking the ball on the five-yard line. we can see the finish line but we're not at the finish line yet. i've taken that to heart. this is the thing. the covid cases are going up. also the states are reopening. that texas game the other day, people sitting shoulder to shoulder, some with masks, some without masks. do you think it's okay for us to go places? i look at this and see super spreader. is it okay for us to go to events wearing a mask? >> well, you know, it depends on

the level of virus in the community, gayle. that's the important thing. that's the thing that i am several of my colleagues in the public health arena are saying. every day that goes by we closer and closer to where we want to be. and we don't want people now all of a sudden to declare victory prematurely and then feed into what is a potential surge. what we've seen, we had the peak, plateaued and got stuck. now we're inching up and several states have increases in cases as opposed to a leveling off and decreasing. we've got to hang in there and not completely pull back on several of the mitigation methods of public health, because if we do that, we're tempting another surge. and as i mentioned, you balance that against the vaccine, because every day we hang on and don't allow a surge to occur is an advantage to us.

because every day we get 3 million to 4 million more people vaccinated. that is critical. if we do that for another few weeks to a month or more, we're going to be ahead of the game and that surge won't occur. it just is common sense. >> yeah, but dr. fauci, there will come a point where we have vaccines available but there's a hardened population that doesn't want them. in terms of getting the vaccine, getting those people to take it, many businesses are debating whether to make a vaccine a requirement of people coming into the office or doing business with that business if it's an event. from a public health perspective, because there's a legal conversation that's separate. from a public health perspective, do you support that kind of policy? >> you know, i don't think i could come out and officially say i support it, because that's going to be taken i think out of context in some cases. i can tell you one thing. there's almost certainly going to be what you just predicted. there are going to be

organizations, they could be universities. they could be commercial organizations, which are going to do just what you indicated. they're going to say we're not going to have you come in unless you get vaccinated. you're not going to see that from a federal government mandate, but i mean, i would be very surprised if we did not see that at the local level. >> from a public health perspective, do you think it would help at the local level? >> what i would say, that from a public health standpoint, the more people we would get vaccinated, yes, it would help. the better off we would be. >> all right. dr. anthony fauci, thank you very much. >> good to be with you. thank you for having me. >> thank you. >> ahead, we'll talk with asian americans about the barriers they face in the workplace and look at why the controversial phrase used to describe the hurdles, bamboo ceiling, is

whiff much more news ahead, musicians who lost their jobs in the pandemic are performing again. this time at covid vaccination centers. vlad introduces us to a group of artists setting up live >>rformances in new york city. and we talk to brook baldwin about why it is important for women to work together and lean on each other. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪

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>> reporter: breaking the bamboo ceiling is how hollywood reporter/editor rebecca sun described the historic oscar nomination for best actor. the first asian american ever nominated in the category. the controversial term quickly came under fire. what were the criticisms of the phrase? >> a lot of people thought that i had invented it. that i was using a lazy pun, you know, shorthand, bamboo, panda bear, there's a lot of oriental-ized imagery that people use to reduce asians to symbols. >> great to be here -- >> reporter: inspired by the glass ceiling, executive coach jane hyun coined it nearly two decade ago. >> most of the time when i talked about it, they were like, what challenges do they have? i thought they were doing pretty well. it was a way of making concrete something people were ignoring. >> reporter: hyun blames the model minority myth, the false stereotype of overarching

success among asian americans. cultural differences and microaggressions also play a role. micro-aggressions can vary from commenting on a person's english to asking where they're from. >> you're very valuable to the team, so please stick around. and your time will come. that time never arrived. >> reporter: billy mata has worked in advertising for more than 30 years. he says he felt his career stall when bosses praised his hard work while promoting others. >> i think this happens to a lot of asian americans, is that we have a tendency to work hard. we put our nose to the grindstone hoping that someboy will notice. and it's not in our dna necessarily to brag about ourselves or to boast. >> reporter: what happens to an asian american person when all these things constantly happen? one small thing after another? >> they become reality. they become part of our psyche. and then we start to doubt ourselves. >> reporter: susan im is a former retail merchandising

executive. assumptions about her character, she says, were evident during a meeting with a senior manager. >> at the end of the conversation, he said to me, you know, hmm, you're not shy. and i said, well, why would you think i was shy? he had a perception about me and was making assumptions about me not having ever met me in person before. >> reporter: what did you say back? >> i think i just laughed it off and left. >> reporter: those assumptions often make asian americans feel like outsiders. the stereotype known as perpetual foreigners. >> if you're constantly mistaken for another co-worker or because there's maybe three or four asian americans there, i think that's a -- it's difficult to feel like you have some level of influence and credibility in that team. when i go to speaking engagements, afterwards people come up and say things like, you speakenlish so well. >> reporter: she worked with at companies to get them to be more inclusive with programs beyond hiring. >> you actually need to have those people not only come in the door but have the

opportunity to reach their full potential in an organization. >> reporter: sun says the phrase "bamboo ceiling" isn't ideal but believes this is an opportunity to re-examine it. >> it's been around for quite some time. why such a strong reaction right now? >> there is finally increased sensitivity among the general public to racist headlines, to racist portrayals in the media, and specifically against asians and asian americans. so i think that people were just ad a heightened level of awareness, and so this seemed to play right into that. >> reporter: as you can see, it is complicated. interestingly, rebecca sun told us a lot of the criticism she received on line came from people outside the asian american community. tony? >> interesting. nancy, thank you very much. a fascinating piece. >> so important to have this conversation. like i said, i'd never heard the phrase "bamboo ceiling," then you hear it's been around a long time. >> 20 years. >> shows how many of us were not

paying attention. so important to have the conversation. >> yeah. >> and the assumptions that people make -- where they said, you speak english very well or you're shy, so stupid. >> i know. >> never assume. >> i hope it's changing. i think it is. >> yes. >> awareness is going to lead people to make different decisions. >> exactly. >> a start at least. >> exactly. coming up, we hear from a college gymnast who is going viral for doing this -- not the move. wait, wait, wait for it. that -- whipping out his vaccine record after a near-perfect vault routine. why he pulled out his vaccination card, surprising everyone, coming up. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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buckeyes. same vault -- oh, and he sticks a landing! [ cheers ] not sure what that is -- >> vaccine -- vaccine card? >> yes, that's exactly what that was. university of illinois sophomore evan manivong told "cbs this morning" the idea started out as a joke. >> i think i initially came up with it, just kind of gained traction in my head as we went along. we were having like a really fun time, dancing and had sticks and all these fun celebrations. like maybe i do this for a fun celebration. >> evan earned a 14.75 for his vault and tweeted "go get vaccinated, everyone." lion is headed to the -- illinois is headed to the ncaa championships next week. >> love that he did it. >> i think we all feel like that. want to go around -- >> flash your vaccination card -- >> it's got personal information. >> that's right. >> be careful. >> don't put it on social media, but next time i see somebody --

>> as the nurse told me, don't laminate it. you might need a booster shot down the road. >> exactly. >> feels so great -- >> that's a good tip. thanks. ahead, brooke baldwin, cnn anchor, will join . good morning. it's 8:25. every bay area county but for solano is in the orange tier of reopening. gyms and wineries can open at 25%. fairy land will reopen its rides at limited capacity. the park will welcome visitors back. they opened last month but no rides were opened due to coronavirus restrictions. lanes are back open after a man was hit and killed by a

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so you can... retire better welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's that time again, time for the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. gayle king is going first. >> okay. i've got an update on a very disturbing story that we reported -- we told you about last week. you've seen the video. the elderly asian woman who was attacked outside an new york city apartment building. it is very difficult to watch. this video comes from the lobby and shows -- this is the thing that bothers me -- the two doormen standing there, they just watched this happen, and the thing that got to me is they closed the doors -- look at these two guys. they closed the doors and didn't even try to help her. well, we're here to report to you today they've now been fired. that's according to the building's management company.

listen, i never like to see anybody lose their job, but when you look at something like that, it's the inhumanity that bothers me. we are now living in a time where we have got to be kind and got to help each other. i get the reluctance of not wanting to intervene. but they didn't call 911, they didn't yell at the guy, they didn't try to help the woman, bring her inside -- >> they closed the door and not help. >> that's the thing they bothered me. they've been fired by the management company. there's a gofundme fund to help the woman assaulted that day. >> i hope she gets some help. "forbes" is out with its latest list of billionaires. and the number of billionaires all around the world has increased during the pandemic. the company's newest list has 2,785 i think billionaires. 55, in fact. i'm sure it will be 85 by the end of this read actually. it's a 30% increase over the number a year ago, and i went through the list very carefully, and i did not see my name on it.

>> i checked. i'm not there either. >> yeah. >> there's no error. we're not on it. but who's on it? >> here's who is it on it -- kim kardashian west, tyler perry, apple ceo tim cook. i want to give people a feel for what a billion dollars is compared to what the typical person has. net worth for the average person is about $100,000. if that person finds a $20 in like an old pair of pants or something or a jacket, you know that feeling of feeling good? that's nice. >> when you find a $20 -- i get excited. >> for a billionaire to feel equally excited based on their north worth they would have to find $200,000. >> petty cash. petty cash for a billionaire. also, whitney wolf hurd, founder of bumble, is on there. i was excited about that. sigh another woman join the list. nice. >> a nice club to be in. >> yes, it is. the baylor bears got a huge hometown welcome. the team returned to waco, texas, yesterday, after winning the men's ncaa basketball championship. local firefighters sprayed water over the plane, fans were there

to greet the players. baylor's scorch walked off holding the championship trophy. he received the key to the city, and players paused to sign autographs. i love what the coach said, he said, "right now i just want to get my text messages under 500." they were above 700, when i think i'm making progress, i get more. he deserves more. >> i'm so fascinated by this team. dana jacobson was telling us the coach is a really great guy and that the team -- we interviewed the player yesterday, really, really nice people. >> yeah. i know they'll be celebrating for ages, and they deserve it. >> very nice. >> amazing game. >> sure did. we're going to turn to a new book -- i have a copy here. looks at the power of women, the women's march, me too movement and gymnasts speaking up about abuse have one thing in common -- they happen when women turn to each other for support and strength. the name of the book is called " hud huddle: "how women unlock their collective power," and the author is cnn anchor brooke

baldwin. she examines those moments and others from the past five years. [ chants ] ♪ >> hundreds of thousands of people showed up in the nation ae's capital saturday for the women's march on washington. >> we are done waiting! we are the ones we have been waiting for! let's get to work! >> a record number of women and minorities won in closely watched races across the country. >> more than 150 women and girls confronted nasser before his sentencing. >> this is what it looks like when institutions create a culture where a predator can flourish unafraid and unabated. >> a judge just sentenced former usa women's gymnastics dr. larry nassar -- >> it looks like a courtroom full of survivors who carry deep wounds. women and girls who have banded together to fight for themselves because no one else would do it. >> we are here on this stage to present an image for the world to see. a portrait of survival.

♪ >> an untold number of women posted me too and revealed their deeply intimate experiences of abuse. their stories flooded social media and painted a picture of just how many people endure sexual abuse and harassment every day. [ chants ] >> what we represent by gathering and marching in the streets is a reminder, a living, breathing reminder that we are human beings, not hash tags. [ cheers ] >> brooke baldwin joins us to discuss. brooke, i think that piece really set up your book and the prep is of -- premise of your book nicely. well done. go us. thanks. good to have you here. >> go, you -- >> i didn't do the piece. other people did. and i think it was very well done. you say this, "a gathering of women does not a huddle make." what makes a huddle? >> a you head sell a place -- huddle is a place, every image we saw in that beautiful piece.

a place where women come together and are empowered by the fact of their co-existence. can be productive, right, it can lead to change, it's a space where women lean on one another to thrive, to survive. get amazing things done. but it can also, gayle, be a quiet space where women come together and bear witness for one another. it can be the women who you pray with, who you sweat with, the moms who you lean on, the co-workers who you share vital information to be able to rise through the ranks at work. that is a huddle. >> a huddle. you know, you write about yourself growing up as an upper middle-class white girl, your words, rarely huddled for anything that didn't involve sequins or tap shoes. i thought that painted a picture very well. a little bit about your upbringing. when did you realize, brooke, that you needed a huddle and that other women can certainly benefit from a huddle? >> yes. i mean, certainly blessed. wonderful parents, great childhood surrounded by lots of little girls in tap shoes and

gymnastics and soccer and you name it, i was full of girl huddles. but then coming through ultimately graduating from the university of north carolina, jumping into journalism, fulfilling my dream of one day maybe being, you know, at cnn. when you're from atlanta, you drink coca-cola, root for the braves, and want to work at cnn. i have fulfilled that dream. in my 20s and 30s, it's been ape lonely climb. i was huddleless for over a decade. i had some singular extraordinary girlfriends. but gayle, i realized, honestly, after -- this two-day window, we talked about this the other night when you helped me launch my book. it got me thinking. the two days between being in embedded in the trump motorcade on inauguration day, january of 2017, the ethics day back on the clock for cnn and covering the women's march and being surrounded by half a million women, that was my aha moment of, a, something special is happening with collectives of fwhim cou women in this country.

look at the pictures. no one knew how many women would show up. >> you said it was life changing for you -- >> it was life changing for me. it was because i realized that i wanted to be very intentional about dedicating my life to covering collectives of women, one, and two, i stood there like, okay, reporter hat off, would i have had a you head told share a tank of -- huddle to share a tank of gas or stand in the long lines and realized no. i realized through osmosis and the privilege of interviewing these various huddles of women that, a, i needed to activate a huddle and, b, i wanted to inspire other women to do the same. >> it's anthony. you announced you're leaving cnn after 13 years. is this part of what was behind that, and what's your next chapter? >> first of all, can i just -- i am such a fan of yours and have been watching you for many, many years. such a fan, anthony mason. >> you stop this now. ask my question. >> be cool. >> keep going.

>> yes. it's -- cnn has been my home. cnn, the people at, you all know being at cbs, like you're surrounded by your family. i've been surrounded by my family for 13 years. it started when i basically put my name outside of a temporary office with a post-it with my name on it until i created space for myself and they hired me and i became this anchor at 31. but it's time. you know, i remember my dad saying to me once upon a time, "brooke, when you get somewhere, and you're comfortable," and i have been comfortable and privileged and had this extraordinary platform, it's time to move on. to answer your question with regard to the book, yeah, how could i not after spending two years of my life after this life-changing moment, the women's march and the trump inauguration, and sharing space with these women between, you know, meeting ava duvernay, gayle king, the ladies behind -- reese witherspoon, sarah hardin, hello sunshine, to the women behind moms demand action,

shannon watts, congressman lucy mcbath, to the women on capitol hill and pandemican rapinoe, i could keep going -- megan rapinoe, i could keep going on, stacey abrams. i could not hold space with nepal and not be the bravest version of myself possible and in order to do that, anthony mason, i have to take what i've been referring to as this backflip off the high dive and leave cnn. >> very scary but exciting. >> i have a feeling when she says she doesn't know the next chapter, i don't believe you, brooke baldwin -- >> gayle king -- >> you say a huddle can be small it can be big. you may love your work, but wor. it's good to have a huddle that you can count on at all times for all things. really good to see you, brooke baldwin. >> it's true. thank you so much, and thank you for being in my huddle, gayle king, for all of these years and inspiring me. sending love to all of you. >> i like being in your huddle. "huddle" is on sale wherever you like to buy your books. it is there. ahead, vlad will take us to

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musicians around the country are trying to ease the nerves of those getting their covid shots by performing songs like "new york new york." for many musicians, this is the first live performance for them the pandemic has devastated the arts world and live concerts in theater have been almost nonexistent. i spoke with one group of new york artists who are trying to soothe the soul with a little melody. ♪ for most of us, life's milestones are marked by a soundtrack. ♪ that's why performances are popping up at vaccination site across the country. ♪ and whether it's yo yo ma in massachusetts or richmond fi philharmonic players in virginia --

♪ it seems clear there's medicine in music. >> it was great to come out of a tense, you know, environment, to hear the music. when i sat down, they were playing -- "god only knows where i'd be without you," by the beach boys. it was a nice feeling. ♪ >> in new york city, the jacob javits convention center's sprawling campus has transformed into the country's largest vaccination site. vaccinating 14,000 people daily. javits' ceo alan steel. >> this represents freedom. you don't lose the mask, what they do is lose some of their inhibitions about the future. >> reporter: and while there's understandable anxiety -- >> in the beginning, i was like nervous little bit. >> reporter: the music offers a relaxing remedy for patients. >> we've noticed that there's a direct correlation between decreased levels of anxiety and calming people's nerves when the music is present. >> and a place for artists to finally perform. >> i have artists every day

saying, you have brought me back my first gig for the last year. >> opera singer camille zamora is co-founder of sing for hope, a nonprofit that's hiring musicians to play the vaccine center. for many, the first crowd they've seen in over a year. >> i was playing the "phantom" on tuesday, and i think "moulin rouge" on friday. everything shut down. >> violinist victoria patterson teamed one zamora after the pandemic shut down her busy broadway schedule. >> i live in this neighborhoodmen neighborhooneighborhood. i was looking for places to play. ♪ >> the national guard is here. it's not like a warm and cozy place. so we can soften the mood and feel like celebration, you know. ♪ i work so hard to play on broadway, and to get where i am.

and now the pandemic i'm like if i can come back from this, wow. >> it feels like water in the desert, you know. it just feels like what we've been missing. it's the cheapest, oldest medications that we have, it's music. ♪ [ applause ] >> sing for hope was created after 9/11. they were students at juilliard at the time and like now with the pandemic everything came to a halt. they wanted to do something to bring joy. so they gathered some musicians and performed for first responders. the rest is history. people who don't like to be vaccinated, the doctors tell us that when they hear the music, they calm down. >> calm down. >> i get it. yeah. >> the pulse is a little bit calmer. they're able to do it. >> this is great for everybody. you were sue aying the musician get paid. >> many have not had that. >> not in quite a while. that's great, too. >> so soothing, though. it's so soothing. when i went -- i'm very, very, very afraid of needles.

all i could do was ask the person could i hold your hand. they go, it's hard to give you a vaccine if -- can i just hold on to your waist? >> we should tell people -- the shot you barely even notice it. it's like a little tiny -- >> i have to say that was true. psychologically i was worked up. you're actually right. when it comes time to do it -- >> you don't even -- when it happened, i was like, is that it? >> i still would like some music. >> you're in a big space. people haven't been indoors with a lot of people. it's not just the needle, it's coming to a big space where you haven't been able to do that. >> that's down the road from the javits center. i want to walk in. >> this is valid's appearance in -- >> a record -- >> i feel like it's "cbs this morning" with vlad duthiers -- >> john says we're testing the audience tolerance. >> wait. there's more. >> valid's world. we're living in it. >> we'll be right back.

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