in line. >> you write in your book you became mayor of crazy town. what does that mean? >> by 2010 talk radio had been around for a little while. by 2010 we had the internet, we started to have apps and people really didn't need the party as much as they used to need it. and so members, candidates, members could come to create themselves out of nothing. >> reporter: the new modes of communication gave those rebellious members a direct line to thehe party base, playing t the crowd r rather t than accompmplishing thingss in c cos became the route to success. >> there's a lure there to be a noisemaker instead of a policymaker. >> reporter: making policy means finding common ground with the opposition. for noise makers that was a sign that boehner was a sellout. >> i thought if i could get half a loaf and live to fight for the rest, that was a good deal. no way. no way, sellout. it's 100% all my way or nothing.

>> reporter: for partisan media attacking boehner was good for business. >> it was like i was a caricature of myself, which they needed to rile up their audience. bigger audience, the bigger of the revenue, the more they get paid. >> reporter: without party unity boehner says he had no leverage against the democrats. >> i've got no possession because my guys wntd vote for anything. some of these members i'm not quite sure what they're for. they're against everything, but i've never been able to determine what they're for. when you're in the majority party you've got a responsibility to govern not just make noise. >> reporter: boehner is describing a system still in place today where idelogs create a culture of fear. >> a really good member, a solid member try to do the right thing, sometimes it was really hard to do the right thing because they were hearing from the far right, if you will, or the crazy right, the knucklehead right that, you know, they were

sell outs. and they didn't want to be accused of that. and so it really put all these members in a really tough spot. >> reporter: it's a poison, boehner says, affecting both parties. but it's further along in his own. you call some of these members political terrorists. >> oh, yeah. jim jordan especially, my colleague from ohio. i just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart, never building anything, never putting anything together. >> reporter: and then there's senator ted cruz who boehner says is the ultimate false profit. >> not really my style except that jerk. perfect symbol, get elected, draw a lot of attention to yourself, raise a lot of money which means you're going to make more noise, raise more money. >> reporter: the book examines baner's humble roots in ohio and glosses over his role of building the party by electing many of the members he now

complains about. but as he warned the fcesorf extremism he confronted did grow. the former speaker was at his florida home on january 6 when the capitol was attacked by supporters of then president donald trump. >> it was sad, revolting. an i literally -- i couldn't watch it anymore. >> reporter: did it make you angry? >> hell yes it made me angry. >> reporter: and was there anything you could do? >> no. not really. other than i decided i think i'll send an e-mail to boehner land. boehner land is what my staff called our team. >> reporter: in the letter boehner urges all his staffers to speak up against the forces corroding his party. remembering that day clearly wasn't easy for boehner. >> why don't we take a little break. >> reporter: in the book you write about political terrorists leading to actual terrorism. is this the outgrowth of the mind-set you've been describing? >> yes, no question about it. this is i mean the most extreme example of political terrorism.

>> reporter: would you say donald trump is a political terrorist? >> donald trump is a product of the political divisions that we've seen grow in our country over the last 20 years. >> reporter: he's a product but he also knew how to play just the system you described. >> he has a little different style than i do. >> reporter: in the book boehner is less coy. he has no problem tying trump to political terrorism. >> trump incited the political insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons. perpetuated by the bull [ bleep ] he'd been shoveling since he lost the election the previous november. while it isn't my style i don't want to use a per jorative term like that talking about him or anybody else. >> reporter: well, some people who have used that term. here's why this is -- i'm not just trying to get you to say something incendiary. what you describe in had book is

a system that incentivizes behavior that is dangerous, we saw on the 6th the attack on the peoples house. so you're saying we want less of that behavior. donald trump knew how to play to that audience and he's at the center of the republican party now. >> you know, the republican party today we have the trump republicans and the traditional republicans. zbr but you don't have any doubt he's driving the bus in the republican party even though he's out of office. >> he's attempting to and still got a pretty big soapbox, but, you know, there's clearly been some push back. mitch mcconnell has laid out the case, if you will, for the traditional republican party. >> reporter: you said after the sixth of january it should be a wakeup call for a return to republican sanity. but after the congress is breached 139 republicans voted to overturn the election results. >> well, let's go back to winning elections. you've got to go home.

and for most of these members their biggest threat is in a primary. and the president's out there saying that he won the election. and they didn't want to go home after the noise. i understand it. >> reporter: boehner still owns this modest capitol hill apartment he lived in as speaker but other things have changed. he says he needs golf less now as a stress reliever, has evolved from merlot to cabernet. >> i drink red wine. someone wants to smoke a joint, so what. >> reporter: convinced of the medical benefits boehner joined the head of a cannabis company. >> you're not ruling it out for yourself? >> tomorrow is tomorrow. >> tomorrow is tomorrow. who i dodon't likeke veggies.... what?! ♪ whateverer you have e at hom, knororr sides

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kids with acute covid were the ones that were going to have symptoms for months, and that is just not what we're seeing. >> reporter: the national institutes of health and the cdc are mounting a massive nationwide study of covid long haulers which includes children. >> we don't yet have accurate data on how frequently that happens to kids. >> reporter: for now young patients like piper have a long road to recovery. >> i'm frustrated that there's not a cure for it and something that can make it go away. i don't get to do the things i really like and enjoy to do. >> reporter: david begnaud in new york. >> covid-19 isn't the only illness some children are battling. a woman in texas has joined the fight by turning young patients into super heroes. omar villafranca has the story. >> reporter: 4-year-old elliot hill of georgetown, texas, has no filter or fear.

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great britain is in a week of national mourning honoring the life of prince philip. queen biz leth's husband of 73 years died on friday, two months before his 100th birthday. the queen is in seclusion as the royal family prepares for the funeral. holly williams has the story. >> reporter: while prince fillip's funeral will be held here inside st. george's chapel the funual rill be televised but because of covid restrictions only 30 people can attend. across the united kingdom from scotland to england and at sea they remembered prince philip on

saturday with a 41-gun salute, a fitting tribute for a man who served his country as consort to the queen for more than 7 decades and was a military hero in the second world war. >> my family and i miss my father enormously. >> reporter: his eldest son and heir to the throne, prince charles, celebrated philip's life. >> my dear papa was a very special person who i think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him. >> reporter: for decades philip was recorded by some as the power behind the throne. wesley kerr, a former royal correspondent told a generational shift had already taken place inside the monarchy. >> the queen has been doing quite a lot less anyway even pre-covid and all the big all

done by charles and william for some time. >> reporter: but they're a more complicated lot than the queen and her husband who appeared happily married for 73 years. prince andrew spoke of his family's loss, the first he's been heard from since the jeffrey epstein scandal put an end to his public role as a royal. >> and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother who's feeling it i think probably more than anybody else. >> reporter: and while meghan's pregnancy means she won't attend the funeral, harry will be there just weeks after the couple's bombshell interview with oprah and allegations of racism within the royal family. >> i think harry will be greeted as a very, very close family member by his granny, by his father, by his brother and his cousins. in a family there are disputes but i think togethrness especially at a funeral of a great patriarch i think a going to be the key thing.

>> reporter: we understand that prince harry is already here in the u.k. one person who we have not seen since prince philip's death is his the queen. >> and that's the overnight news for this ♪ it's tuesday, april 13th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." outrage in minneapolis, a second night of protests following the deadly police shooting of the 20-year-old black man daunte wright. tearful testimony. george floyd's younger brother takes the stand while the defense prepares its case. covid epicenter. why the cdc won't send extra vaccines to michigan even as cases spiral out of control. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are going to begin this morning with breaking