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it will be auctioned off at the end of june for a 22 $40,000. we wi captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, america's covid arsenal fully armed again. the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine back in use after an 11- day pause. >> the american public should feel reassured. >> diaz: but now, there's a warning. also tonight, severe weather threat. tornadoes tear up parts of texas, while hail and rain swamp plus, seven north carolina sheriff's deputies are put on leave with questions mounting about another deadly shooting of a black man. >> shots fired. need e.m.s. >> there must be accountability. >> diaz: the dragon docks... >> welcome to i.s.s. we are so excited to have you aboard. >> diaz: a spacex crew arrives at the international space station, launched using recycled
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parts. lights, camera, action. we go behind the scenes of a pandemic-era movie production. and later, this figure skater's unnvs anline sensation.ine sensation. how he's inspiring change. how he's inspiring change. >> i never had anyone that looked like me. this is the "cbs weekend news." from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening. for the first time in 11 days, all three vaccines deployed in america's covid fight are in use again. distribution of the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine resumed immediately after friday's decision by the c.d.c. and f.d.a. to lift a pause due to rare blood clots. american adults have been partially vaccinated, nearly 36% fully vaccinated. but there are still concerns about steady infection rates.
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cbs' danya bacchus in los angeles leads us off with more. danya, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. california has the lowest infection rate in the u.s., and as of today, the johnson & johnson vaccine is returning to mass vaccination sites, like the one here at dodger stadium. tonight, the johnson & johnson vaccine back in action after the c.d.c. and f.d.a. lifted the 10- day pause late friday. >> we're confident that the janssen covid-19 vaccine meets our robust standards for safety, effectiveness, and quality. >> reporter: scientists reviewed cases of a rare blood clotting disorder that occurred among 15 women, but found the risk was extremely small, as nearly eight million americans have received the j&j vaccine. while it's back, the one-shot vaccine now comes with a warning alerting women under 50 about the possible risk of blood clots in the brain. despite the race to vaccinate, there's concern about new
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infections. over the last eight weeks, those numbers are relatively steady and not falling significantly. >> overall, we're fairly flat, but we're flat with 60,000 new cases a day. we're flat with 700 deaths a day. so it's not like we're in a particularly great place. >> reporter: still, there's good news in the midwest, the nation's latest hot spot. the virus appears to now be retreating, relieving pressure on hospitals. the push now-- get vaccines into areas with the greatest demand. >> we anticipate that the areas of lightest vaccine coverage now might be where the virus strikes next. >> reporter: and here tonight at dodger stadium, there will be a fully vaccinated section for fans. masks are required, but social distancing is not. adriana. >> diaz: danya bacchus, thank you. millions of americans are threatened by severe weather this weekend. there were at least six reports of tornadoes in texas in the last 24 hours. thankfully, no initial reports
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of injuries. tonight, the dangerous system is heading up into the east. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli is here with what's happening now, and what's ahead. jeff. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. good evening, everyone. so far, the past 24 hours, we have seen 250 reports of severe weather, and right now, we have an ongoing severe weather outbreak in alabama and also in georgia. but this is just a warm-up, because the pattern is about to get very active. we have a vigorous jet stream diving into the southwest u.s., moving across the rockies, and it will be moving into the plain states by midweek. that means a prolonged, severe weather outbreak is possible. but this is not all bad news. we're in one of the worst droughts in modern history in the west. this storm moving in, late- season storm, will bring rain, snow to the mountains and that will be good. it will wet the ground a little bit. once the storm moves into the plain states, it will begin to spin, and i think we're going to see a prolonged severe weather
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outbreak with tornadoes tuesday, wednesday, and into thursday. adriana. >> diaz: jeff berardelli, thank you. a sheriff's department in north carolina finds itself in the national spotlight tonight. seven of its 55 deputies have been placed on leave after the fatal shooting on wednesday of a black man, 42-year-old andrew brown jr. cbs' christina ruffini joins us with more. >> reporter: an attorney for the family said brown's seven children deserve to know what happened. the governor of north carolina called initial reports of the incident tragic and extremely concerning. he has joined city officials and community leaders in calling for release of the body camera video. >> shots fired.ed eorte a witnes andrew brown jr. was trying to drive away when he was shot and killed by sheriff deputies on wednesday. emergency radio chatter from the time of the shooting identifies the location of his injury. >> please be advised e.m.s. got one male, gunshot to the back. >> reporter: but the pasquotank
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county sheriff's department has yet to release a detailed account of the shooting. >> if any of my deputies brokead any laws or violated any policies, they come out through this investigation, they will be held accountable. >> don't shoot! >> reporter: the alleged lack of transparency has led to protest, with community members demanding demanding the release of the deputies' body camera footage, which in north carolina requires a court order. >> elizabeth city is a microcosm now of what is going on across the nation. >> reporter: city officials said today they will file that request on monday. >> he did not deserve what was done to him. >> reporter: this afternoon, brown's family said they want to make body camera videos public information in north carolina. and they want that law changed in andrew brown's name. >> i just want justice. >> reporter: the north carolina state bureau of investigation is looking into the incident. this afternoon, the sheriff said he will ask if releasing the video would compromise their investigation. if it won't, he says he will ask for a court order to release the
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video footage on monday. adriana. >> diaz: christina ruffini, thank you. andrew brown jr. was one of six people fatally shot by police across america in the 24 hours after derek chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of george floyd. cbs' kris van cleave shows us how one state is trying to tackle that statistic through training. >> we've got resources, my friend. >> reporter: olympic, washington, police officer, javier sola is in training. >> stay where you are. >> reporter: after a decade on the beat, the former marine is in a class aimed at showing new recruits and veteran officers sometimes the best step forward can be taking two steps back. >> we slow down the pace, that will increase our options, and i believe that if we increase the options, that will decrease the likelihood of either party getting hurt. >> reporter: it's a policing strategy the washington criminal justice training commission calls deescalation. >> coming in as fast as you can
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with overwhelming force oftentimes escalates the situation. >> reporter: sue rahr is the former sheriff of washington's largest county. she just retired from running the c.j.t.c. program responsible for training 300 police agencies across the state. >> the goal is to not be put in a situation where you have to make a split-second decision about life and death. >> reporter: former police officer sean hendrickson was t first deescalation trainer in the state. is it a situation where, really, every police officer on the street needs to go through some of these training classes? >> yes. >> reporter: you're talking about retraining how america polices. >> yes. yes. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees. mark brinkman from the washington council of police and sheriffs. >> it's concerning and sometimes disheartening to see thes conced societal and political shift holding enrct en much.forcement
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>> reporter: the c.j.t.c. now pairs deescalation with new active bystander training for all new recruits, teaching new officers take action if they see a colleague violating policy or using excessive force, with the goal of avoiding another tragic death, part of an effort to flip the script on how law enforcement in the state operates. >> police officers are not soldiers, and we should be training them to make connections and develop rapport with the community, rather than go in and conquer. >> reporter: change that could start with a step back. since the mass killing of, armenians in the oan what's now turkey. more than 1.5 million people died. today, president biden officially called it genocide. americans turned out to celebrate and remember.
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turkey denounced the declaration, maintaining the violence was part of clashes during world war i. to indonesia now, where the search to rescue a missing submarine is now a recovery mission. today, the indonesian navy declared the vessel sunk, the crew of 53 dead. a few pieces of debris have surfaced, including prayer mats. the sub went missing wednesday off the coast of bali during a torpedo drill. and up above us, more success today for spacex. for the first time, a recycling rocket and capsule delivered the astronauts to the international space station. cbs' mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: 260 miles above earth, four passengers on the on the spacex space taxi spacex space taxi neared their destination-- the international space station. >> 10 meters. >> reporter: this morning's morning's docking only looked slow motio docking only looked slow motion. in low-earth orbit, the speed of both the capsule and the station
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would cover more than 80 football fields a second. >> dragon spacex on the big loop. soft capture confirmed. >> reporter: the i.s.s. now has 11 astronauts on board, more than at any time since the space shuttle era. >> it's taken a tremendous amount of work from a lot of different teams to get us here. it's just a tremendous achievement on behalf of our partner spacex. we're so excited to be here. we're ready to get to work. >> reporter: spacex had a significant milestone here-- it flew this crew using a first stage booster rocket and space capsule that had flown on earlier flights. that drives down costs and potentially increases the number of launches because you don't have to build the space hardware from scratch every time. that approach, once considered revolutionary, has rapidly become routine. >> i'd say it's only recently, though, that i think i-- i feel that reusability can be accompli i wasn't sure for a long time. but i am sure now. but i am sure now. >> reporter: anoth >> reporter: another first: two
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crew dragon capsules docked to the space station at the same time. the crowded i.s.s. only has seven beds for these 11 astronauts. thr space taxis.have to sleep in >> so there will be a little bit of camping going on. >> reporter: so there has to be a little bit of flexibility on everybody's part to make it work. >> exactly. >> reporter: one thing nobody will complain about-- the views. mark strassmann, cbs news, at the kennedy space center. >> diaz: amazing views. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," we visit navajo nation, to see how it's leading wait in beating back covid. and this oscar weekend, we go behind the scenes of a movie set in hawaii. how they pulled off a production in a pandemic. shathlete wh sha up theis world ofure sk ting. mood s low s of frequent or, give you unusually high energy, even when depressed.
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has been one of the hardest hit areas in this pandemic. now it's a vaccine success story, headed towards recovery, as cbs' mireya villarreal discovered during a visit. h immon the navajo nation hasn't always been a smooth one. >> we're are going to a small community south of shiprock in new mexico. >> reporter: nurse lyle lee drove nearly an hour to give the first dose. >> let it hang down. >> reporter: mckinley county, new mexico, borders the navajo nation and is made up of more than 70% native americans. in september of 2021, mckinley county ranked first in the state and sixth nationally for covid deaths per capita. several of jamie barboan's family caught covid, including her mother, yvonne tolth. >> one of my sons, he passed. he spent a month and a half in the hospital, and he fought it,
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but didn't come home. >> reporter: how hard was that for you, yvonne? >> hard. i would get mad. daughter just stood by me and my other kids. >> reporter: the navajo nation's high death toll lead tribe officials to spread the word about the importance of vaccines any way they could, and the moment they got their first batch, leaders split their efforts between massive sites like this one, and meeting people out in their own communities. >> so we look at essential businesses, essential workers. >> reporter: the tribe's chief medical officer, dr. loretta christensen, says their efforts have led to more than 70% navajo nation receiving their first dose. >> i think that we are either at herd immunity or very, very close. >> reporter: at the heart of the nation's herd immunity is an underlying hope that heartache can be prevented, one dose at a time. why are you so set on taking this?
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>> what my mom has went through and what i've seen, i don't want togo through that. it's all about safety and family. >> reporter: even as the navajo nation reaches herd immunity, they are not letting their guard now, especially as states around them continue to open up. they are very worried about another potential surge, so they have put strict health guidelines in place that include a mask mandate, and also an also an ove overnight curfew. mireya villarreal, cbs news, window rock, arizona. >> diaz: such amazing progress. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," movie-making in a pandemic. in a pandemic. we take you to hawaii fo we take you to hawaii for a behind-the-scenes look at what's changed. u are surrounded by peoe who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen.
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>> diaz: >> diaz: the wait is over-- the academy awards return forr t the 93rd year tomorrow night after a long pandemic postponement and a lot of pain. theaters closed, never to reopen; movie releases were delayed; and most film productions were halted. still, some cameras did manage to roll here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: for a movie made in hawaii the scenic views do not disappoint. but behind the scenes "the wind and the reckoning" is a very unusual production.very unusual production. >> you're not really in am >> you're not really in america. >> reporter: jason scott lee, known for his roles in "dragon," "the bruce lee story," and "mulan," stars in the film. shot on location last fall during the height of the pandemic. >> the crew had to be full
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p.p.e. they had to have the n95. they had to have the shield. they had to have gowns. >> reporter: lee plays ko'olau in the true story of a native hawaiian who triggers a massive manhunt in the late 1800s. after contracting leprosy, along with his son, the family is forced to flee. when the government orders their capture. >> a lot of ways you could contract is it was very similar to coronavirus-- through sneezing or coughing. it had so many similarities to what is going on-- it's eerie, in effect, what happened. >> we're trying to tell that story of, you know, this time when there's disease, there's a lot of blame, and it pulls families apart; pulls, you know, the world apart. >> reporter: lindsay watson plays lee's wife. you're doing a movie about an epidemic and you're shooting it in the pandemic. >> yeah, the whole situation was really surreal. i felt like as a character it helped me mentally repair. >> being able to relate to the stories and the characters, i think it made everything richer.
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>> reporter: david l. cunningham directed the film. >> when the pandemic happened, i was like, we've got to make this. it's dealing with family, and racism that's brought forward because of it, and we've got to tell this story. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and in order to tell it safely, the entire cast and crew were sequestered to a 50-acre ranch, off the grid, for almost a month. >> we were able to maintain that bubble that whole time-- saw the same people every day. we did bonfires. we were singing outside. >> to be telling a story of historical merit... >> reporter: at a time that's so important. >> yeah, and for the hawaiian culture to be represented. >> reporter: filming wrapped up in december without a single positive covid case during the entire production. carter evans, cbs news, hollywood. >> diaz: i want to see that. next on the "cbs weekend news," skating like you've never seen it. one man's mission to reimagine his sport.
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it's just-- it hasn't modernizer itself. we're not tapping into pop culture. but we can ♪ i will be there for you ♪ >> diaz: his viral videos, that started during quarantine, are his departure from his experience as a young black skater. >> i didn't have anyone that looked like me and that led me to trying to fit a mold that felt super authentic to me. >> diaz: what was that mold you were trying to fit in? >> i would say white, european elitist environment. >> diaz: racist criticisms tried to keep him in that mold. >> i was referred to as a monkey or i skate like a monkey. i wanted to grow my hair and have an afro, but they nold me not to because it's nappy, it's not clean. >> diaz: but them he saw skater maxime billy fortin break the mold. >> he had a type of passion i have never seen before, and i just remember that shift after t that. o e now.d to myself i was onlyi >> diaz: that spark fueled balde to a higher goal, pushing for
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change and cofounding the figure skating and diversity alliance with others like american mariyah gerber. >> so many skaters of color, you do feel isolated. you do feel like you're the only one. the whole idea of the program is to be able to have somebody who looks like you, who can be in your corner. >> diaz: they mentor younger skaters like 19-year-old gabriel farand. >> before skating with elladj, i was more thinking about my technique side, and now more the interpretation of the movements, the movement a little bit bigger or smaller or-- >> diaz: i love how when you talk about movement you start to dance. >> it's natural for us to do that. wasn ♪hen feel it! >> diaz: elladj's passion is giving others permission to be themselves, and no medal can top that. ♪ change going to come ♪ >> diaz: change is coming. that is the "cbs weekend news."
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i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs ptioned by me we're tracking a much- needed round of rain making its way into the bay area. in fact, look at it right off the coast. this gets here and time at the specific details on what to expect from the sunday rain coming right up. no vaccine, no problem. the bay area sports team playing right on reopening rules as it welcomes fans back to the stands. that evening. thank you for joining us.
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we begin with that much needed change in the weather after a long dry stretch the rain is on the way again, apparently only for a short time. this time lapse for our sales force tower camera, meteorologist darren peck is tracking what the clouds are packing. >> it looks okay right now, you can see plenty of clouds of already made their appearance over here. that is our storm for tomorrow but i want to give you just a close-up view on how this comes together. it takes until we get into sunday morning. this is 9:00 book before we get that well organized rain of showers to come right over the bay. i will go into the specific details and timing in the complete forecast in a bit but he was a general take away. a quarter of an inch of rain tomorrow, most of it comes in the first half of the day and

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