next. have a great day everybody. ♪ ♪ good morning to you our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's wednesday, april 28, 2021. that's anthony mason. that's tony dokoupil. i'm gayle king, let's go. president biden gets ready to deliver a prime time speech to congress tonight spelling out his vision for america's future, his plans to tax the rich to help pay for preschool and college, plus what these new mask guidelines mean for the recovery. a juror from the derek chauvin trial is breaking his silence with an inside look at what unfolded in the jury room. we'll talk with juror number 52 brandon mitchell on the decision to convict and what has happened since. and john legend wants you to get vaccinated to help all of us

stay safe. only on "cbs this morning," alsormet, but first, ut that here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> president biden will be at a joint session of congress for the first time. >> he's expected to unveil his infrastructure plan. >> cases are down dramatically from where they were when i took office in january 20th. >> on tuesday he announced new guidelines from the cdc for people who are fully vaccinated. >> outdoors and not in a big crowd. you no longer need to wear a mask. >> sentencing for convicted killer derek chauvin has been moved to june 25th. >> chauvin faces up yea opened the death of a black man in north carolina. >> law enforcement in this country cannot be judge, jury and executioner. >> president biden nominated texas sheriff ed gonzalez to be

the new director of immigration and customs enforcement. >> all that -- >> burning man will be without flames for a second year due to the covid-19 pandemic. >> organizers say there's just too many uncertainties all that matters. >> yes, it is a great day to eat outside -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa! what is going on? never seen that before. >> on "cbs this morning". >> the cdc released a color-coded graphic that clarifies exactly what is and isn't safe for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people and i am also particularly glad that they included sing in indoor chorus because that's, of course, what we've all been clamoring to return to. every day for the past 15 months i can't move without saying when? when will we be able to sing in an indoor chorus again? this morning's "eye opener" is

brought to you by progressive, making it easier to bundle insurance. >> singing always makes you happy, james corden. >> i think someone at the table at the cdc said wait a minute, what about a chorus? i want to be in one. >> it works. >> we'll begin with president biden's address tonight. he'll lay out an ambitious agenda tonight in his first address to a joint session of congress a day after a major update on the use of masks. he'll talk about his foush get more americans vaccinated and also a key pillar of his strategy to get the economy back in shape. the so-called american families plan would help struggling families pay for preschool and community college in part by raising taxes on the wealthy. weijia jiang is at the white house for us. good morning to you. that is just one part owhat would be a pretty big ask from congress. what else can we expect tonight? >> reporter: good morning to you, tony and good morning to everybody. president biden's speech will be historic both on the substance and the style because of the pandemic and who is sitting behind him.

for the first time both spots will be filled by women. vice president kamala harris and house speaker nancy pelosi. about 200 people are expected to attend in person compared to the normal 1600, but the president will have a chance to unveil that latest legislative proposal to the american public, this time focusing on so-called human infrastructure. tonight on the eve of his 100th day in office, president biden will introduce the american families plan, the administration said it would save the average family $13,000 and offer free preschool for all 3 and 4-year-olds along with two free years of community college for all and it would also extend the child tax credit through 2025. officials said tax reform and increase on the wealthiest americans will pay for the nearly $3 trillion package. the president's first address to congress will cover his other

p priorities, too, police reform, immigration, gun safety, foreign policy and ending the pandemic. on tuesday, the cdc announced fully vaccinated people can ditch their masks outdoors if they're not in a big crowd. >> this is another great reason to go get vaccinated now. pg head of tonight's speech, president's performance so far. >> the average american needs -- needs to feel that they have a really bright and sunny future, something they haven't felt in a while. >> while republicans are already pouncing. >> i knew the president would be left of center, and i understand that electionses have consequences, but i never thought he'd be left of lennin in. >> the first hundred days the president doesn't want bipartisanship. >> president biden is very involved in writing this speech. tomorrow he will head to georgia to kick off about a ten-day tour that will take top officials to around a dozen states to promote

the american families plan. he is also expected to meet with former president jimmy carter in plains, georgia. gayle? >> weijia jiang, thank you. a lot to talk about there. jen psaki joins us to bring us up-to-date on the latest of what they're talking about in the white house. jen, this is going to be a long day, but something tells me you like long days. >> i do, gayle. the secret is i'm wearing comfortable shoes right now, you can't see them. it's a big day at the white house. >> team biden. i can envision a lot of wealthy people saying huh? come again? what did you say? >> on paper you don't appear to have gop support for that, so how will you guys pull that off? you need the gop's support. >> sure, gayle, we do, but the most important thing is this is a bold proposal, the american families plan. it will ensure that kids across the country, kids across the

country get four years of education, universal pre-k, that's not a partisan proposal and that's something people across the country could benefit from and the president believes we should propose a way to pay for it and what you're talking about is raising the top rates, the top tax rates for 1% of americans, 1%, the top rate going back to what the rates were during president george bush's precedence toe help pay for that and we think they can afford to do that. >> we keep hearing there are meetings behind the scenes between republicans and democrats. joe biden said he wanted to be a unifier. so far people say that's not working out so well. are there any republicans you can single out who you say behind the scenes are being helpful in this. >> i don't think it would be helpful to them if i called them out, but i will say, gayle, that the way the president looks at bipartisanship and bringing the party together is having the american people receiving and digesting things and the american rescue plan and the majority of the public supported that. the majority of the public wants

to have lower and middle income families to have access to universal pre-k. these are things that the american people need, they want and deserve. what we're talking about here is bringing together members in washington, that is also important and there was a proposal, a counter proposal just last week presented by some republicans and we're looking forward to having a discussion, and i expect the president will invite members to the white house next week. >> want to shift gears to the fight against the coronavirus. the rate of daily vaccinations has fallen in recent days from 2.7 million from a high of 3.4. are we falling off track or are we on track for a july 4th >> we ael tony and op this is a very important point because we shifted last week from a place of being concerned about supply to really being focused on meeting people where they are. we know at this point that all of our energies and our efforts from the white house to the government and the covid team in

partnership with governors and public health officials is to really meet people where they are and get to those communities where people are concerned where they're worried about taking a day off of work and we've massively expanded the number of pharmacies and now 40,000 and we're partnering as of last week with local doctors and we're working with people to let them know, this is effective and it will help you not wear a mask outside as we just announced yesterday and this is the stage we'd always expected to be in at this point in time. >> we and other networks keep talking about that there's a core group of people not intending to get vaccinated and disproportionately, those are republicans. in our poll, republicans say they do not intend to be vehiclesated and is there a plan to bring them onboard or is the mathematical reality is you don't need them? >> we always want to have as many people vaccinated as we can and that's not a political question. the encouraging news, i should say is we've seen some

improvements and some increased levels of confidence among more conservative, white republicans and we've seen an increase in confidence as more of their friends and frashs are investing it and what we're doing through health and human services getting out to the community across the country is we're empowering to fund local doctors, civic, clergy. it will not be me or even president biden telling people get the vaccine who doesn't agree with them. it will be people they trust in the community and that's where our focus is at this point. >> hey, jen, when it comes to money right now the federal government is footing the bill for every single vaccine for every american and we keep hearing about booster shots and years to come. is the government going to pay indefinitely or is there going to be a point at which it stops? >> first, the fda is still reviewing the need for a booster shot. we are overpreparers and oversuppliers and that's our job in the federal government and we will order enough supply should

we need it, and we're not at that point yet and we'll have to determine how widely it's needed and how frequently it's needed and we'll make an assessment how we can have access. >> i'm sure you're dotting the "is" and crossing the "ts," what would you grade yourselves? >> will let others grade, but i will tell you the president's focus is coming in. all of our focus was on getting the pandemic under control and putting people back to work. we passed a historic plan, the american rescue plan that will help people with that bridge and also more than 200 million people -- shots have been put into arms and we feel pretty good about that. >> then give yourself a grade, jen. give yourself a grade. i'm not here to give us grades, but you guys can give us grades, but what people will hear from him tonight is not how far we've come, but the fact that government can work. democracy can work. now it's the time to be bold.

the american families plan is part of that plan, but he is also going to talk about police reforms that we need. the need to put gun safety measures in place, immigration, that's all going to be in his speech tonight, too. >> police reform is very important right now. the country -- >> no question. >> yeah. the country is not in a good place on that issue right now. >> thank you, jen psaki. really good to see you. >> good to see you. >> bye-bye. we will bring you a special report on the president's address to congress tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on cbs. norah o'donnell will be leading that coverage. >> house officials are getting creative on how to convince hesitant americans to get the vaccine. according to the cdc, the daily average has dropped 20% since the start of the month, a worrying trend. omar villafranca is following this in baton rouge, louisiana. they will give you a $100 savings bond if you get the shot. what incentives are being offered there where you are? >> good morning. the state is still doing mass

vaccinations sites like this one behind me. they're just not convenient for everyone. so they're trying shots for shots, vodka for vaccines at a bar. the state is having to get creative because less than one-third of louisiana's population has received their first dose. where did you get your first shot? >> i got it at a local bar. >> 23-year-old brandon brough went to a bar with friends and ended up vaccinated. >> it was a shot for shot night. >> in baton rouge, the shots for shots is run for a telehealth company. it came to this bar on tuesday night where bartender curtis johnson had a shot waiting for him. moderna, straight from the syringe. >> why didn't you go to a vaccination site or ds offense. the convenience spoke the most. i work five feet away from me. i work late nights and i've never found the time or been too exhausted to go out.

>> that makes a difference in reaching the unvaccinated says relief ceo visal. >> i can come to you and say the process is easy and here's what it is and it might get you one step closer to being vaccinated. >> but success varied by night. only a handful of people got the shot. >> do these events help even if it's a few people? >> they do. >> he's the louisiana state health officer. right now his state saad ministering less than 70% administered from the federal government. >> we're taking the kitchen sink approach here. no idea is bad. every idea is worth considering. >> cantor says when it comes to the vaccine hesitant, most are not against vaccination. most people just have questions. they're on the fence, they want to talk it out and they want to wait and see. it's all about empowering, trust the messengers in communities. >> cantor says the best messenger tend to be people's own doctors and that's the case

for 42-year-old katie algood who has not gotten vaccinated. >> are you a hard no? >> no. i'm not a hard no. i was a hard no and i believe in science and i believe in masks and i don't know how i feel about the vaccine. i don't get the flu vaccinated d that's just kind of where i am. >> state health officials admit people are tired of hearing government officials telling them to come and get a shot. so now they're reaching out to sunday church leaders and the saturday college football faithful to try to get that message out to people. >> because keep in mind, we are in lsu football country and that holds a lot of sway with people here. >> meet people where they are, omar and sometimes they are in a bar. the fbi is launching a civil rights investigation into the police killing of a black man in

north carolina a week ago. newly released surveillance video shows sheriff's deputies arriving at andrew brown jr.'s house before he was shot. a judge plans to hear arguments today to decide if body camera video from the killing should be made public and miguel bojorquez is in elizabeth city where protesters returned to the street. good morning. >> good morning. we were there as several of those protesters were arrested last night for vileatolating th city's curfew. this was a curfew that was implemented and was necessary because outside groups were starting to come in and they felt tensions were growing, but several of the protesters thought it was unnecessary cause for a full week now their protests had been peaceful as they continue to demand the release of that body cam video. >> new surveillance video shows a team of deputies riding in a sheriff's department truck on its way to arrest andrew brown jr. on drug charges.

this is just seconds before brown is shot. family attorney ben crump showed the video shows a militarized police force rushing to kill brown. ? just moments later this video shows deputies surrounding brown's car riddled with bullets after it hit a tree. the crucial, vent between these two videos is on the not yet released body camera footage. the familyayit will show an execution. >> iwas a kill shot to the back of the head. >> reporter: crump, the brown family and other attorneys released an independent autopsy which shows brown suffered five gunshot wounds, four to the arm and one fatal shot to the back of the head. brown's son kalil saw just 20 seconds of the body camera footage monday. >> it was obvious he was trying to get away. it's obvious, and they're going to shoot him in the back of the head. man, that's not right. that's not right at all, man. >> the county sheriff says that under north carolina law a judge

must sign off on the public release of body cam video and even if a judge makes a decision on that today, there's no time line on when the video might be released. in the meantime, north carolina a governor wants a special prosecutor to take over the case. >> anthony? >> in the interest of transparency, manuel, thank you. ? ahead, we'll talk with one of the jurors who found derek chauvin guilty of

ahead, the latest efforts to ensure everyone is safe at the 2020 olympics in tokyo and why officials say the games will go on despite a state of emergency in parts of japan. plus, what could be a very big development in the britney spears legal fight. her lawyer says she's got something to say. we'll be listening. >>you'

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're about to hear from one of the 12 jurors who convicted fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin of murdering george floyd. chauvin as you know now faces up to 40 years in prison at his sentencing which has been scheduled for june 25th. a diverse jury deliberated for about ten hours after three weeks of often emotional

the same page for the manslaughter. i happened really quickly. >> did you do that with each of the charges? is that what you did, took a vote on each of the charges? >> yeah, absolutely. each charge we did the preliminary vote to see where we were at, if there was anybody that was not on board yet or was unsure. then we would go around the room, everybody kind of speak on what they -- what they think is necessary to speak on. we went over maybe a little bit of the evidence. and then we would come back with a final vote whenever we thought it was a suitable time. >> what was the one person unsure about, brandon? >> i think it was like -- just the terminology. so within the instructions, some ofergy c b little tricky. because it's legal jargon. and so sometimes some of the words can be interpreted differently amongst people. it was just they wanted to do

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there are serious concerns about the safety of the tokyo olympics. despite assurances from the japanese government about efforts to control thegargav announced new requirements for athletes today. but as lucy craft reports, the rollout so far has not generated a lot of excitement. >> reporter: in recent months, nationwide festivities like these have been meant to drum up excitement as the summer olympics approaches. held under heavy anti-covid measures often with spectators banned, the events have served as a grim reminder of the risks facing japan as it opens its doors to tens of thousands of global athletes and personnel, said political science professor nancy snow. >> i said it looks like there is really becoming cringe-worthy. that whenever there is a ribbon

cutting exercise or the announcement of the olympic torch rally, there's always some setback so that now with the torch rally it's invisible. there are no cheering fans. >> reporter: organizers are expected to announce daily testing for athletes who won't have to quarantine. competitors will be confined to the olympic village, venues, and training areas. support for the olympics even among japanese sponsors has plummeted, snow said. anticipation has been replaced by anxious resignation. only about 1% of japanese have been vaccinated so far, and under current plans most will be unprotected when the games begin in july. how would you describe japan's vaccine rollout? >> quite abysmal right now. the country is not going to be really vaccine-ready for the olympics in july. there is a sense of things are not really under control yet. >> reporter: if covid forces another postponement or

cancelation of the summer olympics this year, it's fair to say that most japanese would not be disappointed. >> wow. all right. the games will go on. at least for now. thank you, lucy craft. next, vlad duthiers has the stories y you'd never want leftover food residue on your surfaces. but that's what you could be doing with a used dishcloth. so, switch to bounty for a more hygienic clean.

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sold to third parties. it could bring changes to businesses like facebook that rely on user data to create personalized ads. facebook claims the update will harm small businesses and will directly affect their ability to use the advertising budgets efficiently and effectively. >> i've done a lot of chatting with people about privacy with their phones. people are a little creeped out by the kind of tracking that goes on. if it helps them get better ads, they're kind of board with it. so i see why apple's doing there to differen to differentiate themselves. but people are accepting the tracking. they really are. >> it will be interesting to see what apps are tracking you. >> yeah. i mean, some of them track you in ways you don't even imagine. >> exactly. >> if they're giving you a better product -- >> i don't care if my ads are better, to be honest. i want to know my information's not being given to everybody everywhere. it makes me uncomfortable. there's a cold war going on tim mark zuckerberg about it --

>> the "wall street journal" found an email where zuckerberg better said he wanted to bring pain. >> all right. a test concert was held in spain to see if covid cases would spike, and no big outbreaks were reported. 5,000 people packed into this indoor venue to see an indy rock band without social distancing. they had to wear masks and take rapid covid tests. only six people reported testing positive after attending. fewer than the average contagion spread fort time. the organizer said this gives help for reviving the live music industry which has been hit hard by the pandemic. >> i'm not psychologically there looking at that. they just canceled -- what's the big festival -- burning man. they canceled burning man. >> can't go in year? you bummed about that? >> i actually do want to go. >> to burn something? >> i want to see what it's cam

with you? >> anthony's like, "i don't want that visual." >> i think it would do well on social media. >> but i look at them shoulder to shoulder. i don't know. it's good to hear that there wasn't -- >> yeah. it's good news. and the fact that you have to be tested before you go to these events, that's the key. >> the tests and the masks. they give you a mask, worth the price of the ticket. britney spears is set to break her years' long silence in the ongoing bad over her conservativeship. her attorney said she requested a hearing to speak to the court directly. the judge agreed to the hearing on june 23rd. spears' lawyers didn't indicate what she might say. in march she filed to have her father removed as her personal conservator. earlier, spears said his daughter's safety was his top priority and he would love nothing more than to see her not need a conservatorship. it got popularity after "framing britney

"" and there were concerns about her well being under his dad's care. >> this is interesting because we've talked to the dad's side. britney had never asked that her dad not be fiscal cinvolved. this part of the conservat conservatorship. >> i wonder if we'll hear her speaking now that it's open -- >> typically this is for people ill and infirm. she's still performing. why does she need this? thanks, vlad. ahead and only on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with john legend about his mission to spread awareness of the covid vaccine. ♪ e, is human nature. at edward jones, our 19,000 financial advisors create personalized investment strategies to help you get back to your future. edward jones. hi sabrina! hi jen! hi. so you're the scientist here. does my aveeno® daily moisturizer really make my dry skin healthier in one day? it's true jen. really?! this prebiotic oat formula moisturizes to help prevent dry skin. impressive! aveeno® healthy. it's our nature.

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♪ a little j a little john legend to start the second hour. it's a good thing. it's wednesday, april 28th, 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're ready to go. we have new information on how americans feel. president biden is doing on race relations. there's a lot to talk about before mr. biden's address to a joint session of congress. > an actor helping fight climate change. how change starts locally. and john legend is a man on a mission after a year of pandemic living. we'll talk about vaccines and returning to normal. >> can't wait. >> first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00.

president biden will lay out an ambitious agenda to a joint session of congress. >> the president will have a chance to unveil that latest legislative proposal to the american public. this time focusing on so-called human infrastructure. >> the american rescue plan, the majority of the public supported that. the majority of the public wants to have a lower middle income families to have access to universal pre-k. these are the things the american people want and deserve. >> do you feel pressure because you knew the world was watching that we have to reach a guilty verdict? >> i don't think any of us felt like that. the pressure came from being in the room and being under stress. but it wasn't pressure to come to a guilty verdict. >> they happened to get creative. less than one-third of louisiana has received their first dose. >> where did you get your first shot? >> at a local bar. >> the cdc issued new guidelines saying fully vaccinated

americans can go without masks outdoors except in crowded settings. oh, yeah, take it off, baby. show daddy them nostrils. flare them. this is great news for people who love fresh air, but a little late for those who already have the tan lines. >> we were just talking about the tan lines yesterday. >> we were. we were. but it will be nice to be outside and take off your mask. i can't tell you how happy -- >> i will proudly show off my tan. >> i took my first mask free walk yesterday. we saw a guy with the mask on, and we got to tell him the news and said you don't have to wear it anymore outside. it was a big day. a lot of happiness in brooklyn. the biden administration, 100 days in on how the administration has done. one is matters of race. i'm going to walk over to the monitor where we have numbers. >> we'll stay here. >> i'm going to backwards walk to the monitor. our poll showed about 55% of

americans at this point, 100 days in approve of how president biden is handling race relations in america. that was a poll taken after derek chauvin was found guilty in the killing of george floyd. president biden is calling on the senate to call the george floyd justice and policing act. it bans choke holds and makes it easier to prosecute police. here's the big picture. more than 290 people have been killed by police so far this year. and black americans are killed by police at more than twice the rate of twiwhite americans. president biden also says he is opposed to, quote, defunding the police and he has paused plans to establish a police oversight commission. his administration is also using its more than $2 trillion infrastructure plan to address economic disparities. i'm back now. between black and white americans including money to do

things like replace led pipes in flint, michigan. that was a big story out there. and also in mississippi, also a water crisis there we didn't walk about as much. this was one of the four major crises. he said hi inherited when he entered office. that's an overlook at what he's done to address it 100 days in. >> that's a full-time job. it appears to be getting worse. it doesn't appear to be getting better. >> there is that feeling. >> it will be interesting to see what he has to say tonight. >> we're joined by the national urban league president and ceo and former mayor of new orleans. we should note mark is married to our saturday co-host michelle miller. that's a good thing because we love michelle. mark, thank you for joining us. mark, you heard the number that tony just said, 55% of americans in our poll said they approve of president biden's handling of race relations. how do you think he's doing? >> first, thank you for having me. good morning, anthony.

the president has been purposeful and intentional about including racial justice components in every policy he's undertaken in the first 100 days. in covid he's expanded community-based vaccination sites. in the cabinet with vice president harris and all the way through, he's had the most diverse cabinet in modern american history, and the american rescue plan, there are anti-poverty provisions and provisions to assist businesses owned by people of color, including african americans. and his commitment to racial justice, his forward-leaning support for the george floyd justice and policing act, the minimum wage, along with the idea that infrastructure and this is a recommendation you made to him as a candidate and in the transition, has to include investments in human beings. so this president's start is purposeful and intentional, and the support among the public, i think, demonstrates that the president has used his moral

voice to create a distinction between the poisonous philosophy of white supremacy and the idea of an america for everyone, and an america for opportunity an pathways to progress for all people. >> the president said he would prioritize racial justice. you said you'd hold him to that. what more would you like to see? >> first, we need christen clark to be confirmed as the chief civil rights enforcer. as assistant attorney general for civil rights. number two, we need passage of the justice and policing act. the george floyd justice and policing act. we need a minimum wage increase which is long overdue. we haven't had a national increase since 2007, and we need an assault on this pandemic of voter depression now with 250 bills being introduced across the nation. the pay to the presidency, a way to the justice department. and we also need cooperation

from what i would call the members of the united states senate who seem to be hell bent on blocking progress. the president and his numbers demonstrate i think he has a broad base of support among the american people. it's not universal. but it's broad and i think it's deep, because people want accomplishments. they want progress, and i think on race relations president biden, i believe, has gotten off to a powerful and a purposeful start, but there is a lot left to be done. this 100-day, if you will, mark is sort of an artificial deadline, but since it's part of our sort of tradition going back to president franklin roosevelt, it's an important time to talk about where the president is and where the nation is. and i'll say this. the other important thing is the president has changed the tone of governing to an inclusive tone of governing away from a

reality show, finger poaremente for the last four years. and i think that creates pathways for him to achieve real progress. we will continue to hold him accountable. but so far the start is purposeful. >> well, as you know, mark, the justice department is investigating two police departments. some say that's a sign they're taking it seriously. president biden is urging congress to pass legislation. there he is. there you are. mark, we lost you for a second. it's a very tense time between the communities of color and the police department. police departments all over the country. what do you think needs to be done? how can we effectively address that issue and what should team biden be doing about that at this particular time? >> i think merrick garland and the department ofus that is to engage and practice investigations both in minneapolis as well as in

louisville. that means that the president and his justice department are going to use the full weight and the full tool box available to them on the issue of policing and improving trust. but gayle, these killings are gut wrenching and hurtful. i have a 19-year-old son. when i see these young men, i shudder. i feel a sense of great pain like all of us do, but this is what's important. the president, the justice department, the national government, cannot fix the problem of policing alone. it takes every community, every mayor, city council, county executive, states like maryland have put a marker down with the state-wide law. everyone has to be in this, because this system is broken. this system for the most part, has lost great faith among the american people, and we need to restore it, but we need a new vision on how we keep communities safe. >> yeah. well, you can't fix it if you

don't acknowledge it. it appears the biden administration is acknowledging houston, we have a problem. mark, it's always good to see r. >> she's the best. >> we think she's the best too. we'll bring you a special report on the president's address to congress at

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as we continue our series "eye on earth," we're introducing you to one oranization that isn't waiting for congress to take action on climate change. the solutions project co-founded by award winning actor mark ruffalo aims to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for

everyone by 2050. >> that's coming up. the project has supported and funded more than 100 grassroots organizations, 95% of which are run by people of color. mark ruffalo and the solutions project president and ceo, gloria walton, join us now. good morning to you. mark, i want to start with you. as a co-founder of the solutions project, climate change is a global issue, but the focus of the project is on local actors. how did it come about, and why that strategy? >> well, thanks for having us on. it's great to be here talking about the good news of this moment we're living in. i moved my family to upstate new york right in the moment that they were going to put 55,000 fracking wells in my community. and so my experience of this is from the frontline. my community had to fight with

very little resources. it was a rural community, and we had to fight literally for our lives and our children's lives. it would poison the air and the water. and would have created an enormous amount of pollution. and what i saw was how efficient, how effective that kind of organizing was, and how little resources you needed to actually create change. and not only did we ban fracking, but we also pushed the state to 100% renewable energy with the most progressive legislation in the nation on transitioning away from dirty fossil fuels. so i saw the power of community organizing to actually effect change and implement the change that needs to happen in order for us to survive in this new

classmate reality in crisis. >> hey, gloria, we heard mark say that he's happy to talk about the good news of this particular moment that we're living through. i think a lot of people would be surprised there is good news. from where you're sitting there as president of the solutions project, what do you like, what do you see? >> wow. so so much. to mark's point, this is a moment where we have the president of the united states saying environmental justice. and that has everything to do with the decades of organizing and power building in frontline communities. i particularly feel like we're in a moment that i should speak to, a moment of racial reckoning. and you know, i think about how racism, pollution, and poverty are interconnected. and in this time of racial reckoning, i feel like climate justice is an opportunity to transform our systems in a way that leaves no communities

behind. >> so -- >> i say this -- >> i wanted to say because you say racial justice is an essential part of tackling climate change. can you make that connection? how does that work? >> yes. great question, tony. so it's no coincidence that the same communities that are criminalized and dying at the hands of police officers who spore to protect and serve us are the very same communities that are first and worst impacted by climate change. and that's not by chance. so decisions have been made to create a lot of conditions that black indigenous asian american and pacific islander and other people of color communities are living with, and these communities have the history of being underresourced, and it's not coincidence that these communities are often surrounded and living adjacent to freeways, oil drilling, fracking sites,

and even petrochemical plants. the air quality is often bad and -- what that means is that these communities have higher -- the same communities are disproportionately impacted. it's not coincidence that these are the communities on the front lines of environmental degradation. so if your lungs are already compromised, if you get covid, you're going to be one of the sickest, right. and so for generations environmental justice communities, or as we call it frontline communities, those most impacted and closest to the problems are often the first to the solutions. and in fact are innovating transformative climate solutions that are tackling multiple problems at once. so they're creating living wage green jobs, training opportunities, affordable housing powered by solar, addressing public health by fighting for policies to improve air quality, advocating to keep oil in the ground, and putting buffer zones between where

families live and children play. and so this is a moment where our government and corporate industry leaders need to be looking to the expertise and innovation happening in frontline communities. it's time to invest and scale community centered and community might have levsolut-- community solutions. >> we thank you both for joining us, thank you so much. >> mark, could i say -- i loved you, i know this is true. you were so good. i thought if he doesn't win, something's wrong. had nothing to do with climate change, but you were awesome. nice to meet you, gloria. >> thank you very much. >> we got to go. thank you both.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's that time again, time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. gayle king, you are first. >> i get to go first. i have no idea what your stories are, but i guarantee you mine is best. >> oh, that's actually -- mine's pretty good. >> no, no. >> put your cards on the table. >> mine is the best because you know favorite daughter kirby got married in december. >> yes. >> virgil. and you know how it goes -- first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes -- >> kirby with the baby carriage? >> kirby with the baby carriage! >> oh, my gosh! >> i have been bursting -- wanting to share this news. she got married december, the baby's coming mid-september. and i kept saying when -- kirby, when can i make it my "talk of the table"?

she goes, not yet. she finally told -- i got to tell my sisters this past weekend. she told her friends the beginning of the week. and i said finally, can i please tell -- today's the day i get to tell. she would not allow me to show pictures, america. i was irritated. s she did allow me to share the birth announcement. that's their dog, slater. >> my parents are -- >> my parents are getting a human. >> september, 2021. >> this is the big question -- number one, i don't want to be called grandma. >> i was going to say -- >> nope. nope, nope, nope. >> what are the candidates? >> i'm soliciting. i did "ellen" yesterday and was talking about it with ellen. she said the baby should call me "miss lady." i don't want that. >> grandma gayle, we have a grandma gayle in my household -- >> i don't like grandma, i don't like gigi. i don't. right now i tell you what i like and nobody likes it but me, i like guya. >> where does that come from? >> it means mother earth. oprah thinks it's stupid and

pretentious. i like it. >> whatever works for you. you've got to live with there for a long time. >> i thought mumsy. kirby hated that. stop it, tony. tony on camera two. i thought that was cute. she goes, we're not british. i am still somebody said -- somebody said gammy, but that sounds like an old lady without teeth. i didn't like that. these are my own issues. >> gayle, you should go with guya. it's good. grandma comes out like guya for the first two years anyway. >> i'm soliciting. i'm soliciting, soliciting. >> you have to be preparedha whatever name you choose ultimately will probably be transformed anyway sometime -- >> i know. guys, i can't even tell you -- i'm going to talk to sean and the powers that be. i'll be taking grandma maternity leave in september. >> okay. >> what do we get, 12 weeks, ten weeks? >> i'll check the latest policy -- >> for grandparents? >> for grandparents. >> good luck. >> i'm going to be putting in for that. >> the have you given any thought yet -- om attack. >> ten weeks -- >> i thought i heard a thud. that was her falling over. >> 10 weeks, 12 weeks.

i'm going to check the policy. >> have you given any thought to what kind of grandma you going to be? are you going to follow kirby's rules of the house? >> i'm going to follow her rules of the house. >> for how long? >> i'm going do exactly what i'm told. >> until you disagree -- >> brian's going, no, you're not. you'll do exactly what -- i'll do exactly what i'm told. i'll serve when asked to serve. i did doask if i could be in th delivery room and got crickets. >> will you change diamonderper? >> yours was the best. >> what -- >> what do you have? who cares? i'm so excited. i'm so excited. >> we're excited for you. >> we're very excited for you. >> i can't stand it. >> mine is just a brief public service announcement that the magic of the internet -- >> yes? >> this invisible thing is actually dependent on cables that run underground, and some folks in british columbia, in canada, found out that those cables can get chewed through by animals, and you will have no

internet, no phone, no cable tv. so i think the lesson is be kind to beavers because they will eat your cable right up and you'll be out of luck. >> yeah. >> won't be able to share the happy news. >> that's one thing that won't happen in manhattan. when your cable goes out, you know it's not a beaver. could be a giant cockroach. >> hello, spectrum. my cable's gone out. >> it's a beaver, no. i have a parental story to follow yours. this is a father/daughter story. a father/daughter team is chasing a world championship title for cornhole. it's interesting because the dad, wayne geiger, who is a retired dairy farmer, wanted someone to travel with him to and so he h leer t ty. maggie geiger. >> he needed a partner to travel ith him. so he picked his favorite child to be his partner. that's me. you don't think that you're

going to go from smalltown dorchester, bar league, to world champion, but it happened. >> it's exactly right. maggie geiger is now the world champion in cornhole. her dad says, we would go to bar tournament hoping we'd place in the top three so we could get our gas paid for. from there, five to six years later, she's world champ. world singles champ, world doubles title. the championships are coming up i think in july again for this year's. it was interesting -- professional cornhole players make between $5,000 and $25,000 per season believe it or not. >> ah, look at the bonding that they did. >> what a great father/daughter story. >> very nice. >> very nice. we're also very excited. we've got big news this morn at

walgreens. here's a look. >> all right. you might feel a little pinch, okay? >> okay. a little pinch. guys, there is our shot. i i got the covid-19 vaccine today. i'm feeling good. >> and you're looking good, too. john legend joins us only on "cbs this morning." good morning to you, john. did you hear kirby's having a baby? >> i am so excited for you. clagsds. >> -- congratulations. >> me, too. >> we have our kids' grandmother living with us -- >> what do you call her? >> yai, thai for grandma.

and then my mother they call grandma, grandma stevens. and we called my grandmothers grandma and granny. so i feel like those are titles you will reject. >> i definitely don't want to be granny. you know something about writing songs, so maybe you'll come up with a name for me. that's not why we're here to talk about kirby's baby. we're here to talk about you and your campaign to get the people vaccinated in the hardest hit -- i tell you, when i got my vaccine, i wanted to weep because i felt such a sense of -- anthony, we were talking, we've all been vaccinated here at the table. and you just feel such a sense of relief. and you don't even know how relieved you feel until you get it. still, there are a lot of people who are scared and they're skepti skeptical. what will are you saying, what are you doing to convince them? >> well, i feel relieved, as well, and i've seen the devastation, the separation caused by the covid-19 vaccine. normally we would have gone home

to ohio for the holidays, either thanksgiving or christmas every year, we weren't able to do that this year. we did christmas on zoom. i want to get back with my family. i want to see my older family members and not fear for their health and their safety. and it really is relieving to have this vaccine, to know that my parents are getting it, my older family members are getting it, my wife got it, my mother-in-law got it. to know that they're all getting it and we can all safely get back together again is really relieving, it's really exciting. it means that a lot of this devastation and destruction and separation that we've seen over the past year can -- is almost over. >> i know. i'm with you on that, john. there have been hiccups with the j&j vaccine. people think it was too rushed, people think maybe it's not safe. frankly, they're terrified. how do you help people not be so scared? >> i balance -- i balance the risk. if you think about the risks

that you'll take by actually getting the virus. we've seen over 500,000 people lose their lives in the u.s. in the past year. we see the devastation that it's wreaking in india now where the hospitals are overflowing, and they are losing so many people. it's so devastating to actually get the covid-19 virus. and the vaccine is infinitesimally risky compared to actually getting the virus itself. so i think when you compare the risk of getting it versus the tiny risks that we've seen with the vaccine itself, i think it's a clear decision for me. and it was for me personally, and i encouraged my family to do it. and i encourage everybody in the country to do it. >> yeah. it's totally worth it. and i mean, like you, john, my whole family is just -- just finally gotten vaccinated. we went to a first family dinner outside which felt so nice. but did you -- you've had the second shot, right? did you get a kick from it in

any way? a reaction? >> i didn't. i didn't. but i've had family members that have. and it's one of the sistine chapel tomas that some people do -- one of the symptoms that some people do get. >> it's temporary. >> it's so temporary. my brother said it last gooed a a day. flu symptoms. my uncle felt flu symptoms for a day. if you compare that to the pain people feel when they actually contract the covid-19 virus, it's -- it is minimal. but it is a symptom that some people are getting. >> yeah. as any doctor will tell you, it's also a sign that the vaccine is working. that's the point. >> yeah. your body's working. your immune system is -- is rallying for you. >> all right. we're going to take a break. i know you got up early in los tth longer, we want to take a break and come back and talk about

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we are back now with john legend who is pushing everybody to get vaccinated in part so people like him and all of us can enjoy live music again. wouldn't that be nice? john, i want to start with a different live event. you're going to be giving the commencement address to duke university graduates this coming sunday. i love commencement addresses. some of the best speeches of the past 20 years are done at

graduations. what do you plan on delivering -- what do you plan on telling the graduates? >> well, i love giving commencement speeches, and it's interesting that you mention tht we haven't had concerts -- i literally have not been in front of an audience for over a year, and this will be my first time in front of any sort of audience since the pandemic started. so i'm excited to go to duke. i'm excited to speak to the class of 2021. they've been through a tough year, a different year than most students will go through. but i'm excited to encourage them to go out and try to make the world a better place. >> so if you -- are you writing it? have you got it? have you been rehearsing it? >> i've been writing it. i've been rehearsing it. we're trying to cut it down a little because it's a little long right now. but i'm really excited to talk to them and spend some time in durham. i have some family there so gog to aice time iag i't done it's really exciting for me to just go ahead and do that.

>> i know. will you sing a note or two? or will you just stand there -- number one, people know this, john legend is scary smart. so i think if he wrote an essay when he was 14, 15 years old, he's super, super smart. will you sing a note or two to the graduates? i'm sure they're -- >> who knows? i may bust out a quick song if it feels relevant to what i'm saying. we'll figure it out. >> there's so much going on in the country now, john. the big story last week was, of course, the derek chauvin verdict. i want to get your thought on that and where we are as a country today. what did you think when you heard the verdict? many people were afraid to hope that that would be the outcome. >> i was afraid to hope it, as well. you know, we've seen so many times where even with video evidence, even with lots of thr of the state to kill someone. and finally we saw some level of accountability. that doesn't mean systemic change, that doesn't mean we

solved the problem, but it does mean this one officer who on video so callously murdered george floyd will have accountability. that's better than it not happening for sure. it doesn't mean that our work is done. >> we were also -- i love any time you and chrissy post pictures of miles and luna. they are little meanie mes when we look at -- >> they are. >> they really are. there's no question that john legend is a father of these children. i mean, they are such mini mes. i love that you guys share your life. i was also so touched when you all shared the loss of your son when chrissy had the miscar miscarriage. you got such a huge outpouring of support. >> yes. >> number one, i was so glad that you shared it. i know chrissy said you were reluctant at first to share it. what did the public support mean to you, and why were you apprehensive in the beginning? >> well, you know, chrissy always is more sharing than i am. and i'm more private. what i learned through that

process was, first of all, how often this happens to so many other families around the world. and we felt a real sense of community by sharing it with other people. and they felt seen by us, we felt seen by them. and i think it helps everyone deal with their grief when they know that there are other people out there who are feeling it. and so i am so glad chrissy's instinct was to share this because it was really the right thing to do. and it helped us get through it, and i think it helped other families who are going through the same thing get through it. >> more than that, john, i think it was really important that you did it -- having been through it in our family, i know what it meant to have it talked about publicly because it's so often not, it's kept in the shadows. and i -- >> absolutely. >> i appreciate it -- >> people feel such shame and they feel lonely. and i think we helped people feel less lonely. >> yeah. you absolutely did. you mentioned -- the duke speech being your first appearance in front of an audience in a year. have you contemplated getting back on the road and touring?

what does that look like for you down the road? >> oh, i'm so excited to do it. another selfish reason why i want everyone to get vaccinated. that's really our ticket to getting back together is to increase the immunity in the community so we can safely get back together in large crowds. and not just selfishly for me, but if you think about the entire arts industry, there's so many performers, so many crew people, production people who have been out of work for a long time now. and arts add so much to our community. >> sure did. >> not selfish. the audience wants you back, too. >> we want you back. it's good for the soul. john legend, thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. >> we'll come see you when you come back, john. >> we sure will. >> save us free seats. we'll come. >> we'll be right back.

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