everybody. cbs news this morning is coming up next. >> have a great day. '. good morning to you, our viewers in the west. and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, april 29, 2021. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and that's tony dokoupil. president biden says now is the time to act to create a better america as we emerge from a time of crisis. we'll have highlights from the big speech last night to congress, and reaction from both sides of the aisle. the fbi raids the home and office of rudy giuliani as part of a criminal investigation. why president trump's former personal attorney could be in serious legal jeopardy over his dealings with ukraine. a cbs news investigation finds disturbing evidence of criminal nallty among elite navy s.e.a.l.s.

we spoke to current and former s.e.a.l.s. who say they have seen evil within their own ranks. and elliot page talks to oprah for his first tv interview since coming out as transgender. we will share an exclusive part of their conversation. we will be looking forward to that but first, it's our "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> yes, after 100 days i can report to the nation, america is on the move again. >> the president of the united states offering a bold, new plan with trillions of dollars in new spending. >> the actions of the president and his party are pulling us further and further apart. >> federal agents raided the apartment and office of rudy giuliani over his actions in ukraine. >> the development is very disturbing for those of us who count mayor giuliani as a friend. a judge ruled against releasing bodycam video of the shooting of andrew brown jr. >> this video should be released

as quickly as possible. >> the federal grand jury indicted three men for hate crimes related to the death of ahmad ar bury last year in florida. all of that -- >> bryce harper hit in the face with a il. andll that matters >> "citizen kane" no longer 100% fresh on rotten tomatoes. they found a new review. >> to be honest, after a long week at work, what you're putting on tv black and white film about the rise and fall of an ordinary american? you're bugging your grandfather about having kids already i heard? >> right before i came on the air, i told her, i'm doing ellen later today, can i tell ellen? she's pregnant. >> she is? wow! >> she is. she told all of her friends this past weekend so she said i can tell you.

ellen, i'm going to be a grr c. that's so exciting! this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive, making it easier to le insurance. insurance. >> i'm still on a cloud. peel said, you know, people have grandchildren every day. you're not the first -- i go, i'm not? i've wanted this for so long. >> i can tell you have. it's so great. >> i think so, too. we're not going to talk about that today. we're going to talk about this -- a message of hope and call to action from biden during his first speech to a joint session of congress last night. mr. biden is calling for a big bet now on the country's future with trillions with a "t" of dollars of new government spending. >> after the speech, cbs news ran a snap poll finding 85% of those who watched the speech liked what joe biden had to say in it, although an ask roisk this. we should point out slightly more than half of those polled identified as democrats in the first place. we've got weijia jiang at the

white house covering all this. good morning to you. there was a lot in this speech including some of the dangers facing the country. rd rning, tony and to everybody. you're absolutely right. president biden used a personal and a hopeful tone to declare that america is rising anew. but he also issued a warning to members of congress that the u.s. must make those investments now by passing his infrastructure packages in order to compete with countries like china that are determined to dominate. >> the president of the united states. [ cheers ] >> reporter: before president biden even started his speech, he made history. >> madam speaker, madam vice president -- [ cheers ] no president has ever said those words from this podium. >> reporter: for the first time, two women flanked the president as he promised brighter days ahead. >> we're working again, dreamin

ain,iscovering agaiain. >> reporter: in a setting unlike any before it with pandemic safety protocols hard to miss, mr. biden highlighted his accomplishments signing a massive covid-19 relief plan into law that included direct payments to americans. administering more than 200 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine, and creating more than 1.3 million new jobs. >> more jobs in the first 100 days than any president on record. >> reporter: but the president also leveled with the american public about the work ahead, noting that he inherited a, quote, nation in crisis. >> the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the agree pr our democracy since the civil war. >> reporter: it was that january 6th attack on the capitol the president said foreign adversaries would bank on

keeping americans divided. he's betting against that. >> look at the images of the mob that assaulted the capitol is proof that the sun is setting on american democracy. but they're wrong. you know it. i know it. but wito prove them wrong. >> reporter: he urged tong to pass sweeping proposals, the american jobs plan and the american families plan. >> we can't be so busy competing with one another that we forget the competition that we have with the rest of the world to win the 21st century. >> reporter: and he pushed lawmakers to pass the george floyd justice in policing act by the anniversary of floyd's death next month. >> congress should act, should act. we have a giant opportunity to bend the arc of the moral universe toward real justice. >> reporter: but south carolina senator tim scott, who delivered the republican response, said his work on police reforms has been blocked by democrats. >> my friends across the aisle

seem to want the issue more than they wanted a solution. but i'm still working. i'm hopeful that this will be different. >> reporter: today president biden is heading to georgia to start promoting his american families plan which he's also working to sell on capitol hill. next month he is planning to host a bipartisan meeting with the top four congressional leaders here and the white house says the president is eager to meet with them in person. anthony? >> weija, thank you. only on "cbs this morning," republican senator rick scott joins us. good morning. thanks for being with us. as we heard, president biden has proposed a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. republicans hav countered with a $500 billion proposal, quite a distance apart. the rhetoric is quite a distance apart. how does the president work with republicans on this? is there a way to work together on this? >> well, i was at the speech last night, and you know, the president gives a nice talk

about unity. but then he doesn't -- there's no unitunity. for him as republicans we need to spend and spend and spend. the infrastructure bill has little to do with infrastructure. less than 10% has to do with airports and seaports. he is proposing spending money -- unbelievable, the trillions and trillions and trillions. like he's going to pay for everything. he doesn't the to talk about how it's going to get paid for. i mean, what i was surprised when he talked about the minimum wage, it wasn't a million bucks. i mean, give everybody a million dollars a year, guarantee everybody will be rich. i mean, this is -- he is spending us into oblivion, into -- bankruptcy, bankrupting this country. we're going to be soon at $30 trillion for the debt. did he address the border crisis? no. did he address the crisis of the debt? no. did he address inflation that's happening -- look at gasoline

prices, food prices. he's -- like his inauguration, but he doesn't want to solve any problems. we've got to solve problems. and solving problems is not spending money. >> senator, i should point out that a quarter to half of this plan is dedicated to transportation and utilities, depending on how you add it up. it's also a very -- it's a very popular plan according to our poll. 58% of americans support it. given that level of support in those polls, can't you try to cut a deal was ab?out roads, bridges, airports, and seaports. there's clearly something republicans want top do. but what -- it's nice -- if i say i'm going to give you everything for free, i mean, sure, that's pretty popular. if i say, now, i'm going to give it to you for free, but this is what it's going to cost -- by the way, washington is going to make all the decisions in the future for everything. i mean, that's not going to be very popular. so he doesn't tell the whole story. his whole story is i'm going to give you, i'm going to give you, that's all he's done.

look at the covid bill. had less than 10% had anything to do with covid. gave money to people in prison. why would we -- this doesn't work. what you've got to do to grow the economy is do what i did in florida -- reduce taxes, reduce regulation, reduce permitting, grow your economy. first thing he talks about is jobs but he kills, two, 10,000 jobs with the keystone pipeline. >> you don't see this as an investment in america which the democrats say it is? >> well, i -- look, i want to invest. i mean, i'm a business guy. i invested all the time. what you invest isrow the future. you don't invest t go tax the t living daylights out of people and not be honest with them. >> how are they -- they're proposing a tax on the wealthiest american. that's less than 2% of the population. >> anthony, they already raised the taxes on all the uber drivers, the doordash drivers, that you all that in their f if yt to se like this, be honest. hey, we want to take -- spend a

whole bunch of money, but your taxes are going to go up. your b ieontith people. your death taxes are going up. behind the scenes they're talking about all these taxes. actually they're talking about inflation, but he didn't talk about that last night. the biden administration is scared to death of what happened with inflation, with gas prices and food prices and household goods. they're not -- be honest with the american public where we are. i mean, you can't just keep spending money with no accountability. >> senator, i want to ask about one issue that's particularly important i know to your state which is the cruise ship industry. "usa today" is reporting that it's obtained a letter from the cdc to the cruise ship industry saying that they could restartf are vaccinated -- i think the level is about 98%. would you support that? i know you want to get the cruise ship industry back up and running. >> absolutely. give them -- we can go to hotels and amusement parks but can't get on a cruise line? the cdc has been missing in

action for months, telling the cruise industry how to get started. i'm glad finally the cdc is making some decisions, hopefully working with the crew industry. i'm not going to let up. it is unfair how the cdc has handled the cruise industry. it is completely unfair. that's a lot of american jobs. >> you support those vaccination levels? >> you know, whatever they come up with, all right, let's give the cruise industry an -- at least give them a chance to open. >> yeah. >> i'm fine with that. >> all right. senator, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. coming up in our next hour, we'll talk with house speaker nancy pelosi and get her reaction to the president's address. in his speech last night, the president also underlined his plan to remoove u.s. troops from afghanistan after nearly 20 years in the country. the final pull-out is scheduled to begin next month. this morning, charlie d'agata is in afghanistan for us for a closeup look at some of the afghan forces who will be expected to continue the fight against the taliban. >> reporter: with the taliban

gaining more ground by the day, traveling by road has never been more dangerous. we were flown to the military base where afghan soldiers were putting on a show of force. staged military exercises. the weapons and training provided by american troops. the taliban has already threatened to escalate attacks once the u.s. misses the previously agreed may 1st deadline to withdraw. and the u.s. military is preparing for that, sending in hundreds of army rangers, b52 bombers and the "uss eisenhower" to safeguard the pull-out. by 9/11, all u.s. troops will be gone. it will be down h hundrdreds s ce members to defend against the taliban. especially enthuse u.s.-trained commandos with women such as this special forces soldier taking a central role. many say if the taliba take over control, they're going to

ke away women's rights. what is your message to the taliban? >> it is not poible. the taliban cannot control our government. >> reporter: what if they try? >> if they try, we will fight with them. >> reporter: one of the reasons for the u.s. withdrawal is nger te ahe launchpad for terrorist attacks gby groups lie al qaeda. commanders tell us al qaeda and the taliba are intrinsically linked, in his words they're like family. general yasin zia and his forces now face the prospect of a taliban offensive without the backup of u.s. military support and air power. what will you miss most about the u.s. presence here? >> the friendship. >> reporter: the friendship? >> yeah. because we fought together for 20 years. and we must fight, there is no other option. as long as the taliban are fighting against them, and it looks like they will, then we

don't have any other option. >> reporter: the general told us american troops have already started pulling back from bases in the south and east. that's where the taliban are at their strongest. as for whether afghan forces will be ready to hold their own, the top american general here says they'll have to be. gayle? >> all right, charlie d'agata from kabul, thank you. now to a major development in the federal criminal investigation into rudy giuliani. yesterday the fbi raided his home and office in new york and seized cell phones and other electronic devices. this investigation involves the same u.s. attorney's office giuliani used to run back in the 1980s. jeff pegues is following the story and joins us with the latest. good morning to you. not a good way to start the day for mr. giuliani yesterday. >> reporter: it certainly was not, gayle. giuliani in serious legal jeopardy after this unannounced early morning raid of his new york city apartment. giuliani, of course, the former

presid president's former personal lawyer and former mayor of new york. he's been under investigation since 2019 when mr. trump sent giuliani to ukreaine to dig up dirt on president biden and his son ahead of the election. prosecutors are focusing on whether giuliani illegally lobbied the trump administration and are looking into giuliani's involvement in the smear campaign to remove u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch for allegedly opposing mr. trump. giuliani has denied wrongdoing. his lawyer said that the search was unnecessary, and quote, legal thuggary. tony? >> time will tell. thank you so much. a north carolina judge has decided not to release body camera video of a deadly police shooting at least for now. sheriff's deputies killed andrew brown jr. while serving a felony drug warrant last week in elizabeth city, north carolina.

and that's why we find manuel bojorquez. good morning to you. why isn't the judge releasing this video as brown's family wants it to do? >> reporter: well, good morning. the judge said that releasing the video could hurt the investigation and threaten the safety of anyone who is on it. and he ruled that it will remain out of the public eye for at least 30 days. for the first time, we got to hear the district attorney's version of what happened the day andrew brown died. prosecutor an drew wamble who reviewed the videos and a dash camera videoows car, quote, makes contact with sheriff's deputies twice before shots were fired. attorneys for the family dispute that and say brown never hit any of the deputies in the 20 seconds of videos that thatey he seen. cleareup rsed toe ic.ll be there were protests in elizabeth city during the eighth straight day of protests. the family is claiming a partial victory because the judge ruled that they will be allowed to view redacted versions of all

the videos within ten days. anthony? >> manuel, thank you. we have breaking news from russia where opposition leader alexei navalny just made his first public appearance in weeks. it office a video link from prison. elizabeth palmer's follow could the navalny case from london. this court hearing was very revealing. >> reporter: this is the first time we've seen navalny since that hunger strike. he looked gaunt. his lawyer says he's lost 50 pounds. he had a prisoner shaven head but was as defiant as ever as his wife yulia and a handful of reporters listened. he called the case against him a forgery and told the court, referring to president putin, your king is naked. legal experts have called his imprisonment absurd. he was convicted for violating parole. but that was because he was in a german hospital at the time recovering from an assassination attempt with the russian nerve agent novichok. and today as you mentioned, his organization has announced a

fresh charge against him which sounds equally absurd -- setting up a nonprofit organization that infringed on the rights of citizens. now clearly the kremlin wants to shut down navalny's anti-putin movement. it's trying to ban it by labeling it extremist. navalny himself is saying he will fight on but from behind bars he's going to have to avoid being smothered by that growing mountain of legal red tape. gayle? >> oh, boy. i'm just glad to see him alive. thank you so much, reporting from london. ahead, the safety measures to keep fans safe at tonight's nfl draft and how this could be a model for

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." a cbs news investigation has uncovered evidence of criminality and drug use among america's navy s.e.a.l.s. catherine herridge spoke to current and former s.e.a.l.s who wish to stay anonymous. and while most of the s.e.a.l.s have served with honor, we know that, they say the bad ones tend to have outside -- outside influence. catherine, good morning. we're hearing that one of the guys used the word "evil," and that the shift came after the bin laden raid ten years ago. very surprisinging. >> reporter: we spoke with more than a dozen people who are part of the s.e.a.l. community or, with with the s.e.a.l.s and said the problems persist and the celebrity that came with the raid made some feel untouchable.

days after 9/11, president bush launched a massive global manhunt from ground zero. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [ cheers ] >> reporter: a decade later, the search ended at this compound in pakistan where the quiet professionals of s.e.a.l. team six executed the mission were and tlufhrust into the headline. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> we love the job. we love the community, but it has taken a wrong turn. >> reporter: three s.e.a.l.s including one on active duty sat down with cbs news on the condition we change their voices and hide their identities. why the disguise? >> we are risking a lot to be here. risking careers, possible safety. >> reporter: the group told us there are bad s.e.a.l.s with outside influence on the teams. >> there are three groups in the teams. there's a small group on one side that is evil. they're lawless. there's a small group on the

other side that stands up to them, and then there's a giant group in the middle that cowardly stays out of it, and they watch the evil guys railroad the good guys. >> reporter: two s.e.a.l.s recently pleaded guilty in the str strangulation of logan melbar in africa. his death has been described as a hazing incident gone wrong. >> i don't believe it. this didn't just happen suddenly. there were 100 stitches leading up to that, lawawlessness, thinking they're untouchable. >> reporter: the controversial case of edward gallagher accused of killing a teenage isis prisoner in 2017. he was put on trial for war crimes but a s.e.a.l. medic who had been granted immunity confessed to what he described as a mercy killing. then-president trump publicly sided with the s.e.a.l. >> with eddie gallagher, you know the story. they want to take his pin away. i said, no, you're not going to take it away. he was a great fighter. >> reporter: in the end, gallagher was convicted of a

ss of posing with the prison's body. >> i feel betrayed. >> reporter: drug abuse has been a problem, too. around 2016, senior s.e.a.l. commander jamie sands read the east coast teams the riot act. >> how do you decide what it's okay for you to do drugs -- >> reporter: two years after that dressing down, a heavily redacted navy investigation obtained by cbs news showed six members of s.e.a.l. team ten tested positive for cocaine. you have firsthand knowledge of deployments where individuals have been taking drugs. >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: at least one s.e.a.l. admitted his cocaine uses during sniper school and on deployment. drug use went beyond cocaine to methamphetamine, ecstasy, and marijuana. some s.e.a.l.s said drug testing was a joke. >> i would say the majority of guys are not doing it. we've got to work hard to find the guys who are and how they're getting it around.

>> reporter: allegations of drinking and sexual assault got a s.e.a.l. platoon pulled from iraq in july, 2019. that same week a memo from s.e.a.l. leadership read, "we have a problem." >> our lack of order and discipline comes from weak leadership and not enforcing the standards. >> reporter: the s.e.a.l.s told us speaking up can have consequences. they showed us photos of a fellow s.e.a.l. who they say was physically beaten up by several teammates for calling out bad behavior. >> his leadership turned a blind eye to it, didn't act on it. and essentially gave permission to the s.e.a.l.s that he accused to deal with it on their terms. >> reporter: street justice. is that what you're saying? >>he s.e.sat this, tou w them to think about is where's the line for you. and if we can't all agree that wrong things are wrong, then it's just going to keep going on. >> reporter: the acting navy secretary and the top s.e.a.l. commander declined on-camera

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♪ it's draft day. football fans all across the country are counting down to one of the sport's biggest events, tonight's nfl draft. last year it was sleeped because of the coronavirus. this year the soon-to-be professional players, teams, and fans will be in downtown cleveland with measures to protect their health. mole lenghi is inside first energy stadium where thousands of fans are expected, and where the cleveland browns won zero games back in 2017 before some smart choices in the draft. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tony, from cleveland. we are in the middle of an nfl draft fan complex that goes well beyond these stadium walls. 2.5 million square feet is this entire fan experience here. now while it might seem like

just a football-filled weekend with cleveland fans, there's something else to it. the hope is that it hundreds people feel like things -- it helps people feel like things are getting back to normal. that was nfl commissioner roger goodell calling picks in from his basement last april. those were the players celebrating one of the biggest moments of their lives while quarantining at home. >> joe burrow, quarterback, lsu -- >> reporter: a long way from this where hugs and handshakes were the norm. although now goodell is vaccinated and has been given the green light to interact with players in person tonight. >> right here where the commissioner will come to make their picks. >> reporter: peter o'reilly is the executive vice president overseeing league events. he gave us early access to the venue. work so closely with the cdc, with the state and city public health officials, masks are going to be mandatory for every fan here. ea even if you're vaccinated. this is a fully outdoor event. that's to our benefit. we have to showcase and educate

about the vaccine and its efficacy and the opportunities that it creates for people. >> reporter: is that something that we're going to be hearing throughout the broadcast as we watch? are we going to hear about the vaccines? >> i wyou will. fans will be front and center and vaccinated, the legends, the great nfl players who step to the podium to make picks, they'll all be vaccinated. >> reporter: while the number of vaccinated americans continues to increase, the country is still averaging around 50,000 new covid cases every single day. >> this is the guy that everybody's buzzing about this spring! >> reporter: that has health officials worried that events like this alabama football practice held earlier this month and other outdoor sports and concerts could help spread the virus. goodell expects full stadium attendance when the nfl's regular season starts in september. is this going to be a model for the regular season in stadiums? >> i think there are always things that we can apply as we did during this regular season. i think all of our hope is that the vaccination adoption will

continue to grow and will reach that point where we're able to have the stadium just to my right full of fans and be back to that incredible energy that we all love. >> reporter: the nfl and the city of cleveland are limiting access to 50,000 fans per day. the hope is that throughout the entire weekend more than 100,000 fans will show up to the draft experience. as you can imagine, tony, they're banking on this helping to jump-start the local hospitality economy. >> that's a great piece. a big night for football. and i need to point out that you made a great catch in the opening of the piece. now you're handling that ball like you're keeping the dream alive. mola lenghi, cleveland browns, 15th pick overall. thank you so much -- >> reporter: they pay me that money i'll take it. >> we'll see. i'll be watching. who knows who they're going to call. we've got to go vlad now. next, the sto

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>> that's what she said? >> that's what she said. >> oh. >> i had to sit outside for a good 45 minutes. the weather was good. she responded on social media. she did not respond to my text. >> she responded on instagram, not directly to your text. >> you were out there for 45 minutes? >> why didn't you go to the neighbors? >> i thought she would come out. i thought surely the next break she'll come out. i don't want to cawalk and get coffee. she's going to come out. >> love it. bring your keys next time. >> i will. lesson learned. >> in your short shorts. >> birkenstocks. no man toes in the street. don't like that. here are stories we think you'll be talking about -- >> toes -- >> we're paying tribute to astronaut michael collins, one of the crew members for the historic "apollo 11" mission. collins died yesterday after battling cancer. he was 90 years old. in july of 1969, collins stayed in orbit on the command module for more than 21 hours as neil armstrong and buzz aldrin

planted the first human footprints on the surface much the mission log said this -- not since adam has any human known such solitude as mike collins. nasa's acting administrator called him a true pioneer and lifelong advocates for exploration. there's a lesson there -- the greater mission, the greater good. sometimes you sacrifice, it's not about you. >> that's right. we are hearing now from elliott page in his first tv interview since coming out as transgender. oprah winfrey spoke to the oscar-nominated actor known for "juno" and talked about exploring his identity in the public eye. here is an exclusive clip of their conversation. >> i want to know what's it like to walk around in your body now? do you feel like, you know, i think it's the famous line, the character max said in "the l word" i want to feel whole. i want the outside of me to match the inside of me. do you now feel that, and what is that like to walk in that space of you?

>> well, it's -- it's this interesting dichotomy in a way where on some level it feels just like the most miraculous, amazing thing. and it also is just sort of the experience of, oh, there i am. like oh, there i am. and a part of me was like, oh, my god, that -- why was that so hard? why? why has society made getting to this place in my life -- because that really is what it -- that's the situation we're facing, and yeah, i mean, i was probably driving my friends crazy sending them profile photos of me. you know, like posts having stock markets ytop surgery and how different i felt after that. and all the space -- you and i talked about this on the zoom just sort of the -- this

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good morning. it's 7:56. i am michelle griego. new questions in alameda after the city revealed a fourth person who is not a police officer was involved in the death of mario gonzalez while in custody. it was a civilian city employee. mayors from san francisco, n cal mayo today to ill join ask late leaders for record level of funding to end homelessness. in oakland one of the oldest largest rummage sales, annual white elephant sale, has thousands of items up for grabs, all profits going to oakland museum. this year, it will be virtual. as we look at the roadways

a couple things to look for if you are headed to the lower deck of the bay bridge. chp working on this major issue. they are about to clear lanes and open things. east bound 80 towards lower deck of the bay bridge is backed up. lanes should be opening in the next minutes. north bound 101 busy backed up well beyond the split. use 280 instead if headed into san francisco. we have another traffic alert where center lane is blocked south 101 in marin county. we are going to heat things up as we look to our inland locations, into the 80s. slightly cooler by the water, on the coast, around the bay but still mild. you can see the sunshine inland as well as around the bay this afternoon. a little bit cooler fri ♪ ♪

it's thursday, april 29th, 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. that's anthony mason and tony dokoupil. president biden calls for sweeping government action in the first speech to a joint session of congress. we'll talk to speaker nancy pelosi about what's possible and what may be a hard sell. widespread discrimination for generations. for our series on a more perfect union, we visit one family farm helping to break the cycle. country music meets rap on songs. we see how collaboration and creativity can bring people together. >> i like the combo. first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. the message of hope and call

to action from the president during his first speech to a joint session of congress last night. president biden used a personal and a hopeful tone to declare that america ise anew. >> americans have started pulling back from bases in the south and the east where the tb are at their strongest. as for whether afghan forces will be ready to hold their own, the top american general here says they'll have to be. serious legal jeopardy after this unannounced early morning raid in this new york city apartment. zblrchts why isn't the judge releasing this video as brown's family wants it to do? >> the judge said releasing the video could hurt the investigation and threaten the safety of anyone who is on it. and he ruled it will remain out of the public eye for at least 30 days. >> it was truly moving to finally seepresiding over the joint session. >> madame speaker, madame vice

president. [ applause ] >> no president has ever said those words from this podium. >> truly an historic evening, and a demonstration of the promise of america. to quote the founding fathers, kool & the gang, oh, it's lady's night, oh, what a night. >> i love that. >> yeah. >> nice. nice. >> well done, stephen. >> we are still talking about that joint address to congress last night. joe biden laid out some of his priorities. among them getting americans vaccinated and back to work. passing police reform and tightening gun regulatioregulat >> we need more senate republicans to join the majority of democratic colleagues and close the loopholes in background purchases of guns. and don't tell me it can't be done. we did it before and it worked.

>> republican senator tim scott gave a rebuttal and called the president's plans divisive and wasteful. and as you saw, and as kool & the gang told you, for the first time ever two women were behind the president during his speech. vice president karpmala harris d house speaker pelosi. >> speaker pelosi joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with the shot yesterday. it was something. it was historic to see you and vice president harris side by side. it was one of the times i thought i wish she had her mask off. i could tell you were smiling behind that matching mask. how did it feel up there and what were you thinking? you've been in that seat many times but not like this. >> well, it was exciting, of course, it was exciting when i was the first speaker as president bush acknowledged that. but this was more than double. it had a synergy to it. it was something very, very special. but what made it even more important we're there sending the message. sky is the limit for girls and women.

that's important, but what's important is the president's speech reflected that importance. it was a speech that was a triumph for women. for women in the workplace, for women at home. violence against women, he talked about. he talked about equal pay for equal work and family and medical leave. he talked about building back better for our country and to do so, we had to have the fuller participation of women. that was throughout his speech. so i think it was a triumph for women, for families, for children. for all americans. >> he also talked about, though, madame speaker, the big huge price tag. it's like the phrase go big or go home. you guys are certainly going very big, and the republicans are saying you're going too big and making it clear they're not on board. how are you going to find a compromise when the republican side is saying we are not going for this? >> well, the republicans all vote no and take the dough. they don't mind going home and bragging about some of the initiatives that were in our

rescue package and that's what they usually do. they don't mind giving nearly $2 trillion tax break of a cost to our national debt just to give a $2 trillion gift to the richest people in america, 83% of the benefits of their tax in 2017 going to 73% of -- 83% of it going to the top 1%. what we're talking about are investments. nothing brings more money to the treasury than the investment in education that we make. early childhood and the president has universal pre-k. early k to through 12 education. lifetime learning for workers all a part of the plan that he is putting forth. all of that brings more money than anything back to the treasury. so these are investments. and they -- all of a sudden they're deficit hawks when they were giving away money to the

wealthiest people in our country under president trump. >> i hear what you're saying. i get the point you're making. politico this morning said it's like trying to put a rhinoceros through a garden hose. last i checked, that's difficult and painful. chris christie said it's like giving a teenager a credit card with limited spending. >> that's cute, but it isn't true. but it's what they would say. but what we have to say is we have to go forward, building back better. there's nothing more expensive than not investing in our infrastructure. >> are you prepared to do it without compromise, madame speaker? >> well, no. we've always had compromise on infrastructure. that has been the least partisan initiative we can take over the years. all of a sudden now, of course, they're saying well, infrastructure is not work force development. it is. if we want more women, minorities, if we want more of our veterans and everyone else

involved in these -- the constructions the president was talking about, we have to have work force development. so, again, we'll have to make the case. we always have a responsibility to reach out in a bipartisan way to find our common ground, and i think we will on many of the items. and we just -- the american people know that we need to involve women and protect children. children learning, parents earning. that's the -- that's what we have to think of. how are we going to have more women and dads actually moms and dads in the workplace when they have responsibility for the care of their children? so it's pretty exciting. it's about community. and community has the word unity in it. the president's speech was very unifying in the country if not in the congress. we'll see. >> racial justice isery much people'sdshese times. thdiffult.

congress to pass a george floyd justice and policing act by next month, the one year anniversary of the murder of george floyd. do you think that's a realistic deadline? can that be done? >> i think so. i'm very proud of karen bass who authored the bill in the house. now working in a bipartisan way in the house and in the senate with senator tim scott and others in the senate. she has -- she's optimistic, and even the senator said in his response last night that he was willing to be working in a bipartisan way. we have to get this done. millions of people across the world and constantly in our own country came forth after last may when we saw the murder of george floyd and said something had to be done, justice and policing came forth. the family asked it was named for george floyd.

madame speaker will you name it for our brother? i said only if it is worthy of his name, and the legislation to date has been worthy of his name. >> speaker, you're speaker, but let's talk about the census numbers that did not look good for the democrats. there's a possibility you may not be speaker. >> let's not worry about that. that's a year and a half away. >> you're not worried about it? >> no. i think the -- you know what? elections are always a contest, and you see what happens in them, but i feel very confident that the democrats will hold the majority after the next election. i think that if it weren't for all the huffs and puffing the republicans were doing, these numbers were not as good for them as they had hoped. they wanted three in texas and two in florida but much of the growth in many of the places that picked up more numbers, more members in congress, the growth was from hispanics, african americans, and the rest. so we'll see where those votes

go. but this is right now the best politics of all is to get the job done for the american people, the blueprint that was put forth by the president last night. to meet the needs of the american people. that's what we're about. we're not worrying about who is going to be speaker two years from now. >> you're right. it's a long time. i take your point. speaker, thank you so much. if everything goes according to to plan, we won't be wearing masks much longer and you wear some of the bests. >> thank you. >> i see you. thank you very much. >> i hear you're going to be a grandmother. >> yes, yes, i am. >> congratulations. >> i know we have to go, but what do your grandchildren call you? >> mimi, and i have nine. but what i can say for sure, knowing you, admiring you, when you have that grand baby, you will have everything. >> i know. right now i'm walking around holding packs of rice. i can't wait to hold a real baby. thank you. thank you, madame speaker. >> nothing more thrilling.

thank you so much. my pleasure to be with you. >> thanks a lot. when we come back, vlad is talking to the tennessee rapper behind a new genre behind country songs. we'll talk about how he got his

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calling all californians. keep your vacation here and help our state get back to work. and please travel responsibly. today is president biden's 100th day in office. ely das b to 1933 and president franklin roosevelt. this morning we're taking a look at the promises mr. biden has fulfilled and those his critics say he has failed to deliver on. chief white house correspondent nancy cordes has his record so far. >> reporter: president biden took the oath of office amid raging pandemic.

just days after an attack on the capitol -- >> theplos motion is -- >> reporter: and the second impeachment of his predecessor. >> it's time for boldness for there's so much to do. >> reporter: 100 days since then, president biden has signed 41 executive orders, held more than 20 calls with world leaders, hosted one of them at the white house, visited nine states, and met with dozens of lawmakers in the oval office, including congresswoman norma torres. >> he's a listener more than a talker. so for the first time i found myself, oh, my gosh, what more can i tell the president about, you know, what we need in the 35th congressional district or in california. >> reporter: one of the president's biggest achievements so far was signing the american rescue plan. his $1.9 trillion covid relief bill which sent stimulus checks to 165 million bank accounts.

>> this bill puts working people in this nation first. >> reporter: another pair of promises kept has to do with the covid vaccine. >> 100 million shots in our first 100 days in office. 200 million shots in 100 days. >> reporter: the actual figure as of today, 235 million shots. though recently the pace of vaccinations has slowed, a challenge for his next 100 days. >> go get vaccinated, america. >> reporter: another big focus of the first 100 days was dismantling key elements of the trump legacy by halting most construction on the southern border wall, blocking the keystone oil pipeline, and reversing restrictions on transgender military members. >> think it's been a disappointment to say the least. >> reporter: hogan gidley served as deputy press secretary to president trump. when you see president biden

getting accolades from world leaders for rejoining thecares? no one cares what the -- what the rest of the world feels as it relates to is america being put first. donald trump put this country first. >> reporter: there are some early promises mr. biden didn't keep. he didn't set up a police oversight commission, and he has not yet sent a gun safety bill to congress or eliminated the trump tax cuts. pushing his plans through a narrowly divided congress isn't easy which is why he has often turned to executive actions instead. and despite this vow -- >> unity is the path forward. >> reporter: his rescue bill did not get a single republican vote. >> i look at the 100 days, it's more like a bait and switch. >> the biden administration seems to have given up on selling actual unity in favor of

catnip for their lincoln base. >> reporter: bridge -- liberal base. >> reporter: bridging that divide it seems will take a lot longer than 100 days if it happens at all. nancy cordes, cbs news, the white house. >> got to get some more olive branches, nancy, on both sides. thank you very much. ahead, our "a more perfect union" series explores a push to create a community of black farmers in eastern new york. ♪ how are these little guys part of the plan to tackle discrimination, climate change, and inspire the next generation of black farmers? that's a lot. i'm michelle miller in slo sloansville, new york. that story coming up on "cbs this morning." this is the gap, that opened up when everything shut down. ♪ but entrepreneurs never stopped. ♪ and found solutions that kept them going.

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two of their largest sites. let's look at the roadways south bound 101 out of marin. there is a traffic alert still in effect due to a crash blocking a couple lanes. a lot of red on our censors. veourself extra time if you are headed into san francisco. we are seeing okay conditions across golden gate. if you are headed into the city taking 101 or 280, both backed up from an earlier trouble spot. lanes are open but still extra busy. here is a look at your current travel times. temperatures heating inland, slightly cooler by the water, along the coast, around 84 concord and livermore. check out fairfield, 88 degrees with that sunshine. around the bay mid to upper 60s to low 70s. along the coast upper 50

welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that we call "talk of the table." tony, you're in pole position. >> i am talking about the deadliest invention in the history of humankind. >> oh. >> yeah. >> quite a build-up -- >> not a gun. it's not a bomb. it's the cigarette. the mass-produced cigarette. >> i believe that. >> still tons kill in the u.s. alone more than a half million people per year. so there's big news potentially this week. the biden administration according to some reporting here we have at cbs is expected to announce a ban on menthol cigarettes, which are a -- a key way in which new smokers are initiated because the mint makes it easier to -- to inhale. >> interesting. >> if this ban goes through, and

it will take years after all the fighting and the rulemaking for to happen, it would be a major blow to an industry that has affected so many families. >> i know. i'm so anti-smoking. my mom was a heavy smokerment a. we well a family intervention, i'm giving it up, she died of a heart attack. i wasexecutor of her estate. i went to clean up and found a new pack. >> even when my mother would sneak it -- >> my dad had the marlboro smoker and i was happy to have a dart board in my room. i look back and think what it represents. >> yes. we have childhood wounds. >> we do. >> here at table alone. >> when it comes to smoking, yes. >> anthony? >> have you seen -- you remember the hitchcock movie, the 1936 film "the birds"? yes. >> when all of those creepy dark

birds invaded a town in california. i believe it was bodega bay. >> i do. >> something sort of similar is happening in australia. look at that. >> wow. >> those -- that's the city of naura south of sydney. these are hundreds of white cockatoos that are all over the place in this town. >> and in "the birds" they attacked the people. >> that's not -- the good news is that's happening. >> i was still traumatized by that movie for a long time. >> but these are -- they're called carellas, a type of white cockatoo native to part of new south wales. apparently they were inland before and have migrated to the coasts. and -- and what they tell us is that they're smart and playful. >> no, thanks. >> but there may be a few too many. would you like that in your driveway? >> there may be a few too many? >> i keep thinking of the paint job on those cars. >> exactly. not to mention various other things. >> they fly and fly out? >> i don't know --es tret i'v

en reading about what's causing this and why this invasion has occurred. >> man. everywhere.an >> just the sound is a horror movie thing for me. i'm triggered. >> australia. my story is about golf. everybody knows i'm not a golfer. kind of don't get the game. but i bknow a lot of people lik it. i was going to do in yesterday because the story was blowing up, but i had to talk about baby daughter kirby. i said, please can i do it even though it's a day old. they said yes, thank you. 27-year-old golfer michael vikasi made his dream come true on monday because he qualified for his first -- he's going to make the qualification -- first pga tournament. now what i like here, the caddy goes to hug him. whoever the guy is in the red shirt. the caddy tries to break away, and he grabs him again. no. we're not done with the hug. they don't show that part of the tape. okay. there was a part where they hugged, and then you could see him trying to walk away. watch -- there it is. now he's trying to walk away,

and he's still grabbing him. i love that. >> that's great. >> i love that, too. >> i love that, too. but this is the thing that really got to me. the first person he called after he sunk that ball was his dad. and this is him talking to dad. >> hey, dad. >> hey. >> how are you? >> all right. >> i made it -- >> i love you -- >> love that. i'm a sucker for grown men crying. i don't like a cray-by-baby mant i like it -- >> on another broadcast we'll discuss where you draw the line. >> that is not a cry-baby man. that's somebody who's very touched with his dad and mom had done, he goes on to explain why he was so emotional in that very moment. i love that showed hisears out there. let's see -- don't we have another byte? >> they're given up everything for me. they pushed me to be the best that i could. they sacrificed their dreams to

give it for me to be able to play professional golf. words can't describe how much they've sacrificed for me. and they -- they've always known that i've been able to do it. >> i know. see, don't you love this guy? michael vasac ki krvasacki. i met you monday, but i'm cheering for you. he said there were times that his parents wouldnt eat so that they could pay for the tournament -- they could pay the fees. >> yeah. >> i was so touched by -- and his dad is saying that's great, i love you, great job. i just love that story. >> it is wonderful. and when you said he sunk that ball, it's called a putt. you got to work that into your -- >> okay. it'sal a putt -- he sunk t ba e vlad waiting for us -- >> he dunked it. he did. he dunked it. >> sorry, golfers. sorry. turning to a tennessee rapper who is shaking up country music. ♪ work hard for the money when your pockets ♪

♪ country girl with a little slam whenever she talked and kind of sassy because she know what she's talking about ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ >> that's called "roots" featuring lathan warlick and country music singer raelynn. warlick is transforming the music with genre conforming dli positions. and he caught up with them and florida georgia line. >> two met and immediately hit it off, even writing their first song together in one day. they told me they wanted to write a song that everyone can relate to andlike theirs mean f of country ou ghe ble es and la together ♪ ♪ this is the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> reporter: that's the single "over yonder" from 32-year-old lathan warlick whose music defies categories. up until last december, he was

working as a welder at shipyards and on railroads, and he was trying to make it big. ♪ ♪ in the mood from the get-go ever since we started kind of got an attitude ♪ ♪ but i'm not bothered ♪ >> reporter: in 2019 he was posted videos of his raps mixed with popular songs on tiktok and instagram. and became a viral sensation. ♪ ♪ we would disagree you would get so upset with me ♪ >> after signing his record deal last august -- ? listen to there track -- >> he's had collaborations with country stars like raelynn and dustin lynch. ♪ >> these guys haveee so much, especially when it comes to music stuff. it's been connecting. i'm trying to connect the dots and bringing together with unity. my vision is god, love, and unity. ♪

>> he co-write his single "my way" with the florida with georgia line's tyler hubbard. >> i think everybody's collaborating now. it's a blend of genres. >> it's about music, connecting and making good music. we weren't talking about skilling color -- skin color, it was let's do something great. >> all these collaborations i feel like are breaking down the walls. not only in country music it seems like in the music business in general. ♪ >> you both have country roots, but different styles of music. would you all have become friends if you weren't musicians, if you weren't collaborating together? >> i think so. i heard a phrase that's about me and lath but humanity in general. i feel like a lot of times you have a lot more in common than you don't. >> this country music space is opening up my eyes to a whole other level. i'm talking about like connecting with these guys and seeing like the roots and where they're coming from and where i

came from. it's like night and day. >> roots that run deep for warlick who said his life's purpose came into folks focus in 2011 when he was held at gunpoint. >> i said, god, if you real like everybody say you are and help me out of this situation, and there dude pulled the trigger. when he pulled the trigger, the gun clicked. >> reporter: the gunmen malfunctioned. warlack credits god for that day. >> from that day forward i look at i don't know if i'm supposed to be here. >> when you say you're not supposed to be here, what do you mean? >> a moat like that could have -- moment like that could have changed my whole family life forever. you know, so -- i think about that, man. ♪ and it get real to me. ♪

>> there is another great opportunity -- this is another great opportunity just to continue to evolve, you know. and be more open-minded and -- you know, more loving. >> that's what it's about, man. seeing people evolve like this. like getting in the studio with somebody like tyler and connecting with somebody that don't look like me. like that's what we're going to show the world, that we can focus on moving forward and pushing something different for what it's going to be. >> the first album, "my way," recently came out. he wants to continue collaborating with different artists with his signature mantra -- do different, be different. >> we can get his album now, "my way"? >> yes. >> just when you can't love tyler hubbard anymore -- i think he's terrific, number one. i remember when you did the story with him and tim mcgraw. to see him working with lathan -- i like what they said, it's not about skin color, it's about making good music. lathan going god, love, and unity. what a great back story. >> the back story is also you put me on to the story, gayle -- >> i didn't know him. barry weiss said i got a great story for you guys -- normally it's like, yeah, yeah, i read it

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sorry, doug morris. sorry. thank you for the tip. in "a more perfect union," we aim to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. just 1.3% of farmers in this country are black. did you know that? over the last century, america's black farmers have lost more than 90% of their land because of discrimination and cycle of debt. "cbs this morning saturday" co-host michelle miller recently visited a farm in upstate new york. that's at the crossroads of racial equity and climate change. >> reporter: so this is a family business. >> family. >> farm-ily business. >> reporter: sisters ashanti and kadeesha williams come from a long line of american farmers who stewarded land in the u.s. for more than 100 years but have >> our relationshp to the land started way beore slavery. >> not just slaves but sharecroppers and the way that we have had access to land. >> they exploited -- >> always been exte

we want people to reconnect. >> reporter: to own it? >> to own it. >> reporter: now they're creating a community of farmers called the black yard farm. >> not the back yard, the black yard. >> reporter: the sisters recently moved from the bronx to this 95-acre farm in sloansville, new york. where ashanti is in charge of livestock and aernds include picking -- errands include picking up three-day-old turkeys at the local post office. kadeesha will run the vegetable operation. all in a sustainable way that helps mitigate the effects of climate change. >> it comes down toensi the carbon footprint in terms of where our food comes from and goes. to. >> reporter: even the baby turkeys will do their part. >> we're going to raise them. we'll put them out in pasture so they'll be fertilizing the soil. >> reporter: a nonprofit committed to food sovereignty helped arrange use of the land

for two years. at which point the farmers hope to own it. >> so the idea is that throughout the 95 acres as we expand and grow as a family, as a farm-ily, as you said, we'll bring new farmers. they'll apprentice with us and they'll incubate. incubation, i've gone through apprenticeship, i've learned how to do my own business. here's ten acres. here's some startup funds. >> reporter: sounds like one-top shop for how to create a black farmer. >> that's the idea. >> at the end of the day if you own your own land you have the capacity to create wealth and to preserve wealth. >> reporter: agriculture secretary tom vilsack wants to close the gap between white farmers and socially disadvantaged farmers. >> the eight years of the obama administration were focused on trying to respond specifically to specific acts of discrimination. so we had a variety of settlements of class-action cases against the department of agriculture. in that process, one of the things we learned was that the farm service agency offices in

the past made it more difficult for some socially disadvantaged producers to access credit or when they accessed credit it was late in the growing season or was at a higher interest rate. it's the systemic issue. >> reporter: president biden's coronavirus relief program aims to fix these inequities by providing an estimated $5 billion in aid and debt relief to farmers of color. this is your second stint as agricultural secretary. there are those who say you didn't do enough under the biden administration to help black farmers who have been systematically marginalized or discriminated against. >> i don't think you ever do enough. but i think -- i'm proud of the work we did do. we also expanded the number of black farmers that received loans. we inserted minority members in those county committees so people got a fair shake on appeals. it's a steady march. >> reporter: armed with the opportunity of a lifetime, the williams sisters are working to regenerate their land along with the lives of those committed to preserving it. >> we'll connect with the land

in hay way that helps us see that we belong here and we can treat the planet in a way that makes it so we can stay here. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, sloansville, new york. >> aw. >> very cool what the sisters are doing. after seeing those baby turkeys, i haveanng. i have to say. >> uh-oh. >> uh-oh, what does that mean? >> no -- >> ham? >> ham's not bad. >> what do they call the tofu turkey? a tofurkey. >> a whole different world. but i love the commitment that the sisters have and talent. >> hard work. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. welcome to jack in the box. hey, jack, i heard your chicken- who told you that? it was jimmy wasn't it? no, i heard your chicken comes with classic and spicy in the same box, so i don't have to choose. ah yes. best of both worlds. my 50/50 popcorn chicken. only at jack in the box.

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good morning. it's 8:55. i am len kiese. new questions in alameda after the city revealed a 4th person who is not a police officer was involved in the arrest of mario gonzalez. it was a civilian city employee. gonzalez later died and there are several on going investigations into his death. mass vaccination sites are back. san mateo got a large batch of doses from the federal government. the county is reopening two of the its large sites. mayors joining today to ask state leaders for a record level of funding to end homelessness. well, we are looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s as we start our day, even low

60s in livermore with that sunshine. as we head through the day inland you are going to warm up significantly. actually all of us above average for this time of year, 3 to 11 degrees above average. inland into the 80s. 84 concord and livermore, mid to upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. upper 50s to low 60s along the coast. you see that sunshine through the afternoon, slightly cooler friday and saturday, warming up sunday into early next week. as we look at the road wears, very busy out of marin. we've had this trouble spot that was blocking lanes. we now have a new accident in the area south 101 at roland boulevard. making it busy for the ride into san rafael, lucas valley. it's looking better as

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