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covid vaccine. >> 100 million shots in our first 100 days of office. >> 200 million shots in 100 days. >> reporter: the actual figure of today is 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 whall, blocking the keystone oilpipeline and reversing restrictions on transgender military members. >> it's a disappointment to say the least. >> he served as departmentsy secretary to president trump. when you see president biden getting accolades for rejoining
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the paris climate aaccords, you think what? >> who cares. no one cares 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 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 will eliminated the trump tax cuts. pushing his plans through a narrowly divided congress is not 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 actually unity in favor of catnip for their base.
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>> reporter: bridging that divide will take longer than a hyundaundred days if it happens all. >> a c bmbs news investigation uncovered criminality, and drug use in our navy s.e.a.l.s. most have served with honor they say the bad ones feel untouchable. a cbs report said it's a shift that started after the bin laden raid. >> reporter: president bush launched a hunt from ground zero. a decade later, the search ended in this compound in pakistan, where the quiet professionals of s.e.a.l. team 6 executed the mission and were thrust in the headlines. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killedladen, the leader of al qaeda.
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>> 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 us, on the condition that we change their voices and hide the identities. why the disguise? >> we are risking a lot to be here, careers and safety. >> reporter: they said there's bad s.e.a.l.s with out sized influence on teams. >> there's three groups on the team, a small group on one side that is evil, they are lawless and the small group on the other side that stands up to them and a giant group in the middle that cowardly stays out of it and they watch the evil guy railroad the good guys. >> reporter: two recently plead guilty for a death, that was considered a hazing incident gone wrong. >> i don't believe it. it did not happen suddenly. there were a hundred steps in t that. lawlessns, nkg
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they are untouchable sglo. llr trial for war crimes. granted immunity confessed to what he described as a mercy killing and then president trump publically sided with s.e.a.l. >> with eddie gallagher, you know that well, they wanted to take his pin away and itds, you are not taking hiss pin away. he is a great fight. >> reporter: he was convicted or a lesser charge. >> i am angry, i feel betrade. >> reporter: drug abuse has been a problem too. 2016, a senior is s.e.a.l. commander read the east coast teams the riot act. >> how do you decide it's okay for you to do drugs -- >> reporter: two years after thatly redacted navy investigation obtained by cbs news showed six members of s.e.a.l. team 10 tested positive for cocaine.
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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 use in sniper school and on deployment. drug use went beyond cocaine to methamphetamine and marijuana, drug testing they said was a joke. >> i would say the majority of guys are not doing it. we have to work hard to find the guys who are and how they are getting it around. >> reporter: allegations of drinking and sexual assault got a s.e.a.l. platoon pulled from iraq inial july 2019, and a let said we have a problem. >> or lack of discipline comes from weak leadership and not enforcing the standards. >> reporter: the s.e.a.l.s said speaking up can have consequences. they showed us photos of a fellow s.e.a.l. that was beaten up by several teammates for
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calling out bad behavior. >> his leadership turned a blind eye and gave permission to the s.e.a.l.s he aaccused to deal with it on their terms. >> reporter: street justice is what you areng? >>yes. the thing that i want 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 do you struggle with occasional nerve aches, weakness or discomfort in your hands or feet? introducing nervive nerve relief from the world's number 1 selling nerve care company. as we age, natural changes to our nerves occur which can lead to occasional discomfort. nervive contains b complex vitamins that nourish nerves, build nerve insulation and enhance nerve communication. and, alpha-lipoic acid, which relieves occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. live your life with less nerve discomfort with nervive nerve relief.
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over the last century, america's black farmers have lost more than 90% of their land because of systemic discrimination and a seek on he will of debt. well, today, just 1.3% of farmers in the u.s. are black. cbs's michelle miller visited a farm in up state new york are planting the seeds for a new generation of black farmers. >> reporter: it's a family business. >> it's a farmerly business. >> reporter: they come from a long line of american farmers who's stewarded land in the u.s. for more than 100 years. but have never owned it. >> our relationship to the land started way before slavery, not just slaves, but share croppers, the way we have had accesses to land has been exploited. we want to change it and have people reconnect. >> reporter: to own it.
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>> to own it. >> reporter: now, they are creating a community of farmers called the black yard farm. >> not the backyard, the black yard. >> reporter: the williams sisters moved from the bronx to this 95 acre farm in slonesville, new york, where ashamti is in charge of live is stock and erin is in charge of picking up three-day old you should theys at the local postity office. and kadeshawill run the vegable operation, all in a way that helps to mitigate the change in climate change. >> it comes down to lessening the footprint of where our food comes from and goes to. >> reporter: even the baby turkeys will do their part. >> we will graze them a ps so t fertilize the soil. >> they helped to arrange use of the hand for twoop to own it. >> so the idea is that,
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throughout the 95 acres as we expand and grow as a family, as a farmley, we will bring in new farmers and they will aapprentice with us. and i thncubate, have i gone through the apprentice, and i have learned to do my own farm and here's ten acrers and start up funds. >> reporter: it's a one stop shop on how to create a black farmer. >> if you own your own land, you have the capacity to create wealth and preserve wealth. >> agriculture secretary wants to who close the gap between white farmers and socially disadvantaged farmers. >> reporter: the eight years of theadministration was trying to focus on specific cases of discrimination, but we learned that the farm service agenciesy offices made it hard
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access credit, so it's a systemic issue. >> reporter: president biden's coronavirus relief program aims to fix the 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's those that will say you do not do enough to help black farmer who is have been system att atticly margin aalized. >> i don't think that you ever do numenough, we inserted minor members in community boards. 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 will connect with the land in a way that helps us see that we belong here and we can treat the planet in a way that makes
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and you say around the world. we met a man determined to do something about it. while others enjoy the beach. julian melzer is there to save it. >> it makes me look like a professional. >> reporter: he is a professional butt remover. picking up used cigarettes on israel's beaches. >> it's burning in my soul and bones and in my eyes when i see trash in the beach. >> reporter: it's a big problem for oceans. environmentalists say cigarette filters are the most toxic single use plastic on the planet. worldwide, it's estimated that trillions are tossed every year. hepicked up thousands but hen the panc of a sudden, i find myself, six months, no work. >> reporter: with time o collecd more and more, and creating art work. he prefers another side hustle. selling cigarette pouchs for a few dollars. so people keep their butts off the beach.
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this bar tender said it's an amazing project that protects the earth. melzer is a man on a mission. >> just trying to save the world. >> reporter: and make tel aviv's beaches a better place. >> and that is the "cbs overnight news" for this friday, for some of you the news continues, for others check back later for cbs this morning or follow us online any time at cbs.com. from washington, i'm erol barnett.
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it's friday, april 30th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." hitting the road. president biden tours another swing state today, as he surpasses 100 days in office. his message to the american people. deadly stampede. dozens are dead, after being trampled during a religious celebration in israel. what we know right now about the tragedy. and bombshell letter, the shocking allegations against florida congressman matt gaetz from a former associate of his.
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