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good morning to our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is thursday, may 13th, 2021. i'm gayle king, that's anthony mason, and tony dokoupil's off for a very good reason. but here we go. the conflict in the palestinian-israeli conflict take a violent turn. both sides bombing in heavily populated areas and more fighting is now taking place in the street. more gas stations in the south run out of supplies, even as the main pipeline along the rst coa weook at h long it will taknorm the push to vaccinate all americans from covid picks up
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steam, with pfizer endorsing the vaccine for kids 12 and up. plus, we'll talk to one governor who's offering a chance to win $1 million by getting the shot. >> that's a lot of money. but first here's your "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. no letup in the worst fighting between israelis and palestinians in years. >> images that came out overnight are harrowing. >> israel has the right to defend itself and thousands of rockets of flying in their territory. >> the largest pipeline in the u.s. is back online but it could take days to return to normal. >> it's pretty much related to panic buying. >> an amazing 120ery out of colorado, no fatalities or injuries after two planes collide in midair. >> despite being ousted from her leadership position, liz cheney vows to fight for the future of her party. >> i will fight to bring our party back to principles and
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substance. >> elon musk said he will not longer accept bitcoin due to environmental concerns. >> ellen degeneres said she will end her day time talk show next year, saying the show isn't challenging anymore. >> and all that matters. >> and in wynonna -- ooh, that's funky. >> sometimes working on live television, things can go a little offscript. >> a meteorologist tried to make the best in a glitch with her weather graphics, creating a kind of fun house effect. she went with it. >> on "cbs this morning." >> people are hoarding gasoline now to the point where the u.s. consumer product safety commission had to issue this warning, do not fill plastic bags with gasoline. people have to be told do not put gasoline in sandwich bags. ga not fill plastic bags with of course not. be environmentally conscience and use a tote bag.
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>> those tote bags are very sturdy. good advice, stephen colbertment don't do that either. that was a joke, people. that was a joke. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." >> this morning the worst violence in years between israelis and palestinians is intensifying. israel's military attacked new targets in gaza. the palestinian territory where militants are firing hundreds of rockets into israel. and in the israeli-occupied west bank, palestinian protesters fought with police. imtiaz tyab is outside tel aviv where the violence is tak
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a troll and worse than it has been in decades. the brutal attack has been broadcast on live tv and condemned by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and country's chief rabbi. >> when it comes to scenes like we've seen last night, people being attacked, businesses being destroyed, have we crossed the line? >> i don't think this is anything like i have seen and i have been 24 years. the i want to point out, we're all israelis, jews, arabs, all israelis. >> reporter: horrifying scene posted showing an israeli plan allegedly being attacked by a group of young palestinian arabs. the violence across towns and cities with mixed populations of jews and arabs has been shocking. people of homes, businesses and places of worship have all been
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targeted. this rabbi calls the situation r a tmar felt acuten gaza, is where israeli airlhe p territory wreaking havoc, while hamas continuing to fire rockets into israel. since monday over 80 palestinians have been killed and 70 israelis in this tit for tat war. but it's the widespread civil unrest in israel that has leaders across the region now fearing the decades old palestinian conflict was now heading into a new, deeply dangerous territory. the one place that is mercifully calm this morning is the alusia mosque in east jerusalem, where really this latest round of violence started. and as they celebrate the end of ramadan, which is normally a joyous time, really in this moment, that joy is on edge.
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a fuel shortage is getting worse across the southeast but it should end soon. drivers have been lining up at gas stations for days since the cyberattack shut down the main pipeline for the east coast. this morning, the colonial pipeline is open again. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is outside the colonial facility in woodbridge township, new jersey. david, good morning. >> good morning. we're right at the finish line that ends up here in new jersey and the news is the fuel is coming. doesn't that sound good? hackers can drive up the price of gas, panic at the pumps. the how long will it take to get back to normal? three, five days but it's back up and running. reaching a tipp point at gas stations across the southeast. >> it's like the toilet paper fiasco all over again. >> reporter: according to gas buddy, north carolina is getting
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hit the hardest. 74% of its stations are facing outages. half of the stations are out in georgia, and it's higher in south carolina and virginia. >> there is fuel available, it at the same time due to hysteria, it creates gaps in the supply chain. that's just what we're seeing here. >> reporter: for now it appears the impending crisis is nearing an end. although not a quick one. >> the supply itself is not really at issue here. >> reporter: kent moore is the executive chair of the energy capital research group. >> these are going to be local inabilities to move supply to where the demand is when the demand is. and that's going to take about 48 hours. >> reporter: colonial pipeline has declined to say whether it paid a ransom to the hackers. in a statement the company said safety was its primary focus and that it would conduct a comprehensive series of pipeline safety assessments. former fbi deputy director and cybersecurity expert sean joyce says private companies need to work together with the federal government to combat future
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attacks. >> in the private sector, companies are really left to defend themselves. and on some of these sophisticated adversaries like nation states and organized crime groups, tha a very difficult proposition. >> reporter: yesterday the president signed an executive order to strengthen cybersecurity defenses in this country, but it does not include privately run that's like oil and gas companies. 80% of the energy infrastructure in this country is privately run. so you got to wonder how this executive order is going to make much of a difference at this poinint. >> very good quesestion. thanank you. thee cdc has cleared the wa for all 12 to 1515-year-olds t get pfizer's c covid vaccine. so that means youngng adolescen wiwill be able to get the shot nationwide starting today. now in a recent poll, 30% of parents said they would get kids in this age group vaccinated right away, but 23% not get the inoculated. president biden's chief medical advisor, dr. anthony fauci,
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joins us. dr. t when you're here. a lot of concerns as always. normally when you're here people got lots of questions, so here we go. you know, parents -- i've heard parents say, look, i'm willing to take a risk. i'm not willing to take a risk for my children. so what do you say to them, for parents who are worried about the long-term effects? everybody just says there's still so much unknown about this vaccination. what do you say? >> well, that's not entirely true, gayle, really. the fact is that the information that we have now with literally almost 200 million people being vaccinated in the united states and worldwide, we've administered 264 million doses in the united states. the safety profile is really quite firm and sound. so i mean, first of all, you t in a mner or form have the parents feel like they're doing something wrong by
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questioning it. it's the perfectly normal thing to be concerned about your children and to question. and that's the reason why you want to get them as much information as you possibly can and be very open and transparent about the information. it is very important for children to get vaccinated. one because even though it's quite true that if children get infected the seriousness of the infection in children is clearly less than the potential in certain adults, particularly the elderly, and those with underlying conditions. but we are starting to see younger people get into serious trouble. again, at a very low rate, but serious trouble. the other aspect of it that they need to understand is that when children get infected, even though they may not, in fact, get serious illness, they could inadvertently and innocently pass the infection on to someone else, perhaps another member of the family who is vulnerable and
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could get into trouble. >> are there long-term effects for kids? >> you know, when you say long-term effects, if you look at the history of vaccinology and see the team when you see long-term effects, you usually don't go poverty 45 days of the vaccination. we do not let vaccinations out on emergency authorize until at least 60 days following the time when half of the people have received the last dose in the clinical trial. we are well beyond that right now. so we're well into almost a year of people having received the vaccine, and there is no long-term effects that anyone can notice. >> dr. fauci, given the importance that you say getting kids vaccinated, how important that is, do you think schools should require kids to get vaccinated before they come back to school? >> you know, that is something that's debatable. i mean, whenever you're talking about requiring something, that's always a charged issue.
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i'm not so sure we should be requiring children at all. we should be encouraging them. but you've got to be careful when you make the requirement of something, that usually gets you into a lot of pushback. understandable pushback. >> let me ask you about incentives. ohio's governor, mike dewine, is going to be on this broadcast later this morning, has offered $1 million incentives in a lottery firm to people who get vaccination its they get the shot. five people could be winners. what do you think of financial incentives for vaccinations? >> you know, when you talk about incentives, there are incentives for a variety of interventions. this would not be unique. i mean, there are different types of incentives. it's interesting, a creative one of the governor there. we have incentives to get people into clinical trials, and we have incentives for people to get involved in accepting interventions. so it's not a unique concept. >> dr. fauci, please help us with the mask situation.
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i know we're told we don't have to wear it outside, but i'm telling you, i was in new york, where i live, walking down the street. i just stopped a ran tom lady and said -- random lady and said, have you been vaccinated, she said yes, me, too. why are we wearing masks? i don't know. i think we -- i said, me, too, ma'am, me, too. i think we all feel guilt or feel it's not time or see everybody else doing it. it's monkey see, monkey do. is it -- do you really think it's okay? because i still feel judged. i feel people are giving you the side eye. it's not comfortable, dr. fauci. >> i know, gayle. we've got to make that transition. if you were vaccinated, you don't have to wear aer unusual situation. if you were going into a completely crowded situation where people are essentially falling all over each other, then you wear but any other time, if you're vaccinated and you're outside, put aside your mask. you don't have to wear it. >> okay.
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people are still judging. and could i just ask about you and rand paul. does your body tense up every time -- and by body you know what i mean. >> you know, i don't want to get into that tit for tat. i don't understand what the problem is with him. >> yeah. >> you know -- just going to do ply job, and he can do what he wants to do, and we'll see what happens. >> yes. you are still dr. anthony fauci, and we thank you for your time today. thanks. see you again. >> thank you very much, good to be with you. >> bye. speaking of capitol hill, on capitol hill a clear majority of house republicans voted to remove congresswoman liz cheney from her leadership post ysterday after she repeatedly denounced former president trump and his false claims that the last election was stolen. republican jim jordan, one of the former president's most loyal allies in congress, spoke with chief washington correspondent major garrett about the vote and the future of the gop. >> reporter: do me a favor and
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define what conservativism is now. >> we are an american-first party, a populist party rooted in conservative principle. >> reporter: can you be a conservative and disagree with the president about the 2020 election? >> i think -- i don't think it's helpful. i think we should be focused on making sure that we have integrity in our elections going forward. that's what i've always said about. there are millions of americans who have concerns about what happened in this last election. i've never said this election was stolen. all i've said is let's check it out. the 2020 -- >> reporter: does it originate with the near organic knowledge or because president trump said over and over it was stolen? >> it originated with them, of course it did. >> reporter: trump had nothing to do with that? >> all i'm saying is 80 million americans instinctively know regardmenless of what he may ha said think about it. to reassure american people, 80 million, republicans and democrats who have concerns, why not look into it. that's all i've said all along.
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crazey -- that makes so much sense to me. >> reporter: courts, election officials, and the former president's justice department looked into the 2020 election and found no evidence to overturn the result in any state, and yet mr. trump continues to tell his supporters the election was a fraud. the undisputed leader of the republican party is -- >> president trump. >> reporter: for how long? >> i think he's going to run again, and i'm all for that. >> i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president the oval office. >> reporter: you can't have the republican conference chair, the republican party spokesperson consistently attacking the leader of the party who 74 million americans voted for. >> reporter: in your party there's a large conversation about cancel culture. has liz cheney been canceled? >> i've never called for her to step down or, excuse me, resign from congress. i do think there's a big difference, though, between whether you're going to be in
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congress or not and us deciding as republicans in congress who's going to be a spokesperson. >> reporter: trump has described cheney as a war monger, and yesterday called her a bitter, horrible human being. is liz cheney a bitter, horrible human being? >> look, i've worked with liz. i've said all along that i don't think she should be conference chair. i was -- >> reporter: you know what i'm driving at. the former president has language that is highly personal at times and insulting. do you agree with any of it in regards to liz cheney? >> i think in this situation liz has said some things about the president. i think it's probably elevated the rhetoric a little bit. and sometimes comes back. that's human nature. i understand that. >> very sad. >> yeah. >> it is. very, very sad to me what has happened to liz cheney. that for telling the truth, something we all teach our children, you tell the truth, she tells the truth, and she is greatly penalized for it. and now there seems to be revisionist history here in the republican party, and dare iect
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what w t m -- to congressman jordan's point, this should be looked at, it has been -- the election should be looked ad, it was looked at. it was taken to 60 courts, all said there's nothing here. >> and elise stefanik who will replace liz cheney presumably has a much more moderate record of voting in congress than liz cheney, who voted pretty much lockstep with president trump. >> i know. hour is watching. it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. i don't think it's over yet. moving on. there was a midair collision involving two small planes near denver. and we're glad to tell you everybody walked away. as you can see, one of the planes was nearly ripped in half. wow. the pilot was the only person on board, managed to land at the airport yesterday. the other plane with one passenger landed in a field -- look at that -- after deploying a parachute. no one was hurt in either case. the niona transatio safender
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about the good morning everyone. it's 7:26. i am michelle griego. a fire has kept crews busy in contra costa county. it broke out around 6:30 this morning at the church of the nazarene and concord. no word if anyone was inside. the cause is under investigation. california officially opening pfizer vaccination appointments for youth ages 15 county's mass vaccination site at water world. 65,000 vaccines will go to the new age group. the state is rolling out coronavirus vaccination program in prisons. a study at stanford shows two thirds of california prisoners have agreed to at least one
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dose of the vaccine. i am gianna franco getting a look at your roadways. if you are headed out taking the san mateo bridge it is slow and go. we have a trouble spot as you work your way more on the west end. it is reported around mid span, stalled truck blocking the number three lane from the left. pretty busy off the bridge with a travel time of 30 minutes. about a half hour to go between 880 towards 101. busy at the bay bridge as well as the richmond san rafael bridge. it's a foggy cloudy start for many locations. even patchy drizzle in spots. you can see the fog over san francisco with our mark hopkins hotel camera. through our afternoon it will be a cooler day. the cool down continues for the bay area, clouds and mid 50s along the coast. around the bay, a cool day with upper 50s to
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myye is what is dogecoin? >> you ask. good question. it's the future of currency, an unstoppable financial vehicle that's going to take over the world. >> i get that. but what is it, man? >> i keep telling you it's a crypto-currency you can trade for conventional money. >> oh. so it's a hustle? >> yeah, it's a hustle. >> it's a hustle. welcome back to "cbs this morning." that was billionaire elon musk hosting "saturday night live" and struggling to explain dogecoin, the latest crypto-currency craze. musk has been a huge, huge factor in the rising popularity of crypto-currencies like bit coin. his car company tesla bought about $1.5 billion worth of bit
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coin earlier this year. yesterday, he sent the value of bit coin plunging with an announcement that tesla will stop accepting the crypto-currency in payment for cars. in a statement, musk pointed to the increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions. he said, "the use of bitcoin cannot come at great cost to the environment." the environment, you say. >> yeah. >> let me explain. >> i'm confused. i didn't think it was a tangible thing. >> you're right, it's not a tangible thing. let me explain how this is related to climate change. the answer is computers. lots of them. back in 2018, our erroll barnett traveled to washington state visiting one of those bitcoin farms where the transactions take place. here's is part of his report. >> looks like a hand dryer. >> yeah. every one of these things is like 1,000-watt hair dryer.
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there will be 1,000 of those in this pod -- >> reporter: these fans are operating 24/7 to cool endless rows of computer servers. each one feverishly working to mine crypto-currency. this is how digital currency is made. every time someone uses crypto-currency to pay for something, it sets off a flurry of activity. servers like these work to verify and process that transaction. each one racing to authenticate the exchange of digital money through complex calculations. for doing this work, the machines are rewarded with new crypto-currency. this is what's called mining. >> the outlets, you see how much power this facility uses compared to like a typical building? >> so our pods use 1.5 megawatts. that's typically associated with like 600 homes.
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>> reporter: so just this one facility has this much energy like 600 homes -- >> 600. >> right here in this space? i mean, that's -- that's incredible when you think about it. >> all right. let me do -- let me do my john mclachlan question. the value of bitcoin was $6,500 when errol did the report in 2018. what is the value today? >> it's a lot more. >> it has jumped -- get this -- to $56,000 today. >> wow. >> $6,500 to 56,000. 600 homes, that was three years ago. bitcoin has exploded in value. the university of cambridge estimates the amount of electricity used worldwide by bitcoin miners is more than all of sweden or malaysia uses. and with its value continued to grow, a study from the university of hawaii warns that if this continues bitcoin alone could raise the earth's average temperature another two degrees
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in the next 20 years. let that sink in. >> that means they'll need a lot more of those machines -- >> more server space. >> yes. >> that's what we -- that's wha. it's never good when they say it's sucking up x fill in the blank which is what errol and the gentleman just said. now bitcoin is not good. >> well, it's clearly going to damage the environment. yeah. even as it grows in value and more and more people -- >> it's an energy problem. all right. coming up, we visit a washington state community that worries it's on the brink of becoming a covid ghost town. that's ahead on "cbs this morning."
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the continuing pandemic. point roberts washington in particular has been hard hit by the closure. it's on a peninsula connected to canada and separated from the u.s. by the pacific ocean even though it's only had one covid case, many are worried that point roberts could turn into a covid ghost town. kris van cleave shows us why. hi. >> reporter: this is how pamela robertson sees family during the pandemic. >> how are you? >> reporter: six feet apart and a country away. pamela in the u.s., her daughter in canada. separated by a border that remains closed to all but essential travel, even if the border is just a yellow concrete barrier. >> as far as i'm concerned it's essential, as far as i'm concerned they should let me in. >> reporter: but pamela was turned away by canadian border guards when she tried to see her dentist about an abscess, an infection that caused the side of her face to swell and could turn into a serious health risk
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if left untreated. >> i asked him what was essential in their eyes, and he said to me, unfortunately you have to be like dying. >> reporter: she lives in point roberts, a small picturesque seaside town of about 1,100 with sweeping views. pre-covid it would quadruple in size every summer as canadians flock south of the border. point roberts is a bit of a geographical oddity, lying just south of the 49th parallel, it is a u.s. ex-claf, part of washington state but completely disconnected from the u.s. so to get to a dentist, pamela has to cross the border. are you frustrated, are you angry? >> i can't be angry because i know that the country is trying their best to keep covid at bay. i'm just frustrated with the system. >> reporter: while covid remains a major concern in neighboring british columbia, point roberts has had only one case in more than a year. still, this small community has been locked out of essential
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needs. there's no full-time doctor, there's no dentist, there's no veterinarian, there's not even a pharmacy. you can see why the people who call point roberts home are worried it could become a covid ghost town. >> i had six customers on sunday. >> reporter: how does that compare to a normal sunday before covid? >> i would have upwards of 30, 40, 60 -- >> reporter: tamra hansen owns the saltwater cafe, the only open restaurant around. 95% of her business is canadians coming further vacation or crossing the border for lower prices on food and gas. after more than a year with virtually now customers, she's back open in hopes of qualifying for another ppp loan to try to stay afloat until the border reops even though the cafe is under water every day its doors are open. do you worry about having to close the business and walk away? >> yes, i do. i really, you know, i was just working up to some of my best
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years here. so i do worry. >> reporter:xpected to be vacte t e of the month. butials at buests from another u.s. exclave in alaska easy entrance. a spokesperson for the minister of public safety says, "we recognize the unique position and hardships faced by the people of point roberts." but congressman suzan delbene says that's not enough. if this was happening in almost any other city in the u.s., people would lose their minds. >> and folks should be. there are things that can be done that make sure that we are protecting public health and safety and allow people in point roberts to move. >> reporter: so congresswoman, why is it so hard to get that done? >> i don't know. i wish i could tell you because i'm going to keep fighting. >> reporter: pamela robertson finally got across the border o quarantine for two wee u eh it to finly see her
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dentist and hug grandkids a th clporoberts, washington. >> never thought you'd be that desperate to get to the dentist. i understand, you know. >> what a crazy -- this is a little bit what we were talking about with dr. fauci. people are just not always clear on what is practical and common sense as we start to come out of this pandemic. it's really tough. surreal. >> yeah. beautiful town, but clearly in a geographic dilemma. >> right. >> as we come out of it, there's still so much work to do. >> that's right. >> so much we don't know what to do, too. coming up next, vlad -- vlad -- >> i like how she read it. vlad -- he's right here. >> will have the stories you'll be talking about -- normally near
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and we don't have to go far to find vlad, he's at the table. >> here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. this one is fascinating. a california man says he will keep riding in the back seat of his self-driving tesla after he was arrested for it. param sharma was charged with reckless driving this week after someone spotted his car on the road with no one in the driver's seat. earlier this month, a driver shared this video -- check it out. did you see he's in the back seat, there's nobody in the front seat behind the wheel. his windows are rolled down. sharma posted several videos on his soci m moihi t en though it is illegal in california. illegal. sharma told the "associated press" he doesn't see any problem with it. listen -- >> i've been doing there for two years, and no one has ever
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known. i feel safer in the back seat than i do in the driver's seat. and i feel safer with my car on autopilot -- i trust my car on autopilot more than i trust everyone on the road. >> that might be the hustle. i don't know about that. >> yeah. i think this has got to be elon musk's worst nightmare. you know, i don't even think this is funny because they tell you that even with autopilot you still have to be in the seat. you still have to be there -- you still have to be attentive -- >> this is going to happen one day. >> i know it's -- >> it's going to happen because the fact is the car is going to be more attentive to the road than most people are. and i understand what he's saying. i realize at this point in time we're not -- may not be ready for it, but it's coming. >> we're not there yet. >> we're not there. to have one car like that on the road -- >> flow quesno question. it's alarming. there's going to be a day in the not-too-distant future that it looks like -- >> we're not there yet. i'm glad he wasarrested. >> they impounded his car, then he bought another one. he just bought another one.
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>> going back out? >> he's going back out. >> back seat. all right. ellen degeneres, let's talk about ellen. >> yes. >> she is ending her long-running daytime talk show. we got a peek at what the comedian told fans in an episode set to air today. watch this. >> i am forever grateful to all of you for watching, for laughing, for dancing, sometimes crying. this show has been the greatest experience of my life. and i owe it all to you. >> she's done a lot of good. >> ellen -- her final episode will air next spring. the decision follows a scandal last summer over allegations that the program was a hostile workplace. degeneres told "the hollywood reporter" the controversy was hurtful, but it's not why she's stepping away. she said the show was, quote, just not a challenge anymore. >> 19 years, an incredible run for any show. do and look at all thahe the money that she's gave away to help others, the difference that she made in
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people's lives. do we have -- >> there was a number. >> $300 million just in gifts out of the show. more than actually. and -- >> then for charity -- >> a huge number like $70 million i want to say for charity, as well. >> oprah's her guest today. >> really? >> yeah. oprah's her guest to talk about when they were here talking to us about what happened to you. and she had wanted oprah there when she made the announcement. i thought that that was nice. i'll be watching. >> yeah. of course. and whatever ellen decides to do afterwards, if you look at oprah, she's doing all right. >> ellen's chapter's not over yet. yeah. she's got another year. >> that's right. a whole other year. >> a whole other year. we all known tony is off, that's why i am here. he's taking some parental leave next week, and we've got some folks that will be guest hosting for us as we try to fill his shoes in the 8:00 hour. drew barrymore will join us at the table next week. we're excited about that. our pal levar barturton will be
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this morning the worst violence between israelis and palestinians is intensifying. >> the concern now is that this could spill into something more serious. >> it starts down in houston, comes up all the way to new jersey where we are. the fuel is coming. that is the announcement this morning. everybody says there's still so much unknown about this vaccination. >> that's not entirely true. the safety profile is really quite firm. as liz cheney been cancelled? >> i've never called for her to step down or resign from congress. i think there's a big difference, though, between whether you're going to be in congress or not and us deciding as republicans in congress who is going to be our spokesperson. >> researchers in the netherlands are using bees to test for covid-19. bees can smell the presence of the virus immediately. i like nowt medical professionals can be like don't
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worry, we don't have to put anything down your throat or up your nose, just enter the room full of bees. >> is that -- is that better than going up your nose? >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> let us be the first to tell you tv viewers of "cbs this morning" that tony dokoupil and his lovely wife are in labor this morning. they went to the hospital this morning. tony texted us and said the little lady is on her way. it appears the little lady is on her way. >> very exciting. >> we're hoping -- i don't know if we'll have news by the time the broadcast is over, but certainly by tomorrow, we should say a little baby girl. >> all the best. >> very excited for them. >> we're going to begin with this. maybe this is not so exciting for some people. it's a group of republican senators going to the white house later today to talk with president biden about his nearly 2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. the president is trying to find common ground and support from
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those republicans. ed o'keefe has more on this story. we told you about tony. i know you're excited but i know you want to talk about this. what's at stake in this meeting? >> way to sell it, gayle. i like babies too, but this is important news, because -- here's why. and we wish tony and katy the best as we wait for that. the reason why this matters today, this meeting going on today, probably the most important in town. it's going to probably set the tone for whether or not washington can work together, democrats and republicans to get anything done on infrastructure in the next few months. it smay set the pace of the economic recovery. responsible for spending, transportation and infrastructure issues, they'll talk about the size and scope and how to pay for it. the president is facing notable resistance from republican governors over increased unemployment benefits.
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11 gop governors are pulling out of a program that raised unemployment checks by $300 a week. in the 11 states they'll see the payments shrink in the next month. it comes as most recent job numbers were surprisingly low. 266,000 jobs added in april despite 8 million job openings. economists predicted there would be 1 million jobs. they're having trouble hiring workers. republicans say it's because of unemployment money. the white house disagrees. we spoke with some economists who said there are other factors like vaccination rates, the lack of school openings, the lack of child care that could be keeping people from going back to work. economists acknowledge we're in unique economic times. that's why the white house wants to gethiur deal done and why republicans say perhaps we should be a little more modest in the spending. gop aides said they're going to give the president another week to signal whether he's serious about working with republicans
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or they'll give up on the bipartisan talks. ohio is offering its residents a shot at winning a million dollars along with their covid vaccine shots. the governor announced that beginning may 26th, the state will draw 1 vaccine recipient to win $1 million. this will happen every week for five weeks. to qualify you have to live in ohio, be 18 or older and have at least one dose of the covid-19. the governor joins us first on "cbs this morning." governor, good morning. thanks for being with us. why this incentive? >> i've been thinking every day what can we do to increase the number of people who are getting the vaccine? and just decided this might be something that would kind of persuade some people. you know, fran and i, my wife and ie roun the ste talking to peo avainnet er ppl who j
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holng b the their relative talked them into it or their spouse, or it became available, they didn't have to set up an appointment. so we have people who are never going to get it. we have people 42 % of ohioans now have already got it. then we've got the -- what i call the persuadables in the middle. it's not just getting them to do it. some of them may eventually do it, but getting people to be vaccinated now as opposed to a month or two months from now will certainly slow this virus down, and ultimately this is going to save lives. >> were there numbers you saw that suggested this was the right strategy? because i know one study shows incentives only increased vaccinations by around 8 %. that could make this a very expensive gamble. >> i don't think there's any way to calculate it. one study showed that $100 per person was more significant than
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25. and no one has tried this. and we thought that it was worth to try this to do it. and we know that this virus is still very much out there in ohio. we made good progress. our cases are coming down. but at the variant is out there and it's much more contagious than it's ever been. the talk i gave last night to the people of ohio, i said we have two groups of people. 42% vaccinated and they're free. they can go do what they want to do. you have the other group of people, though, who are not vaccinated and the danger to them is even more great in some respects than has been in the past, because this variant is more contagious. >> well, governor, you're probably getting an a for creativity, but f for is this the right thing to do? it's our understandihe coming f pandemic relief dollars and you're getting bipartisan criticism on both sides. what do you see to people that
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say this is not the best use of this money at this particular time? >> well, this is money that we got from the federal government to fight the virus. and there's nothing more po tent at this time to fight the virus. the only game in town really at this point is the vaccine. and everybody that we can get vaccinated it fights the virus better. you know, some people i talk about this last night when i explained this to the people of the state of ohio. and i said i know i'll be criticized. i know there will be some people who say that's a waste. what i think is a waste is when we have a vaccine that will save a life and someone still gets the covid and dies because they have not been vaccinated. that's what the waste is. that is a tragic, tragic waste. >> governor, i want to ask you about something one of your fellow ohio republicans said on this broadcast this morning. congressman jim jordan basically said that you cannot disagree
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with mr. trump and lead the republican party. we saw house republicans oust liz cheney this week from the leadership. what's your reaction to that and do you feel you still fit in the republican party? >> oh, i very much fit in the republican party. this is a party about opportunity. there's one thing that holds us together. it's our desire to create opportunity for every ohioan, every american so they can live up to their god-given potential. >> do you think it's the party of donald trump? >> i think it's a party of liberty and freedom. i think it's the party of opportunity. >> what do you think that -- you saw liz cheney get ousted because she criticized the former president. what was your reaction to that? >> i spent 20 years in the united states congress. i'm not there now. i've got enough to worry about here in ohio fighting the virus and moving ohio forward and
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frankly, i'm focussed on that every single day. so look, you know, i have respect for liz cheney. i have respect for the former president. but i'm focussed on what my job is right now, and that's to fight the virus, get ohio moving forward, protect the people of the state. >> governor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate
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nba hall of famer kareem abdul-jabbar talks about the role of activism in his life. plus we reveal a big, big announcement from the nba. you're watching "cbs this morning." i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. and many achieved remission that can last. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if you've had tb,
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upholding the league's decades' long value of equality, respect, and inclusion. the player will choose an organization to receive a $100,000 donation from the league. and in an exclusive interview, we spoke with kareem adbul jabbar about how he hopes the award would advance the cowses he's spent his entire life championing. >> right hand up -- >> it's up -- >> kareem adbul jabbar is known for that iconic sky hook. it put him in the record books with the most points scored in nba history. but it's his work off the court that's become his biggest legacy. >> i'm definitely a product of the activism that i saw other athletes involved in. >> reporter: inspired by athletes like jim brown and muhammad ali, abdul-jabbar made activism the mission of his life. you're sort of a direct recipient of what they were trying to do during their day and what you've been trying to do practically all your life. do you see yourself that way?
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>> bill russell comes to mind immediately because, you know, i played basketball, and i followed his career. muhammad ali was a friend of mine. and his example helped me early on when i was in high school. there was someone that i admired and who made me proud to be a black american. >> reporter: in 1967, he protested the vietnam war draft. and just a year later, the 20-year-old declined the chance to compete at the 1968 olympics. >> the president of the olympic committee, avery brundage, is the same guy who had refused to let jewish athletes compete in the 1936 olympics because he didn't want to annoy hitler. that was somebody i couldn't cooperate with him. >> reporter: it was those games where tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists. >> i was glad that somebody represented that aspect of how black americans felt about the olympics. >> reporter: abdul-jabbar says that's why it's important for athletes to use their voice.
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>> without somebody providing leadership, we're not going to have any change. we won't be able to realize the necessary changes if people don't get out there and point out the issues ande leadership. >> reporter: he hopes the nba's new kareem adbul jabbar social justice champion award will help athletes advance the causes they care about. >> i think this award will enable the various guys on various teams to start thinking about what they can do to help things in their communities, and they can become activists and people who are leaders in their community. >> reporter: leaders like lebron james, who was once told that shut up and dribble. and colin kaepernick who some criticized for taking a knee during the national anthem in protest of police violence and racial injustice. >> for someone to say shut up and dribble, it means that they can't recognize the fact that
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lebron has concerns, and those concerns will motivate him to do something about it. we all have a right to express our opinions. and in our community, in the black community, we have a duty to deal with issues that bother us because there's been a lot of injustice in our country that's been perpetrated against people of color. >> reporter: the six-time nba chapelyon wants the new award to highlight athletes making a positive change believing sports breaks down barriers. >> after we go back and forth with all the competition, we realize we're all trying to do the same thing and that we're all human beings who deserve an opportunity to have a great life. and competition enables you to see the commonality of the human experience. >> the nba plans to announce the first recipient of the award later this season. each of the other four finalist will choose a charity or organization to receive $25,000. >> kareem adbul jabbar is
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awesome. he is so smart and so thoughtful. >> it's days like that -- i love my job every day, but to interview a childhood idol -- >> yeah. >> i love my job. >> an irdol that does not disappoint. >> he's used his athletic success for great purpose. >> he has. that was great, vlad. >> thank you. ahead -- i almost called you glad. >> thanks for that. >>ed that good, too. christina ruffini riding high thanks to free bicycles. >> reporter: a stolen bike, a pandemic, and some unexpected free time leads to hundreds of bikes being given away to a local community. we'll introduce you to the pastor who's launched a mechanical ministry and is fixing so much more than bikes coming up on "cbs this morning." ♪ we've all felt this gap. the distance between what is, and what could be.
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ahead, director barry jenkins tells us what it took to bring colson whitehead's litzer prize-winning good morning. it's 8:25. i am len kiese. concord crews have hands full with a two alarm fire in the church of nazarene. it broke out around 5:30 in a separate building. no word on what started the blaze. the cause is under investigation now. san francisco police department will hold a virtual town hall meeting to give update on the investigation into an officer-involved shooting. this happened last friday near oracle park. the hearing stt at 3:00 p.m. today governor newsom will highlight proposals for the small business relief program. the plan is to expand support for businesses hit hard by the pandemic. we are tracking brake
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lights north bound 87, guadelupe parkway. it looks like traffic is slow on the north bound side. maybe stick with 101. 101 is looking better. west bound highway 4 is slow, 40 minutes from antioch to the east shore and we are tracking brake lights west bound 80, highway 4 to the maze, a 24 minute commute. taking a look at bay area bridges, still slow across richmond san rafael. you can see the metering lights are on and the back up is still pretty significant. good morning. we've got may gray along the coast and around the bay, even inland locations as well. you see clouds on treasure island camera looking at the bay bridge. we will continue with that cloud cover, cool conditions along the coast. a little bit more sunshine inland in the mid to upper 70s to low 80s. we will
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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's that time again, time to bring you the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. gayle king, go. >> oh, i was really touched by my story this morning. a minor league baseball player, drew robinson. he's reached a new milestone -- what did he do? he hit a home run. why is this a big deal? listen to drew's back story. a year ago, april, 2020, he tried to take his own life. he said that he just sat on his couch, he put a gun to his temple, and pulled the trigger. he talks about that morning waking up, making cinnamon -- having a bagel with peanut butter on it, making himself a smoothie, thinking i don't want to be here anymore. and decided that it was time to end his life. i was so touched that -- you go
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from a year to now today, he hits a home run. and this is what -- this is what he's saying now -- >> i was so far gone mentally, but now i also know what it feels like to feel the happiness, the genuine happiness. and i just want people to know that it's possible to feel that way without having to do what i did. >> thank you, drew, for speaking up. as you can see, he's lost the eyesight in one of his eyes. they had to rebuild his head and eye socket. and he said this, he hate his life, he hate that no one knew how much he hated his life. he said, i hope you guys realize, and wrote a letter to his family, that there was nothing you could have done to prevent it because of how hard i worked to hide how unhappy i was. that's the thing that gave me chills. you know, you're thinking people that you know -- that you think everything's okay. he said, i worked hard for nobody to know how unhappy i was. >> that's a realization for him to understand that --
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>> yes -- >> he was hiding in himself and wasn't asking for help. >> then he asked why did i survive? he believes he survived so he can tell his story and help others heal. he survived, too, 20 hours later with a bullet hole in his head, bleeding, he woke up and dialed 911 and realized that he wanted to survive. he plays, by the way, for the sacramento river cats. that's the minor league team for the san francisco giants. certainly pulling for him. >> yeah. >> always. >> wow. >> yes. i was so touched by him and just don't know him but really like his story. espn is doing a special on him tonight, a documentary on "the drew robinson story. "thank you for telling your story. we're glad you're here. he says i have a lot of work to do to help others. >> yeah. that's a great story. >> i want you to know this, too, if you or someone you know is seeking mental health resources you can call the national alliance on mental illness, 1-800-950-6264 or in a cries text 741741, and true also
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emphasizes it does get better. >> yes. >> please understand that. it does get better. >> he is living proof of that. >> yes, he is. we are all here on manhattan island surrounded by water. if you're a native new yorker you joke over and over again that you would never, ever go in that water. >> right. true. true. >> you don't even want to know what's in there. >> that is true. >> now you can because a new floating pool is going to be constructed in the east river. >> whoa. >> look at that. you will actually be able to go into the water -- near the manhattan bridge on the city's lower east side. >> that's cool. >> the project by a startup company called plus pool describes its aim as reclaiming the river as a recreational resource for the city. and one of the other cool parts is that it's going to be -- the pool is going to be fed by river water that's undergone a cleaning process to be filtered from bacteria and contaminants. it's not using any chemicals, no chlorine, just natural river water. >> wow. looked like a long walk to get
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to the pool. >> well, if you're in the neighborhood, it's really -- i actually thought that was cool. you're walking on water. >> yeah. but i love the idea of it. >> i hope it's not overrun with bros and white claws. white claws drinks and bros flexing their guns. that would be good because i got no guns. my story is about a florida woman who's accused of sneaking into a high school to pose as a student. and here's why she did it -- her name is audrey frances queeny, and she spent the day roaming the halls of american senior high school. that is her mugshot. >> why? >> she did it because she wanted to get instagram followers. >> my gosh. >> she spent the day handing out flyers to students. so kudos to the school who quickly realized that this was somebody who had infiltrated this high school. it got me thinking about people who have portrayed high school -- >> in movies -- >> in movies and tv shows. remember this in "4 30 rock"? >> how do you do fellow kids?
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>> the reason i thought of this, steve buscemi, she had a skateboard and a backpack. >> convincing. >> exactly. we've got drew barrymore here next week. and i thought of her scene in "never been kissed." watch this. >> i'm a high school student. i'm here with my fellow students. hey, guys. hi. >> of course that's drew barrymore in "never been kissed" in 1999. she plays a journalist trying to learn teen culture. >> she will be much more convincing as a co-host. >> yes, she will. >> all right. turning to a highly anticipated series by academy award winner barry jenkins. he's directed some of the most powerful and consequential films in recent years. they include best picture winner "moonlight" and the critically acclaimed adaptation of james baldwin's novel "if beale street could talk." his latest project, "the underground railroad," premieres tomorrow on amazon prime. we met up with barry jenkins in l.a. to discuss the series which has been four years in the making. he said it was the hardest
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undertaking he's ever attempted in his creative life. >> quiet, please. >> reporter: >> barry jenkins had long wanted to direct a story about slavery in america. >> i knew at some point i was going to have to use my art, my voice to speak to my ancestors. >> as much as you wanted to film this story, you were in some ways afraid of it. >> i was. it's very tricky, delicate, difficult subject matter. >> "the underground railroad" based on colson whitehead's pulitzer prize-winning novel tells the story of cora randall, o flees a georgia plantation. >> there is nothing here but suffering. pain and suffering. it is time to go. >> in the novel's reimagining of history -- >> next -- free or runaway? >> i'm not sure. >> "the underground railroad" isn't symbolic, it's real.
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a network of tracks beneath the southern soil that leads h t imagined it growing up. >> so when i first heard the conceit of colson's book, i thought this is it. and for me it was about chasing that childhood feeling. >> you felt it was important to tell this story in an epic fashion. >> i did. yeah, i did. remembering as a child it wasn't superman, it wasn't batman, it wasn't spider-man, it was the underground railroad. to me that was larger than life. the fantasy for me was my ancestors built trains underground in secret. harriet tubman was on the front of the train with a shotgun picking people off, you know. we didn't go that far in the re-creation of this show, but that was the feeling. "e."that'sc cap >> coryed bou actress thube chases the tou f
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states. >> everybody keep telling me how special i am. what good is a railroad if only special folk can take it? >> i made that one up like two days before we shot it. >> you made the scene up? >> that's not in the book. i was like, she needs to interrogate this world. so this is what we came up with. >> you came all this way on the railroad -- >> yeah. i left behind all those peoples. >> as jenkins planned the filming of the ten-episode series, he found that few of the old slaves quarters remained in the south. you basically built your own plantation. >> we built it for -- the whole thing. we planted sugar cane, we planted cotton, we built all the cabins. i had never stood in a cotton field before. and standing in that cotton field was heavy, heavy. and it was hard to not be emotionally swept up in the fact that i was walking through history. some of that history is very difficult to process. >> do you get emotional on the set? >> i did a couple of times.
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a couple of times. yeah, yeah. i did. >> you're smiling. >> no because it surprised me, man. >> you actually brought a therapist to the set. >> i did. i did. >> did you ever need her? >> not that i knew. but there was a day where she came to me, she pulled me aside and said, "hey, you need talk to me." "what are you talking about? i'm fine." i got to be strong for the crew. she said, "yes, but who's going to be strong for you if you keep holding all this weight?" >> shooting the nearly ten-hour series took 116 days. you were warned going into this by some director friends that this was an epic task. >> uh-huh. i was. it was steven soderbergh told me it was impossible, it was going to kill me, and i was going to retire somewhere in the middle of production but that i would ultimately keep going. all those things were true. >> they were? >> yeah, yeah. i retired at least five times in the making of this show. >> but jenkins finally made it
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through those 116 days of filming. then as editing began, protests over the death of george floyd broke out. [ chants ] >> i thought i wish i could go back and rewrite the show and make it speak to all these things that are happening in the world right now. didn't have that luxury, so we kept editing. i realized, oh, it's all here because it's always been here. >> when the trailer for "the underground railroad" was released, jenkins saw himself becoming a subject on social media. >> and there was one thread of the conversation that really bothered me. it was we don't need images of slaves, we need positive imagery. and what i hear i inntny image featuring my ancestors are inherently negative. >> yeah. >> and i just can't accept that. what it shows me is we actually need more of these images. >> yeah. >> so we can take back their legacy and recontextualize it. >> the series is about the darkness of slavery, but it's
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also a story of survival and triumph. >> yes, it is -- >> a story jenkins says we've only just begun to tell. you see yourself as having a responsibility now? >> oh, absolutely. especially being black. this is the real real. i have to make it so undeniable, i have to be so good every damn day because if this show doesn't work, it might mean someone else -- how are they going to get the funding for that if my thing doesn't work? >> yeah. >> that's a brutal way to go about making art. but i was born black in america, man. it's true. >> and all those sets that jenkins says they built for this series, he has left standing. >> yeah. >> he says because he wants people to continue to tell the story in as many ways as they can find it. >> i say let the church say amen to what he just said. and listen, i haven't seen it yet. i can't wait. >> it's extremely powerful. >> that's what oprah said. oprah who -- very rarely watches
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tv said it's one of most powerful things she's ever seen. >> beautifully shot. it's beautifully acted. extremely powerful. i asked him because it was entirely shot in georgia, and i said, given what's happening in georgia with the voting rights laws and the protests, how do you feel? he said, well, there story was based in georgia, that's why we shot it there. but he said today, he said, if i was starting again, he said, i'd slo shoot it somewhere else. >> i can't wait to see it. >> me, too. ahead in "a more perfect union," we meatet a virginia pastor serving his community and bringing people together. local news is coming up.
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initial reaction? >> i wasn't happy about it, but you can get bitter about something or get better wiabout it. >> reporter: he switched gears and started a mechanical ministry in his back yard. >> the bike is the metaphor for community. it does get you out of your home and gets you on the trail. we're all on the trail of life. >> reporter: did you think this is where you're trail was going to lead? >> i had no idea. it was not at all on my list of things to do to fix 350 bikes for the community. >> reporter: some he saved from the dumpster. hundreds more have been donated. every bike gets a tune-up, then pruitt gives them away on facebook. >> this is it, man. this is your bike. >> reporter: free to anyone who needs a ride. >> thank you. >> all the best. >> i was about to choose all of them. >> reporter: when sixth grater kai newman outgrew his bike, he and his mom decided to pay it forward. >> his old bike was amazing, it was just too small. we decided to drop it off and in
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run got so much more. >> reporter: now kai is riding high on the feeling of doing good and a bigger set of wheels. >> when i saw how many he had, it was like there are so many great kids out there to match up with their bike. >> reporter: why is there something so cool about getting or giving a bike? >> it's freedom. it's transportation. it enabled me to get to know the neighborhood kids. we don't just fix bikes together, we ride bikes together. ride around the block. >> reporter: you have a baiker gang. >> a bike gang. >> reporter: excuse me. that gang includes his own three children. members of his church youth group, and any neighborhood kid in search of a new skill or even just some time outside. how has remote learning been? >> annoying. >> reporter: greasing gears is a great alternative. >> it's fun especially when you have the right teacher. >> it's not just fixing bikes. he like talks with us. >> reporter: and lately there's. >> ready, guys? >> reporter: but pruitt see its
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all as part of his mission. you're the guy who fixes bikes. in your other job, you're the guy that tries to fix people. did one lead to the other? >> to introduce people to the divine mechanic who can fix all things. >> reporter: bikes you can fix. >> right. >> reporter: the people are a work in progress. >> right. we're all a work in progress. >> reporter: a spiritual upcycle, one shiny new pedal stroke at a time. for "cbs this morning," christina ruffini, ashburn, virginia. >> we sure all are a work in progress. robbie pruitt and his bike gang. great story. on the "cbs this morning" podcast, we spoke with "washington post" reporter john woodrow cox about his book "children under fire: an american crisis." why he calls gun violence a pandemic. it's beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. - or the beast. - the beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. has failed. the beast, john cox, llp tocut taxes.
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