have a great friday and a great weekend. good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, may 14th, 2021. i'm gayle king, that's anthony mason, and tony is off for a very good reason. it's official. you can finally take off your mask if you're fully vaccinated. we'll ask the cdc director about this dramatic shift in policy and effort to encourage more people to get the covid shot. israel amasses troops on the border with gaza, and a growing sign an israeli ground offensive maying imminent. we're near the border as both sides blast each other with rocket and missile attacks. we go inside an

unprecedented vote recount in arizona led by a conspiracy theorist searching for evidence of fraud. why one former republican official calls it a clown show. but first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities without wearing a mask or physical distancing. >> the rule is very simple, get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. >> israel now preparing for a possible ground invasion of gaza. that death toll from the rockets and air strike continues to rise. >> an active duty u.s. marine was arrested for allegedly participating in the deadly capitol insurrection on january 6th. >> colonial pipeline reportedly paid $5 million in ransom to get its pipeline back. it will take time until things fully resume. >> this is not like flipping on a light switch. >> the man at the center of the

sex trafficking investigation involving matt gaetz is expected to play guilty. >> all of that -- >> the yankees confirmed eight covid cases this week and everyone infected had been vaccinated. >> fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear mask or social distance, baby! whew! it's going to blur every line now. nothing. i will be at the bar, brelet mey that! i'm back! >> remember, all of this stuff is only for vaccinated people. the cdc put out a handy chart. unvaxed people in yellow and shades of red. vaccinated people are all green for go! we can do everything! everything maskless from visit a hair salon to visit a movie theater. even participate in an indoor high-intensity exercise class, which is amazing because i've never been able to do that before. >> this morning's "eye opener"

is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance.undle insurance. >> steven is so on point. welcome to "cbs this morning." here it is, the day we've all been waiting for. we've all been wearing these -- i don't know anybody who has worn a mask that has enjoyed it. we've all wanted it to go. now that it's here -- i'm still like wearing one. i was -- when i was leaving this morning, the doorplan -- i said why are you wearing? a mask? he said why are you wearing a mask? >> i'm going to take it away. >> give it to me. >> it's going to be a hard habit to break. >> it is. >> becoming a crutch and a sense of security. and you're still -- as long as we've waited for this moment, it's amazing that we're not throwing them off in the streets. >> i'm still holding on to it. we have been waiting. that's where we're going to begin -- you've heard it by now, the cdc says fully vaccinated americans, all of us at this table, do not have to wear masks inside or outside in most places across the country. now as steven just showed us, here is the new cdc mask chart.

that right-hand column for vaccinated people is in green. look at that. all the way down in every single scenario, no masks are necessary. good. now we need to point out that this is just guidance, and we're going to talk to the cdc director, dr. walensky, about the details. you should know this -- it does not apply to travelers. if you're on a train, bus, or plane, you still need to wear a mask. some states or businesses may have different rules so you need check. first we have ed o'keefe at the white house with more on the story. hey, good morning to you. are they saying -- singing "hallelujah" at the this morning? >> reporter: that's what we said yesterday when they said we didn't have to wear these. i would toss this on the lawn, but it might cause a security incident. look, the biden administration hopes that these new mandates will now encourage those that haven't been vaccinated to get their shots. already states like connecticut, oregon, minnesota, and pennsylvania lifting their mandates. governors in other states say they're going to review the guidance before making a decision.

>> i think it's a great milestone. a great day. >> reporter: president biden took a victory lap in the rose garden after the cdc announced that vaccinated americans no longer need to wear masks in most cases. >> it's been made possible by the extraordinary success we've had in vaccinatingo s many americans so quickly. >> reporter: the decision came with so little warning that a meeting the president had with republican leaders started with the group fully masked and ended with them leaving uncovered. >> we heard all about it. the president took his off, too. >> reporter: the cdc says fully vaccinated americans no longer need to wear masks or socially distance indoors and outdoors except on airlines, public transportation, and in hospitals, doctors' offices, nursing homes, prisons, and homeless shelters. individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose. >> i feel liberated. >> let's see it -- >> reporter: about 64% of americans are not yet fully vaccinated, and officials warn

unvaccinated individuals who can still spread the virus must still wear masks. >> get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. >> reporter: and despite the cdc's guidance, changing mask requirements is largely at the discretion of states, cities, and businesses like hope sound beach shop in florida. >> when we'll say they've been vaccinated, how do we know? i mean, we don't have -- we don't have covid test here in the store before people come in. so we cbs was told children under the age of 12 should continue to mask un, which could complicate some schools. either way, this is a big step forward. anthony? >> ed, thank you.

dr. rochelle walensky joins us now with more on the new masking mandates. good morning. thank you for being with us. losing masks? >> there were three things that really helped make our decision at this moment in time. the first is really in the last two weeks, our cases have come down by a third. so really we have a rapidly declining case rate probably because our vaccination rate is going up. second, because we now have vaccines that are widely available to anybody who wants it. if you text your zip code to 438829, you can find one of many vaccine sites that are near you. and we now have -- enough vaccine in all of these sites so that people are now empowered to make their own choice about whether they get vaccinated. we have supply, people are eligible. the third is that over the last several weeks, we have had -- seen emerging signs, a growing body of evidence, that if you're

vaccinated, you're safe and protected from getting covid-19. and you really have a very low risk of transmitting to other people. and that these vaccines are really working against the variants that we have circulating here in the united states. >> okay. we will essentially be relying on an honor system, though. is that -- in terms of who is vaccinated and who isn't. is that an effective way of doing this? >> you know, what we're really doing is empowering individuals to make decisions about their own health. so if you are vaccinated and you are making the decision to take off your mask, then you've made the decision to get vaccinated, and you are safe. if you are unvaccinated, then you have made the decision to take that risk. we are really encouraging people who are unvaccinated not to take the risk. people who are unvaccinated should not be taking off their masks. and we're really encouraging them to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

if you have several people in the room and some are vaccinated and some are not and they've all chosen to take off their masks, it's the vaccinated people who will be protected. >> right. you talked about this a little bit, but tell me more -- what do we know about people who have been vaccinated? can they spread the virus? >> so we have now a series of studies that have been looking and testing people who are vaccinated. week after week or every other week just to screen them. the rates of asymptomatic infection are really extraordinarily low in those situations. not zero but extraordinarily low. we also know that these vaccines in a real-world setting have shown 90% to 97% efficacy. yes, we are occasionally seeing infection that's occur in people who are vaccinated. but what we're seeing about those infections is they tend to have a lower amount of virus. they tend to be asymptomatic.

they tend to be mild. we believe that that lower amount of virus really means that they can't give to anybody else. >> so if you see someone who's been vaccinated who tests positive, the alarm bells should not be ringing because they are for some people. >> yeah. you know, i think we would certainly encourage that person to put on a mask. we wouldn' enctrage them to be out and about. but what we're learning about those people is that they're really at lower risk of transmitting disease than if they were unvaccinated. >> that's interesting. there are some vaccinated people who should still wear masks. who are they, and why? >> you know, increasingly we now have some evidence that suggestions that if you have an immunocompromising state, so whether use to medicine or a background disease. for example, if you are a transplant recipient and you are on immune modulating agents for your transplant, then you --

your vaccine might not be working as well as it would for others. if you're on chemotherapy for a cancer, your vaccine might not have worked well -- as well in others. and even if you're a dialysis patient, your vaccine might not be as good as others. consult with a doctor and say under what conditions would it be safe for me to take my mask off. >> if we end up with a new variant coming from somewhere, could that change this guidance? >> i think we have to be humble in this entire process. we believe that this is the rye thing to do, the science has shown us that this is the right thing to do. but we have always said we ned to keep a close eye on variants. here's what we know right now -- currently right now, we are sequencing about 7% to 10% of all virus that is circulating in the united states. we now have that capacity. so we have a really good window as to the variants that are circulating here. and we will continue to monitor

that carefully. what we know in the science of the variants that are here is that our vaccines are working against them. we really need to make sure as we continue to monitor what variants are out there that our vaccines will continue to work against them. what i can tell you is the more people who get vaccinated, the less circulating virus we have, and the less likely we will be to see one of the circulating variants. >> thank you again for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. israel is building up forces for a potential invasion of gaza, escalating the worst crisis in years. the israeli military bombarded targets inside gaza overnight while palestinian militants fired more rockets from the territory. the attacks has killed athlete eight israeli and 100 palestinians. we have more from where troops are amassing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're very close to the barrier with gaza. you can see israeli tanks sort

of stretching all the way down that way. we have israeli soldiers there, as well. this really follows what is perhaps the most intense night of fighting inside the gaza strip with israeli forces carrying out air strike after air strike, and indeed ground forces firing munitions into the gaza strip in what people in gaza are saying, something they have never seen in all the years of fighting. it's the heaviest bombardment of gazette yet. overnight, israeli air strikes pummelled the densely populated palestinian territory. while on the ground israeli soldiers fired artillery shells from their positions along the separation wall, smashing hamas tunnel networks. thousands of palestinians fled the assault carrying whatever they could. with parents clinging on to their children. [ speaking foreign language ] this woman says, "the kids are all afraid, even us adults who

have been in war since our childhood are afraid. we cannot bear this anymore." israel's relentless campaign was clouded with confusion after a military spokesperson told the international media on thursday that its soldiers were, quote, on the ground in gaza, then later saying they weren't. an apparent miscommunication the israeli media says could have been part of a deliberate ploy to confuskconfuse hamas. it didn't slow the campaign of rocket fire. 1,800 have been fired at israel since the conflict began. in the israeli town of serdot where a child was killed in rocket fire on wednesday, residents were calling for blood. >> it's very, very difficult to live under these circumstances, and the government should wipe out gaza. should wipe out gaza once and for all. >> reporter: israel is facing multiple fronts as violence continues to rage in the country's mixed jewish and arab

towns in the worst communal fighting seen for decades. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has refused a cease-fire agreement with hamas and is vowing to crush the unrest in israel with a, quote, iron fist, which many worry could lead to more bloodshed. >> thank you, imtiaz tyab reporting from israel. multiple sources tell cbs news that colonial pipeline paid a multimillion dollar ransom to the hackers who crippled the network leaving many gas pumps dry in the southeast. the pipeline which stretches from texas to new jersey is back on line, but it will take several more days to return to normal. senior investigative correspondent, that's catherine herridge, is following the story. there is concern that by paying the ransom some will encourage other attacks. have we heard anything from the hackers? >> reporter: well, good morning. we haven't heard more from the hackers. its page on the dark web is apparently down, and it's not clear whether it's a technical issue or the result of a law

enforcement action. the fbi discourages but does not ban american companies like colonial from paying a ransom. the bureau warns there is no guarantee the company will get its data back and says the payments only encourage more cyber attacks in the future. colonial pipeline is navigating uncharted territory. this is the first time the entire pipeline running 5,500 miles was shut down, and the company says fully restarting the delivery supply chain will take time because it's putting safety first. according to gas buddy, 15 states and the district of columbia have reported dry gas stations. speaking from the white house, president biden seemed to temper expectations saying the pipeline is not like flicking a switch. and he also warned gas stations against price gouging. and while piresident biden said he does not believe vladimir putin's government was directly involved, he said there is reason to believe the hackers are living in russia and urged moscow to take decisive action

against these ransomware networks. >> thank you. for the first time an active-duty service member head been charged in connection with the capitol riot in january. marine corps major christoper warnagiris was released after his first court appearance yesterday in front of a federal judge. he's charged with five counts including assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, obstruction of justice, and unlawful entry. prosecutors say he pushed through police officers outside the doors of the capitol on january 6th. he's then seen propping open a door to help rioters get inside. when the capitol officer tried to pull the door shut, he apparently fought to keep it open. he joins four national guard members and reservists and about 40 services would do that. >> a major, an officer. >> very disappointing.

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inside is living up to that nickname. [ chants ] outside the arizona state house, the battle over the 2020 presidential election is still raging. [ chants ] and far from over because of the work being done across town at these 46 tables where workers are hand recounting nearly 2.1 million ballots. some being tallied in as little as six seconds. >> this has nothing to do with going back and trying to change the results of the november, 2020, election. >> reporter: this is an up-close look at arizona's partisan election audit ordered by the gop-held state senate and run by cyber ninja, a private company whose ceo promoted election conspiracy theories on twitter. they fought to keep audit procedures secret and initially tried to keep media out. observers noticed workers checking ballots with uv lights looking for a water mark rumored to be a sign of fraud.

we watched them photograph ballots looking for folds and checking the thickness of paper. some are said to be looking for signs of bamboo fibers on the ballots which election officials have dismissed as part of a conspiracy theory. ken bennett is monitoring the election for the state senate. the uv light plays into a qanon conspiracy theory. >> the bamboo hunt plays into this allegation that thousands of ballots were flown in from asia after the election and somehow -- >> reporter: it's silly. >> if that didn't happen, then we will dispel that. >> reporter: do you really think thousands of ballots were flown in from asia? >> no, i don't personally. but there are a lot of people that do or did. >> this so-called audit is making a mockery of our election. >> reporter: katie hobbs, the democratic secretary of state, is receiving death threats over her opposition to the audit. she welcomed a letter from the department of justice warning it may be violating election laws, but worries arizona won't be the last state to see such an effort. >> i'm very concerned that this side show becomes the first

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a texas death row inmate scheduled to be executed next week is pleading with governor greg abbott to spare his life. quintin jones was convicted of killing his great aunt back in 1999 when he was just 20 years old. his supporters say that jones has turned his life around in prison and is remorseful. omar villafranca spoke to one of jones' family members who hopes the execution will be stopped. omar, very interesting story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. according to the death penalty information center, texas leads

the nation in executions each year. of the six people scheduled to die this year, five are here in texas. and now quintin jones is making a final plea hoping he is not one of them. >> all i'm asking you to do if you could find in your heart is to give me a second chance at life. >> reporter: quintin jones is set to be executed on may 19th. with the help of "the new york times," he made this video asking texas governor greg abbott to grant him clemency which would stop his execution but keep him behind bars. >> i was the person you are now, different from the person you were when you got on death row 21 years ago? >> more thoughtful. >> reporter: jones does not deny that in 1999 he brutally killed his great aunt for $30 to buy drugs.

>> he had been unimaginably difficult childhood, addiction and neglect. he said to me, you know, that his childhood didn't excuse what he did. >> reporter: writer suleika jaouad wrote an opinion article this week advocating for jones' clemency because she says he's transformed his life. for the last decade, she's been his penpal and says he helped her get through cancer treatment. what in those letters or in that interaction has changed your mind that he has changed? >> i've had the privilege of witnessing his compassion, his thoughtfulness. and i'm not the only one. he's had many other pen pals around the world and has had a huge impact on their lives, as well. >> reporter: have you forgiven quintin? >> i have forgiven him. i love him very much. >> reporter: jones' great aunt

maddie long is the sister of his victim. she and her sister were extremely close. what would you tell governor abbott if he's watching this interview? >> i think the governor should spare him because he has changed, and he's a different person than he used to be. >> reporter: according to the nonprofit death penalty information center, in texas a death penalty case costs an average of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years. overall, support for the death penalty is declining in the u.s. according to a 2019 poll from gallup, only 36% of americans chose the death penalty when asked whether the death penalty or life without possibility of parole is the better penalty for murder. >> when you look at a case like this one, really the only question is whether people believe that the death penalty

is an appropriate kind of punishment for this particular set of facts. >> reporter: paul cassell is a professor at the college of law at the university of utah. >> you can make two arguments in support of the death penalty. one is the utilitarian argument that we can deter crime by imposing the most serious punishment for first-degree murder. the other is the retributive argument that in we look backward we want the punishment to fit the crime. >> reporter: republican governor greg abbott has only granted clemency one other time to someone on death row. >> honestly, too, if i do get clemency, i know that instead of dying on the 19th, i may die years later, but it won't be -- if t will be in prison. i can accept that because there's other avenues in prison that i can take to better myself and to better others along the way. >> reporter: more than 120,000 people have signed a change.org

petition asking texas governor greg abbott to grant jones clemency. we reached out to the governor's office but did not hear back. paroles is considering clemency, and once they make their decision, which could actually happen today, they'll pass that recommendation on to governor abbott. vlad? >> all right. we'll be watching. thank you so much. tough story. >> very tough story. i mean, the sister makes a very compelling case for her nephew to say he has changed and that he's more thoughtful. i'm thinking if it was one of my sisters -- that would be very difficult. i'm very moved by the writer on the story who has been talking to him and seen a difference. by the words he said to himself. you're right, it's a very tough story. will be interesting to see what the governor does. >> it's not as if clemency means freedom for him. he's still in prison. he's just not dying. >> that's right. all right. up next, we're going to have "what to watch." we're going to show you -- >> who's doing that? >> i think it's me. it's me.

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olympic gold medals. he and his daughter died with seven others in a helicopter crash in january, 2020. he's the lakers' career leader in games, minutes, points, field goals made, three-pointers made and attempted. he averaged 25 points a game, a.2 rebounds -- 5.2 rebounds. >> so fitting and appropriate that it's michael jordan who's the one. i read an interview where he said he can't bring himself to delete the last text that kobe sent. i wouldn't either. he can't bring himself to delete that. >> no. there are other inductees, but this is really a tribute in many ways to kobe. >> yeah. including tamika catchings, played for the wnba for almost 20 years. >> vanessa bryant's going to speak, too. >> it's going to be amazing -- going to be watching. >> me, too. >> okay. prince harry dug deep in a new interview for an episode of actor dakotas shepherd's podcast. he talked about family including how he is trying to be the best father he can be even if it breaks with how he was raised by prince charles. take a listen.

>> when it comes to parenting, if i've experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, i'm going to make sure that i break florida cycle, so i don't pass it on. >> harry also said his late mom, princess diana, had a massive impact on his life for harry went on dak shepherd's podcast called "welcome to the armchair expert." it talks about the messiness of life and that he would be so frank is the word i would use. >> he said it's a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on and his father treated him the way he was treated. >> right. >> which i mean, considering he was just home visitig with his family, i find it very interesting that he decided to put all this on the table -- >> and thought about the in his 20s. >> leaving the royal family. >> because of what he said happened to his mum, his words. which i think, you know, many people have tried to say that he's talking and feeling this way because of being married to

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it's friday, may 14th, 2021. we welcome you back to "cbs this morning." tony is off. he's still on baby waiting duty. w'll keep you posted. the cdc says if we're fully vaccinated, we can stop wearing masks most of the time. we'll guide you through the new official advice. rising daily covid cases in japan may put the tokyo olympics in jeopardy again. what some tennis superstars are saying about the risks. we look ahead to gayle's prime time special on queen elizabeth, including a personal tribute from paul mccartney,

only on "cbs this morning." >> first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. the cdc says fully vaccinated people do not have to wear masks inside or outside across most of the country. >> the biden administration hopes this encourage people to get their shots. >> people who are unvaccinated should not take off their masks and we're encouraging them to get vaccinated. >> we're close to the barrier with gaz za. you can see israeli tanks stretching down. we have israeli soldiers there as well. multiple sources tell "cbs this morning" colonial pipeline paid a multiple dollar ransom. >> the page on the dark web is down. it's not clear if it's a technical issue or the result of a law enforcement action. the state of ohio will conduct hlottery drawings to gie

$1 million each to five vaccinated adults. >> this is the epitome of a first world problem. how can we convince people to take all the extra vaccines we have lying around? what if we give them all the extra money we have lying around? meanwhile, africa is over here like oh, yes, well done, guys. you cracked it. huh? >> always putting things in perspective. >> he does. really good. >> i was readying about people having mask parties. is that us? >> that's -- that sounds really good. i got a bunch i would like to burn. >> i like james corden saying you're going to be sampling people's drinks. >> i will tell you this. i'll save one. one mask somewhere just in case. >> that's right. that's where we're going to start. you've heard about the masks. this could be the biggest moment

in the effort to get past the pandemic and live a normal live. we all want that. health officials say fully vaccinated americans do not have to wear your mask most of the time. now, the cdc says the new guidelines cover outdoor and indoor activities. no more social distancing if you're fully vaccinated. now, there are some situations where you still have to wear a mask. you really need to keep a guide to go along with all this stuff. that includes traveling on public transit including planes, trains and buses. you'll also have to put one on if federal, state or local rules require it including bigzs and some workplaces. >> if you have an immune condition or take medications that compromises your immune system, they say to check with your doctor before ditching the mask. one says falling coronavirus case numbers and effective vaccines were the driving factors for this decision.

>> over the last several weeks we have had -- seen emerging signs and growing body of evidence that if you're vaccinated, you're safe and protected from getting covid-19, and you really have a very low risk of transmitting to other people. and that these vaccines are really working against the variants that we have circulating in the united states. remember, you're not considered fully vaccinated until two weeks after your second pfizer or moderna shot, or your single j&j shot. this morning we are looking at how costs for things like groceries and gas are rising. as the economy recovers from the pandemic. the consumer price index which measures what people pay for everyday items was up 4 .2 % in april from a year earlier. that's the largest increase since september of 2008. a recent survey found 87% of americans are very or somewhat concerned about increased household expenses.

"cbs this morning" business analyst is joining us now. jill, good to see you. i can't wait until you're back in the studio. good to see you. >> good to see you as well. and i look forward to seeing you all. >> so we are seeing many prices surge right now. why are we seeing the prices up? >> including, jill, the price of bacon. it's a travesty. bacon. >> oh, that's the most important aspect of this, for sure. okay, i'm going to break this down. when we see inflation rising, there's a few contributing factor. the most important thing to remember is we're comparing to a year ago. that is when the economy was shut down, and prices plunged. that wasn't actually a good time. obviously things have loosened up. so that's one contributing fctor. the second, we've had supply chain issues. if you go back a year, a lot of the producers were basically saying let's halt our ships. let's make sure that containers are actually packed jam with stuff before we ship them out,

and they got caught flat nofoot. a lot of the supply issues were a problem especially when the demand for goods started to rise. we're seeing everything raise. not just bacon. it's appliances and furniture and airline prices, hotels, rental cars. it seems like everything across the board is becoming more expensive. especially when compared to a year ago. >> how do you expect that to impact consumers, then? we're just starting to take baby steps out there and now everything is more expensive? that's not good. >> it's not. and i think the best example of how it can trickle down quickly is if we look at lumber prices. lumber prices have gone up by 400% from a year ago. why? because a year ago saw mills said we're in the middle of an ice cold recession. let's shut down the mills. they shut them down. what did they not expect? for people to say i want to remodel my house. i need to build an extension.

i want to build a new house. as a result of lumber, the price of a newly built home according to the national association of home builders is up by $36,000 just over the course of the year. and same thing goes with electronics. a lot of electronics makers said let's put it in personal electronics. the price of new cars, used cars, everything skyrocketing. that's how it trickles down. with the supply lines up and running, how long before we expect the prices to start to come down? >> well, i mean, i think we're going to have a few months here where things are going to be very difficult in terms of prices. and what we're looking to see is you're right, the supply issues have to get resolved. i think maybe even if you just look at the pipeline issue, it was shut down for a week. we know prices are going to regulare. the problem is it takes a while. essentially one economist said it's easier to freeze an economy than to defrost an economy.

and if you look at just gas prices themselves, gas prices before the pipeline up almost 50% from a year ago. so things are going to -- you're going to see higher prices for the next few months and i think things should settle down by the end of the year, but we are watching this. it's a most important thing on the economist's mind right now. >> jill, consumers are nervous right now. they may drive prices up even higher. what would be the long-term impact of that? >> that is not a good situation. it's actually the thing that worries economists and financial analysts the most. and the weird thing is that we can consumers, we have a lot of power in this. inflation, our expectation of prices rising can be self-fulfilling. look what happened last week as people were hoarding gas in the southeast. it really is a problem. but that said, if people think prices are going up over the longer term, then we have a more difficult problem. because then consumers are going to want to ask their bosses for wage increases.

if the boss is given the wage increases, it can only add to inflation. so it can become a vicious cycle. one that economists are quite fearful of. >> all right. jill, thank you very much. you look like a spring garden today. good look. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> a bouquet. >> yes. there she is. ahead, how olympic athletes are raising concerns about japan's spike in covid infections and what it could mean for the tokyo

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>> reporter: olympic record holder elle purrier said the setbacks surrounding the games won't slowler stride. >> a lot of controversy surrounding these games. how are you and your teammates staying focussed this year? >> training and preparing the best we can for the olympic trials. focusing on the simplicity of that and not trying to get caught up in the hype. i think that could really, you know, bring people down and be stressful and take too much energy. as athletes we're trying to focus on preparing and getting strongerm er stronger. voicing. >> reporter: voicing doubts are rafael nadal, naomi osaka, and serena williams. >> i want the olympics to happen because i'm an athlete. i feel like if it's putting people at risk and making people uncomfortable, then it definitely should be a discussion. >> reporter: japan's fourth wave of covid infections has been blamed on a hasty attempt to restart the economy, lax lockdowns, and pandemic fatigue. japan so far has approved only

one vaccine, and restrictions on who can administer shots have also hampered inoculations. so far, only about 3% of the population has been vaccinated. a publisher's scathing full-page ad this week in three major newspapers lambasted japan's slovaks rollout compared it to arming citizens with sticks during world war ii. this economist of kao university said fear is rife that the olympics will further strain japan's medical system and unleash a superspreader event. >> we are very much worried about this growing number of infected people. many hospitals are under stress. people are quite worried about this olympic game. >> reporter: japan has vowed the games will happen no matter what. for "cbs this morning," lucy craft, tokyo. >> i don't know about the no matter what part when you hear only 3% of the population -- >> 3%. >> we were complaining we thought we were low. wow. >> i feel bad for the athletes.

>> i do, too. this would be the second year -- >> that's right. that's right. >> yeah. all right. here in the united states, u.s. businesses have unveiled some tasty incentives for people who get their covid shots. they range from hot dogs -- >> yay -- >> to doughnuts. >> double yay. >> yeah. provided you show your vaccination card, of course. see what else i learned about the freebies on a trip around new york city. you're watching "cbs this morning."

now as we mentioned earlier, tony and his wife katy tur are welcoming a new baby into their family, and we are so excited for them. we were hoping to celebrate with tony this morning with cupcakes ahead of that. but tony headed to -- off to parental leave early, and we're going to have to eat them ourselves. >> yes. we're still waiting for the baby. this is the second day for me of a five-day fast. this is just -- >> good time, right? >> this is cool -- putting this in front of you, gayle. smell -- >> i can look at it. >> you can admire them. >> the thing that impressed me -- these are magnolia, i can tell because i recognized it. >> wow. >> i didn't know they made mini cupcakes. >> like a jeweler -- >> you were dumbfounded by that. >> i was. anthony -- i went, wow, anthony

goes, what's wrong? i go, i didn't know magnolia did mini cupcakes. >> vlad was like, how will that change your life? >> very difficult. very difficult. we are very happy for tonight and katy, as we told you, we're still waiting. remember this time yesterday we told you they were heading in. we're still waiting. we will keep you posted. we've got great news about that -- about what's going to happen when tony's not here. starting next week we have guest hosts on deck who will be sitting in for tony dokoupil, in the tony dokoupil chair during the 8:00 hour. first up drew barrymore, one of those guests joining us. we spoke about why she is excited -- she's excited -- to join us at the table. >> i'm the most excited because i'm a news junkie -- >> me, too. >> and i love what, you know, your show does which is it talks about the information that we all need as like our civic duty to know about each and every day. but then it also peels away at the layers of why is life worth living. >> why is life worth living?

i got a couple of reasons. drew will join us during our 8 -- >> cupcakes -- >> that's one. grandchild on the way is another one. 8:00 hour. okay, let me start over. drew's going to join us at 8:00 monday, our 8:00 monday and tuesday. then levar burton is going to hang out next wednesday and thursday. model ashley graham will be here the week of may 24th. yay. she's going to share the co-hosting duties with the "late show's" band leader, john batiste, who just won -- what did he win? >> an oscar. >> an oscar. we like that -- >> having a cupcake. >> we like that. i didn't know. vlad will be filling in next week -- that's you, in the 70s hour. and "60 minutes plus" enrique acevedo. we're in good hands. >> it's got six people covering for tony. he should feel good about that. >> i'm looking forward to it. i'm happy for tony because today was going to be his last day

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that we call "talk of the table." anthony, you're in pole position. >> yeah. this caught my eye. something very interesting happened in glasgow, scotland, yesterday, when british immigration officers removed two indian immigrants from a home there. as you can see, hundreds of people poured out on the street, swarmed the van that the men were in -- were being taken away in -- and would not let it leave. some people even laid down in the street under the van to prevent it from moving. the british immigration officers called scottish police and asked them for help. the scottish police came. they were not involved in this

removal process. it was -- the national british immigration officers. and -- >> the crowd didn't think it was right? >> the crowd didn't think it was right. they didn't want them to take them away. they were there for eight hours around the van. scottish police finally ordered the men to be released. >> wow. >> and you hear the cheer going up as they were released. [ cheers ] and this created, as you can see, it's created friction in the community. but it's also created friction between britain and scotland. the scottish government's justice secretary said this was at best completely reckless and at worst intended to provoke what the immigration officers did. they said the uk government's hostile environment is not welcome here. >> just that the crowd got that involved. >> the crowd got stratetgic extremely -- basically they made this happen. the scottish police said they did this because they were worried about the safety of everybody in the neighborhood and ordered them released. >> that's a good story. >> very interesting.

>> don't often see people doing that. to support people who are -- >> two indian immigrants in the van. all right. mine is not as heavy as that. but we are getting a first look at the tv reunion that millions of people, including this guy -- >> yes, we have, me, too -- >> our house, too. our house, too. >> have been waiting for. check this out. ♪ >> i love that shot. >> yeah. that is the trailer. it's just a simple shot of the cast members sort of walking into the -- >> you don't have to say any more. >> exactly. >> this is so, so cool. i'm so ready for this. i loved "friends." just out of college when it premiered in 1994. and this is my favorite scene ever. it's the one with the routine. i can't stop laughing every time i watch that scene. i love it so much. i cannot wait to see this. they're going to have a bunch of guest stars. >> oh. >> including tom selleck, who we love. remember when they got mustaches -- >> yes. i do remember that. that was funny. >> reese witherspoon is going to

be part of the reunion. justin bieber, lady gaga. it's going to be very, very cool. >> whole new generations of fans including my daughter discovering that show. >> yes. >> a lot of people -- >> your daughter can book a night in rachel and monica's apartment for $19.94. booking.com has a special. you can stay in the apartment -- >> that's cool. i wouldn't do it, but i could see someone -- olivia's age doing that. >> that would be a blast. >> yeah. yeah. very cool. all right, gayle? my "talk of the table," we're going to have an early look in tonight's cbs news special celebrating queen elizabeth ii and her historic reign and historic is the word. it's called "the queen carries on." we spoke with special guests including former president barack obama -- got to talk to him when i was interviewing for his book and said, can i ask but the queen? he goes, okay. okay. that's not what this interview's about, but okay. and then we're going to look back at the queen's life starting with her childhood.

♪ i think about her as a little girl knowing she was going to be queen, wesley. what that must have like as a little girl and how that would affect you as a child. >> i think she was very lucky that she had loving parents. i think she had a loving home. >> castles and country homes and companions. >> i think one thing you'll see with the royal family is dogs and horses -- they learn to ride shortly after they learn to walk. >> they would always be her comfort, and she learned what it meant to lead. >> elizabeth was raised to be a serious, strong, careful person. she had been brought up to have a sense of duty and patriotism and loyalty to her country. ♪ >> when war broke out, the teenage princess rolled up her sleeves and joined the armed

forces. >> princess likelizabeth has be learning to drive and maintain all types of motor vehicles. >> she loved it. she loved getting her hands greasy and dirty and changing wheels and mending cars. >> princess elizabeth is now a competent mechanic and proud of the fact. >> i know. the queen a mechanic, think about that. more than 27 million people tuned in that day to watch her coronation in britain alone, including a 10-year-old boy from liverpool who grew up to be pretty famous himself. who could that be? ♪ as elizabeth was growing into her royal reign, paul mccartney picked up a guitar and held on to his youthful fascination with the queen. >> we thought she was a good-looking woman. >> the queen? >> yeah. >> like a babe good-looking? >> just like a babe. >> what made her a babe, paul? >> we're preteen boys in liverpool. she looked like a film star to us. >> did you ever dream of meeting her or even think that it would

be a possibility? >> no. >> yeah, of course not. >> no. we're just working class boys. and she's the queen. so there's an ocean or two between us. so i never thought i would until we became the beatles. >> yeah. >> we got rather famous. >> yeah, rather. [ screams ] >> this queen was clearly in tune with these times. [ cheers ] her majesty understood these musical ambassadors were the hottest british export since shakespeare. she was criticized for it. but in 1965, the queen made them the first rock stars to be honored at buckingham palace. >> big swanky car pulls through the palace gates, and you're insde -- >> what were you told to do? >> to not shake her hand, call her ma'am, not your majesty.

you know, if she stops on the line and talks to you, talk to her. >> otherwise -- >> otherwise shut up. >> i love how he said "shut up." we also spoke with paul mccartney about the queen reaching the milestone of turning 95 years old. we're sharing this clip only on "cbs this morning." so we're very excited to talk about the queen because of all the people in this room -- and there aren't a lot, you are the only one who has met the queen and talked to the queen. what does this milestone mean to you? >> i'm just proud that she can keep going in that really difficult job and handle it so well. >> yeah. >> so to reach 95 and still be handling it with such ease, i'm just proud of her. >> i really love talking to him. number one, i thanked paul -- i have such admiration and respect that he even took the time to speak to us about this because he -- he doesn't do many interviews.

when he was 10-years-old in his class he had to write an essay about the queen, the class did, and paul won. paul won the writing contest at 10-years-old. go from that -- he was just talking about what a lovely woman she is and what she represented. as you are when you're t10. you have a fascination with royalty. to go from writing that essay to then going to meet her -- he's been to the palace several times because he's gotten many awards. they definitely have some kind of connection. >> yeah. i do -- i love the fact -- >> very respectful. >> i love that the queen -- did she knight them? knighted them -- the beatles -- >> sir paul. and paul's won a couple of awards just on his own, just him and the queen. he's very special, that paul mccartney. i loved all the beatles. you can watch "the queen carries on" tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific right here on cbs. ahead, as states and businesses roll out vaccination incentives, i take you around new york city to see what you can get -- >> i want to go -- >> -- free,

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that is down more than -- from more than three million a few weeks ago. right now about 59% of adults have had at least one shot. president biden hopes that number will rise to 70% by the fourth of july. so to see how businesses are helping him meet that goal, i took a trip around new york city and learned what your covid shot can get you for free. >> and cracks one down the right field line -- >> how about a free day at the ballpark? >> the dive and he made the catch! >> i thought this was a civic duty to try and do what we could to support the vaccination program. so if they get vaccinated on site, they'll get two free tickets either for that night's game or a later game. ♪ >> he struck it out, the ball game is over. >> businesses are offering incentives if you show your vaccination card. i'm here at krispi kreme. they are offering one free original glazed doughnut if you show this. if you do not know, now you

know. if you dough-nut now, now you know. i didn't write that. nice. yeah. being vaccinated never tasted so good. you can essentially spend your entire day getting free stuff all across the city. at vitamin shoppe they're offering free snacks, free beverages, something healthy if you show your vaccination card. >> we're a health and wellness company and believe that everyone deserves good health and want to play whatever part we can in that. we thought it would be a great way to just give people a healthy snack and drink. >> zero sugar. it was vita-mint to be. right here at the american museum of natural history, you can get one of these. a museum voucher. it offers four free complementary tickets to the museum. thousands of people have already taken advantage of the vaccine program including, i guess, the

whale. we've come across the east river to brooklyn, new york, the home of nathan's famous frankfurters. on the day that you are vaccinated, if you bring your vaccine card to nathan's, you will get a free hot dog. let's be frank, you know i got to do that. zero dollars. i like that. time for dessert. at junior's cheesecake, we're going to talk to alan rosen. he is the third generation owner/proprietor of this establishment at this location. he's going to tell us what he's doing to step up. >> you come in with your vaccination card that we're carrying around, you show it to the cashier, they give you an individual cheesecake. simple as that. >> thank you very much. piece of cake. get vaccinated. how can you lose? >> i know. how can you lose? alan sent a note -- thank you, "dear gayle, thank you for spreading the word." thank you. thank you. >> thank you, alan. >> so that is --

>> thanks for the free samples. >> yes! >> these are little cheese cakes that you get when you go into junior's cheesecake. of course krispi kreme -- >> yes -- >> so delicious. we missed one. >> this is my heroin right here. right here. this is my second day of a fast, and i'm ready to eat anthony's glsses and pretend they're potato chips. i'm so hungry. this was great, though. >> there's a new one -- shake shack announced yesterday free french fries. >> nice, nice. >> i know. >> i'm there. >> get vaccinated. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast, "conde nast travler" offers advice on summer travel destinations. next, a look back at all that mattered this week. this u unplugged d device is protectcting ouour beautifuful coastlinis and d more. put ofoff chores and ususe less enenergy frfrom 4 to 9 9 pm to help p keep our state gogolden.

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the conflict between israel and palestinians takes a violent new turn. both sides bombard heavily populated areas. >> reporter: the violence that we saw here is something we haven't seen in decades. >> i've been here for 24 years. >> the cdc says fully vaccinated americans do not have to wear masks in most places across the country. >> as long as we've waited for this moment, it's amazing that we're not all throwing them off in the streets. >> i tossed this on the lawn, but it might cause a security incident. liz cheney was removed from her number-three position in the house republican leadership because she said something rude. what is the rude thing that liz cheney has said? basic middle school civics. the world's premier bottled water -- >> the alkaline water may have made people seriously ill. >> a wild west in the water world. i still have more freedom to do the things that i want. i'm knitting now. >> no disrespect, it sounds very old lady. >> it's not old lady.

i don't want you to come for my knitting community, gayle. >> be careful. >> they've got needles. ♪ tony and anthony are here. we've got star power. tony dokoupil and katy tur, his lovely wife, are in labor even as we speak. ed, we told you about tony. i know you're excited, too. but i know you want to talk about this -- what's at stake in this meeting, ed o'keefe? >> way to sell it, gayle. gosh. i like babies, too. but this isn't such important news. ♪ we got our big cat, mr. duthiers, here. a big cat story. >> i was called a big cat as a kid. >> really? >> mimi means cat in french. >> you've got a lot of stuff -- >> no. >> a lot comes out in dribbles and drabs. >> need a therapist, gayle. ♪ you actually brought a therapist to the set. >> i did. i did. >> did you ever need her? >> not that i knew. but i'll never nor get, she said who's going to be strong for you

if you keep holding all this weight. ♪ what's it been like as a working mom throughout all of this? >> i haven't been working very much through all of this. i mean, i've been a working mom. >> yeah. that is work. >> tyler perry's in this movie, too. >> i'm not going to say what he does. not a good guy. >> i'm a thug. i'm an old g-m-e-d-e-a. ♪ >> i like this song. i like this song. ♪ oh, you just put me in a good mood. [ cheers ] >> what's up? how you guys doing? extended family. feels like i'm hanging out with my cousins today. >> your other job is at "extra." how are you feel being jennifer lopez and ben affleck? >> the line of the day. >> girl -- >> yeah. >> bennifer 2.0. what? jennifer was --

>> is that j. lo single again? shout out to bennifer. >> nate covering everything for us. ♪

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