>> reporter: what does that mean to you? >> that they are good people in the world sgloompt last week, they finally made the decision to speak out. going door to door on capitol hill to demand a bipartisan commission investigation the capitol attack. >> we want answers and nobody, nobody has the answers. i mean, even the people who voted for this bill, they don't have any answers. and it's just sad. >> reporter: despite their best efforts, the motion is not agreed to. >> they watched as the senate struck it down. six votes short. >> i'm disgusted that the republican senators that decided to vote no, it's a spit in the face to brian, it's a spit in the face to all the officers that were there that day. >> reporter: did it bother that you some senators were not even there? >> absolutely. that's a dereliction of duty. >> reporter: their frustration is not solely with congress.

ultimately do you blame the former president? >> yes, i do. >> and i was a person who supported donald trump. brian was a supporter of his. i mean, even on brian's twitter page, he had donald trump's personal plane president in the background as his background picture. you know, he was still the president at that time. and he knew that brian was, you know, devoted to him, and he did not once reach out to me, to gladys, he didn't even send a letter of condolenses, he did absolutely nothing. and so, you know, it's very upsetting. you know, that he is not -- and i would meet with him actually, i would. i would meet with him. >> reporter: what would you say to him? >> i would ask him, i would say, you know, why didn't you reach an i wld ask him why he failed all law enforcement that day. you know, he has an opportunity

to turn this around, you know, if he is going to back the blue, back it up with your actions. >> he just watched it on television like a soap i don't understand, how can you be so uncaring. >> reporter: would you consider filing suit against the former president? >> at this time, i'm not interested. >> reporter: do you think it's not right that they have made it political? >> it's not before being a republican or on democrat, it's not of that. it's about doing what is right for the country. >> reporter: and doing right by brian. what do you think he would make of everything that's happening right now? >> brian was very, he was a gentle soul, he really was. and he had a work ethic that was unbelievable. and don't push him in a corner. what happened now, i think he would be appalled. it will get better and it will.

i'm sure. and hopefully, he, brian, will have left a legacy that will help our country. >> reporter: i want to the point out during our interview mrs. sicknick was wearing her son's shirth shirt and they were wearing ncklaces that contain brian's ashes and they are looking for ways to carry out his legacy and they have not given up on a january 6th commission. >> nicole killion reporting. as the u.s. continues to reopen after a year of pandemic shutdowns a growing number of businesses are complaining they cannot find enough workers and with the busy summer months around the corner, they are run are out of time to recruit employs. we have the story from new jersey. >> reporter: after a difficult year, crowds on the jersey shore are a welcome sight for local

businesses hoping to maximize the summer season. >> this has been the toughest start to a season? >> absolutely. >> this woman and her family have are run this resort for 35 years and usually hire 150 employees but this year, they are having trouble. >> we really only have a third of what we normally hire. >> reporter: a third? >> a third. we are really, really shorthanded. >> reporter: everyone, including remora is working double time, she has posted help wanted ads all over the web and has increased the starting wage from $12 an hour to $15 an hour. but there's few applicants. >> we are at 100%, we have waiting lists for the first time in ten years we don't have the staff to turn the rooms over ask fast as we would like to. >> reporter: they are not alone. businesses are looking for workers in this bakery in philadelphia. >> i don't have help. i had help. they went to other jobs.

>> reporter: to this los angeles restaurant. >> it's been a tough ride. it's been difficult. >> we have an unprecedented hiring crisis right now. >> reporter: indsind ce market has been a perfect storm. people struggling with child care, foreign students unable to get work visas and entry level seasonal work not paying as well as unemployment benefits. >> they are pulling out all the stops. we have sign-up bonuses. we have free food, free entertainment. a lot of incentive going on. >> reporter: because they are extort staffed, so many businesses have had to make adjustments the white sands resort where we visited is closing off some of the rooms at the moment. they are closing the restaurant for a couple of days a week. s missing out on oh, potential revenue there. but still, they say they are hopeful for the summer. >> reporting from the jersey

shore. overseas china is confronting a worker shortage of historic al proportions, they are declaring that married couples are allowed to have three families now instead of two. it goes back to when they feared a population explosion. we have the story from hong kong. >> reporter: china needs more babies. yes, that may seem like a strange thing to say, since it's the world's most populaced country with 1.4 billion i'm, but they are getting older faster and they expect deaths will out number births as early as next year. fewer people mean less consumption, which means slower economic growth. that's a threat to stability for the communist party. but ijing's new policy, declaring couples can have three children up from two, is not enough said the political scientist in hong kong.

>> unless the government introduces really incentives providing special allowances to couples who have three children, i don't think that the chinese couples are going to have more kids. >> reporter: a recent study out of china shows money is the biggest worry with child care concerns second. in 1980, beijing embarked on the controversial one child policy to control its then skyrocketing population. considered sound at the time, most chinese appear to have gotten used to it. this week on chinese social media, memes of triple bunk beds went viral and this cartoon with a person having to choose between triplets and life. women in china were vocal. there should be more policy support and more education support and medical support she said. men could do more. i don't want to have a second child, a third is even more impossible says this mother of one. >> reporter: and one more

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600 plus boxes of food. >> reporter: organizers plan to give the food until it ran out. that took less than an hour. pre prepandemic 35 million americans went to bed hungry that number shot up to 45 million in 2020, and this year is considered to be slightly better. this is the food give away they have helped with, the long time harlem residents used to focus on providing schools with supplies but shifted their platform this past year to address food insecurity. >> it's a heartbreaking time. it's the time if you are going to give, do it now. >> reporter: also helping pediatric the community the neighborhood police. commanding officer andre brown said with the current poexfocus it's important to have positive exchanges with the people in their communities. >> policing is a customer service business. we are one in the same, we come

from the community, we are the community. >> reporter: it's a sight harrison is grateful to see. >> it unites us all as one and you are stronger united than divided. >> reporter: she hopes the message spreads. giving community some muc

the most famous flower in all of japan is the cherry blossom. people come from far and wide to enjoy the sights and scents for the few weeks the trees stay in bloom. another less well known flowering plant is capturing the hearts of locals and tourists alike. we have the story from a garden just north of tokyo. >> reporter: for shear impact, few can over come wisteria, they seem super natural, clouds of purple hovering in midair. the blooms gently swaying above

the heads of delighted admirers have some coming back every day in the month-long blooming season. the vineses here at the flower park outside tokyo sprout from two massive trunks dating back to the 19th century. this takes flower viewing to a new level, you are enveloped in an intense aroma and it's intoxicating this. visitor said is, it's amazing how you can walk under neat the arbo a arbo. are, it's so relaxing. but creating this is no bed of roses. the tunnels, trellises require back breaking rounds of pruning throughout the year. the number of flowers is predetermined, 7,000 clusters for these, with the large

trellises, 80,000 blooms is most attractive. they cascade here in this shrine. flowers on an arched bridge were immortalized by wood block artists. one of the most popular classical dances in kabuki is wisteria maiden, where the flower takes on human form in the tale of unrequited romance, and fans continue to stream in when it comeses to flower power wisteria rule the night. >> that is the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues, for others check back later for cbs this morning and you can follow us online any

time at cbs news.com. reporting from the nations's capitol, i'm jeff pegues. it's wednesday, june 2nd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." ransomware attack. production for the largest meat producing company gets disrupted. what this means for consumers and who the white house is blaming. dramatic footage. body camera video released showing authorities closing in on a gunman who killed nine people at a california rail yard. search intensifies. an 11-year-old boy goes missing in iowa. why his disappearance has rattled police and the rattled police and the community. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a second major cyberattack impacting american