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identify that and try to reduce any potential opportunities for people to take advantage of that program when they shouldn't be. >> reporter: they have now had the certificate amended and fema is reviewing the application. it could especially be a problem for those whose loved ones died early in the pandemic when testing was insufficient or doctors did not know to list covid-19 as a cause. fema continues to review and update their policy for any changes needing to be made. >> the pandemic is also shattered the dream of many young couples hope to buy their first home. residential real estate prices shot through the roof as more people realize they can now work from home and home can be just about anywhere. that includes some small towns way off of the bn rterva has the story. >> i biggerkitc repter: jennife a garrett wanted their first house to have a backyard for a dog and

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the kennedy center recognized legendary performing artists for their lifetime contributions to american culture. this year's honorees are garth brooks, dick van dyke and joan baez. she has six gold albums, two grammy lifetime achievement awards and a spot in the rock and roll hall of fame. baez used her fame to press for social reforms and an end to the vietnam war.

>> this is joan baez at 80 years old. >> joan. >> yeah. >> reporter: any regrets? >> no. >> reporter: she is not much for looking back. but after 60 years of work to make a difference through song and activism she is happy if others do. >> reporter: how does it feel? >> there is a certain point in your life you appreciate that somebody appreciated what you did. and there are awards. there are awards. this is a biggie. >> reporter: this is a biggie. >> yeah. ♪ ♪>> reporter: baez started performing as a college freshman in 1959.

as folk was suddenly knocking pop music off of the charts. >> some of us kidded that singing folk songs was anent dote to bubble gum music, how much is that doggie in the window. but because of the times it went from counter culture to be the culture. >> reporter: at 21 she made the cover of time magazine in a story that mentioned a promising young hobo named bob dylan. >> i saw that scruffy little bean. it was a no-brainer. there was something extraordinary going on there. and then i took him around conc concerts. brought him out on the stage. they came to hear this pure soprano. i would scold the audience. you listen to the words.

this boy is going to this, that and the other. you listen to the >> reporter: in 1965 dylan refused to bring baez on stage, opening a painful rift between them that lasted for decades. though dylan apologized in 2009, it was only recently that baez says that she let it all go. >> when i was painting his portrait about two years ago. i put on his music. all of that left. there was nothing left but appreciation. did i know him. was i there in that time that he had given my musical arsenal everything it had been missing. i wrote him a letter. sorry it dragged on so long. nothing left but appreciation. >> reporter: did he respond? >> i would not expect him to respond in a million years.

>> reporter: joan baez always has been after more than fame and fortune. why not go off and make money? >> boring. guess that did not interest me. >> reporter: born in new york city, and raised as a pacifist, she moved to the center of the civil rights and the anti-war movements. here she is in 1963. performing at the march on washington. three years later helped to integrate a school in the deep south. >> you are not expecting anything? >> no. you mean like getting run over for instance. >> reporter: in a picture of her and her friend, dr. martin

luther king jr. is one of the few she still keeps close. >> he said i love it when joan is in the church because i know she will start crying and i did. >> reporter: in 1967 while protesting the vietnam war, she was arrested for blocking the entrance of an army induction center and spent more than a month on a california prison farm. her seriousness of purpose showed up at weekstock in 1969 when baez hushed the crowd. that is kind of a bold thing to do. >> i saw everything. i was a control freak and i had no idea. >> reporter: there was an idea about you had no sense of humor at all. >> i know. did you ever see the saturday

night live make joan baez laugh? >> reporter: i did. >> something i wanted to do for years. so funny. i did not laugh much. >> reporter: these days she is not only laughing but dancing. almost daily. sometimes barefoot at a park near her home. while she retired from singing in 2019 her commitment to the causes that she believed in has never faltered and she knows the work could never be finished in just one lifetime. >> people say to me what do you tell entertainers and stars who, you know, are not interested in doing this stuff. my response is you are missing all of the fun. you know, it is what has given my life the depth and the honors.

it made my life rich. . >> you can watch the 43rd annual kennedy center honors this sunday at 8:00 right here on cbs and streaming on paramount plus. freedom. it's at the core of who we are. the freedom to live without fear. to jog where we please. to wear a hoodie. the freedom to breathe. before we celebrate the freedom most americans have, we must fight for the freedom all americans deserve. because all lives can't matter, until black lives matter.

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london. >> reporter: whoever said it is as easy as riding a bike never rode a penny farthing. >> you are riding seven foot up in the air. >> these bikes had their day, their fame was in the 1870s to 1890s. >> reporter: there is a turn breakneck speed comes from these bikes. the bigger the tire, the faster and the further that you would go and there are no brakes. ands it name, penny farthing. when the pandemic hit more and more people gave the victorian classics a spin and bike shops saw demand double. it will cost you about two grand. there is easy to see why there

is interest. >> just a man on a penny farthing. >> reporter: it is important to remember the five c's. if you lose one of them, you will learn the sixth c, crashing. >> if you fall off, you fall off. >> reporter: melissa is a penny farthing enthusiast. >> some might be a bit mad but you have to try. it is such good fun. >> reporter: and a good way to ride around london's famous tourist attractions and you might become one themselves. >>on't think i will be getting o those. that is the overnight news for this thursday. for some the news continues and others check back later for cbs this morning and follow us online any time at cbs news.com.

reporting from the nations capital, i'm jeff pegues. it's thursday, june 3rd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." aggressive campaign. from free guns to free alcohol, the white house is pushing new incentives to hit a key vaccination goal against covid. flashes of gunfire. new video reveals there could be more suspects involved in the mass shooting outside a rap concert. [ gunshots ] >> stand by. shots fired. >> female's on the ground behind the car! >> dramatic standoff. deputies are shot at by a 12 and 14-year-old barricaded in a 14-year-old barricaded in a home.

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