you're seeing what d.c. police officer michael fanonone saw on january 6. >> all holy hell broke loose. next thing you know, we were just in a hand-to-hand, j just battle. >> reporter: his body cam rolled as he was pulled into the crowd of rioters outside the capitol and attacked. >> i was tortured. i was beaten. i was, you know, struck with a taser numerous times at the base of my skull. and i posed no threat. >> at one point you were unconscious? >> correct. how was that a necessity other than the fact that they wanted to torture an officer, >> and if they're willing to do that to you, they're willing to do that to a member of congress. >> absolutely. >> reporter: he was forced to the ground, suffered a mild heart attack and brain injury. fearingg for his life, he calle out, i have kids. the scars are still with him. working through the emotional fallout, he's no longer fighting

the mob outside of the capitol but some members of kocongress rushed in to protect. >> i speak to a lot of police officers, and that's the feeling, we have been abandoned. >> reporter: as efforts to down play january 6 grow louder, last week 21 house republicans voted to deny fanone and fellow officers for heroism. in an attempt not to acknowledge the attack itself. >> which to me is far more repulsive than voting against, you know, giving cops a medal. >> reporter: fanone has become friends with republican candidate kinsinger, and democrat swalwell. the three coming together to show it's possible to disagree and still get i long. >> when you see the strength of fanone here, talking about the emotional struggles he has. as dudes, we don't like doing that. it's not something that is in

our lexicon, but it's important to hear it. >> reporter: and where they all agree, the need for a 9/11 style commission to investigate january 6. but that was blocked by senate republicans. >> the bottom line, it's cow cowardess. if you believe antifa and blm attacked the capitol, you should want a january 6 commission. but if you've been lying about it the whole time, then you don't want a january 6 commission that. 's why we have to do it. >> do you worry about more violence? >> yes. >> here? >> yes. the best antidote against that is unity among democrats and republicans saying we're not going to let that happen again. we may not agree on who the president is right now and what that person is trying to do, but we agree in the process, in the democracy that brought that about. >> do you think if there is a commission or anything congress does to look into january 6 at this point, it will be looked at as credible? >> if you're going to enact

policies to make sure this never happens again as the independent, bipartisan september 11 commission did, it has to be independent, bipartisan, and as far away from this building as possible. >> is there anything that -- any questions you have from 1/6 that haven't been answered? >> the questions i have, to what extent, if any, did our political leaders involve themselves in the events of january 6? if there was participation from members of congress, from their staff, as an officer that served that day, i certainly would like to know that. as an american, i believe very strongly in a two-party system. right now, one of those parties has a cancer. and we've got to cut it out. until we do that, we're not going to be able to move forward as a nation. >> reporter: it's important to note at this point, there's been no evidence that cbs news is aware of that any member of

congress aided any of the rioters on january 6. we know of at least 480, nearly 500 people who have been charged for january 6, and the fbi says hundreds more may face charges, as well. fanone is up here on the hill quite often, trying to meet with members of congress who have been minimizing january 6. last week, he says one house republican refused to shake his hand. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is yet to agree to meet with fanone. mccarthy's office declined to comment. >> kris van cleave on capitol hill. you're watching "cbs overnight news." feelining stresseded in your s? not with n new olay reretinol y wash.. which imimproves skikin 3x bet. from dry a and stressesed, to bt and smsmooth. so, i cacan feel my y best iny skin.. olayay body. fearlessss in my skikin.

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station, the elderly are finally being immunized. it's a far cry from the u.s., where they are already vaccinating children. this man is up with the rooster's crow. he's trying to stay strong after fighting the pandemic for over a year with nothing more than a mask. but with no vaccines available in the tiny kingdom here, he's not ready for the third wave. >> reporter: worried about infecting his family, he lives at the clinic. it's the first line of defense against the virus for the local community. the fact that the u.s. is already vaccinating children is cause for hope, he says. it's just that, that hope is not for him.

>> reporter: the country has already exhausted its meager supply of vaccines, just over 30,000 health workers have received their first shot. and he was not one of them. if wealthy nations are able to vaccinate children, they should be sharing excess doses, believes dr. abdul karim. >> to me, it's unconscionable that a country vaccinates low-risk people, when other countries haven't even vaccinated their health care workers. that's unacceptable. and ethically immoral. >> reporter: africa has only received under 15 million doses, compared to the over 2 billion administered worldwide. and there are enough vaccines to tackle the global shortage right

now, says the head of africa's cdc. >> so we are not actually begging for vaccines. we are just saying let's have an arrangement where you can delay your vaccines a little bit. there's no reason why in some countriess youou have f four o times more vaccines sitting in deep freezers. >> reporter: the enemy, he reminds us, is the virus. he knows exactly who that enemy is, and that lifting weights won't keep covid at bay. his only real weapon is a vaccine. africa was relying on india for vaccines, but that supply has been halted due to their own covid crisis. so debra patta reporting. india is holding back vaccine shipments because it's dealing with its own surge in infections. the country is facing a spike in cases of a formerly rare infection known as black fungus.

it strikes covid survivors and it can be deadly. doctors often have to remove a patient's eyes to get at the infection chris livsay reports from new delhi. >> reporter: he was a bank teller, a father, and a covid victim. his sons say the government is too busy to remove his body. only this charity will. it's horrible to think how long this person would have been left inside their home to decay if not for volunteers like these risking their lives to give them a proper cremation. just one of the latest casualties in this country's battle with covid. since he died at home rather than a hospital, he's not included in the official death toll of more than 380,000. the real number could stretch into the millions. >> if that wasn't bad enough, doctors are seeing another disease, specifically in rural areas that attacks covid survivors. and it kills half the people who

get it. it's a fungus found in soil, dangerously prevalent where hygiene is lacking, and deadly when a patient's immunity is weakened by the coronavirus and the steroid used to treat the ill. >> a lot of mortality, if left undiagnosed and untreated. every hospital across the country is seeing these kind of cases. >> reporter: more than 28,000 indians have contracted the infection, officials say. to save them, doctors commonly have to remove sinus tissue, even the eyes. >> it's a huge shock to the family. >> reporter: adding to the terror of a nation already suffering so much. like this man, whose mother is in critical condition with covid. hoping this other disease won't prey upon her next. >> i'm telling you one thing, which is very true, the world is

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caleb met 21-year-old chris. did you like him when you met him if >> yes, i did. >> what did you like about him? > superer cool. >> reporter: super cool, he said. and you can see why. last year, chris competeted in that grueling, 140 mile swimming, biking, and running race known as the iron man. the first person with down syndrome to ever cross the finish line. >> if there was a poster with chris on it, it would be in caleb's room.. >> reporteter: but w what chrhr next w was even m more hererk l. he took this young fan under his wing, became a mentor, worked out with him, and planted a dream. >> just the fact that he was so warm and inspiring, helped caleb realalize that these arere thin can do,, too. >> repeporter: canan and did.. lalast weekendnd, caleb finishes fifirst mini triathlolon. hehe's belelieved to b be the yt

personon withh down syndrome e ever d do so. he alslso receiveved an invitat to compete on flflorida's speci olympics triathlon team. the same team chris is on. do you want to be like chris? >> yes. >> you know what? >> what? >> i think you are like chris. >> what? >> yeah! >> oh, my god! yes! >> is that like the b best complimentnt y you've everer re? >> yes. >> reporteter: heroess come in y differentt shapeses, sizezes, a ababilities. but thehey all havave the samemr power. to lift the hopes of others. steve hartman, cbs news. on the road. >> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs this morning" and follow us on line any time at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm jan crawford. it's thursday, june 24th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, part of a residential building collapses near miami beach. dramatic images coming in. the latest on the rescues. covid vaccine warning. a possible link between the shots and rare heart problems in younger people. the message for parents this moning. combating gun violence. the white house says it's going after crooked gun dealers. the new strategy as homicide rates jump in the u.s. pop star plea. britney spears fights for control over her life. the shocking cim