morning of course on the deadly building collapse out of florida. >> latest always streaming on cbsn bay area. we'll see you at noon. we'll leave you with a shot of the crane making its way to the breaking news. a massive search for survivors is under way in florida this morning after a highrise condo building partially collapsed overnight. hundreds of rescuers are dozens rescued. we don't know how many people are hurt or missing. we're on the scene and will have complete coverage of this harrowing and unfolding story. plus, a new fda warning about some covid vaccines due to a rare possible side effect on some young people. and britney spears makes an impassioned plea for freedom from what she says is an abusive legal arrangement controlling her life. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds.

huge buildings gone. right here beside us. the craziest thing i've heard in my life. >> reporter: a building partially collapses near miami beach, florida. >> at this point, we know it was occupied. we have video of rescue crews taking some people out of the building. the fda is adding a warning about heart inflammation in young dults to the pfizer and moderna vaccines. >> reporter: vice president harris will visit the u.s./mexico border for the first time since taking office. >> continue to address the right causes and work in coordination to get the situation under control. >> reporter: president biden unveils a plan to address the rise in violent crime in major cities across the country. >> it's an outrage. it head to end, and we'll end it, period. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court found that a school district violated the first amendment by discplining a student for a speech on social media. all that -- >> reporter: britney spears during a hearing on her conservatorship says she was put on lithium and forced to take

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followed by another section moments later. rescuers say they pulled 35 people from the building in surfside, florida, north of miami beach. witnesses say they heard people screaming. aerial pictures show the challenge facing rescuers. one person died, and they expect the death toll to rise. a news briefing just ended. >> reporter: good morning. there were 55 units impacted by the collapse. what's standing is still behind me. the collapse just on the other side. you mentioned, the mayor confirmed one fatality, ten people treated for injuries. the fear of course is those figures could rise, perhaps significantly, given extent of the collapse. let's go ahead and show you a view of what the building, there

are dozens of rescuers looking for any survivors. there's a lot left unknown as they continue the search. >> the building, one with of the huge buildings gone beside us. craziest thing i heard in my life. >> reporter: it is hard to fathom. after 2:00 a.m., this 12 floor condo building in surfside suddenly crashing to the ground. >> i thought it was a storm or something coming in. when the dust cleared, the back half or back two-thirds of the building was gone. >> reporter: just north of miami beach, this idyllic neighborhood is now a disaster zone. a search and rescue mission has been under way for hours. [ siren ] >> reporter: they fear finding

survivors alive may be unlikely. they begin the search and rescue effort that began over. and earlier on crews were recoverig a young boy. >> we saw a huge cloud of smoke and lots of noise. >> reporter: mick balkany and his brothers live in surfside. they were taking an early morning walk when the building collapsed. they have friends with family members living there. >> we start rushing toward it. it we put our shirts over our face so we don't get dust in our eyes. i asked a security guard from the other building, and she says they were doing construction over there. >> reporter: what caused the deadly accident is still unclear, but it's not the first time surfside has seen devastation like this. in 2018, less than ten minutes down the street a 13-story condo collapsed during its demolition. critically injuring a construction worker who later died in the hospital. as for this morning, some residents appear to be trapped on their balconies in parts of the building that remained intact, prompting ladder rescues like this one.

>> no reason for this building to go down like that. less likely than a lightning strike. >> reporter: authorities haven't been able to determine how many people may be inside the section of the building that collapsed. here's more of our interview with the mayor of surfside from this morning. what is the latest about the extent of casualties? >> i know we transported two people to the hospital, according to my chief. one has died at the hospital. we retreated ten and have about 15 family units at the community center now, and we're making arrangements for them to find housing, temporary housing. >> any idea how many people are missing now? >> there are over 100 units in the building. and that's what is frightening

us now. the back of the building, probably a third or more, is totally -- they sent the dogs in. there were no hits. we have no hits on the dogs, there were no sounds and dogs did not react. we were waiting for daylight. that was middle of the night. we are waiting to go back, i think they'll do whatever they can do to find anybody that's alive. the miami-dade fire department guys have been incredible. they were in that building, it was potentially going to collapse. looking for people in the middle of the night which is astounding. they risk their lives to do that. >> unlike south beach, this is a mix of retirees and families. some families leave for the summer. you're convinced these are --

>> i would say a lot of families live there full time. some come down for the season, but that was an active very filled up building. and we're all scratching our heads, trying to imagine what in the world could have happened. >> an investigation clearly under way after the search and rescue mission is completed. >> trying to put it together. looks like an earthquake. >> reporter: looks like an earthquake, he says. such a difficult morning. still no word what may have caused the collapse. a short time ago, spoke with a woman with a picture of two men and a little girl. she said they are her friends from argentina, that they flew to the united states to get the vaccine, spend time on the beach. she believes they were in the building, has not been able to locate them. >> what is clearly a tough

search and rescue operation. thank you. turning now to a new warning from the fda about some coronavirus vaccines due to a rare possible side effect. there have now been almost 400 confirmed cases of heart inflammation among people 30 or younger after they received the moderna or pfizer vaccines. experts are still strongly recommending vaccines for everyone 12 and up because the complications from covid can be much more severe. nikki battiste is outside the hospital. what should families know about this? >> reporter: good morning. despite this warning from the cdc and fda, cases of heart inflammation are rare. data suggests about 12 cases per million vaccinations in young people. one family said it is still important to watch for symptoms. >> when we pulled into the emergency room, i was just praying because he was in such a bad state. >> reporter: noah went to the

hospital days after a second pfizer dose. >> i woke up at 2:00 a.m. with chest pain. >> reporter: the 16-year-old said symptoms were coming and going before he was admitted with suspected myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, that a cdc advisory panl linked with vaccines. tracking 1200 cases, most with pfizer occurred after the second dose, mainly in males, 24 or younger. symptoms include chest pains, heart palpitations, shortness of breath. still, the cdc is urging everyone to get vaccinated, risk from the coronavirus is greater. as the delta variant is driving cases, kids can be especially susceptible. >> there's a large group still unvaccinated, and they're going to continue to be at risk of disease, of severe disease, getting long covid and the problems that come with it. >> this experience was much better than getting covid. >> reporter: noah was in the

hospital about a day, said he felt no symptoms since leaving. >> i would say please, please, please, get the vaccine, let's put all of this behind us. >> reporter: noah's mom opted to have her younger son who is 14 also get a vaccine, even after noah's experience. again, the heart conditions are rare and if they occur are usually temporary and in most cases mild. >> thank you very much. a cardiologist from lenoxville hospital in new york city joins us. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so far, this has effected people 30 and younger. who have had the pfizer or moderna vaccine. what more do we know at this point? >> we've been seeing the link between the vaccines and myocarditis here and abroad for several months. yesterday's advisory committee said, yes, there is likely an association there. but as nikki said, the risk is very small. we're talking about almost 400 confirmed cases.

when you look at the characteristics of who it's affecting, it tends to be males younger than 30, usually after the second dose of the vaccine with symptoms occurring within about a week. most common symptom is chest pain. and we don't really understand the mechanism behind this myocarditis yet. obviously we're going to have to follow the patients long term, but the key point, again, that nikki made, is acutely the prognosis seems really good. there's a mild course of illness, get discharged quickly. >> the cdc says that eligible children should still get vaccinated, but parents are obviously hesitant. what would you say to those parents? >> there's going to be a lot of conversations at doctor's offices for sure. again, both the advisory committee yesterday and over a dozen public health organizations and societies published a statement saying that at this point the benefits still outweigh the risk. and why is that? when you look at the beginning of the pandemic, we've had over 2,000 deaths in those under 30 from covid, 4,000 cases of -- post covid symptoms, ndividuals who get covid can also develop myocarditis.

so it's really key to weigh that, and at this point the scale tips toward the side of benefits still for those over 12. >> the math is clear. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. in other news, vice president kamala harris plans to visit the southern border tomorrow after hearing heavy criticism from republicans. harris is leading the biden administration's response to the rise in migrants seeking to enter the u.s. so far she has not been to the border to see the current situation firsthand. nancy cordes is at the white house. what can we expect from the vice president's trip? >> reporter: well, we know that she is going to be going to el paso tomorrow, that she'll be

accompanied by the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, but we don't know much yet about what she's going to be doing there. the white house has not shared those details yet because this trip is just coming together. republicans, as you mentioned, have been hammering the vice president for not going to the border sooner. she did make a trip to guatemala and mexico earlier this month and said there that she's focused on addressing the root causes of migration rather than making, quote, grand gestures like a photo op at the border. this announcement about her trip comes just days before former president trump is set to visit the texas border next week. the white house insisted to us that the timing is unrelated and that this was just the right time for her to go. this all comes as the biden administration is forcing out the current border patrol chief appointed by former president trump. his name is rodney scott. he was at the helm of the agency for less than two years. he was a vocal supporter of mr. trump's immigration policies including the border wall. the biden administration has already nominated its own pick to head the border patrol. he is tucson police chief chris magnus. the deputy chief of the border control will run the agency in the meantime. >> and nancy, we're also waiting on a long delayed infrastructure deal.

where does that stand right now? >> reporter: progress. we're told a meeting between the white house and senators went very well yesterday. that they made a lot of progress in negotiating some kind of compromise between this bipartisan plan that has been put forth by about ten senators. and the white house plan. one gop senator said that they are, quote, very close, so close, in fact, that the president has invited the senators to come meet with him here at the white house to hammer out the final details today. >> all right. very close in progress. two words you don't always hear there. nancy, thank you. a former high school cheerleader at the center of a supreme court ruling on free speech says she's thrilled to have won the case. brandi levy was suspended for her team for posting a string of curses on her snapchat account. i an 8-1 decision yesterday, the court said her school violated levy's first amendment rights. jan crawford is at the supreme

court. what does this decision mean for students' free seech rights? >> reporter: you know, the question of whether schools can punish students for speech that takes place off campus, that's gotten a lot of attention in this age of social media. the court found here that the school just went too far. i said some off-campus speech can still be regulated. when high school student brandi levy found out she didn't make the varsity cheer squad, the teenager thought nothing of sharing her disappointment with some profanity on social media. >> kids should be able to express themselves and should be able to do so without being scared the schools are going to punish them. >> reporter: the rant made its way to the cheer coach who suspended her from the junior varsity squad. brandi and her daughter larry father larry sued. >> happened on a saturday, that's my due process as a parent to resolve a disciplinary incident that occurs on my time that has no bearings to the school district. >> reporter: the supreme court

agreed, ruling 8-1 that brandi's social media rant was protected by the first amendment. when it comes to political or religious speech that occurs outside school or a school program or activity, the school will have a heavy burden to justify intervention wrote justice stephen breyer adding that america's public schools are the nurseries of democracy. >> i don't think it fully sunk in. i was screaming, cheering, i'm not going to lie, in my living room when i found out. >> reporter: the court said there are times when schools can punish students for what they say on line like for cyber-bullying, harassment, or threats. but not simply because a student's expression seems inappropriate or unpopular. >> it's like not only in favor of me but is for millions of kids because it also will show other kids that it's okay to express themselves. >> reporter: now this was a ringing defense of the first amendment. the most significant case dealing with student speech to

be heard by the supreme court in more than 50 years. we're still expecting more decisions from the court this term including what could be a pretty important voting rights case. tony? >> thank you very much, jan. ahead, britney spears says let me go. hear what she said in court asking to remove legal restrictions that have ruled her life for more than a decade. first,

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." we continue to follow the very latest on the breaking news from florida overnight. shocking video shows the aftermath of a deadly partial building collapse. part of this condo complex building came crashing down around 2:00 this morning. we're told at least one person is dead, and at least ten others are being treated. but there's still a lot of debris to sift through. this is a residential building located along the water on collins avenue in surfside. >> as we mentioned, at one point a child was rescued from the rubble of that fallen building. an eyewitness described that moment to our station wfor.

>> he was yelling, "please don't leave me." we tried to stay with him and i used my phone to flash the light on the back side of my phone, to signal fire rescue to come over. he was really panicked. you know, he said that his mom was in there with him. his arm was pinned. there wasn't really a whole lot of conversation. it was just like i said, just sheer panic. you know, he -- his mom, we couldn't hear her. couldn't see her. so we didn't know what status that she was in. he just -- please don't leave me. we told him, we're right here, we're not going to let you be by yourself. >> as we've said, there's so much police and rescuers don't know at this point. for more on this unfolding rescue operation, we're joined by former miami-dade fire chief dave downey. good morning. thank you so much for being with us. thank you for having me. >> chief, you got 37 years in search and rescue. you went to the world trade center, you went to hurricane

katrina. can you tell us what these search and rescue teams are dealing with right at this moment? >> well, this is obviously a devastating event. and the first responders, you know, are all trained at different levels, the initial responders would get in there and start doing the surface removals, getting those that are lightly trapped, and assisting them out of the building. i was talking to some of the on-scene units, stairs were compromised. a lot of those that weren't injured had to be taken out via the aerial ladders that you see on the news there. as those lightly trapped get removed, then we start moving in with our technical search people to do the audio and visual and run the dogs, the k-9s to look for those that are trapped in spaces. that's what's going on right now. we're moving these are trapped in any void spaces. and all the while being aware of

the possibility of a secondary collapse. there's still building that's there. so there's -- they're cognizant of the fact that part of more of this building could still come down. >> chief downey, it's tony dokoupil. the mayor of surfside in an earlier interview with our manuel bojorquez said they had sent the dogs in already, and as the mayor pointed, they didn't get any hits. no hits from the dogs. what does that tell you? >> well, the dogs, the hit means the dogs are trained to find live survivors. and so they are looking for those scents. the initial run sometimes doesn't reveal anything. then they'll get into more specific runs of the k-9s. they're continuing to run the dogs. they're a vital element of our search and rescue operation. and so they'll continue to run those dogs and check for any areas of interest. and -- and act on those.

>> and chief downey, jericka duncan here, i think the fear, the biggest fear is enormous amount of life that could have been lost in this. but at this point, again with all of your experience, do you have any idea what may have been a possible cause of this collapse? >> no. it would be truly speculation. they're going to rule out every cause that could be possible, looking at the utilities, looking at the structure itself. that will be something that comes way after this rescue operation. that's going to be the focus right now. >> chief, you mentioned the concern about the possible further collapse. what the mayor told us was about a third of that building came down. is there a process that the teams are going through right now in terms of trying to determine whether the rest of the building is safe? what's happening there? >> absolutely. so as part of the search and rescue element -- keep in mind,

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britney spears is getting applause from fans and fellow celebrities for her passionate plea to a los angeles judge. for 13 years the pop star's life has been controlled by a legal conservatorship created at her father's request after a mental health crisis. in a rare public statement about the case, spears told the judge yesterday, "i truly believe this

conservatorship is abusive, and i just want my life back." lilia luciano was at the courthouse for the hearing. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. spears said her conservetors have been exploiting her, and it was time for the public to hear what she has to say. for the next 20 minutes she spoke, sometimes quickly, revealing many deatails that hae gone guarded for years. ♪ in 2008, hot off a las vegas residency, britney spears hit the road for her "piece of me" tour. [ cheers ] >> i have a fever right now -- >> reporter: the shows raked in more than $50 million. but spears said she was forced to perform against her will. wednesday the pop star told a judge her management talented to sue her. it was scary, and with the conservatorship, i couldn't even get my own attorney, she said. "so out of fear, i went ahead and did the tour."

♪ spears went on to asylum her father and others for controlling everything from her money and medical care to whom she debts to see, telling -- gets to see, telling the judge, ma'am, they should be in jail. she claimed that her father took pleasure in his power saying, "he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000%." >> i'm totally fine. i'm extremely happy. -- >> reporter: species went on to say that social media posts were lies. "i'm not happy, i can't sleep. i'm so angry. i cry every day." how unusual was the statement in your been? >> i think the statement itself from britney spears was highly unmutual because it was so anguished. -- unusual because it was so anguished. it was a plea of frustration, of pain. ♪ >> the mother of two said she wants to marry her current

boyfriend and have another baby but can't because of a contraceptive device. the so-called team won't let me go to the doctor to take it out, she said, because they don't want me to have any more children. >> what do we want? >> free britney! >> reporter: outside of the courthouse, dozens of fans from the free britney movement rallied. >> it's good to be here and to hear britney speak. basically validate everything that i've been suspecting, other people have been suspecting. and basically dispel the rumor that it's not a conspiracy. >> reporter: spears ended her statement with an emotional plea. "i feel ganged up on, and i feel bullied. and i feel left out and alone. and i'm tired of feeling alone." an attorney for spears' father said his client is sorry to see his daughter in so much pain, and that he loves and misses her very much. spears asked for the conservatorship to end without a mental evaluation. the judge thanked the star for her courageous words and said she would need a formal petition

filed by the court before taking any action. >> thank you so much. in our next hour we will talk with an attorney who specializes in conservatorships and also "entertainment tonight's" kevin frazier about what's ahead. so many questions. >> it's very sad. all of this very sad. when you look at how she's been treated at a very early age, you go back and the inerviews and how she was chastised. she's performing, yet she doesn't have the control to the point where she can't have a baby? >> that is very eye opening. >> as rick coliseum akki said s anguished. this has been 13 years and you can't understand how it's allowed to go on that long. >> we'll talk about it more in the next hour. next, vlad duthiers has the st

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>> apparently it means there are some issues. >> some issues. >> not that it's about to collapse. >> no. that would be if you get a zero, failed condition, or one, imminent failure condition. this got a four. they believe it was a clearance issue. you know, when trucks are -- >> yes, we've seen those with the top of the truck peeled back -- >> exactly right. exactly right. >> this went further than that. >> luckily we're making progress on the infrastructure bill. >> we need make more progress, you're right. here's some progress -- buckingham palace has released figures on the ethic make-up of its staff for the very first time. the palace revealed 8.5% of staff members come from ethic ni backgrounds and would like to t to rise to 10%. this as part of a report on royal finances. prince harry and meghan said to oprah an unnamed member of the royal family asked them about the color of archie's skin. his son, of course. before he was born. this is getting a little

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it's thursday, june 24th, 2021. well back to cbs this morning. i'm toni did he koppel. we'll have the latest from surf side, florida, after a deadly building collapse there. we'll take to you scene and tell you about the frantic effort to rescue people in the rubble. >> the growing debate over how to teach american history in the classrooms. why the lens known as critical race theory prompts backlash from conservatives. >> and introduce attention to you a rising star of country music, britney spencer, the performance on twitter lado led

to collaboration with idols. >> first today's eye opener at 8:00. >> breaking news out of south florida, a deadly partial collapse of an president tower there. >> what is standing is still behind me right there. the collapse just on the other side. as you mentioned the mayor determined at least one fatality. >> there are over 100 units in that building. that's frightening us badly right now. the back of the build being, probably a third or more is just totally pan caked. >> despite this warning from the cdc and fda, cases of heart inflams are rare. but one family we spoke with says it's still important to watch for symptoms. >> obviously we have to follow the patients long-term. but the key point that acutely the prognosis seems very good. >> and that's in the right field. vanderbilt tied with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. >> the vanderbilt come doctors win a do or die game at the college world series.

>> he sailed it over his head. going to lose on a wild pitch from beck. spencer joe scores. vanderbilt alive! >> welcome to cbs this morning. we begin with breaking news overnight. a luxury high rise condominium outside miami beach partially collapsed leaving a mountain of debris. the video shared on twitter appears to show parts of the 12-story complex crumbling just before 2:00 a.m. local time in surfside, florida, just north of miami beach. about half of the 130 apartments are affected. at least one person is known to be dead. but around three dozen others have been pulled from the building. earlier surfside mayor charles burkett was asked how many people may have been in the building. >> we talked to the building manager about that. and they don't log owners when they come in and out but they log guests.

so we do have a log of guests. but we don't have a log of owners. and the building manager is -- is -- has intimated to me that the building was substantially full. >> manuel is at the scene, what else do we know at this point. >> reporter: attorney general, the mayor also told us the devastation reminds of an earthquake the way of floors pan caked, one on top of the other. one person confirmed killed in the collapse. but miami-dade county commissioner said at least 51 people are unaccounted for at this time. and now we want you to toorg at video where you can see firefighters and members of the tactical rescuer team on site trying to comb through the massive pile of debris. officials say more than 80 firefighters responded. we're told about 5 a of the building's 136 units were involved in the collapse. in a shocking moment, rescue

crews were seen pulling a young boy from the midst of the debris. he was carefully carried out and loaded on to a stretcher. he was one of just two people pulled from the rubble. crews were using a cherry picker to pull out people from condos in parts of the building still standing about 35 people were pulled from parts of the building that did not collapse. several witnesses described the moments the building came crashing down. >> the building shook. and then i looked out the window. and you couldn't see. i thought it was like a storm or something coming in. and then when the dust cleared there was the back half of theabling or back two-thirds of the building was gone, down to the ground. >> what we saw from the beginning was a huge cloud of smoke and lots of noise happened before we saw this happen. and it was by far the most horrific thing i've seen. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a building collapsed on the street.

you're looking at the collapse of a condo building back in 2018. this building collapsed during demolition worker and a worker later died. back at the scene, the search and rescue mission continues, now hampered by rain. officials say it could take a week before they're able to sift through all the rubble. anthony. >> manuel, thank you. shifting gears, 2021 could be on pace to be america's deadliest year of gun violence in the last two decades. yesterday president biden announced a new strategy to combat it. it include as zero tolerance policy for gun dealers breaking federal law. deploying strike teams to cities to crack down on illegal upper back gun trafficking and encouraging communities to use federal pandemic relief funds for policing and crime prevention. our lead national correspondent david begno is in new york city with a look at the rise in violence leading to the new initiative. good morning, david.

>> reporter: good morning. we wanted to know why. we went to princeton university to speak with a sociologist strding crime for a living. and he believes there are three shocks. number one the shutdown of core institutions during the pandemic. second a record number of gun sales. and third protests during the pandemic in the aftermath of the protesting st. you'll hear from the sociologist in a moment. but this morning we focus on the specific number of murders that are on the rise. take chicago, last weekend, police say during the puerto rican day festivities surveillance video skapted giovani and another man ambushed after a minor traffic accident. according to authorities yasmin was pulled from the car, beaten and shot. when giovani tried to safe her he was gunned down almost execution style. both were killed. >> it's hard to believe that he is gone. a young guy is gone just because of an accident. >> in new york city, two children narrowly avoided being

shot as a gunman shot at a man on a busy city street. and in austin, texas, gun fire broke out early one morning in the city's night life district. one person was killed, 13 more injured. nearly 10,000 people have been killed this year alone from gun violence. and it's not letting up. in a study of 24 major cities, homicides increased by 24% in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same time period in 2020. and by 49% from the that period in 2019. so far this year, homicides up nearly 14% in new york city. 22% in los angeles and by 13% in washington, d.c. compared to last year. >> the frustrating thing is no one has -- has identified the magic solution. >> steven addler is the mayor of austin, texas. he hopes to reverse the trends. the city so on track to greatly surpass its own homicide record

which was set just last year. >> we have too many illegal weapons falling into the wrong hands. we have to try to find the illegal weapons and take them off the street. >> for patrick sharky be a sociologist at princeton university, the answer goes beyond illegal firearms and law enforcement. >> in the u.s. we have the knee-jerk reaction where we think only about the police and prison system as a response to penalty. >> as a sociology studying gun violence in america, do you believe that abolishing the police is a good idea. >> no,o, i don't think it's a good idea. we have 300, 400 million guns on the street. we don't have another set of institution that is can respond to gun violence like the police can. our primary focus should be investing in other institutions that can deal with addiction, mental illness, provide after school programs. >> reporter: here are some perspective. there is one analysis that took a look at about 20 big cities

around the country and foundly 1b% of the calls police officers spon on involve calls of violence where a gun or knife is involved. just 1%. so the sociologist you just heard from is a proponent let's save the police for those calls. but send in better trained people to deal with the large majority of everything else. >> david begno for news new york. thank you. ahead we talk with a legal expert about britney speerps rebellion against her legal guardians what it will take to en

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choices until 2019, and now he shares control of her finances and a court-appointed pofessional oversees her personal matters. jamie spears' representative said, quote, he is sorry to see i had daughter suffering and -- his daughters suffering and in so much pain. >> we're joined by sarah wentz, keerpt attorney who specializes in conservatorship. she is not involved in spears' legal proceedings. kevin frazier, host of "entertainment tonight," also joins us. good morning to you, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> sarah, let me start with you. i don't know -- did you listen to the statement that britney made yesterday about a half an hour in length? and what's your sense of whether a woman who spoke for half an hour with some anguish about what she's going through, whether that woman should be under conservatorship at this point? >> i did listen to it. and it was heartbreaking to hear. and the most difficult thing for

me was why -- why they're at this juncture in this hearing because if her lawyer knew going into this that this is what her statement was going to be, in my opinion they should have been there on a petition to terminate and not there to talk about changing out the conservat conservatorship. >> yeah. what does it take to get out of a conservatorship typically? in that statement, britney asked that she -- she was able to do it -- she said without evaluation. what does that mean? >> every person in the united states is deemed to have the right to manage their own financial affairs unless a judge were to say that you're not. and in this case, all britney would need to do or her lawyers on her behalf is petition for a termina termination. now given the fact that this has been going on for 13 years, i would be surprised if they don't actually evaluate to make sure it's appropriate. i understand that there's probably things in the record that we haven't seen. i think it's really unlikely

that they'll do it without actually evaluating things in detail. >> kevin, jericka here. i know that you've interviewed britney spears a couple of times, and you understand the amount of money that this woman has been able to bring in at a time when she has -- she doesn't have control over simple decisions, as she states and as she stated yesterday at this hearing. can you talk about that, and what do you make of someone who's been able to continuously perform during this 13 years that she's been under this conservatorship? >> well, if you think about it, since 2008 britney has put out four albums, gone on four world tours. her last world tour one of the most lucrative in history. she had a four-year vegas residency. she has the fragrance that brings in money. her brother claimed that it has made more than $100 billion worldwide. when you think about all that, that means that she is earning so much money for so many people, and under this conservatorship, her father said he's increased her net worth from $2.8 million to $60

million. in other words, she's making money for everybody. when you're making money for everybody, they don't want it to end. >> yeah. kevin, it's tony dokoupil. britney made some pretty shocking allegations in her testimony yesterday. what stood out to you? >> well, there are two things. and you heard sarah mentioned that she didn't realize that she could contest or end the conservatorship. but also that her medication was used as a sort of punishment. i interviewed britney in 2006 in new orleans. she was helping victims of katrina, taking them shopping. she was a vibrant young woman. then in december of 2008 at her birthday party, i interviewed her again. in my opinion, she was heavily medicated. and that was a red flag to us that this woman was so heavily medicated but was still trotted out in front of the cameras. and i was really, really surprised at that. now hearing these statements from britney it almost confirms what i thought. once again, i'm not a medical expert, but i'm telling you what it looked like to me when i saw

her that night in 2008. >> sarah, what do you expect to happen next in this case? now after this statement? >> i think probably the next step will be that britney is likely to get a new lawyer. there was some alarming statements in what i read yesterday about the judge trying to explain to her lawyer how he moves forward with the petition to terminate. that's pretty scary, as a lawyer, that he didn't already understand what he needed to do to get there. and britney has tried to bring out her own lawyer in the past, and they've refused to let her do that. the next step would be to file the petition for termination. and the other side, they could make this easy on her. her conservators could agree and sent a joint petition, and the judge could simply terminate it. but i'm guessing they're not going to do that. what will probably happen is this will go into essentially a mini trial where they all present evidence and whether this should stay in place or not. >> i want to go back to what i asked you in the beginning, though. when you listen to that

statement that she made, this doesn't really sound like a woman who's not in control of her thinking or can control making decisions. i mean, is -- is -- >> that's exactly right. >> okay. this doesn't typically sound like someone who would need a conservatorship, or does it? >> no. it doesn't. and these types of conservatorships are typically for people who don't have the ability to manage their finances, never had that, or had something like alzheimer's disease or dementia and aren't going to regain their faculties. this is not a normal situation in any way, shape, or form. and i think it's heartbreaking, the things that she's alleging, if these are true. i think we're going to hear a lot more about what happens with these conservators and the role they played in her life. >> all right. sarah wentz and kevin frazier. thank you both very much. we'll be right back.

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my jiji's at work. welcome back to "cbs this morning." an up-and-coming singer/songwriter is making a name for herself in nashville. brittney spencer earned a spot in cmt's next women of country, cmt a division of viacomcbs. she's also on spotify and pandora's artists to watch list. and she doesn't even have a record deal yet. take a listen. ♪ hey i want a house with a crowded table ♪ >> she shared this cover of the high women's hit "crowded table" on twitter. it got the attention two of band

members, maren morris and amanda shires, she was invited to tour with them. she fell in love with country as a teenager when she first heard the chicks. now with her new single "sober and skinny," she's solidifying her status as a breakout star. ♪ in a perfect world you get sober ♪ when the video for her song "sober and skinny" debuted on a times square screen last week -- >> it's right there! >> brittney spencer went to new york just to see it. >> looks so cool up there! ah! ♪ >> it's been that kind of year for the baltimore-born singer whose debut ep, "compassion," put her on the map. when did you start writing songs? >> i started writing songs as a teenager, writing voice mails.

>> reporter: she'd use the melodies from tv shows like "the brady bunch." how did that go? ♪ you've reached britney but i am busy ♪ ♪ leave a message ♪ >> she studied music at the george washington carver center for arts and technology in baltimore. >> i found out there was a dance studio that had a piano. >> right. >> and -- like this one right here. there was a dance studio that had a piano, and i would sneak in every day. me and my best friend, marvin. and i just started playing around. ♪ it hurts me to know you ♪ >> who's that girl on the left? >> that's my baby. >> brian spencer is brittney's dad. >> most kids would be bashful when they get the microphone.

not brittney. she wasn't afraid to take control of the mic. >> she sang at catholic church her sisters. >> i was beyonce. i wanted to be the one who did most of the lead vocals. >> were you surprised she picked country? >> i was really shocked. >> in 2013, brittney left for nashville where she worked on her songwriting -- ♪ and bussed on broadway. ♪ while also holding down a job. how many different jobs have you had since you got to nashville? >> oh, god. gosh. i've worked in the airport, at a coffee shop, i've worked at juice shops. >> but she's struggled to find her place in country music. ♪ ♪ time and time i faked my song just to belong ♪

how did you feel that you didn't fit? >> because of reasons like the way that i look. >> uh-huh. >> besides country music not playing a lot of women on the radio, i'm a black woman, i'm not a size 2, i've never been a size 2. i don't know if i worked hard enough if i ever could be a size 2. ♪ >> did you ever think about giving up? >> i did. there was one particular time that i was really, really thinking i need to probably hang this up. ♪ ♪ hallelujah ♪ >> then in 2016, she heard foman morris' "hero." >> i was listening to the album constantly, and it talked me off a ledge. >> how did it talk you off the ledge? >> there's a place for me. there's some genre-bending sounds going on. >> when morris won female vocalist of the year at the cmas this past november, she gave a shout out to black women singers.

>> you've made this genre so, so beautiful. i hope you know that we see you. >> and name-checked her. >> brittne spencer -- >> do you wonder what it is that suddenly happens when you've worked so long and so hard? >> yeah. i think what happens is maren morris ays your name on cma awards and you're on the couch like, what in the world just happened? ♪ >> now brittney feels a new vibration in nashville. ♪ do you think something's really changing? >> i don't think in the seven years that i've been here i've seen people be this eager. almost to the point where they're thinking this thing can't survive if we don't shift. ♪ >> last month, she was invited to the grand ole opry. >> it feels sacred. i don't want to like walk yet. ah! >> she was given her own reserved parking sign. >> i can have this? >> yes. >> really? >> it's yours. >> her mom came from baltimore.

>> thanks for believing in me. >> i always believe in you. >> i'm at the grand ole opry. ♪ my name is brittney ♪ >> and she was shown the famous circle on the stage floor. >> i don't want to step into it until it's time. >> then it was time. >> she's from baltimore, maryland. >> for brittney to make her grand ole opry debut. ♪ but in the perfect world you get sober i get skinny ♪ ♪ we live off of more than pennies writing checks that we can cash ♪ >> i am seriously just in love with this moment. ♪ it's easy to imagine ♪ >> brittney spencer is having her moment. [ applause ] >> brittney spencer just made grand ole opry history, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers ] >> and i think brittney's

moment's going on for quite a while. she is, however, still working her day job as a customer service representative with warby parker, the eyeglass company. her music career has been mostly self-funded so far. there is no record label behind her success. as i said, later this year brittney will be opening a few tour dates for jason isbell who she once skipped class to see at a sound check. so much exciting stuff happening for brits ntney. "sober and skinny," check it out. >> in a perfect world you get sober, i get skinny is a great country song. >> isn't it? >> and to see her passion. the fact that you've been working that long and working on your craft and writing and -- >> she also once she got to nashville she enrolled in college and studied the country music business. she wanted to know that side of things, too. so she's studied every aspect of it. this is what she's always wanted to do. and it looks like she's finally really broken through. >> yeah. good on maren morris for getting to where she was going for

turning around and helping -- >> a lot of folks in country music have come to her support which is great to see. you can hear more of my conversation on today's "cbs this morning" podcast. ahead, the intensifying debate over critical race theory. why some people are trying to limit talk of racism

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officer is defending the study of racism as part of the curriculum at west point. it's an issue that came up during a hearing of the house armed services committee after republican matt gaetz condemned a recent seminar called "understanding whiteness and white rage." that prompted this response from general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> the united states military academy is a university. and it is important that we train and we understand -- and i want to understand white rage. i'm white. i personally find it offensive that we are accusing the united states military, our general officers, our commissioned, non-commissioned officers, of being, quote, woke, or something else because we're studying some theories that are out there. >> defense secretary lloyd austin told the committee the military is focused on extremist behaviors not idealogy, and the fbi has labeled white supremacist groups a top threat to our national security. >> that exchange comes as a

growing number of states introduce legislation to limit how public school teachers can talk about issues of race and sexism in the classroom. according to an analysis from education week, 25 states have taken steps in recent months to limit discussion of those issues or introduce bills to restrict teaching of what's called critical race theory. scholars say critical race theory teaches about the role racism plays in shaping our nation and society. it goes beyond discussing events in american history like slavery and the civil rights movement to provide evidence that racism and white supremacy have deep roots in the hunt's policies and -- the country's policies and legal system. we spoke to a teacher in tennessee about how a new law there could affect her classroom. >> the way we tell our history is powerful and important. >> reporter: nashville fifth grade teacher brittany paschall is in the middle of a nationwide debate over how race can and should be taught in schools. >> the discomfort is no excuse

not to teach the real history. >> reporter: tennessee is among several states that recently passed gop champion laws banning the teaching of certain concepts dealing with racism and sexism. >> i think that it's an assault on the craft of teaching to tell educators who do this every day, who go into classrooms every day and do the hard work of teaching, that they are not qualified enough to make the decisions that are best for their students. >> reporter: the new tennessee law outlines in broad terms topics that cannot be discussed in the classroom. among them -- this a political system is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress others, and that a race or sex is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive. >> what makes you think that people were being taught that before or believed that before? >> we don't have clear evidence of it being overtly taught in tennessee schools. >> is this preemptive? >> it is. yeah. >> senate majority leader jack johnson co-sponsored the bill.

>> we want our teachers to feel to teach about the complicated history of our nation and the progress we've made. and i think that inequities that exist in society, there's probably a myriad of reasons that they exist. and i would -- i would think that a teacher should be able to talk about. >> racism is a big one. >> perhaps, perhaps. and again, we're not trying to stifle a conversation in a classroom. we want our curricula and what's being taught to be age appropriate. >> johnson says he also doesn't want children to leave a classroom feeling ashamed because of their race. >> our kids should be taught history, and we have some dark moments in our nation's history. those moments should be taught. but it can be done in a manner that doesn't leave a school child leaving the classroom feeling guilty because of who they are. >> it's not about trying to make white people feel guilty or make white people feel bad for being white. >> ohio university associate

professor vincent jungkunz has taught critical race theory for nearly 15 years. he says it's about understanding contemporary racism so it can be realized and dismantled within our society. >> critical race theory has nothing to do with being racist. it's about challenging racism and, in fact, critical race theory is extraordinarily patriotic to ask us to do the hard work to be a democratic free society. >> what is this really about? what is the fear and the concern as we talk more and more openly about racism in our country? >> when you talk about parents who are concerned, i think that they're being frightened intentionally. strategists on the republican side are trying to pull on people's fear, to lure them into thinking these horrible things about critical race theory. and to get votes and to mobilize voters through midterms. >> critical race theory is bigoted. it is a lie, and it is every bit as racist as the klansmen in

white sheets. >> rporter: from the political arena -- [ boos ] t school board meetings, the battle over critical race theory continues to heat up. >> critical race theory is anti-white, and it's not american. >> critical race theory adds another layer of complexity in how simple american history is taught in schools. right now there is no national standard for how and what history is taught in k through 12 schools. each state sets its own standard for what students should learn. in february of 2020, cbs news analyzed every state and washington, d.c.'s, social studies standard. back then we found that seven states did not directly mention slavery. eight did not mention the civil rights movement, and only two mentioned white supremacy. we also found problematic images and lessons in commonly used history textbooks like this map referring to enslaved africans in 1775 as immigrants. >> every part of our past impacts our present.

>> reporter: paschall also involved in local activism tells us she plans to continue to create a safe space for her students to learn. do you think this law will change how you teach currently? >> no. >> why not? >> i am trained, a trained practitioner, on how to make sure that every student in my class has a rigorous and joyful learning environment. and i'm going to continue to do that. >> in tennessee, if teachers do not follow the law, the state education commissioner can choose to withhold funding from their school. paschall told us she finds that alarming. senator johnson said he hopes it never has to come to that. >> an amazing piece of reporting there. >> thank you. >> i think people are struggling with the reality that any honest effort to teach the history of race and racism in our country is going to lead to uncomfortable moments. that includes kids feeling uncomfortable. >> i don't have a problem with kids feeling uncomfortable.

there's a lot we should feel uncomfortable about. that doesn't mean you should hate your country. you have to confront things that have been taught here. in a lot of schools they haven't been taught fully. >> one of the things senator johnson says is, listen, slavery, jim crow, segregation, these things have to be taught in school. my question becomes how do you stop a child from feeling a certain way when they do hear about that history. how do you -- you can't police how they're going to interpret that. >> no. no. i mean, i think -- i think, look, racism is a word that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. but the more you talk about it, the more you come to understand what it means and i think people then have to become comfortable with this conversation because it has to happen. >> and you can still celebrate how far we've come. >> yes. see it and dismantle it. all right. we'll be right back. bay area homeownersrs, leararn how you u can elimiminate montnthly mortrtgage paymements and improvove your c cashflow. lookok, this isn't my first rorodeo

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