>> eyes out there. >> yeah. >> all right. thank you. thank you for watching kpix5 in this this morning. don't forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is wednesday, july 7th, 2021. i'm tony dokoupil. gayle and anthony are off. millions are in danger on florida's west coast as tropical storm elsa barrels toward shore. >> rescue workers brave r rain d wind in their search at the collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. we got a closer look at the homes. > gun violence is up in many american cities, including new york where it looks likely a former police captain, eric adams, will become its next

mayor. we'll speak to adams on cbs this morning. >> and the sticker shock is real at car dealerships with prices reaching record highs. why the deals have disappeared and if there's any hope for bargain hunting. >> here's today's eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> this is not a time to joyride. there are hazardous conditions out there. >> a hurricane warning in effect as tropical storm elsa bears down on florida. >> people prepared for the storm in tampa by stacking sand bags to prepare for possible storm surge. >> i'm expecting it will rain hard. >> the u.s. government is responding to the latest cyberattack. >> as the president made clear, the russian government cannot or will not take action against criminal actors residing in russia, we will take action. >> the delta variant accounts for half of the covid-19 cases in the u.s. >> please get vaccinated now. it works, it's free, and it's

never been easier. >> the "associated press" projects that eric adams has won the democratic primary for mayor of new york city. >> all that -- >> the world's tallest sand castle in denmark. >> it took close to 5,000 tons of sand. >> and all that matters. >> paul on the drive, draws the contact. >> the nba finals are under way. chris paul will have himself a night and the suns take game one over milwaukee. >> chris paul putting on a show! >> on "cbs this morning." >> on national tv, a 51-year-old outdriving you. >> phil mickelson playing golf against dechambeau. >> played amazing golf all afternoon with the putt to win it. >> there it is. >> prior to that brian arounnde asked him a lot of questions people wanted answers. >> packers, bears, anybody who is going to be quarterbacking in the number 12 jersey? >> i don't know.

we'll see. we'll see, won't we? >> this morning's eye-opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> lots of rumors he wants to be traded. >> yeah? >> he's been working on his mental health in the offseason. didn't show up in june. >> i think that counts as a non-answer, we'll see. >> i like the long hair. >> i like the moustache as well. welcome to "cbs this morning." we are going to begin with tropical storm elsa bearing down on the west coast of florida. near tampa, causing heavy rain and flooding and it's expected to make landfall on the state's northern gulf coast within the next few hours. >> tropical storm elsa was actually hurricane elsa for several hours yesterday, but it has since weakened. it's set to be the earliest tropical storm to make landfall in the area in 30 years. we are in holmes south beach, tampa. what does it look like there? >> reporter: good morning.

right now what we are feeling here on anna maria island is a whole lot of wind and that's because we are on the backside of what was hurricane elsa, now tropical storm. we're on what's called the backside, the dirty side of the storm, which means as the bands start to whip around, the storm will move inland very quickly. we had rain all night here, which means there will be some flooding in the area and on top of that there was a lot of trees and debris on the roadway. but the main concern is the flooding, especially as the west coast part of florida got up to 10 inches of rain, a lot of people that we spoke with said they were preparing for this storm and they weren't taking any chances, no matter the size. overnight elsa pounding florida's west coast, unpacking winds of up to 75 miles an hour and dumping up to 15 inches of rain. its fury on full display here at englewood beach in the florida keys. >> the rain is coming at all angles. you can see by the palm trees, it's coming at all angles.

>> reporter: the force of the waves coming from the gulf of mexico sending water crashing over sea walls and turning roads into rivers further inland. >> the wind knocked me over. >> reporter: businesses and city buildings shuttered as nearly three dozen florida counties declared states of emergency. governor ron desantis warned people of what could come. >> be prepared to be without power for a few days and having enough food and water for each person in their family, including for your pets. >> reporter: earlier tuesday, elsa hammered the keys and southwest florida. >> this rain is coming in sideways and smacking me in the face. it's a lot of wind. >> reporter: it's the earliest fifth-named storm on record. and while floridians might be used to facing the tropical storm threat, tampa fire chief barbara tripp had this warning. >> a lot of times when you let your guard down and think it's nothing, of course now you cause more injury or damage to the

community as well as yourself and your families. >> reporter: things have started to clear up here on the island, but we are expecting a lot of wind and some rain throughout the morning. other states, however, have already started to prepare their residents for tropical storm conditions. in georgia they have declared a state of emergency, and south carolina is also urging residents to prepare for the wet weather. jamie? >> so early in the season. maria, thank you. meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is here tracking the storm. >> it is extremely early, but here we are. now a tropical storm, not a hurricane anymore. and notice that the storm is exposed. that's the center about to make landfall. but most of the heavier rain is definitely skewed to the south. places like the tampa bay area and especially around ft. myers where we have thunderstorms and the outer bands tend to produce

tornados. tornado watch in effect for the rest of the morning. winds 65 miles an hour, not 75 anymore. showing that the storm has weakened, it's moving north at 14 and it's very close to making landfall around cedar key. even when it makes landfall with 2 to 4 feet of storm surge, it's not done. it will be plaguing the east coast for days and days. here we are overnight, moving up through the carolina coast with heavy rain in places like charleston and eventually toward new york city as we head into friday and saturday. notice it's a 4 out of 5 on the flood risk scale with elsa. you would expect that. but look at this, a rare 5 out of 5 along the texas coast. we'll see probably another 3 to 6 inches of rain or so in the southeast, but along the texas coast, some places seeing a foot plus of rain. that's going to cause a lot of flooding. if that's not extreme enough, another extreme heat wave is likely starting today through

monday along the west coast of the u.s. we cannot get a break jericka. >> keeping us honest. thank you. rescue efforts are still under way in surfside, florida, despite a brief pause due to heavy winds, rain and lightning. crews have recovered ten more bodies, bringing the confirmed death toll to 46. about 100 people are still unaccounted for. manny, officials let the media get closer to look at the rubble. what struck you? >> reporter: good morning. we were allowed to get closer to the side of the building that was demolished sunday night, away from where the search is still taking place, and from there, the street level, you really get a sense of the scale of this disaster and the massive task at hand for crews working on the pile. sifting through a mountain of concrete, steel and debris, rescue crews continue the

round-the-clock search for survivors. good news is in short supply. >> the key things we're looking for with regards to void space, liveable spaces, we're not coming across that. >> reporter: leaders insist they are not giving up hope. it's hard to imagine this was once a 12-story condo building, but it's the little things like that cushion right there, that was once part of a sofa or patio furniture, that remind you of the lives lost. a few blocks away four of those lost were laid to rest. the guada family, marcus, anna and their 10 and 4-year-old daughters. friends say they were an incredibly close and loving family. symbolically, the two young ssters were placed together in the same white casket. with the cause of the champlain tower collapse still unknown, surfside mayor charles burkett says there are concerns about the virtually identical sister building, champlain towers north. in nearby sunny isles,

residential buildings built before 1982 are set for inspection. >> that area had a lot of people who were laundering money, looking to bury cash and took a lot of shrt cuts soish jason piy is pushing for legislation to make records more transparent and available and wants greater oversight of condo associations which make decisions about building repairs. >> we live in the ultimate buy and flip region. little legacy interest in miami. that's the concern. it takes a mass tragedy because this allows people that otherwise look the other way to say, no, you can't escape this one, you're not getting away with this one, and something has to change. >> reporter: of course the cause of the champlain tower south collapse remains under investigation and although several lawsuits are working their way through the court system right now, it is unclear which parties, if any, may bear

responsibility. jamie? >> people watching that piece carefully. manny, thank you. turning to the pandemic, the cdc says the delta variant is now the dominant covid-19 strain in the u.s. it accounts for more than 80% of infections in parts of the midwest. overwhelming hospitals in states like missouri, where there's been a sharp rise in hospitalizations in the last month. nancy chen is in springfield, missouri. how bad is the situation there? >> reporter: jamie, good morning to you. just as more people are relaxing their behaviors, a hospital here in seeing the most covid patients it has seen the entire pandemic. as doctors and those who have lost loved ones are urging people to stay vigilant. debora carmichael lost her daughter, tricia jones, to the delta variant almost a month ago. >> it was so severe. you can't believe how bad she looked physically, and while she was suffering, of course, internally. but this variant is just brutal. it takes no prisoners.

>> reporter: carmichael says jones was hesitant to get the covid-19 vaccine to begin with, but then she saw her mother get sick after her first shot. >> that really freaked her out and after that she was just adamant that she wasn't going to mess with it. by the time she was kind of, again, thinking about, well, maybe i should do this or something, she had already picked up covid. >> reporter: as the delta variant rages across the u.s., 14 states, including missouri, still have less than 50% of their populations vaccinated. new data from johns hopkins warns the rate of covid cases is almost three times higher in states with low vaccination rates. >> definitely we wouldn't want to be in this position again. >> reporter: dr. mayrol juarez is a critical care physician at mercy hospital springfield, where they've had to add a second icu due to the rise in hospitalizations. >> we have patients as young as newborns or patients in between the ages of 30 plus. the disease process is faster than before and they are getting

sicker sooner than before. >> reporter: it feels like a lot of people have let their guards down. >> it's very stunning to talk to a patient and ask, what will you do different, and all of them invariably said i wish i would have taken the vaccine. >> reporter: carmichael says that's what jones told her after she got sick. >> she said, mom, you were right, i should have gotten the vaccine and i should have worn my mask more. i think she felt a little overconfident that even if she got it, she would be okay. >> reporter: and dr. juarez tells us there is concern that case numbers will keep going up here now that we've come out of a major holiday weekend. tony? >> nancy, thank you very much. we have breaking news from haiti where the country's president is dead this morning. assassinated in what's being described as a middle of the night attack. moise had been in office for four years and had been the target of protests. haiti's prime minister said his wife was also wounded in the

attack. with us on the phone is jacqueline charles, who has covered haiti extensively. what are you hearing about this assassination? >> good morning. so what we are hearing is that it occurred in the middle of the night or middle of the morning, somewhere around 1:00 a.m., according to the current acting intern prime minister. these are unknown, unidentified assailants that in video circulating identified themselves as dea agents or this was a dea operation. these were not dea agents. there was no dea operation. one high ranking officia told me that these are quote/unquote mercenaries. we're still trying to figure out who they were, who hired them, what was the motive behind all of this. and, yes, the president was quote/unquote motor tale wounded and he is dead. >> the statement from the prime minister's office said some of the unidentified assailants spoke spanish.

is that credible? what is the backdrop? what led up to this middle of the night attack? >> it is incredible they spoke spanish and english with an american accent. you know t backdrop, haiti is a country that has been in chaos now for a while. president moise has been in office four months and he's been contested since he got into office. you have a sector of the population that said they did not recognize him because his presidential term expired february 7th of this year. he said, no, he still had another year to go. the united states actually backed him up on that claim. at the same time, he was trying to force through a constitutional referendum and the majority of haitian experts said that it was illegal. at the same time he's been getting pressure to hold legislative elections because he's been ruling by a decree since january 2020. he made a number of positions or presidential orders, one of which was to create a secret

intelligence agency and he also redefined what would be considered terrorism, basic acts of protests like burning tires, they decided that that was terrorism under these new domestic laws. so this is a president that has faced a lot of controversy and a country where you have a humanitarian crisis, you have an armed gang crisis, alarming spikes in kidnappings. since june 1st you've had more than 16,000 haitians who have been forced out of their homes because of armed clashes with rival gangs. you also have an economic crisis. it has just been an overall country that's volatile and today with the death of the president, i've been told that there is no constitutional legal solution in terms of who should take charge. >> all right. well, a dramatic overnight development in one of america's closest neighbors in the caribbean. mercenaries is the allegation, spoke spanish and american accented english. jacqueline charles, thank you very much for that breaking reporting. president biden meets with high-ranking officials this

morning to discuss how to fight growing ransomware threats. this after a cyberattack on a u.s. information technology firm kaseya affecting hundreds of companies worldwide. the president says the damage to u.s. businesses from the largest global ransomware attack on record appears to be minimal. kaseya says it had only a limited impact. a russia-based cyber hacking gang called revil is demanding $70 million in ransom. the white house press secretary says u.s. and russian officials will discuss the hack next week. in the race to choose new york city's next mayor the associated press projects eric adams as the winner of the democratic primary. he leads sanitation commissioner kathryn garcia by just over 8,000 votes. adam is brooklyn's top elected official, a former state senator and a retired police captain. as the democratic nominee he would be the favorite to win in the november election, becoming the second black mayor in new york's history. we'll talk with eric adams

still ahead, sha'carri richardson's olympics dreams dashed again. the developments and the sympathetic response. we'll find out what's driving car prices so high and when if ever they might come down again. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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finally real. >> reporter: jesse brittain says his 17-year-old nephew hunter should be enjoying his summer ahead of his senior year of high school. >> we're still -- wondering what's going to happen with this officer, why he's not been locked up. we cannot even begin to understand this, and we need some answers. >> reporter: police say hunter brittain was shot and killed during a traffic stop on june 23rd at around 3:00 a.m. his family says he exited his truck with this bottle of antifreeze to place behind his tire to keep the car from moving. that's allegedly when sergeant michael davis opened fire. benjamin crump is one attorney representing the family. >> the facts are going to tell us everything that happened, and he should be charged to the greatest extent of the huh because justice will warrant it because hunter brittain's life mattered. >> reporter: davis was fired from the sheriff's department last week because he violated department policy when he did

not turn his body camera on until after the shooting. >> my decision -- >> reporter: the county sheriff released a video explaining the decision. >> this means there's no video of the actual shooting. we see the aftermath but not the shooting. without all the evidence, i cannot make any determination on whether the shooting was proper. >> arkansas state police say the criminal investigations division is now looking into the case and whether or not to charge the former sergeant with any crime. >> my nephew was murdered, and so i think that he should definitely be charged with murder. >> family and friends gathered at brittain's memorial service yesterday wearing justice for hunter t-shirts. [ applause ] delivering the eulogy, reverend al sharpton called for unity. >> he does not deserve this. people don't have to qualify for justice. justice ought to be given to everybody. >> after the funeral, brittain's casket was taken out of the

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if you're shopping for a new car, then you already know this -- prices are at record levels. the average cost of a new car has now topped $40,000. >> yikes. >> by the way, used cars are up nearly 30% in the past

and that is bad news if you're buying a car. >> the cool part is you can actually put the seats down -- >> reporter: when nina anziska went shopping for a new car, there were few options and no deals. how much more did you spend than you wanted to?

>> i probably am spending probably closer to $100 more a month than i wanted to. >> reporter: she was hoping to lease the same model volkswagen jetta that her brother got nine months ago for $250 a month. she was quoted $315, 26% higher. for the same car. >> for the same exact car. >> that's nuts right now if you want to buy a new car. >> reporter: auto analyst ed kim says the computer ship shortage is to blame. so you're not getting any big discounts on cars. >> oh, god no. i would say you're lucky if you're just paying msrp. and there are gdp people paying well -- good people paying over sticker. >> reporter: during the pandemic, u.s. automakers temporarily closed factories and canceled orders for computer chips amid plunging sales. so chipmakers focused instead on making smaller chips for electronics like refrigerators, tvs, phones, and laptops, which are all in high demand now. >> once you adopt your supply chain to something else, it takes a while to go back.

i struggle to see things going back to what they were, you know, for another i would say six to nine months. >> reporter: in the meantime, some automakers are storing unfinished vehicles. ford says it's putting the brakes on production at some factories this summer. the company anticipates producing more than a million fewer vehicles this year, costing ford $2.5 billion. >> but at the same time, over the last couple of months, we've got stimulus money rolling in, we've got tax returns coming in. so people are ready to buy a car. >> reporter: and many are now turning to used vehicles. driving prices up 30% in may with some models reselling for more than they did when they were new. making matters worse -- rental companies are scrambling to buy fleets of cars after selling off nearly 800,000 of them during the pandemic. as a result, daily rental car rates more than doubled. >> many of the rental car companies have actually been looking to used car options which is something that just normally does not happen. >> reporter: so what advice

would you give to someone who needs to buy a car in the next six months? >> well, if at all possible, wait. the supply's so low, you know, people are having a hard time finding the exact configurations they want. it. >> all right. carter evans for us. thank you. i think the important part is point a to point b, you said you were able to sell your car -- >> i got $6,000 over the blue book value. but again, then i had to buy a car. so you end up -- the exchange -- >> it's a serious situation. even the white house asking for help and the senate passing bipartisan legislation to try

and make sure that there's money going toward this problem. >> it makes me nostalgic -- and i bet people at home feel this, too -- for a day when the computer was a computer and a car was a car and they were not the same thing. >> all connected. >> now it's the same thing. >> the dealership carter's at is where i bought my car. they had 6,000 parts normally in inventory. they told me when i bought my car about eight weeks ago they were down to 500 parts. that's where the shortage is happening. even if you have to fix your car, you're going to have problems. >> carter says, come on down. a deal to be had. up next, is britney spears giving up show business? the pop star's manager gives a big hint with his own resignation announcement. first, 7:43. time to chec

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needed any more. >> wow. that's a lot. >> interesting because these people have been in her life a long time. >> that's right. you feel a sort of personal connection to them. obviously many people do with the britney spears story. >> yeah. i mean, the point he's making about her not going to perform anymore goes to the heart of this mystery around the conservatorship which is how could she need so much support from others while also making tens of millions of dollars while performing. who is forcing her, did she want that? >> yes. >> will she get another manager? >> yeah. it's an interesting conundrum. i think we'll see it unfolding now that these two big things have happened. also, naomi osaka is giving fans a personal look into her life. in a new self-titled documentary on netflix. take a look. >> for so long, i tied winning to my worth as a person. to anyone that would know me would know a tennis player. what am i if i'm not a good tennis player? >> the trailer for the three-part series dropped yesterday. it follows osaka two years after she defeated serena williams to win the u.s. open in 2018.

her first grand slam victory. the 23-year-old, that blows my mind, 23-year-old opens up about a lot and even recalls a time someone told her dad that she would amount to nothing. so many successful people have that story. osaka withdrew from the french open in may and chose not to play at wimbledon citing efforts to preserve her mental health. as we said. >> brave of her to do that. very brave. >> i think there's this idea that if you're successful you automatically love yourself, you're optimistic and happy, life is great. and i think we're learning from all these athletes that there's a real struggle. i know from personal experience, sometimes you got to get up and give yourself the pep talk every day that things are going to be all right. >> we're normalizing it more, to talk about it. >> go back to michel phelps. here's a sweet story. jimmy and rosalynn carter are celebrating their 75th anniversary today. >> what? >> as the longest married presidential couple in american history. yes. not 75th birthday, 75th anniversary. they started dating in 1945 when

they were set up on a date by his younger sister. the couple tied the knot one year later. the carters and four children became a navy family, a farming family, and eventually the first family. since leaving the white house, they have spent a lot of time volunteering with habitat for humanity, of course. and in 2018, john dickerson visited one of their work sites and spoke to mr. carter about the secret to a long marriage. >> any married couple that's been together for as long as you have, when they do a project together, i mean, is this smooth sailing with the two of you? >> no, not always. we've learned to accommodate one another. to iron out differences. >> measure once and cut once is good for carpentry and maybe marriages. >> it is. >> you can debate how he was as a president. i don't think anyone has served the world better as a former president than jimmy carter. >> i thought you were going to say no one has been a better husband. >> that might be true, too. we could take some lessons. >> what do you think? 75 years, could you do it? >> i think i could do it.

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what his shoes reveal about his unique style. but first today's "eye opener" at 8:00. tropical storm elsa bearing down on the west coast of florida, causing heavy rain and flooding there. >> we're on the dirty side of the storm, which means as the band whips around, the storm will move inland very quickly. >> it's about to make landfall quickly. most of the heavy rain skewed to the south. just as more people are relaxing their behaviors, doctors and those who have lost loved ones are urging everyone to stay the journey. >> it takes no prisoners. >> breaking news from haiti where the country's president is asass nalted in what's being described as a middle of the night attack. in the center of the field, hamilton. >> billy hamilton going all out and lays out in the mud, in the rain to make the catch. he was fine, just a little

dirty. >> make your own slip'n slide for billy hamilton. come on. >> do you think he's hurting? >> it's always good to go home with a dirty uniform, i'll say that. we're going to begin in florida with tropical storm elsa close to landfall of the northern coast. it's been churning off the heavily populated coastal area for hours now. it was a storm that became a category 1 hurricane. it's been very intense as you can see from these pictures in key west. millions of people are dealing with powerful wind, rain, and flooding. there have also been tornado warnings in central florida. it's not a good time to be outside. by tomorrow this very same system could be drenching georgia and south carolina. nearly two weeks after the building collapse in florida, searchers are determined to find every victim buried in the rubble. tough weather conditions halted the work for a couple of hours yesterday.

this morning crews have found ten more bodies. that's bringing the confirmed death toll to 46. over 100 are still accounted for. dozens of older buildings near the site of the tragedy are set for fresh inspections, that includes champlain towers north, which is virtually identical to the building that fell down. the "associated press" projects eric adams as the winner for the democratic primary for new york city mayor. that means the former police captain will likely be on the ballot in november, and since two-thirds of the city's eligible voters are registered as democrats, adams is expected to win and be the next maier of new york. if na happens, he will have a lot of work to do. the city is home to more than 8 million people, and last year it saw one of the worst covid outbreaks in the nation. countless businesses are

struggling after shutdowns. he joins us now for an interview you will see first on "cbs this morning." almost-mayor adams, nice to see you. >> thank you, thank you. people also introduce me as a former police captain, but the uniqueness of this, i was arrested, i was assaulted by police officers. i didn't say woe is me. i said why not me. i became a police officer. i understand crime and i also understand police abuse, and i know how we can turn around not only new york but america. we're in a terrible place, and we can turn this country and city around. >> i'll dig into those comments most, but the biggest question is a lot of people look at your win or projected win andly are lessons for the wider democratic party. you yourself say you're the new face of the democratic party. explain that? >> we have abandoned new york

city. it's taken place in chicago's south side, california, atlanta. you see gun violence. it's so pervasive. it's more than gun violence. if we don't educate, we'll incarcerate. 65% of black and background children every year never reaches proficiency. you'll see in the democratic party they've basically thrown up their hands, and we continue to see the same problems in our cities. >> you know, i've heard from some people in law enforcement gang violence has gone up because there is this idea they've heard about defunding the police. you have police department who have officers who no longer want to be on the street after, you know, so much turmoil over the last couple of years. how do you fix that as this crime is going on? >> that's a great question. i say toe my offices, if you don't want to be on my streets anymore, then get off my streets. i don't want to hear someone say they don't like what government is doing and you're not protecting my public. i didn't like policing. i didn't like what the government was doing when i was a police officer for 22 years,

but when i put on the gun and shield, i protected the city. i will have the finest offices. i will have their backs, but they will have the backs of the city. we'll go to our lawmakers. we're not going to make laws that are hurtful to the public and to law enforcement officials. that's the problem we're facing in this country. >> do you feel like that's what the democratic party is facing, an uphill battle? >> when you do the analysis, you find very few have ever been part of law enforcement and we have demonized protection in the city because we have too many abusive offices allowed to stay in our agent sichlt at the same time we have ignored the problem. we're going to show american how to run the cities. i know how to run the city, how to lead. >> here's a question on running the city. yo want to bring new york back. people are counting on you to bring new york back.

the country needs new york to come back. it's the biggest city in the country. bringing new york back, does that mean going back to the new york that was the hallmark post-b post-bloomberg? >> we can't not continue to ignore that the inequalities exist. it really hurts. it hurts folks like you and i. let's be clear. we're sheltered from the real abuse our country is witnessing. there's a permanent group of people that are living in systemic poverty. you and i go to the restaurant and we'll well. we're going to turn things and and end inequalities. we're dysfunctional as a city and the country. the archbishop has a quote. we spend a lifetime pulling

people out of the river. no one goes upstream and prevents them from falling in the river in the first place. i'm going to take our city upstream. i'm going to take our country upstream. >> there's determination. >> a lot of people are counting on you. all right. mr. almost-mayor, congratu congratulations on your projected victory and we'll see you in november. >> thank you. new york city is holding a ticker tape parade right now honoring workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. the hometown heroes parade features 2,500 people, at least ten marching bands, and 14 floats representing essential worker. one of our reporters is at the parade route. good morning to you. >> reporter: jericka, good morning to you. talk about a celebration. you can hear the sirens behind me. the parade takes off in a few

moments. the canyon of heroes is normally reserved for yankees and giants, but today it will be dominated by giants among men and women, the first responders, essential workers, all of the key ingredients keeping new york city going during the 18 months during the pandemic. the mvp, grand marshal, the nurse who received the first vaccine. the floats will host over 260 workers. they won't have numbers on their floats. everybody is going to be cheering. lots of excitement, jamie, as we send it back to you. live to you from broadway. my mom always wanted me to say that. >> there you go. thank you. still ahead t latest fallout after nikole hannah-jones told us exclusively she declined a

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hannah-jones didn't have to make. the head of unc journalism school was one of their fiercest athletes. >> nikole was going to be, i felt, perhaps my most important legacy. >> last year hannah-jones was appointed the night chair. the controversy began after it became public that the position was offered with a five-year contract instead of ten-year. >> this was a position that since the 1980s came with tenure. the night chairs are designed for professional journalists working in the field to come into academia, and every other chair before me who happened to be white received the chair with tenure. >> you had never been denied tenure before. >> exactly. >> reporter: after public outcry and student protests the board of trustees took up a vote to offer her tenure, but she ultimately decided not to accept it. >> why do you suppose they right

away department offer you tenure? what do you think the reason is? >> what has been reported is there was a great deal of political interference by conservatives who don't like the work that i've done, particularly the 1619 project. >> her project aimed to re-examine american slavery and its impact on society, policies, and the legal system. it earned her journalism's highest honor, the pulitzer prize. >> do you think this had anything do with miss hannah-jones' 1619 probably? >> i'm sure it had some impact. >> reporter: it's long been criticized by republicans including former president donald trump. >> this project rewrites american history to teach our children that we were founded on the principle of oppression, not freedom. nothing could be further from the truth. >> there are 13 members of unc's board of trustees who voted on hannah-jones' tenure.

four are controlled by the house and state senate. ralph meekins says he thinks it was poor communication, not politics to blame for hannah-jones not initially being offered tenure. he said the tenure committee reviewing her application had some questions back in january, which was typical in the review process. when he says they didn't hear back regarding those questions, the process stalled. meekins also told us he doesn't think it was about the content or truthfulness of the 1619 project which he calls impactful work. he admires hannah-jones and wishes she was coming to unc. hannah-jones denies anyone at unc requested additional information for her tenure application. janay nelson with the ncaa p legal defense is hannah-jones' legal counsel. >> if she went forward with a lawsuit, what would the grounds

be? >> there are several but they're rooted in violaton of rules of the first amendment, also race discrimination, gender discrimination, and the intersection of boechlkt there's also state law in north carolina that prohibits discrimination. >> the academic freedom on campus has been in trouble for quite some time. >> greg says his organization was the first to criticize hannah-jones for not getting tenure. >> my hope is that what comes out of this case is the greater awareness of the threat of academic freedom. >> as for susan king, she hopes to use hannah-jones as an example of what they can achieve. >> she's not just a great journalist but a once in a generation journalist. >> hannah-jones said the provost and chancellor never reached out in the process.

in a statement it was said they're disappointed hannah-jones is not coming to unc and he's committed to make it a more welcoming place. you can't help but wonder that journalists coming to the school won't be learning about this situation. >> i think her point in her letter is this isn't just her fighting for herself but on behalf of the many people whose opportunities are stifled because there are certain people who don't want certain people in these institutions. >> yeah. >> and for sure the students at howard university are lucky they'll have her as a teacher. >> yeah. >> a lot of people levering vicariously through her, i don't want this job, i got a better job, take that. >> and she had a lot of options. >> well good. >> thank you. ahead, new support for the idea that we should always have a three-day weekend. >> i like that. >> you guys like that. >> i love it. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." >> i love it. >> you're watching c"cbs this

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oakland. he will kick it off from a rally at lake merit. and taking a look at the roadways. northbound 880 at thornton. you may see a few brake lights. there's a crash over to the right shoulder and a little busy for that wednesday morning ride as you head through there. north of there you will see brake lights throughed heyward area on that southbound side of 880 heads toward the san mateo bridge. looking at traffic on the highway 4 westbound through bay point. if you are connecting from 242 down onto 680 into pleasant hill rather out of concord, we have trouble spot here. 242 northbound at grand street. there's fire activity to the right shoulder. travel times, highway 580 and 80 are still in the yellow so slow. tracking the strong on shore flow. for today one more day of seasonal temperatures with that sea breeze kicking in. it's a cloudy start with areas of fog and that drizzle along the coast and around the bay. the drops on the live san francisco camera as we head through the day upper 70's to

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is that time to bring you the talk of the table. ander reek ka, you have quite the talker. >> it's about blessings but it's also about taking the high road. actress and social media influencer tabitha brown celebrated her husband's retirement from the lapd. not an old couple. brown said she made enough money to allow him to pursue his own dreams. talk show host wendy williams responded with some shade. she predicted on her show that brown's marriage is going to be on the rocks citing her own personal experience. brown responded to williams on

instagram with love and kindness. >> wendy, the pain you must be in to feel this way and i'm so sorry true love finds you. true love. i pray that type of love finds you so that you can understand why i don't want my husband to put his life on the line anymore. >> they've been married for 23 years. we did ask williams team for comment. they have not responded. so a couple of things are at play. i love that she acknowledges how blessed she's been in her life because she talked about the struggle but then also the roles changing. she said, look, i'm able to do this for my husband so why not. >> they talked about it. he said that he supported her dreams. >> so the question is, are men more likely to step out if they're not the bread winner or they feel somehow diminished by not being employed? i don't know what the research says. i think there's some support for it. the bigger issue for marriages is if one person retires and now

you're like, don't you have someplace to be? you have someplace to go. >> to that, tabitha said this allows him to focus on his nonprofit, follow his dreams, work with kids. >> he'll be busy. >> he'll be busy. >> send them love. they send you hate, send them love. >> i want to hear what wendy williams has. we'll follow this. >> are you ready for a four-day work week? i know i am. >> yes. love our jobs, yes. >> a test run in iceland is an overwhelming success. from 2015 to 2019 more than 2400 workers in iceland were paid the same to work 35 hours a week instead of 40. employees found they were happier at work and felt less stressed and they had more energy for activities outside of work including spending time with families and doing hobbies. i would spend more time going to the soccer games. overall work-life balance improved. the quality of the work did not suffer from the shorter hours as

well. work productivity remained the same or improved. we all say, we work -- think about hospital workers. what about the traditional 9 to 5 jobs? they look to cross the boards. >> focused work. you can get a lot done. >> got to work smarter. i have a pretty wild talk of the table. there is a snake loose in the mall of louisiana. >> not on a plane. employees of the blue zoo aquarium came in and noticed that this burmese python, cara is her name, who is not in her cage, so -- and my heart goes out to first responders. they were heroes already. they were called. the fire department was called to come in and find the snake. i hope they say that's not really what we do but they're trying to do it. they think the snake is somewhere in the roof or the ceiling. by the way, the mall is not

closed so people were just advised to -- >> shopping ssspree. >> to be on the lookout. i like the image of the guys putting the ladder down looking up at the ceiling. who's going up? are you qualified? i'm not qualified? >> should look in the shoe section. >> snakes don't have feet. >> there's plenty of shoes made out of them. >> revenge. >> turning now to the iconic rock star, where am i going? over here, prince. let's talk about prince. he's considered one of the most influential musicians of the time. he left behind a shoe collection that made any fashion lover jealous. we're talking about more than 1,000 pairs of custom made shoes, mostly boots, with high heels. paisley park where prince lived and worked in minnesota will showcase more than 300 of his most famous and outrageous pairs. we've got a sneak peek before

the collection opens friday and learned how prince played a big role in all of the designs. ♪ ♪ ♪ from custom hand painted clouds. >> take a few questions right now. >> to the red field boots from an unorthodox super bowl press conference in 2007. >> thank you. >> reporter: to the electric laced pumps worn during that shocking performance at the 1991 mtv video music awards. you know the one. ♪ ♪ >> prince's shoes are out of their boxes and on display in the beautiful collection, a new exhibit at paisley park. >> prince's shoes are really works of art in their own right. just as detailed, vibrant, intricate as the artist. >> none of them are alike? >> yeah. it's like a snowflake. >> reporter: curator mitch mcguire and his team have spent

over a year collecting and restoring the footwear, some after 30 years in storage. >> you could make a fair argument that his overall influence on fashion was just as impactful as his music. i think prince spent a good portion of his time just waiting for the rest of us to catch up. >> reporter: he was known for his outrageous and gender bending fashion choices. and just at 5'3" favored a 4 inch heel. but maguire says they were much more than a fashion statement. >> these shoes were used as quite literally a tool for his own artistic expression. when he's on stage dancing, spinning, going into splits, coming back up again, you can see how the toews have been worn away. >> reporter: was that when he was scraping? >> exactly right. >> reporter: you can get a hint of his body and i loved it showing his body. >> reporter: designer spent three years creating fashions for prince. you had to make sure that the

whole outfit was put together. >> that's right. when we knew we were going to make the outfit we would make sure we had enough fabric for the shoes as well. we'd decide how many pairs, how many duplicates or multiples are we going to need? is he going on tour? >> reporter: she says the artist had a unique vision and knew what he wanted. >> he loved totally coordinated outfits top to bottom. >> reporter: i like this one. he also knew what he didn't want. >> no. >> reporter: was it fun for you? was it hard to imagine? >> no, it was fabulous. i think it was one of the most fulfilling jobs that i've had just because he was so unique, so incredibly individual, you know, and i think that's what he gave to so many people. >> reporter: we reported so many times that he would perform and be in pain. when you look at the size of the heel, was it even surprising to you to see, wow, he was

performing in these? >> without a doubt prince was totally relentless. there was no off position on the performance switch for prince. i don't think he knew any other way. we have an obligation at paisley to be able to elevate the experience for those who choose to be a part of it, and that's exactly what prince did. >> the goal for the exhibit, which opens this friday, was to share a bit of prince's artistry in a way that's worthy of the legend himself. >> wow. >> that's impressive. >> i just have the one pair of brown boots i've had for five years. i keep changing the heels on them. that's an impressive collection. >> they were all so different even though they had a similar style, whether it was the beading or the design, the clouds, the jewels. >> very particular. >> yeah. >> very few people could pull that off. >> no. >> but he did. >> he sure did. we miss him. ahead, we meet the 18-year-old recently named national youth poet

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year's presidential inauguration. before she took the stage at the capitol and landed on the cover of magazines like "vogue" and "time," gorman was honored as the first national youth poet laureate back in 2017. this spring, the arts group urban word announced this year's national youth poet laureate. jan crawford is at the martin luther king jr. memorial library in washington with more on the young honoree. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, her name is alexandra huynh, and at 18-years-old, this inspiring young woman is ready to share her ideas for making the world a better place through what she calls her superpower -- poetry. >> it does not matter any longer where you live. from news reports on the fires in california and the floods in vietnam. >> reporter: poet alexandra huynh is telling her story of a california childhood interrupted by climate change. >> the forest is a city with wildfires and a steady churn of

smog. >> reporter: and the pride she feels as a vietnamese american. >> in the country my mother loves and its naked heart -- >> reporter: poetry has opened up a world of possibility to this shy rising college freshman. >> when amanda gorman was crowned the national youth poet laureate, i thought couldn't be me. >> not even maybe? >> i never thought it was possible. >> drum roll, please. >> reporter: in may of this year, it was her. >> hailing from sacramento, california -- [ cheers ] >> it was just this overwhelming why and i think i'm still asking myself that question. >> reporter: why? >> why me, why am i here? >> reporter: the why starts with her parents who are high school sweethearts in vietnam before immigrating to the u.s. to pursue higher education. alex grew up with her three siblings and two working parents in sacramento. >> look at that. nice. >> reporter: has it sunk in for

you as a mom? >> i'm very proud of her. and i never dreamed that i would be a mom of such a national figure like that. >> reporter: what does that mean to you? >> that means that all the hard work that we put in to raise our children paid off. >> reporter: her parents say alex has always been introverted, preferring to observe rather than speak. but as a kid, she took singi in lessons. ♪ >> after a while i got restless because i was thinking, why am i singing all of these songs that weren't written for me, that can't show the nuance of my lived experiences. i just thought to myself, well, why don't i just write what i want to see. i think poetry and song writing has allowed me to write myself into existence and give myself a say. >> reporter: when alex found her voice, she realized she had a lot to say about equality, climate change, and identity. when you talk about your identity, you wanted to show that your culture was something

that was not necessarily to be, quote, overcome. >> yes. 100%. i think that in hearing my story people might be quick to applaud me because they believe that asian culture is stifling, especially to female voices. but i never spoke up not because i felt like i was going to be punished, it's just that no one asked me what i was thinking. >> reporter: no one asked. >> no one asked. and that's just a larger testament to the fact that there are so many young people who walk around with these amazing thoughts in their head. and because no one tells them that their voice matters, they don't see any point in sharing it. that could be anyone, that could mean everything -- >> reporter: your sister said she thinks that you seem so much more confident when you're performing poetry. do you feel that? >> i do. when i'm on stage, i don't feel scared of messing up because i don't think i could ever forget words that i write mozilla. >> reporter: as a -- myself. she identified with disney's

hannah montana. ♪ a show about a normal teenage girl who lived a secret life as a pop star. >> i was really intrigued by the idea of a double life. i kind of felt like i was lading one. in my head, i was very opinionated, and i always had something to say. on the outside, i did what everyone expected me to do, and i've been trying to find a way to mesh those two halves together because it can be kind of excruciating when you feel like the person that is being perceived isn't the person that's inside of your head. >> reporter: you don't feel like you're being true to yourself. >> yeah. absolutely. i think i was so drawn to hannah montana because she found a way to make -- to make that second identity a reality. >> i'm hannah montana. me. miley. >> and maybe that's what i'm doing with poetry. i'm writing my truest self in attempts to make it, you know,

my everyday self. the men on the news say climate change is a hoax. i talk back, hold the objects they inhabit, break them. >> reporter: now that she has a national platform, alex wants to reach back and make sure other people's voices also are heard. >> i feel incredibly privileged to be here. and i know that it took a lot of work on my behalf. but i also know that my community has put in just as much if not more work by mentoring me and really giving me access to spaces where i felt like my voice mattered. so it's the community, the vietnamese american community, sacramento, i'm just so happy to uplift their stories. >> reporter: now this fall alex will study engineering at stanford university. and she plans to use that training to put into action some of the ideas that she shares in her poetry of bettering her community and building a more sustainable and equitable world from the ground up. she also dreams of writing a

book of poetry that will be translated into her first language, vietnamese. >> wow. >> jan crawford reporting. introducing us to a very graceful young voice on the american stage. >> we'll be hearing about her in the future i'm sure. >> for sure. on this show, i think. all right. on today's podcast, you can hear our complete interview with a group of lawmakers turning to each other for support in the aftermath of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. we'll be right back.

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