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>> we're cheering you on zaila. welcome to "cbs this morning." new questions over the long-term effectiveness of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in the united states. pfizer is the manufacturer and now pfizer says it will seek emergency use authorization by the fda for a booster shot later this summer. the drug maker says a recent study in israel shows the vaccine becomes less effective over time and that getting a third shot will make it five to ten times more effective at neutralizing the virus. however, the cdc and fda say that fully vaccinated americans do not need a covid booster at this time. so let's go straight to cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus. he joins us now. seems like we have a disagreement here between the regulatory body and the manufacturer. why is pfizer saying they're going go with an application for emergency use? >> well, what pfizer has said, to be clear, is that their third shot given six months out

dramatically increases immunity in individuals and is safe. the fda and the cdc will decide if it's necessary and needs to be used. 99.7%, 99.7% of hospitalizations of covid-19 patients in the united states now are unvaccinated. so we are not seeing significant breakthrough cases with serious disease. the same is true in israel is that we are not seeing hospitalization of vaccinated individuals in israel. what they are seeing is a small number of people who are elderly who got the vaccine early on in january are having some mild symptoms. period. so, it's not clear we need a booster, but it is clear that a booster will dramatically increase immunity. >> pfizer says they want to do this now, but the cdc and fda are saying it's not needed now. isn't that a signal to pfizer to slow down? >> no. i mean, pfizer rightly did the study to show it's there and we'll decide when we need it. i think that's what's clear is

that these variants require very high level of immunity. so the question is going forward are certain subgroups, if you will, buckets, people over 70, people with medical conditions, are they going to be able to keep immunity up long enough? we don't know that true answer yet. there's some data with antibodies, but tiny picture, tiny piece of the puzzle is antibodies, the majority is the t cell response which really hasn't been measured long-term yet. >> yeah. all right, dr. david agus, thank you very much. this morning tropical storm elsa is churning up the east coast new york city which got pounded by another storm yesterday. heavy rain flooded this manhattan subway station with the water rising over the platform. look at these images. getting around the street was no easier. many people had to walk up through four inches of water. what are you seeing in long beach, nyork? pretty qure d morn

dealing with here 20 miles per hour, as you can see, still raining, still windy out here, occasional strong wind gust and like you mentioned, considering how new york city handled this, specifically the rain and some of the flooding that you just showed, well, that has folks along the coast throughout the rest of the northeast wondering, what's still left in store for them? >> new york city subway stairs looked more like a waterfall thursday with rain runoff streaming past compumuters and to the tracks. this woman waded through waist water to grab a train. >> the water comes through the vents down the stairs and the waterfalls. >> reporter: it only took around three inches of fast-falling rain to not only drench new yorkers on the streets but turn roads into rivers and strand drivers on this expressway. nyp officers had to use a flat bed truck to rescue stranded drivers from their cars. the deluge that fell on new york city and its surrounding region wasn't part of tropical storm

elsa which has been lashing the east coast with winds of up to 50 miles an hour. after pounding florida's wt ear. as elsa moved north thursday, it left parts of south carolina underwater and turned neighborhoods like this one in myrtle beach into fast-moving streams. people ran for cover as ferocious wind gusts of 61 miles per hour pummelled ocean city, maryland, overnight before the storm continued its destructive trek up the eastern sea board. >> reporter: well, the long island areas certainly used to this sort of stuff. you remember just a few years ago they weathered superstorm sandy, although that didn't happen quite as early in the season as we're seeing this storm here. we're currently under a flash flood watch through the rest of the morning, so jamie, obviously we are not in the clear yet. >> not quite yet. news meteorologist, jeff. where is elsa going? >> good morning. the storm is racing its way

northeast as you can see right now. it's flopped right over the core over long island. we just had a wind gust in southern new jersey to around 80 miles an hour. still packs quite a punch. right now look how fast it's moving. northeast at around 31 miles an hour. which means it will be in and out at blazing speed and that is good news. so, here is a look at the forecast through the morning and into the early afternoon. notice some of these wind gusts here, 65, close to 70 miles an hour in cape cod. so this still is capable of producing some damage and power outages as well. now the west, once again, believe it or not, i sound like a broken record, another extreme heat wave is taking place. it's going to be with us through the weekend into monday. this is probably a once in a decade event. again, death valley, 128 today, about 117 in vegas. look at death valley tomorrow. 130. it would be the highest temperature ever reliably measured. we had 134 about 100 years ago or so. now, i want to bring this up right here. and this is a big study just

done on the heat wave in the pacific northwest and what it found is it made 150 times more likely by climate change, it's a once in a 1,000-year event and if we continue business as usual, it will be a one in five year event by 2050. but the bottom line is we have the tools, we have the know how, we have the technology to solve climate change. we just need the will power. >> those are unbelievable numbers. jeff, thank you. as we mentioned, southern california, arizona and nevada are getting blasted by another potentially deadly heat wave. our lead national correspondent david begnaud in palm springs, california, where the desert heat is in extreme threat. david, did i read it's in the 90s this morning already? >> reporter: look, it was 100 degrees at mid midnight. the heat is not just unbearably inconvenient here, it's also deadly. we came to the desert to visit with rescuers who have seen an increase in rom pe w we stranded when theyul in fact, when we got here

yesterday, this is what happened. >> reporter: it was just after 1:00 p.m. local time, the temperature outside was 108 degrees. >> are you injured? >> reporter: the call came into 911 with a man saying please help me, i'm trapped on the side of the cliff. >> i'm not injured. i've been in the sun and just sunburned. >> what we're going to do, we're getting to find out the exact gps coordinates from the patient, ping from the cell phone and get up to the patient if we can. >> reporter: a crew of 20, some search and rescuer volunteers. >> they're going to hoist him. >> reporter: the rescuers told us the man should not have been hiking in the first place. >> is any hiking recommended in these temperatures? >> no hiking. when it's above 100 degrees. >> reporter: the rescue operation a success. that trapped hiker, known only as james, was flown to safety. >> so, is this guy lucky -- >> he's very lucky. >> still had a cell phone signal, but look at the way he was dressed. pair of shorts. the sun is going to cook you out here.

>> what happened that you needed to call 911. >> i was on the edge of a cliff. went down somewhere and i went down somewhere. took the rocks out of my shoes and lost track of them and that was it. >> reporter: he was lucky. jeffrey martin sere was not. this is the last photo of jeffrey lounging by the pool during the last heat wae in mid june. that's all he was doing for more than an hour. not hiking, not doing anything strenuous but it was 119 degrees that day, tieing a record. jeffrey was planning on meeting his friend jill for a drink at a bar called hunters. he sent her this ominous text message. >> so winded. will explain when i see you inching my way towards hunters. >> jeffrey never made it. he collapsed and later died of complications related to heatstroke. jeffrey's body temperature was reportedly 105 degrees. and you may be wondering, well, they chose to live in the desert, so they should be smart enough to know better than to hike at 12 noon or 3 in the

afternoon, you should know that a majority of the 911 calls rescuers say they go out on involve people from out of town, who are not locals. they come here to visit and then they get themselves in trouble. >> the beauty of the sun but also the power of the sun. david, thank you very much. and in our next hour, dr. narula will have more on the potentially deadly risk of heatstroke. it is no joke. we'll talk about how to avoid it. but right now we'll go to northern california where a powerful earthquake shook the area around lake tahoe causing some damage but not injuries fortunately. the magnitude 6 quake the strongest in the area since 1994 it was followed by dozens of aftershocks and experts predict they will continue through today. rock slides blocked a major highway through the sierra nevada mountains for a while and people felt it in las vegas and san francisco. a new lawsuit filed on behalf of brianna taylor's family alleges the louisville police department is possibly with holding body cam footage from the night she was killed.

taylor was shot last march by officers in her home during a botched drug raid prompting national outrage. an attorney for the taylor family filed a suit wednesday claiming the department is with holding possible body cam video as well as records that prove the footage exists. lawsuit also alleges several officers involved in the raid were issued a type of body camera that would have come on automatically. taylor family's lawyer is calling on a judge to order police to turn over the requested information under the state's open records law. the louisville police department previously said the body cam footage doesn't exist and tells us it cannot comment on pending litigation. after 20 years u.s. troops will be out of afghanistan by the end of next month. president biden yesterday laid out the final strategy for withdrawing the remaining american forces and the president defended the timeline even as the taliban gains more strength in the country. >>e did not go to afghanistan to nation build. and it's the right and the

responsibility of afghan people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. >> we're in kabul where we spoke with the top u.s. diplomat in afghanistan about the possible dangers to the u.s. embassy after withdrawal. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: across the country, districts are falling to the taliban like dominos. as u.s. forces head for the exit and militants inch ever closer to the capital, the u.s. embassy has been taking a hard look at its own security situation. the top diplomat in afghanistan is ross wilson. >> we have added some additional quick reaction capabilities in the event that something happens. >> reporter: worst case scenario, evacuation plans in place? >> at this point i don' think it's imminent. planning for evacuations at anys buss. >> rte oy a few embassy to the airport, but on the streets of kabul, if it came

to an emergency evacuation, extracting thousands of staff, the roads are a no-go. the only way is up. even now american diplomats shuttle back and forth via helicopter, but what if the compound gets stormed? >> there's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the united states from afghanistan. >> reporter: the saigon moment the president was referring to the emergency air lift of americans from the then capital vietnam in 1975. more recently the storming of the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya that left four americans dead including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. no one here believes that moment is imminent, but even tightening the noose around the capital is a concern. >> they are concerned about talib moves to gain control over some of the highways that are

important points of supply for our embassy. >> reporter: the taliban say they have no intention of taking kabul by force or storming the u.s. embassy, but they consider all foreign forces left behind as invaders and therefore legitimate targets. >> thank you very much, charlie. there are big new developments in the investigation into the assassination of haiti's president. authorities say 17 suspects have been detained so far in wednesday's killing including two men believed to be u.s. citizens. 15 of the detainees are from colombia. police are hunting eight more suspects and vowing to bring all the attackers to justice. >> reporter: covered in dirt and blood, handcuffed on the floor, these are some of the suspects in the assassination of haiti's president jovenel moise. haitian police show them off to the press. outside the police station haitians gather to demand justice. surrounding them in the streets, out vehiclesging t thoc

responsi among spects are a citizens, on south florida named james solage once worked at the canadian embassy in haitof for nearly th. >> this cannot go unpunished. and we have to find not only those who financed them, those who paid for the operation. >> reporter: president moise was shot 12 times in the head and body, his wife was caught in the cross fire and shot three times. she is in stable but critical condition at a hospital in miami. >> how is she doing? >> she is doing better. she ha onegerysterday. she's going to have another one today. >> reporter: thechaos of moise's death is a power struggle. september 26th is an election.

it's a guessing game for residents in port-au-prince for what comes next. >> nobody, absolutely nobody has a secure situation in this country. >> the assassination of a haitian president happened in 1915 after president sam was killed by his political opponents. the united states sent in the marine corps and occupied the country for nearly 20 years which is important context because the former prime minister would like to see the united states help lead the investigation perhaps utilizing the fbi, maybe also help with election integrity once those elections roll around, but there are people who are worried about that obviously because of that history. >> i want to know who paid the bills in that assassination. >> oh, the money. >> very complicated. ahead, new information on what is fueling the growing militia movement in the u.s. and why an expert says they're a

ahead, a dramatic rescue in kentucky. we'll tell you how police and neighbors jumped into action to

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welcome back to "cbs this mo welcome back to cbs this morning. we're learning more about domestic militias in the united states after a tense standoff with police that led to the arrest of heavily armed militia members and shut down interstate 95 in massachusetts last weekend. their group is described by the southern poverty law center as anti-government. the showdown is the latest example of how militia groups are emerging from theshs. eporter: t defendants range in 40 a face multiple firearms charges. political divisions and social

media are fuelling militia membership. >> for the record, we're located on i-95 north in the county of massachusetts. >> during the standoff the self-described militia members said they were traveling from rhode island through massachusetts to maine for training as negotiations unfolded, they posted on youtube. >> we are not anti-government. we are not anti-police. >> reporter: court documents describe an arsenal of weapons inside their vehicles as well as ammunition and body armor. >> i think they pose a much tougher challenge than al qaeda did. al qaeda wasn't protected by the first amendment. >> reporter: under the bush and obama administrations mike liter ran a government clearinghouse for foreign and domestic threats. >> the question is how effective hi the fbi and others can monitor these groups. that's a very hard balance to strike. >> reporter: weeks before the assault on the capitol, court

records allege that some militia members began training to execute the breach and leveraged social media to spread extreme ideas. in march, the nation's top intelligence official warned extreme militia groups are among the most lethal and target law enforcement, government personnel and facilities. >> we have people who are becoming more and more isolated in their beliefs and polarized in those beliefs. those echo chambers are increasing a move towards extremism. >> reporter: those intentions were laid bare during the pandemic when militia members demanded the lifting of covid-19 restrictions at state houses. >> what's so dangerous the last 18 months or so is the engagement between militias and members of the public. >> reporter: mary mccord said she believes the turning point was the august 17th unite the

right rally in charlottesville, virginia. >> there were armed militias from multiple states coming to virginia to act as this para military armed dp ed guard for white nationalists. >> reporter: the group at georgetown university released this fact sheet. >> the second amendment protects that individual right to bear arms for self-defense. people put these things together and say that must mean that private militias are okay, but they're not. >> reporter: is this a left and a right issue? >> i think it is. right now what we see overall is more violence from the right. there certainly is a history as well of left wing domestic extremism. >> reporter: the massachusetts standoff ended peacefully, but the outcome is not assured as more militia members cross the threshold to violence. >> all of them have i think one core element in common. their view of the real america is somehow under attack and they

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>> three, two, one, release, release, release. >> reporter: at above 45,000 feet eve will release unity. >> fire! >> reporter: the spaceship will shoot up 50 miles, where space begins. >> we have massive windows all around. they'll be able to unbuckle and float around and become an astronaut. >> reporter: branson and three other passengers, all employees, will experience a few minutes of weightlessness, then glide back to earth. scott mcloughlin oversees space port america. >> yeah. this is going to space. >> reporter: virgin galactic mod operations here in 2019. the nearest city is named truth or consequences. i asked mcloughlin for a little of both about the risks involved. >> that's the key factor.

th the moment of truth both for virgin galactic and this facility. >> i think so. it would be hard to argue it's not. >> reporter: jeff bezos will launch in his blue origins spaceship july 20th, beating him into space by nine years. >> we're not really competing for passengers because there will be plenty of people who will sign up to both of us. >> reporter: the company has a waiting list of 600 people eager to fly. million dollars a piece for that chance. if sunday's flight goes well, they may start flying as soon as next year. and maybe one day it will be your family. >> i would love that to be the case. you mentioned truth or consequences. how about truth or dare? would you go up, having covered

this for years now? >> i don't know about the family. i would only ever dare speak for myself, never for my wife. >> good man. >> i'll tell you this much. i have a pretty healthy appetite for risk. you bet, i would definitely give it a shot. >> bravo. >> i would totally do it. >> i haven't seen the grand canyon yet. i haven't been underwater. there's a lot to do on planet earth. i also don't have that kind of money. >> well, that's true. these guys are competitive. branson said he'd love to have jeff bezos come and see the flight off sunday. >> i want branson to sell the star trek looking space suit he wears. >> where would i wear it? >> wear it

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all right, america. it is time for "what to watch." you are tuned in to "what to watch." it is not as it may appear a strip poker game which i've lost my tie. vlad has lost his socks, and jamie, you seem to be losing big time. >> it is casual friday. >> you look great. >> we're going to talk about this. blazers and shorts. kind of an homage to what nate burleson did a couple of weeks ago. >> he did pull it off. >> only some of us can like you. >> many people -- mark strassmann was wearing shorts in the last segment. we're all doing it. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about. attorney michael avenatti will spend 2.5 years behind bars for attempting to extort nike. the celebrity lawyer-turned-criminal defendant was sentenced in a new york federal court yesterday. he was convicted last february of threatening to release damaging information about nike unless the company paid him up to $25 million. avenatti shot to fame after representing adult film star stormy daniels in her defamation

case against former president trump. >> i thought it was interesting that -- when he was speaking to the judge, he was openly weeping. he talked about the platforms that fueled his rise to fame, tv and twitter. he told the judge they mean nothing. >> yeah. it was -- that's a big fall from grace. >> his legal woes aren't over yet. two more cases in california. >> he had very big financial problems. he had a big win in a lawsuit that then was reversed, and so maybe needed some money and went about getting it the wrong way. >> maybe we went about covering him the wrong way. >> i wouldn't say we. i wouldn't say -- >> the press. collectively. >> a big tent. >> yes, it is. frightening body cam video shows the moments when louisville police saved a girl who had been reported kidnapped. watch. >> hello. [ crying ] >> it's okay. it's okay. >> i want my daddy. >>icee ablck down the 6-year-old half an hour

after witnesses say robby wilt grabbed her off her bike and took off in his car. what a nightmare. neighbors who saw the whole thing followed him and called 911. the 40-year-old suspect has pleaded not guilty, and the girl is safe, back home with her family. >> this could have been so much worse. >> bravo to the neighbors who got involved rather than just went back inside. >> called the cops. officer jason braba who grabbed the girl from the suspect's car, and sergeant joe keeling who spotted the car and apprehended him. what's really heartbreaking is hearing her say "i want my daddy." >> of course. >> gosh. >> yeah. >> thank god for the way that ended. >> if you see something, say something. >> absolutely. speaking of which -- >> i am going to say something right now. >> we have already mentioned my -- >> you have great calves. >> thank you so much. >> the dating segment was yesterday, jamie. >> he's married. >> that's true. this is part of a different trend in style as more people head back to the office and no one was wearing pants on zoom.

most people are going for a professional yet relaxed look including me. now our friend, as i said, nate burleson, rocked the look on our set. and style journalists are catching on, too. "g.q." highlighted the blazer/shorts combo that has taken over runways and street fashion calling the pairing "one hell of a style." i like that. "the new york times" points out that the short suit look, though it's more popular, is nothing new. lebron james scored the look before the nba finals in 2018. and nate was not the first correspondent to wear this in studio. i have to say five years ago when cargo shorts, this reporter wore a blazer and -- >> oh, man. >> all right. >> i think women have had a lot of time in the fashion worlds to politics it up. i think -- mix it up. i think you should own it. >> have you seen tony's shorts? >> tony likes the short-shorts. >> you have to go to my wife's instagram actually. i don't post a lot of my own short-short content. however, i may take a pair of

scissors and turn these suit pants into shorts. that's the look. >> why not? >> all right. you know, i always think to myself, what would cary grant do? >> not this. >> that's my rule maybe jim car. >> good to see you. jamie wax, love you, man. ahead, how to recognize a threat from heatstroke and to keep yourself safe from the sun. we'll be right back. if you have a typical airline credit card, you're not getting double miles on every purchase. you're right! i only get extra miles on some types of purchases! may i? please. with the capital one venture card, you earn unlimited double miles everywhere. yes. everywhere is great. but where can we use them? you can use them on any travel purchase—not just some travel purchases. venture gets a gold star! what's in your wallet?

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♪ it's friday, you made it, july 9th, 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm here with jamie yuccas and tony dokoupil. gayle and anthony off. tropical storm elsa and extreme heat in the desert southwest. how to avoid heatstroke. as i catch up on summer read week my toddler, we look into the importance of diversity in children's books. a best-selling author explains why a broad range of characters is good for all young readers. >> so cute. the new national spelling bee champion also holds three world records. zaila avant-garde talks with us about her historic win. but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00.

s. pfizer will seek emergency use authorization by the fda for a booster shot late they are summer. >> what pfizer said is that their third shot given six months out dramatically increases immunity in individuals and is safe. the fda and the cdc will decide if it's necessary and needs to be used. >> still raining, still windy out here, occasionalal wind gusts that have folks wondering what is left in store for them. >> look how fast it is moving, 31 miles an hour and will be in and out at blading speed. that is good news. 100 degrees at midnight. midnight. we came to the desert to visit with rescuers who have seen an increase in 911 calls from people stranded hiking. >> what happened that you needed to call 911. >> i was on the edge of a cliff. >> a 9-year-old labrador retriever took a dip in the cool to cool off. >> i'm impressed on a hot summer day, nothing feels better than a big belly flop into a cool pool.

>> three square meals a day, protect the house and frolic in the pool. >> i like it. >> love it. love it. what we don't love is what's happening in the east coast. tropical storm elsa is bearing down on eastern new england. it roared past maryland's eastern shore overnight with wind gusts over 60 miles an hour. >> elsa is dumping more rain on new york city where flash flooding left streets and subway stations underwater yesterday. climate specialist jeff berardelli tracking elsa and another threat created by hot weather in the west. jeff, good morning. >> good morning, vlad. good morning, everybody. so in the new york city area and long island areave s4 to6 inc os ingeavy rain gusts to 70 miles an hour, lyle and cape cod as the storm moves out but it's moving at 31 miles an hour so it early afternoon.

take a look at the west. once again week after week we are talking about another heat dome. the good news is this one is further south so it's not over seattle, portland and vancouver but the bad news is this is an extreme heat wave on top of what is the worst drought in modern history. look at these numbers, 119 is possible in vegas today. watch what happens overnight tonight, it doesn't go down very much. so there's no relief. death valley in the morning on sunday morning is going to be 104 degrees. during the afternoon, 130 degrees is possible. redding could also break an all-time record at 119 degrees. so unfortunately we keep seeing these heat waves, you know, week after week. and i can't even say that this is necessarily the new normal because it looks like it'll just continue to get worse until we stop heating the planet. >> oh, jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. when temperatures soar the risk of heatstroke increases and can be deadly. the cdc says more than 600

people in the u.s. die each year from extreme heat. the recent heat wave in the pacific northwest was blamed for nearly 200 deaths. and there are fears that the newest heat wave in the southwest could be just as severe. our senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula is here to show us how to prevent it. they hear heatstroke and heat ex-chaugs, what do you watch out for. >> heatstroke is the most serious heat reeled illness considered a medical emergency. if you don't deal with it appropriately in time, it can lead to organ dysfunction and death. and so really it's defined by this rapid increase in temperature to where your body temperature is over104 degrees and that's associated with dysfunction of your central nervous system, so some of the symptoms to look out for, nausea and vomiting, headache, loss of consciousness or confusion or dizziness, muscle cramping. your skin might become hot, red, dry, flushed and then you may begin to have a rapid heartbeat or even rapid shallow breathing so important if you are with somebody who you think mightper1

and move them to someplace cooler and get them cooled down with either sponges or ice bath or shower to try to get their temperature down to 101 or 102. >> people don't take it that seriously and think, it's not a big deal. no need to call 911 but you really have to quickly move on this and is it important to drink water? i've heard varying things that maybe you shouldn't give people water. >> right, well, in that situation when you're dealing with somebody who may be having an emergency, you don't want to give them anything to drink because their mental status may not be completely there but in terms of avoiding it you want to make sure they are hydrating even if you don't feel thirsty drink enough and you don't want to drink caffeine or alcohol or sugary beverages, those might dehydrate you. other things you might want to think about, wearing sunscreen because sunburn can make you more prone to being unable to regulate your temperature. ac, so important. even if it's for two to three hours a day, if you don't have

it at home get to a public library or mall where you can be inside avoiding cooking with ovens or stoves that will heat up your house. so there are tips and things can you do preventively. >> that was the problem in the pacific northwest is so many peple didn't have air-conditioning. >> right. >> how fast can it come on? >> it can come on quickly. your temperature can rise where you're about to become heatstroke patient in 10 to 15 minutes and there are populations more vulnerable so we think about the extremes of ages so infants and kids up to 4 and then those over 65, those who are on certain chronic medications like blood pressure medicines, antihistamine, antidepressant, also those with chronic medical conditions like cardiovascular disease and people who obviously have to work outside so really important to pay attention to those population. >> very serious condition but it is preventable. thank you very much. the summer olympics begin in tokyo two weeks and they will

look and sound very different than usual. athletes will not hear the crowds cheer because spectators banned from all stadiums in the tokyo metropolitan area and the region will be under a state of emergency starting monday and lasting through the games. as ramy inocencio reports, covid is making a comeback and the delta strain is forecast to become dominant this month. >> reporter: in a first for the olympics, most stadiums will be nearly empty. the host city tokyo and its nearly 14 million residents will be under a covid state of emergency. and more than 11,000 olympians will be isolated from the public. >> obviously these are not the circumstances that we dreamed about. >> reporter: eddy is still headed to tokyo. he is on team usa and excited. >> still the olympic movement, you know, it's still a moment of pride. >> reporter: after winning a

silver in speed skating at the 2014 sochi olympics, he'll be just the 11th american to compete in both the summer and winter games. >> the energy is nuts. at the olympics, it is absolutely crazy. at the end of the day it's -- it's trying to keep everyone safe, this situation that we're all in now. >> dr. david agus, adviser to the olympic committee is not sure japan will succeed. >> you have hundreds of venue, thousands of hotels, so it is impossible to quarantine people off. >> several arriving athletes have already tested positive for covid and cases of the delta variant are forecast to sore. the delta variant is dominant or rising in more than 75 countries. what is the concern that when all of those tens of house of people go home that we might see another wave of covid? >> reputationwise i think that would be the worst case scenario for the tokyo olympics.

>> that's japan societal expert s sagar. >> i'm scared of what will happen. >> alvarez is keeping his eye on the prize. so grateful to be going. >> fans or no fan, there's a lot of dreams coming true just being part of the olympics. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, ramy inocencio, hong kong. ahead, a 14-year-old made history at the scripps national spelling bee becoming the first african-american winner in history. ahead, zaila avant-garde tells us why spell something just a side

coming up, coming up, why diversity matters in children's books. >> a book is a good friend to a child, opening up their world, of course, but i it's also i think planting seeds this them that you want to nurture and grow over that child's life. >> we'll examine how books shape the way children view the world around them and the people in that world. that's important too. you're watching "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." ♪ only 6% of us retail businesses have a black owner. that needs to change. so, i did something. i created a black business accelerator at amazon. and now we have a program that's dedicated

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among parents all across the country about a need for diversity in children's books, and a study that came out not long ago shows only 30% of books published last year for children and teens featured a primary character who was black, indigenous or an otherwise person of color. compare that to how america actually looks. in the last census, 50% are classified as non-white. 50% of children in america are classified as non-white. children's books have always been described as both a mirror and a window. a mirror because kids need to feel seen in those books, and a window into worlds unlike their own. that's important, too. we met up with author and educator renee watson at a

bookstore called book culture, ask she explained why the window part is just as important as the mirrors. >> the child lived in portland, new the streets she was playin on a t going to. >> reporter: you might say she was beverly cleary's "ramona." >> she made mistakes, she didn't do things that were always clear, so i definitely related to her in that way. >> reporter: but renee found something that was so clear that you didn't know was missing. >> i didn't know i needed a book that was a black protagonist character. >> reporter: children can look at books now with black protagon

protagonists. that change took a long time. k.t. honoring is directore ildr center at the university of wisconsin. they have tracked literacy in children since 1955. >> the public industry is still very white, and it caters to mostly white parents, librarians and, ultimately, children. >> reporter: diversity in publishing shows that 76% of children are white. there have been gains before, but after a peak in 1987, black children's books actually flatline and had fell to a low in 2013, after quadrupling in recent years with people of color. >> they're tired of all the

sensitivity and the paying attention, and in their view, it's just a kids' book. what's the big deal? >> i think children's books are a really big part for a foundation for living in the real world. books have an impact. it's a great luxury to be able to say this doesn't matter. >> a good book is a friend to a child. it is opening up the world, of course, but it's also, i think, planting seeds in them that you want to nurture and grow over that child's life. >> reporter: renee watson has not only witnessed the surge in diverse books, she helped created as a best-selling author. her latest book "what i see to grow love" is part of a series of another little girl in portland. ramona quimby, meet lion hart. >> i like where people can read and feel comfortable and learn. >> reporter: watson said she wrote the book with black

readers in mind, but not only black readers. >> we want our young people to be critical thinkers. we want them to be able to put themselves in someone else's shoes. if we have a generation of white students who are either never reading books where they see people of color, or only reading books where they see struggle and pain. even with the best intentions where they're an ally, they're still going to approach people of color with this eye of pity instead of, oh, i love that, too, and i connect with your family. >> reporter: watson says parents and teachers need to offer children a wide variety of books and not assume they'll only want to read about kids like them. >> i think the assumption for adults don't meet the realities for their children. >> for sure. i remember being in a signing line when i was signing books, and i can hear a conversation happening between the white mother and the white daughter, and the daughter wants to purchase the book.

she just heard me read from it. her mother said, i don't know, look at that cover. i don't think you're going to be able to relate to that. the child says to her mom, well, i can't relate to hobbits, either. the next thing i knew, i'm signing that little girl's book. >> got to love kids. they'll tell you the truth. >> i love that angle. speaking about telling the truth, the fact that books are a foundation for a children's world, i actually counted the teddies in teddy books. we have about 50 books in circulation in my household. the stack on the right are books about inanimate objects, talking bears. the pile in the middle is about white characters. the little pile on the left are arguably about characters of color. >> did you buy the three?

>> gifts. so that shows you how you can be presenting to your kid a picture of the world that is not at all like what he will experience when he goes to kindergarten in brooklyn. >> it's an important lesson. i also grew up reading those beverly cleary books, judiy blome, "where the wild things are." and you don't know where you're missing out because you've never been presented with it, or you weren't given the book in school, or it's not something teachers or educators are putting in front of you. this year's spelling bee champ also has some impressive basketball skills. you've got to see this. we'll speak to her about her historic spelling bee victory and her hoop dreams. you're watching "cbs this

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more hot dogs equals better, 16,000 have signed it. i looked it up so it turns out this goes all the way back to 1940 when they started selling packages of hot dogs in ten and at the time they could only bake eight buns at a time and just kept this forever. >> i've always wondered the origins. wow. >> i fully support it. consider this to be my verbal signature of that petition. >> great. my talk of the table is a bit of a doubleheader and the first head is kind of a head fake so for all the people who are wondering -- >> wait. >> it's -- so it's going to go one way then another. head fake. >> got it. >> for all the people wondering why i only took two weeks of paternity leave is because i'll take four additional weeks starting today so thank you to all my colleagues for supporting that and also this all honesty thank you to viacom and acbs. i'm grateful.

that's the head fake. >> going to miss you. family will be happy. >> i'm glad you're doing it. >> speaking of my colleagues, one of my closest colleagues will be leaving us while i am on break and that is gisele thomas. >> oh. >> a young producer on our team. she is one of the most talented young people i know and while we were out on a recent story, something important happened. let's roll the tape. >> thank you so much, aaron. i really appreciate it. >> that's amazing. well done. well done. >> that is giselle getting her very first job offer for an on air position. wgfl, florida is a state where i think a thing or two is known to happen so you're going to be busy. >> never news there. >> congratulations, giselle. >> they were lucky to have you. please call us if you need anything and when you want to come back. congratulations. >> congratulations.

we'll be looking for you in that live shot. >> we will. >> early morning. >> vlad, follow up that. >> i'm going to try. i'm going to try. we'll keep it feeling good. my talk of the table is about a truly remarkable young lady. zaila avant-garde of new orleans is the champion c-h-a-m-p-i-o-n-s. i don't even have to look at the prompter. 2021 scripps national spelling bee. take a look at the moment she won. >> murraya. >> murraya, is that the english name murray like the name of a comedian -- >> i don't see that here. >> bill murray made the spelling be. >> murraya, m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct. [ applause ] >> avant-garde is the first african-american winner in the competition's 96-year history

and first lady dr. jill biden was there to witness it. spelling is not her only talent. the 14-year-old is a basketball prodigy. she is one of the top eighth grade basketball prospects in the country. >> look at that. >> i know and, wait, there's more. she holds three guinness world records for her dribbling skills and guess what, she's joining us now. >> awesome. >> good morning and congratulations. >> oh, thank you. >> so let me ask you, zaila, you hope to attend harvard, you want to play in the wnba. you want to maybe coach one day in the nba and that's if you don't go to work for nasa. so you have all of these hopes and aspirations. winning the spelling bee, what did that feel like? >> it felt like really good. it's like a kind of a dream come true because i've been working towards that goal for like two

years and so to finally have it it's like the best possible outcome because it couldn't have got any better and got to make a joke on my winning word. >> you did, indeed. you know, we saw you celebrate when you won. but how did you celebrate afterwards? >> so the first -- generally probably would have taken -- i kind of took strength to hold me down for awhile but had to chase my baby brother around. he tried to break the car window with a rock so i spent a lot of time in the parking lot chasing my baby brother, chasing him around trying to stop him from kicking a soccer ball everywhere. so that -- >> were you successful? >> a little less energetic after that. >> just a typical 14-year-old. >> well, consider it a tie. yeah, it was a tie. it was a tie. but generally now i am feeling

really great and plan on having lots of fun. >> that's -- you had a lot of fun on stage. you did a little -- do you want to do a twirl for us this morning? >> um. actually i think i'm -- >> you stuck there? >> i have to ask, were you nervous and how does it feel to make history as the first african-american champion? >> first off i wasn't nervous and it felt really great to be the first african-american champion because it's just almost 100 years of no african-americans. it's not too surprising but it's still kind of sad and stuff for there not to be any african-american winners, but it feels good. >> zaila, it's tony dokoupil. i'm always curious why people love the things they love and what is it about spelling that made you practice seven hours a day and become a champion in it?

>> i really love words and stuff and i love moments like when i got the right one where i knew immediately what it meant because i like having roots and stuff makes it kind of like a behind the back pass in basketball. it's like asking roots but it's also like a behind the back pass that you've got to make because like if you know -- there are a lot of words that if you don't know the root like a word that somebody -- i believe -- oh, phylloxera, i believe bhavana madini got that and if you study and know the roots and certainly it's really easy, so just knowing roots it's helpful in spelling and i love that part of it. >> i misspelled ludicrous on air the other day.

>> zaila avant-garde, thank you so much. i cannot wait to see what you do in life. ahead trackside for the speed demons of formula e racing. find out how technology in the all electric race cars could end

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e. all electric cars will compete in new york at speeds of up to 174 miles an hour. it comes after every major carmaker announced plans this year to go electric. several fully by 2035. some of the technology we're seeing in the competition could end up in your neighborhood. errol barnett is at the racetrack in brooklyn. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. consider this, ten years ago this sport didn't even exist. now it's known as the eprix speeding across at least three continents this season and growing. it is high energy meets high tech and i can tell you that come rain or shine this weekend these races are on. >> coming down into the chicane -- >> it's heart stopping and a racing tournament for the 21 century. >> coming up, they're still three wide. >> electric racing cars earning fans by burning rubber. >> brilliant drive from him.

>> do you see any of the team as your biggest threat or is everybody a threat? >> the beauty of formula e is it's so close, every team is a threat. >> reporter: susie wolf is team principal for rokit venturi vaulting her driver to the top of the driver standings. >> this is one of our cars getting unpacked. >> reporter: the tournament is far from over. >> it's brutal. only one winner and everyone wants to win but sport is pure and you know how good you're doing based on your track results. >> the checkered flag falls. >> reporter: leading is mercedes. >> the electric mobility age is upon us. >> reporter: the team principal who worked for a time at the mercedes plant in tuscaloosa, alabama, says what happens here can end up in your driveway. >> if you think about electric mobility, there are certain challenges which come up for the engineers. ultimately it's how efficient you can actually make that power unit in the cars themselves. we can hopefully prove our

competitiveness here that then translates also into the road car. >> reporter: what makes it unique, each vehicle is equipped with the same electric battery and a fixed range. the current version is called gen 2 with a top speed of 174 miles per hour. how each team uses that power while conserving energy makes all the difference. >> the car from the front to here is the same for everybody. and from here to the back, this is where they're developing something. >> reporter: fred says teams never reveal what's under their casings for risk of exposing engineering secrets. so he showed us inside a standard race car and showed what the soon-to-be released gen 3 batly will do. >> what will be different in the new car there will be a second one at the front of the car and the second one will be there to help it go faster at the start. >> this temporary racetrack in brooklyn feels more like a traveling carnival of cutting

edge racing technology. >> the sky is the limit art bill bert to longo co-founded formula e in 2013 to create a sport focused on sustainability. >> we'll have flash charging which you'll be able to charge the car within the course of 30 seconds. its fair share of detractors - specifically over the power boost. >> using fan boost he got to the outside. >> the game-like concept allows fans to vote for their favorite driver during a race. those drivers with the five highest tallies get extra acceleration and a specially marked zone. >> what do you say to people who say this feels like a video game? do you take that as a compliment or not. >> i don't because it was my intention. >> out to the final corner now and he's a two-time formula e champion. >> reporter: now, longo admits his sport suffers from a visibl lack of diversity. he suggests for every thousand boys there's maybe a single girl that wants to get into racing so

motorsports has an initiative called girls os on track aiming to make all of this more accessible, jamie, to young women. >> start your engines will sound a little different too. watch formula e tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern on cbs sports network and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern here ott cbs. we'll be right back. ♪ majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways...

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since i've already been smart enough to thank my employer for parental leave, i'll go ahead and wish my executive producer shawna thomas a happy birthday. >> happy birthday! [ cheers ] >> based on your accumulated wisdom in the world i'm going to estimate your age at 117. didn't give it away. i didn't give it away. i didn't look at you guys. i didn't give it away. that does it for us. see you monday on "cbs this morning." before we go, a look at all that mattered. have a great weekend. faculty members said unc's treatment of the pulitzer

prize-winning journalist was humiliating, inappropriate, and unjust. >> since the second grade when i started being bussed into white schools, i've spent my entire life proving that i belong in elite white spaces that were not built for black people. and i just decided i didn't want to do that anymore. new memoir, sabathia opens up about all of it. he goes all the way. >> cc, you've been sober for nearly six years. what has that journey been like? >> the toughest thing about dealing with alcohol dependency is reaching out and saying that you need help and that you -- that you can't fight this alone. >> richardson was suspended for 30 days for testing positive for marijuana. >> it's not as you know a perfec performance-enhancing drug either. >> no, unless you have a bag of doritos at the finish line. >> reporter: want to try and get some sort of deal, you should probably consider a sedan. >> carter says, come on down. there's a deal to be had. ♪ first here's today's "eye

opener" at 8:00. no -- not 8:00. it's not 8:00. first a look back at all that mattered. >> you got to take care of the three bs -- ball, baby, beer. >> what would you do, tony dokoupil? the ball's coming to you. >> i would have done -- >> holding your daughter -- >> exactly what that father didment did. make the catch and lift the beer in celebration. >> a little dokoupil action. there's the windup and the pitch -- >> i was not aware how stupid looked in the youth size 10 -- the 10-year-old's melt and the youth medium t-shirt. >> you looked great. >> tiny little shorts. >> i know. ♪ time for "what to watch." vlad duthiers's still on walk-about. jamie wax is in. >> hello my fellow pandemic baby father. >> yes. ♪ that's a good song, but you want to feel old? >> yes. >> that's janet jackson's hit single from 2001.

"all for you." >> that was just yesterday. i'm the funky guy. he's the pretty guy. >> we got a pretty boy here, too. tony dokoupil. >> anthony's on vacation -- >> go ahead, pretty boy tony dokoupil. ♪ you know what else is nice to see? the three of us sitting at this table. >> girl power. >> i haven't seen that ever since i've been here at cbs. another j at the table. we've got a jericka, jamie, another jamie. >> what a great day to be here. >> jamie wax, welcome to you. >> three powerhouse women at the table. i love it. i love it. >> yes, that would be us. my "talk of the table" -- >> is? >> have you saying what the zuck. >> very good. >> i worked on it all morning, let me tell you. can someone cut to jericka's face right now? >> what the -- >> zuck. >> okay. you said it, not me. turning now -- >> zuck, zuck, zuck.

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