>> cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great monday. good morning to our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's monday, july 19th, 2021. that's anthony mason. that's vlad duthiers. tony's still on baby leave. i'm gayle king. let's go. on the verge of seeing space history in texas as jeff bezos prepares to blast off tomorrow in his blue origin spacecraft. we'll talk to him and his three fellow passengers as they prepare for launch. alarming coronavirus trends, daily cases nationwide nearly triple in weeks. more u.s. athletes test positive ahead of the olympic games including a gymnast and tennis star coco gauff. wildfires destroy dozens of

homes in the west while floods kill more than 180 people in europe wiping out entire neighborhoods. the latest on the extreme weather putting millions in danger. and a troubling mystery in texas as dozens are hurt by a chemical leak at a six flags water park. what we know about what happened. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> reporter: covid cases jumped in all 50 states. hospitalizations and deaths also up as vaccination efforts stagnate. >> reporter: 97% of the hospitalizations are in people who are unvaccinated. most of the deaths occurring now are in people who are unvaccinated. >> reporter: firefighters are on the front lines battling a number of fires out west that are still burning out of control prompting vaccines. evacuation. >> i see the heartache, and it breaks my own heart. >> reporter: an intensive search continues for survivors of the deadliest and most destructive flooding to hit western europe in years.

>> so many people dead. >> reporter: three people were shot outside the washington nationals stadium, sending players and fans scrambling. >> reporter: a manhunt is under way for the shooters. >> everyone started going down and hiding. >> reporter: tennis star coco gauff has tested positive for covid-19 and will not be competing at the tokyo olympics. all that -- >> reporter: a car catapulted off a canada highway -- [ scream ] the woman only had minor injuries. and all that matters -- >> hamilton's going to try again -- a big crash! >> they touched wheels. hamilton still goes on to win his eighth british grand prix. >> for an eighth time, don't you forget it! on "cbs this morning." >> here comes your winner right here. >> making history at the british open. >> the only player in history to win both the pga and the british in his first try.

>> didn't take long to put his name on the claret jug. one for e at the open. [ cheers ] this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive -- making it easy to bundle insurance. >> lewis hamilton is so good, golfing so impressive. here we are, impressive. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin with this -- concerning the new trends with the coronavirus here and around the world, breaking overnight. there are reports of female u.s. olympic gymnast has tested positive. her name has not been released. this announcement follows news that tennis star coco gauff, oh, no, has tested positive, as well. she has been forced to drop out of the games. covid-19 cases are up in all 50 states. that hasn't happened since january. just four states made up 40% of ne half the new cases merom fl.

ipled the past e people have tested positive. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in little rock. david, it sounds like a pretty tough situation there. >> reporter: anthony, it is. good morning. we are inside one of the trauma bays here at the university of arkansas for medical sciences. we have been given unprecedented access in order to tell you this story. there are 23 covid beds in the hospital but 56 covid patients. in fact, seven of them came in overnight, and that's a lot to come in in one night. the average age of the covid patients inside the hospital right now is 40 years old. >> i thought the vaccine was a hoax. >> reporter: 42-year-old lamonte boyd, a married father of three, said he didn't listen to the doctors or even his wife when she got the covid vaccine and told him he should, too. what did you think of covid before you got sick, mr. boyd? >> i brushed it off. i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: there are going to

be a lot of people watching who don't want to take the vaccine. what would you say to them? >> well, i'll tell those who don't want to take the vaccines -- you are playing russian roulette with your lives. >> reporter: boyd was diagnosed nearly two weeks ago. he developed pneumonia in both of his lungs and still -- >> right now as we talk, my wind is short. that's why, you know, i'm really gasping for air now. >> reporter: arkansas has the third lowest full vaccination rate in the country. a little over one in three people here have gotten both of their shots. the state is now in its third surge, says dr. cam patterson, chancellor at arkansas's only academic medical center. >> put it into perspective, our team is in the fourth quarter right now or maybe even double overtime. this is not the first quarter for this team. they're tired. it's tough. >> reporter: dr. patterson has stood alongside the governor many times over the last year educating kansasans about how effective the vaccines are.

to those skeptical he says this. >> if i haven't convinced you, help me understood who would and i will find that person and we will talk to you. >> i regret it, not getting the vaccin womaname bid >> it's hard to breathe. i have to have oxygen -- you can see it on me 24/7. and then there's occasions where i cough and i can't stop. >> reporter: what would you say to all these people who are spreading misinformation about the vaccine? >> it's a life-or-death sentence. it's not a joke. >> reporter: consider this -- since january of this year, 98% of the covid patients hospitalized here in the state of arkansas were all

unvaccinated. 98%. think about that. anthony, back to you. >> all right. anyo at least one major staha already seen her hopes crushed. lucy craft has more from tokyo. >> reporter: the hopes of tennis star coco gauff were dashed sunday after the 17-year-old sensation announced she had tested positive for covid, ending her chances of competing in japan this summer. >> at this time, unfortunately we don't have much more information. >> reporter: the news apparently caught tennis officials by surprise. this comes on top of usa basketball losing point guard bradley beal last week after he was placed in covid health and as more olympic teams descended on the japanese capital over the weekend, two south african soccer players tested positive for covid. the first cases of athlete infections at the olympic

village. the south african football association said the whole team is under quarantine with their rsma. ey wilon be alto ete ifhey test negative zero chance the games will end up triggering a superspreader '. two separate news polls over the weekend found an overwhelming majority of residents are skeptical that the games can be held safely. local opposition to the games isn't the only challenge this week. officials issued the first president won't attend the ceremony, a sign of trouble with the games. for "cbs this morning," lucy craft, tokyo. now to california where hundreds have been forced from their homes due to dangerous wildfires. one fire, the tamarack fire, southeast of lake tahoe, has already burned nearly 70 homes.

it's being fueled by dry contained, and there's more danger ahead. the national weather service predicts dry thunderstorms along the west coast in the coming days which could start new fires. nationwide, it is worst start to a wildfire season in a decade. extreme weather is also behind wrenching scenes of devastation in europe. on a scale we're only just beginning to understand. more than 180 people have been killed due to record amounts of rain, mostly in germany. chris livesay is in the hard-hit region. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of the many bridges that could not withstand these crushing floods that have killed more than 100 people here in the ahrweiler region alone. not something you expect in a country with such advanced infrastructure and warning systems. after days of swelling rivers, now swelling death tolls as bridges, homes, even swaths of villages vanished.

no, not in a beleaguered developing nation but across europe's economic powerhouses like in the tiny german town of ensul. did you ever imagine something like this happening here in germany? >> well, i think not of this magnitude, not of this size. i don't think anyone could have imagined something like this. >> reporter: the devastation so shocking, german chancellor angela merkel struggled to explain it. "i can almost say that the german language doesn't have the words for the destruction," she said. billions will be needed to rebuild in germany alone. some towns are likely gone for good. though both climate scientists and the german chancellor warn extreme weather events are bound to return. one flood isn't an example of

climate change, said merkel. but if we look at the last events of recent years, decades, then they're more frequent than they were previously so we must make an effort, a great effort. mother nature rearing her head, but climate change pushing her hand. now to make matters worse, many of these communities had been hit hard by covid. hotel, restaurants long closed were only just getting back on their feet. now many are washed away. >> chris livesay in germany. thank you, chris. new this morning, the u.s. is joining with allies to call out the chinese government for a series of cyber intrugsz. u.s. intelligence officials say they now have high confidence that chinese hackers were responsible for an attack on microsoft's email server, software in march that affected tens of thousands around the world. chief white house reporter nancy cordes joins us now. we hear a lot about russian cyberattacks. what's going on here?

>> reporter: well, cyber officials here in the u.s. now say that these chinese efforts in a way are actually more concerning, vlad, because these hackers are actually on the chinese government's payroll. a senior administration official told reporters that china's ministry of state security, quote, uses criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including for their own personal profit. this official revealed that such hackers were responsible for a ransomware attack recently on an unnamed american company, holding their network hostage in an attempt to extort millions of dollars. and the victims of these intrusions aren't all big companies. they are schools, cities, hospitals, pharmacies, all over the world which is why today you're going to see this unprecedented move, statements coming out from the u.s. and a host of global allies -- australia, canada, japan, the uk, the eu, nato, all condemning

china for these, quote, malicious cyber activities. and we are just learning this morning that four chinese nationals have actually been indicted by a grand jury in california for allegedly hacking into dozens of companies and government entities. we have reached out to the chinese embassy for comment, but we have not heard back yet. anthony? >> nancy cordes at the white house this morning. thank you. police in washington, d.c., are searching for suspects after a shooting saturday night outside nationals park. gunshots heard in the stands sent terrified baseball fans scrambling for cover. no one inside the park was hurt, but three people outside were wounded. kris van cleave was at the game saturday night and joins us from nationals park.

good morning. a scary night at the ballpark. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. it definitely was. let me set the scene for you. on saturday night, about 33,000 fans were inside nationals park. there was supposed to be a big fireworks display after the game against the padres. going into the bottom of the sixth inning, that's when we heard the gunshots. there was a period of confusion, and then panic as players and fans ran for their lives. >> your attention, please, we ask that you remain inside the stadium at this time. >> reporter: the sound of gunfire sent fans racing to escape washington, d.c.'s, baseball stadium saturday. this was the view from my seat as the crowd ducked for cover fearing an active shooter was inside the ballpark. >> it was a scary situation. at first we didn't know if there was somebody in the stadium or if there was somebody that was outside of the stadium. >> reporter: the shots loud enough to be heard on the broadcast. the shooting actually happened on the street just outside the stadium. three people were wounded including a woman who had just left the game. police are now looking for this toyota corolla.

>> one vehicle pulls up, another vehicle pulls up next to it, engages that first vehicle in gunfire. >> reporter: less than 24 hours earlier, the nation's capital was rocked by another drive-by shooting that killed 6-year-old nyiah courtney and wounded five adults. >> i don't even know what the conflict was. none of us do. doesn't matter. this is a 6-year-old who is now dead, not coming back. >> reporter: the moment those shots were fired seen in this video released by police. violence has been on the rise in washington during the pandemic. earlier this month, d.c. passed 1-00 homicides for the year, the fastest it's reached that grim milestone since 2003. courtney's death drew frustration from d.c.'s police chief. >> i need tips. i need you to say this is where that car is, chief. this is what the beef is about, chief. this is who did it, chief. send me a smoke signal. >> reporter: there is now a $60,000 reward for information

in that case. as for the nats and padres, they finished saturday's game yesterday with the nats thanking the tens of thousands of fans who came out to the ballpark. gayle? >> chris, this is the world we live in. i hope somebody takes the chief up on his offer and gives him the information. really glad that you're okay. sounds terrifying. blue origin says all systems are go to make history in west texas. jeff bezos will blast himself off to the edge of space in his new autonomous rocket. he's bringing friends, his brother mark, 82-year-old wally funk, one of the first women to train for spaceflight in the ' '60s, and oliver daemen, who'd dad bid at the auction. and we have more from mark strassmann. we saw richard branson go to space last week. this one is a little different. how so? >> reporter: hey, good morning. completely different approach.

branson flew in a space plane. jeff bezos is going to launch on top of a rocket. he will fly ten miles higher than branson did, but only about ten minutes. this is also the blue origin has tried to launch people. >> come on in -- >> reporter: this capsule simulator is the same one tomorrow's blue origin crew has trained in. ariane cornell directs sales for wannabe astronauts. >> these are the largest windows that have ever flown in space. >> reporter: in the emerging space tourism market, blue origin's new shepherd rocket launches vertically. its engine generates 110,000 pounds of thrust. passengers inside experience three gs of force. almost three minutes into flight, the capsule separates and hurtles toward the heavens at three times the speed of sound. the reusable rocket booster

returns to a landing pad more than 60 miles above the planet. the passengers experience several minutes of weightlessness. microgravity. before returning to earth. y autocapsulerfire to slow its descent an instant before it touches down in the texas desert. this is a space joyride, but that's not priority one. >> new shepherd will not launch until i'm satisfied that it is safe to do so, and i give me go for launch. >> reporter: in a 2019 interview with norah o'donnell, bezos talked about the risk. >> it can never be risk-free. the only thing that's risk-free is staying in your bedroom. the question is, is that experience worth it to you? for me it certainly is.rill-s. originext two flights are inbut e company won't sawhat is.

hundreds of people could show up. people are excited and nervous like jeff bezos and fellow passengers about to launch tomorrow. >> yes, i'm getting on a plane, coming there. i'm excited to see you. i'll stay on the ground. thank you, mark. coming up in our next half hour, we'll speak to all four members of the new shepherd crew including jeff bezos. first, it is 7:19. time to check your local weather.

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relatives and co-workers attended a service at san jose's s.a.p. center. a procession of law enforcement officers moved toward the arena. let's look at the roadways, bay bridge toll plaza backed up, metering lights on. it's a slow ride out of the east bay into san francisco. a couple other things, brake lights along west bound 37. the good news is lanes are open from an earlier trouble spot, a car fire. if you are taking highway 4 west bound look for a stall at willow pass road. it is backed up into bay point. construction closure continues north 242 closed between 680 and concord avenue. tracking some cells popping up across sonoma into mendocino county. one of the cells did produce a lightning strike earlier this morning. most of the activity through the day will be over desert southwest and sierra. red flag warning for bay area has

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>> woohoo! >> woohoo is right, jeff. we're going to start with you since you put this band together. i know this has been a childhood dream for you. i wonder if it was everybody else's dream. i'd like to know that. i know you were ready, but how are you feeling about tomorrow? >> gayle, i'm excited. people keep asking if i'm nervous. i'm not really nervous -- >> jeff, jeff, jeff -- you're not nervous? >> i'm curious. i want to know what we're going to learn. >> back up. you're not -- >> no. >> how is that possible? i'm in new york, and i'm nervous. how are you not nervous? >> none of us are nervous. >> no. we're excited. >> we've been training -- this vehicle's ready. this crew is ready. this team is amazing. we feel really good about it. >> yeah. wally, we're excited -- we're all excited for all of you guys, oliver, mark, mark is a volunteer firefighter, so i know he likes a little bit of danger in his life.

20-something, ready to go back in the day. that did not work out, and now you're being described as the oldest person to go into space which i think is very cool. >> but i feel like i'm 24! it's great. i love being here. a great man. >> and believe me, gayle, wally can outrun all of us. we've been training -- in the "mercury 13" when they tested her she was better than all the men. i can guarantee that's still true today. >> we're going to use wally's energy to launch -- >> you know i like that. i like that, wally. i like that. hey, mark, listen, i know that this was jeff's dream and we were so touched when i saw the video when he invited you to go along. was it your dream, too? >> yeah. i think that, you know, like any little brother, you pick up on what your big brother loves. so certainly i fell in love with space, and you know, the promise of it, the adventure of it. and i'm just so excited to be able to be there and represent

my mom and dad and our sister, christina, and supporting jeff and realizing this lifelong dream. it's just a -- a real honorme. a thrill. >> mark has been a contributor from the blue origin program since the beginning. he's been a contributor my whole life. i couldn't have anybody that i would more want to go on this trip with me. >> yeah. >> wally, it's anthony. as gayle alluded to, you are by far the most experienced person on this team. and actually started training, what, back in -- in 1961? is that right? have you got -- have you given these guys some advice on this? >> well, i just love the outdoors and all the things that go with it. and i've built homes, i've fixed cars and tractor -- i've done everything there is to do outdoors. i was never a little girl-girl. but i love being here. this is the greatest team that i could ever be with, and it's going to go -- it's going to happen. i've waited a long time, but

i've dreamt a long time to get to go up. >> wally is a role model for all of us on grit and determination and resilience, everything. she's incredible. >> and oliver, you just joined the team. congratulations to you. congrats. you said you've been dreaming about this since you were a little boy -- >> thank you so much. >> oliver, i'm still thinking you're a little boy. there is good. this is good. did you sleep last night? >> yeah. >> did you sleep last night? >> not that much. no, no, no. >> so are you thinking, oliver? >> yeah. i think the excitement just overtakes the nervousness. and yeah, can't wait. just -- the time is ticking off now, can't wait to go there. >> when i was 18, i was not going to space. i was going to the prom. >> i was hoping -- and i was hoping for a date to the prom. i was just hoping somebody ask me to the prom. now oliver, you get to go into space. lucky you. >> incredible. incredible. jeff, are you all going to wear

space suits when you take off tomorrow? >> no. we'll be in these flight suits. weat when we take off tomorrow. the cabin is pressurized, we don't need to wear space suits. we'll be like this. >> jeff, tell us exactly what you're doing on this mission. >> well, we're going to go up -- it's a suborbital rocket. it goes up into space, up -- we're in zero g for about four minutes and get to get out of our seats, unstrap, float around, look at the earth's atmosphere. people say when they do that they see how fragile -- astronauts, earth is so fragile, you can see that. so i'm excited to see that. i think we all are. so the views are going to be terrific. the zero g will be an unusual experience that you really can't get in any good way on earth. we're excited about it. we'll have -- we'll be able to tell you more when we get back.

>> i know. yeah -- >> it's really -- it's really exciting. >> i can't wait for you to come back. mark, i think if i was on the flight i would need a pair of depends. i know you don't need that. wasgog, what i'd most be excited about is that free floating in space, the zero gravity. what are you most looking forward to? >> i think that we're all really excited to experience zero g and see what that's going to be like. i can tell you, my -- personally, i can't wait for lift-off. just the -- the rumble of the engine and that acceleration. and i just can't wait to see what that's going to feel like. i'm really excited about that. i'm not going to lie, i'm going to be pretty excited when i hear those parachutes open, too. >> yes, yes. yeah. thank god for the parachutes. wally, what are you most looking forward to? >> when i'm up in space and able to do somersaults and tumble and do anything that i've wanted to do. i've had practice at this in

areas on the ground, but the way that they made the machinery, i can do anything. i'm hoping to do that. i just want to get up there and see the earth. >> richard branson said this -- just sit back and relax, look out the window, and enjoy the view. do you all think you're going to be able to do that, sit back, relax? i hear the window is really big. just enjoy the view. can you really do that? >> i think -- i think so. >> yeah. >> i think so. >> we're ready for it. >> taking that moment of quiet to do that is going to be an important part of this journey, gayle. >> now you know, stephen colbert gave his picture to richard branson to take up in space. would you like to get a picture of all of us that you can take up? i'll figure out a way to get it to you, jeff. you're welcome. you can thank me later. >> jpeg. >> i'm really psyched -- thank ank somuch,cheeri on you. >> t y heering yo on alwa. >> thach.

bye. >> je m bezos, wally funk, and oliver daemen. good luck, good luck, good luck. can't wait until you get back. we invite you to tune in tomorrow morning for special coverage of "new shepherd's" launch and landing. that's tomorrow at 9:00 eastern time, 6 pacific. their enthusiasm i think is infectious. you can tell -- >> wally's especially. >> blown away by wally. yes. >> been training since 1961. oliver looked a little nervous to me i thought. >> he did. >> wally, you're right. a dream deferred, she finally gettin getting to space. exciting. >> as jeff bezos you dream of going into space and you get to do it with your brother. cool. >> great team. next, vlad has the stories you'll be talking about. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ dry eye symptoms keep driving you crazy? inflammation in your eye might be to blame.

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>> i was coughing. he was like, are you okay? you good? i was like, no. i couldn't barely talk. >> it was overwhelming. it came in so strong and so fast. when you breathed it in, you knew something was wrong. >> everyone who was exposed to the chemicals is expected to recover. the park remains closed, and a spokesperson tells us they will reopen when they are confident it is safe to do so. about 4,000 people at the park. >> they had just reopened a couple of weeks ago after the pandemic. >> scary stuff. >> last week we talked about that ride that was shaking. now this. >> yeah. >> you know, i like my couch. stay at home for a little while longer. i think. all right. a new york yankees fan has been banned from august 30 major league ballparks after allegedly throwing a baseball that hit a red sox player. this is the moment after alex verdugo said a yankee fan threw a ball on to the field saturday hitting him in the back.

verdugo had tossed the ball to a young boston ru he wt, yng ae ad to be restrained by a coach and teammates. here's what he said after the game -- >> as fans go, y'all got to be better. it's that simple. you don't throw breeep at peopl. >> he's getting escorted out. in a statement, the yankees said while the team appreciates the, quote, spirit and passion of our fans and our various rivalries, especially with the red sox, reckless and dangerous behavior that puts the safety of players, field staff, or fellow fans in jeopardy will not be tolerated. incidents like this also happen at some nba playoff games recently. one fan threw popcorn on russell westbrook while another threw a water bottle at nets guards kiley irving. >> kiley irving. i don't call that spirit and passion. >> no. that's not. >> to quote olivia mason, your daughter, how big of a douche

canoe do you have to do that? i think the statement should have started with that. we do not tolerate that. >> exactly. and imagine if you're the player on the field and somebody throws a ball at you. >> yes. >> from that point on, you're thinking, what else are they going to throw at me? you just -- you can't behave like that at a baseball -- at any sporting event. >> civility. where's civility? >> banned for life? >> for life. >> where is civility? good question. >> very lacking the last couple of years. >> not only, that civility in all areas, the grocery store, it doesn't matter where you go. >> bad behavior all around. >> yep. all right. a texas woman tracked down an amazon driver who did more than just deliver a package. check out this -- do you see what that is? that's a spider. >> a big looking spider -- >> a spider crawling on the doorbell camera, right? so the spider is out there, and gwen kindly left a note through the amazon app to squish the creepy crawler. the driver delivered the package and did as he was asked. look -- bam.

took off his shoe and slapped -- brought the spider to its demise. gen used tiktok to find out who the hero driver was and got to thank him over facetime. i have mixed emotions because on one hand it's -- it's a wolf spider. they're very big. very athletic. they can jump. they can leap. it's very -- >> they can leap? >> people mistake them for tr tarant tarantulas. did you really have to kill him? the shoe -- >> everything you just told me said yes. >> yes. ind of like, what are the mixed feelings? >> a nice daddy long legs in the corner that kills all the bugs. >> they protect us from mosquitoes and insects. spiders play a vital role in the ecosystem. >> i would agree, but what you described to me -- get out the shoe, man. >> they have been mixed up for tarantulas. >> i rest my case. >> i understand what you're saying but understand the demise of the spider. i think that guy's a hero. >> so go gwen. ahead, aew lk fo t

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see how one tiny town at the bottom of it all is booming. >> but first, here's today's eye open you inner at 8:00. hundreds forced from their homes from dangerous wildfires. it's the worst start to the season. >> this is one of the many bridges that could not withstand the crushing floods that killed more than 100 people. >> go into the bottom of the sixth inning, that's when we heard the gunshots as players and fans ran for their lives. >> here at the edge of west texas, bezos is going to launch a rocket. >> how are you not nervous? >> we've been training. this vehicle is ready. this crew is amazing. this team is amazing.

we feel good about it. >> let's go, middleton measures! >> the milwaukee bucks just one win away from their first nba title in 50 years. >> it's stolen by holiday, and antetokounmpo throws it down! giannis, what a turnaround. it is a turnaround, the bucks have won three games in a row, so they're on fire, but the phoenix suns have been company. they're no joke either. it's been a really good year. >> it's been really good. we are beginning this hour where japan says a u.s. olympic gymnast has tested positive for covid. the athlete's name has not been disclo disclosed but we know she's an alternate on the team. also yesterday, american tennis star coco gauff announced that she also tested positive and can no longer compete. we're very sad to hear that. the opening ceremony is now just

four days away and counting, and there have been protests in japan calling for games to be canceled. the polls show an overwhelming number of japanese do not -- repeat, do not want the events to take place in their country. a state of emergency is in much of their country. this morning, cases of covid-19 are on the rise in all 50 states for the first time since january. unvaccinated americans account for most of the increases nationwide. but so-called breakthrough cases among vaccinated people are increasingly common as the delta variant spreads. there's also confusion about booster shots and whether fully vaccinated americans should get a third shot. this comes after some conflicting reporting from pfizer and the cdc over if and when americans might need another dose. cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus joins us, david,

good morning. why the conflicting messages about booster shots? >> well, there's no question that pfizer did the right thing submitting the approval for fda approval because it will take time to do that and be ready when we need it. there's a population in the united states that will require a booster but at the present time no one requires a booster and we can know that by looking at the hospitalization rate across the country of people who have been vaccinated, and it's remarkably low. they're not getting serious infection. >> what do we know at this point, david, about how long immunity lasts? >> so, what we know, there's antibody studies showing six months antibodies start to fall. antibodies are a tiny piece of the puzzle. the t-cells are the key part of giving the vaccine immunity protective against the virus. my thought is we are going to see the elderly people towards

the end of the year, next year, will need boosters. in israel, they started to give boosters to those immune surprised, on chemotherapy and autoimmune therapies, elderly and only people vaccinated getting six with covid-19. people who have been vaccinated, some cases are getting pretty sick, not enough to go to the hospital but still sick enough to be at home. what do you make of that, and how concerned should we be? >> hi, vlad. you know, there's no question these vaccines work. they're protecting most people on exposure from getting symptomatic from covid-19. but there's a significant portion that gets mild symptoms, and most of them more serious, and very futilely get

hospitalized. so what happens, right, this delta variant is remarkably infectious and it makes you much sicker than the other variants we think now and because of that what we're really saying is our behavior has to change. what you could have done and not gotten the virus with the last variant is not true with delta variant. this is a new virus that is behaving remarkably different. >> so, let's talk about where you are, david, in los angeles los angeles county now says you have to wear a mask, whether you're vaccinated or not. and some people say that's sending a conflicting message, for those of us who have been vaccinated and that's all of us all at this table, certainly, you'd like to think you're protected. that's why you get a vaccine so you are protected against people who do not. so why do we not have to wear a mask? it's causing people to be very confused. >> no question about it. in public places l.a., you wear a mask as of saturday night. part of the thinking, politicians don't want to say you walk in like they did at the springsteen concert on broadway. by not knowing who is vaccinated

or not we see what's happening. it's going up in every state in the country because the behavior is not appropriate. people who are not vaccinated should be wearing a mask whenever they go out and they're not. so the only way around it in l.a., short of showing vaccine ids, or immunity passports, which they are not going to do, everyone has to wear one. it's frustrating. >> honor system is just not working. >> no, it should. >> but it doesn't. >> yeah, it doesn't. david, i have a question as the country starts to reopen and more and more people are making plans to return to the office in september, do you envision a world where that doesn't happen, where we roll those options back in september? >> well, my gut is that what's happening now is we're going to see a significant increase in delta variant across the country. and with this new wave, i do think it will be one of the last in a short run. so my hope is it will be over by the end of august and september,

and we can go back to schools and workplaces like everybody planned for. what it really requires is, us to continue vaccinating and really to follow the mandates of behavior. and you know, we're not doing it right now. and i don't understand it, you look around the world, every country is begging for vaccines. we have more vaccines, you know, than we have people. and yet, we're not using them. and it really doesn't make sense. >> good point, dr. agus, thank you as always, my friend. appreciate it. america's infrastructure is in the spotlight this week as the senate prepares for its first vote on the $1.2 trillion framework which has bipartisan support. according to a new cbs news poll, a majority of americans,

59% support president biden's infrastructure proposals. there is overwhelming support for funding, building road, bridges, rural broadband and care for care and elderly. on "cbs this morning" our errol barnett spoke with pete buttigieg about getting this done. >> the abeen le ahe fedols beenerfund. eporter: for months, transportation secretary pete buttigieg has been increasing pressuring on congress to act on the improving nation's transit network. last week, swinging through oregon, arizona and illinois, touting regional benefits of federal investments. >> not one of our airports is in the top-25 airports around the world. altogether it adds up to a country that has fallen out of the top-ten in infrastructure. if we allow that to continue we can is not be the world's leading economy for much longer. >> devil is going to be in the details. >> reporter: republican congressman rodney davis represents southern illinois and voted against the $715 billion house infrastructure bill that passed earlier this month. >> it was nothing but partisan and would punish rural america at the expense of urban america with the policies listed in that bill.

>> reporter: davis says the most urgent need in his district is for road and bridge repair. the republican chairman of chicago's regional transit authority agrees. >> i ride into downtown chicago on a railcar that was delivered when dwight eisenhower was the president. many of those stations were built and designed when roosevelt was president, not franklin, but teddy. >> there have been generations of infrastructure, how likely is that to be fixed within the administration? >> one of the things about this moment is there's a chance to leave a mark, not in the next four or eight years but really in the next 40 or 80. >> reporter: i also asked secretary buttigieg about a way of funding the senate framework which republicans say is off the table, by the way. the secretary says that concept is about making rich tax cheats pair their fair share now, but

says time is of the essence. >> errol, you guys covered a lot of ground. might i say you look good standing in front of a building matching your suit. it looks really nice. >> reporter: appreciate it, gayle, thank you. >> you're welcome. ahead and only on "cbs this morning," we're going to talk evy asamerican c strated" first model. she'll tell us how she's not only breaking barriers but changing the culture for women.

ahead, with the olympic ahead with the olympic ceremonies just days away, the museum that highlights athletes and inspires visitors to fulfill their olympic-size dreams. >> it's a wonderful place to kind of let your dreams explode or like could i really do this? but all you have to do is try. >> and you sometimes surprise yourself. >> yeah, your eyes aren't fooling you, that is figure skating legend and gold medalist peggy fleming, talking to our dana jacobson about how she overcame heartache and loss to achieve olympic greatness. you're watching "cbs this morning." and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some, rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief.

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♪ taylor swift. the new "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue is out today. and one model's making magazine history. nobody like me -- this goes with th publication's first-ever asian american model. many are plotting this move because yumi nu looks different than past models. as weijia jiang shows us in an interview you'll see here only on "cbs this morning," nu is helping redefine what beauty really is. >> reporter: when you were younger, how did you define beautiful? >> i defined it by what the media was showing me, tv, magazines, and the time it felt like everything was opposite of what i was. >> reporter: as a result, yumi nu didn't see herself as beautiful growing up. today, she is the first curve model of asian descent in "sports illustrated" history.

>> i never thought that "sports illustrated" would be a possibility for someone like me. when i was younger, all i wanted to do was change myself. i wanted to be skinnier and have lighter features. >> reporter: nu says those features were prominent in popular portrayals of asian beauty, but she didn't see anyone who looked anything like her. the 25-year-old now says it was the beauty industry that needed to evolve. when did you realize that you had this opportunity to really change the idea of beauty, especially for asian american women? >> a lot of times the media can pick maybe like one or two of a race or of a community and think that it's enough and think that representation. more so specifically for me in size. it's obviously important work for me to be the representation

that i didn't have when i was younger. >> the lack of representation led to long-held stereotypes about how asian american and pacific islander women are supposed to look and behave. >> on top of the small body standards, it's -- we have to be dainty and polite and quiet and not take up too much space. [ chants ] so for us in this time to really take up space and say what we believe in and stand firm in that, i think that that's been so beautiful to see our community do. >> it'sepsentation across the board. >> reporter:ee fas bhionn leade michelle lee has had a big hand in widening the beauty lens as editor-in-chief of "allure" magazine. >> we have always felt like we can have this mission of redefining beauty. beauty and fogz unfortunately do get a bad rap sometimes as people think they are shallow, they think it's frivolous when

actually we as an industry have this great ability and this power to help shape culture. when you really dig down deep of what is beauty, it's all about our personal appearance. and that is so wrapped up in race, skin cancer, gender, sexuality, body, disability. >> reporter: under lee's leadership, "allure" has featured ten stars of asian descent on its cover, compared to just two in the magazine's nearly 30-year history before her tenure. >> in light of everything that's been happening, it is even more important that we do have to show that asianness exists on such a wide spectrum. >> reporter: lee recently left "allure" for a new role as the vice president of global editorial and publishing at netflix. her measure of success -- having diversity be the norm. >> the future is we just have diversity everywhere, and we don't have to say anything about it. >> reporter: yumi nu hopes that redefining beauty to be even more inclusive will empower

other women. not only to accept but to love the way they look. >> now that you have come to this differenthat would yo tell younger yumi? >> i find is so crazy that the two things that i used to hate about highs, my body and my race, will become your power. and will be the things that make you beautiful that you once thought were the things that separated you. you know, those are things to appreciate. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," weijia jiang, new york. >> i love -- >> go, yumi nu. >> yeah. i love weija's phrase, widening the beauty lens. it's about time. >> i like michelle lee, too. >> yes. >> diversity everywhere, we don't talk about. when i was growing up, blonde hair and blue eyes were the definition. i'm so glad that's changing. ahead, ready or not, one tiny town in texas is about to become the center of the piece is universe. we'll show how the richest man put it on the map. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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ahead, some of the most iconic moments in u.s. olympic and paralympics here you good morning. it's 8:25. strong winds fanning two wildfires in the sierra. one is burning about 30 miles north of paradise in butte and plume plumas. a recommendation to wear masks is indoors is drawing mixed reaction. some bay area restaurants are adding an extra dine in charge as they try to recover from the pandemic. the extra money will go toward wages and benefits for staff plus the high cost of quality

local products. as we take a look at the roadways, an update from cal trans in regards to the closure along north 242. this is ongoing weekend closure where they've had lanes shut down. they're doing final finishing touches with lane striping and should have everything opened on time by 10:00. it's still slow on the south bound side heading to 680. north bound 680 is busy towards highway 4. elsewhere a crash on 101 north, 47 minute travel time san jose to sfo. i am tracking lightning strikes across nevada as well as the sierra on high deaf doppler. we did have one lightning strike in the north bay this morning. through the day the bulk of the action will stay across desert southwest and in the sierra. red flag warning for the bay area has been dropped. so it has been canceled. quiet conditions, mostly sunny to partly sunny. mid to upper 60s to low

welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's that time again, time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. vlad is up first. >> i am first. i've got some sad news. of course paying tribute, i had to pay tribute to iconic rapper biz markie. we remember him from this unforgettable hit. listen. ♪ oh baby you got what i need ♪ ♪ but you say he's just a friend but you say he's just a friend ♪ ♪ oh baby you ♪ >> the entire table is grooving, folks. you didn't see that. we're grooving to the song. "just a friend" which was

released in 1989 and became a huge hit. this was my college theme song. you could gone to a party when i was in college and not have this song be played and everybody grooving to it. it was incredible. biz markie was born marcille hall. "the biz never sleeps" was gold. he was the crown prince of hip-hop because of the humor in his music. he even had a dance named after him and later was featured on "yo gaba gaba." he was 50 years old. i was struck by the number of hip-hop artists who came out with statements. missy elliott, the beastie boys. he was inclusive of how good hip-hop cobb. and freie sd i'm ing to miss his june yes and ice cube nobody beats the biz.

>> i haven't heard it in years. he's so offkey. everybody kboenows -- >> it's on shuffle on my phone and makes me smile. >> i wish the audience could have seen us bumping as the song was playing. >> we know all the words. yes, yes. gayle? >> my story, i want to talk about spike lee. he had a kerrflufle at the cannes film festival. here we go -- [ speaking foreign language ] manufacture. >> can you tell me which prize is the first prize? >> yes, i can. [ speaking foreign language ] >> cool. >> the film is -- >> wait. wait. wait. no! >> what was happening is was spike was head of the injury and is apologizing after accidentally announcing the festival's top prize at the beginning in saturday's ceremony instead of the end. it would be like announcing best picture first at the oscars.

okay, he was a little thrown. the director "tatin," you heards thrilled. she's the second woman to win the >> no. >> when you hear what she said, could you say the first so and so -- >> that's what it sounded like. >> he's got the card there. >> right. >> i would be thinking that, too. he apologized and said, i screwed up, i messed up. like i'm a big sports fan, the guy at the foul line and misses the throw. everyboy got a kick out of it at the end. they said, no big deal. maggie gyllenhaal said it's like an injection of humanity in the middle of -- >> i love that. >> i love that, too. i felt that, too. i didn't blame spike for that. the way she phrased it. i got it. >> we love you. >> yes. i was in massachusetts over the weekend. my story is about a truly rare catch in massachusetts. this is a blue lobster. not just one in a million but one in two million apparently

according to some estimates, although they admit it's a guess. captain joe and sons lobster company pulled this out of the ocean in gloucester on saturday. they stage a photo shoot before tossing it back into the ocean. i like that they did that. this is not the first time captain joe and his company have had a rare find. last december, they found this three-clawed lobster back in 2012. they found this albino one. that same year, a crew for the company also found a rare speckled lobster. in 2007 t11 they came across a yellow lobster. >> what's going on with captain joe? >> captain joe is supplying all the diversity in the lobster universe. >> thank you, captain joe. >> way to go. how about that? shifting gears now. with the olympic opening ceremonies in tokyo coming up this friday, we are introducing you to athletes who are pushing the limits and inspiring the next generation of champions. the u.s. olympic and paralympic museum in colorado springs

showcases america's greatest athletes and their gravity-defying achievements. some iconic olympians spoke with "cbs this morning saturday" co-host dana jacobson telling her how their journeys taught them lessons that go beyond sports. and dana is here and joining us now. good morning. >> good morning. the museum focuses on the core values of the olympic and paralympic movements -- respect, inspiration, equality, and courage. and shows that beneath every olympian's determination and excellence there's also a story of resiliency and perseverance. ♪ >> it's a great dress, and it served me very well. >> that's an understatement. >> yeah. >> at 19 years old, american figure skater peggy fleming gracefully glided toward gold at the 1968 olympics in grenoble, france. wearing a chartreuse dress made by her mother. >> make a chartreuse liquor in

chernobyl. she thought if i wore the color it would endear me to the french people and they would applaud more. [ applause ] >> fleming's iconic dress is among the memorabilia on display at the u.s. olympic and paralympic museum in colorado springs. >> it's a wonderful place to kind of let your dreams just explode. could i really do this? but all you have to do is try. you sometimes surprise yourself. >> the museum also features -- >> i think i left early -- >> interactive exhibits. >> i'm lost -- >> like a virtual race against four-time gold medalist jesse owens. >> covered up by -- >> reporter: on the day we visited, we even ran into retired hockey player jim craig. >> do you believe in miracles? >> reporter: the goalie for the 1980 gold medal-winning team usa. [ cheers ] best known for their improbable victory over the soviets. the miracle on ice. >> this is a real special place. >> that is a really, really

special place for anybody. somebody's going to leave here with an ambition that they didn't have before they came in here. >> it's a history museum. it's a cultural museum. it's an art museum. if's a museum that talks about social progress. >> reporter: michelle dusserre farrell, a vice president at the museum, helps create exhibits to honor athletes and highlight their stories, including her own. >> that's mileyity leotard. >> reporter: she took home silver in 1984 as a member of the u.s. gymnastics team. the stories of both olympic and paralympic athletes exist here at the museum side by side. >> this isn't here's a wing of the paralympic games. this is equal and on par. >> we're one team. our athletes are the fabric of our nation. we want everybody to see that our team represents this nation. >> reporter: this is also personal for you beyond your

olympic time. how? >> i have a daughter who plays wheelchair basketball. and so she now is seeing athletes that represent her journey, her experience in this museum and being inspired by that, as well. we hope that the stories through sport that are told here are really a platform for telling a bigger, more global story of pursuing your passion, working hard, overcoming obstacles. >> a 17-year-old from colorado springs, peggy gale fleming -- >> reporter: peggy fleming faced a major obstacle after winning her first world championship in davos, switzerland, in 1966. two weeks later, her father suffered a fatal heart attack. >> that really shook my world. and my mom had to raise four girls by herself, and then my expensive sport. it was just amazing what we went through and how my mother was so strong. when you lose a parent, you lose

that strength. >> reporter: a piece of you. >> every time i'd go back to try to train i'd go, i'm not as strong as i was before he died. and then over the months and years, it all came back. >> reporter: helping catapult fleming to the top of the skating world. her story, one we all can learn from. when somebody comes in and reads about you, reads your story, what do you hope they walk away with? >> i just hope that they can put themselves in my shoes and put themselves in that story. you just never know until you try a sport or try something to see where you stand. it's not for just a special few, it's for everybody to try. >> reporter: and let the fire fuel you. >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. >> at the museum, some of the employees have disabilities, some are aspiring paralympians. this is education the core values, inclusivity and equality, to heart and showing them off. >> what a fansttifu >>emeggy fng wi gd in '68.

i think it was the only gold the u.s. won in '68, right? she looks fabulous. >> she looked great. i fan-girled out on jim craig. i got to tell -- my smile was like, oh, my god, it's jim craig. >> i liked the uniform. i remember -- >> mary lou retton. >> that was a big deal. >> peggy fleming's advice, all you can do is try.

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tomorrow morning, former amazon ceo jeff bezos will blast off to the edge of space in his own spaceship. now this will be a landmark moment for blue origin, that's his space company, and for van horn, texas. that's the closest town to where the space drama will play out. mark strassmann joins us once again with more on the tiny community that everybody will be watching tomorrow. the question for me, i'm wondering how tiny is tiny? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. you're about to see how tiny it is. face it, when you think about space and texas you think about houston, and as you can tell, this part of the state, it's a long way from houston. van horn sits about 120 miles east of el paso. it's small. unremarkable and a bit bewildered by its own launch

into the space spotlight. van horn, west texas. typically known as a tank of gas and a bathroom break. a pit stop for i-10 travelers. some who grab a bite at lisa cottrell's restaurant before moving on to the next dot of humanity. >> about 100 miles any direction. >> reporter: for anyone or anything? >> pretty much. >> reporter: van horn has a couple thousand people tops. we drove in on the main drag. this broadway has no neon lights. its lighted intersection the only one in all of culver son county. 3,800 square miles. yet the richest guy on the planet came here to colonize the cosmos pft ishe ing that' the most unlile. repter:ecky brewste blue orig local impact. she ought to -- she's van horn's mayor. >> i don't think we've ever had

anything quite this big. >> reporter: this is kind -- kind of fell in your lap. >> yes, it definitely fell in our lap. >> reporter: more like walked into larry simpson's office in 2005. he owned and published the weekly paper "the van horn advocate," circulation 1,500. >> came through the front door -- >> reporter: jeff bezos in the flesh with a story idea. bezos quietly had bee buying out local ranchers. by one estimate, assembling roughly 300,000 acres in all. >> he started filling me in on why he was buying ranch land, why he wanted it for his kids, and we got around to he wanted it also to build a space force. >> he buried the lead. >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: really, van horn, texas? >> i immediately said this could put van horn on the map. >> reporter: that front-page news stunned van horn and beyond. for one day "the advocate" had

the biggest headline in the space world. >> in the space world, yes, sir. >> reporter: lisa cottrell remembers thinking, come on. >> i think anybody's first reaction would be, okay, we'll see how far that goes. >> reporter: not becky brewster. what went through your mind? >> oh, how cool. exactly. i mean, i watched "star trek" and "star wars," so this -- this was just cool. >> reporter: over time, bethesda e bezos became the face -- bezos became the face of space in van horn. 25 miles north of the city, blue origin built a spaceport. 275 company employees work here. rockets launched. tuesday morning, one of them will carry bezos himself to space with three other passengers. >> hello, thank you for calling -- >> reporter: van horn has a star date with history. >> we are completely booked.

>> reporter: hotel el capitan's 50 rooms sold out months ago for the launch. >> this is the jubilee -- >> reporter: starvanna cottrell, hometown girl, great name, is the general manager. >> we're nervous. i'm nervous. i don't know who's coming. there's going to be random people flooding in here. what we're going to do with them. i'm super excited, but it's a little scaredy. i hope that people now recognize, you know, who we are on the map and know that we're so much more than just the tumbleweed town. >> reporter: sheriff oscar carilla and his force, ten down payment deputies -- ten deputies, home they have a plan for crowd control and warn most spectators won't see much. texas highway 54 which runs to the spaceport will close for 12 miles as van horn ready to reach for the stars. >> if you haven't rented a room, you're not going to get one. if you haven't rented an rv

spot, you're not going to find one. to see jeez wff bezos walking as the highways, the closest thing you'll see is a muller across the street. take a lot of pictures. >> reporter: van horn feels overwhelmed. there are only a handful of restaurants, for instance, and hundreds of space fans could be showing up. people are both excited and a little bit nervous about tomorrow's big moment. probably a little bit like jeff bezos and his three fellow passengers. anthony? >> or jeff bezos as they call him in van horn which is surely on the billionaireace race with contributor bill harwood. we'll be right back.

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