might have those windshield wipers going. thanks for starting your monday with us on kpix5. >> news continues all day on cbsn bay area. cbs this morning is next. have a great monday. good morning to our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." et it's monday, a brand-new week, july 26, 2021. i'm gayle king, that's jericka duncan. new reports says coronavirus could surge this fall. hospital rates are surging among the unvaccinated. >> i want to tell everybody, please take the shot. >> dozens of fires are besieging the west, burning mostly out of control. see the heroic battle by

firefighters to save lives and properties. a cbs news investigation reveals a billion dollar industry. american students paying writers in kenya to do college assignments, even earning some degrees. meet the real authors behind those achoevments. america is the favorite but not the best so far at the tokyo games. the early trials and triumphs, and the likely rise of new olympic sports. >> go team u.s.a. first, here's today's eye opener. it's your world n 90 seconds. whether it is masking or closures or kids having to return to virtual learning, that is coming, because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again. >> the delta variant threatens to derail america's summer comeback. >> masks can be helpful against this variant. as wildfires continue to burn across california the governor declared a state of

emergency. >> officials say the flames destroyed dozens of homes and other structures. >> red hot flames. it was spooky. pelosi has appointed adam kinzinger to the special committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. >> this committee must act in a way that has no prospectship. a typhoon is walloping china's eastern coast turning roads into rivers forcing tens of thousanands to l leave thehe homes.s. >> sad news from the entertainment world tonight, renowned comedian jackie mason has died. he was 93 years old. >> all that. >> 52. >> jennifer lopez celebrated her 52nd birthday with ben affleck this weekend. >> real or fake. >> social media is going crazy about this video. >> tom brady played catch with a jugs machine. >> tom brady is a sourcerer. >> and his hair was perfect. >> let's go. >> on "cbs this morning."

>> a day of history making medals for the u.s. 18-year-old anastasia becoming 2 first woman to win a medal in taekwondo. >> this is what we have been waiting for, working for, dreaming about. this is a moment in time. i can't take it. i can't take it. i can't take it. i can't take it. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive, making it easier to bundle insurance. >> i don't think he can take it. >> i was going to say, i don't think he can take it. >> it is always nice to see those types of wins. that's emotion. >> i love when adults can act like kids because they are so happy and filled with joy because they won. congrats. we welcome to you "cbs this morning" on this monday. >> we begin with troubling signs against america's progress against the covid virus. cases are surging in every state fueled by the delta vary yabt and by unvaccinated americans. as of last week, more than 97%

of people admitted to the hospital for covid had not gotten the vaccine. >> the new projections show that covid cases nationwide will likely continue to rise over the next few months, peaking in mid october. daily deaths could more than triple with current levels raising back up to around 850 a day. david begnaud is in jackson, mississippi, the state with the lowest vaccination rate in the country. these numbers are scary. i know you visited st. dominic jackson memorial hospital. what did you learn there? >> it is like deja vu all over again. they canceled all visitation for covid patients and have gone back to the facetime visits. let me set the scene. the first week of may here at st. dominics, two patients, first week of june, they had five. first week of july, they had ten. they have 59 this morning. and they are looking at extra wings of the hospital to try to find space to house these

people. here are some of their stories. this is william ball. alicia is his wife. how badly has qucovid ravaged h body? >> extremely bad. >> he is 52, no longer infectious, but he's too sick to go home. he had a heart attack in the end of june and then contracted covid nine days later. there will be people who watch this who don't think the virus is serious. >> we didn't either. i am not going to lie. we had no idea. >> she got vaccinated. he didn't. they both got sick. vicky mcknight is 64. she says her doctor told her not to get the covid vaccine because she is allergic to the flu vaccine. a second doctor told her to get the vaccine.

she said before she could she got the virus at a funeral. your husband got vaccinated? >> yes. >> did he end up in the hospital? >> no. >> he, too, is unvaccinated. >> i want to tell everybody, please take the shot. >> this virus is no joke. if you want to feel really really horrible, this is a great way to do it. trust me. >> 45-year-old larry smoke is also a diabetic. and he had a heart attack four years ago. he says a week after he got his first pfizer shot he started showing symptoms for covid-19. >> even people that got both doses, if they have underlying conditions, then we don't know if they got a full antibody response. so their immune system may be weakened. it's making us question should

we be giving booster doses now to those with underlying medical conditions. >> reporter: back in william ball's room a doctor was called to determine whether william was having another heart attack. his wife spoke for him. >> he will get the vaccine when he gets out of the vaccine. >> when he said i want that vaccine, tell me what you are thinking? >> he's got to get out of the hospital first. >> within the last week we have let you hear from covid patients in arkansas, louisiana, now mississippi. i often hear from folks on social media saying david i don't want them forcing the vaccine on me. just give me the faction. the facts from mississippi, 89% of people hospitalized here are unvaccinated. 91% of covid patients who have died in mississippi are unvaccinated. those are the facts. gayle. >> those are the facts we need to hear over and over and over again. david, thank you very much.

joining us now, dr. ashish jha. good morning. >> good morning, gayle, thank you for having me. >> i'm so glad you are hear. let's start again with the facts. because when i hear people say, i didn't take this seriously. i didn't think that this was something i really needed to be worried about, what more can you say? i think people are getting frustrated because they don't want to feel that it is being jammed down their throats. what can we say? >> gayle, i completely understand. i have a lot of sympathy for people who have not gotten vaccinated. >> you do? >> because they have just been -- i do. i will tell you why. they have just been fed this non-stop diet of misinformation about these vaccines that somehow it was rushed, somehow it's dangerous. and the people who are spreading that misinformation, they are usually -- they usually have an ulterior agenda on all of this. the facts are these vaccines are

exceedingly safe and effective. they work at saving liveless. right now we are really only seeing the unvaccinated getting really sick and dieing from. this if you don't want to get sick and die, get vaccinated. >> those of us who have gotten the vaccine think it is our super power. but now the unvaccinated are now infecting the vaccinated people. do we revise the mask wearing rules? wearing the mask? >> it is a good point. at this point if you are fully vaccinated you are really safe from anything serious. you might get a breakthrough infection, might have a couple of days of not feeling great, but you are not going to end up in the hospital, not going to end up dying. that's the most important thing. in terms of mask wearing it had help in the short run and the in the long run there is only one way out of this. if we want to put the pandemic

behind us more americans need to get vaccinated. >> last week dr. fauci said we were heading in the wrong direction. in the spring you were saying we were heading in the right direction. >> i was saying in the spring we were going to have a fabulous summer. through june it looked good. i didn't expect we would have a third of americans not wanting to get the vaccine. i figured 99% of people would want to get vaccinated and we would be done with this thing. >> everybody wants to tippi toe around ordering that the vaccines be mandatory. where do you stand on that? >> it is crazy how we have turned this into a political issue. when i am in the hospital i have to be vaccines for the flu and measles, i can't show up to work without those vaccines. we have got to treat covid in the same way. we have managed to somehow politicize this. i think businesses, hospitals, schools have to step up and say,

we do this for all of these other vaccines, we are going to do it for covid, too. >> dr. jha, we thank you for your time. good to see you. california's largest wildfire is growing this morning after destroying more than a dozen homes over the weekend. after nearly two weeks, the dixie fire north of sacramento is still just 21% contained. it is one of more than 80 fires burning in 11 western states, forcing nearly 8,400 evacuations. carter evans reports from near the dixie fire in quincy. >> reporter: the massive dixie dire is destroying homes and cars in the community of indians falls and threatening thousands more. creating towering smoke columns that could spark lightning storms and ignite even more fires. as the smoke clears, the sun warms the ground, we are going to see those air masses start moving very quickly. what does that mean for the firefighters on the ground?

>> erratic windy fire behavior. >> reporter: these firefighters try to clear a blocked roadway, and people living near the fire are doing what they can now to protect their homes. >> get the fuels away from our house, get the wood that's stacked close to the deck away from the deck. things like that. >> reporter: to the south, the tam rack fire isn't expected to be fully contained until the end of next month. just across the california border, the bootleg fire is now the third largest ever recorded in oregon destroying nearly 70 homes. >> i came back thinking i had something to come home to. when i got here i was gut shocked. there is nothing left. >> reporter: we are at the command post now where firefighters are plotting their next move. the dixie fire, though, just keeps getting bigger. it merged with another fire over the weekend. and we are hearing that 10,000 homes are threatened.

currently, this is 15th largest fire in california history. >> carter, thank you. now let's bring in lonnie quinn of w cbs tv. >> there is rain out west but there is not any on top of the fire. this is las vegas. rain came down overnight, about an inch in a short period of time. a lot of thunder and lightning as well. watch this. the stratosphere at the north end of the strip. that's awesome stuff. look at the radar. it is moving from the east to the west. it is moving toward the fires. but it is encountering dry air. the dry air is eating up the storm, taking the moisture out of it. you want the rain. that's going to help put out the fires. the problem is that rain is -- it is raining like cats and dogs up at 20,000 feet in the atmosphere. as it moves through that column of air at the surface, it's so

hot, so dry, it just evaporates the rain and you don't get the benefit of the water on top of the flames. but you do get more lightning strikes that could start another fire. then you have downdrafts. they come down, spread out in erratic directions and spreads the flames in any direction. the firefighters can't tell where it is moving. you have got this storm for another day and a half. after that the firefighters can focus on the fires in a exist not new ones that are popping up. the other story is the heat. feels like temperature 105 to 111. 111 in omaha, nebraska. that's everything. we will watch it very closely. a string of unexpectedly poor performances that team u.s.a. playing catch up in tokyo.

here's the medal count. the "uss in second place. one team that has lived up to the hype, the swimmers. dressel earned an gold in the men's 800 meter this morning. the team's eighth medal so far. jamie, you have a great assignment. what's the latest. >> it has been fun especially watching the caleb and the swim team. good morning. there were major surprises to out there, in the all good for team u.s.a. some experts wonder if it is jitters or if all the covid protocols and no crowds are having an impact. one thing we kept hearing though over and over again, it is early. >> caleb dressel getting things going for the united states in lane 5. >> it was the start of what could be an epic olympic run for phenom caleb dressel. >> the italians are going to be left behind by the united states, who are going to put

away another gold medal. >> a gold medal for team u.s.a.'s 400 meter relay leaves dressel's dream of winning seven golds at these olympics intact. a record only beaten by michael pellness. it was a bright light for the americans after a shaky weekend. >> five meters left. going to get the gold for australia and knock off the legend in the biggest staining of the start. >> team u.s.a.'s katie ledecky fell for the first time in her olympic career. men's basketball lost to france in its opening game. that's the first time since 2004. and all you had to do was catch a glimpse of simone biles' face in the qualifying round to see the frustration after a loss to russia. louise red no, sir kyi discovers gymnastics for the wheat journal. >> the expectation that they crush it on every occasion including in qualifications was hard to shake off.

>> reporter: biles said i really do feel that i have the weight of the world on my shoulders sometimes. and because of covid she doesn't have support in the stands. >> it is certainly a change for the u.s. athletes who perform in their domestic competitions before crowds particularly at olympic trials where the house was pretty packed. the other issue for simone biles is she has said she looks to see her parents in the audience before she competes. this is the first time they have not been at a meet. she said it is important to her to see them there. >> she's only gotten to see them through zoom. another disappointment. u.s. golfer deesh deesh. he tested positive for covid and with to withdraw from the olympics. he was going in as one of the favorites. adding to the tension, a potential typhoon is heading to japan. that's why we are inside. organizers say all offense will

go on as scheduled except for rowing and archery. >> what else can you throw in there? the kitchen sink? i was happy for caleb. you introduced us to him last week. i was happy to see him well. thank you jamie. >> i -- >> go back to jamie. >> i don't know if you are following along on instagram, but the u.s.a. team put out some swim pictures, and they said, we'll have what they are having. it's the men just going crazy. you have to check it out on line. >> jamie, always good to see you. thank you. i feel for simone biles. >> i know. >> i hate when anybody says i have the weight of there. >> it is now 8:17. time now to check your local weather.

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more degrees are done on line, it's become a billion-dollar industry, and the heart of it is right here in nairobi. often using top class kenyan graduates who come from poverty like this. dreams of escaping life's grinding hardships often go up in smoke here. education is seen as the only way out, and many kenyans go hungry in order to pay for it. even with a good degree, it's hard to find work. >> i've been searching for work since i finished high school. >> reporter: her tuition fees were due. >> you have to find something for yourself. >> reporter: william was battling to pay his rent. so they turned to the global essay jedii for-hire industry. >> it's not really something you'd be proud about telling people that you help -- >> reporter: his hard work as services are advertised on reputable websites with hip names like ace my homework and

essay jedii. these are legitimate platforms offering academic assistance like tutoring, but some students use them to pay writers who will do anything for them from an urgent essay to an entire college degree. william has firsthand experience of this with one client. >> i did his degree and now i'm doing his master's. he's promised me i'm going to do his ph.d.. >> reporter: he's the most successful of the two earning over $2,000 a month. he pays to open accounts on a few of the websites, securing work for himself and other writers. the american student pays between $20 to $50 a page. the account owner like william takes a 75% cut. the kenyan writer can earn as little as $5 a page. the kenyans are often given the american student's college login details so they can complete assignments and access the university library. they showed us some of these, and we were able to verify that these were, indeed, students

enrolled at u.s. universities joann is doing entire classes for students. >> essay -- emotional support animals, i also did research on -- the invention of insulin. >> reporter: with her help they're passing with distinction. >> psychology -- >> reporter: and william is writing all the papers for a social psychology student who's getting straight as. the kenyans are so good at the job that sometimes they get asked to dumb things down. >> there is one the student got 97. i was like, this doesn't look like you. so the student is like, would you please lower it down, maybe work on the language. >> reporter: between them, they say they have enabled american students to cheat their way through everything from u.s. history to engineering, even medicine. >> i think the state of cheating

at colleges and universities is serious and getting more serious. >> reporter: ethics professor david rittinger has been sounding the alarm for years. >> we trust that our doctor has been to medical school. cheating leads us to overall social construction because it leads us to having a cadre of professionals who can't actually do the work that they claim they can do. >> reporter: the kenyan writers say cheating requests come from students everywhere, small online colleges to major state universities. >> they just have the name, but we work the skills, knowledge, and experience. >> reporter: he wants to quit the cheating business, but with so many kenyans living in dire poverty, there are plenty of graduates waiting to take his place. the kenyan students we spoke to believe it's impossible to shut down the cheating industry, saying that if websites are closed they will simply find new ways to operate. for "cbs this morning," debora

patta, nairobia, kenya. >> we asked the website seen in the story for comment and haven't received a response. the u.s. department of education says their regulations require that schools have processes in place to establish that any student who registers is the same student who engages in the program. so many startling aspects of this. one is, like, i don't know how -- what's college students going to afford to pay $50 a page? >> privileged ones. that's the problem, too. these are like people barely making it, and they're doing the hard work for people who can afford to just pay. it will catch up to them. >> i was wondering how they can police it. if you get the student's i.d. and you can log on as the student, how can you tell who you're talking to? i don't know how you police it. but listen, i didn't even know it had a name. contract cheating. i thought the professor was right when he said it is social corruption. i would feel guilty if i -- if i succeeded because of cheating. >> you're a good person.

>> i don't know about that. >> no cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. >> no. >> i've well desperate moments, i'll admit. term papers due. >> you didn't do it. >> no, i didn't. >> don't cheat. that's the lesson. coming up protests erupt around the globe against new covid restrictions in countries as far apart as france and australia. and you can always get the news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" parodcast. hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. you loveve rich, delilicious ice e cream.

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thousands of people took part in protests in multiple countries over the weekend to oppose new restrictions on

people who do not get their vaccines. demonstrations in paris turned violent as you see over a law requiring people to show that they've been vaccinated or tested negative to enter restaurants, planes, and other public places. australia, italy, and the uk also had protests. elizabeth palmer has more on this story. >> reporter: thousands of demonstrators came out on saturday in paris to protest against stricter anti-covid measures. when the scuffles turned violent, the police used teargas to disperse the crowd. but that public anger didn't deter french legislators. they passed a law last night that will make vaccines mandatory for health workers and vaccine passports essential to get into museums, cinemas, and festivals. outside the louvre museum on the weekend, checks were under way which took nellie breton off guard. "at first i was furious," she

said, "but then i realized there were medical reasons to be rigor rigorous." over at the eiffel tower, the system was working smoothly. everyone showing an electronic proof of evacuation or hard copy. for those who didn't have either one, there was happenid on-site testing. anyone who had a ticket could enjoy the views from this famous landmark newly reopened after nine months. all across europe, there have been demonstrations. in athens where the greek government has said health workers have no choice but to get fully vaccinated. and in italy where a peaceful crowd marched against the vaccine passports they'll soon need for places like gyms and museums and for indoor dining. as tourism comes to life again in europe, people may not love the new rules, but they do believe they're better than another lockdown. and evidence from france shows that they are definitely

boosting vaccinations among the reluctant. "i didn't want to," added ruben benamran, but "but i felt there were too many restrictions. >> reporter: people may be more interested in getting a vaccine passport than getting the vaccine itself, but to public health officials, that counts as a win. now here in britain, there are no vaccine passports yet. but prime minister johnson has warned they're coming in september for among other crowded places, nightclubs, and already the nightclub owners are not happy, they're pushing back. they say we've been hammered by this pandemic. this is going to make the stories you'll be

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beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the south in the 1960s including the freedom summer project in 1964. that is when hundreds of mostly white students went to mississippi to register african-american voters and promote civil rights throughout the state. moses also founded the algebra project in 1982 to help poor students succeed in math. the cause of death has not been reported. moses was 86 years old. a towering figure of the civil rights movement. president obama had a really -- a tweet that caught people's eye. robert moses was a hero of mine. his confidence helped shape the civil rights movement. he inspired generations of young people looking to make a difference. >> rhodes scholar. mas master's in philosophy from harvard. >> he believed that change came from the bottom to the top. didn't work if it came top down. >> he left quite a legacy for all of us. >> he really do. i don't know if you've seen this video, but check out this heart-pounding scene caught on tape after an out-of-control car slammed into a mom and her 8-month-old daughter in new

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anthony mason, jericka duncan are here. tony is on baby leave. i'm gayle king. we are so ready. team usa gets off to a slow start in tokyo. we'll be talking to bill rhoden about the race to gold. plus how sports like surfing and skateboarding went from counter culture to olympic events. from social media to loneliness in teenagers. psychologists lisa damour has tips for parents. and hannah einbinder is now an emmy nominee for work on

hacks. she'll tell us about how comedy helped her share the truth. show good, but first here's "eye-opener at 8:00.." troubling signs about america's progress against the coronavirus. covid infection rates surged in every state. >> they just canceled all visitation for covid patients and they've gone back to those facetime visits. >> they don't want to feel like it's been jammed down their throat. what can we say? >> they've just been fed this nonstop diet of misinformation about these vaccines that somehow it was rushed, somehow it's dangerous. some 10,000 homes were threatened and currently this is the fifth largest fire ever in california. at the surface, it's so hot, so dry, it just evaporates. you don't get the benefit. there were some major surprises out there, but not all of them were good. some experts wonder if it was just jitters or if all the covid protocols and no crowds are

having an impact. >> back it goes, a home run! a walk-off home run. team usa with back-to-back walkoffs. they clinched the top seed. >> they will be the home team in the gold medal game against japan! i always like to see the athletes celebrating. i'm not an athlete, but i know you were, so you can relate to that, right, jericka? >> i can relate. i think you're an athlete. i've seen your instagram feed. >> i love seeing them celebrating like that even though there's no crowds in the stadium. >> that's exactly right. we begin this hour with the teen struggle in the official first day of the olympics. jamie is in tokyo covering it for us. jamie, what's the feeling about america's performance so far? >> reporter: gayle, people are saying it's still early, but it was a rough start for team usa. in the pool is where the u.s. picked up the most medals of

eight. we saw team usa score a gold medal in the freestyle led by caeleb dressel is chasing number 8. katie ledecky came from behind with the second fastest time in history. ledecky was in the lead before the australian came up. katie ran a great race, the australian was just faster. keifer won a gold in fencing. she is also studying to be a medical doctor at the university of kentucky. as we look ahead to tomorrow's competition, simone biles and the women's gymnastic team are aiming for their third straight gold medal, but the squad

finished second to russia in qualifying on sunday. that has not happened in more than a decade. while the competitions are going on, olympic organizers are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm taking aim at this area. can you believe it? it's bringing strong rains and heavy winds starting tuesday. that's why we're all inside this morning. they moved the rowing and archery events to later in the week due to the conditions, and one more note here. she might not be on team usa, but naomi osaka won her first tennis match in japan. she said she's feeling refreshed and happy. it has been fun to watch her. >> joining us now is bill rhoden, writer at large. he's also the host of the bill rhoden sportscast. bill, good morning. we called you legendary. no pressure, sir. >> is that me? >> that's a polite word of you've been around for a while. it's been a conspicuously slow start for team usa in a couple of areas. should we be surprised? >> i think we should be humbled.

this whole last year in this country is about entitlement and privilege. nobody epitomizes that more than basketball, because we're just supposed to win the gold. >> we are, bill, supposed to win the gold. is that entitlement? >> well, it is, because we said in the marines in 1992, michael jordan and all that, as a reaction to losing. luka just hit 48 points. >> yeah. >> across the board, i just think we need some humility. i know that's antithetic to what we are here. people say, it was a wake-up call. it was more than that, it was a living nightmare. >> do you think the u.s. can still win gold in basketball? >> they probably will. i was asking myself self, and i'm saying probably, and people

say, why are you saying probably? why are you saying that? because we're used to it. swimming, we're supposed to do this. there is going to come to be a point where we're not doing this stuff, we're just not routinely winning this stuff. >> do you look at the olympics differently now? do you even think it should be happening? >> yeah, i covered about five of them, and my favorite parts of the olympics was always the opening ceremonies. >> i love that, too. >> then i just realized, man, particularly after these last four years, i had it wrong. nationalism is not good. we've seen the rise of white nationalism. nationalism is not good, and also this whole idea -- i keep thinking back on the capitol riots and i saw a lot of u.s. flags. >> right. >> so now when i see the flag and the flag raises, i'm like, what america am i living in? the ones that don't think we should be here? the ones that think we should shut things down? i just think this is a very -- these olympics should be a time of soul searching and winning is

sometimes antithetic to soul searching. >> i keep thinking of the athletes who have trained and trained and trained to be here. >> i love that, but athletes are just held hostage. they've got to be there. and i just think that the tokyo olympics and the nfl are sending the wrong message with 80,000 fans, they're sending the message that it's over, that covid is over. it's not over, but you turn on the tv and you'll see 60,000 people, and college football is gearing up, and you see all these people together. >> so should they have canceled the olympics? >> of course they should have canceled the olympics. >> oh, wow. >> our high right now is money. everything is being driven by money. they're telling fans, athletes, roll the dice because we are going forward. >> what do you think of simone biles saying she feels the weight of the world on her, and

when you look at the fact there are no fans, the impact that is having on athletes? >> i love simone biles and naomi osaka, two of the most prominent athletes are going to be there. she does have the weight of the world on her because it's about more than competing. there is a lot going on, but simone has some broad shoulders, no question about it. i love simone, and i love naomi. and i'm wondering what they're going to do in terms of protesting. what are they going to do, kick them out of the olympics? i'm very confident about that, but we should not be holding these events, but i understand that horse has left the stable. >> bill rhoden, always good to see you. >> the legendary bill rhoden. >> the legendary. i have not seen you in a while, but it's good to see you. >> in a tie. >> looks good. thank you so much.

skateboarding is one of the newest sports in the olympics, so get ready to learn some terms you may not have heard of before. an eggplant is a variation of a hand plant. a snail fish is a type of grab. lip slides, disaster. >> she just did the stale fish. do you think there will be a lot of people googling? >> i hope there's some sort of skate dictionary. ahead, jamie working hard this morning to

if they wanted to play god, they'd have to deal with the devil herself. so what's your guys' deal? >> that's standup comedian hannah einbinder who's now celebrating her first emmy nomination for her role in the hbo comedy "hacked." she's terrific in it. she'll tell us how she developed her own unique standup style. plus, we'll look at the potential impact of smartphones on your teenager's moods. we'll share tips on how to turn things around if that's an issue in your house. you're watching "cbs this morning." we appreciate that. we'll be right back. in yoyour house.e. > we'll bee right back.

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smartphone use and loneliness, especially among teen girls? >> this is a unique study. they found that smartphone access, time alone and teen loneliness did rise in the same time frame. but this study just looks at co-occurrence. it can't tell us which way that causal ir arrow is pointing. so it may very well be that having access to phones is making teenagers feel more lonely. but we also know from other research that when teenagers become more lonely, they start to spend more time on line. >> does it matter -- go ahead, lisa, i'm sorry. >> you mentioned about girls having a month pronounced finding in this study, in fact, seeming more lonely. what we know in research is that girls and boys spend time online differently. boys are more likely to use gaming, which they're often doing with their friends, where girls are more likely to look at social media. so boys can get the upside of

gaming with their friends and that positive social interaction where girls can be getting the downsides of looking at social media which can mean the social comparison piece or just feeling really left out. >> it's so hateartbreaking becae girls really seem to need and thrive on the approval of others and boys are more like, i don't care what you think. >> that may be on the surface. i think boys do care. >> but they seem to handle it better. >> they may. one thing we know about boys and girls, when girls are upset, they're more likely to discuss it, and when boys are upset, they may be more likely to distract themselves. a girl may talk about it, a boy may go shoot hoops, get on his bicycle, find a bway to not thik about it so much. >> this study occurred before the pandemic. i'm wondering how you think the

pandemic has affected all of this. >> what i've learned is teens have been connected to technology as a way to keep in contact with their peers through the pandemic. at the same time we've long known that teens, their online lives and in-person lives tend to mirror each other. so kids who have real friendships in life tend to deepen them online. kids who struggle socially have more conflict online. so we know it will amplify what's already there for better or worse. >> what are the signs parents should be looking out for to identify whether or not their teen is, in fact, lonely? >> well, we would want to pay attention to the size of hethei social circle, and it's important to note that kids only need one or two good friends. when commitwe talk about social, it's about quality. they do not need a big network. but parents should pay

attention. if they don't have one or two good friends, if they're persistently sad, if they talk about being lonely or left out, or if they talk about friendships that they don't have. >> what should we do? >> what we should do is find out what's getting in the way. it might be that the young person needs help with social skills. it also might be that they need new opportunities to meet kids. we want to bear in mind here that you don't make friends, you find friends. and if kids haven't found their people in the social circles they have, we want to help them develop new traffic patterns where they might run into somebody that would be a good friend. that might be getting a job or doing volunteer work or doing more activities after school. those kinds of things can really help. and i would say that if parents think that their kids are having a hard time socially because they're spending all their time online, they should probably limit their time online and encourage them to spend more

time in person. >> i think it's freeing that you say you don't need a bunch of friends, that one or two friends is good. as kids we're taught you have to have a lot of friends. i think that's true for adults, too. you don't have to have a ton of friends. if you have one or two, that's a good thing. >> absolutely. >> lisa demoore, thank you for being with us this morning. you're watchingth "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." if y you smell g gas, you'u're too clolose. leave ththe structurure, call , keepep people awaway, and call p pg&e right t after so we can n both respopond ot anand keep thehe public sasa.

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he appeared on "the ed sullivan show" in 1969. >> as a matter of fact, i became a comedian, people don't know this, because i was self-conscious. i am to this day. i was once so self-conscious if i went to a football game, if i saw the players get into a huddle, i used to think that they were talking about me. >> jackie mason was a former rabbi who first pursued comedy at resorts in upstate new york in the 1950s. he later performed a series of successful one-man shows on broadway and made cameos in tv shows and movies. mason once told cbs news his blunt observational humor resonates with audiences because he talks about the ridiculousness of human behavior to the point that it becomes hilarious. fellow actors paid tribute to mason on twitter over the weekend. henry winkler wrote, "now you can get to make heaven laugh." and jason alexander said, "one of the best." >> i wasn't familiar with his humor. but that stuff was very funny. about who's happy?

the wife and the mother. that is so true. >> it is. >> so true. >> i like that he said, too, i read that he rarely writes anything down. >> i didn't see that. good morning. it's 8:25. police are looking for a hit and run driver. sham was hit on the night of june 30th and died a week later. the suspect in a dark colored sedan stopped briefly and then drove off. san francisco considering congestion pricing to help get traffic moving. a fee of $6.50 could apply to two zones for drivers who make more than $100,000 a year. governor newsom will be in alameda to once again urge californians to get the covid vaccine. this as the delta variant

spreads. about 62% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. i am gianna franco as we take a look at the roadways. if you are ready to hop on 101, we've got brake lights in marin, south bound 101, a trouble spot slowing things down. you will see some brake lights. past that we have a fog advisory in effect for golden gate bridge. you can see in our live shot things are looking a little murky. a heads up if you are working your way into the city. there is an accident causing brake lights. darren. it's just me and jonathan livingston, the seagull with our view. that is towards the bay bridge and ferry building. it's cloudy as we saw from so many cameras, same down 88. sunshine in the south bay. temperatures range in the low 60s now. we'll see daytime highs climb

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. anthony, what do you have for us? >> my story is about the grand return of the newport folk festival in newport, rhode island. the oldest festival in the country, the firefighter come back. the soldout event kicked off friday at 50% capacity. it was canceled last year, of course, due to the pandemic. this year it's been split into two three-day events, some familiar faces have already taken the stage including randy newman and yola. grammy award-winning artist brandi carlile made a special appearance, as well, fresh off

her visit to studio 57. that's my fan boy video. i was in the crowd yesterday. that was not the only surprise. ♪ i'm every woman it's all in me ♪ >> that's right, chaka khan performed and did not disappoint. the queen of funk belted out hits like "i'm every woman" and "ain't nobody." part two of the festival starts today and continues through wednesday. you know what i heard from artists? i was there for a few hours yesterday, was able to get -- >> looks like your happy place. >> i was thrilled to be there to see live music again. but all the artists were so happy to see each other. you know, everybody had to show either proof of being vaccinated -- >> did you feel safe? >> i did because everybody had to show proof of vaccination or there was a testing site, as well, and you could test before going in. everybody was outside. it was a great atmosphere. i missed it last year. was great to be back. >> listen, i know you like it -- didn't you wear that shirt when you got your vaccine? >> i did actually.

>> at newport? he's not late to the party. mine is about levar burton. the wait is over for him and fans, too. the "reading rainbow" and virginia "star trek" starts tonight as "jeopardy!" guest host at 7:00. we spoke to levar burton about why he put in tons of effort to get people go that hardment i'mhard. i'm curious. >> i felt if i didn't give this everything i had i would never forgive myself. >> yeah. well, fans of levar burton put together a passionate social media campaign. you could say to get him the job. he said it was important to him to host "jeopardy!" because the show promotes learning, and that is absolutely something that he admires. listen, 200,000 people signed a

petition. i saw an interview with him after he hosted. he said he was nervous, petrified, that he really enjoyed it, and we'll see how it turns out. >> he sure looks happy, though. i'll tell you that. >> looks happy. he really, really wanted it. we'll see. and listen, he played "jeopardy!" before and won in 1995. he's no stranger either. very familiar. >> i'm glad. >> me, too. can't wait to see. jericka? my "talk of the table" is hbo's comedy "hacks." have you seen it? >> yes. >> nominated for 15 emmy awards -- >> 15. count 'em. >> 15. one is for actress hannah einbinder who plays comedy writer ava daniels, her life unravels after an insensitive tweet got her fired from her job. the only work she can get afterward is writing for comedy diva deborah vance played by jean smart. so here's part of that job interview. take a listen. >> what's your favorite joke of

min mine? >> ma'am, you know -- that's so hard. >> it shouldn't be. i've written over 30,000. just pick one. >> you know what, i would have to say that your tv show is my personal favorite thing that you've ever done. >> you mean my sitcom from 1973? you've seen it? >> oh, yeah. i mean -- yeah, i've seen clips -- >> clips? wonderful. >> actress and standup comedian hannah einbinder joins us now. good morning, and congratulations on your first emmy nomination. hannah, have you ever been in a situation like that before? you played it so well. >> oh. thank you. that's so lovely. thank you for having me, by the way. have i been in a situation like that before? i mean, honestly most of my jobs

before "hacks" were like coffee shop/retail, so it's a pretty straightforward thing, you know. not a lot of like research there. >> right. well obviously the emmy nomination is huge. what was your reaction to that news? where were you when you found out? >> i was here, i was here in california, in l.a. where i live, where i'm from. you know, they announce these things pretty early -- early for you -- >> the west coast -- >> such as myself. you guys are up. you guys are ready to go, you're alert. me, i'm -- what's happening, it's 8:00 a.m. i was -- i got the news -- i got a call, and i called jean, and we celebrated. it was really lovely. and i asked her, i said, "well, jean, what am i supposed to do with the rest of my day? this is such a beautiful eruption of celebration so early on. what do we do with the rest of the day"? she just said -- i don't know,

go to the grocery store, live your life. just -- get out there. do what you got to do. >> hannah, i want to follow up on what jericka said about you because i love the show. i was just going to watch one episode because my son was raving about it. and before i knew it, i had gotten through six, and i know there's more to come. you are so knockout in it. and i was so bummed that we weren't going to see you in person, face to face, because i really, really wanted to meet you. but do you -- how do you connect to her? because, listen, i don't know you, never met you, but you play her so seamlessly. and i'm thinking what are you really, really like? you connected to her right away? this ava character? >> yeah. she is -- she is fierce in a way that i really admire. i did connect to her right away. you know, she has such a strong personality and point of view, and she was so vivid. the second i read her, you know, in the first couple scenes of the show itself, reading those scripts, it was very clear to

me, you know, who she was and where she was coming from. and i -- i admired her right off the bat. and i felt connected to her certainly as like a queer character that felt really fleshed out. and like i said, vivid, not something that i read all the time in all honesty. it was refreshing to see. >> what about you and jean smart together? because your putdowns of each other are next level in this show. which is also fun to watch. >> oh -- well, thank you. yeah. jean and i -- i would say that the deborah/ava dynamic in terms of the sort of comedy jabs is kind of a one to one. we love kind of that -- that like quippy playful sparring. she's just -- in terms of our dynamic she's become one of my dear friends, and like a big sis. i love her so much. >> i get it. for people who haven't seen your

standup comedy in person, how do you describe your style? and your sense of humor? >> ooh. okay. hannah, don't sound like a narcissist here. how do we -- >> go ahead, hannah, go ahead. >> i'm like, how do i -- well, i mean, it's a little stylistically all over the place. i try to dip my toes into every style comedically. i like to do music. i like to do lighting cue, a prop here and there, bring up the form, get weird, experimental here and there. you know, just sort of -- like the latest bit i wrote is sort of -- it's like biology based. so i'll just go all over the dplienchlths looiskt -- doing a lost like -- dating, i'm not doing. i love to watch that. >> what made you want -- >> i go in the weird spaces. >> what made you want to get into standup in the first place?

>> you know, i kind of -- i started doing improv in college, and there was a comedian, nicole beyer, who i'm a huge fan of. she's fantastic. and she came to my school, and she asked if anyone from the improv team wanted to open for her. and i volunteered, and i just kind of tried it out in that way, and i fell in love with it. then, you know, after college, i just started going to open mics around l.a. and the rest is, as they say, her-story. >> hannah, cheering you on. i can't wait for emmy night. you really -- the show is so good and so funny, and you are knockout in it. so very happy for your nomination. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you, gayle. you're so cool. you rock. >> i feel the same about you. i feel the same about you. very nice to meet you. coming up on today's this

morning good morning podcast, we'll talk with two of the creators of "hacks, " that's lucia aniello and paul -- >> say it -- >> aniello. >> lucia aniello. and paul w. down. the couple discusses how they cast hannah and jean smart for the title roles. ahead, how surfing

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tokyo debuted two of several brand-new olympic sports over the weekend. the first-ever surfing competition got under way at a beach about 25 miles outside the city. and the very first olympic medals were handed out for skateboarding. jamie yuccas is in tokyo and spoke with one olympian from team usa about how these sports are changing the games. hello again, jamie. >> reporter: hey, anthony. hasn't it been fun to watch? you know it wasn't that long ago that skateboarders were stereotyped as trouble makers and surfers as slackers. now for the first time in history, they're both being called olympians, along with other new events like climbing and karate. it's all part of a shift in the games toward youth culture. and that could mean a whole new generation of fans for future olympic competitions.

♪ in southern california, skate parks are as common as starbucks. seemingly one on every block. but this one is different because now it's training ground for an olympian. you're going to the olympics. as a skateboarder. how does that fool? >> -- how does that feel? >> crazy. >> reporter: one the counter culture pastime born out of rebellion is taking center stage at the world's biggest sporting event. with competitors like jordyn barratt joining the olympic legacy. do you feel like an elite athlete? >> no. i don't. i mean, like i look at other elite athletes, and i'm not going to say that i'm not driven, but it's a different program than what skateboarding is. skateboarding is unique in its own self. a lot of people wouldn't call it a sport. i don't know what people call it -- a lifestyle, it's a way to

express yourself. to showcase that to the world is super exciting. >> reporter: barratt thinks her biggest competition will will come from the japanese team. she's wondering how commentators and viewers will adapt to the new sport. >> there's another thing that people have to get used to is the names of tricks. saying them it sounds ridiculous. an eggplant is a variation of a hand plant. a snail fish is a type of grab. lip slides, disaster, we're going to hear judges go she just did the stale fish -- >> yeah. >> reporter: you think there will be people googling? >> i hope there's some sort of skate dictionary or something. >> to bring in new fans and to appeal to the younger generation is very, very important to the olympics. these are x games gold medals. >> reporter: ron semaio created the x games back in 1995. three years later, the international olympic committee added snowboarding, but it took 20 more years to bring x games-style sports to the summer

games. why did it take two decades to get some of these sports in the summer games? >> you know, skateboarders are very protective of their culture and of their sport. and they wanted the presentation of it to be right. i think it took a while for there to be that comfort level with the skateboarding community. >> front ten double, yes. >> reporter: the rewards could be huge. just this past january, the winter x games were syndicated to 500 million homes in 192 countries. they attracted 105 million video views across social and digital media platforms. >> you're appealing to youth, and these are your fans that you're going to want to stay with you for a long time. >> reporter: has it come down to money? >> yeah, everything comes down to money. >> reporter: but the ioc isn't just betting on skateboarding. this year in tokyo, it's also adding climbing, karate, and surfing. kolohe andino is representing the united states in the

inaugural olympic surf competition. >> i've always been a big kind of olympic nerd. i always watch it, record it. once i heard that surfing was going to be in the olympics i was excited. >> reporter: unlike most olympic sports, this one depends on mother nature. if the big waves don't roll in, it's harder to compete and to win. >> i always say it's like tom brady going out and he can't find the ball. like -- that's how it is for sure. >> reporter: no matter what happens in tokyo, fans of extreme sports see the olympics as yet another example of once obscure hobbies becoming professional sports. add in sponsorships and tv viewers, and that means more young people can become professional athletes in the future. >> we all want to do what we love for a living, and that's what the olympics are allowing skateboarders and surfers and rock climbers to continue to do. ♪ >> reporter: a good example of that is an extreme athlete who

came up to ron semaio a few years ago thanking him for creating the x games by saying, "now i don't have to work at the deli anymore." as for jordyn barratt, her big moment on the olympic stage comes wednesday, august 4th, when she rides in the women's skateboarding park competition. we wish her luck. >> yes, we do. jamie yuccas for us in tokyo. thank you. and you know, it's cool because it did open it up to so many more people and their interests. >> yeah. >> they clearly have athletic skills to do that -- >> sure. i would think it would be hard to judge surfing. particularly when everybody gets a different wave. but as they said, these are cultures, and these are also things that most ordinary people can access on any given day. i love seeing them in the games. >> i would like a skating dictionary, though. the eggplants, stale fish -- >> lip slides. >> disaster. yeah. >> got watch. got to check it out. all right. we'll be right back. yoyou know whehen you'rere ats and alall those brbrands haveve her like.e... yes!s! ...andnd all thosese prices have you l like... yes! that's yes for r less!

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