it's tuesday, july 27th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." vaccine mandates. local governments are clamping down as covid cases surge nationwide. the new restrictions and the president's ground breaking announcement. barbara boxer attacked. california's long-time senator is robbed in broad daylight. athe suspects took f 80-year-old former politician. osaka out. a stunner at the olympics. the world's biggest tennis star is eliminated from the competition. good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. there's new urgency this morning in the fight to slow the surge of the coronavirus cases here in the u.s. state and local governments are imposing tougher restrictions. new york city will require all city workers to get vaccinated by mid september or face weekly testing. it's the same in california. all health care workers and state employees will need to show proof of a covid-19 vaccination or get tested weekly starting next month. in florida which leads the comp country in new infections, governor ron desantis says there's no plan to return to any mandates. >> whatt has this been like for you. >> reporter: 62-year-old curtis sanderlan recently lost his wife from covid-19. now he, too, is battling to survive. did you get the shot? >> no, sir. >> is there a reason why you decided -- >> i haven't decided not to get it, i just haven't --

>> you haven't gotten around to it? >> right. >> more than one out of every five new covid cases in the u.s. are in florida. the state's cases jumped 60% in one week. >> we're going in the wrong direction. if you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases, it is among the unvaccinated. if we don't vaccinate, the model will predict we'll be in trouble as we get more and more cases. >> a ground breaking announcement from the president. long covid is covered under the americans with disabilities act. pfizer and moderna are going to expand the study of kids to the age of 5. and dr. anthony fauci says the cdc is considering revising mask mandates even for the vaccinated. more than 50 organizations are now calling for all health care workers to be required to be

vaccinated. back here at the university of florida health system in jacksonville, only 50% of all workers are fully vaccinated. chad nielsen is the director of vaccine protection. >> they consume the same news and they are just asus septemberible to misinformation and things like that in the communities. >> reporter: but the surge fueled by the more contagious delta variant isn't just affecting the unvaccinated. >> elective procedures are being paused. we're putting off procedures people do need because our hospital is filled with unvaccinated people. >> like curtis san derlan who has this message for the unvaccinated. >> take it. take it. do the right thing. >> cbs news, jacksonville. this morning the congressional investigation into the deadly riot on the u.s. capitol is getting underway.

it's getting back to the causes of the attack. according to a review of court documents, at least 543 are being charged and 23 are pleading guilty and the fbi has yet to identify more than 300 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the capitol grounds. laura podesta is in new york. what can you tell us about what we can expect today? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. today we'll hear opening statements, including one from congresswoman liz cheney. the last-minute decision to have cheney speak is to support the argument this party is in fact bipartisan. four officers say they were physically assaulted by the mob on january 6th. >> reporter: 6 1/2 months after a crowd stormed the capitol, they're holding the first

hearing. >> an important opportunity to remind everybody about the necessity of accountability for what happened, for making sure tat it never happens again. >> the first witnesses are four police officers who were at the capitol on july 6th. they were supposed to maintain order and congress certified the results of the 2020 u.s. election. the committee includes 7 democrats and two republicans. house minority leader kevin mccarthy withdrew all five of the nominees after two were rejected. jim jordan and jim banks. >> it makes the whole committee a sham so the outcome is predetermined. you won't get to the bottom of it. >> pelosi responded by appointing two gop lawmakers, liz cheney and adam kinsinger. >> it's not something i was

expecting but there are moments you have to do the right thing and this is it. >> reporter: committee members plan to follow the evidence wherever it leads them and they may try to get testimony from former president trump. the investigation is expected to take several months to complete. anne-marie. >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. ahead on "cbs this morning," congresswoman liz cheney joins us and discusses the riots and what this means for her future. >> police are searching for the two steps. the 80-year-old was attacked yesterday in oakland's jack london square. a post on boxer's twitter page said one assail land pushed her in the back and boxer went to a nearby verizon store and called police for help. she said the suspects appeared

to be younger than 18. she said one was the driver and the other attacked her. >> well, he pushed me very hard. it's hard to describe what happened because it was so fast but when i started to move away from him, he came behind me, pushed me hard and then before i could fall he grabbed my phone in the front. it's just hard to put it altogether. >> boxer said she's okay physically but shaken up. she represented the senate from 1993 to 2017. turning to the olympics from tokyo where one of the biggest stars in tennis has been elimin eliminated. naomi osaka lost from a czech republic player. she is the number two ranked player in the world. meantime, the americans made a splash in the water. 17-year-old lydia jacoby won the

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morning. new york city will require all our top stories this morning. new york city will require all city workers to get vaccinated against covid-19 by mid september or face weekly testing. in california the state employees need to show proof they're vaccinated or get weekly tests starting next month. congressional investigation into the deadly riot on the u.s. capitol gets underway this morning. a house select committee will look into the causes and security failures surrounding the attack. at least 543 defendants have been charged in connection with the january 6th insurrection. americans will spend roughly $200 billion in gift cards this

year but a new study finds a big chunk of that dough goes to waste. anthony pura explains. >> reporter: gift cards are one of the most pop gts vim but memorable experience. you seem to forget about them. >> sometimes i do. it's awful. i tuck them away and it's out of sight and out of mind. >> reporter: a new survey from bank rate finds half of u.s. adults have gift cards, vouchers or credits. the average person is sitting on $116. many times the money is never spent. ted rossman is with bank rate. rate.com. >> half of us have lost value at some point, either because we lost the card or it expired or maybe the business went out of business before we had a chance

to use it. >> reporter: experts say there is no reason to let the value of a gift card go to waste. there are plenty of sites that will raise card cash them. you can sell the card and get 80 to 90% of the value. you can often add additional value to it. you might not give your brother the $4.17 home depot card you have lying around but if you can round it up to 25 bucks or 50 bucks -- >> rossman said it's a good idea to use the card and credit quickly. >> now that you reminded me, i'm going to go home and dig them up. >> reporter: it's important to remember the cards are only a gift when you remember to use them. pasadena, california. >> according to bank rate.com 73% of consumers with unused gift cards have held on to them

for more than a year. coming up this morning, an exclusive with john kerry on why the recent wildfires makes action even more urgent. plus we'll talk to congresswoman liz cheney investigating the attack on the capitol. how she's handling the pushback from members of her own party. we'll get in the pool with trail blazing olympic champion ashley johnson while she tries to break barriers while competing for another gold in water polo. that's the cbs news for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. have a great day.