for the voyage. >> let's do it. thanks for joining us. . . . good morning to our viewers in the west, welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, august 6th, 2021. i'm gayle king, that's daniel jacobson, that's vladimir duthiers and anthony is off. tony is still on baby leave. let's go. a monster california wildfire reduces another mountain community to ruins. its destructive power as more are forced from their homes. the delta variant drives a new surge in covid cases and experts warn the numbers could go higher. we're at the massive sturgis motorcycle rally where there are worries about it becoming a superspreader event. while the country waits for vaccines to be approved for younger students we'll ask the education secretary how to re-open classrooms safely.

gymnastics superstar simone biles gets a hero's welcome home after her inspiring olympic performance. plus, the latest on team usa's lead in the medal count with more gold medal or wsi fi tayop.'sour world in 90 >> next thing you know it came up that con young. >> in california more than 25,000 residents are under evacuation orders. many of the western fires can be seen from space. >> unbelievable. this place was so lit up. >> with the delta variant racing across the u.s., the nation's largest motorcycle rally gets under way. >> we continue to vaccinate, we will turn the delta surge around. >> what do we tell the public? we're committed to getting better. >> the justice department is launching an investigation into the phoenix police department over abuse of force allegations. >> to address a wide array of social problems. >> president joe biden signed a bill awarding congressional gold

medals to the law enforcement that responded to the january 6th riots. >> we can't allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. >> they canceled more than 45% of its schedule. >> all that. >> the cowboys and pittsburgh steelers kick off the preseason. >> intercepted. a that matters. >> lionel messi is leaving fc barcelona. >> this would be like michael jordan before signing with the bulls walking away. >> that is t the united states has won the gold medal. >> in beach volleyball april ross and alix klineman beat the australians in the final in two straight sets. >> celebration time. the a team with an a plus performance. >> yes! >> this morning's "eye opener"

presented by progressive. everybody likes an a plus performance. >> especially from the a team. >> especially from the a team. go, usa. we kelm you to "cbs this morning." we begin with new video showing the destructive power of california's largest wildfire, the dixie fire is what it's called that leveled another mountain community as the flames -- look at this -- swallowed up the homes and trees. in the meantime, here are pictures from outside the destroyed gold rush town. this is greenville. smoke filled the sky with embers and flames on both sides of the road burning north of sacramento and still on the move. fire crews are hoping favorable weather could help them get an upper hand over the weekend. jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: the destruction stretches for nearly a mile in every direction. we're here on what is left of main street. behind me is the greenville library. if you follow me here over the

street you'll see what's left of the fire department. that's the charred remains of a fire truck and in the distance through the smoke a century old hotel, all of it destroyed. 800 people lived in this town, many of them worked in this community and it only took about an hour to erase it from the map. at least 75% of this town is gone. four people remain unaccounted for and we're told that crews in the coming days will be brought in to search through all of this rubble. the dixie fire which has already burned an area larger than the size of the city of los angeles continues to grow. fierce flames destroyed more buildings in multiple communities thursday as the wind-whipped blaze swirled above the tree line. >> wherever the wind blows this fire is where it's going to go. >> reporter: it moves southward taking out additional structures along a major highway. and to the west, buildings in the town of canyondam were seen in flames after the dixie fire

leveled the historic town of greenville wednesday. there is destruction everywhere you look. the post office, the library, even the firehouse all gone. the battalion chief led the fight to save greenville but california's wildfires are creating never before seen challenges. have they become more dangerous. >> over the past three years i think we've seen that. they get hotter and faster and the fire moved from that side of town through the town and maybe about an hour, maybe a little less. >> reporter: the district's congressman took to facebook saying there's no words to describe what's been lost. >> forget the politics, forget the nonsense, we have to stop making this happen by inattention to what is obvious. >> reporter: just roughly 100 miles to the south the fast-moving river fire has truly some 6,000 evacuations. frightening fire behavior. we really are in uncharted territory around some of these extreme large fires.

and the behavior we're seeing. >> reporter: officials say the dixie fire will likely burn for several more weeks. i could tell you as we drove here, we saw towering flames in the distance, of course, there's all this smoke. when i spoke with the battalion chief he told me that the flames rushed in so fast, him and his team had to make a decision they hoped they wouldn't have to. they retreated for their own safety. >> jonathan, just so devastating, those pictures, thank you very much. the cdc says the daily covid cases have reached the highest total since february. before most americans could be vaccinated. the number of new cases topped 106,000 yesterday. this year's massive sturgis motorcycle rally starts today and many worry it could become a superspreader event. more than 500,000 are expected to pour into the small south dakota town for the ten-day festival. mola lenghi is there. good morning. >> reporter: in just a few hours main stree will

moyc bikers look forward to this all year long but this year it comes at a time when the delta variant is ripping through this country. here in south dakota the vaccination rate is right around the national average and on the rise but also on the rise new covid cases. health officials say just last week alone, they saw a nearly 70% jump in new indicates. bikers from nearly every state are expected to pack the streets of sturgis for what organizers believe will be one of their biggest rallies in the 81-year history. what's different about this year if anything? >> different? people want to get out. i think it's just the lockup last year. people want to escape and they're escaping to south dakota. >> reporter: but there are concerns some rallygoers could bring home more than just a souvenir. last month in wisconsin tens of thousands of milwaukee bucks fans celebrated the team's nba championship. health officials say nearly 500

people ended up getting covid. >> this could be a superspreader. we don't want it to be but that's the reality. >> reporter: this doctor says it's already the busiest week for his city because of the trauma cases related to the rally. cote poses an additional challenge. what have you done to get to this point? >> the entire team stays in place, to one takes vacation and recruit more folks in anticipation. >> reporter: for local business owners like rod bradley it provides a huge economic impact long after the bikers are gone. he welcomes the crowds as long as they take some personal responsibility. >> obviously, you know, my 70 some year old mom isn't coming downtown so protect the vulnerable and take responsibility for yourself. so, yeah, it's definitely a theme in sturgis. at the rally, but it's also been a thyme of south dakota since the virus hit. >> reporter: at this year's

rally there will be no mask mandate, no vaccination requirements but officials say there will be sanitation stations spread out throughout the rally. and this year for the first time open alcohol containers will be allowed outside as the city tries to encourage people to come outside from the bars into the open air outside where health officials say the virus is much less likely to spread. >> all right, thank you very much. joining us is dr. michael osterholm director for the center for infectious disease research at the university of minnesota. good morning again. >> thank you. >> let me ask you about what is happening in south dakota. more than 500,000 people are expected to attend. what are your concerns? >> well, any time we bring a group of people like that together, they are going to spend time indoors. it's just a matter ofth bars or casinos. as we saw last year with sturgis we had a substantial number of

cases tied to sturgis and then were brought home to their various states then saw more transmission in those states from the people who came back from sturgis so we have every reason to believe this year will be just as bad if not worse and on top of it right now as you know, people really feeling pretty well done with this virus in many locations of the country, the fact of the matter is the virus isn't done with us. we have state fairs that are about to be held, bring in million people to various locations. we have lots of festivals being held this year. so this is the month i think right now these events that are going to unfortunately occur at the same time that this virus is surging. >> let me ask you about the administration's plan to prioritize authorizing a booster shot for immunocompromised individuals. people wonder when they're going to be able to get their shots. how soon do you think this should happen? >> well, we have a conflict going on right now that is normal, natural and unfortunate and what i mean by that is that just two days ago the world

health organization put out a plea for a moratorium on any booster shots around the world. because of the fact countries like ours that have had two doses available for virtually everyone whereas of the 6.4 billion people living in low and middle income countries less than 1% to % have access to vaccine at all so the world is asking us not to do booster shots, inside the country those individuals who are still susceptible because they haven't had an adequate response to the first two shots are begging for their booster shot. so we've got this tension going on. i'm not sure how it will be decided. someday there's no question in my mind boosters will be given and the question is just how soon if that's going to happen. >> doctor, you said something the other day that got my attention, this virus will find you, it will infect you eventually. it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. you said it with such certainty. can you elaborate on that and why it's so really scary for

children? >> well, gayle, as you know this virus is only continuing to become more and more transmissible or more infectious. over the course of the last 18 months we've had these mutations occur and each one of them, unfortunately, related to transmission only made the virus more infectious. now we have a situation where you're seeing, you can go for months in a given location with little activity then you see big surges occur and what happens, people feel like they're out of the woods. i keep telling people don't think you can run out the game clock. it's not going to happen. ultimately this virus will keep circulating until it finds you. i think the story that you had on just before this one on the forest fire is basically one of great similarities. this fire will find those trees, that forest to burn eventually. that's what this virus is going to do with us as humans. >> that is frightening. >> that's a visual. >> it is, indeed. dr. michael osterholm, appreciate it. coming up in our next hour

we will talk with education secretary miguel cardona about sending students back to the ha and chaos is covid cases are the word continues for spirit airlines and its customers who are very frustrated and angry. this morning the low cost airline has already canceled more than 250 flights. that brings the total to more than 1700. this week thousands of passengers were left stranded. spirit blames a perfect storm of staff shortages and bad weather. errol barnett spoke with ted christie, spirit's ceo. good morning to you. what else did he tell you? >> reporter: good morning, gayle. well, christie is apologizing emphatically to passengers. he said their schedule should be back to normal by next week but that means more cancellations through the weekend. now, look, this is a budget airline so its passengers are already financially conscious and we spoke to people who spent hundreds of dollars on hotel

stays, on car rentals, those who couldn't afford that, take a look at some of this video, had to sleep at baggage claim areas. some inwheelchairs and from coast to coast this just added to people's frustrationshose videos of people suffering at airports with no place to go. >> it's heart wrenching. it's a terrible experience and we're doing our best to make up for that and i believe we have so that those people are either where they belong or in a hotel or afforded the option to go somewhere else. >> reporter: now, christie says that includes reimbursing travelers for food, even booking them on other airlines and he admits the airline has just simply been overwhelmed and explained problems began with bad weather across the country in july and stranded crews. that led to staff shortages and a real domino effect. he did say the airline should have canceled more flights to

reset but instead tried to stay afloat maintaining flights to accommodate the larj number of passenger bookings they had and christie teals me he does want to win customers back and is committed to improving the reliability and the reputation of the airline but, dana, this has beenul we it remains to be seen how long it will take. >> once you have gone through it, it's difficult to get people back. this morning longtime union leader richard trumka is being remembered president of the afl-cio labor federation died yesterday of a suspected heart attack. he was 72. he came from a pennsylvania coal mining family and worked as a minor himself before he became head of the united mine workers and afl-cio. president biden yesterday called him a close pna friend. senate majority leader chuck schumer said the working people of america have lost a fierce

warrior. turning now to the summer olympics. usa gymnastics star simone biles returned home to a hero's welcome in houston yesterday. after her uplifting final performance in tokyo. back in japan american athletes continue to add to their medal count on the field. in the stand and on the mat. jamie yuccas is there finishing the olympics in top form. >> reporter: it's been fun to watch, hasn't it, vlad. good morning. with the closing ceremonies set for sunday this year's summer games, they're coming to an end. we still though got baseball and water polo to look forward to with team usa hoping to continue its success. >> that is it. the united states has won the gold medal. >> reporter: beach volleyball stars april ross and alix klineman made it look easy in tokyo. >> and she puts it away. >> reporter: the two never lost a match dropping only a single set the entire tournament on their way to gold.

>> we wanted this so badly and dreamed it and worked so hard for it and it was just an amazing moment. >> to go on top. she's got it. >> in the air, katie nageotte flew her way to a gold medal in the pole vault thrusting herself more than 16 feet in the air. >> the american takes the lead. >> reporter: on the mat in the final seconds of his match, american wrestler david taylor took down the reigning world champion for his gold medal. >> he's on the steepest part of the wall. >> reporter: for one of the oldest olympic sports to one of the you nest nathaniel coleman muscled his way to a silver medal in sport climbing and the women's basketball team will advance to the gold medal game after crushing serbia in the semis. >> a lot of dudes don't get this opportunity so i'm just blessed i can be a part of it. >> zach lavine. >> reporter: late tonight the men's team will see france in the gold medal game. >> it's a rematch.

so go in there with a full deck of cards and lay it on the line. >> reporter: forward bam adebayo say they're ready. practicing on the court is one thing but surprised by one particular training ago tick. >> we like to play cards. those card games can go on for three, four hours because we're so competitive. obviously nobody wants to lose. you know, just being able to play those games gets your mind off basketball but still keep that competitive nature. >> reporter: olympians are just like us, right? as we mentioned the showdown late tonight against the french. they handed the americans that rare loss in their first game of the tournament and now france is the only obstacle standing between team usa and their fourth consecutive basketball gold medal. the women will be looking for their seventh straight gold this weekend. >> the women are ready and guys are playing cards. do you think they're playing old maid or fish? >> spades.

>> oh, spades. >> i would be. >> fish is a lot of fun. jamie, thank you, as always, great job. reporting from tokyo. ahead why the biden administration is starting another investigation of big city police departments

still ahead, a close look at the power dynamicsbetween coaches and young athletes. how they can lead to abuse. an equestrian tells us how her coach allegedly cornered her into a sexual relationship when

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this is a man she trusted and put her career in his hands and was close to his family and ultimately she felt pressured. she said she's speaking out now so others in this situation don't feel alone. >> riding is everything to me. it's immaculate. i love horses more than people. >> reporter: maggie kehring's love of horses started early. when she was 11 she met richard fellers. three years later kehring started training with him traveling from california to oregon where fellers and his wife shelly ran their farm. here you are, this aspiring young rider and here he is one of the greatest equestians in the world. what did that feel like? >> it felt like hope. i thought i was going to this place that i was going to be able to become what i wanted. >> at the level that you ride

training means you're there all the time. >> i was always around the barn. and then at nights i would go over for dinner with them so i was always with them. >> almost like part of the family. >> yeah, yeah. >> kehring said her relationship changed when she was 16. >> i get this call and he was like, i have these feelings for you. it's been building up the past six months. you can't tell anyone and, you know, i'm crazy about you. and i think i sat in my room and cried the rest of the day. >> why were you crying? >> because it's -- it's a lot to process because i had told them multiple times i was -- i told them i was like, you know, you are like a father figure to me and you are who i want to be in this sport and it felt like i was so cornered because i didn't want to leave. >> did you tell anyone? what were you thinking as you cried and you processed what was happening? >> yeah, i called them, the person in the barn and she was like, just keep trying to move

forward. see what happens. >> she says she and fellers spoke about it again. >> and he was like, maggie, you're not a little girl anymore. you don't know how you see yourself. and then i was kind of like can we put it behind us and kind of agreed on that. >> but fellers kept pushing, and a few months later they began a sexual relationship. kehring said she initially said no to his advances but felt cornered. >> i did care about him, you know, immensely, he was a person in my life who i had so much trust and respect for. >> had you ever had a boyfriend or anything like that. >> never been in a relationship. was still a virgin. >> reporter: at this point she was 17. the sexual relationship went on for eight months ending last july when fellers' wife walked in on them allegedly while in michigan for a horse show. when it ended did it feel like a yeah, , i heartbroken. >> so knowing that some viewers

are going to think it sounds like at some point you were happy in the relationship what do you say? >> no. i was happy in the relationship when it was later on, but it shouldn't have happened and i had said no before it even started. i had said no at the beginning. i had said no multiple times. >> reporter: following the incident in michigan several anonymous complaints were made to the u.s. center for safe sport regarding his relationship with kehring. they turned it over to law enforcement who opened their own investigation. in june fellers was indicted on four counts of sexual misconduct. attorneys for richard and shelly fellers declined cbs news' request for comment. former national gymnastics champion jennifer sey exposed sexual misconduct in the sport more than a decade ago. >> people will say this was consensual between maggie and rich. what's your reaction to that. >> well, she's still a minor so let's start there. legally that's not the case in

most states. >> how does it keep happening. >> i think they convince themselves as coaches this is an actual relationship and they are not paying attention to th eq power dynamic from there ert.th is a real relation.'re i i askedou when you were 15 to describe rich fellers, what would you have said? >> i would have said that he's an incredible rider. he's an incredible horsman. he is a great teacher. he's a great person. >> today how would you describe rich fellers? >> as a sociopath. >> last month safesport banned rich from the sport. since coming forward she's received dozens of messages from other women who shared their own stories of exploitation by coaches. maggie told me at her lowest point she was suicidal. it was her parents, her new

trainer and her horses that saved her. you were asking about maggie's parents. she told them after the michigan incident and rallied around her and brought her home and have really done everything they can to get her back on track doing well now. >> you feel for her, number one, really appreciate her sharing her story that's so personal and private and you can see how this happened. as a young person, how he lures you in by saying all these things. >> by being a mentor. >> yes, you admire him. i'm struck by the wife. the wife walked in on them. is fellers and his wife still together. >> as far as we know neither of their lawyers would speak with us but as far as we know she is standing by him right now which is hard to believe. they have children also. >> oh, it's very hard to believe. >> disturbing story and jennifer sey refers to her as a child which is what she was. >> yes, at 16, yes. very much a child. >> feeling she's not in touch with necessarily. you said she didn't have a boyfriend. >> he through that, dana. >> she says she was groomed. you hear this all too often.

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one case in particular stands out. in 2019 officers pointed guns at a black family threatening to shoot the father in front of his fiancee and children. after one of the toddlers took a doll from a dollar store. that case and others in the arizona city will now be part of the justice department's pattern or practice investigation. federal civil rights investigators will assess all types of use of force by phoenix police including deadly force. >> the investigation will determine whether the phoenix police department engages in a pattern or practice of violations of the constitution or federal law. >> the content was the israel absolute worst training we ever had. >> reporter: in 2019 "cbs this morning" investigated police practices in the city. according to a report by the arizona republic, the year before phoenix police had 44 officer-involved shootings. the most in the country and most of those incidents involved

black or native american. >> there are some people who think, well, our phoenix police are trigger happy. there are some people who think a lot of things. my agency is an afraid of the truth. if there's something we can learn let's learn it and fix it. >> reporter: including ending neck restraints and tracking when officers draw their weapons. even mandated implicit bias training which didn't seem to leave an impression on some officers who spoke freely after we agreed to conceal their identity. >> will it change how you do your job? >> no. >> why not? >> i don't think i was doing it incorrectly to begin with. >> reporter: on thursday chief williams acknowledged that there was room for improvement. >> looking forward to them seeing what we've done right and what we can impon. >> reporter: the doj investigation will likely take more than a year to complete. you can expect more of these pattern or practice

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dropped more than 59,000 pounds of cocaine and more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana yesterday at port everglades in ft. laudordale. $1.4 billion. the drugs were more th doz suspect central and south america, and the caribbean. american, dutch, and canadian authorities took part in the interdictions. that's a lot of drugs. >> i feel like a cocaine cowboys right now. >> there'll be a movie. >> i wonder what made them suspicious. it just looks like a regular tanker. >> exactly! >> something's going on there. >> this is a great story. britain's tom goes for his second gold medal in tokyo tomorrow in the men's platform diving competition. the four-time olympian won plenty of new advance on social media when he was spotted knitting in the stands. >> so great! >> as a he revealed it yesterday on instagram. it's amazing. take a look.

>> so i finished the jumper. and -- here we are . it's very bright right now. this says tokyo, we have got gbr, we've got the join jack, >> i've never made anything that impressive. he only began to knit at the beginning of lockdown last year and he said his love for knitting and crochet and all thing stitching has made him sane throughout the process. >> and he's also very proud of his knitting kills. >> he's an olympic athlete, won a medal, and is also a world-class knitter now. >> this is proof that that kind of dedication isn't just in athletics, right? they are that dedicated in all things. >> he has that kind of -- >> i like that he's doing it so publicly. i don't often see men knitting.

>> remember jonah lawson. >> and rosie grier -- >> he was a knitter? >> he was a knitter! >> it's a great way to channel your focus and your energy. >> should we start a knitting circle? >> i tried. jonah tried to teach me and it was terrible, even with a room full of kids cheering me on, i was -- >> good stuff. a young woman's hilarious tiktok video has gone viral. she describes how a stranger at an airport did a sketch of her and the result was hilarious. >> first, i was like, is he drawing me? and then i was like, is this creepy or awesome? and i decided it was awesome. i was like, wow, just sitting here, reading my book, like, i -- i was posing, i was posing. and the guy gets up and walks over to me and goes, hey, i'm sorry if this is weird, but i drew you. >> here's the sketch.

the young man drew it using crayons and signed it joe. >> good intentions. good intentions. >> i wondered where it was going, but that's a very funny pay off. >> he did not draw her like one of his french girls. >> thank you, jamie. ahead, the secretary of education shows us while new covid cases could blow up plans to bring students back to class. that's not good. we'll be right back after the break. >> announcer: today's what to watch is sponsored by toyota. let's go places. tional sales event, we don't just help you get the perfect vehicle ♪ ♪ we're here to open new doors ♪ ♪ that lead to your road to greatness. ♪ ♪ your journey starts at toyota's national sales event. toyota. let's go places.

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good morning. it's 7:56. alameda officials say they're seeing high numbers when it comes to covid cases. five places will be offering free covid vaccines to anyone 12 and over. people in napa will have to wear a mask inside public spaces regardless of vaccination status. starting next week students in san mateo and san francisco public schools will enter and exit without temperature checks. they'll be allowed to play outside without masks and will wear masks inside. as we look at the roadways,

if you are headed towards the maze, good news to report that the earlier trouble spot involving an overturned vehicle has been cleared. west bound 580, just as you head towards the bay bridge. we have a decent back up because of it this morning. there is a crash that's over to the shoulder but we've got a back up anyway, west bound 580, getting onto south 880. east shore travel times in the yellow 20 minutes highway 4 to the maze. we are looking at moderate air quality through the day. good air quality now but hazy skies inland for north bay, east bay, even the santa clara valley. it's really in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere but some smoke could push down to the surface at times. we are watching closely

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it's friday. happy fri-yay to you. we welcome you back to cbs this morning. anthony and tony are off. tony's still on baby leave. education secretary will join us for safe school reopening guidelines and his response to states banning masks for their students. and answering your questions about the delta variant. a swimm w defected from her own country shares the dire moment that led her to defy an order to return home. and a look at robotic creations for one inspiring

little boy. but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. dramatic new video showing the destruct vr power of >>estrtiontrn atest wildfire. every direction. if you follow bhau what's left of the fire department. bikers look forward to this rally all year long. i keep telling people don't keep thinking you can out run the game clock. the virus will keep circulating until it finds you. the schedule should be back to normal by next week but that means more cancellations through the weekend. with the closing ceremony set for sunday, france is-only obstacle standing between team u.s.a. and their fourth consecutive basketball gold medal. >> the takedown for two with

less than 15 seconds left. >> another win for the u.s. in freestyle wrestling. it'stytyler. it'not an igds. >> nice. >> everybody looks good holding that flag. everybody does. i love that. >> it does not get old. >> team u.s.a. wrestling has been amazing these olympics. tamir, the first black woman win a wrestling medal. >> makes you proud. >> it does indeed. students and teachers need to wear masks in school or in person. u.s. covid cases have surged to 106,000 a day, raising concerns about the upcoming school year. the u.s. is calling on

schools to hold pop-up vaccination clinices and asking people to hold -- good to see you, mr. secretary. boy do, you have your work cut out for you. maybe you can help people see the light. i wonder if the florida and georgia georgia -- >> across the country, there's that back-to-school feeling. educators, parents, we're excited. there's a vibe about it and we're excited about it. but in those places, where we see community spread is high, we need make sure we're following the mitigation strategy that protects students. this shouldn't be hard. we want to protect students and staff and make sure they can enjoy in-person learning and not

have their education disrupted again because of decisions being made that go against what we know is best. >> i get what you're trying to do. this mask has become so polarizing and so political. and i'm trying to figure out how we get past that to do what's best for the students? >> let's keep the politics out of it. let teachers teach. they know what to do. last year when we were talking about reopening schools, we didn't have the frequency of tests we have now. we didn't have the science, we didn't have vaccines then and we were able to safely reopen our schools. they deserve it. they've been waiting. we toe to our students to get them in the schools. we thinking edge kayicators.

let's show them you wunlt them safe. and i know you kept saying is it going to get shut down? and what would have to happen for you to say we need to back track now and kids need to go back home, we can't keep them in school? >> at the federal level, i don't have the authority to either mask mandate or vaccine mandate. that's not what we do. we proviede guidance and suppor and funds. i think we're working really closely with the health and safety experts. it's really important for foreman the local superintendents and having to stale back a lit logical bit.

leave the politics out of it. >> when you talk about giving direction to local communities, and we don't have immunization yet for 12 and under. but that seems to be on the horizon, hopefully soon. what about the idea like a measles, chickenpox vaccine. when might we see an immunization required for school? >> again, i focus closely on making sure we're doing everything in our schools and rely heavily on the health and safety experts. they're the ones that can answer that best. i'm not a medical expert. >> but would you like to see it? >> without question. i want to make sure schools can be open without nrt pgz. and if that means a safe vaccine can allow that, i'm totally in favoret of it. 90% of our educators have been vaccinatedall red apporous

weef -- >> and let me talk about the freeze on student loan payments that is expiring next month. >> our borrowers need support and information. so, soon you'll be getting information on that. while i don't have an announcement today, i can tell you it's the highest priority. he need take the sure you're planned. and at the end hof day, they need to do more toprotect our borrowers. >> wurone, twof, three, how pars can know it's safe for their kids to go to school. go. >> number one, prioritize the school is prioritizing health and safety. two, make sure the schools have tools to help with emotional stability. and that's our road map.

we're sticking to it. >> thank you for your time. ahead the olympic sprinter who

still ahead, still ahead with record-breaking wildfires raging across the west, a new documentary investigates what's fueling the flames. vlad spoke with the director.

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allows people with injured, damaged and missing legs to pedal themselves and got their inspiration from a little guy who just doesn't quit. riding a bike is hard for james. in addition to the typical trials and tribulations of 5-year-old faces trying to balance on two wheels, james has to do it all with one leg. he was born, missing bones in his left leg. it had to be amputated and since then, he's navigated his world with a healthy right but prosthetic left leg. on the bike, the prosthetic gets in his way. so, he removes it and the right ab 90 minutes northwest of him, there's a robotics team made up of the lafayette paris school system. high school stud. >> i always say this when people say, hey, what's robotics about?

it's about everything you can learn in school that you can actually use in the future. it teaches you work ethic, like or team 3616 ate with ole phenomenona participates in first, a global non-profit that engages young people in robotics, including an annual competition. device that can benefit someone's life through active play and movement. so then we got together, had a roundtable discussion and we decided that we wanted to do something to help someone in our community. >> reporter: that's when a little boy became their muse. the team got to know james because his grandmother is a biology teacher in lafayette. >> whatever mentors told us that we could do an innovation and create it to help someone, james, who really wanted to ride a bike like other kids. >> reporter: so the team got to work. what they came up with was a kit that when attached to any bike

assists riders with damaged or prosthetic legs. a sensor tells the motor when it's time for a little boost. >> so this leg pushes. you use the muscle in your leg right here, but on the compromised leg, once you get to the point where you need to push, the motor will go at the lowest speed it will go and help you make that round on the pedal where you can't make it. >> so it's giving a little assistance on the down pedal? >> yes. >> reporter: the idea wasn't to create an electronic bike, there are plenty of those, but an assist to keep both legs involved in exercise. >> you were created a robot made especially for you. that's got to feel really great. >> better than two legs. >> better than two legs? james hasn't yet tried out the kit. it's still just a prototype. but he looks forward to the day when he can ride like other kids. >> then you get to be special.

>> reporter: then you get to be special. >> special as everybody. >> we're not just doing this to make things. to keep that in mind that you're helping a person, you're helping a little boy, you're helping people's lives and stories to tell, you open the door, you welcome people in, you help them and i think it will come back to help you in the long run. >> i think james is specialer than everyone. 3616 phenomenona didn't win the first competition, but that doesn't matter. these kids are seeking a patent and hope to market it. they are working with a prosthetics company. special group of people. >> what a difference for that one little boy, i'm specialer than everyone? better than two legs? >> a shoutout to the washington parish school kids. the fact they would do this for someone in their community -- i wasn't doing this in high

school. >> this entire program is a success story for public education. it's fantastic, i'm proud it's in my home state. it's in the birth place of david begnaud and his wife. >> i made a cake in home economics. ahead, our dr. david ago us will answer your questions about the coronavirus, including the upcoming questions about the booster shot. we'll be right back. ♪ [truck horn blares] (vo) the subaru forester.

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belarus. >> reporter: her message is clear. the belarusian olympic sprinter kristina timanovskaya is now on the run from her own government. >> my grandmother, she called me and she said, please don't come back to belarus. and that was the reason i go to poland. >> reporter: she used google translate to show japanese police at the airport a plea for help. she is now in poland, on a humanitarian visa. the 24-year-old sprinter's troubles began after she went on social media to criticize how her team was being managed at the games, setting off a major backlash in belarusian state di. >> now i can't come back to belarus, because for sure now, it's so dangerous for me. i don't know when i can come back to home. it's my country, but now it's so is a that i can't come back. >> reporter: belarus is often

described as europe's last dictatorship. for nearly 30 years, it's been led by president alexander lukashenko. he's currently under sanctions following a brutal crackdown on the opposition during disputed elections last year, which triggered mass anti-government protests and has aggressively targeted dissidents, including those outside bell rust's borders. the main opposition leader who ran against lukashenko now lives in exile. gorka is her spokesman. >> on the one hand, this is a sign that this regime doesn't have any boundaries and it's ready to terrorize its citizens all over the world. and on the other hand, it's the sign of for a stillty and insecurity of the regime. >> now, timanovskaya's ordeal is eerily reminiscent of sporting defections during the height of the cold war, but this is lukashenko's war on his own people, a people who continue to stand up to him, despite the

enormous cost. gayle? >> t ymu if you've got tickets to see garth brooks, good morning. it's 8:25. bay area firefighters helping in effort to contain dixie fire with five fully staffed engines and 20 crew. flames are shooting hundreds of feet into the air. air quality advisory for north and east bay due to fires across northern california. satellite loop shows plumes of xie fires. g from r and santa clara health officials identified 46 cases of what they're calling delta plus variant. it's not yet a dominant strain. experts say the best way to slow mutations is to get vaccinated. i am gianna franco with a look at the roadways.

it is definitely friday light. it's a good time to be on the freeways. slow spot along east shore freeway, west bound 80, highway 4 to the maze. once you get to the bridge check this out. it is friday light with an easy ride to san francisco. 11 minutes to head into the city from the maze. metering lights have been off all morning. san mateo quiet in both directions with no delays and 880 along the nimitz, lightly traveled. we are looking at good air quality but if you live in north bay, inland east bay, you can be seeing haze as we start our day. moderate for our afternoon but through our day for north bay and east bay, e athere kely ha you will see it and some could push to the surface at times. as we go through our day, looking at temperatures on the rise above average for

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of stories we call talk of the table. and dana is in pull position. >> i like that, gale. very well done. this i feel is my way of saying to my friends and family, see, i told you so 367. you know the people that like taking a lot of pictures to help you remember a special occasion, they say it does the opposite. we're actually off loading the responsibility of remembering. remember like a phone number. and we're so distracted by the process of taking a photo, you miss the moment.

the parent watching the kindergarten grad wauation, the don't actually the see it. have someone else take the picture. i say that's your duh moment. or take a few good photos and put the phone down. just put the phone down. >> you know, i got to get this perfect picture. everybody crowd together. just be in the moment. >> one picture. but you so appreciate the pictures later on. may be a pain in the butter at the time and haven't you not taken a picture and go, gosh, i wish i would have taken it. >> put them in a photo album. remember when we put photos in photo albums? >> remember when we remembered phone numbers? how did we do that? >> because we had no choice. >> my talk of the table is this incredible video taken by

tourists of a very close encounter. >> take the picture. >> hey, bear. hey, bear. hey, bear. >> exactly. >> okay. i'm glad he had the phone out. >> obviously that's a big, brown bear roaming through the national park in alaska last month. just got off a plane and here comes this big old bear walking by. he likes the likeness and everyone says that thigh did the right thing. stay calm, don't run because if you do -- >> he chases you. are you supposed to say hey, bear though? >> speaking in a calm voice, aparently, is all right.

you're supposed to be able to do that. >> they were calm. i think when the bear comes around, that's when you need your adult diaper. he's walked past you and you think whew and then he turns around. >> hey, bear, would not have been what came out of my mouth. >> my talk of the table is garth brooks. don't you love him? yeah, you do. we do. tl he's reassessing whether to continue the stadium tour because of rising covid cases. he said he was so excited to get back on the road. today he has advice. >> i'm telling you right now it's getting sticky out there. follow all the rules. make your own rules up too. you can't be safe enough, cautious enough. keep your space, distance. please feel free to wear the masksality the concert.

nobody's going to look at you strange, i promise. >> listen, garth is one of the biggest selling entertainers. he took a 14-year leave to raise his daughters. he normally performs between 60 and 70,000 in a stadium. his shows are sold out. so, vaccines are going to be offered at his concert in kansas city on saturday. that's how serious he's taking this. >> garth brooks is just one of the gentleman of country music. he's been here a couple of times and he's always so nice. i interviewed him and trisha during the pandemic. i just love him and his music, i love hers. >> he was already scheduled to take a four-week break. time what to do.assess the >> the vaccinations being offered, a really important thing. that's where we want to go now. we know the surge in

coronavirus cases is caused by the delta variant. it makes up about 93% of all cases in the country, according the cdc. and joining us to answer your most pressing questions about this highly contagious variant and a new push for a booster shot. "i thought if we were vaccinated, we were protected from this delta variant." why should vaccinated people wear a mask? >> that's a key question. it offers some minimal protection for dwrou you but it protects uth rbz. there's a potential for you having a level of virus and spreading to others. low chance but could hapen. it's the honor system isn't working. so, we all have to wear a mask so our community can be protected and we can get out of this mess and go to to having

fun, which we want to. >> karen asks if you had a mild case of covid and had the antibodies, do you still need to get vaccinated? >> all right. please tell karen the answer is definitively yes. antibodies, many of them the nuclear capsive, they're not what we call neutralizing antibodies and being exposed to prior versions of covid doesn't protect you much from delta. so, everybody needs to be vaccinated, even if you had it before, so you don't get this aggressive variant. >> a lot of people believe if you had covid once, you can't get it again. >> yes, you definitely can, especially with the delta variant. and you will, unfortunately, and you can get very sick that second time. and you could spread it to others. please, please listen on the science.

we all need to be vaccinated to stop this virus. >> kelly's wonder figure you could provide guidance regarding sending vaccinated and unvaccinated kids to school where a mask will not be worn. >> it's a tough one. vaccinated kids, the hope sl the teachers are vaccinated and more and more schools are stepping up and doing that. the hope is they'll wear one when they ask. what is your level in the community and personal level of risk. if a child is unvaccinated, not wearing a mask and there's a high number in the community, there's a lot of risk there. i hope numbers fall when kids go back to school but more likely they're going to fall in september. so, between now and then schools are going open. and i'm worried. >> jim asks two questions here. when will booster shots be approved by the fda and do you need to stay with the brand you got with your initial shot?

>> we are going to have booster shots in the united states. they will be for immune-suppressed people and people who got it very early in december and january. my gut is over the next several weeks they'll be available for immune suppressed people. you get a five-to ten-fold increase in immunity and there are fewer side effects than if you switch brands. and this question a lot of my friends actually have asked this as well. can the vaccine impair women's ability to conceive in the future and are there studies on possible side effects on women and the reproductive system? >> i'm so glad you asked the question. there have been lots of studies done. women who are pregnant, no issue. there have been hundreds of thousands of women pregnant without issue in the united states.

there have been many women whahave got pregnant after getting the vaccine and it does not accumulate in the overy and does not block at all the development of the fetus or ability of sperm to get to the egg and fertilize it. no effect on fertility in the short and long term. these are internet rumors made up by several doctors and they turned out to be totally incorrect. if you're thinking of getting pregnant, please get it now. they actually recommend you get it before ibf, so you don't lose a child if you get the virus. >> words of truth out there. thank you. we appreciate it. if there's something you would like to know, send your questions to our facebook, twitter or instagram pages or email us at coronavirus@cbsnews.com. we'll answer your questions next week.

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firefighters are struggling firefighters are struggling to control record-breaking wildfires in 17 states. it destroyed almost all of the

historic town of greenville, near paradise, which is still recovering from it deadly camp fire. a new documentary follows survivors of that fire and first responders who battled the blaze. it also focuses on the global wildfire crisis. >> climate change, in a lot of ways, is a distraction from the issue of fire because paradise was going to burn whether there was climate change or not. >> even if we went back the 1960s level, we would have a fire crisis. climate change is undoubtedly aggravating wildfires. it's a performance enhancer but not the only thing. >> if you say climate change is the only thing that matters, then only thing to fix it is climate change. that's not going to happen for long time. >> we asked about the crisis that inspired the name of this documentary.

"bring your own brigade." a growing number of wealthy people are hiring their own teams of private firefighters to protect themselves. talk to us about that because people may not be aware what the title means and what's happening out there. >> taltser right. we have a piece of kim kardashian and her and kanye's house was saved by the private firefighters. it comes up in the film that how do we feel about this, that the people who can afford to have their own firefighters can stay in the stunningly beautiful places that burn all the time. it refers also to this idea of are we on our own? or are we going to come together as a community to tackle the bigger problems. because a problem like the wildfire is like a climate change or pandemic, it's not something we can solve individually without coming

together. and you see this play out during the film. of play out during th film. >> you can watch "bring your own brigade" in select theaters today. you can also stream it on the cbs app and paramount+ starting august 20. it's an incredible documentary. really, really well done. on today's cbs podcast, harry dunn tells how the podcast changed his life and what it's like to work on what he defended that day. we'll be right back. >> oh, ! >> we'll be right back.

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>> that will do it for us. we'll see you monday. now let's take a look back at all that matters. america's covid recovery is slipping away because of the delta variant and those who still refuse to get vaccinated. >> covid hospitalizations are up three-fold from last month. >> i think right now, mandates are our most effective way out of this pandemic. >> we're going to help a lot of people get off the fence. >> a move to impeach andrew cuomo over allegations of repeated sexual harassment could start next week. >> the facts are much different than what has been portrayed. >> i don't believe him. and i don't want an apology. it's fake. >> it was a remarkable comeback for biles, tying the record for the most decorated female gymnast in u.s. history. >> the topic of mental health, i think it should be talked about weot tet.human.ecially with >>rire made history

when she won a gold medal in the debut of surfing. >> what do you tell your baby girls like you who are watching this? >> you guys can do anything with hard work and passion. dream big. the sky's the limit. >> we all worked an extra year for these games. jst to be there was so much fun. >> i liked my life before the games. if i'm being honest, the sport was a lot more fun when nobody knew my name. >> well, caleb, everybody knows your name. that ship has sadly, my friend. >> hello, hello! >> that's good music to introduce you. >> lenny kravitz. i like it. >> i don't have lenny kravitz's a abs -- >> check out his instagram. >> i heard from reliable sources that it's junior birthday today. >> thank you. appreciate it! >> hope you'll get a piece of cake or something. you know what gives me joy? anything with icing. >> do you want some cake. >> hell, yeah.

hell, yeah. >> oh, yeah! >> what's your name? >> sebastian. >> you want to do this? >> one thing you talked about was the vaccine, so i thought -- >> yeah, i got it at walgreens, which is, for me, i was like, hoping i could get it at a hospital like medical professionals. i didn't want to go to a place that sells staplers and "people" magazine. >> yeah, you happy? >> the dating trend that emerged during the pandemic. i'm talking about video chatting before you actually meet someone in real life. so dating apps are adjusting to that. look, i met my partner on a dating app. >> you too? >> if they had have had video chatting, it would have saved me so much time. >> i wish i had the courage -- >> are you on an app? >> no. but i was saying, if i wasn't on tv, i would do it! >> can you use a fake name?

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good morning. it's 8:55. a's are requiring people to mask up at the colosseum's indoor bars, stores, entertainment spaces. same rules for indoor spaces at oracle park. giants are encouraging fans to wear masks outside as well. alameda officials seeing high numbers when it comes to covid cases. this weekend five places will be offering free covid vaccines to anyone 12 and over. our lady of the rose are i in union city is one of the sites. san francisco's great hide away is reopening for weekdays only. on weekends and stretched the stretch will remain open to

bicyclists and pedestrians only. let's get a check of traffic. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are off, 11 minutes from the maze into san francisco. san mateo bridge, traffic moving smoothly, 12 minutes from 880 to foster city. the golden gate bridge, a little foggy, a 20 minute drive from novato to the toll plaza. we are looking at at least good air quality for the most part and through the day, moderate. in the east bay, tri valley, north bay, even south bay, you might be noticing hazy skies. at this point looking at the haze and smoke in the mid to upper levels in the atmosphere but through the day patches settle down to the surface at times. we are watching that closely for you for today and into tomorrow. also a warm day across the region. we a looking

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