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likely to get worse. what the world needs to know to avoid the most dire forecast. we'll go to tokyo for a full wrap up of the summer olympics, including track star allyson felix historic performance. here is today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with a crime. >> what he did to me was a crime. >> governor cuomo's top aid has resigned as one of his accusers are speak publicly. with the delta vary yants surging. the debate over whether students wear mask in class taking center stage. >> you're going to help students be in school in person and keep them safe or the decisions you make will hurt the students. the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly. >> taliban fighters have over run through more capitals. the dixie fire now the second and largest fire in

california state history. flames continue to threaten thousands of homes. >> i can see my house is already fully engulfed in flames. wildfires are tearing through large part offense greece and forcing thousands the flee. bobby bowden passed away. he ranked second all time in division one wins. the man who jumped the barricade is running on the field. >> this guy can't get him. that guy can't get him but the dodgers ball girl takes him over the fence. we all know i love a good female empowerment story. >> stone cold with the walk away on cbs this morning. the olympic flame has been extinguished and with that, tokyo games have officially come to an end. >> the united states dominating this year with 113 total medals. >> the most gold medals, most silver and most usa!

this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle nur insurance. team usa top medal getting in the games. >> go team usa. >> thank you. welcome back. >> welcome back to me. back from baby leave. i'll tell you about it in the show. i want to get to your exclusive reporting. i'm big sit down with britney kimiso. one of the 11 women who claimed governor cuomo cuoharass ed him. his top aide announced she is e are signing. state legislatures plan to meet today to discuss impeachment investigation. cuomo denies all allegations of misconduct and rejected new calls for his resignation after a scathing report from the state's attorney general. >> she identified as executive assistant number one in the ag's report had filed first criminal complaint against cuomo.

in an exclusive interview with cbs this morning in albany's time union newspaper, the governor gave her. >> his mother or his brother. these were hugs with the intention of getting some personal sexual satisfaction out of. then they started to be hugs with kisses on the cheek and then there was at one point a hug and then when he went to kiss me on the cheek, he quickly turned his head and he kissed me on the lips. >> what did you say? >> i didn't say anything. i didn't say anything this whole time. people don't understand that this is the governor of the state of new york. there are troopers that are outside of the mansion. they are not there to protect me. they are there tohim. i felt a i i did

something to insult him, especially insult him in his own home, it wasn't going to be him that was going to get fired or in trouble. >> did you ever have any concenc consensual sexual activity with the governor? >> no. >> is it possible the governor thought these interactions he was having with you was something that was normal? something he thought was not a big deal? >> no. maybe to him, but he thought this was normal, but to me and the other women that he did this to, it was not normal. it was not welcomed be, and it was certainly not consensual. >> the governor testified he did in the kiss executive assistant number one. we'll have more on our conversation coming up on cbs "this morning." the latest on the alarming new surge in covid cases.

the seven-day average for new daily infections is about 100,000. we haven't seen that number in the united states since february. it was only about 8,000 just seven weeks ago. more people are getting covid shots. about 61% of u.s. adults are fully vaccinated but in some hard hit areas, health officials say too many people remain unprotected. this latest wave is overwhelming some hospitals in the south. omar is in baton rouge, louisiana. the situation has been serious for the last few weeks. is it getting any better? >> reporter: good morning. it's only getting worse. covid hospitalizations are at an all time high across louisiana. here at baton rouge general hospital, their icu is built for about 25 people. right now they have almost 70 people in the icu. in fact, the hospital had to convert four units into covid wards just to keep up. inside the icu at baton rouge

general hospital, doctors and nurses are treating more covid patients than ever before. almost all of them, unvaccinated. the they're patients like 61-year-old douglas allen. >> can't move. you don't have the strength. >> reporter: after nearly a month in a hospital bed, we asked allen if he changed his mind about getting the shot. >> when you're able, medically to get the vaccine, will you get it? >> on a percentage basis, probably 90% yes. i still have that little bit of what the heck is going on. >> reporter: that kind of doubt is all too common says hospital chief of critical care and pull pulmonary sfrss. >> how is it you feel like you're not running into wall? >> you see all the misinformation out there, i can understand why they make the decisions they do. when you read those lies, they're scary to a lot of

people. >> reporter: those lies are difficult to combat even for people like nurse jordan miller. >> i have family members that refuse to get vaccinated. i tell them we're building new icus every day and we have gone from 24 beds to almost 100 and we have people in their 20s and 30s and 40s and i have yet to convince some of my family members. >> reporter: as cases have spiked akrocross the states, ra of vak si fccination have risens louisiana but more than half remains unvaccinated. too many are ending up in one of the growing number of icus. >> do you feel like you're having to sell science? >> yeah, i do. sell reason, sell logic. whatever it is. whatever the person needs to encourage them to getaccinad is what i'll do. >> reporter: this lates wave is.

the director of the nih says more than 1400 children across the u.s. are hospitalized with covid. that's the highest number of kids with covid in the hospital ever recorded. >> very concerning. omar, thank you. the massive dixie wildfire in california is now the second largest in state history. satellite images reveal the scale of the fire burning north of sacramento as seen from space. the fire has burned out about 765 square miles, more than two and a half times the size of new york city. four firefighters have been injured. governor gavin newsom surveyed the town. four people are unaccounted for. the fire has destroyed homes and other buildings and threatens nearly 14,000 more. perhaps not unrelated, the world's climate scientists have issued their starkest warning of speed and human cause of global

warning. it warns there will be many more disaster like historic flooding in europe and elsewhere if countries don't slash greenhouse gas emissions now. we have more on the report that the u.n. chief calls code red for humanity. when you think about the muted language of science, they really didn't hold back here, did they? >> reporter: that's right. the report is sobering. it says our emissions are warming the world fast. it's certain to keep warming in the coming decades. just how hot and how dire the disaster get depend on how we act now. from fires like those that have been raging across greece and turkey to flooding and heat waves and drt t region the wld in unprecedented world. it's une quiver cal that we are

to blame with global carbon emissions higher than any time in two million years. >> we're responsible for it. >> how alarmed should we be? >> we are not yet on track, on a track to even stop this warming from further increasing. yes, we should be alarmed. >> reporter: also alarming, the report finds that melting ice sheets and sea level rise caused by global warming are irreversible for centuries even if we limit our emissions today. the scientists point out we have already made the world nearly two degrees hotter than pre-industrial levels. if it warms another roughly two degrees, the upper target set by the 2015 paris climate treaty, every region will feel the heat much more intensely. the world could get there and beyond this century unless we drastically cut our carbon, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions now. >> is it too late to act? >> it is never too late. every bit of warming that we can

avoid will be beneficial to us. acting together is absolutely necessary in a global way. this challenge can really be overcome. >> reporter: the report was approved by every country in the world. it's sure to push governments to cut emissions faster. >> thank you very much. it's not too late but the warning is dire. >> it is dire. it's very important. the governments of the world have signed off on this report. it's not just scientists speaking. it's officials speaking say we all agree now, it's time to act. by the way, we have about a ten-year budget of emissions before we go over the cliff. the cliff is ahead. if we don't make a change in the next ten-year time frame, it could be bad for baby eloise, all of our children. >> we'll be okay, i think.

>> we hope. >> i think about our children and our children's children. it's very scary. >> it's so stark. >> thank you very much. here in washington, the senate may approve the trillion dollar infrastructure package as early as tonight. the bill cleared a key hurdle when senators voted 68-29 to wrap up debate on the measure negotiated by ten senators from both parties. the bill is a top priority for president biden. it includes $550 billion in new spending for the nation's physical infrastructure, including roads, bridges and broadband internet service. the house needs to approve the measure before the work begins. in afghanistan, taliban fighters have seized some of the largest areas yet just weeks before the final withdrawal of u.s. troops. taliban fighters overran three pl major stu o cities including ku. the taliban took over key government office buildings after heavy fightg planted

their flag in the main square. this morning, canada is allowing americans to cross the border for the first time since march of 2020 if they are fully vaccinated. the u.s. has not said when canadians will be allowed to enter the u.s. meg is at niagra falls right along the border in western new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: beautiful indeed. good morning. niagra falls, new york is one of country's biggest tourist destinations. 14 million visitors to soak in the skieights and feel the mist their face. for the first time they are able to cross over the border into can e canada. many say they are hoping it's not too late for their businesses. >> it's beautiful. >> all these people to come and see. >> reporter: in niagra falls, the vast majority of revenue comes from the summer tourist season, which is almost over.

he grew frustrated and month after month went by and the u.s.-canada border remains closed. >> we are going in the right direction. for the long time it was a dim light at the end of a very long tunnel. >> our business went to literally zero. >> reporter: the ceo of niagra y off most of his staff due to the drop in business from american visitors. >> it just started to really creep back for us. it's all domestic. right now it's 100 mile radius toronto coming here to flrkniag falls. >> reporter: u.s. travelers can cross into canada if they show proof they are fully vak si flated on an app and have proof of a negative covid test in the previous 72 hours. >> as long as people are vaccinated, i think that's great. >> reporter: the closed border has meant an 18-month separation from his girlfriend tammy. the couple lives just 20 minutes

apart. one on the u.s. side and the other in canada. >> it's terrible for me. i came here in hopes of starting a life with her and starting a dream and it's very hard to go every day, every day without having her in my life. >> reporter: it got so bad, labounty started suffering from depression. yonkers was able to come to in u.s. in july and check on him. instead of a quick drive, it took two planes and two buses for a total of 12 hours. >> what kind of toll did this take on your mental health? >> terrible. i had no hopes of, no energy to do anything. i wanted to stay in one room, isolate and just give up. that's all i wanted to do. >> you wanted to give up? >> yes. >> how emotional has this been for you tammy? >> he came here to be with me. it pains me all the time to know that he's there waiting for me. >> reporter: now their wait is over.

as of today labounty can cross the border to visit. >> what's it going to mean when you get to over and hold onto tammy again? >> it's my whole world. the i feel like a better person when i'm with her. >> reporter: they plan to live together. they just need to choose which side of the border that will be. children 12 years and younger are allowed into canada with fully vaccinated parents but if you're five and over, you have to be tested on the first day and the eighth day. >> thank you so much. you definitely feel for murt and tammy. >> they should get married at niagra falls. >> old school tile wstyle with little boat and sea captain. >> thank you again. beautiful live shot. thank you very much. ahead, jury selection begins today in a federal racketeering

case against r. kelly. we'll talk with one woman who accuses the rnb star of abusing her and other women.

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ahead, more of our conversation with the first woman to file a criminal complaint against governor andrew cuomo alleging sexual misconduct. >> why did you file that criminal complaint with the sheriff's office? >> because it was the right thing to do. the governor needs to be held accountable. >> and just so i'm clear again, being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with a crime? >> what he did to me was a crime. he broke the law. >> in that exclusive interview, brittany commisso explains how her job in the governor's office became, in her words, a

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assistant in new york governor andrew cuomo's office in 2017. nearly four years later, she's the woman known as executive assistant number 1 in the new york attorney general's report into allegations of sexual harassment by the governor. >> in the report you're known as executive assistant number 1. >> i am executive assistant in the governor's office, but i am also a mother, i am a daughter, i am a friend, i'm a colleague, i am more than executive assistant number 1. >> reporter: she said governor cuomo groped her twice, the first on new year's eve, 2019, at the governor's mansion. >> i had to go over to the mansion to help the governor with a state of the state speech. i wasn't there late. i did my final edit. while i was upstairs in the office, the governor said why don't we take a selfie.

>> so his suggestion, you say. >> yes. >> with your phone. >> with my phone. i then felt while taking the selfie his hand go down by back onto my butt and he started rubbing it. not sliding it, not, you know, quickly brushing over it, rubbing my butt. >> and did you ask him what are you doing? >> well, this was while i was taking the selfie. i became so nervous that my hands were clearly shaking and a lot of the photos that i was snapping were completely blurry. i showed him them and he said, oh, those aren't good. and he said why don't we go sit on the couch and we can take a betteron i s on because i to mylf,okayt think on the couch that he would have a way to just do what he just did. so i felt safer actually on the

couch. and in the photo, you know, i have my arm wrapped around his shoulder, almost as if we were taking a picture with a buddy. this is the one that has been blurred out and has been released to the public. >> reporter: the governor has denied that he put his hand on commisso's bottom during the selfie. commisso alleges that the governor groped her a second time at the governor's mansion in november of 2020. >> so he gets up and he goes to give me a hug. i could tell immediately when he hugged me it was probably the most sexually aggressive manner than any of the other hugs that he had given me. it was then that i said, governor, my words were you're going to get us in trouble. i thought to myself that probably wasn't the best thing to say, but at that time i was so afraid that one of the

mansion staff, that they were going to come up and see this and think, oh, you know, is that what she comes here for, and that's not what i came there for and that's not who i am. i was terrified of that. and when i said that, he walked over, shut the door so hard, to the point where i thought for sure someone downstairs must think -- they must think if they heard that, what is going on. came back to me and that's when he put his hand up my blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. i exactly remember looking down, seeing his hand, which is a large hand, thinking to myself, oh, my god. this is happening. it happened so quick, he didn't say anything. when i stopped it, he just pulled away and walked away. >> wanto read to you what the governor said, quote, to

touch a woman's breast who i hardly know in the mansion with ten staff around, with my family in the mansion, to say i don't care who sees us, i would have to lose my mind to do such a thing. >> reading that is disgusting. it's simple. i know the truth. he knows the truth. i know what happened. and so does he. >> reporter: for more than three months she says she didn't tell anyone, until she watched governor cuomo's press conference on march 3rd. >> but this is what i want you to know, and i want you to know this from me directly. >> he almost has this smirk that he thinks that he's untouchable. that was the tipping point. i broke down. i said he's lying. i felt like he was personally saying it to me. >> i never touched anyone inappropriately. >> yes, you did.

yes, you have. and not only yes, but one of them is me. and that's when i -- i broke down. i told my co-workers a little bit. >> and there were two people you told this to at the time. >> yes. >> why did you file that criminal complaint with the sheriff's office? >> because it was the right thing to do. the governor needs to be held accountable. >> being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with a crime? >> what he did to me was a crime. he broke the law. >> reporter: commisso says she's thankful to the othero c accuse for giving her the strength to come forward. >> there was a time when between my personal life and this it was too much. people don't understand. it's the governor of the state of new york. he is a professional fighter. and i think people should know that it hasn't been easy.

and i apologized that i haven't come forward sooner. >> commisso doesn't remember the exact date the governor allegedly grabbed her breast. something cuomo's attorney pointed out in a recent news conference. cbs news has asked cuomo's legal team for a list of visitors to the governor's mansion from october through december of 2020. cuomo's personal attorney, rita glavin, also says the governor did not grope or sexually assault commisso and questions the fairness of the state a.g.'s report, claiming it omitted evidence that was favorable to the governor. so this is a classic case of he said/she said, but she is standing by everything that you heard in that interview. >> you know, the fact that melissa derosa who was the number one chief aide to the governor has decided based on the reporting that you and the albany times union has done, in other words, i can see that it happened late sunday night after we had released a couple of sound bites from your interview

clearly signifies that she can no longer stand by the governor's side. so it will be interesting to see what happens in the assembly. >> i think it's more than a he said/she said. he hasn't said all that much. we have waited for more of a response to the a.g.'s report and she said quite a lot to you. >> she did. but he continues to say that didn't happen. his personal attorney over the weekend did a 45-minute interview on another network and basically said it's not true and that based on the report, which we have right here, all 165 pages, that there were questions. but there's no question about what brittany commisso says happened to her. she's very clear about that. >> and from the interview that you just did, i think you can see why the new york attorney general said that these were credible reports. you really understand the predicament that if the allegations are true, the governor would put people in. he's got so much power, they are employees of the state and of him. when she says you're going to get us in trouble, that line really rippings true.

>> and now you've got everybody from the president of the united states on down to the democrats here in new york state -- >> calling for him to resign. >> -- calling for him to resign. >> you can see more on paramount plus and cbsnews.com and the executive assistant number 1, cuomo accuser speaks. when we come back, yam jami yuccas will join us from tokyo. and you can always get the morning news by subscribing to the cbs news podcast and hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. we coubeliee the deal we got. just lucky i guess. (sfx: airplane flying overhead) we're a little closer to the airport than we thought... (sfx: airplane grounded outside the house) at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. saving us so much money. -hi. -how was your flight? -good. -good. morning, ted. for bundling made easy, go to geico.com.

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with jamie yuccas who's been covering the summer olympics in tokyo for the last two weeks. jamie, konichiwa. >> o course. let's look at some of the scenes from the closing ceremony. it featured flags from the countries that competed in the event. the broadcast even featured a live formation of the olympic rings. however, it could only be seen on tv sets, not in the stadium. the olympic cauldron which had been burning since the start of the games on july 23rd was finally put out, always an emotional moment. now the attention turns to paris where the games will be held in 2024. thousands of people waved flags and cheered in front of the eiffel tower. organizers promise an event for the people after the pandemic forced tokyo to keep most olympic fans at home. and american athletes took home more than 100 medals, more than any other country that

competed in the games. this was so fun to watch them rack it up, especially at the last minute. the u.s. men's basketball team won its fourth consecutive gold medal over the weekend beating france in a nail-biting game. i was in the arena. we were all a little scared it wasn't going to happen, but it did. the u.s. women followed suit taking home their seventh straight gold medal. track superstar allyson felix is now the most decorated track athlete in u.s. olympic history, beating out the great carl lewis after winning gold with the u.s. team in the women's 4x400 meter relay. if you're not following allyson on instagram, please do. so inspirational, awesome woman. not just the gold medals, everything about her is solid gold. and the u.s. women's water polo team was gold once again taking top prize for the third executive olympics. i got to sit down with team captain maggie steffens who said she and her teammates are overjoyed and tired. >> are you ready to go home? >> i am definitely ready to go

home. we're all so happy. we're all so exhausted from not just the physical demands of water polo and these past two years and all the training we've done, but the mental and emotional hurdles we've been through to get to this point. >> reporter: we heard this over and over again from so many athletes. it was such a hard two years, changing training, going through all that, so congratulations to them. as we said, the u.s. topped the total medal count with an impressive 113 gold, silver and bronze medals, guys. >> it was indeed impressive. although the gold medal count, china was nipping at our heels there at 39, 38, 39 for the u.s. it was tough. >> i was going to say, america is kind of the underdog in the olympics. china has more people, more programs plucking kids from basically elementary school, putting them into training, and yet we pulled it out at the end. >> blew them away when it came to the total medal counting. jamie, let me ask you something

people were talking about. as everyone knows simone biles made headlines in the olympics for prioritizing her mental health instead of the competition. how did that impact these games? >> reporter: well, you know, i think it's one of those things that we look at the athletes and look at their performance and this shows us that sports can really transcend so many different parts of our lives, right? she was able to focus in on mental health. i think it's going to be game changing for all sports to hear somebody like simone biles talk about it. i'm very open, i go to therapy, i do the work and try to have self-care even on tough assignments. when you people talk about it and destigmatize it, i really think this is opening up a huge door for more athletes to come forward and tell their coaches sometimes, you know what, i need a break. >> it absolutely has. they're tremendous athletes but humans first. jamie, we're running out of time but can you tell us how you coordinated your sleep schedule 12 hours removed from the u.s.?

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today, first the "eye-opener." andrew cuomo's top aide melissa da rosa announced she was resigning. >> there started to be hugs and there was a point when he went to kiss me on the cheek, he quickly turned his head and kissed me on the lips. atonic is built for built for 600 patients. they had to build an extra ward to keep up. the fire destroyed 370 homes and other buildings. our missions are warming the world fast. just how hot and how dire the disasters get depend on how we act now. ♪ mama. former packers defensive back charles woodson with a tribute to his mom as he was inducted into the hall of fame. ♪ mama, you know i love you ♪

mama, you're the queen of my heart ♪ ♪ your love is like tears from the s >> aww. >> that was woodson with the pipes, in addition to wearing the gold jacket. >> multitalented. >> not bad at all. we're turning to serious news. the new york state lawmakers will meet this morning to discuss their impeachment investigation of governor andrew cuomo. his top aide announced last night she is resigning. 11 women have accused cuomo of sexual harassment, one of them brittany commisso, has tilfiled criminal complaint against him. she told her story at albany times union newspaper. >> what would be the appropriate punishment for the govnor?

is it enough if he were to just resign? >> i do think he needs to resign and i also do think that he needs to seek counseling. i do think that he needs professional help. i do think that he -- you know, he has many things that he needs to work through. >> reporter: commisso, who still works in the governor's office, impeachment investigators, and they are giving cuomo's lawyers until friday to submit evidence in his defense. the governor denies all allegations of sexual misconduct. >> that was an important point, that she still works in the governor's office. >> she's still there. and she talks about being conflicted in a way where she has experienced sort of the hostile work environment that she's described. she said it's a very high pressure job, but she also said there is some good people in that office. in fact, those two folks who came to her aid when she said she was watching that news conference and was clearly, you know, disturbed by what she heard. >> we've also talked often about

the hopes and aspirations and dreams of young people who find themselves in situations like this who all they ever wanted was to work in government, work in media, work in entertainment. >> this was her story. she talks about even within the report how she looked at the capitol one day with her grandmother who raised her and said, i'm going to work there one day, grandma. then when you look at her high school yearbook, they ask where you see yourself in the future. she said married and working in government. >> of the two possible careers that may be derailed by all this, maybe hers won't be one of them. >> correct. >> you got this tease. we want people -- >> that's right. you can see more of our interview on paramount plus and cbs.com, executive assistant number 1: cuomo speaks.ina surg cases before the schools are set to reopen, and dr. anthony fauci said schools need to require masks in the fall and school and

local officials are divided on that point. new jersey and california will require students to mask up, but florida governor ron desantis signed an executive order banning schools from mandating masks. he faces two lawsuits over that order, by the way. over the weekend, the president of the largest teachers union changed her minds and made mandatory vaccinations for teachers to protect children too young to protect themselves. that reversal follows a growing number of young children getting sick from this dangerous delta variant. the football world is mourning the death yesterday of legendary coach bobby bowden. we learned just last month the hall-of-famer was battling pancreatic cancer. he coached for 34 years at florida state. he has the second highest number of wins at a division 1 school. our own florida man needs to be reminded, 347 wins, tony dokoupil. he led the seminoles to 12

college championships and two national championships before he retired in 2009. bowden's sons went on to coach college football. they said in his state today, we lost a legend, but you never lose a legacy. >> on the point of being a florida guy, so growing up in florida, i loved the university of miami. florida was a huge rival when i was a kid. bowden led the seminals to five consecutive wins. what speaks to his legacy, one of his former players is now the head coach of university of miami and was one of those to came forward and say, he changed my life and he was a legend in football. >> heard a lot of those types of stories, just the man he was and not just as a coach. six children, i believe, as well. >> bobby bowden was 91 years old. r. kelly's criminal cases go to court today. ahead, one of the women that accuses the r & b singer of

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charges for alleged sexual exploitation of children, kidnapping, forced labor and transportation of women and girls across state lines for illegal sexual activity. kelly was also indicted in chicago on charges including child pornography and obstruction of justice. that case is on hold during the trial here in new york. kelly denies all the charges against him. joining us now is asante mcgee. she lived with r. kelly in 2016 and now accuses him of abusing her and other women living in that home. asante, good morning to you. first and foremost, when we spoke to you back in 2019, you said that you were literally terrified when you saw that interview that he did with gayle king. are you still terrified? does it still bring about those emotions when you see him in court, when you hear his name? >> it does. whenever i hear his voice, i freeze up. i'm trying to get a little better because i'm in counseling, but when i hear his voice, i am still terrified.

>> you say you face backlash because you did speak out. what has life been like for you since you went public withouror? nng i receiv a l backla todeceive ecei received in the beginning. right now i'm just trying to live my life, take care of my family and run both of my businesses, my non-profit as well as my hvac business. >> have you been interviewed at all by investigators, prosecutors here in new york for this case? >> no, i have not. >> do you think that this will be different from the previous case back in 2008 when he was acquitted? do you think this is a different time for him? >> yes, i do believe this is a different time for him, simply because of social media and then so many women coming forward and having so much evidence than there was back in 2008. >> asante, t dokoupil.

i'm curious what you would define as success or a positive outcome where you're sitting at this trial. what would you like to see happen as jury selection begins today? >> i just want the jurors to go in with an open mind, to really lookvi tha been psent everyoneht the chargt him, as well as i want the jurors to think about if this is one of their daughters, mothers, sisters, just a close family member, a close friend as they go through the jury selection and decide on his fate. >> asante, it's vladdduthiers. what do you say when people say the accusations aren't true? >> i didn't believe a jury would actually acquit him without so much evidence, but now experiencing him, there is not enough money in the world to get

him off this case like he was able to get off the first case. >> it's easy to say a woman would never let a man mistreat them or abuse them, but it's hard to leave when you don't recognize the early warning signs. can you explain that for our viewers? >> yes. in the beginning i was actually in the abusive marital situation, so when i actually started dating robert and living with him is when i started seeing the abuse, and since i was able to recognize the abuse sooner than later, i was able to escape. for a woman we might think he's grooming us, but when you're already aware of a previous abusive relationship, you start recognizing the symptoms a little earlier, such as get out and don't tolerate it. >> you want to see r. kelly get help, but he continues to deny all of these allegations.

do you see a world when perhaps he may admit to any of the accusations against him? >> knowing the robert i've known for a while, he would never admit because he seen no wrong in what he done to us. hopefully sooner or later, he will get the help that he needs and once he gets the help, be able to recognize the hurt he caused to not just me but other women in the past. >> asante, i want people to understand the racketeering case the jury is being seated for today. the allegation from prosecutors is that r. kelly ran a criminal enterprise by compelling his employees to help him abuse women. what was your experience in the context of that charge with his team, with those employees that he may have been directing? >> well, when i was actually with him, certain employees, they did move us around. some of them agreed and some didn't agree with what he wanted them to do with us, but i guess because it was a paycheck, they

did what he asked them to do just to get a paycheck. >> you know, asante, he's been charged and acquitted of sex crimes before. do you think that this time will be different? >> oh, definitely, yes, i do believe that he will actually be convicted of all the sex crimes he's being accuse of. >> asante mcgee, thank you so much for spending some time with us. we're glad to know you're doing much better. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. ahead, in our eye on earth series, a new climate report predicts more extreme weather including fires and flooding. here the one thing this report says we can do to reverse the trend. you're watching "cbs this morning".

this morning we have an update on a british couple with an olympic-size goal that captured all of our hearts around here. we showed you recently how stuart bates and charlotte nichols set out to compete or complete 100 olympic events during the tokyo games. they were not expert in all of them but they did win our hearts. it was to support a very personal cause. they succeeded beyond every nd surfing. >> reporter: there are only winners at this two-person olympics between the tears champagne, a sense of accomplishment and relief. >> i'm glad it's done.

but we've had the time of our lives. >> reporter: for the 17 days of the tokyo games, stuart bates and charlotte nichols, tumbled, stumbled, and, well, fumbled their way through 49 sports and 102 events. all to raise money for a cure to lou gehrig's disease, also known as als. >> i lost my brother to this terrible disease ten years ago, and we wanted to do something massive that's never been done before. we came up with this absolutely ridiculous idea of doing every olympic event in the 17 days of the tokyo games. >> you're literally in the lap of the wind. >> reporter: they called it the spennylympics in honor of bates' brother spencer, who died from als and was an olympic superfan. it was a tribute of all tributes to her late son, said barry bates. >> so proud. his brother is laughing his socks off. >> reporter: the couple even had real olympians who coached them

in everything from diving to triple jump, karate and even trampolining. but going for gold in the dozens of events only came second to raising money. with an initial goal of around $15,000, they have now raised over $180,000 in donations. >> we put a smile on the faces, we're raising money and we're getting closer to a cure. everybody wins. >> reporter: a winning spirit from two amateur athletes with olympic-sized hearts. for "cbs this morning," london. >> i loved it. what a great story for a wonderful cause. i mean would you do -- think about it. >> honestly, i hope if it comes like the ice bucket challenge where everyone does it -- >> what kind of jobs do they have that they could do that? because 17 days -- >> that's a good question. >> a really good question. >> very impressive, very impressive. big names who performed

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that are talk of the table this morning, also an advisory. this is a sad song? >> it's not a sad song but a sad story. many of you know that song and many others. the talk of the table is dennis thomas who co-founded the legendary band. ♪ just the latest night ♪ ♪ and the feeling's right ♪ ♪ oh what a night ♪ >> i'm celebrating the music. >> and that's what we should do. >> now i'm clear on the topic. i thought you meant the song itself -- >> we're celebrating. >> we are celebrating his life.

>> but it's a wonderful life. i'm with vlad, we're celebrating. >> that is kool and the gang with their 1979 hit "ladies night." thomas died at the age of 70. he formed kool and the gang in 1964 with six of his friends. i actually got a chance to speak to one of them earlier this year when i asked how the group was able to remain successful all of these years. bell said we stayed together, family was key and our mothers told us back then that we needed to stick together. kool and the gang had dozens of top ten hits. robert bell and the drummer are the only original members still alive. they just came out with an album celebrating 50 years. 50 years. >> you said to me when we were coming in, don't get too funky, vlad, because it's a sad story. it is, but we are celebrating his life and times.ike get d g

>> i'm thewith the co-host most likely to dance and i'm the least likely to dance. so let's move on. >> we try to bring fun and light stories for talk of the table but mine is also kind of sad. it's actually tragic. the tragic news of a feathery store in new york's central park. barry, the famous barn owl was accidentally struck and killed on friday by a maintenance vehicle. he was discovered by bird watchers in october and gained a large following. tributes came pouring in on social media. one wrote watching barry had become a nightly ritual. another said barry made the pandemic bearable. i don't know what i would have done without you. he even earned the title of a true new yorker whose legend will live on for years and one photographer thanked him for getting me out of my apartment earlier in the pandemic and turning me into a birder. there's an informal vigil

tonight at her old hemlock tree on what would have been her tenth anniversary. we became birders in the midst of the pandemic and barry was really a saving grace. it was really the only activity or ci were doing together collectively, neighborhood, community, meeting people that we had never met before. now we know from social media, barry is really going to be missed. >> so barry was hit by a maintenance truck? >> he was on his way to hunti. he was swooping in low to the ground when he apparently according to central park ran into the maintenance vehicle, slammed into it. i know, it's really, really sad. and the man, eric ballenkauf expressed thanks for getting me out of my apartment and turning

me into a birder. my wife, marian, was very sad on friday. >> mine is tragic as well depending on how you look at it. ask yourself how much you would pay for a piece of nostalgia. well, people are paying a heck of a lot. so record-breaking prices are being shelled out for video games from the '80s. i'm going to give you the top line and then i'll tell you how it build. a 1985 copy of super mario brothers just went for $2 million to an anonymous buyer. it was not me, vlad. his name is vlad buttier. as recently as last july a copy of this game went to $114,000, then $156,000. then just a month ago mario 64 went for $1.5 million and now we're at $2 million. >> i remember mario brothers. i was a gamer back then. >> were you really? oh! for sure.

>> okay. >> that's pretty good. i can just imagine, it's like thomas crown, the guy has it in a safe and opens it. look at my copy of mario. >> somebody made some money in the stock market or something. most broadway theaters are set to reopen next month. when audra mcdonald turned their homes into stages and performed for the live stream, stars in the house. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ ♪ skies are blue ♪ >> what a voice. the stream has been a smash hit raising more than $1 million for people in the industry who needed help after theaters closed. stars in the house recently held its first in-person show to celebrate its success. and dr. jon lapook played a special role. jon, good morning. >> good morning, vlad. it was the first time we were all able to get together in a theater in more than a year. all vaccinated and wearing masks. it was wonderful. the show was a toast to the

entertainers, staff and viewers who teamed up to support the actors fund, a nonprofit that helped professionals across the country, both on and off the stage. they're in the performing arts. and from the very beginning of the pandemic, stars in the house has found a way for the show to go on. ♪ like a breath of spring ♪ ♪ i heard -- >> it's not every day you get to hear kristen chenoweth perform live from her bathroom. ♪ we both know i am not one ♪ >> every singer knows that you sound better in the bathroom. >> the emmy and tony-award winning actor is part of the stars in the house community. a daily live stream show that has helped keep a glimmer of theater alive, while much of broadway remains dark. >> what do you think stars in the house has meant for people emotionally and for you personally? >> i think a moment of

entertainment through acknowledgement of what we're going through is what's needed. even in bad, there's still so much good. the best award one can give is what you all have done this past year. that's better than any amount of money, you can't put a price tag on it. >> reporter: but you can put a price tag on the money the show has raised. >> we've raised a million dollars for the actors fund. >> did you ever think that was going to happen? >> we never thought we would do the show past a month so we definitely didn't think we'd raise a million dollars. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ >> it's the rabrain child of producer james wesley and his husband. >> we've had over a thousand artists. it was very easy to get yeses from all of them. >> even though it's 1:10 a.m. where he is, george clooney. >> oh, i'm sorry, i didn't know. i'm sorry. >> performances have spanned the

world of entertainment, including theater, television, music and comedy. >> i think it's really disrespectful for richard to eat while i'm acting. >> i've been part of the team from day one, giving medical advice. >> the benefits of this vaccine far, far, far outweigh the risks. >> reporter: all the stars in the house proceeds go to the actors fund, a nonprofit established in 1882. that's almost as old as broadway itself. this past year alone, the organization has helped more than 16,000 people hit hard by the pandemic. >> people hear the actors funds and naturally think it's for actors. >> right. the actors fund is a misnomer which is not only my drag name, but it means that it is not what it stands for. so it is for actors, singers, dancers, but everybody backstage, musicians. >> whether it's paying your renting, your utilities, health

insurance. >> medical bills. ♪ the sun will come out tomorrow ♪ >> reporter: actress krysta rodriguez knows this firsthand. >> we feel as actors that we are going to be able to go with these ebbs and flows of life. and then when they happen, it is sort of humbling to realize there are things that we cannot always bounce back from without help. >> reporter: seven years ago rodriguez was diagnosed with breast cancer and says the nonprofit helped her get by. >> i was on, i think, for about a year while i was going through immediate treatments of chemo, a double mastectomy and radiation. >> reporter: she now has a clean bill of health and shares her story with broadway audiences during fund-raising drives s. >> from an outsider's perspective, you have no idea where the money is going. now you know where it's going. >> i love personalizing it when you said you're not giving it into a little red bucket, you're giving it to me. >> and if you don't like me,

someone else will get it too. ♪ >> reporter: and on this special night, the stars came out of the house to celebrate the success of the show, and i got to revel in the healing power of the arts. ♪ i got the horse right here ♪ >> encore, encore. >> you've got to love the artistic community at a time when the pandemic has kept us apart. it's doing what it always does, help bring us together. go to stars in the house.com for more information and to watch past shows which are amazing. hundreds of themau his offices next to time. >> they're the teaspoon of sugar that helps my medicine go down.

you know, the healing power of the arts. >> and it's not just for the performers, it's for everybody. >> everybody behind the scenes and people across the country. it's not just for actors. like so many other people during the pandemic, they have been crushed economically. this has been a life-saver for them. >> dr. lapook, a new chapter every day. ahead we'll dig into an alarming new report on climate change and explain why humans, that means all of us,

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this morning in our eye on earth series, we look into an alarming new report pby the united nations about climate change. it is the most comprehensive report on climate change ever written and it was released this morning finding that humans are unequivocally responsible for warming the climate at an unprecedented rate. we've seen another summer of extreme weather, including record-breaking wildfires burning everywhere from california to greece. so it comes at a time that is highly relevant. cbs news meteorologist jeffb berardelli is here to break it down. >> the top headlines of this report is it is unequivocal, it is humans 100%. it is a fact that we are warming the planet. unprecedented things are happening. carbon dioxide is higher than 2

million years, temperatures higher than 25,000 years but in a couple of decades probably millions of years. and the last one and i hate to bring a little tough love your way, we are failing. we've been putting out these reports, you mentioned it, for 30 plus years now. they are pain staking reports. they raise the red flags for 30 years. our carbon dioxide levels and our temperatures are still going up at the same rate they have for decades. we still have time to change this, but we need to do it now. >> so it's been a summer of extreme weather from devastating wildfires to flooding. explain the link to global warming. >> so you heat the atmosphere, there's more energy in the system. it's kind of like storm steroids. everything is magnified. everything is intensified. the pacific northwest heat wave should not have happened. meteorologists and climate scientists didn't think it was quite possible to get that hot, but yet it did. so the impossible isecoming not only possible, but probable. it's causing fires across the west. we've seen two towns burn down already across the west, one in

canada, one in california. the floods in europe were, you know, unprecedented for generations. >> it's hard to link any particular weather event to climate change, but climate change makes each event more likely. it adds cards to the deck. when they flip over, they're worse and worse and worse. >> exactly, and it's getting worse and that's accelerating. we're seeing this all over the globe and this is the exact time to be talking about it because this is the worst period of extreme weather i have ever seen in my career. >> so what are some of those changes that we as a nation, as a world should be doing so that in five years or ten years we're not having the same conversation? >> here's the good news. we know what's causing this. we know the cure. we have the climate cure. we just have to be willing to take that cure. and what we can do is we need to transition as fast as we can away from the burning of fossil fuels, because that is the only solution, and move towards clean energy. wind and solar is now as inexpensive and in some cases more inexpensive than fossil fuels. so economically it's a good

thing. also, by the way, the side effect is less pollution. that's great for our children. and then the third one is it's an injection into our economy because in order to combat climate change, everything needs to change. millions of jobs will be created and report after report, study after study shows that. so we have time to reverse many of the impacts of climate change and we ought to do it for our children. my wife and i are about to bring a little girl into this world in a couple of months and i am concerned about her future. >> so what are scientists most concerned about right now today? >> so one of the things is the breakdown of the amoc, which is the gulfstream system. i'm going to walk over to that wall and show you an animation of how this works. so a report just came out a couple of days ago. now, hundreds -- just a few years ago we thought it would be hundreds of years before the collapse of the amoc, which is right here, which is the gulfstream system. the gulfstream system transports heat from the equator northward. about 20% of the heat on earth

is transported through this mechanism, so you can imagine if it starts to slow or it collapses, it's a big problem. greenland is melting. because greenland is melting, it's pushing all this fresh water into the north atlantic. that's disrupting the circulation. it has been slowing considerably since 1950. now the latest reports say it may not be hundreds of years before this collapses, it could be before that. it could be decades. it could be in our lifetime. the ipcc says there's only a medium chance it will not collapse. well, this was the premise of the movie "day after tomorrow" just to give you an idea. now, it's not going to look like that. >> i was going to say, that's really scary. >> but science fiction was based on that possibility. >> all right. well, let's stay cautiously optimistic, but thank you for bringing us that, jeff. we'll be right back.

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good morning. it's 8:55. i am len kiese. more than 30,000 students are returning to in person classes in oakland. teachers say the timing is wrong because of the ongoing covid spike. yesterday their union did ratify a safety agreement. a good samaritan is recovering after shot trying to stop a robbery in oakland's china town. a pair of suspects grabbed purses of two women on sidewalk this. happened start. two men interserened. one was shot. star gazers, a perseid meet other shower expected to reach its peak wednesday. this happens when the earth

crosses over a trail of comet debris. as we look at the roads if you are getting out on this monday, it is busy in some spots. you are seeing slow and go conditions as you work your way. we have a crash near mission boulevard with at least one lane blocked. looking at censors speeds dropping down to 34 miles an hour in some spots. slow and go on 880 south working towards that fremont area. there's a crash still in effect north bound highway 1 pacifica at crestby drive. it is closed in both directions. we are looking at better air quality. we are in the green across the bay area. through the day, good to moderate air, a big difference compared to friday and over the weekend, ocean breeze helping push out all the haze and smoke. as we head through the day seasonal highs,

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