news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, august 10th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." kids and covid. the dramatic surge of new infections among children as they head back to school. impeachment investigation. new york state lawmakers are weighing governor cuomo's future. how soon they could recommend if he should be removed from office. summer twisters. suspected tornadoes hit the chicago area damaging homes, uprooting trees and leaving people in the dark. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a troubling surge in covid cases across the

nation, especially among children just as the new school year gets underway. according to the american academy of pediatrics, almost 94,000 covid cases were reported just last week and the number of cases has steadily increased since the beginning of july. meantime, students and teachers in dallas will be required to wear facemasks starting today defying an order banning mask mandates. they say it's necessary to fight off the highly contagious delta variant. bradley blackburn has the latest. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. hospitals across the south are being pushed to the limit. in arkansas the governor says they have only eight icu beds open in the entire state and in texas hospitals are being asked to postpone elective procedures so they can focus on covid patients instead. covid-19 summer surge continues to get worse. the u.s. is averaging over

100,000 new coronavirus cases a day, the highest it's been in six months. >> this is going to be a very long, dark period of our history. >> reporter: tents went up outside lbj hospital in houston to deal with the increasing number of patients. texas governor greg abbott has requested help for out of state health care workers to deal with the surge. >> what is really our choke point and our vulnerability now is the amount of nurses we have available to really take care of people, covid patients in our beds, as well as non-covid patients. >> reporter: in the last week the u.s. reported nearly 94,000 new pediatric covid cases, the highest since february. >> the reality is that children under 12 years of age do not have access to the vaccine yet. children 12 and above may have access to the vaccine but many have not been vaccinated yet. >> with schools starting up in the south, some districts are taking a ban on mask mandates.

dallas and austin announced monday they will require masks in defiance of governor abbott. >> he's responsible for the state of texas, i'm responsible for dallas isd. >> ron desantis said they could withhold salaries of superintendents and school board members who implement mandates. the u.s. military is moving forward with the own mandates. active duty service members have been told they need to be vaccinated by mid september or whenever they fully implement a vaccine. whichever comes first, that's when they'll have to be vaccinated. >> bradley blackburn in new york. bradley, thank you so much. the senate today is set to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill. final votes on the roughly $1 trillion deal are expected this morning. the bill is on track to pass with some 70 democrats and publenors the wld theneusth measure will

funding for roads, bridges, rail, water and broadband. time may be running out for new york governor andrew cuomo. he faces possible impeachment over allegations that he sexually harassed at least 11 women. yesterday state lawmakers said they will decide within several weeks on whether to issue a recommendation to remove him from office. the news came as one of his accusers shared her story publicly for the first time. jericka duncan has more. >> i felt as though if i continued to go to the mansion that he definitely was going to try to do more. >> reporter: 32-year-old brittney kamisso said governor andrew cuomo groped her breast at the governor's mansion last year. last week she filed a criminal complaint and four district attorneys in new york have opened investigations into his alleged sexual misconduct. >> 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? >> reporter: since she broke her silence, cuomo's most trusted aide, melissa deroso, resigned. the state attorney general's report in which cuomo was alleged to have sexually harassed 11 women claimed deroso played a leading role in trying to protect the governor. according to the state attorney general's report, cap lain offered advice on a letter from cuomo's team intending to take issue of the credibility of at least one of his accuse zblers this process will be concluded very soon. when i say very soon, i'm

speaking about several weeks. >> reporter: the state judiciary committee met to discuss potential articles of impeachment for sexual misconduct. >> if the governor's watching right now, what would you say to him? >> i would say, governor, this is the truth. these are the facts. and it's your turn to do the right thing and that right thing is to resign and to tell the truth. >> reporter: the governor has denied all allegations of sexual harassment. he has until this friday, the 13th, to present the state judiciary committee with his evidence. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. one of jeffrey epstein's long time accusers is suing brittain's prince andrew alleging sexual abuse. lawyers for virginia guiffre said prince andrew abused her multiple times when she was under the age of 18.

she says she's taking action to hold andrew accountable for his actions. andrew told the bbc in 2019 that he never had sex with her. the u.s. says that it's up to afghan forces now to defend its country as the taliban continues to seize more territory. militant fighters captured a sixth provincial capitol yesterday along with border towns and trade routes. the pentagon says afghan forces have the means to defend themselves as the u.s. focuses on the troop draw down in afghanistan. >> the secretary continues to believe that the afghan forces have the capability, they have the capacity to make a big difference on the battlefield. >> meantime, the u.s. envoy for afghan anything stand is heading to qatar where he'll press the taliban to stop their military offensive and strike a political offensive. coming up, elevator horror

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trek into urbanized southwest china. the 14 elephants of various sizes and ages were guided across a bridge over the weekend as they got closer to a nature preserve where they previously lived. they left more than a year ago for unknown reasons and romed more than 300 miles north. local authorities deployed trucks, workers and drones to steer them away from populated areas. coming up on "cbs this morning" now, a campaign to get more younger americans vaccinated will meet teenagers who are helping the fight against misinformation about the covid shot. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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the senate today is set to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill. final votes on the roughly $1 trillion deal are expected this morning. the bill is on track to pass with some 70 democratic and republican senators advancing it so far. the legislation would then move on to the house. in miami there's a program to help disabled people enjoy the beach. manuel vajorkes takes us to the shore. >> reporter: this isn't just a day at the beach. >> in is so good. >> reporter: nicknamed the aqua man, the ocean has always been his second home. but a tractor accident left his pam alized from the waist down. >> reporter: did you ever think you could get back in the water again? >> i had my doubts. i really did. >> reporter: here you are. >> yes, i am. i prove it wrong. >> reporter: once a month a small army of volunteers build out miami beach with plastic mats and special floating chairs

transporting folks for a joyful swim. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: sabrina cohen is the woman behind these adaptive beach days. >> i'm crying of joy. >> reporter: so when you see people go into the water for the first time in years -- >> we all cry. it's like tears of joy. it's a gift to give to others. >> reporter: cohen is among the 61 million u.s. adults living with a disability. a car accident left her a quadriplegic at 14. >> for a moment when you're in the water you are like anybody else. any mobility devices that you use just wash away for a moment. >> reporter: they wash away. you're floating. that's the great equalizer. >> it sure is. >> reporter: she's now working to install a permanent location to reach more than the 8,000 they've already helped. >> it's like a small strand of miracles that just keep coming together. >> reporter: each one with a smile that just washes over. manuel vajorkes, "cbs this

morning." rising covid cases at the southern border. we'll have an exclusive look inside an emergency shelter in texas to treat migrants. plus, amepa vacin thated. we'll meet teenagers fighting to dispel misinformation. the editor of harp perfect's bizarre reveals a superstar on their special icon issue. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

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