needing more care. >> around the country nearly 600 officers have died from covid-19. it was the leading cause of death in law enforcement last year. just within the last week the austin, texas, police department lost two. this funeral procession honoring another officer in st. peters berg. and in san jose, california, will now require publicservice employees, including police to get vaccinated or provide proof of medical or religious exemption and leaders are pushing back saying officers should opt out if they continue regular testing. >> if the city moves to get rid of these officers than we're barely hanging on, that will absolutely decimate the police department. >> the sheriff doesn't plan to make the vaccine mandatory and says roughly half of the agency and employees were vaccinated but that number is climbing. >> honestly, with the passing of craig i think we have seen an

uptick here. i think the folks that work with him every day look at that and think, oh, my gosh, maybe this could have been prevented. >> and the sheriff echoed the concern other agencies have abo vaccine mandatory that's he could lose employees to near by departments that do not require them. >> jury selection got underway tuesday in the full trial in a silicon valley star, elizabeth holmes rose to the top of the tech world after promising to develop a device to revolu revolutionizing and now falsely accused their technology could accurately prove access with drops of blood. >> according to court documents, elizabeth holmes plans to take the stand and attorneys hope to

show former business partner and boyfriend emotionally and sexually abused homes for years and they will argue the abuse clouded the judgment during the time she's accused of committing fraud. >> we'd like to see a world which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. >> once hailed the next steve jobs elizabeth holmes promised to revolutionize health care with prick of finger and drop of blood, the university drop out at 19 claimed a mini analyzer like this one could test everything from cholesterol to cancer. the idea exploded with raising of hundreds of millions of dollars from big-name investors, holmes graced magazine covers and drew attention from politicians and watched her company's valuation soar to $9 billion. in 2015 she woke to norah o'donnell for cbs this morning. >> what about those who say it's

not enough blood to do all of the tests, especially if someone is very sick you're trying to figure out what it is. >> every time you create something new there should be questions, to me it's a sign you've done something that is transformative. >> just six months litter then-wall street journal reporter revealed the technology didn't actually work and the company ran many tests on third-party machines. >> when did you first suspect something was off. >> from the moment i learned about her i was suspicious. >> following investigation federal regulators forced the labs to close and void 1 million test results. >> one patient was told she was hiv positive when she was in fact perfectly healthy and other patients told they were no longer pregnant when their pregnancies were perfectly viable. that will be powerful testimony. >> court documents reveal she

will try to pin the blame on ex-boyfriend and former president, claiming he abused her and controlled everything from what she ate, how she dr dressed and who she could inter act with. >> what do you think the tone will be like in the courtroom. >> lawyers told the job she doesn't want to wear a mask, tells you one of the tactics will be to try to draw the jury's sympathy. i can't redictionary i can't predict what will happen. wouldn't put it past her to get the jury to eat out of her hands. >> since being charged holmes got married and had a baby last month and attorneys calling allegations inplam 20ry and next year will be tried, attorneys did not return our request for comment. >> "cbs overnight news" will be right back --

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biotechists. the bugs she found are stingless bees which aren't supposed to be here. they live in brazil. >> shows how small they are. >> so small. >> they're very small. that's a honey bee to compare. >> she took us to the unclosed location under the condition we wouldn't divulge the special tree in her special place. >> when you came up here how many were there? a ton. >> and how did stingless bees get here in the first place. decades ago the u.s. department of agriculture was looking for bees to boost the size of fruit and vegetable able crops. >> in 1950 the usda asked a brazilian researcher to send them bee colonies to have alternative pollinators. >> wow. >> he sent to gainesville, florida, davis and palo alto and

he said all of the bees died in one year. they didn't like the cold weather in utah. they couldn't compete in florida. >> they also went to stanford professor. >> only the colonies send to the doctor survived in palo alto for eight years. >> but we're like 70 years later now. >> i know for 70 years these bees were flying around and nobody noticed. >> and a four-year-old girl noticed year. >> shows when you have i new perspective with the eyes of a child, she just looked at that and says there's something different with these bees. >> the stingless bees annika found were certainly descendents of ones who were brought in by u.s. pollin ators. they were presumed dead and had no representatives in dr. houser's collection, in fact, the doctor hadn't hurd of stingless bees from brazil until 20 years ago. >> i heard from pest control guy

from palo alto at first i thought was a practical joke because it's a stingless bee, like someone says they have a kangaroo in the backyard. >> richard smith was asked by palo alto homeowner to get rid of buzzing bugs in the backyard called in an exterminator with a heart of gold. >> i captured couple and sent them to the county ag department and they didn't know what they were and they sent it to the state. >> i sent these bees all over the world to other experts and they were puzzled, said where did you find it, i said palo alto and they said hmm. [ laughter ] and finally he come up and said it's a species described in the year 1900 by german be researcher >> after he cracked the ce nd t disappeared. >> this is part of the bee nest. >> a single remaining piece made

it into his collection. >> you see there's still some of the honey there. ha until this year. when annika's bees became social media stars on i naturalist, a website that posted pictures. >> i was very impressed she found two colonies it's very amazing she found two and all of the scientists found none. >> we need more children looking for bees. >> yeah yeah, i'm really happy when kids go outside and explore nature, this is how i started. >> for dr. houser, as much as the bees are a rare find, anni k a is too. it was important to meet her. >> i'm very proud of you that you discovered these bees. >> with that came the biggest buzz book you could find. >> to annika for many more discoveries to come. >> actually her bees aren't in the book, even after more than 100 years of chance sightings

the bees still don't have a name. though it's been suggested the stingless bees from brazil be named annika bees. >>

nearly year and half into the pandemic bars and restaurants are finding ways to take outdoor dining to new heights. here's c bs's wendy gillette. >> reporter: at the electric moon lounge in georgia you can take a slide with sliders and a cocktail in a playful cup to forget about covid and still social distancing it is one of two roof top bars open during the pandemic at the marriott and the other at the more upscale rose in savannah river front district. bringing more energy. there are now ten roof top bars

in savannah growing in popularity during covid. moring console found 75% of american adults feel comfortable dining outside versus inside. more roof top spaces opened during the pandemic this chicago, including at the new pendry hotel and then there's roof top at the 11th floor of the nobu hotel which opened last july and offers expansive views of downtown chicago. it joins favorites like the up room of the 13th hotel and off shore at navy pier largest roof top in the country. >> we like to be elevated. >> the pandemic is expected to keep elevated outdoor eating and drinking in high demand for some time to come. cbs news chicago. >> that's the "cbs overnight

news" from this wednesday, reporting from the nation's capital i'm errol barnett.♪ good morning this is cbs news flash from new york president biden said the u.s. has refugee in afghanistan to ensure americans get out safely, there's still no deadline for the 100 to 200 americans to leave the taliban controlled nation. much of the gulf coast is under heat advisory days after ida knocked out power to over a million customers in louisiana and mississippi an cod be over a month until some families have electricity and running water. today is first day of national preparedness month to encourage

individuals and organization to work together to prepare for emergencies. more news on the cbs news app on your cellphone or connected tv. cbs new it's wednesday, september 1st, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." defending the departure. president biden forcefully stands by his decision to end the war in afghanistan saying that staying was not an option. how republican critics are responding. race to escape. california's caldor fire explodes in size threatening tens of thousands of homes and businesses. where new evacuation orders are being issued. ida's aftermath. more than a million people are still in the dark after hurricane ida's wrath. how long they'll have to go without power as the heat index is expected to reach into the is expected to reach into the triple digits.

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