into palau.cording to the ministry of health it is an historical case, it is not infectious or transmissible. that is encouraging, good news for all involved, so just talk us through how the authorities have managed to keep cases to zero up until now? this have managed to keep cases to zero up until now?— zero up until now? as you have said, zero up until now? as you have said. the _ zero up until now? as you have said, the palau _ zero up until now? as you have said, the palau government - said, the palau government closed its border really early last year and they have one of the strictest protocol in the world. they require about four tests since palau has slowly reopened last month. they are also requiring travellers to show proof of vaccination. so those strict controls seem to have worked, what has life been like there during this pandemic? i like there during this pandemic?- like there during this pandemic? like there during this andemic? , , ., pandemic? i guess we are considered _ pandem

we go to places like car basses or palau in the pacific islands and show watson state and care about everybody lives on these thin strips of land. and slowly, but surely, they're moving further and further in because the sea is chasing them up and soon enough to see will just close over the top. and these people will have nowhere to live at. all the nation will just be submerged. that's going to happen in the next few decades, unless we do something about 4 people are in the teeth of the climate crisis. the fishes, the farmers are facing the biggest challenges of cycling when har, content, when the locusts will come through when the wildfire passed through. they're the ones in the global south that hit hard. it's the environment in my bones. i was born in tons near in east africa was a civil engineer. these accounts projects around the place out into the wild. be times when we were camping in the tearing getty with kilimanjaro in the distance in that be wild animals all around us. and this is wonder and amazement of the natural world, i think pretty struck me then certainly stay with

still a comfortable but warmer day palau to up to 78 today.outh bay temperatures in the upper 70's to low 80's while in the east bay looking at mostly 70's 80's to with livermore 84 conquered 87 oakland in castro valley right along the bay shore at 77 only one 90 on the map today. that's for vacaville at 91 degrees. antioch in fairfield. certainly close, though each 89 for your highs tomorrow. thursday and friday is when we tap into the triple digits a brief stint to those triple digits before daytime highs this weekend start to cool back down. still will be warm but not near as hot as the next few days will be first day of summer on sunday comes in with highs in the low 90's inland and 70's by the bay reyna. tom, thank you for that. we are getting a look at your early morning start as you're leaving the house this morning. >> from the east bay traveling into the city traffic still nice. the meteor lights not only at the bay bridge a little under 9 minutes for you to make that drive. san mateo bridge across towards the peninsula little under w

. >> reporter: her family is from palau.lucy's art sits in pereira's studio. he says growing up he rarely saw artists that looked like him and hopes to change that despite the economic uncertainty built into the profession. >> we live right on the edge of the known and the unknown. it is a very scary place, but it is a very cool place to be to be look and see what can we create. >> every time i look at it, it makes me realize how far i've come. >> reporter: pereira invited lucy to help with a mural promoting mental health and healing. after a year full of reasons to feel hopeless, this project forged friendships and brought a community together through art. for "cbs this morning," lilia luciano, long beach, california. >> you know, for all the suffering we've been through the pandemic, then there's that, all the creativity that's come from it. and people finding ways to connect. >> yeah. all that pain, some beauty in the world. >> yeah. >> figured that out. >> love that. we'll be right back. stay with us. bay area homeowners

countries and free -- in free of soergs of the united states, the marshall islands, micronesia and palau are eligible to serve in the united states and they do in numbers more than their counterparts stateside. half a million veterans live in puerto rico, where there are 6,000 philippine -- not where -- there are also 6,000 regular philippine scouts still alive and 16,000 veterans who live in the philippines, half of whom rely on the v.a. clinic in manila for their service-connected care. 2/3 of the veterans cohorts i just mentioned do not speak english at home. many of them are aging and have to rely more and more on their families for care and to manage health decisions. v.a. has scarce ability -- availability of veteran facing materials in other languages, both online is and on paper. facilities are for the most part on their own to translate material that best serves their patients. this extra burden was made clear to me during committee trips to puerto rico where we heard from staff about the arduous work it took to translate everything from administrative staff materials to hurrica