and thanks to private adler who didn't pull the trigger.ren, great grandchildren, we would not be here if he had not hesitated. >> what do you think that was that made you stop? >> god looked done on me and god looked down on narrator: covid-19 has changed how we express our faith and gather to worship. now it's time to take the first step that lets us get back to spreading the word without spreading concern. before we can safely come together, we need the facts. as covid-19 vaccines become available, you may have questions. woman: should i get it? man 1: is it safe? man 2: should i wait? narrator: it's smart to question. now get the facts at getvaccineanswers.org so you can make an informed decision when vaccines are available to you. [squirrel 1] oh tracy look, she's going for the bin. [squirrel 2] oh my, look at her scoot. [squirrel 1] thank you! [squirrel 2] hey stacy. what do you think he's doing with that bottle? [squirrel 1] oh no, he's going to throw it in the trash. i can't look! [squirrel 2] wait, wait. he's putting it in his bag

preventing me from. >> in his relief, adler what his picture taken with the siblings. z. >> an astounding reunion for private adler, now 97 and living in florida, thanks to his daughter rochelle who used the internet to track down the kids now grandparents, even great grandparents, just like private adler. and thanks to private adler who held the trigger. >> what do you think that was that made you stop. >> god looked down. >> chris livesay, cbs news, bologna, italy. >> o'donnell: what an incredible story, we'll be right back. >> tomorrow on the cbs evening st >> tomorrow on the cbs evening news we continue our back to school series with the question as the school year begins whereh are all the teachers, why so many educators are leaving the classroom. reminder if you can't watch us live don't forget to set your dvr so you can watch us later, that is tonight's edition of the cbs evening news. i'm norah o'donnell in the nation's capitol. see you right back here tomorrow. hope you have a good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh acce

in 1944 private first class martin adler was 20 years old stationed in italy and hunting for nazis. >ld thompson machine gun -- >> suddenly movement from a pile of blankets but before he could pull the trigger -- >> mama came out screaming, banbinis, bambinis. >> children. >> children. and she stood in front of my gun preventing me from -- >> reporter: in his relief adler had his picture taken with the siblings. >> an astounding reunion for private adler now 97 and living in florida thanks to his daughter rochelle who used the internet to track down the kids, now grandparents, even great grandparents just like private adler. and thanks to private adler who held the trigger. >>> what do you think that was that made you stop? >> god looked down on me and god looked down on italia. >> bolognia, italy. >>> coming up on cbs news this morning, the massive school bus driver shortages. we'll look at what's behind the problem and how schools are trying to fix it. >>> plus, we'll speak to maryland governor larry hogan for possible plans for covid vaccine requirements after the approval of the p

adler there. he made a 20 hour journey.urns out his daughter posted that old photo on facebook and in an effort to cheer him up since isolation during the pandemic had been tough on him. he's 97 years old. now an italian journalist saw the photo and got involved and that led to the discovery of the identities of the three children that are now in their 80s. bruno, matheld and julianna. mr. adler handed out bars of american chocolate just as he had done for those kids, then kids, seven decades ago. great story. and that does it for us this hour. we learned that president biden will now deliver the afghanistan remarks at 4:30 eastern. our coverage continues next. our coverage continues next. olo. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn't feel like things were as sharp as i knew they once were. i heard about prevagen and then i started taking it about two years now. started noticing things a little sharper, a little cleare

mayor steve adler of austin, texas. >>> joining me now is dr.t the department of health and human services. good to see you. thank you for being with us again today. i want to ask you about a louisiana headline that we've seen more than 3,000 louisiana children have tested positive for covid-19 in just four days. can you tell me given that children under 12 can't get vaccinated, what the danger of young children contracting covid is. is there a danger that they can die from it? >> yes, there is, ali. and it's into this pandemic response. we are at a critical crossroads. on one hand 50% of the population fully vaccinated. and on the other hand 90 million americans who have declined vaccinations so far and the choice of some adults to decline vaccinations has endangered kids who, if they're under 12, don't have that choice. that headline, ali, is reflecting the reality we're seeing right now. kids are vulnerable. they can get covid and can get very ill. we had 400 deaths in the country so far. they can get covid and other complications from the di

laura: i was steve adler, the mayor of austin. he was saying he is the governor of a blue city in a red state. these are all of the things, competing demands he must balance. >> i find those places so fascinating when you have the dots surrounded by a different color of political stripes. more from laura later appeared thank you so much. you are watching "world news america." still to come on tonight's program, making the case for booster shots. researchers in the u.k. say protection against covid from vaccines begins to fade within six months. we will bring you the latest madagascar may be staring down the barrel of what the united nations calls the world's first climate change famine. let's hear more from our reporter who has been taking a look at this, marina darris. reporter: isolated farming communities like this in the village of -- in the village region are some of the last people to contribute to climate change. they are among the first to suffer its devastating consequences. the world's first climate change famine, accord

just like private adler. and thanks to private adler who didn't pull the trigger.k it was that made you stop? >> god looked down on me and god looked down on italia. >> reporter: even more remarkable when you consider he never hesitated to pull the trigger. if you did, you were dead. now today he says he still has nightmares from the war, but when he does he looks at the photograph and they go away. anthony? >> chris livesay in italy, what a story. >> you can see the desperation coming out there. babies, babies. >> congratulations to the daughter who found the three kids. >> all alive. >> all alive. >> only took three days. >> i know. >> one of them is a great-grandparent now. >>> on today's "cbs this morning" podcast we discuss the roots of the crisis in afghanistan with author craig whitlock. it's called "the afghanistan papers" published by simon & schuster, a division of viacom. we'll be right back. vo: when times get dark, we can't see the help that's all around us. let 2-1-1 be your guiding light. ray loves vacations. but t his diabetetes never r seemed to o

that's something adler's now, 97.says his daughter began the search for those children back in december, author spotted that picture you just saw and published it in a local newspaper. the children now grandparents themselves saw that picture and the rest they say is history. >> that's a great story. still ahead tonight, the recall election of governor newsome just 3 weeks away we'll tell you who is planning to campaign in the bay area. and is forced giants in new york taking on the mets and for one san francisco player was a great game. under very difficult circumstances. sports director jason dumas us. >> we'll have brandon be make this the summer you taught them what it means to serve. the summer of hauling happiness by the ton. and bringing home hardware by the handful. where traditions were passed down on the tailgate. and the only thing more powerful than the feeling was the truck that took you to it. make this the summer of ram. right now, get 0% apr financing, or well-qualified returning lessees can lease the

mayor adler, thank you for being with us. talk to us about the decision overnight by the austin school board to issue mask requirements for students in the incoming school year. >> i think this is clearly something that parents in our community want, which makes perfect sense. it is following the doctors and the data. when the cdc and the american academy of pediatrics speak very clearly that the safest thing you can do for children is make sure that everybody in schools are masked, parents with children in school are going to want -- are going to want everyone masked. >> what's your message to texas gov governor greg abbott who tried to restrict the freedom of local school boards to make their own decisions on masks? >> i really do believe the local communities know best what is important for those communities. i think there is a basic freedom and liberty interest in local communities being able to make those kinds of decisions. that's what we're seeing here. ultimately the question -- the questions, you know, that could be

joining me now, austin mayor steve adler. good to see you again. a dallas district judge has granted its county a temporary authority to defy the governor's order and allow mask mandate on campuses and what could this mean for students with covid cases and hospitalizations? >> i think it means that we aren't going to completely follow the data and the doctors which is really good news. the cdc, the american academy of pediatrics all indicate that the way to keep our children safe is for people to be masking in schools and we're going to do, everything we can with our resources to keep our community and children safe. >> do you think you can resist the governor's order? can he override the courts and what do you see as the legal outcome there? >> in the city of austin we've taken the position that the local health authority and local government officials have the power to decide what it is that happens in their local communities with community support. we've been in court twice with the governor so far this year. we've won both times at the district

i spoke to steve adler about that.rds. >> i believe the governor is endangering the lives of texans by not letting local communities establish the rules to keep people safe. if the governor was not at this point telling us we can't put in mandates, we would have a mandate right now saying children in schools need to wear masks. i think it would be really important for us as a city to just require that all city employees get vaccinated. we don't want to be involved in court with the governor if we can avoid it because then the story becomes all about court and it makes the issue even more partisan or political than it is otherwise, which is just criminal that it's gotten to that place to start off with. >> reporter: so local officials had a choice here. they can go to court or go along with the governor's executive order. now there is some good news. according to the white house, every single day there's about 500,000 people across this country getting newly vaccinated against the coronavirus. here in travis county it's

let's bring in the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler. you toured an icu unit recently. describe the situation there in au austin. >> it's scary here in austin. good to be with you, thank you, and it was this weekend when we toured the icus. we have doctors and nurses that are already so exhausted facing now what appears to be a much meaner virus than we've dealt with in the past. we're watching increases in icu or hospital admissions at a rate faster than what we had seen in the earlier surges. >> i know that soon after the cdc recommended the vaccinated people in high transmission areas go back to wearing masks, the governor there doubled down on local mandates for masks. let's put up on the screen what texas governor abbott said. texans have mastered the safe practices that helped to prevent and avoid the spread of covid-19. they have the individual right and responsibility to decide for themselves and their children whether they will wear masks, open their businesses and engage in leisure activities. what do you say to that conclusion from the governor? >> well, obvi

stopped conducting online classes as part of a trade union action, demanding better pay, longer enabled adler dang up b. it's difficult to study the syllabus by ourselves. there's a lot to cover, especially with the final exam coming to barton good martini the girl. mother, sita walks as a maid, 3 days a week. their father is a builder. they say they cannot afford to pay private fusion for any of their 4 children up again in the go. it's families like us day wage earners that are the worst effected in my. we only have school or online classes to rely on. that's why we're worried. she lanka, salon teacher's union is on an indefinite strike, which keeps them away from online teaching exam preparation, paper correction and the duties it says 25 years of waiting for better pay is more than enough dock off yadda. i do the lowest for teachers, and se, obviously, like this is truly an embarrassing situation and just salaries, animals, and double the speed here. we say, increase our salaries mediately, the government won't do anything about it. we will continue our struggle till they do success. if y

those books you recommend is how to read a book, classic guide to intelligent reading by mortimer adler and charles mandarin. >> what is that book? >> that's just a great book and if i recall they made five different methods of reading a book and i was pleased to see my method is fairly close to what they call inspectional reading. another thing they mentioned i think this might be the next level of reading. that i do once in a while but i should do more often is i get three or four or five books on the same subject and lay them out and turn to the same story for the same section so when i was trying to understand palestine israeli conflict , it's hard to find books that works on one side or the other but there's three books or four books that are down the middle and really tell the history of what the british did in the balfour declaration or act or whatever it was but then i have three or four and i can lay them out and turn the pages and see well, here's two views of this. i recently wrote a biographical article about a guy named on it or to god, the founder of atlantic records. i st

>> as a policymaker steve adler in austin is echoing what you hear throughout the state.and school districts, superintendents, board member, city council members are begging governor abbott to at least allow school districts and local communities to fashion their own covid safety precautions including requiring that students and teachers, educators in schools wear mask because of the surge in the delta variant and the danger that presents all over the state. he hasn't done that. basically, he has become a mini donald trump, anti-science, anti-immigrant, anti-common sense and very divisive. as a parent, i'm deeply concerned. both of my kids, a 12-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son go to school in san antonio, and like a lot of parents i'm wondering exactly how they're going to keep the kids and teachers safe especially because they're not fully empowered in those school districts to do so. it's giving a lot of parents pause, and if the governor thinks he's doing himself any favors, he's not. >> they're all different stripes who see this as knuckle headed. as seeing as la

mayor steve adler is joining us from austin, texas. and from the children's hospital in philadelphia is on the fda vaccine advisory committee so i have a whole lot of questions for you, doctor, if i got the pfizer vaccine and i hear it is only 42% effective, i'm a little freaked out. can you give us some context? how worried should we be? >> not worried. i think what you want from these vaccines you is want them to protect you against moderate severe critical disease. the kind of disease that caused you to seek medical appointment or to go to the hospital or worse. and this vaccine, these vaccines, the mrna and johnson&johnson remain very good at doing that. you can't expect this kind of vaccine also to be highly effective against highly asymptomatic, that's good for the rotovirus or flu vaccine. you can get control of this infection by just having protection against moderate severe critical disease. so i think when people are holding up the bar of trying to get protection against asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, that's too high a b

i applaud mayor adler for looking after the best interest of his constituents. our children are most vulnerable at any time and now particularly during this pandemic. we have vaccinated almost 200 million americans now. not a single one of those americans is under the age of 12. every one of our young children in this country is vulnerable to infection and they're getting infected at record rates. about 220 kids per day in the united states are being admitted to hospitals and about a third of those children are being admitted to icus. this is a real danger to children. b about 4,000 kids have had multi system inflammatory disorder, which is a serious inflammatory disease with unknown long term consequences and we need to protect our kids. every parent in this country would do anything to protect our kids. our kids are unvaccinated and we're sending them back to schools. we need to mask them up. >> governor desantis not backing down with this threat to withhold salaries in addition to the threat to withhold school funding for districts to find his order mandating