elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. thousands of protestors took to the streets across russia today showing support for jailed opposition leader alexei navalny it was the second weekend of demonstrations. the police presence was massive. reports say more than 4,000 people were detained and s of cities. among them navalny's wife. >> police action towards a nine ar o gir r, w yorkarto >> this video shows an officer spraying the young girl with pepper spray even though she was handcuffed and detained. initially the department said the officer was quote required to spray the irritant because they struggled to get her in the cruiser. she was treated and released from the hospital for mental health concerns. today rochester's police chief said what happened is quote not okay. there is news tonight about captain sir tom moore, he is the 100 year old british veteran who became a national hero after raising millions of dollars for hospital charities by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday during last year's l

cbs' elizabeth palmer has more. >> i'm a hostage. and the villa has been converted into a jail. reporr:n a deo sento't open a . friends, princess latifa maktoum claims she is a prisoner. >> i have been by myself, solitary confinement. >>datehter of sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, the wealthy and well conducted ruler of dubai. three years ago latifa tried to escape from her father's kingdom by boat with her former martial arts instructor tina jauhiainen. off t cst of indi the commander unit. latifa was kidnapped kicking and screaming. and the rest of us were kidnapped as well and taken to u.a.e. >> reporter: jauhiainen was eventually let go and returned to finland, but latifa she says vanished. the only news came in a series of secret cell phone recordings. >> every day i am worried about my safety and my life. don't really know if i am going to survive the situation. the police tell me that they will take me outside and shoot me if i don't cooperate with them. >> reporter: then a few months ago the videos stopped, so the free latifa campaign released the ones they had to

cbs' elizabeth palmer is in london tonight. >> it's taken just ten weeks for the u.k.ccinate almost 50 million britons, one of the highest rates in the world. the over 70's and healthcare workers are now done. the over 65's are next. urged on by tongue and cheek ads featuring older celebrities like elton john. >> so this is a bit where you have the vaccine now, elton. >> right. >> just kind of pretend that you are having the vaccine from the nurse. >> oh! >> what was that, elton? >> that was me acting. >> okay, let's cut that. >> reporter: a confident prime minister boris johnson was on cbs' "face the nation" this morning. >> i reckon science, in the arm wrestle, science is winning. >> reporter: and so is johnson winning at least. over the past year his government's policy failed to prevent one of the highest covid death rates in the world. but it is coming down now. in the u.k. and across europe. amid a tentative easing of restrictions. in belgium, hairdressers at lasr hoped hair doors, catalonia in spain went ahead with its election, and in poland ski hills opened fo

ally gettining citizens vaccinated a at a far faster pas vaccinated at a here is cbs' elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: just over four months ago, israel's covid outbreak was one of the worst on earth. the country went into strict lockdown. and then the israeli government struck a deal with pfizer biontech for enough vaccine to inoculate every israeli adult by the end-of-march. two months in, the data is as good as the scientists predicted. in a study of 1.2 million people, half got the vaccine, and they were 94% less likely to get sick. in other words, among the vaccinated, covid is in dramatic decline. and so far your supplies are good and steady. your vaccination program is working flat out with plenty of vaccine? >> yes, it is amazing. and they are now lowering the ages of which people can be already vaccinated. >> reporter: we're very jealous. >> i hope, i hope the world will get theirs soon, yeah. >> reporter: just days ago israel's lockdown was eased. a welcome new reality. and for the rest of us perhaps a glimpse of the future. as the global covidaccination forteflowly grows beyon

. ♪ >> reporter: elizabeth palmer, in london. >>> that's the overnight news for this friday, reporting the "cbs morning news." pesident biden's first use of military force. why he ordered air strikes in eastern syria. >>> fight for $15. a senate official rules the minimum wage hike cannot be tied to the covid relief bill as the white house already eyes a back up plan. >>> stolen dogs. lady gaga's french bulldogs are taken in an armed robbery. how it happened, and the how it happened, and the singer's massive reward. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you.reen we begin with breaking developments as the u.s.

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elizabeth palmer is in london tonight. >>> it's taken just ten weeks for the uk to vaccinate almost 15 britains, one of the highest rates in the world. the over 70s and health care workers are now done. the over 65s are next. urged on by tongue and cheek ads featuring older celebrities like elton john. >> just pretend that you are having the vaccine from a nurse. >> oh. >> what was that, elton? >> that was me, acting. >> okay. let's cut that. >> a confident prime minister boris johnson was on cbs's face the nation this morning. >> i reckon science in the arm wrestle, science is winning. >> and so is johnson winning at last, over the past year, his government's policies failed to prevent one of the highest covid death rates in the world. but it is coming down now, and in the uk, and across europe and there's a tentative easing of restricts, in belgium, hairdressers at last opened their doors, catalonia in spain went ahead with their election and ski hills opened for an extremitial y iy iy ial -- for experimental two weeks. not so in the developing world. mexico for example, where deaths

♪ >> reporter: elizabeth palmer, in london. >>> that's the overnight news for this friday, reportingrom the test. >>> it's friday, >>> it's friday, february 26th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." pesident biden's first use of military force. why he ordered air strikes in eastern syria. >>> fight for $15. a senate official rules the minimum wage hike cannot be tied to the covid relief bill as the white house already eyes a back up plan. >>> stolen dogs. lady gaga's french bulldogs are taken in an armed robbery. how it happened, and the how it happened, and the singer's massive reward. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you.reen we begin with breaking developments as the u.s. launched air strikes in syria. it's president biden's first use of military force since taking office. the air strikes were carried out yesterday in eastern syria near the iraqi border and targeted facilities used by iranian-backed militia groups. this morning, an iraqi militia official said at least one militiaman was killed and several wounded. the pentagon says the strikes were reta

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> garrett: valentine's day was extra special for harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex. they announced they will soon be a family of four. the new child will be the 8th in line to the british crown and likely have dual u.s. and british citizenship. here is cbs's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: beaming in black and white, the duke and duchess of sussex not only revealed thee pregnancy, but also a life in stark contrast to the royal duties they left behind. >> there is something very theaeatrical andnd almost t hold about the e pictures.. it r reminded meme of the jujula roberts movie, noting hill. >> reporter: noting hill is the story of a brit whose relationship with an american actress is tested by the tabloids. sound familiar? royal biographer andrew morton. >> they are trying to take command with the narrative of their lives. they're sick of british tabloids, american tabloids trying to form some narrative about who they are and what they are doing. >> reporter: the happy news comes after meghan markle revealed she suffered a miscarriage in

. ♪ >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm elizabeth palmer in london. ♪ >> liz palmer's now an operasinging opera, people would need a different rehabilitation, their ears. >> me, too. >> nobody wants to try that exercise? >> no. >> not on my -- >> not on camera. >> we'll leave it to liz. >>> you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. stay with us. >>> we should end this broadcast the way we began it. you know, sending all good wishes and good thoughts to tiger woods today. >> yeah. >> so glad that he is at least on the road to recovery. >> yeah. >> and nick faldo put it right. life is first on the recovery list. golf is second. and then competitive golf is third. >> right. yep. >> that's what we're thinking about. >> we want to get him up and going again. >> they showed the interview he did with jim nantz saturday saying he hopes to be at the masters. if youou smell gasas, you'rere too closese. leave the e structure,e, call , keep p people awayay, anand call pg&g&e right afafr soso we can boboth respondndt and d keep the p public safe. struggling to manage my type 2 di

elizabeth palmer has that story. ♪ >> reporter: those who could, dance.nim care home threw a vaccination party near tel aviv. >> oh, it's so great. thank goodness we get the second vaccine today. we are celebrating. we are going to be free. ♪ >> reporter: just four months ago, israel's covid outbreak was one of the worst in the world. under strict lockdown, people stayed home. and police set up road blocks to stop all but essential travel. then in january, israel's government struck a deal with pfizer biontech. enough vaccine for every adult within three months in exchange for valuable data on how well it actually worked. you are, in effect, a living lab for your own health officials but also for pfizer. >> i think -- yeah, we are, a living lab. but i think to the world, not so much to pfizer. i think it's really something that the world can learn from. >> reporter: and the world is learning that just as predicted it's working. in a study of more than 1 million people half were vaccinated. and they were 94% less likely to get covid, even the very elderly.

protect our network security and national security, i want to thank pam arluck, brian, elizabeth, and ryan palmerthe wire line competition bureau, skrulia mchenry, chuck needy, michael carlson, linda oliver and richardson of the office of general council. we'll now proceed to a vote on the item. commissioner carr? >> approved. >> commissioner stark snz. >> approve. >> commissioner simeington? >> approved. >> the chair votes aye. the item is adopted with editorial priv lnls as requested. would any of my colleagues like to make any announcements at this time? >> i do. >> yes, go ahead commissioner starks. >> yes, thank you madam chairwoman. and so a new year, a new semester and that of course means some new interns in my office. and so proud to announce first and foremost joining us from southern university law center, and arte is our first early career staff diversity initiative intern. i'm deeply proud to announce that. it's a program obviously the former chairman announced last fall with the goal of creating a more inclusive and diverse commission. so welcome arte. i also have with me this semes