john kent, son of clark kent and louis lane will come out as bisexual.led the news yesterday. in the issue, he's seen kissing a male reporter he's become friends with. so far, the reaction has become overwhelmingly positive. >> we've seen tweets of people say they burst into tears and they wished superman was this when they were growing up. saying for the first time ever, they are seeing themselves in superman. something they never thought possible. >> kent will be the second openly bisexual character after harley quinn. >>> nba veteran j.r. smith taking a swing at a new sport. he played his first tournament as member of the north carolina ant team. he shot seven over in the second round. he'll play another round today. >>> coming up on cbs morning's now, actor and best selling author talks with anthony mason about his new book, "where the deer and antelope play." i'm anne-marie green. this is the cbs morning news. stick with zyrtec. zyrtec starts working hard at hour one... ...and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec. muddle n

and, b, she says that superman loves louis lane. lois lane is his mom. how depraved is this wendy rogers from arizona? >> right. look, i think -- i don't know whether it is just being a strain, i read that as louie lane. whoever louie lane is, i hope he's happy. we're going to get some backlash for this, but the key for me isn't the people that are upset, it is for the people welcomed in by this that say today, you know, this is more powerful than a locomotive. that this is literally the most powerful superhero in comics. and one of the best known all around the world is now bisexual. and i think that's a really big and really strong statement. >> tom taylor, i appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> "new day" continues right now. >>> good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm brianna keilar with john berman and it is tuesday, october 12th. breaking overnight, jon gruden gone as head coach of the las vegas raiders, resigning after a "new york times" report about homophobic,

louis cardinals. >>> andrew wiggins has been vaccinated. steve kerr says wiggins changed his stance and will be allowed in all home games this season. dubs play preseason opener in port lane closures tonight. >>> new york city public school employees are required to have received at least their first covid-19 vaccine. the new mandate goes into effect as children nationwide are facing higher covid infection and hospitalization rates. >>> in washington today is the deadline for state workers to show they've had their shots. a study found unvaccinated americans are eight times more likely to test positive for covid. dr. fauci said on face the nation mandates make sense. >>> developing news, a major oil spill in southern california is polluting water and beaches in orange county. crews on the water and on shore are trying to limit damage from a slick covering 13 square miles on saturday a broken under water pipeline connected to an oil platform leaked at least 126,000 gallons. now darkened waves and black globs of tar are coming in with tide from huntington beach to newport beach. >> it's heart breaking. it really is heart breaking. why do we have to have these things out in