irika. >> sargent: nancy cordes in rome, thank you. tensions are rising across the country over vaccine mandates as unvaccinated workers face deadlines to get their shots. cbs' michael george in new york, where first responders are in the spotlight. michael. >> reporter: irika, good evening. right now, the f.d.n.y.'s vaccination rate is at 77% and the n.y.p.d.'s is at 84%, and that could rise over the weekend, but there's a lot of concern about what happens if thousands of officers, firefighters, and city workers are put on unpaid leave. garbage is piling up in some new york neighborhoods, sanitation crews apparently skipping pickups to protest one of the toughest vaccine mandates in the nation. angry protests broke out this wreak leading up to monday's deadline. city workers, including police and firefighters, have to prove they're at least partially vaccinated or go on unpaid leaves. >> response times are going to go through the roof. >> reporter: union leaders predict up to 20% of fire companies will close. the mayor says he has con

. >> nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. >>> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is hitting back after that scathing testimony from former employee frances haugen tuesday. in a note to staff not publicly, the company founder wrote that haugen painted a false picture, he said, adding it's difficult to read the allegations about how instagram impacts young people. now as congress weighs how to regulate the social media giant, cbs's kris van cleave tonight has a look at potential solutions. >> i was comparing it to myself. >> reporter: teens like jada bromberg are atthe dete ove cebook. she started in a 13 w reg weni says the app was contributing to feelings of depression. >> but looking back at it now, i can realize how social media definitely kind of put some of that in my head. >> reporter: while facebook ceo mark zuckerberg says its research about the impact on teens is being mischaracterized, calls for change are getting louder. >> what i want to see is action in this place. >> reporter: congress is weighing how to regulate social media. whistle-blower frances haugen tuesday. >> we c

nancy cordes explains. >> reporter: with washington hurdling toward insolvency, republican leader mitch mcconnell offered a surprise concession. he said his party would let democrats raise the debt ceiling short-term, for about two months. >> why should we accept any part of a bs offer? >> reporter: mcconnell's new offer came as president biden poured on the pressure. >> it is about paying for what we owe. >> reporter: and enlisting major banking ceos to help sound the alarm. >> we are starting to experience elevated volatility in the markets. >> the cash gain effects in the ensuing weeks could go anywhere from a recession to a complete catastrophe for the global economy and i don't know why anyone would take a chance like that. >> reporter: defaulting could also disrupt social security payments for nearly 50 million seniors. and military benefits for 2.5 million veterans. >> why? >> reporter: lewis franklin served two tours in iraq. >> there is no reason for it other than it is a giant chess game that the senate and the house play and it -- we're ones who pay the price. it sucks. >> re

here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: four-year-old dahlia scoots to school in downtown d.c. day-- >> super fast! >> reporter: --joining 75 other kids at a brand-new early learning center that is just for three- and four-year-olds. how much do families pay to send their kids here? >> absolutely zero. we are a public school. >> reporter: amelia hunt is the principal at thaddeus stevens. washington, d.c. has one of the most robust pre-k programs in the country. >> 85% to 90% of brain development occurs by the time children are age five. they are taking in so much information. >> reporter: research shows that kids who get even one year of pre-k are more likely to graduate from high school and go to college. >> kids are more likely to enroll in honors courses. >> reporter: one study, co- authored by georgetown's bill gormley, found that pre-k kids in tulsa did better years later on math tests. >> the effects are stronger for disadvantaged children, and the effects are somewhat stronger for students of color. >> reporter: and yet, just eight states and d.c. offer universal or near

cbs' nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from rome, the first stop on the president's trip. vening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this breakthrough comes about seven months after the president first unveiled his plan. and this newly-released 1,700- page bill still doesn't contain everything the democrats wanted. but tonight, the white house is still touting it as one of the biggest investments in education and childcare ever. just before jetting off to europe, president biden made one last dash to capitol hill-- part celebration, part pep talk. >> i think we're going to be in good shape. >> reporter: he said he's confident he now has the votes to pass a $1.75 trillion plan that would drive down childcare costs for most low- and middle-income families, and establish universal pre-k for more than six million three- and four-year-olds. the bill would also boost the supply of affordable housing, increase college pell grants, and close a medicaid gap to cover four million more people. >> it is probably the most consequential bill since the 1960s. >> reporter: this new d

cbs's nancy cordes reports tonight from the white house. >> two.wo people. >> reporter: in a meeting this afternoon, the president asked progressives what they are willing to cut in order to secure support from the last two holdouts. >> look, i need 50 votes in the senate. i have 48. >> reporter: one of the two is west virginia democrat joe manchin who wants to slash the president's build back better from 3.5 trillion to is .5 dollars trillion. >> reporter: the eid we have for our country. >> reporter: he and arizona democrat seernts seernts hounded by protesters this weekend who followed sinema into a arizona bathroom and paddled up to manchin's house boat. >> tax the rich! we're taxing the rich! >> reporter: but the two weren't president biden's most prissing problem. the nation is set to hit its borrowing limit in just two weeks, and republicans voted twice last week to default. >> you don't want to help save the country? get out of the way so you don't destroy it. >> reporter: in a letter to president biden today, republican leader mitch mcconn

so there's a lot to get to, and cbs' nancy cordes is going to lead off our coverage tonight from the house. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. you know, doctors have long said that vaccinating kids is key to slowing the pace of the pandemic, and pfizer's move today means the younger set could start getting their shots about ten months after the vaccines were first okay'd for their parents. tonight, 28 million children are one step closer to potentially one step closer to life-saving protection. pfizer ask the f.d.a. to authorize their vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11 at one-third the adult dosage. >> you want to maximize protection with the fewest amount of side effects. >> reporter: dr. grace lee leads the c.d.c. advisory board. she's a pediatrician at stanford. >> like many other children's hospitals, we have had children who have died of covid. i think that while the vast majority of children can tolerate the infection and do well, we also know that sometimes we're not able to predict well who will suffer severe consequences. >> reporter: kids make up 22

cbs' nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from the white house. vening to you, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, margaret. this was the second straight month of disappointing jobs numbers, and a big slowdown from the first half of the year. the white house is pointing to the delta variant as the prime culprit amid concerns that some americans have now left the workforce for good. september may be back-to-school month, but it's not back to work. according to the latest figures, the economy added 300,000 fewer jobs than expected, the most meager gain since last december. >> i thought that this was a really disappointing report. it was anemic. >> reporter: cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger: >> overall, the big issue here is we are not done with this virus. it is infecting people, and it is also infecting the economy. >> reporter: the problem isn't a lack of jobs. it's a lack of candidates. the latest figures show there are 1.5 jobs available for every unemployed american, the largest gap ever recorded. why do you think there are so many peopl

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy cordes, thank you.ht, flood alerts are posted along much of the east coast from southern virginia to maine.n tidal floodwaters swamped the streets of annapolis, maryland, and the wharf right here in d.c. today. and heading into the weekend, millions from the mid-atlantic to new england are getting another blast of heavy rain and powerful wind. let's get the forecast from cbs' lonnie quinn. hey there, lonnie. >> hello, norah. i've got to tell you, when you look at the radar picture, which we'll do right now, anywhere from illinois east, you have nasty weather out there, but the toughest conditions, as you were just showing everybody, is in the northeast. we have major flooding out there. look for the little specks of purple on the map, because purple shows you major flooding. it's a problem for the delaware river in philadelphia. a big problem for the potomac in d.c., and the chesapeake bay will have flooding tonight. i want to time it out for you. get to 2:00 in the morning, this storm, which is not the

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy cordes, thank you so much.ell, tonight, a fast-moving wildfire is threatening about 100 homes in santa barbara, california. the fire broke out on monday and quickly exploded to nearly 8,000 re yuccas. >> rorter:he alisafire exploded overnight, fueled by strong santa ana winds, gusts at times up to 70 miles per hour. by daylight, the blaze near the coastal city of santa barbara had grown to more than 6,000 acres. from where we're standing we can feel the heat. the hillsides are so dry combined with the winds and the flames are taking off. the flames are threatening about 100 structures and forcing evacuations, and now several ranches are in the line of fire. patrick brown and his family have owned the circle bar b ranch for 82 years. what are you most nervous about? >> losing everything. i put a lifetime into it. if i lose it, i don't have a lifetime left to redo it. >> reporter: the flames also shut down this freeway, the 101, a heavily traveled highway between los angeles and san francisco. the fire is around

nancy cordes, thank you. we turn now to the covid pandemic. today, dr. francis collins, the director of the national institutes of health, said he's stepping down at the end of the year. president biden called collins one of the most important scientists of our time. and there's big news tonight about a new covid booster shot. here's cbs' meg oliver. >> reporter: johnson & johnson is the latest company to ask the f.d.a. for emergency use authorization for their covid-19 booster shot for adults 18 and over. dr. eric topol: >> the johnson & johnson is now in 15 million americans. they got the one shot and done, but they weren't really done, because the efficacy isn't as high as the other vaccines. >> reporter: the johnson & johnson single-dose vaccine was only 71% effective against hospitalization from covid, but recent data found a j&j booster shot given 56 days after the primary dose provided 94% protection against illness and 100% protection against severe disease. >> this second shot, whether it's a johnson & johnson, or a moderna, pfizer, is really im

cbs' nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: with washington hurdling towards insolvency, republican leader mitch mcconnell offered a surprise concession. he said his party would let democrats raise the debt ceiling short term for about two months. >> why should we accept any part of an officer. >> reporter: the new offer came as president biden poured on the pressure. >> it's about paying for what we owe. >> reporter: and listing major banking c.e.o.s to help sound the alarm. >> we are starting to experience elevated volatility in the markets. >> the cascade effects in the coming weeks could go anywhere from a recession to a complete catastrophe for the global economy, and i don't know why anyone would take a chance like that. >> reporter: defaulting could also disrupt social security payments for nearly 50 million seniors and military benefits for two and a half million veterans. >> why. >> repter: lewis franklin served two tours in iraq. >> there's no reason for it, other than it's a giant chess game that the senate and the house play, and we're the ones who pay the price. it sucks. >> r

the president is also struggling legislative agenda.y to pass his cbs' nancy cordes reports tonight from the white house. >> two. two people. >> reporter: in a meeting this afternoon, the president asked progressives what they are willing to cut, in order to secure support from the last two holdouts. >> look, i need 50 votes in the senate. i have 48. >> reporter: one of the two is west virginia democrat joe manchin who wants to slash the president's "build back better" plan from $3.5 trillion to $1.5 trillion. >> they should be looking at the needs, the needs we have for our country. >> reporter: he and arizona democrat kyrsten sinema were hounded by protesters this weekend who followed sinema into an arizona bathroom. >> we need solutions -- >> reporter: -- and paddled up to manchin's house boat. >> tax the rich! >> we're taxing the rich! >> reporter: but the two weren't president biden's most pressing problem. the nation is set to hit its borrowing limit in just two weeks, and republicans voted twice last week to default. >> you don't want to help save the country? get out of the way s

cbs' nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from rome, the first stop on the president's trip. ning, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this breakthrough comes about seven months after the presi first unveiled his plan. and this newly-released 1,700-page bill still doesn't contain everything the democrats wanted. but tonight, the white house is still touting it as one of the biggest investments in education and childcare ever. just before jetting off to europe, president biden made one last dash to capitol hill-- part celebration, part pep talk. >> i think we're going to be in good shape. >> reporter: he said he's confident he now has the votes to pass a $1.75 trillion plan that would drive down childcare costs for most low- and middle-income families, and establish universal pre-k for more than six million three- and four-year-olds. the bill would also boost the supply of affordable housing, increase college pell grants, and close a medicaid gap to cover four million more people. >> it is probably the most consequential bill since the 1960s. >> reporter: this new deal com

nancy cordes, thank you. >>> we turn now to the covid pandemic. today dr. frances collins, the director of the national institutes of health said he is stepping down at the end of the year. the president called collins one of the most important scientists of our time. and there is big news tonight about a new covid booster shot. her is meg oliver. >> reporter: johnson & johnson is the latest company to ask the fda for emergency use authorization for their covid-19 booster shot for adults 18 and over. dr. eric taupele. >> the johnson & johnson is now in 15 million americans. they got the one shot and done, but they weren't really done because the efficacy isn't as high as the other vaccines. >> reporter: the johnson & johnson single-dose vaccine was only 71% effective against hospitalization from covid, but recent data found a j&j booster shot given 56 days after the primary dose provided 94% protection against illness in 100% protection against severe disease. >> the second shot, whether it's a johnson & john

>> all right, nancy cordes, thank you so much.night news" will be >>> well, tonight a perfect storm of high demand and low supply is sending fuel prices through the roof. driving your car is costing a lot more, and so will heating your home this winter. we get more from cbs's mola lenghi. >> reporter: gassing up is increasingly a hit to the wallet. >> you've noticed the price has increased? >> yes, it is pretty rough. i'm not going lie. >> reporter: henry mcginnis told us it just takes something out of you. hurts the pocketbook? hurts your wallet? >> yeah, hurts my soul. >> reporter: this cabdriver says he spends at least $300 extra a month. so he is shopping around. >> the difference is like 10 cents between the amoco and the mobile gas station and the exxon. >> reporter: this week the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is $3.27. that's a seven-year high. according to gas buddy, the price of a gallon nationwide has gone up more than 5 cents in just a week. u.s. benchmark crude oil prices rose above $80 a barrel

so there's a lot to get to, and cbs's nancy cordes is going to lead off our coverage tonight from theouse. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. you know, doctors have long said that vaccinating kids is key to slowing the pace of the pandemic. and pfizer's move today means the younger set could start getting their shots about ten months after the vaccines were first okayed for their parents. tonight, 28 million children are one step closer to potentially life-saving protection. pfizer and biontech have asked the fda to authorize their vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11, at 1/3 the adult dosage. >> you want to maximize the protection with the fewest amount of side effects. >> reporter: dr. grace lee leads a cdc advisory board. she's a pediatrician at stanford. >> like many other children's hospitals, we have had children who have died of covid. i think that while the vast majority of children can tolerate the infection and do well we also know that sometimes we're not able to predict well who will suffer severe consequences. >> reporter: kids make up 22% of the p

. >> reporter: i'm nancy cordes at the g-20 summit in rome, where president biden and other world leaders are trying to make progress on covid, taxes, and climate change. >> sargent: also tonight, vaccine holdouts-- employees nationwide face deadlines to get their shots or lose their jobs. plus, port problems: dozens of ships, billions of dollars in goods, and in this california neighborhood, a real nightmare. nightmare. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano in the port of los angeles wher

up on "cbs mornings," the head of the nation's cybersecurity agency, jen easterly, talks with nancy cordes cyberattacks in her first television interview since taking office. >>> plus, as part of our hispanic heritage coverage, we will meet members of a family who are creating healthy versions of traditional mexican cuisine. >>> and grammy-winning singer brandi carlile talks with anthony mason about "ithese silent days." >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

joining to discuss this, nancy cordes, cbs news chief white house correspond, eamon javers a correspondentmarianna sotomayor for congress. marianna, you covered all of this. tell me about how republicans and democrats are feeling and why did mitch mcconnell blank? he also sent a letter to president biden that he's not sending a letter -- he is not going to raise the debt ceiling. marianna: everything is on a deadline and the closer you get to it there is action. as much as mcconnell and republicans have been saying the summer we are not going to participate in raising the debt ceiling, there really was not much time procedurally to make sure the government was not going to default. it really got to the point where democrats started to talk about maybe we have to get rid of the filibuster to be able to raise the debt ceiling. and mcconnell came to the table because he knew two key senators and potential negotiations, especially joe mansion and -- manchin and sinema, they don't want to come to the table. he tried to talk to democrats and said we will try to provide those dust -- 10 crucial v

here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: the new executive order from texas governor greg abbott is not subtle. he accuses the biden administration of bullying private entities into imposing vaccine mandates, and then he threatens to fine any texas companies that comply. >> our patience is wearing thin. >> reporter: it was one month ago that president biden announced all companies with more than 100 employees would soon have to require workers to either get vaccinated or submit to regular testing, with even stricter rules for federal contractors. >> if you want to work with the federal government, do business with us, get vaccinated. >> reporter: since then, republican attorneys general from roughly two dozen states have threatened to sue the administration. texas is one of them. >> we're extremely concerned about the vaccine mandates from the federal government. >> reporter: the conflict is employers. several major texas-based companies have already announced vaccine mandates. american airlines said today it's reviewing governor abbott's executive order, but believes will the federal v