nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> president biden met with george floyd's family on the one-yeariversary of his death. floyd's family came to the white house yesterday, and they met with mr. biden, the vice president, and congressional leaders behind closed doors. floyd's brother, terrence, says that he's hopeful police reform will happen. >> being here today is an honor. you know, to meet with the president and the vice president and for them to show their concern to our family and for them to actually give an ear to our concerns and how we feel on the situation. >> last night people in minneapolis gathered for a candlelight vigil at the site of where floyd died while in police custody. >>> a woman is facing assault charges after she allegedly attacked a southwest flight attendant knocking out two of her teeth. a passenger took cell phone video of the woman being escorted off the plane by police on sunday. they were on a flight from sacramento to san diego. witnesses say everything was fine until they landed. >> apparently what she did was she stood up and took off her seat belt

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, nikole killion, thank you.re going to turn now to a major development tonight in the fight against covid. the c.d.c. just gave the green light to using the pfizer vaccine in kids as young as 12. that's nearly 17 million more americans, and there are some new incentives tonight. in ohio, drawings will be held, five winners will get $1 million each-- that's right-- just for getting their shot. here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> this is one more giant step in our fight against the pandemic. >> reporter: tonight, it's official: the c.d.c. recommending the pfizer vaccine for children 12-15 years old. >> you might have a headache.ee? you might feel tired, okay? >> reporter: but some states started before the official o.k. this clinic in fayetteville, north carolina, vaccinated kids in that age group tuesday after authorization by the f.d.a. >> it wasn't painful. it felt like a little tap on my shoulder. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics is out with a new advisory today, recommending the vaccine for all chil

we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: conservative firebrand marjorie taylor greene caused an uproar by outrageously comparing covid safety ruled to the holocaust. this morning greene tweeted, the gergia congresswoman doubled down after these comments last week about mask mandates in the house that she violated. >> we can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizen-- citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in nazi germany, and this is exactly the type of abuse that nancy pelosi is talk about. >> it's beyond reprehensible. >> reporter: congressionalpr condemnation came not just from the speaker but g.o.p. leaders across the board. >> this is one of the frequent outbursts that are absolutely outrageous. >> reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy stated, "marjorie is wrong." greene was stripped of her committee assignments this year for past incendiary comments and pushing conspiracy theories, mccarthy under pressure again to give her more

norah. >> o'donnell: a big week this week on capitol hill, nikole killion, thank you. we're going to turn now to a bizarre story out of houston where people are on high alert after a tiger, yes, you heard that right, a tiger pet was seen wandering around. we've now learned the tiger's owner is out on bond for murder. cbs's mola lenghi has more. >> a tiger in my neighborhood. >> reporter: tonight the hunt continues for both this tiger seen prowling a houston front yard and its apparent owner who is charged with murder in another case. >> it is somebody's pet, i feel calmer. >> reporter: this video taken by residents on sunday shows the confrontation between answer off-duty sheriff deputy and the bengal tiger. >> what the-- [bleep]. >> the pistol was pointed at the tiger in case that tiger bit him. >> reporter: the owner intervenes walking the tiger into the house. there is a brief pursuit and the man got away with the tiger. >> houston police charged 26 year old victor quevas with felony evading arrest, out on bond from murder in another texas county. >> my main concern

cbs' nikole killion is on capitol hill this evening. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, norah. a rift has been brewing for months between house minority leader kevin mccarthy and congresswoman liz cheney. the number-three house republican has been an outspoken critic of former president trump. she voted to impeach him afteret trump. the insurrection and has accused him of perpetuating the "big lie." some republicans want her removed from leadership because they feel she is becoming a distraction, but others, like senator mitt romney, have come to her defense, even after he was heckled by utah republicans saturday. in a hot mic moment, mccarthy told a fox news anchor off camera, he's had enough. >> reporter: a vote to remove cheney could happen as early as next week. her spokesperson says she won't perpetuate lies about the election or january 6. norah. >> o'donnell: incredible to hear her say that it is poisoning our democratic system. nikole killion, thank you. all right, tonight a mother and son from mexico are back toget

nikole killion, thank you. all right, tonight a mother and son from mexico are back together for the first time since they were separated at the border by the trump administration nearly four years ago. cbs' lilia luciano has the emotional reunion. >> reporter: today feels like a dream to 18-year-old bryan chavez. outside the port of entry in san ysidro, california, he anxiously waits for his mother, sandra, who is crossing from mexico. the two haven't seen each other since being separated at the at0 border in 2017, part of the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. seeking a safe haven from mexican cartels, bryan, 15 at the time, was placed in a refugee shelter while his mother was deported. ( crying ) finally tonight, a family ripped apart is reunited. and mother and son hold each other tight. other tight. >> there's clearly no words to describe the happiness that i'm feeling right now, ask i'm really grateful with all the people that did this amazing work to allow my mom to come them. eir pants.or fre

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. tonight columbus, ohio, will pay the family of andre hill $10 million. hill was shot last december as he emerged from a garage holding a cell phone. the officer adam coy was fired and has pleaded not guilty to murder and reckless homicide charges. more than six months after thete 2020 electio 2020 election, an unusual audit has begun in phoenix. workers hired by arizona republicans have been going over more than two million ballots. cbs' kris van cleave takes us inside this audit that many are calling simply bizarre.s om the crazy times carnival, inside an arena known as the mad house, the 2020 election is being recounted, an unprecedented unprecedented audit of arizona's most populous county that could ripple across the country. the g.o.p.-controlled state senate seized 2.1 million ballots, turning them over to a company run by a trump supporter. ken bennett is overseeing the audit. >> this has nothing to do with going back and trying to change the results of the november 2020 electi

cbs' nikole killion reports from the capitol. >> reporter: tonight a g.o.p. aide told cbs news they are 100% confident liz cheney will be removed from leadership, house minority leader kevin mccarthy circulated this letter telling members to prepare for a wednesday vote. it is clear that we need to make a change, he wrote. cheney is being purged from the party's top ranks for repeatedly denouncing former president trump's big lie about the election and his role in the capitol riot, writing recently in an op ed, history is watching us. her likely replacement, new york's elise stefanik has done the opposite. backing the president baseless claims. >> liz is being chased out. >> reporter: today, republican adam kinsinger said his party leadership was making a grave mistake. >> what she is making being removed for, is making them uncomfortable and being consistent, and god bless her for having the consistency to tell the truth. >> reporter: only a few republicans have defended cheney, the episode making it clear how strong former president trump's grip on the part

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, nikole killion, thank you. and tonight, disturbing video has surfaced of a police officer in baton rouge strip searching a in 16-year-old and his older brother during a traffic stop in broad daylight. that officer is now under investigation, and we warn you, the video is hard to watch. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> at least three or four people in the car. >> reporter: within minutes after a traffic stop on new year's day in 2020, clarence year's day green is standing in the street behind an s.u.v. with his pants down and his underwear exposed. >> hey, stop. what are you trying to, you can't do that. >> i can. >> reporter: the officer groping him in public for a search for drugs. and green's 16-year-old brother is searched in the same manner. >> i think what's captured in the video bears a closer resemblance to sexual assault than constitutional policing. the officers involved were clearly outside the bounds of anything that the supreme court has said is permissible for law enforcement officers to do. >> reporter

that's what we are seeing here. >> reporter: nikole killion, cbs news, the white house. >>> governorom is hoping to clean up california and says the state is too dirty. friday the governor announced aggressive proposal on statewide clean up and beautification. waste companies saw 40% increase in waste during the pandemic. officials call the proposal a huge shot in the arm and hope the effort will actually last. >> when you get it clean, you need to have the preventative measures. it is not just as simple as picking it up. >> the proposal will create 15,000 jobs d aims to clean up 21 tons of trash. officials hope the effort will encourage the community to do their part as well. >> once people see what we are doing, they'll say i want to take care of my community even more than i currently do because look at what the public sector is doing. look at what the government is doing to take care of the places. >> the proposal includes $75 million that will go to art grants as part of the beautification efforts. this has to pass legislature. >>> an east bay city trying to put end to a natural

nikole killion spoke with a pair of guards men there for the early days after the riot. >> reporter: as soon as ercapi 6th , it didn't take long for captain patrick richards to get the call. >> it was pretty surreal. like most amani saw it happening on tv. seeing evidence ofthe buil being broken to is emotional for me. >> why was it emotional for you? >> just because it's a symbol. it's the center of the united states. it's our capitol building. >> reporter: captain richards and first sergeant david lopez were deployed in late january. lopez served two tours of duty in iraq but never imagined he would have to defend the homefront like this. >> i was never expecting this. this is what we train for. >> from the pleas for help after the riot to the inauguration. around 26,000 troops were activated at the height of the mission, some enduring cold floors and parking garages and manning barbed wire fences. >> we are trained to fight foreign threats. to be defending from domestic threats or fellow citizens was the most difficult for me. >> reporter: then the taking of the life of billy evan

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nikole killion spoke with a pair of guardsmen that say despite everything they train for, they nevere soil that day. >> reporter: as soon as rioters took over the capital, it didn't take long, for captain patrick richards to get the call. >> it was pretty surreal for me. like most americans i saw it happening on tv. seeing the evidence of that building being broken into was emotional for me. >> reporter: why was emotional for you? >> just because it is a symbol, it is our capital building, the middle of the united states. >> reporter: both were deployed in late january, lopez never imagined he'd have to defend the home front like this. >> paul: i was never expecting this. >> reporter: from the pleas for help right after the riot, to the inauguration. around 26,000 troops were activated at the height of the mission. some enduring cold floors in parking garages and manning barbed wire fences around the clock. >> to be defending for possible domestic threats from our fellow citizens was the most challenging for me. >> reporter: and then another attack taking the life of police officer b

nikole killion is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. kevin mccarthy says that he is not concerned about the vote, although last night he was watching from the back of the house chamber as nearly three dozen party members broke ranks with him to support the january 6th bill. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: democrats cheered the passage of a bipartisan bill to establish a january 6th commission. the ten-member panel would be equally divided between appointed democrats and republicans with subpoena power. to examine the root causes of the capitol attack. a framework agreed to by the top republican on the house homeland security committee. >> this is about facts. it's not partisan politics. >> reporter: still, 175 republicans voted against the commission. >> we have people scaling the capitol, hitting the capitol police with lead pipes across the head, and we can't get bipartisanship. >> reporter: the bill now faces an uphill battle in the senate where senate minority leader mitch mcconnell echoed house minority leader kevin mccarthy in

denied any law breaking, but greenberg's cooperation could lead to more legal trouble for gaetz as nikole killion reports. >> reporter: this morning, the man congressman matt gaetz has called his wing man, joel greenberg, is expected to plead guilty to six federal charges ranging from child sex trafficking to wire fraud. according to his plea agreement, greenberg admits to being involved in sugar daddy relationships where he paid women for sex, including a minor that he introduced to other adu adult men what engaged in sex acts. multiple sources say one of those men is gaetz. investigators looking into whether here had a sexual relationship when the girl was 17. how concerned should congressman gaetz be right now? >> congressman gaetz needs to be concerned even if he is 100% innocent. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. >> the details that have leaked out in this investigation are really on the one hand titillating and on the other hand certainly sordid and disturbing. these are the types of crimes that simply the rumor of that kind of activity makes you look skeptically at someone