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mean last lot. >> you deserve all the love >> and you have chocolate for the next month. you're good to go. >> can't wait. >> thanks good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, april 23, 2021. i'm anthony mason, with michelle miller and vladimir gaultier. gayle and tony are off. it's decision day for the johnson & johnson vaccine. will it be available again after a ten-day pause? the latest on concerns about those potential rare blood clots. a plan to tax wealthier americans to pay for things like childcare, college and paid family leave. what may be in president biden's blueprint and why there's already backlash. and it's liftoff at kennedy space center.
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>> "endeavor" launches once again. >> how the spacex mission is a trail blazer for the future of human exploration. but first here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. vaccine advisers to the cdc will meet again to make recommendations for the usage of the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> you're talking about 1 in a million rare condition versus potentially saving tens of millions of lives. daunte wright life's matters! >> a vigil for daunte wright, who was shot and killed by a police officer. >> words can't even explain how i feel right now. u.s. stocks fell sharply after reports president joe biden is going to propose a much higher capital gains tax on the rich. >> the first global climate summit, president biden promised to cut u.s. greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.
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they're responding to reach the sailors running out of oxygen. and coming with may be the catch of the year. >> my hand hurts so bad right now. and all that matters. >> a dog steals the show at a high school track meet in utah. >> this runner was on the last leg of a race when holly the dog gave her a run for her money. down the stretch they come in lane number two. here comes the dog-gone finisher! on "cbs this morning." making history. astronauts launching a recycled rocket and recycled crew capsule. >> here's a photo of the spacex crew here. look at that. they look like astronauts in a sitcom from the '90s! blasting off! thursdays, right after "friends"! making it easy to bundle insurance. >> it's true.
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it's true, but it's so cool. >> it really is. we're back to theat era of spac exploration. >> we need some good news. >> we do. welcome to "cbs this morning" and welcome to both of you. gayle and tony taking a friday off. it's been an incredibly emotional week, but we wanted to start with something really, really cool. ads anthony mentioned, history was made a short time ago at kennedy space center. >> three, two, one, zero. ignition and liftoff. >> four astronauts are now on their way to the international space station with help from a space elk falcon 9 rocket. it has never been done this way before. mark strassmann witnessed the launch and joins us. we were all here watching it as it happened. it's quite a day. >> reporter: good morning. a spectacular predawn liftoff and lights show. and a major milestone for
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spacex. the company reused both the first-stage booster and the space capsule that flew on earlier missions. it's done that before with the crew entered orbit 125 miles above earth, where not long ago they had this to say --
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>> we're a couple hours into the flight making our second lap around the earth. >> musk said it's the dawn of a new era in space exploration. >> we don't want to be a single species planet, but multi species planet. >> and he flew in the space station last year and this time it's his wife, crew member megan mcarthur. they have a 7-year-old son theo. >> what does your son think about all of the unusual travel both of his parents do for work? >> he's had, of course, long exposure to all of this. he recently saw his father launch and stay on the international space station for two months. now it's mom's turn and i will be gone six months. when he talked about it, he talks about he's going to go next. >> reporter: but first little theo and his father will get up early tomorrow morning to watch another magical moment, macarthur and her crew will talk
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to the international space station right after 5:00 a.m. anthony? >> my parents traveled a lot but not like that! that's really something. thank you very much. i'm thrilled about that, i have to say. >> i love that a mom is going into space, and she left son at home with dad. i love the idea of that in this day and age. >> and the kids, when i was a kid, buzz and neil armstrong were heroes of mine. it's great to see kids into it now. >> and i hope their son gets to go to space. that would be neat. a cdc advisory meets this morning to decide if it's safe to resume the use of the johnson & johnson one-dose covid vaccine. it was paused, as you recall, last week to investigate a potential link to a rare-but-serious type of blood clot. cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus joins us. good morning, what do you think we should expect from this
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meeting? there weren't more than these six cases. a couple more showed up, but it's a very small number. my gut, my opinion is today they will release the j&j vaccine for the country, there will be a warning on it so doctors and patients are aware of what to look for, so they can treat this abnormal blood clot early. and we're going to be back safely administering this vaccine hopefully by the end of the weekend or monday. >> you think they'll will do this despite the fact that there is one more woman who apparently died from the vaccine? >> yeah. i mean, what we've done is we've seen across the world now these kinds of low platelet clots and blood clots in several people with all of the vaccines. so this happens. the spike protein from the vaccine affects the blood vessel and causes a response so there's a blood clot there. it is remarkably rare. when you start to look at this, it is much, much, much safer to get the vaccine than not. and i think now that we're aware of it, we're going to be able to treat this early without serious
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ramifications for the patient. >> we didn't see the severe cases of blood clots in the j&j vaccine trials, david. why not do you think? >> well, i mean, there is -- a testament to how rare it is. the trial was tens of thousands of people, 40,000 people. we're seeing this at a rate of about one in a million. once we start to get in the millions and tens of millions, rare side effects happen. now that there's a warning and we can identify it early, again, hopefully there won't be serious problems from the vaccine. but the vaccine are saving millions of lives. >> david, the cdc says it's considering revisiting guidance on masks, particularly for people who have been fully vaccinated. what do you think we should expect there? >> well, the data are showing that this virus is transmitted almost exclusively indoors. over 90% of the cases indoors. when you wear a mask, you can block that spread indoors. outdoors, especially in the
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vaccinated, probably isn't going to be necessary. my gut is that over the next few weeks we'll see that starting to fall down. and we're going to be able to go outside without masks. it's still going to happen indoors, israel this weekend or last weekend stopped the mask -- outdoors but not indoors. >> how long do you think we're free from masks entirely? >> my gut is, you know, for the end of the summer. we're going to get toward herd immunity in our country. our country is going to step up, and everyone will be vaccinated who can be vaccinated. we're going to be coming out of the scourge. unfortunately, the variants are still worrisome. but i think the current vaccines attack the variants at the present time. >> dr. david agus, thank you so much. india is becoming the new epicenter of the pandemic. the country posted a new single-day world record reporting more than 332,000 new covid cases this morning. the actual number is likely to be much higher. and as lucy kraft reports, the country with the world's
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second-largest population is desperate for help to ward off a catastrophe. >> reporter: even mass cremations held at makeshift facilities can't keep up with the pace of death as covid cases explode across india. workers say they've never seen anything like it with even young children among the victims. families gathered nearby and said their final farewells. nobody helped in time, we were running here and there for a ventilator, she died after the oxygen ran out, said this man about his mother who's among the dead. half of the states are in lockdown. the health care system is collapsing with widespread shortages of medicine, oxygen, ventilators, and hospital beds, said independent journalist smita sharma. >> i think there's just one way to describe it right now. it's a living hell. >> reporter: india once praised for its handling of the initial covid wave last year is now being criticized for opening up too soon and for mixed messaging.
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prime minister narendra modi who this week said india had been hit by a covid storm has been rebuked for allowing mass political rallies to continue often with lax antiviral measures. and a traditional hindu bathing festival was permitted this year, drawing millions of pilgrims. it's now been deemed a superspreader event. dr. abishek rimal said virus mutations and pandemic fatigue could make india the world's worst covid hot spot. >> at the current pace, if we do not put in a major public health measure, it will definitely become the new epicenter in days to come. >> reporter: vaccinations are running behind schedule, and even before this current wave peaks experts are bracing for a thi wave that could further strain the health care system. >> lucy kraft in tokyo. thank you. we're learning first details of president biden's upcoming $1.5 trillion plan to help american families. the president's press secretary
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says a large tax increase it. and corporations and businesses who can afford it. >> ed o'keefe is at the white house. ed, what's the american family 300 points on word that the white house is working on proposals to boost childcare for national paid family leave, free community college and prekindergarten classes and tax credits to fight poverty. the president's expected to propose paying for all of this by raising the capital gains tax for wealthy americans, the tax paid when people sell pricey assets liar stocks or real estate. for americans earning more than $1 million, it could jump, could, to 39.6%, nearly double what it is now.
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with most of his ideas, the president will face an uphill battle with congress. republicans already oppose the high cost of his other proposals and say they don't like this either because the tax increase could punish americans for investing in local businesses or stunt future economic growth. white house aides stress this is all still being workshopped and coming together. the president likely to begin talking about it next week. it's also likely to be a big part of his first address to a joint session of congress next wednesday night. republicans have chosen who's going to formally respond to the president's speech. south carolina senator tim scott is the choice. bit of a bridge-builder in a party trying to sort out what it is and for in the post-trump era. also notable, he is currently working with democrats on some pretty meaty proposals to address police reform. >> wow. huge talking points there there, ed. thank you. the guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial this week could be a pivotal moment in efforts to enact real police reform. there's a long way to go. yesterday, 20-year-old duante
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wright was laid to rest after being shot and killed during a traffic stop on april 11th by police officer kim potter. jamie yuccas is in minneapolis. she's been there all week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i've been here all month, michelle. good morning to you. yesterday, peaceful protesters confronted washington county attorney peter orput outside of his home. they were demanding he bring murder charges against former officer potter who is facing second-degree manslaughter at this point. potter has not entered a plea. in a tense exchange, orput stood by his decision to go with a lesser charge. the incident underscores the emotional toll felt in the community after a week of both celebrations and grief. ♪ >> duante wright's parents, family, and friends shared their grief with the community thursday. >> i never imagined that i'd be standing here, the roles should be reversed.
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my son should be burying me. he was loved by so many. he's going to be so missed. >> words can't even explain how i feel right now. you know, that was my son. >> reporter: they were joined by breonna taylor's boyfriend, as well as the families of george floyd and philando castile who was also shot to death during a traffic stop by a minnesota police officer. the reverend al sharpton gave the eulogy. >> he was a prince, and all of minneapolis has stopped today to honor the prince of brooklyn center. >> reporter: civil rights attorney ben crump represents both george floyd's and duante wright's families. >> traffic stops end up as deadly sentences, a death sentence. there comes a time when one must take a position because your conscience tells you it is the right thing to do.
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it is the right thing to do to stand up for our children! >> reporter: his call to action is being heard. congresswoman ilhan omar and senator amy klobuchar are pushing senators to pass a federal law that would ban choke holds and make it easier to prosecute police officers. >> true justice is not done as long as black americans are killed by law enforcement at more than twice the race of white americans. >> in the name of duante, we're going to pass the george floyd justice innia. thanks, jamie. >> wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. we're very proud of you here at cbs. this is a transformative moment in american history, i honestly believe that. >> in many ways, it's just a beginning. it's a momentous moment, and i think there's no question in the documentaries about there period down the road, it will be there. >> that's right. >> but there's a lot that's got to happen still. >> i lived in minneapolis 35 years ago. gosh, can't believe it. and some of what people are
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talking about today was the conversation that we were having so long ago. >> hopefully the outcomes are different. ahead, how a major city could lose running water for weeks. yeah. that is the question we want to know. we're going to show what "60 minutes plus first, it is 7 kron:18 and time to check your weather.
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we have much more ahead including how navajo nation could soon become the first place in america to reach herd immunity after being devastated by the coronavirus last year. and it's the little chopper that could. nearly 200 million miles from earth, the latest milestone reached by ingenuity on mars. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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time is quickly running out in the search for an indonesian submarine that disappeared off the resort island of bali. the navy chief says there's less than eight hours of oxygen left. contact was lost with the vessel on wednesday during naval exercises. the military believes it could have sunk to about 2,300 feet, a depth where the hull could have been crushed by the water pressure. a helicopter spotted an oil spill where the submarine is thought to have dived. u.s. military is assisting the search. >> hope they locate it. ahead, how democrats are moving to make washington, d.c., the 51st state. your local news, though, coming up next.
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this is a kpix 5 update. today, cdc advisors are holding a meeting to discuss the johnson & johnson vaccine. the panel could lift the pause on the vaccine's rollout which follow reports of rare blood clots in six people. warriors fans will be welcomed back into chase center for the first time in more than a year. those who attend must show proof of vaccination oral show a negative covid-19 test taken within 48 hours of the game. highway one through big sur is reopening.
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heavy storms washed out a section of the road near red creek near january. the lack of rain allowed crews to work 12 hour shifts to fix the road. nothing more beautiful than that highway one drive along the coast. as we hitched towards friday like, it looks really good. here can see traffic is a little slow near the toll plaza. we have brake lights near midspan. taking a look at the bay bridge. it is not bad. things are quiet. and the golden gate bridge, extra volume on the southbound side. overall, it is a nice friday light commute as you head into san francisco. a cloudy start your day with areas of fog. as a go through the afternoon, another cool day along the coasts. mid '50s along the coast. and,
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." two months ago back-to-back storms left the city of jackson, mississippi, without water for weeks. it's just one example of massive problems with the infrastructure meant to keep americans safe. wesley lowery recently visited jackson for "60 minutes plus." here's what he discovered. >> reporter: thousands of jackson residents like gainor were left for weeks without the most vital public utility and the most basic human necessity. cars lined up for miles at water and food distribution sites set up across the city. when the american society of civil engineers released its most recent report card,
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mississippi received a d for the quality of both its drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. but when we traveled to jackson last month, we found much more than a water crisis. but the story of a city and a nation still grappling with the shaky foundation upon which it was constructed. how long is a crew out here digging into someone's yard like this? >> this is pretty -- pretty regularly. >> reporter: pretty regular? >> unfortunately. when you look at -- uh-oh. here we go. >> reporter: charles williams is jackson's public works director, and it's his job to manage the city's infrastructure. it's thankless work even under normal circumstances. much less amid a wave of winter weather a typical this deep in the south. >> when you had the first winter storm come in, you it were like maybe we'll be okay. but the second one that came in and on that wednesday, the 17th, all bets were off. it was like the system just crashed like a computer.
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>> "60 minutes plus" correspondent wesley lowery joins us now. good morning. thanks for being here. first question -- why has the infrastructure in jackson been allowed to deteriorate to this point? >> you know, it's interesting, and it's not just a jackson story. it's a story of many cities across the country. we have to remember that many of our cities, their physical skeletons were built decades ago. in some cases for populations that were much larger than the ones today. and we look at jackson specifically, this was a city that was once almost a quarter million people. but following federally mandated school desegregation, so massive shifts within the city itself. a lot of white flight out to suburbs leaving the people behind -- the people who were left behind tended to be poorer, tended to be blacker, fewer businesses, smaller tax base. so suddenly you have this big city built for many more people
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that is being supported with the resources of a much smaller tax base. so you can see how very quickly suddenly the city doesn't have the resources to keep up with what it would take. you know, infrastructure's not particularly sexy, you know. let's spend an extra $1 billion on water or bridges, right. something that seems easy to kick from one year to the next and suddenly you look up and it's been 30 years. >> this is michelle here. i wonder, you look at the big picture of jackson. the big picture across the united states, which communities are most impacted by this? >> of course, you know, there is a close correlation between race and economics and whether or not you have clean water in the united states of america. we were talking to experts at the u.s. water alliance and elsewhere, and they said that the biggest determinate of whether or not you have clean water in america is whether you're black or not. that there are millions who don't have access to clean drinking water, to clean sewage
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and wastewater, and that that correlates directly to where you live in a city, where you live in the country. and we know that those types of geographic choices and geographic realities were not something that were coincidences. over the course of our recent history, decisions have been made about who gets to live where and how they're serviced. and so there really is an issue of racial equity here. we all think about flint and the conversation about the lead in the water there. but flint is a story that is not unique to one particularly bad place or what's happening in jackson is not unique to one particular city. this is somethig that's playing out for millions of americans across the country. >> with about 20 seconds, how will president biden's infrastructure plan impact what we're seeing? >> so they're still working out the hyper-specific details. one thing that's important is that what president biden is proposing is, in fact, a generational investment in infrastructure. again, infrastructure's not particularly sexy, and so folks don't get as excited necessarily
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as they might for something else. but that said, he's aiming to spend an amount of money if he can get it through congress that really is unprecedented in our modern history in terms of the infrastructure, the skeleton of our country. it's going to be interesting to see if that can get through washington and how that might change things in communities like jackson. >> wesley lowery, thank you. looking forward to that report. you can watch the full report on "60 minutes plus" this sunday on the viacomcbs streaming service paramount plus. ahead, the navajo nation fights covid. and right now it is winning. we follow health providers traveling huge distances to give native americans their vaccinations. you're watching "cbs this morning." hey! it's s me! your d dry skin! i'm cravaving someththing we'ree missing.g. the ceramimides in cererave. theyey help reststore my natatul barrrrier, so i can l lock in moioisture. we'v've got to h have each o ots babacks...
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the white house says it will spend more than $4 billion to fight covid-19 in native americans communities including 600 million for vaccination. this morning, first lady jill biden is visiting the navajo nation, the largest native american reservation at one of the country's highest per capita death rates last year. more than 1,200 of its people have died of covid. now the territory is leading the nation in vaccination rates and could be the first in the u.s. to achieve herd immunity. mireya villarreal traveled to navajo nation in arizona and new mexico to check on the fight and the lessons learned.
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>> reporter: the journey to reach herd immunity on the navajo nation hasn't always been a smooth one. >> we are going to a small community south in mexico, we're going to get smiles when we get there. >> reporter: nurse lyle lee drove nearly an hour to give 72-year-old jonah johnson the first dose. >> there you go. right there. go ahead. let it hang down. good job. >> reporter: johnson was willing to take the vaccine but refused to leave his rural home. >> it's very important for us to do these types of visits, you know, and just respecting their choice. >> reporter: mckinley county, new mexico, borders the navajo nation and is made up of more than 70% native americans. in september of 2020, this county ranked first in the state and sixth nationally for covid deaths per capita. >> at first we didn't really have our guard up. but once it hit within our family, that's when reality hit.
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>> reporter: reality struck quickly for jamie's family. her mother got covid-19 first. >> one of my sons, he passed. he spent like a month and a half in the hospital, and he fought it but didn't come home. >> reporter: how hard was that for you? >> hard. i would get mad and just cried a lot. and my daughter just stood by me and my other kids. >> reporter: the high death toll led tribe officials to spread the word about the importance of vaccines. >> it spread like wildfire. >> reporter: navajo nation president jonathan nez was one of the first to get his shot, posting pictures on social media. he also hosts weekly town halls to help create nearly 300,000 members. >> any outside entity i think of all people of color there's some distrust with the federal
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government. so i think when we started the discussions about getting the vaccines, we were out there daily almost getting the information to our navajo citizens. >> reporter: it wasn't just providing that information. the moment they got access to vaccines, leaders split their efforts between mass vaccination sites like this one and meeting people in their own communities. >> we had a rough time in covid, but we fought very hard. and we've succeeded to fight back, covid. >> reporter: the tribe's chief medical officer says their efforts have led to more than 70% of navajo nation receiving their first dose. >> i think that we are either at herd immunity or very, very close. >> reporter: are you smiling under your mask? >> i am smiling, yes. i am very proud of what we've done. >> reporter: most of jamie's family has been vaccinated with the hope of preventing future heartache. why are you see set on taking this? >> what my mom has went through and what i've seen, i don't want to go through that.
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it's all about safety and family. that's why i feel 100% confident and happy and safe that the vaccine is here. >> reporter: even as the navajo nation reaches herd immunity, they are not letting their guard down, especially as states around them continue to open up. they are very worried about another potential surge, so they have put strict health guidelines in place that include a mask mandate and also an overnight curfew. mireya villarreal, cbs news, window rock, arizona. >> really good to hear because they were hit so hard so early. and i guess they really, you know, decided we've got to rely on ourselves. >> very impressive what they've done. >> and president nez who i interviewed a couple of times on cbsn is exactly that, impressive. next, we'll have the stories we think you'll be
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time for "what to watch." an we don't have to go nearly as far today because vlad is right here. >> i'm at the adult table today. good to be here. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about. the house has approved a bill to recognize the nation's capital as the 51st state. it passed with all republicans rejecting it. this is the second year in a row the democratic-controlled house voted to grant statehood. advocates say there is about civil rights and equal representation for d.c. which has more people than wyoming or vermont. the bill now heads to the senate where it is unlikely to get the votes needed to pass. >> they have been talking about there for a long time, since i've been in college. >> i was going to say the same thing. i went to college in d.c., too. and it's been a sore spot never. it just never gets through. >> they've been talking about there sort of thing, going back to the foundation of the country. there's an author who wrote a book, get this, the original 13 states were worried about easterners looking to frontier people as the great unwashed,
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barbarous savages, back during the original 13 colonies, during hawaii and alaska's attempt to become states. this is what people said. something of the same division tore the country apart. people would say to themselves, "how would you like a united states senator called moto," because of the indigenous people in hawaii and alaska. this isn't new. >> i remember that phrase "no taxation without representation." >> there you go. that's when it's all about. >> highly charged politically. maybe we need a 52nd state. >> we'll see where it goes. all right. we know where nasa's "ingenuity" helicopter is. it's on mars. the second historic flight reaching new milestones. watch this. >> looks nominal -- yeah! whoa! [ applause ] >> the tiny chopper lifted 16 feet into the air and stayed up for nearly a minute. it also flew side to side this time. "ingenuity" made history earlier this week with first controlled flight on another planet. the helicopter is set to make an even riskier flight before wrapping up its mission next
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month. >> can't get enough of that chopper. >> right? it's the -- the air is so thin. it's not as easy as it looks. >> i mean, just imagine sending a helicopter to mars. >> i know. >> i hate to point this out again, a woman at the helm. >> that's right. just say it. >> i'm just saying. >> so cool. >> really cool. have you heard this story -- this is really interesting. as soon as i saw it i knew i had to share it. it's a tale of a teenager who moved into a senior living complex, but she did it by accident. it's racking up tons of views on tiktok. watch this. >> oh, my gosh. what a great apartment. i love it. and then i drove by, and i was like, wait, what? >> let me tell you what happened. 19-year-old madi kohout moved on to a small town in arkansas for a new life. she sent in a payment on line. she realized her mistake when she noticed she was the only
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it's friday, april 23rd. 2021. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason with michelle miller. gayle and tony are off. the johnson & johnson vaccine could return soon with a new warning why safety watchdogs may feel it's safe to lift the pause. our series eye on earth, our planet in peril, looks at how we can fight back against climate change. we will explain the science. and camera man, two oscar nominations on how his news experience helped him film judas and the black messiah.
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>> first, today's eye opener at 8:00. the history was made at kennedy space center. >> endeavor launches once again. the company reused both the booster and the space capsule that flew on earlier missions. it's done that before with cargo, but never people until today. >> my opinion is today they will release the johnson & johnson vaccine for the country. with a warning on it so doctors and patients are aware of what to look for to treat the blood clot early. it's our living hell. >> vaccinations are running behind schedule. experts are bracing for a third wave that could further strain the country's health care system. republicans opposed to the high cost of mr. biden's proposals. a tax increase could stunt future economic growth. one is way out of here.
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we are tied. oh, no. oh, man down. >> this fan tries to catch a home run ball, loses his nachos, loses a shoe. that's nacho baseball. >> hug it out. you did your best, dad. >> wow. that hurt me. >> i know. on two counts. yeah. >> all right. we start with this this morning. we may be about to find out wen or if the johnson & johnson coronavirus vaccine can be used again. a cdc advisory committee meets today. it is expected to recommend whether to remove the temporary stop handed down last week. after at least eight women who got the vaccine developed a rare type of blood clot. many medical officials think the pause will be lifted and a warning label will be issued for the vaccine.
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a second death from those rare blood clots is now under investigation. health officials say an oregon woman developed a clot within two weeks of receivng the johnson & johnson vaccine. right now it's not clear if her death is linked to the vaccine. it happened before officials suspended -- decided to suspend the shot. >> congress is taking a major step to combat hate crimes against the asian americans. they are expanding the federal government's role. this follows a recent surge in violence related to the covid-19 pandemic. particularly against the asian american community. congressional correspondent any killian joins us from capitol hill. it's rare to see lawmakers come together like this. what would this legislation actually do? >> absolutely, michelle. this bill was a bipartisan effort. and the lawmakers who spearheaded this hope it sends a powerful message not only to the asian american pacific islander
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community, but to all americans. the measure cleared the senate 94-1. the low know vote was republican josh holly who felt it was too broad. it designates a point person at the department of justice to expedite the review of covid related hate crimes. it make it easier to report hate crimes and expands public awarness campaigns. the legislation comes just over one month after several women of asian dissent were killed in a mass shooting in atlanta. from the start of the pandemic, about 3800 anti-asian american crimes have been reported. president biden applauded the senate action in a tweet writing acts of hate against asian americans are wrong, un-american, and must stop. the bill now heads to the house for a final vote next month. nicole, thanks very much. ahead, we continue our series eye on earth. our planet in peril.
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ahead, sean bobbitt, the oscar nominated cinematographer for "judas and the black messiah." that's a lot of pressure to put on yourself. >> this is where my news background has always held me in
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good stead. no one's going to shoot at me. no one's going to try and kill me. it's like there's no pressure. >> that's right. he started as a news cameraman, how sean's life has changed since he and i worked together back in the '80s here at cbs. >> how about that? plus, "48 hours" investigators the suspicious death of an indiana man that was blamed on the family dog. >> i'm peter van sant, "48 hours." >> you look at him and see cowboy. >> reporter: the husband disappears, she says the family dog killed him but tells police search anywhere you want except for that box. that's coming up on "cbs this morning."
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specialist jeff berardelli. jeff, these tipping points, you've spoken to researchers about them. what are they, break it down? >> i have to tell you, it's concerning. unanimously all these scientists say that we are much closer to tipping points than we thought we were just a decade or two ago. one of those we're very close to is the amazon rain forest. so the amazon rain forest has been around for 55 million years. but it's crazy to think that in just one century, human civilization could completely wipe it out. so far we have deforested 20% of the brazilian amazon. let me tell you why that's important. the amazon rain forest is only a rain forest because it is a rain-making machine. it produces 50% of its own rain, and the way it does that is it exhales from the leaves and the canopy. all that water vapor into the atmosphere causes a river of clouds and rainfall to fall. so it's a self-sustaining system. however, as we begin to break apart the amazon into pieces, all those fires that you see, we
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reduce the ability of the leaves and the trees to create its own rain and, believe it or not, scientists say -- the foremost experts say that we could see this lush, wet rain forest transition to a savannah in only 20 to 30 years. and vlad, the reason why that's so important is because think about all the biodiversity in the amazon. we'd lose a lot of that. and also think about all the carbon that is stored there. billions of tons would be released into th-- a antarc antarctica. we've seen the polar bears swimming and tell us what's troubling. >> antarctica is a canary in a coalmain. it has ice miles thick. if it were to put it would be 200 feet of sea level rise. it has been stable, but a few years ago scientist started to notice a rapidly evolving situation in west antarctica. specifically pine island glacier starting to become less stable. let's talk about why that's the
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case. the reason is that we have warm water, temperatures have been warming in the oceans by two, three, four degrees fahrenheit, getting underneath the glaciers which stick on very far over the ocean waters. that's breaking up the ice shelves like a dam. the dam is beginning to burst. and once that happens, it's like pulling a wine cork out of a wine bottle, all that ice flows from land into the ocean, raises sea levels. those two glaciers have four feet of sea level rise. not going to happen next decade or the decade after, but by the end of the century we could see several feet of sea level rise, swamping hundreds of millions of people who live along the coast. that's a big deal. >> a lot of people say, look, this is happening on the other side of the world, i live here in new york city. what does it mean for me? >> the problem here in the north atlantic is we have the atlantic meridional overturning gulf stream system. we know about it, it produces warm water, brings it up from the gulf of mexico. it's responsible for redistributing 20% of the heat from the warm tropics to the poles. now this is beginning to slow
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down. it's a big deal because it is a linchpin in the climate system. near greenland, what we need to run this engine is dense cold, salty water. it sinks, runs that engine. greenland is beginning to melt. and as greenland begins to melt, we're seeing that fresh water flow into the north atlantic. fresh water doesn't sink, as well. the whole conveyor belt is slowing down. it slowed down 15% since 1950. could slow down by 45% by the end of the century. that could tip it, stop the current, and that would throat weather patterns in the north atlantic from the east coast to europe completely off kilter, raise seaeli level rise. this linchpin controls the climate system. that's a big deal. >> so it's troublesome, maybe big trouble, but there's got to be some silver linings. >> for the amazon rain forest, if we can start reforesting right now, all the countries need to work together, we can help to save it, but it has to happen soon. we're very close to a tipping point. everything else we need to reduce the warming of the
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planet, vlad. we reduce the warming of the planet we can slow the impacts. they'll still happen gradually, but more gradually, it will give us time to adapt. >> what we saw yesterday is a first step in the right direction. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. ahead, first on "cbs this morning," we hear from a former facebook employee who claims the company has a diversity problem when it comes to hiring. how he reached a breaking point when a song using the "n" word was played during a diversity revuting g a diversity revuting meeting. you're watching "cbs this morning." welcome to jack in the box.
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methods. the social network tells "cbs this morning" that increasing diversity at the company is a priority. our national correspondent, jericka duncan, is here with more on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. lindsey worked at facebook for just under a year. he was hired in 2020 to recruit diverse talent. lindsey says he quickly found the company's recruiting tactics troubling. >> the goal was to work at a company where i could have great impact. i thought that facebook's platform was the place where i can do that. >> reporter: when fully embedded in his new position, 32-year-old rhett lindsey says he discovered what he calls a problematic workplace and a culture focused on quotas. >> the issue of not reaching out because you're possibly the best fit for the role. it's reaching out because you're a black person and all i'm caring about is trying to hit my met rick goal for the week on how much outreach i've had to diverse candidates. >> reporter: and does that translate, though, into people
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getting jobs? >> so not necessarily. >> reporter: is that the problem for you? >> that's the problem. what i would normally do is start off by the skill set -- >> reporter: lindsey reached a breaking point last august when a song repeatedly using the "n" word was played during an online diversity recruiting meeting. >> it goes back to leadership. they deem that okay to play that in a diversity recruiting meeting. where the -- at. we're talking about trying to find black talent, and you're playing a song that says where the -- at. >> reporter: how hurt were you by that? >> i was extremely hurt. i felt betrayed by the company that i was proud to work at. >> reporter: cbs news reviewed the video and saw messages lindsey posted that everyone could see voicing his frustration. in one message, lindsey wrote, "why are you playing a song that is literally saying the "n" word? come on. ". >> i was leaving live comments that the person that led the meeting could see. people could see. there was people leaving reactions to my comments. >> reporter: lindsey says his
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comments were not addressed until the meeting ended. and the apology didn't come from the white man who was playin the song. >> no. it did not. >> reporter: it came from a black woman who was on that meeting? >> correct. she spoke for the majority. it was "we apologize, we're sorry." >> reporter: in recent years, facebook has publicly pledged to put a greater emphasis on diversity and inclusion. the company's 2020 diversity report shows the social network has been slowly increasing representation over the past seven years. from 2% of employees being black to now 3.9%. facebook tells cbs news it plans to increase the number of black people in leadership roles in the u.s. by 30% by 2025. still, lindsey claims the hiring process is flawed due in part to what he says is facebook's use of culture fit when assessing candidates. the company denies using the practice. what is a culture fit?
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>> culture fit is identifying someone that blends well with what's already established. >> reporter: evelyn carter is managing director at paradigm, the strategy firm works with over 600 companies seeking to diversify their workplaces. >> the problem is that culture fit often turns into what some companies literally call the beer test, right. what i want to go out and -- would i want to go out and have a beer with you after work? that's a great criterion for finding a new friend, not so much for finding a hire. >> reporter: since leaving facebook, lindsey started his own consulting company with a focus on diverse hiring. >> diversity is not just someone's skin cancolor and gen. it's everybody's background, their experiences, their culture, their identity. >> reporter: are you encouraged at all by telling your story that facebook will see this and make changes? >> my hope is that facebook leadership can reflect because it's my story and my perspective, but there's also
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other people's perspectives of their experiences at facebook that they need listen to. >> reporter: the expert we spoke to said hiring bias is not unique to facebook and that we all have biases that we're unaware of. in a statement, facebook told cbs news they take seriously allegations of discrimination and have robust policies in place for employees to report concerns. and last night, facebook also told us they have reviewed the song incident and are taking appropriate action. >> yeah. so many companies facing this issue right now. >> yes. >> what's remarkable is that song was playing, and he is in the chat saying "what's up, who's doing this?" it was only after the meeting ended that he had somebody respond to his concerns. >> correct. >> all right. thank you. coming up, we catch up with an old friend and colleague, a former cbs news cameraman who is up for an oscar on sunday for his work on "judas and the black
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messiah." local news is coming up next. good morning. it is a 20 5 am. where breaking news right now. and overturned big rick has always shut down on the southbound 101 as you approach 880. wheezing delays in both directions. the southbound add ramp to southbound 101 is closed. chp is working to open up the right lane to allow traffic to filter through there. in the meantime, it is slow northbound. you want to stick with alternates. you can tri 680 as an alternate. those are great alternates to one-to-one.
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southbound 101 to shut down as you approach 880 as the word has one lanes reopen. it's been out there since about 7:45 am. expect these closures to be in effect. chp is working to open that right lane and right shoulder. we will keep you updated on that. stick with the alternates 680, 87 and 280. a cool day long the coast with mother whether inland. we are looking at 54 and pacific. 57 in san francisco. sunshine and warmer whether in san jose. tracking weekend storm systems that will bring cooler temperatures and rain back to the bay area. timing it out, you can see clearing inland. there are clouds along the coast. as we look to tomorrow, maybe some sprinkles but clouds and cooler temperatures expected on saturday. there we go with rain returning as well to sunday. widespread rain
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's that time again, time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table." this morning, mr. duthiers will lead it off. >> my story is about a little 6-year-old girl, her name is edie. she lives in chester, the united kingdom. she's goetting love on media because she had an art project and look at what she painted. when she submitted this to the art teacher, the teacher told her that she did it wrong. >> what? >> what? >> exactly. i mean -- >> i love this painting. >> dude, this painting is going viral. people are downloading it as wallpaper on their phones, on
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their computer screens. she got so much love on social media and twitter. listen to what she has to say about it. her mom posted this. >> thank you for all your kind comments. i'm putting this up on etsy called edie's art. >> what's wrong? >> the eye of the beholder -- >> what was wrong about it? >> nothing. i mean like i'm sure more people have seen edie's art than the art teacher's art. >> at this point i'd say yes. all right. michelle miller? >> well, my little story is from edmond, oklahoma, and we just have to give a cheer out to ynet lopez. she shared a special day with her family and hundreds of students at the school where she is a cafeteria manager. how about that? those are deer park elementary schoolers cheering on their beloved cafeteria maiden live stream as she was sworn in as a u.s. citizen. she passed the test last month i
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believe with four other members of her family. that's when some of the 500 students at the schedule surprised her -- school surprised her with a standing on,vation, down the loopholeway of the school. here's her reaction. [. >> i'm overwhelmed with love from everybody at the school. i think they love me. and we are a big family. >> how about that? congratulations to you, ynet. >> ynet lopez. way to go. great for the school to come out and give her the cheer. >> when i see stories like that i am hopeful. >> yes. >> you know, who doesn't love their cafeteria manager? i mean, come on. >> well, you didn't eat the food at my -- >> oh. i love 'em. >> the manager of the food -- >> that and the pizza, come on. okay. go ahead. my pick is one of the key figures behind the movie "judas and the black messiah," the film's up for six oscars at this sunday's academy awards including best cinematography.
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it is the first nomination for american-born sean bobbitt who's based in britain. here's the extra cool part -- he started his career as a cameraman for cbs news back in the 1980s when we worked together out of the london bureau. how are you, my oscar-nominated old friend? >> i'm not that old, am i? >> no, not -- not to me you're not. >> no. >> forming a rainbow coalition of oppressed brothers and sisters -- >> sean got his oscar nod after director shaka king asked him to shoot "judas and the black messiah." the drama based on the true story of the killing of black panther party leader fred hampton. >> this level of injustice, i mean, state-sponsored murder in the united states of america of yet another black man is, you know, it's shocking. [ chants ] >> it's not a question of -- >> in a pivotal scene, hampton,
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played by daniel kaluuya, addresses a rally after he's been released from prison. >> you can't murder -- >> the angles that you use on daniel kaluuya in the scene, they're deliberaty kind of low, aren't they? >> yeah. daniel kaluuya has that power. it's all there in the performance. >> you can't murder freedom! >> by just dropping below the eye line a little bit, it enhances it in a very subconscious and subtle way. [ chants ] >> it was shot in a single day in a cleveland church. [ chants ] >> that's a lot of pressure to put on yourself for such an important scene. >> well, you know, and this is where my news background has always held me in good stead. no one's going shoot at me, no one's going to try and kill me. it's like there's no pressure. >> for nearly a decade, back in
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the 1980s, sean was a freelance cameraman mostly for cbs news. do you miss those days at all of being shot at? >> i did for a long time. >> did you? >> yeah. because adrenaline is a drug. and you get used to it. and you crave it. >> sean traveled to the world's hot spots -- and shot scenes like these in beirut. why did you give it up? >> it was becoming more dangerous. a lot of friends had died. you know, i'd also always said to myself, you know, if you stop crying at the horrors that you see, then you really have to go. and had stopped crying. and i thought, well, wait a minute. you know, i -- there's no point in losing my humanity. >> sean started in documentaries. then in 1999 landed his first feature, "wonderland."
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steve mcqueen ends up seeing that movie. >> with his wife. and after the film's over, his wife turns to him and said, "you should be working with that cinematographer." so thank you, bianca. that's how it all started. >> he went on to shoot mcqueen's first feature film, "hunger," about irish hunger striker bobby sands in 2008. they've made three more films together including "12 years a slave." oscar winner for best picture in 2013. one of the things i've noticed in your films is as a viewer you're rarely conscious of the camera. >> that's the highest compliment you could pay me. the camera must not draw attention to itself. otherwise you're drawing the audience out of that world, and they think it's a movie. >> my queen. >> reporter: sean has also shot
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occasional television dramas. >> i want to pay my respects -- >> including the pilot for "game of thrones." >> surely the dead can wait. >> you didn't want the full-time gig. >> my soul would die, you know. i need to be moving on. i need to be doing other things. >> even at home he's on the move. sean lives on a housebot outside of london. on the lone star 2 which flies the flag of his native texas, sean bobbitt slows down. >> the speed limit on the river is five miles an hour. and the world becomes such an interesting place at five miles an hour. >> are you enjoying the attention and adulation that comes with an oscar nomination? >> no. no. i'm a very quiet person. i'm much, much happier the other side of the camera. >> well, we'll enjoy it for you then. and i'm so rooting for you. you may be underwhelmed, but i'm
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impressed. then sean this one last thing to add. >> i've got a dreadful admission, and i need you to forgive me. >> what's that? >> in the early '80s, barbecue at your house, i borrowed a bruce springsteen album. and i never gave it back. and it has been haunting me -- >> that was you? >> it has been haunting me for almost 40 years. so please just forgive me. i'm not going to give it back, but i kind of need closure. >> if you win, all is forgiven. >> two oscars -- that's the price of that album. >> i know. oh, my gosh. >> exactly. i remember the party. i don't remember losing the album. so it's all -- all is forgiven. i'm so excited for sean. it's such a huge achievement. you know, i'm excited for -- i hope his parents are watching in san diego, ellen and john. your kid has turned out real well. >> when was the last time you
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spoke to him? >> i haven't -- it's funny. he said people have reached out that i haven't talked to in ages because of this. i was reading the oscar nominees and all of a sudden i saw that name. i was like, i know that name. i called deb thompson who -- who runs our london bureau. and i said, is this the same sean bobbitt? she said, it is. and soy then i reached out to sean. he was like, i'm hearing from folks i haven't heard from forever. such a wonderful moment for him even if he's underwhelmed himself. >> such a happy guy. >> congratulations, sean. exciting. exciting. ahead, "48 hours" investigates the death of an indi
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>> dani said that her dog killed ray. >> reporter: the strange story didn't sit right with friend karen auclair sharon meieran. >> animals like him. how can a dog kill him? >> reporter: tracey, ray's daughter from another marriage, said he had a special way with all kinds of animals. >> my dad was a real cowboy. >> reporter: ray was a renowned horse breeder and trainer, a powerful man, he once trapped a 12-foot alligator with his bare hands. dani was experienced in handling horses, as well. >> she had goals of becoming an olympic equestiorian. >> reporter: when police arrived, neither ray nor dani could be seen. dani then gave an entirely different story saying ray, who sometimes worked as a truck driver, was out on the road. >> the problem with that, there
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was a big truck on the property. the officers were suspicious that something was up. so the officers pinged his phone. and his phone came back to that pete of property. >> reporter: detective tom baxter says dani told police they could look for ray anywhere they wished. with one exception -- >> she said, you can search anywhere you want except for that box. >> that is a heck of a tease. peter van sant joins us now. good morning. what was in that box? >> well, sadly the body of cowboy ray green was inside that box. he had been shot ten times which obviously is something a dog could not do. investigators believed his body had been in that box for about two days. >> what happened to the family dog? >> jazzy the german shepherd which, by the way, was a mild, loving dog, was never found. to this day, investigators have
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no idea what happened to jazzy. >> wow. peter, that is surely a story a lot of folks are going to want to see. you can -- first of all, thank you. and you can catch peter's report "the killing of cowboy ray green" on "48 hours" tomorrow at 10:00, 9:00 central right here on cbs. >> really is a tease. coming up next, we will look back at all that mattered this week. we'll be right bacack. ththis is a nono-nonsense e mee from thrhree. small l business i insurance usually y forces youou to piece t together multiplele policies.s. ththat's why t three was c cre. it's one p policy thatat coves everythihing you neeeed... leavining those olold policis in thehe dust. three. n no nonsensese. justst common sesense.
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we're going to end it with this, a look back at all that mattered this week before we go. we'll look at that. have a great weekend, everyone. count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony. guilty. third-degree murder, guilty. second-degree man slaughter, goilt. [ cheers ] >> the moment i heard guilty i was happy because african-american people, we feel that we never get justice. even people who were optimistic did not think it would go three for three, guys. >> this is a moment of history. >> i would look up, he was right in my vision. so we locked eyes quite a few times. i was pretty uncomfortable. this is the floor, this is the very basic floor of what should be done. but what led to that are all the things we need to change. so i measured out where it was. we relayed where his body had laid with flowers over here. >> uh-huh. >> that gives me chills. that gives me chills. >> because it's important that we remember. does today feel in some
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small way like justice for aaron garner, as well? >> my son didn't die in vain. he set the precedent for there day to happen. what i would love to happen is that we can look back at this case and see as it as a turning point. a robot taking its first flight on mars. that is a giant leap for humanity. and all of that technology had to fit into a container the size of a tissue box. >> what an extraordinary achievement. ♪ it is cold as bleep here. feel that wind, jamie yuccas. good lord. i actually got to hug jamie yuccas. >> you used to think the studio was cold. >> i know. i know. i shall never complain again, tony dokoupil. what is kind of the love test of the moment. the question is do you love your significant other enough to save them if they are attacked by a bobcat? >> a bobcat? >> by a bobcat. >> i would like to think the answer for both of y'all is yes.
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>> we'll have more detail -- >> how big a bobcat? ♪ do you believe in life after love ♪ >> cher's amazing journey to rescue an asian elephant. they told you specifically if you didn't show up, it wasn't happening? >> yes. i think because no one thought i would show up, including me. ♪ rising sea levels are among the most visible effects of climate change. so mark phillips volunteered to go out to see in that snazzy outfit. >> reporter: i said, water? i know where to find some. ♪ >> it is cool to see it up close. basically this is offshore wind in this country right now. >> yeah. you could say that. >> i'm seeing a lot of bacteria. an indication that we have some sort of sewage contamination. >> the toilets have a way of ending up here. >> yes. >> the you know what. >> yes. ♪ >> i'm thinking of that ever time you flush your toilet where it goes. >> when it rains, it backs up
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will be in effect, affecting your right, a deity getting onto 101. the closure will be there for a while. stick with alternates. maybe use 280 or even 680. the closure to southbound 101. all lanes blocked at 880 until further notice. will keep you updated through the morning. another cool day along the coast. sunshine, milder weather inland catching that sunshine in san jose. 72 degrees. looking at 64 four a high in oakland. 54. for pacifica. looking at the weekend storm getting organized. it brings cooler temperatures for our weekend and widespread rain back to the bay area. you can see those clouds along the coast around the bay. as we look to tomorrow, more clouds and cooler temperatures
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