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Journey to the u.s. border. >> ( translated ): three years ago i left haiti, i sold my lands to go to chile. in chile, biden said we could enter so we entered. >> reporter: rumors of asylum in the u.s. were not true. the migrants crossed the river to the mexican side for food to bring back to the camp site. but with officials here in mexico also limiting their movements, theyre essentially stuck with their greatest fear, deportation, quickly becoming a reality. norah. >> odonnell: really interes...

Unvaccinated. so vaccinated people who get breakthrough infections might have to go to the back of the line. the state department of health said in a statement ultimately this comes down to providers clinical judgment to ensure those most at risk are receiving this treatment. isnt there a potential you will have to ration care? >> i think well have to use intelligent decision making in terms of deciding who would benefit the most from the care. >> reporter: dr. karen bloch runs vanderbilts covid...

Cbs mark strassmann has been monitoring it all from the kennedy space center. good evening, mark. >> reporter: errol, this crew just became the most successful tourists in space history. they splashed down off the coast of florida from the pad behind me where they launched on wednesday. a three-day camping trip in the cosmos ended with a splash off the florida coast. >> inspiration4, on behalf of spacex, welcome home to planet earth. >> reporter: inspiration4, a space voyage like no other. not a...

Lesley, told us its hayley arceneauxs life journey that matters. >> what you set your mind to do, you can do it. and she is proving it every single day. >> reporter: she represents hope at a moment in your familys life when you need it? >> yes, very much hope, very much hope. >> reporter: next month a souse capsule will take russians to the space station. theyre shooting a movie up there on location so theres no need to build a set. errol. >> barnett: all right, mark strassmann, thank you. now t...

Beyond the quick flights by billionaires richard branson and jeff bezos to the edge of space. the inspiration for his flight is also a charity drive for st. jude childrens research hospital in memphis. >> st. jude saved my life. >> reporter: crew member hayley arceneaux, a physician assistant at st. jude. when she was 10, the hospital treated her for bone cancer. >> so were going to call the patients from space and i think its really going to show them what theyre capable of. >> reporter: spacex...

By two, doing fractions. >> two, three. >> reporter: at three, he qualified for mensa. and now an aerospace engineering major instead of a 7th grader. >> im being challenged. >> reporter: youre not the only smart kid in the room. >> oh, definitely. i think im average. >> reporter: classes easy, classes hard? >> class is definitely hard. the one thing that unites everybody in this school is the work is terrifying. >> reporter: but what scares him now could make him even smarter. mark strassmann, ...

District for two weeks. too few families have reliable internet to hold virtual classes. covid has overwhelmed mississippis hospitals. st. dominics here in jackson set up this screening tent and in the next couple of days, they are going to use it to screen and potentially test patients for the virus. norah? >> odonnell: mark strassmann, thank you so much. lets turn now to our special back-to-school series. the u.s. department of education says enrollment in public schools during the pandemic ha...

>> odonnell: the american ambassador there. all right, were going to turn now to the covid pandemic. theres big news about the johnson & johnson vaccine. studies on recipients of the j & j shot found that booster doses generated a rapid and robust spike in antibodies. we get more on that from cbss mark strassmann. >> reporter: as early as next month, boosters could go in the arms of johnson & johnsons 14 million vaccine recipients. booster protection surged in the j & j clinical trial. antibodie...

Reason for that. >> reporter: in a statement babbitts family said an investigation by the officers own police department conducted in secret proves nothing and certainly is not an exoneration. the u.s. capitol police say the officer has faced numerous threats and is not naming the person out of concern for their safety. the officers attorney says the decision by the department to clear the officer was the only clear the officer was the only correct conclusion. norah. >> odonnell: nikole killion,...

Plan to be. angles five year old brown just started kindergarten. >> it tugs on the heart stringsk i worry about him getting really sick. >> even though he is masked. >> oh yes, 100 percent. >> anxiety fueled by covid changing face here. nearly a third of new covid cases are under 18. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> odonnell: and still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news, parting shots from disgraced governor andrew cuomo as he leaves office and the girls stealing the show a...