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Midmorning With Aundrea - June 4, 2020 (Part 1)

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Midmorning With Aundrea - June 4, 2020 (Part 1)
Midmorning With Aundrea - June 4, 2020 (Part 1)

(Part 1 of 2) George Floyd's killing highlights tensions between the black community and the police.

We take a look at what kind of reform needs to take place.

And we explore ways to talk about racism with your children.

And we have another winner of our Viewer's Choice Awards!

Edition -- what?

George floyd's killing is the latest in a series of incidents highlighting tensions between the black community and police.

Cbs news spent a year looking into ápolicing in americaá and surveyed more than 150 police departments across the country.

Jeff pegues is in minneapolis with why law enforcement professionals feel there's much more work to be done.

Pkg "get off of hi now."

George floyd's death is the latest in a long line of police involved incidents creating nationwide outrage.... in march, breonna taylor was shot and killed by louisville police inside her home during an alleged botched drug raid.

Michael brown died at the hands of police in 2014& "i can't breathe eric garner died the same year&making the same plea as floyd.

...and the list goes on.

Jp: how hard is it to overcome that kind of history?

// matthew johnson: these problems did not start in the 2000s.

They have been around forever.

Matt johnson is the former president of the los angeles police commission.

Matthew johnson: you saw it in the incident that happened in central park with amy cooper // when she called police, being threatened by a black man," she knew exactly what she was doing and // these are historical problems that go back to slavery.

// if we think that we do// a week of de escalation training or a week of anti-bias training and we're gonna solve all the problems, // we're totally fooling ourselves.

During our year long investigation, we visited departments across the country to see their training practices... in tucson, we saw virtual reality deescalation training... firearm training in ferguson... ... and implicit bias training in new york city, where officers are taught how to identify and minimize the impacts of negative stereotypes.

At least 69 percent of departments who responded to our survey told us they have racial bias traing, including the minneapolis police department.

They said they've been teaching bias training since 2015 and de-escalation training since before 2005.

I don't know that it opened my eyes too much.

This phoenix officer told us during our investigation that implicit bias training can do more harm than good.

We agreed to hide his face so he could speak freely.

Will it change how you do your job?

No.// why not?

I don't think i was doing it incorrectly to begin with.

What do you think has come out of these changes that you don't think are good?

Officers second- guessing their actions.

It sounds like that could be dangerous?

Deadly.

Black men are still more likely to die in police hands than their white counterparts.

Spike moss has been an activist in minnesota since 1966.

Our people have been watching this over and over again, our young people don't even know how long we've been fighting&because the news suppresses the message.

// they're tired.

They're tired of being beaten, tired of being killed&.

Gil kerlikowske spent more than four decades in law enforcement before joining the obama administration.

He believes officers have a duty to intervene when they see bad behavior.

Gil kerlikowske // if your partner is using inappropriate force, inappropriate language, you've got a responsibility-- to take care of your partner and to stop him or her from doing that.

Gil kerlikowske // often the frustration of officers is that i'm not like that.

// i don't want to be judged by what officer chauvin did.

And yet, the reality is they know that they all wear that blue uniform.

Johnson says the training needs to be backed by strong policies to hold officers accountable.

At who you're hiring.

// demographically, does your department reflect the demographics of the city?

// are they policing their neighbors?

Or do they live, you know, 50 miles outside of town / the minneapolis police department told us in the survey last year that all of its officers have completed implicit bias traing and de-escalation training and that they have refresher courses at least once a year.

This means that officer chauvin would have received that training.

Jeff pegues, cbs news, minneapolis.

The disturbing video of george floyd is leading to many difficult conversations for families across the country.

But experts say these talks are necessary and need to take place early and more often.

Elise preston reports.

Trt nat pop at the beach seven year old aiden is a fun loving and curious kid, but his mother imani worries in today's society not everyone sees him that way.

This week, they've had to discuss the video of george floyd.

I think he's asking the question that everybody asked, and that's why, and that's what i've been having to explain to him why and why is racism is a big thing in america.

Dr. nia heard- garris studies racism and its impact on children at chicago's lurie children's hospital.

She says vicarious or second hand racism& can lead to anxiety , depression and feelings of isolation.

When the victim looks like you- you may curate a heavier burden- thinking that could be me, that could be my mom, that could be my brother.

Dr heard-garris- believes families of all ethinicities should talk about race.

She suggests approaching the subject from a historical view and highlighting more recent events.

She stresses starting the conversation before children see images in the media.

Because you make sense of the world for your child&// in order to move us to a more anti racist society, we've got to be willing to have these conversations ..

The talks can start as early as two years old and should be age appropriate as children get older.

Parents should ask kids what they've seen and how they're feeling.

You can reassure younger kids about what you're doing to keep them safe.

For older kids, it can be a teachable moment to discuss if they have experienced or witnessed racism.

I think no matter what age you are, no matter what race you are, i think this hit everybody on because it's something that just can't be ignored anymore and ignoring it and not teaching your kids about it is such a disservice to them.

Imani hopes having these honest conversations will lead to change.

Elise preston, cbs news, new york.

To keep diners safe, restaurants around the nation are putting "socia distancing" policies in place.

In virginia last week, one of the nation's best- known ding venues re-opened with an inventive solution in place: diners who aren't very demanding..

But who still contribute to the atmosphere.

Ed o'keefe has the story.

Script: world-renowned chef patrick o'connell thinks he's figured out how to recapture the magic of a full dining room at the inn at little washington.

Customers& that don't pay... or speak... or move much, either.

This young man is proposing to the sweet young lady there.

// as he's proposing, which is something that happens here a lot // you have a sense that instead of just sitting there looking dumb, they are in, in action.

Action is exactly what o'connell craves.

Reopening has never been in doubt for the the little inn tucked at the base of shenandoah national park.

Its allure has only grown since 2018 when it was awarded three michelin stars -- the only establishment in the region to to earn the coveted top honor.

But for o'connell, a lifelong theater fan, an empty dining room is an empty stage.

I was working in restaurants all during school and studying theater.

And i realized that living theater was where it was at.

// and then i fell in love with the idea of a dual theater, the kitchen vs.

The dining room.

You had two plays running on a split screen.

So if this is a theatrical production, pandemic is a hell of a plot twist.

That's where the mannequins, outfitted in costumes from the nineteen-forties by a northern virginia theater company, come to the table.

I mean, everyone calling now for future reservations wants to come and see the mannequins& they really mean they want to come and see how it makes them feel.

/// i got to believe some customers are going to like this because they don't like to think that the next table over is listening in on their conversation.

Exactly, exactly.

And it also allows our waitstaff to top off their wine or look in on the mannequin or me to go out and be sure everything's fine.

Isn't wasting wine, a crime?

Who gets to drink that wine at the end of the night?

Surprisingly, when we come back in the next morning, that wine is always gone.

The inn at little washington is the heart and soul of this virginia town with fewer than 150 residents.

O'connell first knew it as a gas station on family trips.

But he had a vision.

"i just thought i was the most wonderful thing of getting away from all reality, going out in the country and finding some elegant, wonderful dinner.

His parents didn't want him to become a chef, but a trip to europe after college only cemented his desire to cook.

"i thought t myself, yes, i must do this, whatever it takes."

His instructor: julia child's famed cookbook, 'mastering the art of french cooking.'

My rule was that i would make the recipe three times, just as it was written, only then would i allow myself to improvise and do it my way.

In 1978, patrick bought that gas station - and he's been living his dream for more than forty years.

The inn now includes more than 20 buildings on 25 acres, a garden and some animals.

When the pandemic forced o'connell to close in mid-march, his staff of 170 shrank to about a dozen.

In recent weeks, just 3 people worked the kitchen, preparing meals for furloughed employees and their families.

When they reopen is a matter of life and death for the community; the food and lodging tax the inn collects supplies 90 percent of the town's budget.

Oconnell while we are closed, the town has no income.

Okeefe that makes reopening even more critical.

Oconnell it does.

It does.

Because you're affecting not just your own staff, but all the other businesses in town.

The bnb's, the small shops and stores.

But you're funding the water system.

The sewage system and every -- all the other infrastructure for a small town.

So it's a level of responsibility that most restaurants don't imagine.

How do you think this is going to transform how americans eat out?

I think there's gonna be a renewed appreciation for whatever a restaurant has to offer.

And people are pent up.

They want to get out.

Okeefe you know, there's going to be someone out there who sees this and thinks.

Gosh, that seems a little opulent for the times, given that there are so many people who are, you know -- no, no, no.

I think i think the problem over whether or not we're still allowed to have fun.

And i think the era that we've entered has confused a lot of people in that they don't know how to act.

They don't know how to be.

And they're fearful not only of what they're dealing with, but of how they'll be judged by others.

He is eager for his inn to once again be a place to gather -- even if we must maintain a certain distance.

Someone said to me he thinks that restaurants might be the final frontier of human interaction.

Restaurants are sort of the last bastions of trust and they're kind of like a new religion, a sacred place, because food can't lie.

// you know, when you put something in your mouth, if it's wonderful or it's not and there's no, no getting around that.

For cbs this morning, saturday, ed o'keefe, washington, virginia all week we've been announcing our viewer's choice winners.

Today, we meet the champs in the best lunch, best dinner and best bbq catergories.

Here's my interview - via zoom with our winner!

Aundrea self: and we want to say congratulations now to the restaurant that was voted by our viewers best lunch, dinner, pizza, it's top notch barbecue.

Chris lytle is joing us.

Congratulations.

Chris lytle: thank you, aundrea.

Aundrea self: so chris, tell us, what do people love about, particularly i'm hearing the pizza, at top notch barbecue?

Chris lytle: well, actually the name of it's top notch pizza and barbecue.

Aundrea self: well, there you go.

Chris lytle: i really don't know what people love about it.

We just, we started december the 14th.

We're kind of new, we're new to the restaurant industry.

We've catered for a long time.

Aundrea self: mm-hmm .

Chris lytle: and the pizzas took off.

I guess, part of it's our specialty pizzas.

We have three specialty pizzas that include our smoked chicken pizza, our smoked brisket pizza and our pulled pork pizza, which is our barbecue combined with the pizza.

Aundrea self: that sounds divine.

So you said you started off as a catering business.

What made you take the dive into the restaurant?

Chris lytle: we got big enough.

We had to do something.

So, restaurant it was.

Aundrea self: the people asked for it, didn't they?

Chris lytle: that's right.

Aundrea self: so where can people find you?

Chris lytle: we are on first avenue in downtown vernon, alabama, right behind the jack's, right across the street from the courthouse.

You can't miss it.

Aundrea self: so, are you still doing catering also in addition to the restaurant?

Chris lytle: yes ma'am.

Aundrea self: okay.

Sounds good.

Do you do daily lunch specials?

Chris lytle: we don't have daily lunch specials, but we have our menu that's the same menu from 10:30 in the morning to 9:00 at night.

Aundrea self: okay.

Chris lytle: and every now and then we'll run a special on one of our barbecue plates or on a pizza or something like that.

Aundrea self: all right.

Real quick.

In these last few seconds, you told me about the pizza.

What's your biggest barbecue seller?

Chris lytle: the ribs.

Aundrea self: ooh, the ribs.

Is it how you cook your ribs or is it your sauce?

Chris lytle: both.

Aundrea self: good answer.

Good answer.

All right.

Well again, congratulations to you top notch pizza and barbecue in vernon.

Thanks so much for joing us.

Chris lytle: thank you aundrea.

Speaker 3: thank you aundrea.

Aundrea self: all right.

Have a great day.

Chris lytle: you too.

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