Bill Gates on lessons learned from the coronavirus outbreak and why data should drive next steps

04/02/20 • 28 min

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Bill Gates has been warning about the threat of a pandemic for years and his foundation has invested $100 million dollars to respond to the coronavirus. The billionaire philanthropist talks with "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason about why we currently need “strong isolation measures on a countrywide basis,” how it could be “years” before the U.S. economy gets back to where it was before and why he thinks “for the next one, we will be far more ready than we were for this one.” Gates adds, “everybody who's lived through this will view this as a dramatic, scary part of their life. And it will affect their concerns and how they look at things for the rest of time.”

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5-Time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings on the 2020 Olympics being postponed

Three-time Olympic gold medalist and beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings says postponing the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo because of the coronavirus pandemic was "the right decision." Speaking with "CBS This Morning Saturday" co-host Dana Jacobson, Walsh Jennings says it was almost a relief to hear the games would be delayed. Walsh Jennings said she will compete in 2021, her sixth Olympic Games.

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Kim Kardashian West is continuing her fight for criminal justice reform as the coronavirus hits prison populations across the country. Her fight started with Alice Marie Johnson, who she helped get released from prison in 2018. Johnson was serving a life sentence for non-violent drug charges. Now, Kardashian West is taking on more cases, highlighted in the new documentary "Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project," which airs on Oxygen on Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. ET. Kardashian West shares how her work on criminal justice reform has led to a huge change in her personal life. She tells "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King what her dad, Robert Kardashian, a famous attorney who died in 2003, would think of her work. Plus, hear how she and her family are navigating social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.