George and Amal Clooney to honor global justice defenders at first-ever Albie Awards: "They are real heroes"

George and Amal Clooney have set out to honor those who have taken great personal risk and devoted their lives to justice with the first-ever Albie Awards, which will be held at the New York Public Library on Thursday. The couple will host the event, and a star-studded ensemble of celebrities, including Meryl Streep, Dua Lipa, Oscar Isaac, Julia Roberts and Michelle Obama, are set to present. 

"We're not a government. We can't change the laws," George Clooney told "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King in an exclusive interview. "But we can make it loud enough that the citizens can demand those type of things."

Named after Albie Sachs, a South African lawyer and former judge who was imprisoned for his fight against apartheid, the inaugural award ceremony will recognize journalists, human rights leaders and other global justice defenders who "are at great risk for what they do," according to the Clooney Foundation for Justice.