border with azerbaijan. iran's foreign minister was also on that helicopter. severe storms rolled through oklahohoma and kansas last nigh. 60-mile-per-hour winds, quarter-sized hail and tornadoes were all reported. and a tornado emergency was put in place in the oklahoma town of custer city. and a british court could make a final ruling today on whether wikileaks founder julian assange should be extradited to the united states. the u.s. wants to charge assange for the mass leak of classified military documents. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's monday, may 20th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight, iran's president and foreign minister found dead hours after their helicopter went down in a mountainous region. there's a lot of debris.

this thing is moving east. >> tomorrow outbreak. multiple twisters tear across oklahoma. the extent of the damage still unknown. i take full responsibility for my actions in that video. >> combs' confession. the music mogul takes to social media to apologize for his actions in that disturbing hotel video. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we start with that breaking news out of iran. the country's president and freign minister confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. deepening the turmoil that has gripped the nation on both the international and domestic fronts in recent months. iranian state tv video showed ebrahim raisi and his team on board that helicopter earlier in the day. the chopper went down in heavy fog in the northwestern part of the country hindering rescue and recovery efforts. cbs' naomi ruchim is joining us now with the latest details, breaking details. >> reporter: folks have been

following this story overnight. now we have breaking updates this morning. iran's cabinet held an emergency meeting overnight, and they are calling ebrahim raisi a martyr along with the bodyguards and other officials on board that helicopter. in the broader international community, raisi's legacy casts a far darker shadow on iran. in the foggy mountains of northwestern iran, rescue crews have found the body of iranian president ebrahim raisi after his helicopter crashed near the azerbaijan border. the aircraft was part of a convoy of three helicopters when it made what officials describe as a hard landing, also killing the nation's foreign minister. this video shows the leaders on board where they had been visiting a dam project earlier in the day. state media broadcast iranians praying for raisi while waiting for news from the crash site. by many accounts, he was an

extremely divisive president, elected in the lowest turnout in the country's history. he was also known as a conservative hard-liner who oversaw a violent crackdown on dissent. >> i think president raisi has more blood on his hands than any other official of the islamic republic. >> reporter: the implications of the crash reach far beyond iran's borders as the middle east sits on the verge of catastrophe amid the war of israel and hamas. just last month under raisi's leadership, iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on israel. raisi was also quite close to the supreme leader, ayatollah khamanei, now 85 years old and many viewed raisi as a possible successor. r raisi was sanctioned in the u.s. in part because of his part of the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 at the end of the bloody war

between iran and iraq. some nations' leaders offered condolences including iraq along with the houthi leader in yemen and hamas. president biden has been briefed on the crash but has not yet commented. so we expect more. >> yeah, certainly we'll see what the fallout of this is. thank you so much. so more severe weather in the south with multiple tornadoes reported across oklahoma. several twisters were confirmed including one in el reno just last night near oklahoma city. video shows damage to buildings and cars and at least two injuries were reported west in blaine county. the radar shows the next severe weather threat ramping up in the plains beginning tonight. come tomorrow, nearly 40 million people will be at risk of severe weather from michigan all the way to oklahoma. hundreds of thousands in the houston area are struggling to stay cool as they deal with heat without electricity. while power returned to some homes and businesses, some hit

hard by thursday's powerful storms are still in the dark, and it could be a couple of days before power is restored. after a weekend on the campaign trail, it is back to court today for donald trump. the former president's defense team is expected to continue questioning michael cohen in the so-called hush-money trial. president biden took his campaign to two battleground states addressing an naacp dinner in detroit after speaking to the graduating class at a historically black college in atlanta. skyler henry reports from washington. we all bleed the same color. >> reporter: president biden delivered the commencement address at morehouse college in atlanta warning of extremist forces threatening the future of black america. >> they don't see you in the future of america, but they're wrong. to me we make history, not erase it. >> reporter: the president garnered mixed reactions from students at the historically black college over the israel-hamas war in gaza. >> i called for an immediate

cease-fire. an immediate cease-fire. stop the fighting. [ applause ] bring the hostages home. [ chants ] >> reporter: as protesters gathered outside some graduates and faculty against the conflict turned their backs to the president during his speech. >> words are words, actions are something different. >> reporter: president biden spent the weekend engaging with african american voters in georgia and in detroit in an attempt to bolster support. ♪ >> reporter: on saturday, former president trump addressed the polls as he accepted the endorsement of the national rifle association. >> we're doing record numbers with the african american voters. they are tired of what's happening to them. >> reporter: trump's new york criminal trial has largely sidelined him from the campaign trail, and some of his fellow republicans have been there to show support. >> the contrast is so extraordinary between higher inflation at home and war overseas. that's the biden record. and the trump record of peace at

home and prosperity. >> reporter: trump and biden are set to square off in their first debate next month. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. . as to the war in gaza, benjamin netanyahu is under pressure to make post-war plans for the gaza strip. jake sullivan met with him to discuss a plan that calls for saudi arabia to recognize israel and help the palestinian authority govern gaza in exchange for a path to eventual statehood. the israeli prime minister has said he opposes palestinian statehood. netanyahu's also facing criticism from his main political rival, benny gantz, who is threatening to leave the government if a plan is not created by june 8th that includes an international administration for post-war gaza. the israeli military says that it retrieved the body of a fourth hostage, ron benjamin, who was believed killed on

october 7th. it comes as three other recovery -- recovered hostages, amit buskila, itshak gelerenter, and shani louk were laid to rest. all three -- of the three only louk had previously been confirmed dead. now to that shocking and sickening video showing sean "diddy" combs attacking an ex-girlfriend. yesterday combs apologized calling his actions inexcusable. cbs' kenny choi reports from los angeles. i hit rock bottom. but i make no excuses. my behavior on that video is inexcusable. >> reporter: sean "diddy" combs posted an apology sunday for his behavior at a los angeles hotel in 2016. this security video first obtained by cnn and released friday shows the media mogul grabbing, throwing, and kicking then-girlfriend cassie ventura. >> i take full responsibility for my actions in that video. i'm disgusted.

i was disgusted then when i did it. i'm disgusted now. >> reporter: the video seems to corroborate some of the allegations detailed in a now-settled civil suit filed by ventura in november. the l.a. district attorney's office said combs won't face charges because the statute of limitations has expired. >> i'm so sorry. but i'm committed to be a better man each and every day. >> reporter: several pending civil lawsuits accused combs of sex abuse, allegations he denies. legal contributor jessica levinson -- >> looking at this video, it will be hard to see why he would ever want to proceed in a civil case, particularly because i think there's a good chance that the video would come in as evidence in other civil cases. >> reporter: in march, department of homeland security agents raided his miami and los angeles homes as part of a federal investigation being handled by a team that deals with human trafficking. sunday's apology is the first time this year that combs has publicly addressed his legal troubles.

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