attack on a convoy that killed 20 humanitarian workers monday. u.s. forces in iraq may have been exposed to a toxic chemical during an isis attack. a shell that landed tuesday on an air base south of mosul is being tested for a mustard agent. one of two field tests showed low levels of the chemical. no u.s. troops showed any symptoms of exposure. lawmakers say mylan's ceo was less than honest as she was questioned about the soaring cost of epipens, but heather breshch made one thing clear yesterday on capitol hill. the list price of the life saving allergy treatment will not be lowered. vinita nair reports. >> you put it out of reach for the average consumer. >> reporter: mylan ceo heather bresch face the bipartisanship backlash. >> i wish we could have

what did you think was going to happen? >> reporter: since 2009, the price of epipens have slowly increased from 100 for a two-pack to more than $600. the 46-year-old tried to defend the spike by saying the company only makes $100 for every two-pack after costs. >> it's innovative. >> reporter: committee chairman, republican jason chaffetz. >> when the juice is a hundred and they are selling it for 600, there is some room for some pocket. >> reporter: mylan has been the focus of families complained about the skyrocketing cost. in response, it has increased a coupon. it has announced a 300 generic version for the drug. for this family, their pharmacy bill of $1,200 for two kids was cut in half for the coupon. >> but it wasn't quite what we were looking for from the company. we were just hoping they would lower the overall price. >> reporter: lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree. democratic congressman elijah

>> i'm concerned that this is a rope a dope strategy. after mylan takes their punches, they will fly back to their mansions and their private jets and laugh all the way to the bank. >> reporter: an fda official also testified during the hearing. congressmen want to know why it takes so long for new drugs to be approved, arguing the hurdles are blocking competition. vinita nair, cbs news, new york. coming up on the "morning news." a disturbing health trend. expectant mothers in this country are dying at an increased rate. we will find out why. this is the "cbs morning news." y combo. tasty textures cats gotta have. friskies. for cats. by cats. anyone with type 2 diabetes knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts.

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increase has strengthened, but decided for the time being to wait for evidence for future evidence toward our progress toward our objectives. >> experts predict the fed will increase rates by a quarter point in december. the markets reacted favorably to the fed's decision, ending the day with solid gains. the dow added 163 points and s&p closed up 23 points higher. the nasdaq added 53. the man in charge of the irs said he did not lie to investigators, looking into why the agency subjected tea party groups to extra scrutiny. john koskinen defended himself yesterday to the house judiciary committee, amid efforts to impeach him. he testified in 2014 no documents were destroyed since the investigation began. it later turned out thousands of e-mails were mistakenly deleted. gasoline is flowing again through a pipeline that shut down earlier this month and caused shortages throughout the

the pipeline reopened last night, nearly two weeks after more than 250,000 gallons leaked out in alabama. the resulting shortage caused gas prices to spike in the carolinas, alabama, georgia, tennessee, and virginia. it will still take a few days before all gas stations are resupplied. blue bell creameries is recalling certain ice cream that it sold in the south due to possible listeria contamination. the company's chocolate chip cookie dough and cookie two-step made in its alabama plant are affected. no illness have been reported. last year, blue bell recalled all of its products due to listeria contamination. meg? >> all right. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thank you. up next, protests. we will take you back to south carolina where protesters

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now another look at this morning's top stories. north carolina's governor declared a state of emergency after a second straight night of violent protests in charlotte. don champion is there on the ground. don, good morning again. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, meg. the chaos here in charlotte certainly stretched well into the early morning hours here. even at this hour, there are heavily armed officers lining some streets here, trying to maintain order. as you walk around uptown, which is essentially charlotte's downtown area, you see scenes like this behind me. shattered glass and damaged buildings up and down this area.

reports of loitering last night. also we do know that three civilians were hospitalized, one of them is in critical condition after he was shot. also this morning, we are learning that four officers were hurt on this, the second night of violence in the wake of the controversial police shooting of a black man here. we do know that the governor has declared a state of emergency here and has called in the national guard to try to keep the peace. meg? >> don, as you know, two very different accounts. what happened in the shooting death of keith scott. the family said he was holding a book while waiting for his children to get off the school bus. police saying that he had a gun. when are we going to see that video? we know the mayor is going to see it later today, is that right? >> yeah. that is the big question right now. last night, the city did confirm that the mayor will be watching, viewing some dash camera video from the shooting on tuesday.

police chief here that the officer who did open fire was not wearing a body camera, but there were other officers at the scene who were wearing body cameras and there is also dash camera video, so the police chief, yesterday, did say he had no -- he did not intend on releasing that video. we will certainly see what will happen next after the mayor views that video again sometime today. >> don champion in charlotte for us this morning, thank you. investigators in new york are looking for two people who made off saturday with a suitcase that contained a bomb. police want to study the suitcase as they gather more evidence against ahmad rahami, the suspect in last saturday's new york and new jersey bombings. he is recovering from gunshot wounds. more rain is on the way today for parts of virginia, hit hard by storms. in virginia beach, streets flooded, stranding cars as drivers tried to plow through the deep water. more than a foot of rain has fallen in some areas as what is left of tropical storm julia

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a vigil in tulsa last night calling for unity following the deadly police shooting of terence crutcher. hundreds packed the metropolitan baptist church to honor crutcher who has shot last week. the mayor of tulsa and other the mayor and other \city leaders attended. they issued the addres black community. meanwhile, a program in chicago is aim at fostering better relations between people and police. jericka duncan has details. >> we just need you guys to clear out the area. >> why? >> we got a few complaints. >> reporter: the adults in blue shirts are actually police but on this day, they pretended to be teenagers. >> get the camera out of my face. >> reporter: and these teens acted as police. when backup arrives, one officer

used a high school assembly run by the chicago chapter of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. the goal is for students and police to learn from each other. >> it was very helpful and to actually get that experience and that perspective. >> reporter: seniors rodney jackson, kiera jefferson, latiz williams. >> i love the role playing. >> reporter: why? >> it shows us the everyday life in little scenes. >> you have your own perception of it, but once with you get that other perception, you kind of see how it plays hand in hand and what it's like. to have a phone this close to your face while you're trying to talk to somebody, it's not your ideal way to handle it. >> reporter: south holland police chief gregory baker says he became an officer after his friend was gunned down by

mentioned a lot is we care. 99% of the police officers are out here, got into this job because they care about people and that is what it's all about. >> reporter: chicago police officer sayanna sanders. >> everyone is not against the police, just like the police are not all against the community. people really do still want that partnership. they want to feel safe. >> reporter: overall, did this need to happen? >> yes. >> yes. >> change has to start somewhere and i think this is a good place to start. >> reporter: with the conversation to avoid jericka duncan, cbs news, chicago. there has been a new incident involving a duck tour vehicle in boston. the fourth so far this year. a camera aboard the amphibious vehicle shows a woman apparently walking into the street without looking, right into its path. she suffered a minor leg injury. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will speak with john miller, new york city's deputy police commissioner, for intelligence and counterterrorism for the

plus, comedian john oliver of "last week tonight" joins us in the studio. and a preview of "thursday night football"! we will talk with cbs sports lead announcer jim nantz. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm meg oliver.

charlotte, north carolina is under a state of emergency.. the national guard was deployed to assist after a second night of protests over the deadly police shooting of keith lamont scott. thanks for joining us, i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> and i'm brian loftus. at least five people, including four police officers, were injured. dianne gallagher is live on en dianne? ((diane gallagher)) >> one day after violence erupted in charlotte, north carolina over the officer-involved killing of an african-american man... protesters clashed with police once again. the governor has declared a state of emergency, at least four police officers have been injured and one person is in critical condition -- and on life support -- after a second night of anger in the southern city. >> by early morning ...