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chasing snowden. u.s. officials urge russia to hand over edward snowden while the exact whereabouts of the man who steals government surveillance secrets remains unknown. [ bleep ] punks, they [ bleep ] always get away. >> an explosive start to the trial of george zimmerman the florida man accused of murdering an unarmed teenager. >> he shot trayvon martin in self-defense after being viciously attentioned. and score! bolland, 3-2, with less than a minute to go! >> and stanley cup stunner. the chicago blackhawks win hockey's ultimate prize by staging a thrilling late-game comeback.
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this is the "cbs morning news" comeback. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, june 25th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs good morning, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, the taliban launched an attack against the heavily grounded presidential compound in kabul, afghanistan. the cia afghan station and the afghan ministry of defense were also targeted. the attacks started with gunfire which was followed by a car bomb. the gun fight lasted 90 minutes. it's not known if president hamid karzai was in the compound at the time. the afghan army said all the attackers were killed. school children walking to class were caught in the gunfire, but it's unclear if there were any other casualties. and the mystery surrounding edward snowden is getting deeper by the day. the exact whereabouts of the man who leaked sensitive security secrets remains unknown this morning. snowden who is trying to avoid extradition by seeking asylum in ecuador is believed to be in
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russia, and u.s. officials are trying desperately to get their hands on him. tara mergener in washington with more. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. there is no sign of edward snowden at moscow's airport this morning, and russian officials are keeping quiet about a u.s. request to hand him over to face espionage charges. meanwhile, the hunt is ratcheting up tensions between the u.s., russia and china. this flight touched down in havana, cuba, on monday. on board, the seat 17a was empty. edward snowden was expected to be on the plane but the former nsa contractor never boarded the flight. instead, he's staying out of sight. the secret sharing organization wikileaks is helping snowden. founder julian assange said he knows where snowden is, but will be keeping that secret to himself.
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>> we are aware of where mr. snowden is. he is in a safe place and his spirits are high. >> reporter: the u.s. revoked snowden's passport and is urging russian officials to turn him over. >> we have asked the russians to look at the options available to them to expel mr. snowden back to the united states. >> reporter: snowden departed from hong kong on sunday, after a u.s. request for his extradition was denied. that move left u.s. officials with bitter feelings towards china. >> this is a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant, and that decision unquestionably has a negative impact on the u.s./china relationship. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry tells cbs news, he's hopeful the russians will cooperate. >> this is important. important to the united states, important to them in terms of upholding rule of law. and we have returned seven prisoners to them in the last two years that they've
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requested. i think it's very important for them to adhere to the rule of law and respect the relationship. >> reporter: it's believed snowden still has classified material that he hasn't shared, making his manhunt a delicate dance for u.s. diplomats. >> they're calling every chip they have with the russians and saying, listen, let's slow this down. don't let him get on a plane, and why don't you send him here. he's a wanted fugitive. we've got paper, and we'll do something really good for you. >> reporter: and edward snowden was believed to be on his way to ecuador. that country has not yet approved his request for asylum. if it does, if he can make it there, it's unlikely he'll be extradited back to the u.s. late last night, ecuador's foreign minister said he, too, does not know where snowden is. anne-marie. >> tara mergener in washington.
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well, president obama meets with congressional leaders today after a key piece of overhaul in legislation was passed by the senate. the border security amendment was easily passed during a procedural vote. a final vote would come at the end of the week. it would create a pathway for citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants and delegate billions to increase border security. now, the measure faces stiff opposition in the house. on the "cbs moneywatch," new allegations on the irs scandal, and chef paula deen loses another endorsement deal. erica ferrari is here in new york with more. good morning, erica. >> reporter: good morning. an internal document obtained by the associated press revealed the agency also targeted liberal groups, not just conservative, tea party organizations, agents searched for groups using the term "israel," "progressive" and
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medical marijuana. tokyo's nikkei lost more than 2%. hong kong's hang seng rebounded and added a quarter percent. the stock market took a beating on monday with nervous investors concerned about the fed's possible rollback of its stimulus program, after tumbling nearly 250 points, the dow finished with a loss of 139. the nasdaq fell 36. a new survey reveals times are tight for americans. bankrate.com discovered 76% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck. still struggling with the great recession, fewer than a quarter have muff savings to pay for six months of expenses if they'd lose their jobs. and another 27% have no savings at all. celebrity chef paula deen lost a sponsor in revelations that she used offensive terms for african-americans in the past.
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smithfield foods dropped deen monday, just days after the food network revealed its not renewing its contract. her use of a racial slur came to light during a deposition last week in a discrimination lawsuit. and a hostage drama in china now enters its fifth day with an american executive being held by his own workers. chip stearns spoke to reporters through a window in beijing. he said he gave workers in a clothing department severance packages and then 100 others demanded them, too, even though they still had their jobs. stearns said local officials forced him to sign a document, agreeing to the workers' demands. and the workers say they're afraid stearns may close the plant and leave without paying them. and the employees are said to be blocking every exit. anne-marie. >> what an unbelievable story. erica ferrari here in new york. thank you. coming up on "cbs morning news," a racially charged trial opened in florida. jurors heard shocking testimony, graphic 911 calls and even a
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>> reporter: state prosecutor john guy opened the trial with the 911 calls the night zimmerman shot martin. in the calls zimmerman placed prior to the shooting to understand what he meant when he said they always get away. >> these calls are relevant to establish what it is and the context behind that statement. >> reporter: but the defense team objects. >> move to strike the testimony and the exhibit as its almost being irrelevant. >> reporter: day one of the trial was emotional here whether it was the state's obscenity-filled opening or the defense team telling a knock-knock joke during its opening statement. >> george zimmerman, who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> reporter: attorney don west's joke didn't appear to work as he later apologized to jurors. like the prosecutors, west also played the 911 call from the night of the shooting.
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>> do you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> reporter: he said the boy heard screaming in the call was his client in a likely death struggle. the statement came it was trayvon martin yelling for help. the statement proved too much for martin's mother who walked out of the courtroom. today will be the second day of the witness's testimony in a case that has already proven to be racially charged. emotionally charged. >> marlie hall in sanford, florida. thank you. straight ahead, a stormy tuesday ahead. we'll have the forecast. and in sports, a frantic finish with the stanley cup on the line. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's
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the midwest and great lakes region could see flash and river flooding. expect showers in the northwest, while the humid south sees heavy rain and thunderstorms, stretching from the mississippi river to the atlantic coast. in sports now, the boston bruins were less than two minutes away from forcing a game seven in the stanley cup finals. but this morning, thanks to an improbable comeback, the chicago blackhawks are hoisting ice hockey's grand prize. chicago trailing 2-1 when bryan bickell scores the tying goal. with just 1 minute and 60 seconds left to play. and then just 17 seconds later, dave bolland stuns the crowd in boston by putting the blackhawks ahead for good. chicago's frantic finish gives them the 3-2 win and the second stanley cup since 2010. >> we needed just one bounce there. to go up 2-1. you never know what can happen until you stop playing at the end. it's a nice finish not having to go back to chicago.
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>> meanwhile, bruins coach claude julien said he was hoping to honor the victims of the newtown connecticut shooting and the boston marathon bombings by bringing the cup back to new england. >> i think that's what's hard right now for the players. you know, we had more reasons than just ourselves to win a cup. >> blackhawks winger patrick kane was named mvp. of the playoffs. and back in the windy city, a ruckus celebration kicked off moments before the unlikely finish to game six. in baseball, the toronto blue jays 11-game winning streak is snapped thanks to one big inning by the tampa bay rays. in the second inning, james loney gets things started with a single home run. wil myers is up next and he goes deep as well. and sam fould makes it back to
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soon they could walk off the job. and -- thrill ride... the view from the top of grt america's new rollercoaster. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's tuesday, june 25-th. i'm frank mallicoat. ,,,, here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., thunderstorms today, afternoon thunderstorms in atlanta.
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and st. louis, it will be partly sunny, mostly sunny in denver, and showers in seattle. ♪ actress angelina jolie called on the united nations to make the fight against rape in war zones a top priority, as she shares heartbreaking stories of victims. jolie, a special envoy for the u.n. refugee agency reminded the security council its primary responsibility is to maintain international peace and security. >> rape, as a weapon of war, is an assault on security. and a world in which these crimes happen is one in which there is not and never will be peace. addressing war zone sexual violence is, therefore, your responsibility, as well as the duty of governments in countries aeffected by it. >> after she spoke, the council unanimously adopted a resolution requiring an immediate end to
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sexual violence by those engaged in armed conflict. the supreme court avoided a potentially controversial decision on affirmative action. the case involved the university of texas' use of race as a factor in the admission process. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: in the 7-1 decision, the justices side stepped the constitutional issues, ruling instead that a lower court used the wrong standard when it upheld the affirmative action program. the opinion written by justice anthony kennedy sent the case back to the lower court with instructions to use a tougher standard to assess whether the university has offered sufficient evidence that would prove that its admissions program is narrowly tailored to obtain the educational benefits of diversity. abigail fisher said she considered that a victory. >> they gave us everything that we asked for. and i'm very confident that u.t. won't be able to use race in the
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future. >> reporter: but bill powers, the president of the university of texas, also was claiming victory, saying he thought the affirmative action program will withstand the scrutiny. >> today's ruling will have no impact on decisions that we've already made. or any immediate impact on the holistic process at the university of texas. >> reporter: the narrow ruling brought a tougher ruling by justice thomas. he said that affirmative action, similar to now denounced aguments of slaveholders and segregationists. if the ruling stands, the question is for how long. the justices have already agreed to hear an even bigger case on affirmative action admissions and on hiring. and that may not be so much easier to punt. jan crawford, cbs news, the supreme court. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this
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it was one of america's largest steel producers. bethlehem steel located in bethlehem, pennsylvania, closed ten years ago. its demise was ushered in by the country's shift away from industrial manufacturing. but one steelworker remains behind to keep its history alive. jim axelrod has the story. >> reporter: the steel mill in bethlehem, pennsylvania, has been shut down for a decade. >> you look at it now you can't believe it. >> reporter: but richie check who spent more than 40 years working here still can't get used to the silence. >> no whistles, no horns, no nothing. it makes you cry. >> reporter: check is 80 years old now, his father worked in the plant and so did his nine brothers and sisters.
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it was a place where 32,000 men and women made the steel for ammunition, aircraft and battleships during both world wars. the golden gate bridge, the george washington bridge. 80% of the buildings that make up the new york city skyline. they were all the built with bethlehem steel. this place is full of memories, i would think. >> memories? you don't know where to start. >> reporter: actually, check knows exactly where to start. preserving the memories. he collects artifacts from bethlehem steel. like the brass i.d. buttons workers wore. >> 64 was my number for 44 years. >> reporter: he curates his own small museum. >> when the furnace called for hot air, he better have it. >> reporter: now a volunteer tour guide for the city, check wants to make sure the life he cherished is remembered. a time when a factory job could send three kids to college.
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>> if it had not been for bethlehem steel, then we never would have gone. never. >> and we had the hole in the furnace. >> reporter: once a week or so, check gets together with a group of retired steelworkers to talk about this way of life that once defined america. >> it was a good job. >> yeah. >> reporter: he can't help but choke up, as the group of men keeps getting smaller. >> said you know that person, you won't see him anymore. just like bethlehem steel. >> reporter: tearful as he is, richie check is determined that mourning the memories won't stop him from honoring them. jim axelrod, cbs news, bethlehem, pennsylvania. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," tracking edward snowden. we'll get the latest from john miller and go to the white house for reaction. plus, new revelations in the irs scandal. we'll hear from congressman paul ryan. and the nonprofit group big brothers and big sisters is
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under fire as it struggles to account for millions of tax dollars. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,,,,
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