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an arizona police officer rams a suicidal suspect. >> the suspect had a series of violent rob zbleez the officer was cleared of wrong doing and has returned to full duty. >> congress will have a say on the nuclear deal with iran. the senate approved a bill that gives congress 30 days to reject any agreement. >> protesters calling for an end to police brutality have returned to the streets. thousands descending on cities like new york, l.a. and chicago. >> a big step in normalizing relations with cuba president obama proposing cuba be taken off the state sponsor of terrorism list. >> the dea in the hot seat over agents attending sex parties paid for by colombian drug lords. >> this person who engages a prostitute throws glass at her, there's blood all over the place and they're still employed at the dea? a dust storm in utah has triggered a highway pileup. one man dead 25 others injured? >> how do you pull the popcorn in the car prank on an nba rookie who doesn't own a car? >> his house, we're going to trash.
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>> it and percy sledge died. he's best known for the 1966 hit -- ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪ candidate clinton is on the road. >> the scooby van is coming up right here. you can see the media running. >> it's april of 2015 they're already chasing her van around. as if it's an ice cream truck or something. >> cbs "this morning." and coachella justin bieber was nut a choke hold. >> more people are excited about justin bieber getting in a choke hold than marco rubio running -- [ laughter ] running for president. >> that means marco rubio better choke justin bieber. [ laughter ] captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs "this morning," there are new questions about why a police officer used his squad car to take down a gunman in arizona.
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dash cam video shows the officer slamming his cruiser into the suspect. it happened in february. the police department released video yesterday. >> police say mario valencia stole a rifle and ammunition from walmart, they considered him a threat to the neighborhood. elaine quijano of our digital network joins with us what his attorney is saying. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. valencia's attorney says her client was in crisis on february 19. he was armed and holding a gun to his own head when encountered by police who estimate the squad car that hit valencia was going about 40 miles per hour on impact. >> the gun is loaded units, stay off. >> reporter: the violent crash sent cinder blocks and the suspect flying over the head of the police officer. >> jesus christ man down. >> reporter: mario valencia was taken to university of arizona medical center in serious condition treated for blunt force trauma. two days later he was trevored
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to pima county jail. >> it's miraculous my client didn't die. >> reporter: valencia faces several felony charges including armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and arson. police say valencia stole the gun and ammunition from a walmart less than a mile away. he threatened suicide when confronted by police. >> stop it you don't want to do this. you don't want to do this. >> all right, one round just went out into the sky. >> reporter: two police cars followed valencia as he walked near an industrial park. officer michael rapico careens around another police car and hits valencia. the police chief said tuesday the officer's move likely saved lives. >> that's not an easy decision right there. that's a tough, tough, tough decision. but he made it. >> reporter: the pima county attorney's office cleared
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officer rapico of all charges. >> this is policing at the improv, which is what policing is. >> reporter: but valencia's attorney says police were out of line. >> i've also heard him say they saved his life and i find that to be a very strange statement to then use deadly force against that person and almost kill them by plowing into them with your vehicle. >> reporter: police say they treated this case in the same way as an officer-involved shooting. officer rapico was unhurt and placed on paid administrative leave for lee days. he's back at work and the department is conducting an internal review. gayle? sources tell cbs news "this morning" that someone took personal information of dozens of senior officials and put it on line. jeff pegues is in washington with the story. >> reporter: we've counted at least 39 home addresses from officials with the department of homeland security fbi and cia,
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the list also includes the names of politicians. the information was leaked on a web site law enforcement became aware of it some time yesterday. investigators believe this is not a leak associated with isis but they believe it's the work of an extreme right wing group. the leak makes references to 9/11 and accuses the people whose names and addresses are on that list of treason. just last month, the name and addresses of some u.s. troops were posted on a web site by a group claiming to be the isis hacking division. so this latest case appears to be similar to that. the department of homeland security just told us it's encouraging employees to be vigilant and it's adjusting security measures. in washington this morning, leaders of both parties are backing a plan to let congress sign off on a nuclear agreement with iran. the senate foreign relations committee worked out a deal with the white house on tuesday avoiding a potential veto from president obama. major garrett is at the white house with details of the compromise. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the white house fought this to the bitter end.
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secretary of state john kerry lobbied senators in a classified briefing all yesterday morning in a futile attempt to keep congress and the final approval process for a nuclear deal with iran. facing a defeat large enough to override a threatened presidential veto, the white house caved and now congress is in the iran nuclear game. the senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved a legislation allowing the senate with a 60-vote supermajority to reject a final deal designed to block iranian access to a nuclear weapon. secretary of state john kerry privately fought against the bill crafted by committee chairman bob corker. >> the administration saw where this was going and that was a railroad towards strong support on both sides of the aisle and they came up and lifted their veto. >> reporter: corker told us the senate did kerry and his fellow nuclear negotiators a favor. >> not only will our negotiating team negotiate stronger because they know they'll have somebody looking over their shoulder but i think the other countries also
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will hold a firmer line. >> reporter: the next big test -- keeping the bipartisan bill intact on the senate floor. >> if this bill is altered in ways that threaten this once in a lifetime opportunity, to deal with a looming crisis, i will use every tool at my disposal to stop that from happening. >> reporter: for weeks, the white house vowed to veto any move in congress to require approval of the iran deal. when kerry saw the bill would attract as many as 70 votes, the white house sought minor modifications and dropped the threat. >> we've gone from a piece of legislation that the president would veto to a piece of legislation that's undergone substantial revision such that it is now in a form of a compromise that the president would be willing to sign. >> reporter: virginia democrat tim kean said the white house had no choice. >> everything in the last two months -- i mean everything has shown this is an important enough matter that congress is
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going to weigh in. we won't weigh in until a final deal is done. when the deal is done we have a to 30-day period to review it then an agreed-upon procedure for voting. >> reporter: senate republicans agreed to drop language requiring the white house to certify iran had renounced terrorism. it shortened the review period from 60 days to 30 days. that clock starts ticking when the president presents the deal in full but, of course negotiators have to reach that final deal by a june 30 deadline. norah? >> major, thank you. in our next hour we'll talk with missouri senator claire mccaskill and ask her if she believes the deal should be left up to congress. cuba's government is praising president obama for taking cuba off a list of terror sponsors. this follow's the president's recent meeting in panama with cuban president raul castro. president obama sent a message to congress tuesday confirming the move. it takes effect in 45 days. this declaration is an important step in normalizing u.s./cuban
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relations. the chairman of the house oversight committee says this morning that the head of the drug enforcement administration should quit or be fired. that follows day one of congressional hearings on charges that dea agents partied with prostitutes paid for by foreign drug cartels. committee members blasted administrator me michele leon hart for not firing any of the agents accused of wrongdoing. >> what do you do? you're powerless. >> this is nuts. >> i'm offended by their conduct. i'm offended -- >> i don't see it though. >> i'm offended by the behavior. i am trying to fix a system. i can't fire. i'm trying to fix a system -- >> how about just naming them? name and shame. i. >> the hearings continue this morning. the committee released a report tuesday claiming dea sexual misconduct went on for more than a decade. presidential candidate hillary clinton faces new questions over her e-mail as secretary of state. the "new york times" reports that congressional investigators asked clinton two years asking
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if she used a private e-mail account at the state department she never responded. clinton continues her opening campaign swing today in iowa. she spoke to students and educators on tuesday at a community college. cbs news found clinton eating with local supporters last night at a restaurant near cedar rapids. as she left she signed a few autographs and told us her first day of campaigning was great. breaking news on google overnight. european regulators accused the tech giant of cheating competitors by distorting its search results. it's the next step in efforts to change the way google does business in europe. the search giant could face more than $6 billion in fines r. european regulators plan to investigate android, the company's mobile software. jars of beechnut baby foot are under recall for possibly containing glass. it's a class 1 recall meaning there is a high health risk. more than 1900 pounds of sweet potato and chicken baby food are affected.
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the four-ounce jars may contain small pieces of glass. the recalled products have an expiration date of december 2016. so everybody check your shelves. parts of utah are facing damaging winds this morning. a dust storm with gusts topping 80 miles an hour created havoc on the roads tuesday. a chain-reaction crash on interstate 80 killed one person. more than two dozen others were hurt. the collision smashed cars and ripped big rigs apart. in california heavy winds and dust triggered a seven-car pileup in fresno. officers and drivers had to cover their mouths. blowing dirt cut visibility to just ten feet. eight georgia educators this morning plan to appeal their convictions in a widespread cheating scandal. an atlanta judge sentenced each of them to as many as seven years in prison for fabricating standardized test scores. we have a reporter outside the atlanta courthouse with
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reaction. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the former educators received sentences that were typical of some violent crimes but investigators say they faked test scores that robbed thousands of students in atlanta of remedial education. >> all i want from any of these people is just to take some responsibility. but they refuse. they refuse. >> reporter: judge jerry baxter threw the book at the. --. many in the courtroom were shocked by the prison sentences. >> sit down and i'm going to put you in jail. if you yell at me point at me. >> reporter: lawyers for teacher diane buckner-webb begged for leniency. >> she's a good woman, a good family woman, a good mother a good person and at theened of the day a conviction for changing answers on tests is not an offense that should send miss buckner-webb to prison. >> it's quite the sickest thing that's ever happened to this town.
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>> reporter: still, the judge sentenced her and four others to serve at least one year in prison. three defendants the judge considered at the top of the food chain of the scandal received a minimumover seven years behind bars. all turned down plea deals that called on them to admit guilt and forfeit appeals. >> i don't want an apology. i don't want it. i want the community to have the apology and i want these children that were shortchanged and cheated to have the apology. >> reporter: earlier this month, 11 defendants were found guilty of conspiring to inflate scores on standardized tests. in some cases, educators changed wrong answers to correct onces. they were convicted under the state's racketeering laws. >> so i don't know whether or not it sets a precedent but i hope that people will stop and look at what happened here. >> reporter: employers believe the educateors were unfairly prosecuted. defense attorney scott smith.
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>> i understand the rico violations were reserved for people who were true racketeers mob sterns gangsters, not gangsters. >> reporter: they were released on bond pending their appeals. the two individuals who took the plea deal received leniency. one former schoolteacher who was not in court tuesday because she gave birth over the weekend will be sentenced at a later time. >> jericka, thank you so much. music fans are remembering soul singer percy sledge who died tuesday. ♪ when a man loves a woman, he'll spend his very last dime ♪ >> his iconic number one recording of "when a man loves a woman" became a classic song of love and loss. he rose to fame after jobs picking cotton and as a hospital orderly. in 2005 he was inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame.
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he died in louisiana at 74. >> how many times do you think that song has been covered? michael bolton for one. >> for one. they call it a definitive love soul ballad. i read recently that someone broke up with him when he sung that. we return to the question of the boston marathon. today's the second anniversary of the bombing. jurors considering the convicted bomber's fate have been told not to watch or attend this year's marathon. sentencing for dzhokhar tsarnaev will begin in days. a new cbs news poll this morning shows 60% of americans favor the death penalty for tsarnaev. 30% oppose it. don daal don dahler is at the marathon's finish line. >> reporter: good morning, the first line went off at the finish line, the second bomb happened further up boylston street killing three people injuring more than 260 others.
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and now as this city awaits the fate of the convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev, the survivors are facing a pivotal moment -- how to remember but also how to move forward. as a life long bostonian and veteran reporter for the "boston globe," kevin cullen seems to remember just about everyone in town. >> before i met you i saw the guys from 107th right around the corner at broadway. >> reporter: but cullen can never forget the people from the scene that monday. 30 years on the street on the job, have you ever had to deal with something like this? >> no and i hope i don't have to again. these were ordinary people. the college kid named rob wheeler who just finished the race and he saw ron laying there bleeding out and he literally took his shirt off his back tied off his leg and saved his life. that's the stuff that chokes me up when i thought about it late at night. >> reporter: cullen has spent the past two years reporting on that day and its aftermath. >> it's not a sad moment.
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the people who survived i don't think there's any sadness attached to that because the strength they showed, the way they're getting on with their lives and how many of them are still dealing with their injuries. >> it seems like sometimes it's been two years and sometimes it seems like yesterday. >> reporter: rebecca gregory traveled from texas to watch the marathon with her son noah. that morning they were standing less than ten feet from where the first bomb exploded. >> when the tv crews go away and you don't see it on the news that doesn't mean that it's gone for those people. it means that it's very much real and very much a part of us. >> reporter: the explosion destroyed her left leg. over 19 months she had 17 surgeries. last november gregory finally decided to have her leg amputated. >> i'm doing normal things again. i took my son to the movies the other day. i walked through the airport and i don't have to use a wheelchair. those things are amazing to me thinking about how far i've come in such a short time.
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>> reporter: i then gregory made a journey that terrified and consoled her. last month, she walked into the boston federal courthouse and along with more than 15 fellow survivors and eyewitnesses, she testified against dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> we don't have closure because there is no end to it. i have a few choices, i can be mad this happened to me or blessed i have that a daily reminder that life is short and i'm still here. >> reporter: gregory will return to boston soon. she plans on running the last three miles of the marathon next monday. norah. >> that's good to hear. that will be a very emotional moment running the end of the marathon there. don, thank you so much. actress rita wilson says a second opinion about aens kaer diagnosis saved her life. we'll ask a t
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and good morning, everyone. a california state senator receiving death threat. dr. richard pan wrote a did bill that would make it harder for parents that to opt out of vaccinations. the vaccination bill heads to the committee today for debate. the contra costa water districts will likely pass stricter new rules for water use. right now, they are asking for voluntary cutback of 15%. they could make it mandatory to raise it up to 25%. the derrick is expected to raise rates and
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. and liftoff. the falcon soars from its perch toward the international space station, carrying dragon -- spacex successfully launch add resupply mission to the international space station yesterday. the rocket carrying more than 4,000 pounds of food and equipment blasted off from cape canaveral, florida. it's carries the first espresso maker. >> i guess that's good. >> absolutely. >> an attempt to land the rocket on the barge in the ocean failed. it landed too hard. they hope to successfully use rockets to save on launch costs.
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so you believe they should have espresso makers? >> why not. especially if it's italian. coming up actress rita wilson is sharing her story. watching and waiting is like playing russian roulette. and the largest scam in history. a senate wants to know what's being done to stop it. why one lawmaker says the justice department isn't taking the threat seriously. we've gottet that story ahead. "the new york times" looks at china. they're losing momentum. gross domestic product grew 7% in 2015. this is the slowest first quarter growth in six years. they blamed an industrial slowdown and a weak housing market. the "washington post" says president obama ushered in a new chapter of relations with iraq that's expected to be complicated. he met with iraqi prime minister
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in washington yesterday. president obama pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid to iraq. he credited with turning the tide toward fighting isis. the district attorney's office is re-examining a case of awn alleged groping scheme at the denver international airport. this is after an investigation. the case allegedly involved transportation security administration workers. now, according to police reports obtained by the station. male passengers considereded attraction tick were given an intimate pat-down by the employee. two workers were fired. the drug administration says at least four kind bars do not meet the requirements to be called healthy. they have more than double saturated. they're saying quote, we're
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taking it upon ourselves to conduct a thundershower row review of our snack food and making sure they're compliant. >> it's ironic that it's called kind. that's the name of the snack bar. the "los angeles times" shows us the big win over her court's wiv er court's. she must return $2.6 million. former clippers owner donald sterling showered her with expensive gifts. among them a ferrari, a bentley, and a home worked $1.8 million. >> what do we call that? >> a bunny. >> a good friend. >> there you go. this morning, the convoy entered the english channel without permission or notification. on tuesday the royal air force scrambled jets. two bombers buzzed
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nnel and proves that some people are disconnected from reality. the royal air force scrambled two typhoon fighter jets like these as britain found themselves rushing to close encounters on two fronts. hours before a heavily armed russian destroyer and two support ships sailed from the mediterranean to the english channel. the british navy deployed a warship off the coast of plymouth to monitor the russian ships as they passed. both incidents came as british
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hosts more than 50 ships. there's little doubt that provocation comes out of the play book of russian activist vladimir putin. >> he likes to fly these old bombers over western europe again, to rattle cases, to make people worry, to make people worry that he might undermine west european and central european stability in some way, so it's really an exercise ominousle flexing more than anything else. >> for putin flexing muscle military or otherwise, proves a strategy while at home. when they were skralabled in a similar since accident russians showed the view. earlier this month the u.s. reconnaissance plain was intercepted by a russian jet north of poland in what the pentagon called unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers, a
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reminder if not a serious military threat that in putin's world, russia is still a global super power with global reach. >> i think this is going to be standard channel. they had to reroute traffic to avoid the potential of a problem. the wife of tom hanks say as second opinion helped spot her breast cancer early., right here in new york city. good to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> rita has done a big story and she's sounding the alarm. you've got to get a second opinion. the main thing she's stressing is getting a second opinion from
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a pathologist. is this good advice? >> i think it's excellent advice. breast pathology is a very complicated field and while people get second opinions about their surgeons there's a whole team of people behind that surgeon that form the surgeon's team and the team is only as strong as the weakest link and the pathology is the person who looks at the tissue under the microscope and feeds the surgeon the information, that will tell them. >> i think that's really important to hear that. i hadn't thought about that. >> i had. either. >> she said a friend recommended get a second opinion and she trusted her gut feeling on this. how important is this? >> i think women do have to feel comfortable with their doctors. in today's day and age there are many options. there are centers of excellent all throughout the country. it's important to know it's not
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important an emergency when you're diagnosed. take that time if something doesn't feel right and particularly in those in between-type entities. there's clear-cut normal which no one would miss and clear-cut cancer that no one would miss but then there's a whole spectrum in between that's subject to interpretation and for women that's a bit of a red flag. >> in some cases doctors get a second opinion, don't they? if there's a question? >> absolutely. i think the point you bring up, charlie, is that even among experts there are certain things that they may not agree and it's important to have all that information before doing anything specific. >> the type of cancer she has, is that sew aggressive that it
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requires a mastectomy? >> no. invasive is no better no worse than the most common kind basil ductal. it's less common but no more aggressive. i think there are very few cases where you have to act immediately and lob u lar does not make it so. >> brave of her to share her story. >> 100%. >> we wish her well today. >> thanks for having me. on this tax day, lawmakers are trying to stop the largest scam in can watch "cbs this morn watc whether you need a warm up before the big race... or a healthy start before the big meeting there's a choice hotel that's waiting for you. this spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price
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involving irs agents. chip reid is outside the justice department following the story. chip, good morning. >> good morning. when we last spoke with pastor he told us he was telling his story so that others wouldn't make the same mistake he made. an influential senator saw that story on "cbs this morning" and now she wants to know why the justice department sing doing more to stop the scam. >> this woman who gave me her name and her badge number said that she was informing me that they were filing a warrant for my arrest. >> warrant for your arrest. >> yes. for tax fraud. >> pastor al caydenhead told "cbs this morning" what it was like to get this angry call from someone claiming to be from the
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irs. was your heart pounding? >> it was racing. it was racing. i'm very afraid at that point. >> our report caught the attention of senator susan collins, chair of the special senate committee on aging. >> i so admire those victims who have been willing to come forward and tell their stories. >> reporter: later today collins will hold a hearing on what is the largest impursenation scam on irs history and caydenhead will be the star witness. he'll tell congress what he told us that he didn't believe he had done anything wrong but was too fearful to fight back. >> i'm retiring in a few months. this is not how i want to be remembereding being arrested. >> reporter: he said he did what he was told, bought cards from the drugstore and gave p.i.n. numbers to what he thought were irs agents and turned out to be scammers. in all he gave $16,000 in one day. so how did you feel when you realized you had been scammed?
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>> very embarrassed. >> reporter: two will also testify. despite a written invitation, the justice department has refused and that has senator collins steaming mad. what will yours be. >> i'm going to chastise the department for failure to cooperate in a investigation and lax attitude ta toward a scam that's affecting thousands of american citizens. it's outrageous and inclusive that the department is not taking this more seriously and won't even send a witness to testify. >> collins says this scam which has targeted more than 400,000 americans and over 300,000 people of a total of $15.5 million is too big for the justice department to ignore. so far there have been only two prosecutions tar
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good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, april 15 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including a conversation with senator claire mccaskill. she talks about iran and the hillary clinton campaign. but first, a look at the eye opener. >> he was armed and holding a gun to his own head when stopped by police. >> now congress is in the iran nuclear game. >> and the home addresses of some of the country's top law enforcement officials. >> aaron hernandez found guilty
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of first degree murder. >> survivors are facing a pivotal moment, how to remember but also how to move forward. >> quoting the russian ambassador, this is a panic reaction and proves some people are disconnected from reality. >> there's clear cut normal which no one would miss and clear cut cancer that no one would miss but then there's a whole spectrum in between that is subject to interpretation. >> the olive garden has announced it's providing tablet computers at every table. the next step is even more ambitious, providing italian food in every olive garden. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a few minutes, a massachusetts jury decided the fate of aaron hernandez. >> what say you, madam
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foreperson, is aaron hernandez guilty? >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> he faces life in prison without parole. >> the white house says president obama is ready to sign a compromised bill letting congress vote on a final nuclear deal with iran. the president backed down on tuesday after the bill's supporter showed they had the votes to override a veto. senate foreign relations committee approved the measure. >> a new poll shows more than two-thirds of americans believe congress should is a role in deciding whether the united states support as nuclear deal with iran. missouri senator claire mccaskill is with us from capitol hill. she's the leading democrat on the senate armed services committee. senator, good morning. >> good morning. >> help us understand what new real power this gives congress
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and whether we would be having this question if there was not concern not only among republicans but also democrats about the iran deal. >> well first of all, this bill is about a process and the white house was engaged in helping forge this compromise. it really now is just going to allow a super majority of the senate to reject the deal not a simple majority, not even 60 votes. >> 67. >> 67. keep in mind we have 46 democrats. so part of me the cynical part of me, thinks that maybe the republicans capitulated on this because they understand the alternative to no deal is a very dangerous proposition, especially if you understand the parameters of this deal that have been agreed to by not just the united states and iran but by russia china, france, germany, the united kingdom.
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i do think as we move forward and as the deal gets fleshed out in the coming weeks, americans will begin to understand what the alternative is to rejecting this deal. i think it, frankly, is much more dangerous in terms of iran getting a nuclear weapon than us in fact potentially embracing this deal at the end of the day. >> senator, why shouldn't congress have more oversight and more say in the ability to reject this? when sanctions are phased out, iran will gain billions more in oil revenue and it no secret that iran is the chief destabilizers in the region that supports hezbollah the houthi rebels in yemen. >> this isn't about trusting iran. this is about having an agreement where we can verify 24/7 whether or not they have violated the agreement. this isn't about trust.
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we don't trust iran and we're keeping all options on the table opinion i do think congress should have a role. i think the reason the white house pushed back in the beginning because the way it was daft drafted would provide more involvement. i think we all agree this is important. >> how are things between you and hillary clinton? there seemed to be bruised feelings when you supported barack obama back in 2008. and what do you make of her road trip campaign in scooby and meeting people face to face? >> first of all, we're great. i've had several conversations with secretary clinton. she seems relaxed, she seems determined strong capable and i think she's doing this because this is the way she wants to do it. no matter how she rolled out,
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the hillary haters would be out in force. she would be criticized no matter what she did. so i think she is doing this her way, which is listening, trying to keep it low key, making people understand that she gets that she's got to earn -- she's got to eastern the respect and confidence of the american people. and they have to determine whether they will fight for them. i think she's going to come out on top in that equation. >> can i raise a question about your tweeting life? >> yes, you may. >> you know i -- >> i know you for this charlie. >> you cast aspersions on those fine young men at duke who happen to play basketball very well and may be embarking on a lucrative career in the nba. >> right. listen this isn't about those young men. this is about a system that the
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grownups have allowed to come into place where you have a crazy situation where a coach is making $10 million a year and these players can't afford to go home and visit their families. it's nuts! and by the way, i've got no problem with these kid going to the nba. but let's not call this student. because we're now rewhether it's kentucky or duke or another school i think one and done is not good for college basketball. >> how would you change it? >> well we can say let's stop the art physical of pretending. calipari is not recruiting kids to go to college. he's saying to them go to my school because most of my kid go to the nba. on the other hand, if you're not going to go straight from high school and you're going to be in
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college, let's make sure that these kids at least have a stipend so they're not having to break the rules >> i'm trying i'm trying. >> we're listening. >> a lot of people agree with you on that senator, basketball iran and hillary clinton. you've covered it all! >> that's a three-pointer, senator mccaskill! >> she's a basketball fan. i like it! >> nearly 1 in 70 american kids lives with autism. we have the doctor with new
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two of country music's brightest starts are giving stereotypes the boot. >> what are some of the cliches. >> long tan legs cut off jeans. >> trucks. >> tailgates. >> slide on over. could there be a please somewhere? >> okay please slide on over. >> they showed what led them to challenge some of nashville's biggest hit makers. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪
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>> this is an observational studies. we can't draw conclusions, we can just show associations. researchers looked at the health records of 300,000 children born at a single health system in california and then looked back at the health of the mother. they put the mom in three categories. la they found is women who developed gestational diabetes before 26 weeks were at a 42% increased risk of having a child with an autism disorder. >> what's the possible connection? >> that's what everyone wants to know. gestational diabetes affects kid with metabolic disorders. there's a critical window of time where if the brain is exposed to high levels of blood
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shug sugar, it can fact conditions. >> what is gestational diabetes? >> it's usually developed late in pregnancy and it's -- >> it's from gaining a lot of weight in pregnancy snp. >> new york it's not related to gaining weight not at all. >> it's saying that autism and the brain changes that occur happen early on probably in development before the baby is ever born. >> what's the message if you're pregnant or going to get pregnant? >> the big message is not to panic. the beg message is to get their health in check more closely, exercise, keep your weight in check and screen for kids early
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to see if it will have any benefit. we don't know that yet. >> a ceo who took a massive pay cut to help give employees an unprecedented raise. you're watching "cbs this morning." "cbs this morning." >> announcer: morning rounds presents by egg land. better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. if your purse is starting to look more like a tissue box... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. muddle no more™ .
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i've bet you've heard the saying money doesn't buy happy finance but i'll here. one employee's wages will increase to $70,000 in stages. a boss who took a pay cut. i love this story. good morning. >> good morning. big companies like mcdonald's and walmart have raised their prices but nothing like what dan has done. he wants to confront income inequality in america so he slashed his own paycheck and raised the minimum wage at his company to $70,000. ceo dan price made the announcement at his company's quarterly meeting. >> we're going to have a minimum $70,000 pay raise for everyone that works here. >> the minimum salary at the
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credit card processing company will immediately jump to $50,000 and rise to $70,000 within three years. >> i realized that people are making less than that there's an emotional cost they have every single day and you only get to live once and so those are days that are lost in terms of being abe to live a really full life, so getting there was really based on that research that princeton did in 2010. >> that princeton study concluded that a human being's emotional well being rises as their income rises. the reaction went from subdued shock to standing occasionhvationovation. melissa is a 21-year-old single mother who works in customer service. overnight her annual salary jumped from $37,000 to $50,000. >> it gives you confidence to go about your daynd and not going
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from paycheck to paycheck. >> maybe i cried when i called my mom. >> reporter: he has $54,000 in student debt. now those loans will be easier to pay off. >> i think it's life-changing for everybody in various ways. >> it's potentially life-changing for price as well. >> so i'm reducing my salary from a million a year to about $70,000. >> but not even in corporate america can afford to make drastic changes. >> it doesn't make economic sense for large companies that have a lot of people like that to give huge raises like this. it can tip them from being profitable to unprofitable which is why we're not going to see a huge stampede of companies doing this. >> it's not about pay but developing people and giving them a chance to thrive and show what i that can do. >> reporter: dan admits the salary increases will cut his forecasts in near term but having happier more productive
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employees he believes will pay off in the long term. >> you know, i want to be a part of the solution of inequality in this country, and so if corporate america also wants to be a part of that solution that would make me really happy. >> 30 employees will see their salaries double under this movie. price insists he's not trying to make a political statement but word is getting around. the company got more than 500 new resumes. >> he did a story. >> great. >> employees everywhere are sending your story to their bosses today. >> it's one of the highest e-mailstores right now. >> go dan price. thank you, anthony. former general electric ceo jack welch and his wife suzie made headlines from the moment they met. our candid conversation
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good morning. it's 8:25, time for some news headlines. a california state senator is receiving debt threats. dr. richard pan wrote a bill that would make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children. he received threats over the e- mail. today, the cop at that costa county water district will likely past stricter new rules on water use. the district is asking customers for a voluntary cutback of 15% right now. the board could make that mandatory and raise that to 25%. minimum wage protests are happening rights now across the
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jcialghts south bound 280 is kind of brutal right now after that earlier crash. daily city, accidents on the right shoulder. it's really tough. 101 is actually a better alternate. not so much the case if you are traveling out of the south bay. southbound 101 is super jammed up. here is a live look at the them myths freeway which continues to go from bad to worse as you head up to counsel town oakland. no accident, just a lot of congestion. that is the traffic. >> good morning, everyone. heading on out the door, we have blue skies. this is the scene looking out towards the trans america pyramid. visibility unlimited this morning. winds are under 10. temperatures 49 in santa rosa to 56 degrees in livermore. northwest winds 10 to 20 across the metropolitan area today. higher gusts towards the dell
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♪ squeeze her, tease her don't ever leave her ♪ ♪ a little tenderness ♪ ♪ you've got to love her, tease her don't squeeze her ♪ james corder and him are. he's got moves. >> i love it that he has all these great skits. >> me too. and he's comes to the table sooner than later. i can't wait for that. coming up in this half hour
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former ceo jack welch and his wife talks to one million people and they show us how to make your career and relationships last and whether you should start hanging out with the boss. >> jan crawford meets maddie & tae. they're opening up to their voices of change. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the detroit news" looking at a possible link between shrinking airlines seating and health problems. >> it's gone down from about 19 inches to 17. last summer flyers were squeezed into the least amount of personal space in the history of flying. the flyers say the closely packed assets could make it harder to evacuate a plane. let me tell you, not 30 minutes ago charlie was saying how small the seats are. >> sitting in the back. >> and you're 6'3". >> exactly.
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>> i was going what are you doing sit back there? that's what i want to know. >> took you to place you've never been hasn't it? >> tee hee hee. >> they're searching for a cat burglar caught on cat camera. a new york city woman installed her camera. it caught a suspected thief breaking in through the window. somebody knows this guy. it's believed that he climbed up the scaffolding. he didn't steal the cats but he allegedly took an ipad a laptop, jewelry and digital cap rah before walk out the door. >> who knew that people had cat cameras. >> she set that up. her friends thought she was crazy. now her friends say not so crazy. >> the reason is to watch the cat? >> she's curious to see what the cats were doing while she was gone. you could do that with barkley you could. are you curious about what
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barkley is doing? >> no, no. i get up verierly when he's asleep. i know what he's doing. an home repair that turned into an incredible archaeological dilg. a homeowner wants to fix a toilet. ek ka vagss unearthed ancient rooms and really licks that predate jesus. the family discovered treasures from the roman era plus hidden jewelry and fresh co-s. >> also a broken toilet. >> yes. >> a lot of stuff comes out of there, doesn't review explore what it takes to be a successful leader. they talk about their relationship in both business and marriage. >> what do you like to do that tickles you both that you say
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that's a good day in the life of jack and suedy welch? >> they're all good days. >> it's tough to differentiate. we have a blast every day. we for example read five papers in the morning and we'll each find something in there and say read this read this. and we're fighting to read what the other read. >> and writing a book was fun. we enjoyed it. >> you talk to a lot of people suzie, for this book. >> we traveled the world for the last 10, 12 years and we did a calculation that came out to a million people that we've been meeting of all different sizes. >> what was the thing that stood out to you. a million people. that's a lot of people. >> one is the grind continue. since 2008 business, the fun has been sucked out of business and people are trying to find ways to grow. we also continue to be shocked by the fact that people do not
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know where they stand at work. >> why do you think it's important that people know where they stand? >> look. the team that fields the best players wins the game. that's true in football. that's true in baseball. that's true in any sport. it's true in business. and so people have to know where they stand so they can improve, so they can be coached. so they can be brought along. >> in the book you say it's okay for employers to be friends with the employees. i thought that was such a different philosophy from most people. >> i have felt that way for 50 years. why the hell would you want to go to work with people you didn't want to hang out with? >> because you might have to fire them at some point, jack. doesn't that make it harder to fire them? >> now we're back to where you stand. as long as they know they've got your back and they know where they stand. if they can't do the job, they'll know it. i want to have a beer with it. >> i can like you and not be
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your fren at work. we can have mutual respeck and admiration, but we don't have to hang out together. >> it's nice when you do. >> is this a new jack welch? listen jack. when people think about jack it was neutron jack ruthless abrasive. now you're saying love people out the door it's good to have fun at work. is this a new jack welch or is this how you've been all along and no one had seen it. >> if you ask my associates, they'll tell you that. >> do you agree, suzie? >> i think the people that work with jack have always known this side of him. it's a wonderful caricature, a catchy phrase. when i was an editor i probably used it myself to describe him. this is the real jack. i don't think he's changed. >> you've also been described a one of the best ceos in the world.
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bold dynamic. listen. g.e.'s in the news recently they they're tearing down the building that jack built. >> yeah. >> when you read that what do you think about that? agree or disagree? >> thank god they're making changes. the world has changed. >> it doesn't hurt your feelings to say i built it this way? >> we talk about change every day. the game changed in 2008. dodd/frank came in changed the rules for financial entitities and we became a city which is a significant issue for financial services company. it became a less attractive businesses. thank got they jumped on it. that's why geo's still in the dow jones. >> on page 221 you say technically we both retired in 2001. okay. one of us retire. the other got fired for running off with the retired.
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who was that suzie? because at the big time that was a big scandal. no one every thought that would lead to a love connection. how did that happen? >> i thought no wonder everybody loves jack welch. he's amazing. i thought he seemed awfully curious about my personal life. >> he was married at the time. >> he was. i was not. he asked if i had a boyfriend. we liked each other a lot. we had an immediate love connection. >> what did you see,. >> i think the package is there. >> you had a package at home. >> we had long since personally grown apart and it didn't work.
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and so this was just perfect. >> why does it work so well for you? you've been married now 11 years. >> 11 years. >> i know i know. >> who said it wouldn't last. >> we were right too. we knew it with us going to last forever. >> you knew? >> there was -- >> we were crazy about each other. >> we loved each other and we knew it was going to last. >> and we have a blast together. i'm a big supporter of having similar values similar beliefs, similar things. i think the opposites attract game -- i've tried that. that didn't work so well. >> what a great interview. >> it was good. >> this is the thing. they're so happy their dog is named happy, the rescue dog that they've rescued. he says he's 79. he feels like he's in his 50s. she's 55. it works out for them both. >> he has said if they're fired and you're surprised, you're
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maddy and tay are being praised for bringing a new voice to the vocal music. they're going to be honoret at the country music awards but why they want some of their fellow stars to sound more respectful. >> reporter: maddy marleau and tailor dye could be any other duo trying to make it in country music. they have the look and the talent. but these 19-year-olds aren't just another new group because of this song. their first single "girl in a country song" went straight to the top.
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>> but it's the message that makes them breakout stores and puts nashville on notice. >> you guys are taking on what's big in nashville. two teenagers. >> go big or go home. >> go big or go home. >> that's definitely the motto. >> you're calling only sought of the biggest names in music. >> we're calling out the trend rather than the artist. >> what they call unrealistic and irresponsible covers much of today's country music. a sound called rogue country. tight main game in town with songs that glorify big trucks beer and beautiful women.
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>> we're huge country fans but we're so sick and tired of how women are portrayed in songs. the girls are supposed to sit there, be perfect, not talk no personality. we would listen to the radio day after day and say where did the value and character go. so we went to a songwriting session and we made a check list of all the cliches. >> like what are they. >> dirt road long tan legged. >> bare feet. >> cut off trucks. >> tailgate. >> slide on over. i'm like could there be a please ♪ your hot self over here girl, hand me another beer ♪ >> maddie & tae take on the brogue summaries and come back. >> i wish i had shoes on my two bare feet. >> mocking the way they dress. >> i hate the way bikini top fits, do i have to wear it all day. >> and setting straight how it
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should see them. ♪ tell me one more time how you want to get you some of that ♪ >> their backlash that made history. maddie & tae became the first two in nearly a decade whose very first song hit number one. the country music hall of fame came call snag and these are going to go downstairs in our brand-new gallery. >> reporter: we were with maddyie & tae as they donated their songs from the song's video. >> i remember getting a call and they said do you still have your outfitting. we want to put them in the hall of fame. >> they're doing more than stirring the pot. they're saying country music was ignoring the perspective of young women. >> we had no voice. we realize when we see little girls singing we're giving them
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a voice. we're like we can sing and give you a voice and make you be known. >> if you're wondering what's behind their confidence they point to their upbringing. >> maddy was raised in texas by a mother who worked in the oil and gas industry. tay grew up in oklahoma with older brothers. both took voice lessons in dallas where their teachers introduced them. they joined forces and made a big move together. >> we were 17 years old. moved to nashville completely on our own, trying to figure out how to pay bills and fix a broken ac unit. >> what to to whelp your apartment floods. >> exactly. all these grown-up things. it was hard. we're trying to make a name forourselves in nashville, which is not easy. >> that experience inspired their second single "fly." an uplifting song that encourages people to hold on through the tough times. ♪ so keep on climbing ♪
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>> there's a lot of pressure because you came out with this huge hit and now what? >> for us it's about getting to tell our stories and if we can release a song that is true to us and our fans relate and maybe it doesn't get high on the charts, that's really not important. >> it's a hit to us. >> as long as we get to say what we want to say as long as it's passionate, that's all that matters. >> reporter: another message they hope empowers to resonate. for "cbs this morning," jan crawford, nashville. >> gayle, i know what i'm downloading today. >> i'm putting it on my ipod. coming a long way from "my wife just sleft with my best friend and i sure
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great show today. >> that does it for us. for news any time anywhere (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love.
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jonathan: it's a new jet ski. - what? wayne: oops. you don't know me, you're not my mama, you're not my mom!. tiffany: oh my god! jonathan: it's a trip to jamaica! wayne: lord have mercy. you've got the big deal of the day! - i pick door number one! jonathan: it's time for “let's make a deal.” now here's tv's big dealer wayne brady! wayne: hey, everybody, welcome to “let's make a deal.” i'm wayne brady, thank you so much for tuning in. how is everybody doing today? who's ready to make a deal? (cheers and applause) let's see. you, madam, yes, you, yes, you be careful though. everybody else, sit down sit down, everybody. come on over here. hello, that was my foot, that is my hand. there we go, two injuries in the course of 15 seconds. my thumb, that's great.
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