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lawmakers demand the answers about how much security services knew about the gyrocopter that landed on the capitol lawn. as it turns out, the pilot was tracked during his illegal flight. llegal flight. >> he should have been blown out >> he should have been blown out of the air and very well could have been. a landmark agreement between the nfl and thousands of former players. a judge approves a $1 billion plan to settle concussion-related lawsuits. an eruption emergency. one of chile's most dangerous volcanos erupts sending ash into the sky. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning
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news" for thursday, april 23'd, 2015. good morning. i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. turns out doug hughes department as he drove his gyrocopter from gettiesburg to washington, d.c. he was being tracked. he was being tracked by the nation's top security agencies. and as he entered restricted airspace near the capitol, authorities aimed multiple weapons aet the aircraft. next week congress will hold hearings to determine why hughes wasn't stopped. mark albert's in washington. good morning, mark. >> good morning, alison. last night lawmakers got their first in-depth briefing on this that lasted about 45 minutes. the ease with which the gyrocopter was able to penetrate the nation's most secure airspace has rattled lawmakers who are demanding accountability. >> he's lucky to be alive. he should have been blown out of the air. >> house oversight committee chair jason chaifetz had harsh words for postal worker doug hughes who flew a gyrocopter
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through restricted airspace last week, landing it on the capitol lawn. but chaifetz was even tougher on norad and the faa. >> they chose not to brief us. both agencies are responsible for monitoring the airspace over washington d.c. >> they chose not to brief us today, and that's the heart of the question that we'll be asking next wednesday. >> during a closed door briefing wednesday officials from the secret service and capitol police revealed multiple agencies tracked the aircraft but made a judgment call not to shoot it down out of concern for people on the ground. the committee's top democrat elijah cummings expressed frustration that members of congress were never made aware of the potential threat. >> this is a wakeup call for all of us and for all of the agencies. >> hughes had flown from gettysburg to d.c. intending to deliver letters to congress about campaign finance reform. >> i deliver the mail without
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anybody getting hurt, without any problem earth damage. i succeeded. >> the 61-year-old remains under house arrest in florida. the oversight committee chairman is citing a lack of communication and human error during the breach and warmed the faa and norad would have, quote, a lot of explaining to do. the top democrat on the committee says this will be a transformative moment for the agencies that guard the capitol. alison? >> mark albert in washington. thank you, mark. the secret service took a year to fix the broken alarm at the home of the former president george h.w. bush. that's according to an attorney general report due out today. they warned the alarm system was likely to fail back in 2010. the system stopped working in 2013 and was not replaced for 13 months. during that time an extra agent was assigned to the residence. today the parents of michael brown plan to file a civil lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri.
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brown, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot by a police officer in the suburbs last august. it led to weeks of protests. the officer who shot brown, darren wilson, was not prosecuted. he resigned in november. baltimore police say five of the six police officer involved in the arrest of freddie gray have given statements and are cooperating. gray suffered a severe spinal injury during custody. his treatment sparked angry demonstrations and more are planned for today. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: baltimore police kept all but a few protesters from breaching concrete and metal barricades wednesday near the city's western district police station. three days after freddie gray's death. they have focused their outrage here. wednesday's protest began as a peaceful march from several nearby churches. >> we can protest without
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violence. we can let our voices be heard without violence. that's the message we want to let people know. >> reporter: but some say police barricades ratcheted up the tension. >> i believe if they didn't have barriers, i believe it would have been a more peaceful march and they would have marched through. >> reporter: freddie gray was arrested last week. the cause of death was a severe spinal injury but police say they don't know how that happened. the six officers involved are suspended with pay. protesters want them charged with murder. the head of baltimore's fraternal order of police is defending the officers. in a statement he likened the protesters to a lynch mob. >> when you're trying to put somebody in jail before all the facts are in and the investigation hasn't been completed, i mean that's wrong. >> reporter: demonstrators are promising an even larger protest thursday as they march on city hall. craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. the tulsa sheriff's office admits a review of robert bates was ordered back in 2009 but no further action was taken.
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bates is a 73-year-old reserve officer who says he confused his handgun with his taser when he fatally shot eric harris. cbs news has learned the investigation found bates received special treatment during his training. bates reportedly used his personal car to make unauthorized vehicle stops and when he was confronted he said quote, he could do whatever he wants and anyone who has a problem with that should go see the sheriff, who is a close personal friend. this morning severe weather stretches from texas to the gulf coast. thunderstorms, hail, and tornados were a possibility. a tornado touched down yesterday near abilene, texas, but the tornado sailed through a rural area. there are no reports of injury or significant damage. in pittsburgh, it looked much more like december than the end of april. snow fell yesterday as temperatures dropped. the temperature is expected to be below freezing. this morning freeze and frost warnings are posted from south dakota to ohio. this is the third day of
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testimony in the boston marathon. bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. the same jury that convicted him must be decided whether they should be put to death. they're hearing emotional testimony from survivors and victims' families. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: never-before-seen video shows dzhokhar tsarnaev three months after the bombings and hours before his arraignment. he adjusts his hair and makes a crude gesture to the camera. a still image was shown during the opening arguments of the penalty phase. but it was the testimony of emotional adrian haslet-davis that left the jury in tears. i thought that because i couldn't hear myself scream that i was dead. survivor eric wally told jurors about the ball bearing that tore through his eye and remains lodged in his brain. he struggled to describe being separated from his wife. she thought i was dead and i thought she was dead. prosecutors expect to conclude
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their case thursday and then the defense will try to convince the jury to spare the bomber's life. >> i hope he gets the death penalty. >> reporter: two of liz norden's sons lost their legs in the bombings. >> i watched my two kids, my two boys almost die. >> reporter: the parents of slain m.i.t. officer shaun collier are still haunted by his murder. the stepfather told jurors it took his mother two months to get out of bed. she spent the two-year anniversary of her son's death crying. kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. lawyer for john hinckley says he's ready to live on his own full-time. hinckley was 25 when he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. he's now almost 60 years old. he's now 60 years old. a decision could take months. the senate is expected to confirm a new attorney general today.
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after months of delays the senate agreed on a confirmation vote for loretta lynch. she'll become the first black woman to hold the post. a fight over abortion funding caused the delay. coming up on the "morning news," a volcano awakens. the huge eruption in chile sends thousands of people runs. later, amazon finds new place to put your packages. in your car. details in "cbs moneywatch." this is the "cbs morning news." it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... doctor: symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections osteoporosis, and some eye problems. you should tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or
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a dangerous volcanic eruption has forces thousands of people from their homes in chile. time lapsed video shows a massive amount of smoke and ash shooting into the sky. the plume could be seen for miles. for the first time in more than four decades the calbuco volcano has erupted. residents in argentina have been warned to stay indoors. turbulence landed some people in the hospital. flight 271 from paris was diverted because of bad weather in the new york area. it hit turbulence hitting the logan international airport.
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dozens of passengers were treated for nausea and minor injuries. passengers described scary moments aboard a skywest plane that made an emergency landing in buffalo, new york. flight 56 from chicago was heading to bradley international airport, but the pilot diverted to buffalo. three of the 75 passengers had lost consciousness. the crew reported a possible problem with pressurization in the cabin. >> it seemed like there was some emergency that was happening that wasn't just for medical. they said there's a loss of cabin pressure. at that point they asked us to tighten our seatbelts and we basically nose-dived until we leveled out at 10,000 feet and that was pretty darn scary. >> an airline spokeswoman said the passengers were checked out and didn't need to be hospitalized. straight ahead, lights out. sun glass maker ray-ban tells a top company to stop selling its
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draws the shade on presidential candidate's wayfarers. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. good morning, alison. this week 150 companies report their first quarter earnings. today tech giants google and microsoft along with amazon will announce their results. google's fourth quarter earnings last year disappointed investors. microsoft profits fell due to sluggish computer sales, but amazon smashed expectations, blowing past wall street and what they were expecting. after a sluggish start, stocks on wall street finished higher yesterday. the dow gained 88 points, the s&p rose 10 points. now just 10 points below its record high the nasdaq finished 21 points higher. some good news for recent college grads. companies plan to hire more grads this year according to a just released survey. 65% of employers say they plan to hire a recent college grad. that is the most since 2007. 33% are offering higher pay, including a quarter who will pay $50,000 or more. amazon is considering a new delivery site, the trunk of your car.
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the retailer is teaming up with dhl and audi to start a small test run next month in germany. during checkout amazon customers indicate the location of their cars during the delivery window. the delivery agent uses an order-specific digital authorization to open the trunk and when the trunk hatch is closed, the car is locked. ray-ban is calling out senator rand paul for what it considers a shady deal. the paul presidential campaign was selling ray-ban sunglasses impresented with the paolo go on its website for $50. some of the money went to his campaign, but the campaign didn't have ray-ban's consent. ray-ban told the campaign to stop and it did. and the first youtube video is uploaded ten years ago today. >> they have really, really, really long trunks.
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>> in me at the zoo one of the youtube founders describes a clip that ran just 18 seconds. a year later google paid $1.6 billion in stock for youtube. this year nearly 145 million americans watch a youtube video. that is nearly half of the u.s. population. alison? so jill, today is take your children to work day, and my kids don't want to come to work. it's 4:00 in the morning. what about yours? >> i don't have any kids but there's little excitement going on here. >> it's a little early. 4:00 a.m. we've got nothing. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. a federal judge approved a settlement between the national football league and thousands of players who followed cushion-related lawsuits and it could cost the league up to a billion dollars over the next 65 years. under the agreement the nfl will pay out around average of $190,000. players suffer from neurological
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orders believed to be caused by brain injuries. the vast majority of retired players approved the deal. nfl actuaries say about 37% of them could develop alzheimer's or demean cha. critics say the deal let the nfl off easy. the league generates about $10 billion a year. the nfl came down on former carolina panther greg hardy for an incident involved domestic violence. he's suspended for ten games. there's credible evidence he choked and shoved his girlfriend and threw her onto a futon that was covered with guns. the charges were thrown out when the woman refused to cooperate. hardy recently signed a one-year contract with the dallaslasallas cowboys. the team anticipated hardy's suspension before signing him. when we return, the aftermath of a jewel heist. we're shown a hole where a hole was drilled in the vault.
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and avengers out. robert downey jr. walks out on an interview. pening now.
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. newly released images show how thieves pulled off an dashs heist in london's jewelry district. they show how the thieves drilled a hole inside a six-foot concrete wall. they opened dozens of deposit boxes. police found power tools including grinders, drills, and crowbars. the atlantic hawks ownership is changing. billionaire anthony ressler acquired the team for $850 million. the new ownership including former nba star grant hill and spanx founder sara blankly.
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former co-owner bruce levenson announced he would sell the team last year after a racially charged e-mail he sent surfaced. last night the playoffs continues in atlanta. the top seeded hawks defeated brooklyn to take a 2-0 series lead. actor robert downey jr. decided he'd had enough when a reporter refused to stick to the script. the hollywood star walked out of an interview promoting his "avenger "avengers" movie as the questions got too personal. >> taking drugs and drinking and all of that, do you think you're free of all of that -- >> i'm sorry. i really don't. what are we doing? >> well, i'm just asking questions, that's all. >> right. bye. >> british reporter krishnan guru-murthy doesn't get to finish the question. he tried to offer an apology as downie leaves the room. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more
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it looked pretty cold in drork where the new york yankees faced the tigers. snow flakes fell on comerica park. new york beats detroit, 13-4. it was a case of deja vu for a man in lacy, washington. earlier this month he was attacked by a bare near a training area. more than three years ago he had a dangerous encounter with a
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bear in the same area. komo's reporter natasha chen looks at his attack. >> i was extremely fortunate. >> reporter: bob and his dog abby were on their usual run in the area. abby saw a bear and disappeared into the trees. when she came back running john was stunned to see a bear. the big bear bit into him causes dozens of puncture wounds and slashes. >> as he got closer, i knew instinctively that it was going to hit me. so i swung as hard as i could and i hit him right on the nose and he just mowed me over. >> reporter: bob suffered four maulings and played dead as he called 911. he realized the bear would come back. >> it would come in and maul me and i would hit it with a stick. it would sort of subside or calm down and i would cover up, you know, to protect my face and my ears and brought my knees up to my chest and remained still.
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>> reporter: the bear left again. >> the bear left again. this time other runners and hikers found bob and called for help. surgeons saved his eyes and ears and treated other wounds to his head, chest, arms, and leg. >> i had the stick like that trying to keep him away. it was in his mouth. i was just -- i was just amazed. >> reporter: days later fish and wildlife officers killed an aggressive bear in the same area. they're testing bob's wounds to see if this is the same bear. this is his second bear attack. he was mauled by a smaller bear that he thinks is the same animal that got him last week. he said there will not be a third time. that was kiro's natasha chen reporting. mary doyle keefe was 92. the painting shows keefe in overalls holding a sandwich. her lunch box says rosy. it symbolized the contributions of women during world war ii. coming up after your local
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news on "cbs this morning." a closer look at google's new wiring service. we'll talk with the editor in chief at yahoo! plus we'll show you how more coyotes are invading urban areas and warning on how new keyless technology is making it easier for crooks and what you can do to protect yourself. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm alison harmelin. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. taking a look out there at the golden gate bridge, not too many cars on the bridge but
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it's looking a little hazy out there. >> 7? >> 7 cars? >> oh, i counted one. [ laughter ] >> good morning, it is thursday, april 23. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 4:30. the weekend is approaching. we have rain approaching! we have traffic and weather. we have roberta. >> good morning, everyone. we don't have any rain today, though. >> tomorrow. >> not so much. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> what do i know? [ laughter ] >> we have haze, cloud cover and low clouds. currently in the 40s and 50s. and later today let's call it partly to mostly cloudy. temperatures 58 degrees in the beaches to the low 70s inland. more on that rain event but first, let's say good morning to elizabeth. >> good morning, roberta. we're going to take this snapshot, this moment in time, of conditions right now across the san mateo bridge. there is roadwork in both directions of westbound and eastbound 92. it shouldn't

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