does this settlement bring closure to the family? >> there is really no settlement, however historic financially that could bring closure and justice to this family. >> reporter: the two police officers had asked the judge to dismiss the family's lawsuit, scott. and loehmann's attorney said his client has a heavy burden to bear and will have to live with what happened for the rest of his life. >> dean reynolds reporting from the park where tamir rice was killed. dean, thank you. the friend of a man accused of massed murder has pleaded guilty today to lying to investigators. the crime shocked the conscience. it was the murder of eight black parishioners and minister who had welcomed a stranger into

their bible study in charleston, south carolina. police say dylann roof opened fire in a racist hate crime. his friend, 21-year-old joey meek will testify against roof in hopes of getting a lighter sentence in today's guilty plea. today, a federal appeals court reinstated the suspension that the nfl imposed on new england patriots' quarterback tom brady for using underinflated footballs in a championship game. here's don dahler. >> new england! >> reporter: today's decision means one of the nfl's best teams will have to play the first four games next season without one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game. last spring, commissioner roger goodell ordered tom brady suspended for four games for brady's part in a scandal involving underinflated footballs. the star quarterback successfully sued the league to have the sus penning thrown out and played all of last season. today's decision says the

commissioner's settlement stands. dan shaunessy writes for the globe. >> punishing powers have been restored and allowed to do what the collective bargaining agreement allows him to do. >> reporter: the appellate court said goodell had the power to suspend brady, power by the collective bargaining unit with the union. goodell properly exercised broad discretion and did not debrief brady. the players union said to date is disappointed and would carefully review the decision and consider all of our options. all along brady maintained he had nothing to do with the deflated footballs to. day's decision leaves it up to him whether to appeal. >> it is a hit to his reputation. the greatest quarterback of our times certainly. the man has been in six super bowl s. you can't take that away from him. at this point it is a set back because this goes, this is a mark on his resume that nobody wants. >> reporter: this decision means the patriots will have to rely

on a backup quarterback for one quarter of their regular season games. scott, unless the suspension is overturned yet again, the next big question is, can they win without tom brady? >> don dahler at gillette for us tonight. don, thank you very much. with potentially dangerous storms on the horizon, how forecasters are trying to coop us safe. >> and beyonce's surprise album tops the charts. the "cbs o sometimes we use k-y ultragel to enhance my body's natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. and when i know she's into it, i get into it and... feel the difference with k-y ultragel.

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the heart of america is bracing for what could be more rough with this week. conditions are ripe for some destructive storms, so we sent bourke b manuel bojorquez to norman, oklahoma to find how the experts are tracking them. >> reporter: thus was the scene in parts of kansas yesterday. only the beginning says bill

bunting, operations chief at storm prediction center. >> all hazard are possible. tornadoes, damaging wind and hail. >> reporter: he said the midw t midwest, south and central plains should brace for a week of potentially dangerous weather. the forecast comes from here, center's war room where meteorologists track the systems and make predictions. what have you learned about the science of predicting weather that allowed you to make better forecasts? >> i think key has been the understanding how storms devil of and what environments are most favorable for say tornados, thunderstorms, and those that don't produce tornados. >> reporter: starts with a jet stream from the northwest colliding with a surge of moisture from gulf of mexico. scientists have discovered another clue. shifts in winds below the jet stream ahead of a storm can help predict severe weather. >> when the wind are par fk lae -- particularly strong and change position with speed and height those are days we can hone in on

saying those storms in that particular area will have a higher risk of producing tornados. >> reporter: with a high risk tomorrow. >> significant severe weather. >> reporter: online briefings with officials in the region are well under way. the threat of severe weather here goes through the week and into the weekend. scott, officials plan to issue blunt warnings. instead of a simple take shelter, people may hear "mobile homes will be destroyed" and "flying debris will be deadly." >> bmanuel bojorquez, thanks. >> the apology prince offers his fans, coming up

protesters on both sides of nor north carolina law offering protections for the gay and transgender community. thousand opposed to the law gathered at the old capitol

building. thousands mr. who support it rallied on a grassy mall, urging lawmakers to stand firm. to date music of prince shot to the billboard 200 album chart. and we saw this video today of a makeup show that prince performed in atlanta a week before he died. he explained why he canceled an earlier date. >> under the weather. it will be at lest a few more days before officials know more about the cause of prince's death last thursday. >> prince was dethroned from the top spot on the itunes list today by another member of music royalty, beyonce. her surprise release over the weekend, "lemonade" is an hour-long visual album that is deeply personal but is also a social commentary. it features black women, almost

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why end tonight with a history making broadway play a. but women surviving war. the play and its academy award winning star, have just been nominated for prestigious drama league awards. here's anna werner. >> she tried to do good. >> reporter: the "eclipsed" is in a hut in liberia, where three women are held as sex slaves by rebel commander. the lead role, character of a young girl, played by academy award winning actress, lupita nyong'o. >> we should know who we are. >> writer, danai guriara, actress known for "the walking dead" says the genesis for the play was photos she saw of women in the liberian civil war.

>> i had never seen images of african women, clad in little jeans, tops, cute hair dos, and ak-47th. >> guriara traveled to learn more. >> it was rooted in almost a rage. why don't we know these women's stories, the narratives of women in war. >> for me i think it is about survival. >> the play's director, leisel tommy. >> the incredible capacity for human beings to survive the most unbelievable circumstances and retain their humanity. >> how long you been here for? >> long time. >> reporter: it is not just about women. for the first time a broadway play features an all-female cast, plus female writer and director. did you realize you were doing that when you did it? >> i don't think so. you may have but -- >> well, we did plan, i did plan an all-female cast.

>> we didn't know we were going to be making history. >> no, no, let's make history. >> keep it. >> reporter: their passion extends to the audience, with a plan to bring 10,000 girls from three northeast states to see the show. >> do you act or you want to act? you like it? you think about it? >> i really like acting. i'm more of a poet. >> we are part of a large network of women peace makers. >> reporter: as most an american and zimbabwean, herself, guriara hopes the play helps close the gap between two worlds. >> the otherness of african girls in war disappears and they become people that you feel connected to. >> reporter: a world where war endures and women still struggle to survive. >> maybe we can actually get them to the point where things change? >> anna werner, new york. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this tuesday morning. for some of you the news continues.

for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "cbs overnight news," i'm jericka duncan. republican front-runner donald trump is expected to win most of the delegates up for grabs today in five northeastern primaries. in an unprecedented move though, rivals ted cruz and john kasich have formed an alliance to try to stop trump from clinching the nomination. cruz and kasich need a contested convention to have a shot at the nomination themselves thaflt withaflt -- themselves. they will now work to prevent trump from winning primaries next week. >> ted cruz and john kasich are treating the battle for the nomination, like a tag team wrestling match, at lay yans in advance of what is expected to be a five state primary sweep by

trump tuesday. which means it may be too little too late. >> i'm only interested in the first ballot. i'm not interested in second, third, fourth, 19th. >> reporter: donald trump predicted he would win outright. statements for ted cruz and john kasich announced a bold new plan to stop him. kasich's camp will give the cruz campaign a clear path in indiana. while cruz will clear the path for governor kasich in oregon and new mexico. the strategy adds fodder to trump's accusations cruz is using underhanded tactics to sway delegates ahead of a possible contested convention. >> cruz s going and wining, dining, dinners, hotels, all this stuff. he is bribing people. >> cruz denied trump's charges. >> i told delegates backstage, listen, i can't send a 737 to fly you to 18 holes of free golf at mar-a-lago. that ain't going to happen.

>> reporter: trump feels like a boxeren a rigged match. >> the judges are going to be against you like the system is rigged. he goes, mr. trump, let me tell you the judges can't help if i knock that guy on his -- i've knock him out. >> reporter: he issued another warning if he doesn't prevail at the gop convention. >> if a guy that is losing by all those millions of votes wins, i'll tell you what, we are going to have some people that are very, very angry. really. they're going to be very angry. >> kasich despite lagging way behind in poll numbers and delegates told "face the nation" he is looking at potential runningmates. >> what is your reaction to that? >> you don't want to have yourself in a position where you pick somebody out of a hat. i have some skilled hand who are beginning now to take a look. figure out who would really fit. >> reporter: we learned that cruz may announce his runningmate before the indiana primary. no decisions. the name that comes up most in cruz's world, carly fichlt y .

>> borny sand serz is ke yee sy is shifting his tone. here's nancy cordes. >> sanders not standing down at all. of the five states that are voting tomorrow. sanders hit all five over the weekend. he was all over the airwaves too. and he is still taking the fight to clinton. though with a new nod to reality. >> that is not secretary clinton's view. >> reporter: with his white house prospects dwindling, sanders has begun pushing clinton overtly to adopt his agenda. >> madam secretary if you are concerned about climate change. join me and impose a tax on carbon. the latest cbs news battleground tracker finds eight in ten pennsylvania democrats now expect clinton to be the nominee. but nearly half say sanders has

had a positive influence on her candidacy because he made her adopt more progress if views. >> i support the fight for 15. >> reporter: this was clinton last night in connecticut. >> for goodness sake, let's raise the minimum wage. it is not right that people are mired in poverty. clinton drew tentative support sunday from one of the biggest conservative donors, trump critic, billionaire industrialist, koch may back clinton over the gop nominee. >> it is possible. that her -- we would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. >> reporter: clinton's campaign responded she is not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science and try to make it harder for people to vote. the campaign worked furiously to back down reports that they were

considering rung mat ining runn. clinton had no comment. >> just working hard to win tuesday. >> clinton campaign is worried talk of a vp will make it look as if they think they have got the race in the bag with 15 states yet to vote. that's why, clinton's campaign schedule its as rigorous as the ever. she hit four of the five states voting tomorrow. over the weekend. >> the united states is getting more deeply involved in the conflict in syria. during a visit to germany, president obama confirmed he is sending an additional 250 american troops to the war-torn country. they will work with opposition forces fighting against isis. margaret brennan is traveling with the president. >> reporter: well the president's decision expand the american military presence inside of syria. something he has been reluctant to do. this is an attempt to squeeze isis hard before he leaves office. the additional u.s. troops will intensify pressure on isis inside their stronghold of

syria. >> approved the deployment of 250 u.s. personnel in syria including special forces to keep up this momentum. they're not going to be leading fight on the ground. but, they will be essential in providing the training and assisting local forces they continue to drive isil back. >> reporter: 250 special forces expand the u.s. presence from 50 commandos to 300 inside syria. they will provide intelligence, support and logistics to kurdish and arab force whose are fighting to recapture racka, the de facto capital of the islamic state. the white house insists u.s. forces will not be in combat but admits they will be in harm's way. the announcement days after the president deployed another 200 advisers to help fight isis in iraq. european allies still reeling from recent terror attacks have urged the u.s. to do more. create a military protected safe

zone in syria to stem the flood of refugees. the president said yesterday that would require a large number of ground troops. a commitment he is still unwilling to make. >> it is very difficult to see how it would -- how it would operate short of us essentially being willing to militarily take over a big chunk of that country. >> reporter: now the decision to send more troops comes as the president's attempt to broker a cease-fire in syria has collapsed. here blamed russia and the assad regime for that failure. which has complicated his efforts to end the war. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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the spiraling heroin epidemic is one of the biggest problems facing america today. authorities are trying to decide whether heroin should be treated as a medical or le ggal problem. ohio getting hit especially hard. the heroin epidemic is killing at least 23 people in the state every week. bill whitaker shows us what ohio is doing to handle the crisis in a story for "60 minutes." >> angie, what is this with all the names on the wall here? >> we call this the death wall. >> the death wall. >> why is that? >> majority of the people on this wall have died of drug overdose due to heroin. >> angie pellfrie, a former nurse and recovering addict, runs the rehab facility in

laurel pike, ohio. by 2010, 50 names total. now, 2016, we're over 3,000. >> reporter: that's incredible. >> it is. >> reporter: mothers, brothers even grandmothers, relatives or friends of angie's residence. they come from all over the state and nearly every one knew people on the wall. >> almost everybody. >> 23 in the wall from my hometown. >> small town? >> yeah. >> reporter: a new university of cincinnati study says one in five ohio residents knows some one who is struggling with heroin. one sheriff told us that up to 80% of the prisoners in his county jail have drugs in their system. largely heroin. what can law enforcement do? >> the attorney general is not going to solve the problem. your local sheriff, local prosecutor is not going to. >> reporter: ohio attorney general mike dewine is a former senator and congressman.

>> we have been fighting a war on drugs now for decade. this is the biggest epidemic that you have seen, this heroin epidemic sounds like we are not winning the war. >> i have been involved in law enforcement for, four decade. i have learned over those years that we are not going to arrest our way out of this problem. >> reporter: that's why mike dewine says he is encouraged by a different kind of court in ohio. >> congratulations. >> reporter: they are drug courts and deal only with drug cases. there are 91 in ohio. we went to one in columbus, that was being run at the time by judge scott vanderkarr. he was handling only heroin cases four times a week. the judge believes heroin addiction is an illness and in his court, heroin addicts are treated more like patients than criminals. >> how long have you been clean? >> i have been clean for 84 days. >> reporter: there are students in the courtroom, a teacher, a

state employee, the ceo of a tech company. if they come here for up to two years, get drug tested and stay clean, their heroin charges are dismissed. >> sort of use the carrot and the stick? >> absolutely. >> stick with the program or i will put you back in jail? >> put you back in jail and you are going to end up with a conviction on your record. >> beaver i went into detox. before i went into detox. >> reporter: under the judge, 250 addicts went through the program. people who might otherwise be in jail or dead. >> you get resistance from judges? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what's their criticism? too touchy feely? >> yes too, social work. that's not my job. my job is to be a judge. >> drug courts work. some people look at them and say, well it's, you know, it's judge becoming a social worker. it's not true at all. >> reporter: it worked for caitlyn and robert. not their real names. they both arrest ford heroin

possession. went to the judge's court after being addicted to heroin for years. >> it was this like really, like, animal instinct level, like obsession with, with getting high. >> you had to do it. >> even when i didn't want to. using against my will. >> where did you get the money? >> stealing. lying, cheating, using other people. ripping other people off. >> i had no relationship with reality at all. my -- my thinking was limited to how i could get high. >> reporter: in judge vanderkarr's court they both were given a new chance. >> it's a gift. >> reporter: what's the gift? >> life. a new way to live. and try to give me a little bit of education on, on, why i'm acting the way i'm acting. why i can't stop. >> he didn't treat us like criminals. i think that was a big thing. >> yeah. >> reporter: after they passed

random drug tests several times a week, went to therapy, and stayed clean for more than a year, their drug related criminal charges were wiped off the books. robert started a landscaping business. caitlyn is in premed and wants to be a doctor. >> it's freedom. and if i had those charges, i, i wouldn't be able to -- to continue on the path that i am on now. >> reporter: there are a lot of the law enforcement folks who do see your behavior as criminal. and who do think you should be in jail for what you were doing. >> we did break the law. but i am talking about branding someone a criminal for the rest of their lives. it just doesn't work. >> reporter: it has been that way for years in many ohhoi communities. ohio communities. we want to harden county, one area outside of columbus. >> i have eight felonies on my

record. >> harden county is experimenting with a drug court. it didn't exist when jenna started using heroin seven years ago. she has been arrested at least six times. >> this case. the prosecutor in harden county, bradford bailey says he is overwhelmed by drug cases. he takes a hard line than the judge. >> we will get them. they don't have the ability to say no. they don't have ability to stop using some of them they don't. >> reporter: in 2011, jenna overdosed and almost died. prosecutor bailey charged her with felony heroin possession internal possession. >> i got charged with possession of heroin. because i had it in my system. >> she was charged with a felony for that. >> that's what it is. a schedule one drug. no one can have it in their possession. under any circumstances not even medicinal. >> isn't that a bit extreme? >> no, that's the law of ohio.

that's the law of the united states of america. >> johna moenna is no poster ch sobriety. prosecutors have discretion, unusual to charge them with possession as the drug is in their system. jenna sold a police informant, pain pills and a drug that helps wean from heroin. bailey came down hard. nine counts of trafficking. when jenna and her sister stole cash and card from their mother. bailey charged them with felony theft. >> i couldn't stop them. >> at her wit's end it was tracy moshson w who called the police. >> resulted in five felony charges for one. three for the other. >> fall knelony charges. i was think, naive, petty theft. they got them for forgery. and all these felonies. then they were trying to send

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california linguistics scholar who invented them. >> reporter: when the actors in game of thrones speak in the foreign language, they aren't just making it up. [ speaking foreign language ] it was actually invented in the home office of david peterson. he is the linguist who created both languages. new languages that have helped define "game of thrones." >> they actually tried to use some gibberish for the dothraki scenes in the pilot. they didn't like the sound of it. really has to sound real to get to drive the impact home to the audience. and the languages that i create are part of that. >> reporter: you have seen scripts of the new season? >> yeah, they're like all there.

on this computer. >> reporter: what can you tell us? >> i can tell you there is ten of them. >> reporter: the show send him scripts with the dialogue in english. he send back the translation as well as an audio recording of how it should sound. [ speaking foreign language ] peterson has now created more than 5,000 words for "game of thrones" and all the corresponding parts of speech. every single word is its own battle. should this word be derived from a regular affixation, zero derive, and have the word mean something or metaphorical extension or expression or an idiom. >> reporter: do you drink? >> not a bit. not a bit. not like the dothraki. want to know how to say drunk in dothraki? [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: in the end the

actors have to deliver what he created. >> basically like arabic and german. insane, really, really hard. recite it all the time. figure what you are saying in english. it's been hard, but a great challenge. >> reporter: historically actors sounded a bit silly using made up words such as in the "star wars" films. it was klingon from "star trek" that raised the bar. one of the first wholly invented languages that spawned its own books and dictionaries. in 2009's "avatar" the navian pandora got their own vocabulary. and david peterson recently created the language for the dark elves in the latest "thor" film. these invented languages

inspired a linguistics class at the university of california san diego. and they have a cult following of devoted fans. this woman busted out her considerable dothraki skills. on "game of thrones" actor. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: it is not as easy as it may seem. >> put it altogether. [ speaking foreign language ] >> you did that really well. >> reporter: peterson has created languages for nine shows and three movies. before game of thrones no language creator ever thought they would be paid for their work at all. it was just completely unrealistic. it is basically our golden age.

>> reporter: ben tracy, los angeles. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

beyonce's ground breaking album "lemonade" is generating buzz for its content and for the way it is being released. here's vladamir duthiers. ♪ they don't love you like i love you ♪ >> reporter: if you missed beyonce's visual album debut over the weekend only way to see it and hear it is title giving the service a splash of lucrative publicity. >> beyonce is a very savvy business woman. just a great strategy there is a come busti combustive energy in release. ♪ freedom >> reporter: because she is part owner in the company. beyonce had the freedom to catch title's initial wave of profits. she knows more popular music

services, itunes can help sell more "lemonade" that's why it was no surprise that lemonade premiered on itunes overnight. >> the first place you can purchase lemonade is on title and also in her best interest to have the record available in other places as well. she wants to reach the largest audience. ♪ okay, ladies ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in "lemonade" beyonce renews the themes of formation. at one point sampling the word of malcolm x. >> disrespected person in america is the black woman. >> reporter: in a nod to the black lives matters movement, the mothers of trayvon martin and michael brown appear. holding pictures of their slain sons. >> your mother is a woman. and women like her cannot be contained. >> reporter: but the album also

offers what could be a glimpse into a complex love story. queen bs marriage to rapper jay-z, rumored infidelity and reconciliation. with lemon naadelemonade, artis pushing for a greater share of the streeping revenue. taylor swift pulled her music off spotify, prince can be streamed on title. adele can't be streamed anywhere. >> to catch people's attention to day, artists need be creative. do something different. unique, creative, fun to pull people in. ♪ ♪ >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this tuesday morning. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan.

it's tuesday, april 26th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." voters in five states head to the polls this morning with hundreds of delegates on the line while the candidates fight for each vote. trump fights back against a new kasich/cruz alliance. >> actually, i was happy because it shows how weak they are. it shows how pathetic they are. charlie rose goes one on one with president obama, the commander in chief on what u.s. forces need to do to obliterate isis in syria. and a wild bear keeps an