been with the department less than two years. the garafola was a father of four. he grew up on these streets. charles cavalier's nephew, 32-year-old officer montrell jackson was also killed in the ambush sunday. >> he was big in stature, 6'3", 240, but i was a big baby. you couldn't help but like him if you knew him. >> reporter: on july 8, following the deadly police shootings in baton rouge and minnesota and the attack in dallas that killed five police officers, jackson wroelt on facebook that he was tired physically and emotionally. i swear to god, i love this city, but i wonder if this city

loves me. in uniform, i get nasty, hateful looks, and out of uniform, some consider me a threat, he wrote. the city must and will get better. his words seem so pro found r fou what do you think he symbolizes now? >> someone who wanted to do what was right. he loved his family and community. he wanted to be a policeman. >> reporter: he also wanted to be a father. it happened just four months ago. the chief trained jackson as a recruit. they spoke days after the dallas police shootings. >> i went down in third district and was talking to the guys, trying to lift their spiriting. he ended up giving me the pep talk. i didn't give it to him. and that was the last time that i spoke to montrell, and i'll never forget it. he is a true hero. >> reporter: two officers who were injured in the attack have now been released from the

hospital. but a sheriff's deputy remains here in critical condition. >> the killer traveled from kansas city, missouri to target the baton rouge police. dean reynolds is in kansas city. >> reporter: gavin long didn't leave much of a mark until he decided to kill police men in baton rouge yesterday. >> what's up, everybody? >> reporter: an ex-marine, he used to dispense youtube vice as a coach and nutritionist. once devoted to the nation of islam, he later said i was a member of the sovereign citizens nation, as well as the african-american offshoot of that group. the sovereign citizens movement rejects federal authority. it is seen by law enforcement as a growing domestic threat. after his association with that group began, long's posts grew more extreme. he was in dallas soon after five

officers were murdered there and called their deaths justice. >> it's only fighting back for money. that's all they care about. revenue and blood. >> reporter: peaceful protests, he said, never work. >> 100% of revolutions have been successful through fighting back. through bloodshed. zero have been successful just over simply protesting. >> reporter: but on the kansas city streit wheet where he used live, his neighbor shook his head. >> it's not natural by any means, killing just to be killing? what purpose? >> reporter: and one more thing about gavin long, scott, he had no criminal record. the police here said they never had any contact with him. >> dean reynolds, thanks very much. many of the police protesting we've seen have arisen after officers went unpunished after

being accused of excessive force. well, today, a baltimore judge acquitted a lieutenant in the death of freddie gray whose neck was broken while being driven in a police van, a van not involved in any accident. six cops were charged. four have gone to trial. there have been zero convictions. >> reporter: two of the counting against lieutenant brian rice, the highest ranking of the six baltimore officers charged in freddie gray's death were thrown out. he was found not guilty on the three remaining. he says while failing to seat belt him may have been negligent it wasn't a criminal act. >> the evidence is the evidence. and unless the prosecution's going to, you know, find new evidence, you know, nothing is going to change. it's just the same, you know, movie getting played out over and over.

>> reporter: in west baltimore, the center of the unrest, it was peaceful. but some residents like theresa davis expressed frustration. do you feel like justice is being served in this case? >> no, i feel it's nauseating. once again we haven't got our justice served, once again. >> reporter: this latest loss by prosecutors is fueling criticism of marilyn mosby. today out of concern for their safety, baltimore police commissioner has ordered all of his officers to respond to all of their calls in pairs. >> chris van cleve in baltimore. thank you. coming up next from cleveland, a n can a toothpaste do everything well? this clean was like pow! it added this other level of clean to it. it just kinda like...wiped everything clean. 6x cleaning my teeth are glowing. they are so white. 6x whitening i actually really like the 2 steps.

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we have two important medical stories tonight. first, the case of a patient in utah who contracted the zika virus. it's not clear how it was transmitted. dr. jon lapook is looking into this. >> reporter: last month, an elderly man died from zika. a son who helped care for him became infected despite having no sexual contact with an

infected person. so far, it has been shown to be spread by mosquitos, sexual contact and mother to fetus. the cdc says health officials are concerned that it was spread by close contact with body fluids. >> it's very important that people who are caring for critically ill patients avoid body fluids and carefully wash their hands after contact with critically ill patients. >> reporter: it seems every week we learn something new about this virus. >> there's another important story tonight. the nation's largest pediatrician's group is urging doctors to talk to young patients about sex. >> pediatricians should take a much more active role in educating young patients about sex. today's report found one out of three adolescents did not receive any information on

sexuality from their pediatrician. when adolescents don't get comprehensive sex education they're more likely to get sexual infections and become pregnant. that's why they recommend comprehensive sex education plus promoting abstinence. >> dr. jon lapook. thank you very much. traditionally a nominee, presumptive or proclaimed lies low during the other party's convention, but there's nothing traditional about this campaign. >> my team in ohio wanted me to make sure you all know we are hiring. >> reporter: hillary clinton set up camp on the other end of ohio today, enlisting volunteers in cincinnati after addressing the naacp's national convention there. >> we actually have a recruiter here today. he's not a table set up in the hall. >> reporter: making sure to note trump's absence.

>> but of course he declined your invitation. >> reporter: he's the first republican nominee to turn the group down since 1996. >> let us not forget, the first time donald trump was quoted in the "new york times" was in 1973. when the justice department went after his company for refusing to rent apartments to african-americans. >> reporter: trump is doing so poorly with black voters here in ohio that in a recent poll, he got 0% of them. and here at the convention, scott, only about 20 of the 2500 delgss a delegates are black, which is on par from 1964. coming up next, a real

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on may 15, 1967, 44 soldiers survived in vietnam because one pilot refused to leave them on the battle field. today president obama awarded that pilot the highest military award, the medal of honor. >> reporter: the pilots called it chump valley, because only a chump would fly into a landing zone so exspoezed to enemy fire. >> we had eight helicopters in this operation. and all of them got hit. >> reporter: kettles was trying to rescue soldiers trapped by a north vietnamese ambush. >> it was losing fuel, and you could see the fuel gauge as it

went down. >> reporter: kettles twitched helos. >> they requested the help. to go extract the last 44 men. i guess i volunteered. i mean, that's what the war was about. >> reporter: don long was one of the 44. >> what were your chances of getting out of there is this. >> none at all, probably. >> reporter: all he could do was pray and wait for the sound of helos. what broke the silence? >> the whop, whop, whop. >> reporter: on his way out of chump valley for what he thought was the last time, kettles received a radio call from headquarters. >> there were eight troops who had not gotten out of the river bed, were still there. i simply assured them that i

would go back in and try to get them out of there. >> reporter: this time he went by himself, the target. his helo was dangerously overweight. in all, he had thrown into chump valley four times. that made you a pretty big chump. >> i guess so. i've been called worse. >> reporter: today he can be called what he deserves to be called, recipient of the nation's highest honor. david martin, the pentagon. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news, and of course, full convention coverage on cbs this this morning, i'm scott pelley. '4

welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. the republican national convention is under way. the party will nominate donald trump and mike pence to lead the gop into the election against hillary clinton. but it has been overshadowed by the assassination of it's officers in two weeks. we're learning more about the gunman, gavin eugene long. he was killed in the gun battle which happened about two weeks after police killed a black man in the same city. david begnaud has more.

>> reporter: almost everything was caught on surveillance video. cameras are all over the place. one on the convenience store building. there's another one on the overhang as people were filling up their cars. and in the distance, there's the car wash area where a camera caught one officer vacuuming his patrol car prior to being shot. the gunman is described as moving with such precision, sneaking around corners of the building, pausing and waiting to open fire on the officers. that described the gunman's movements as tactical and gie gifted. rapid gun fire is heard on cell phone video, taking place during the deadly assault. >> officer down! shots fired! officer down! >> reporter: the shooting began sunday morning when baton rouge police responded to a call about an armed man. the suspect, 29-year-old gavin

long opened fire on the officers minutes after they arrived on scene. long was killed in a shootout which lasted roughly eight minutes. >> hero is not even a word for those police officers and sheriff's deputies and city officers. incredible human beings. >> reporter: three officers from two different departments were killed in the standoff. 45-year-old father of four brad garafola. matthew gerald and 32-year-old montrell jackson who had just become a father. three others were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition. this is officer jackson's uncle. >> you die doing something you love, that's the way you go. >> reporter: sunday's the shooting is a blow to the community still reeling from the death of alton sterling. he was shot earlier this month, sparking nationwide protests.

on july 8, officer jackson reported his thoughts on facebook. quote, i'm working on these streets so any protesters, officers, friends, family or whoever, if you see me and need a hug or want to say a prayer, i got you. this latest tragedy is another devastating loss for police departments across the country. just over a week ago, dallas lost five of its own officers, targeted by a gunman. >> gavin long laid his trap for police on his 29th birthday. he was from kansas city, missouri and liked to post his views online. dean reynolds has more. >> reporter: gavin long was an ex-marine sergeant whose tours of duty included iraq and japan. but he aligned himself with a fringe group which authorities have called a growing domestic threat. >> peace, love and positivity. >> reporter: he posted his

thoughts on youtube. >> i thought my own thoughts. i made himy own decision. >> reporter: he described himself as a life coach, nutritionist and perm trasonal trainer. he said he was afill yapted with the spirit of justice. >> don't affiliate me with anything. i was a member of the nation of islam. they try to put but isis. no. >> reporter: last may, he filed paperwork to change his name to cosmo. he declared himself a sovereign citizen. part of a group that believes government and law enforcement does not hold any authority. in a fbi law enforcement bulletin in 2011, the agency called sovereign citizens a growing domestic threat to law enforcement. and said the fbi considers sovereign citizen extremists as comprising a domestic terrorist

movement. this video, which long said i was recording from dallas after the police killings there condemns any peaceful protests. >> it's only fighting back or money. that's all they care about. revenue and blood. >> reporter: his last tweet, posted seven hours before the baton rouge shooting proclaims, just because you should your physical body doesn't mean that you're dead. now court records show that long was married in 2009 but divorced two years later. he had no children and no known criminal record. police in cleveland have been planning security for the gop convention for months, but the recent violence has forced authorities to put an even tighter clamp around the quicken loans arena. >> reporter: the streets around quicken loans arena are ringed by miles of steel fencing and

concrete barricades. every person, every vehicle trying to get to the convention site is stopped and searched. >> if cleveland hosted a super bowl, you know, it would be a huge event, a lot of barriers going up and officers walking around to make sure people were safe. it's the same thing. >> reporter: but the city has been transformed into streets now a fortress of security zones as terrorist attacks and shootings in the u.s. and abroad increase concern about potential threats. weapons are prohibited in and around the arena, although they are still allowed elsewhere in the city. >> this is for statement only. this is not ament-style weapon. it only looks like one. >> reporter: the head of the policeman's association asked john kasich to suspend the state's open carry law. >> police officers are ambushed and murdered. and this event and the number of uniformed police officers we have here, it's, i'm dprafly

concerned about their safety, the safety of everybody else. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for kasich said ohio governors do not have the power to arbitrarily suspend federal and state constitutional rights or state laws as suggested. the swarming police presence has so far helped keep demonstrations peaceful. one man was arrested on sunday, allegedly for trying to take away an officer's gas mask. cleveland mayor frank jackson says the recent killings of police officers has also forced adjustments in the city's security plans. >> some things are high nminor, using additional asits. >> reporter: is that what happened in this situation? >> all of the above and probably more. >> donald trump won't address the convention until thursday, but before he arrived, he and mike pence sat down for an interview with lesley stahl.

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the republican national convention continues today in cleveland, but delegates won't hear from the top of the ticket until later, mike pence will address the gathering on wednesday, and then on thursday, it's donald trump. before the running mates even arrived in cleveland, they sat down for a chat with lesley stahl for 60 minutes. >> you have called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states. do you agree with that? >> i do. in indiana, we suspended the f refugee program. we have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and donald trump is right to articulate that view. >> in december you tweeted, and i quote you, calls to ban muslims from entering the u.s. are the offensive and

unconstitutional. >> we're going to do territories. we're not going to let people come in from syria that nobody knows who they are. hillary clinton wants 550% more people >> so you'll. >> we'll call it whatever you want. we'll call it territories. >> the stoourconstitution, ther nothing like it, but it doesn't give us the right to commit suicide as a country. and i'll tell you what , call i whatever you want. there are terror states and terror nations that we're not going to allow to come into our country. we'll have extreme vetting, extreme vetting. they're going to come in, and we're going to know where they came from and who they are. >> you just asked me if i'm comfortable with that, and i am. >> you're on the same page on that. >> clearly this man is not a politician. he doesn't. speak like a politician. >> he's done pretty well.

>> he speaks from his heart. he speaks from his heart. and -- well. >> i speak from my heart and my brain. this is maybe more important. >> let's go to trade. you have voted for every trade agreement when you were in congress that came before you. you're supporting the transpacific partnership, but mr. trump says it would rape this country. now, are you going to be able to go out and campaign in support of his protectionist positions? >> i, i support free trade. and so does donald trump. >> really? >> i do. i'm free trade, but i want to make good deals. i'm not an isolationist. a lot of people think because i want to make good deals -- these are stupid people. these are stupid people that think that. i want to make good deals for our country. we have deals like the bill signed by bill clinton, nafta, one of the worst things in terms

of trade and economics. >> what do you think of nafta? >> you're absolutely right. i've supported free trade throughout my career, but the truth of the nmatter is, nafta have provisions that call for review that have never been initiated. what i hear him saying is let's look at these and renegotiate them. i believe when the american people elect one of the best negotiators in the world as president of the united states, we would do well to -- >> we're going to bring back our jobs, bring back our wealth, take care of our people. very simple. >> more issues. water boarding. mr. trump wants to bring backwater boarding. and quote, a hell of a lot more. are you comfortable with bringing backwater boarding? >> i don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are. >> what about that?

what about, he's publicly said that. >> i don't think we should, i think -- >> but are you okay with the idea? >> i think enhanced interrogation saved lives. >> and you're okay with that. >> what i'm okay with, what i'm okay with is protecting the american people. what i'm okay with is when people have the intent to come to this country and take american lives that we are, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country. >> let's go a step further. we have an enemy, isis, and others, who chop off heads, who drown people in steel cages, and we can't do anything. >> why would you use their techniques? >> you know what? those techniques get information. i don't care what anyone says. >> are you agreeing with him? >> you get information. >> what i can tell you is enhanced interrogation, fwleen the information that saved american lives, and i was informed presented incoming

terrorist attacks on this country from being successful. the people of america expect the president to protect the people and i know that donald trump will. >> have you answered me? >> i have. >> you're a showman. what are you going to keep the convention from being a snooz a snooze-a-rama? >> we have some exciting people, my family's going to speak. >> people can carry gun, there'll be demonstrators. they've already said they'll carry assault rifles. would you call on people not to carry their guns? >> i have great faith in law enforcement. if they don't wachlts to take their guns, i think that's fantastic. but i have great faith in police. i have great confidence that they will do a good job. >> there's no question in anybody's mind that you want to

win this election. i don't think anyone would doubt that. but what about being president? do you really want to be president of the united states? >> i want to make america great again, honestly. i'm not doing this because -- i mean, i'm sacrificing tremendous things. i could be doing other things. it's lovely to sit down with you and be grills. it's okay. but i could be doing other things, and i have some of the greatest properties in the world. i could be out there. >> would you rather be out there? >> i tell you what, i've really enjoyed this process. i've gotten to know the people of this country. i've gotten to know places that i didn't know, that i've rav've about and didn't now. i want to be for one reason. i want to make america safe again and i want to make america great again. that's why i'm doing this, and i love it. >> and you want to govern. >> i do want to govern. >> it is different building a movement and going in there with

the nitty-gritty. >> i want to govern. >> okay. this is my absolute final question. you're not known to be a humble man, but i wonder -- >> i actually think i am humble. i think i'm much more humble than would you understand. >> as you think about the prospect of running this country in these tough times, where the world is spinning apart, are you awed? are you intimidated? are you humbled by the enormity of this? >> you just said it best. in a world that's spinning apart. i'm not thinking, oh, gee, isn't this wonderful, isn't this great what i've done? i've had people who said it doesn't matter if you've won or lost. you're going down in history. i'm funding my own primaries and a lot of this campaign. i'm putting in, i've spent $55 million in the primaries, spending a fortune now. i'll tell you, it is spinning.

our world is spinning out of control. our country's spinning out of control. that's what i think about, and i'll stop that. >> you're not humbled or awed? >> talking with him in private setting, i love the words you use. because this man is awed with the american people, and he is not intimidated by the world. and donald trump, this good man, i believe, will be a great president of the united states. >> i love what he just said. >> and you can see the full interview with donald trump and mike pence on [siren] come on! ♪ come on. ♪ ♪ p&g.

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>> no faith in the system. >> nervous. >> i think donald trump has given legitimacy to a part of the, our country that is hateful. >> that's pretty strong. >> but i think it's true, and i think social media proves that. you've seepn a lot of people on twitter, facebook, sharing images and statements that are horrible, to be honest with you. >> i want a word or phrase to describe donald trump. >> intolerant. >> i can't even think of a word so bad. >> wildcard. >> outrageous. >> dumpster fire. >> narcissist. >> bombastic. >> hatred. >> destructive. >> lunatic. >> polarizing. >> division. >> ignorant. >> i need a word or phrase to describe hillary clinton. >> liar. >> not trugs worthy.

>> liar. >> political opportunist. >> entitled. >> forget how we got here. how do we fix it? >> we need to hear more about what they are going to do to make us america again, and i know that sounds trumpy. >> you just created a new word. >> we haven't focussed on the issues that matter to us. >> i think it needs to be not so much along party lines, but the third party doesn't have enough backing. >> the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over. we've been putting in republicans and democrats time and time again, but they're not that different. >> if we could stop buying in to the idea that you have to vote for the lesser of two evils. to give it away to two people who are so fundamentally ill-equipped, how can you give it away like that. >> which candidate would you

like to have speaking to america in times of tragedy, like we've seen in dallas, baton rouge, even in cleveland. who saying hillary? who says trump? please explain why. >> i think her message while it may be faulted tends to be more inclusive. >> for me, after benghazi, i don't want to hear anything from her. >> i think in general, she has compassion for american people. and i believe she has the right tone and uses the right words to unify people in the end. >> you're so critical of donald trump, then vote for hillary clinton. >> i could never do that one. >> why not? >> because it is a sure thing, with donald trump, the box of chocolate, we may get something, we may get nothing. [ laughter ] >> no offense. >> the american public is tired of having to vote for the lesser of two evils. that's the bottom -- >> you guys agree with that?

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it is said that behind every successful man is a great woman helping him along. but for america's most revered american president, abraham lincoln, that wasn't exactly the case. mary todd lincoln supported her husband's political goals but suffered from migraines and depression and was known throughout washington for her angry outbursts at white house gathering. now a modern diagnosis of her symptoms casts mrs. lincoln in a more forgiving light. >> reporter: history has not been kind to mary todd lincoln, wife of our 16th president. she was a tempestuous, unpredictable force, and her son ultimately had her committed. sally field's portrayal showed a

fierce and sharp-tongued first lady. >> you think i'm ignorant. when have i ever been so easily bamboozled? >> reporter: this white area here is not her dress. it's her skin. >> reporter: but dr. john sotos says she was misunderstood and misdying noised. he puts fort a theory. >> it impairs the body's ability to absorb vielts minute b-12. and it causing ls lots of problems. >> reporter: the disease can lead to many of the symptoms exhibited by mary todd lincoln. a sore mouth, pale skin, difficulty walking and

psychiatric problems and swelling. >> the puffiness is not in a way that would occur in a cumulation of fat. >> reporter: today the disease can be picked up on a simple blood test and easily treated with b-12 supplements. >> she had a sick brain and was doing the best she could in a complicated, demanding environment, and i think to have done as well as she did with the kind of handicaps that she had, i think that deserves our admirati admiration. >> reporter: dr. john la pook, c cbs news. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler.

♪ it's tuesday, july 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> striking similarities. melania trump's speech, one of the high points for the first day of the republican national convention, until allegations surface that portions were pulled word for word from michelle obama's 2008 speech for the dnc. we're playing the speeches side by side. >> your word is your bond.