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captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, september 8th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." taking questions from veterans. the presidential candidates make their case to be the next commander in chief. donald trump is praised for putin, while dishing harsh criticism for american military leaders. >> under the leadership of barack obama and hillary clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. and as new e-mails from colin powell come to light, questions about her private e-mail server continue to haunt hillary clinton. >> it was a mistake to have a personal account. i certainly would not do it
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again. residents fight back in miami, after officials okay a controversial chemical in their fight against zika. and megan rapinoe's demonstration is derailed in d.c. how her club owner's fire prevented her from kneeling during the national anthem and the soccer star's fiery response. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it is the most important responsibility weighing on the president of the united states commander in chief. donald trump and hillary clinton took part in a national security forum last night where they answered questions about their qualifications to protect the country. clinton was hit with numerous questions about her private e-mail and trump came down hard on military top brass. hena daniels is here in new york with the details. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. trump said america's generals
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have been reduced to rubble by the obama administration, and suggested he would fire some if he is elected. >> the main thing is i have great judgment. >> reporter: donald trump sought to win over voters, including service men and women last night, maintaining he was against the war in iraq. >> i was totally against the war in iraq. >> reporter: hinting at a private plan to defeat isis. >> if i win, i don't want to broadcast to the enemy exactly what my plan is. >> reporter: the republican nominee was challenged by this army veteran who questioned his immigration policy for military members. >> do you believe that an undocumented person who serves who wants to serve in the u.s. armed forces deserves to stay in this country legally? >> that's a very special situation and i could see myself working that out. absolutely. >> reporter: trump grew defensive when questioned by moderator matt lauer about his relationship with russia's president. >> if he says great things about me, i'm going to say great things about him. >> an absolute rock steadiness.
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>> reporter: hillary clinton who appeared on stage first, touted her temperament, while drawing a line in the middle east. >> we are not putting ground troops into iraq ever again and we are not putting ground troops into syria. >> reporter: the democratic nominee spent much of the night defending herself against her e-mail scandal. >> i communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. i took it very seriously. >> reporter: the two candidates go head-to-head in their first presidential debate at the end of the month. and donald trump will head to cleveland, ohio, where he will address education. hillary clinton make appearances in both north carolina and missouri today. >> hena daniels in new york, thank you so much. clinton's use of a private e-mail server has been a major issue of the campaign. yesterday, house democrats released correspondence between clinton and former secretary of state colin powell on the matter. powell told clinton he had a personal computer at home hooked
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up to a land line that he used for business. but powell wrote that he did not have a blackberry and warned her that if her blackberry use became public, it may become an official record. be very careful, powell warned. i got around it all by not saying much and not using systems that captured the data. chelsea clinton let loose on donald trump during a campaign appearance in pennsylvania yesterday. she was asked to respond to trump's statement that her mother doesn't have a, quote, presidential look. >> i would hope that everyone could see that as a sad, misogynistic, sexist rhetoric that i hoped we had moved beyond in the 21st century, certainly in 2016. >> clinton says her mother is the only candidate with plans to solve the problems that face america. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will discuss last night's national security forum with john heilemann, managing editor of bloomberg politics. president obama wraps up his visit to laos this morning. the president attended a
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southeast asian summit and wants to work to lower tensions with china. he also met informally with president rodrigo duterte. their scheduled meeting was cancelled after duterte used foul language concerning mr. obama earlier this week. the fbi and department of homeland security believe isis inspired terrorists have shifted their focus to civilian targets. a nationwide bullet issued on august 31st warns targets such as restaurants, theaters, churches and sports arenas top the list for home-grown terrorists, with less focus on military and government facilities. the so-called soft target generally have lower security and they are easier to get to. officials in miami-dade county have rescheduled aerial spraying to target zika carrying mosquitoes to tomorrow morning. the spraying was scheduled for today but some people are concerned about the insecticide
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and they wanted more time to prepare. david begnaud reports. >> reporter: it started as a chant outside miami beach city hall. >> no more naled! >> reporter: inside, it turned into an outcry. >> the plane went over my house 11 times! >> reporter: this woman says she lives in the zika zone of wynwood where the insecticide naled was used for weeks in early august. >> my tongue for hours felt so tight and shaky. i was about to go to the emergency room. >> reporter: and that is what these residents of miami beach are worried about. >> in miami-dade county -- >> folks, folks. >> reporter: the miami-dade county mayor carlos jimenez who orders the spraying, told the crowd that the experts have told him that the amount of naled is harmless to humans and at reducing the mosquito population. >> we cannot pick and choose where to spray. there is a science to this. >> what about the experts? >> reporter: many people in the crowd shouted they didn't believe the science that shows
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pregnant women with zika are at risk of delivering babies with microcephaly. >> you don't believe there is a link. the problem is that you're wrong. >> reporter: dr. christine curry is an obgyn who has delivered a baby with microcephaly and spoke directly to the crowd. >> zika is real. and while we don't understand it fully, that is not a reason to dismiss its impact. >> reporter: david begnaud, cbs news, miami beach, florida. in the meantime federal funds to fight the zika virus have all but run out and legislation for new funding is stalled in the senate. florida congressman david jolly decided to make a point yesterday by bringing a container of mosquitoes to the house floor. >> can you imagine, colleagues, the fear and anxiety in this chamber if these hundred mosquitoes were outside of this jar and not inside this jar? members of congress would run down the hall to the physician's office to be tested. they would spray themselves before coming down here. this is the fear of floridians right here.
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>> reporter: jolly said the mosquitoes in the container were not infected with the virus. just days after taking a knee in solidarity with colin kaepernick, soccer star megan rapinoe was prevented from repeating the move last night in washington, d.c. >> let her kneel! >> before the seattle rain washington/spirit match, the home team bumped up the national anthem, playing while both squads were still in the locker room. the team owner bill lynch derailed rapinoe's stance and said in a statement the following. speaking with a reporter from "the washington post" after the match, rapinoe did not hold back, saying it's, expletive, unbelievable. amid colin kaepernick's anthem protest, his number 7 jersey has become the top seller in the nfl.
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the 49ers quarterback jayesterd said he would donate those to charity. he will also donate the first million dollars he makes this season. coming up on the "morning news," charges in a migrant incident. you might remember this one. a camerawoman seen tripping families as they fled police faces charges. a nail biting leap caught on video. this is the "cbs morning news." absolutely ageless® night cream with active naturals® blackberry complex. younger looking skin can start today. absolutely ageless® from aveeno®. although just 4 foot 8, simone that's why she trusts tide pods. she knows small can be powerful. tide. number one rated. i love ice cream pizza! peanut butter -tacos!
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a southern california cliff jumper crosses the line between brave and foolish. wearing a camera, he plunged without knowing if he could actually reach the water. he barely missed a rocky outcropping and suffered only a scrape on his back. he said he probably won't try it again. probably? a photographer who tripped up refuges faces punishment. fallout over donald trump's visit to mexico last week. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "wall street journal" reports that donald trump's trip
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to mexico brought down the closest adviser to the country's president. finance minister luis videgaray resigned yesterday. he helped to arrange trump's visit last week. the episode is widely seen in mexico as a humiliation. "the washington post" reports on justice ruth bader ginsburg views about the politics about filling the vacant supreme court seat. she says senate republicans are wrong to insist that the next president should pick a successor to justice scalia. but a vote on president obama's nominee would be pointless. national public radio reports a hungarian photographer accused of abusing migrants now faces a breach of peace charge. video from last year shows the woman tripping a syrian refuge who was carrying a child. she was fired as international outrage about the incident spread. "the new york times" reports the identities of a couple in a
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. when the company with the world's most valuable brand makes moves, techies and stock watchers alike take notice. chris martinez checked out the latest offerings from apple. ♪ sweet home alabama >> reporter: "the late late show" james corden helped apple's ceo tim cook and even more hype for wednesday's announcement of the iphone 7. >> it makes all of the things you do every day so much better. >> reporter: as expected, the new iphone 7 does away with the analog headphone jack in favor of its own digital connector or wireless headphones, and features more memory and faster
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processor and better front and back cameras, including a telelens in the high-end iphone 7 plus. >> this is the best camera made in any smartphone. >> reporter: apple's upgrades may please die-hard fans but many won't feel a temptation to run down the store to pick them up. >> i think the big threat to apple is people hold their phones longer, which we think is happening to a certain extent, and they start look at the cheaper iphones and say that is good enough. >> reporter: apple announced its second generation apple watch which features a built-in gps chip and better water sports use. tech analysts say that wearables could be the next big moneymaker for apple which, until last year, was the biggest company in the world. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. so what did the new lineup do for apple's shares? jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange with today's "moneywatch." good morning. >> reporter: good morning. apple failed to wow investors. apple stock rose but just
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slightly adding about 66 cents we are share, closing at $108.36. this year, for the first time, iphone sales have slowed down and it's, in part, because carriers aren't offering as many subsidies to offset the entry level price tag of about $649. besides apple, though, tech stocks in general rose, pushing the tech heavy nasdaq to a record high for the second day in a row. the dow dropped almost 12 points. the s&p ended about where it started. the nasdaq, though, gained 8. richard branson's virgin galactic plans to resume flight tests in the, quote, near future. it crashed in october of 2014 and killing one of the pilots. it was determined that the copilot opened the ship's movable tail too early and eventually virgin galactic hopes to carry tourists to the edge of space.
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dos equis beer introduced the most interesting new man is from france. he speaks spanish and can split a coconut with his bare hands. he does have some pretty big shoes to fill. 77-year-old jonathan goldsmith held that title for a decade. his run ended in march. >> at 77. if he is interesting enough, maybe this could be a 40-year gig, if he is good enough. >> that coconut wowed me. >> you're impressed by the coconut bare hands thing? >> yes, i'm all about it. >> okay. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. coming up on "cbs this morning," "fortune" magazine reveals its list of the 50 most powerful women. still ahead, sailing through security. we will show you how airlines are cutting wait times for passengers as they go through checkpoints. boosters. scent the more you pour, the more scent you'll savor.
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plus tens of thousands of car break-ins happen each year in san francisco. how police are now fighting back against the epidemic. and taking questions from veterans, the presidential candidates make their case to be commander in chief... and make it clear they have very different ideas on foreign policy. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country.
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long airport security lines last spring threatened to make summer travel a nightmare. but the problem eased when the government threw money and manpower at the issue. kris van cleave explains. >> reporter: it's mostly smooth sailing at airport checkpoints these days. a far cry from what was happening just a few months ago. >> these guys are not -- any more. >> reporter: in may, it looked like it was going to be a long summer. people were waiting in line for hours at some of the nation's busiest airports and causing thousands to miss their flights. the tas blamed an increase in airline travel and a shortage of security officers. >> it's terrible! look at this long line. i've never had to do this before. >> reporter: the agency responded by hiring 1300 new officers and 1800 to full-time.
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the department of homeland security says it worked. >> we reduced wait times this summer without compromising security. >> reporter: this summer, 92% of travelers spent an average of 15 minutes waiting to get through security. >> thank you. >> reporter: part of the reason? more people signed up for the faster precheck lanes. >> total membership in tsa precheck is now 3.5 million today, compared to about 1.6 million a year ago. >> reporter: the tsa is looking for other improvements, like installing more automated lanes. this one in atlanta allows multiple passengers to drop off carry-on items at the same time. >> we hope to see as many as 60 by the end of this calendar year and possibly as many as a hundred by this time next year. >> reporter: that could be good news for travelers as the number of people taking flight continues to increase. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the stars of the new cbs series "mcgyver." i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."
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a world war ii veteran received an overdue honor. elaine harmon of maryland who died last year at the age of 95 was laid to rest yesterday in america's premier military cemetery. david martin reports. >> reporter: it took an act of congress for elaine harmon's ashes to be allowed in arlington national cemetery even though she was a member of the air force pilot service members in world war ii. >> my grandmother was one of the first to fly aircraft for the united states military. >> reporter: erin miller was proud of her grandmother's service training the men who went into combat. >> my grandmother's last wishes
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were to have her ashes in an urn at arlington national cemetery. >> reporter: but she and the wasps did not qualify for entry into arlington cemetery, so she had to store her grandmother's ashes in a closet. it doesn't seem like a dignified resting place. >> it wasn't but what we had to do. >> reporter: a senator was the first to fly in combat, introduced a bill to allow wasps into arlington. >> the fact they were told they couldn't has them thinking this is one last slap in the face. you know, of sexism, they thought it was over and it was just this one last element of not being treated fairly. >> reporter: her bill was passed and signed into law in five months. the speed of light in politically good locked washington. i see a tattoo on your forearm there. is that the bill. >> this is the bill number, yes. >> this is pretty intense. this is so important and so
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meaningful and to make it right for her grandmother, that she chose to memorialize it in that way. >> reporter: the ashes were transferred by erin and her mother in an urn. only a hundred wasps are still alive. >> we wanted to make this as fast as for those who are still with us. >> reporter: a year and a half after she passed away at 95, elaine harmon was granted her last wish and with it an honor she hadn't asked for -- a flyover by world war ii vintage planes. david martin, cbs news, arlington national cemetery. well, here is a look at this morning's top story now. donald trump and hillary clinton made their case to be commander in chief during a national security forum in new york last night. trump said america's generals have been reduced to rubble by the obama administration and if he wins, he may fire some. clinton said she made a mistake in supporting the 2003 invasion of iraq. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"
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we will show you how donald trump might be the first candidate to actually make money off of his presidential run. plus, a "playboy" model faces possible charges and jail in an alleged case of body shaming. and the backlash over apple on its decision to ditch the headphone jack on the i-phone 7. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,,,,
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i'm kenny choi. stop what you're doing. take a look at this. what a nice shot of the city overlooking the city and there you can see the bay bridge. good morning, it's thursday,
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september 8. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. thanks for joining us. how are you? >> deal well. >> it wasn't until i was driving, um, from the east bay pleasanton until i hit about emeryville toward the bay bridge that i started to notice the return of the patchy fog and areas of low clouds which signals cooler weather for everybody today. >> okay. >> i'm talking about a substantial cooldown in our inland areas. we're socked in in pacifica. 55 degrees. clear in oakland at 60. it is slow to cool in fairfield at 65. mid-50s in san jose. notice a difference out of the high 90s even 100 degrees down to the mid-80s east of the bay, low 80s in san jose, low 80s to the north. 65 in san francisco. tumbling out of the 80s. the full forecast is coming up. but right now let's say good morning t roqui. a traffic alert chp on the bay bridge. westbound sideer

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