>> reporter: for cbs this morning, don dahler, captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, april 12th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the u.s. issues a warning to syria as the secretary of state makes a push to get russia to change sides. >> they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner in bay bashir al assad. >> the comparison of dictator

hitler and sean spicer syria. roxa roxana saberi is here in new york with the latest. >> good morning, meg. the secretary of state meets face-to-face today with russia's foreign minister. it comes as they continue to defend the syrian regime against the allegations behind last week's deadly chemical attack. >> truly an evil person. >> that's how president trump characterized syrian leader

bashir al assad. >> when you drop gas or bombs or baseball bombs that have these massive barrels with dieb might and they drop them right in the middle of a group of people and you see the same kids, no arms, no legs, no face, this is an animal. >> the president's comments came on the same day stary of state rex tillerson arrived in moscow for a high-stakes sit-down with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. >> they have align themselves with an unreliable partner. >> but russia's president vladimir putin won't be easily dismissed. the white house says russia's trying to cover up what happened. >> it will not spiral out of control. >> despite the rising tensions and heated rhetoric, defense secretary james mattis says he

believes moscow will eventually come around. >> i'm confident russia will act in their own best interest. >> mattis said the goal in syria is getting rid of isis, not settling the country's civil war. later today president trump meets with the nato secretary-general. they're expected to talk about russia, syria, and ukraine before holding a joint news conference. meg? >> roxana saberi in new york. thank you. ahead on "cbs this morning," senior an alt list france townsend joins us to talk about the latest on russia and syria. white house press secretary sean spicer triggered an outcry when he tried to compare bashir al assad with hitler. >> you have someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. >> the remarks which overlooked the fact that millions of jews died in nazi gas chambers in

world war ii lead spicer to apologize. >> frankly i apology. there's holocaust and there is no comparison. i apologize. >> not everyone was satisfied. they called for his firing. china believes north korea should end its nuclear program. xi told the president that stan between a passenger and airport security officers turned bloody. >> i'm not going. i'll tell you right there.

>> social media has turned the doctor's removal from the flight to a public relations disaster for the airline. don champion reports. >> reporter: hundreds of millions of people have now seen this video, a united airlines passenger forcibly removed from his flight. his name is dr. david dau, and the statement from his attorney said the dau family appreciated the outpouring of support and is focused his medical care. >> to watch a human being get dragged down the aisle and their head banging off arm rests and to think it could not have been handled better, i would assume we aulll agree on it. >> reporter: they called for a united boycott. united o united ceo oscar moonez said,

i'm sorry i. we'll fix sthiet passengers said long streaming frustrations with airlines have made the fallout from this kroers worse. >> this just exacerbates how people feel already. this is a cattle call to the customer care business. >> sarah dodd own as communications firm. >> if you mess up, you fess up and you clean up. they did none of those. >> the ceo of united has promised to review a complete review of its airline policies and its local law enforcement by the end of the month. house republicans are exhaling this morning. they pulled out a victory in the kansas fourth district of a special election with ron estes winning.

it was the first of four to replace officials in the trump administration. the next test is in georgia six days from now. in san bernardino, the school where there was a shooting will remain closed. they remember the victims including an 8-year-old boy. his teacher also died, killed by her estranged husband who turned the gun on himself. the fbi is increasing its reward for information leading to the arrest of a wisconsin man. 2-year-old joseph jakubowski is suspected of stealing guns and threatening attacks in an anti-government manifesto he mailed to president trump. they're increasing the reward from $10,000 to $20,000. attorney general jeff sessions in arizona yesterday to tour the u.s. border with mexico. he unveiled what he described as a new get tough approach to immigration prosecutions. they also urged prosecutors to

intensify their focus and human struggling. police in germany are investigating three explosions that went off near a soccer team's bus injuring a player. police are assuming the blast yesterday in dortmund where a targeted attack. the player was hurt in the wrist and the arm. a letter claiming responsibility near the blast. new details about the young driver who collided into a church bus last month, killing more than a dozen people. and hometown hero. superstar lebron james plans to open a public school in akron. this is the "cbs morning news." s there's a moment of truth. and now with victoza® a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal.

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some wounded american warriors sometimes gather to play hockey, but putting the puck in the net isn't their ultimate goal. dean reynolds has their story. >> reporter: it's been a long way back from the war for richa! richard. a roadside bomb cut his lung in half left his on the side of the road and caused night terrors not to mention what it did to his left arm. they reattached his arm but a broken spirit kneed to be fixed. >> i went through who's going to want me, what am i going to do. this is what gets me out of bed on saturdays, gets me motivated. >> reporter: he's talking about this. ducks is on the black hawk warriors. teams of veterans with wounds

from service. >> most people who loz their arm and then have it reattached don't take up hockey. >> this is true. >> reporter: we talked to him and his teammates, jacob bloom along with kevin. spinal injury, nerve atrophy, and more. >> it pushes you to be better. every time you get off, you want to be better. >> are you better? >> i think so. i'm not falling down as much. >> hockey is my escape. the anxiety that i feel as soon as i cross those boards getting onto the ice, it disappears. >> they're associated with other teams of wounded vets and affiliated with nhl squads. they have games or practice once aweek. >> we're all warriors. on the ice, we're going after each other, but off the ice we're brothers, sisters. >> reporter: the good news is they're improving on and off the

ice. >> when i first joined the team, i couldn't tie my own hockey skates because of my health issues. i now tie my own hockey skates. i don't need any help. >> reporter: that's the goal and they've got a real shot at it. dean reynolds, cbs news, mt. prospect, illinois. a fury fan had trouble finding a seat last t night at e marlins game. >> there's a cat desperately looking for its way out of there. >> there was a brief delay. oliver, this is the "cbs

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our top stories this morning, the trump administration is threatening deeper conflict with russia over its involvement in syria. more talks today for secretary of state rex tillerson who is calling on russia to rethink its alliance with syria. and an apology from white house press secretary sean spicer. he sparked outrage and drew controversy after comparing syrian president bashar al assad with hitler claiming hitler didn't use chemical weapons on its own people. at least one group has called for president trump to fire him. in health news, one third of men are getting screened for

prostate cancer. kenneth craig has details. >> reporter: larry blumberg's life changed when his doctor diagnosed him with prostate cancer last year. >> he said, we're in time. he said i'm not sure if we would have been in time if we had done this a year or so ago. >> reporter: the 69-year-old agreed to have a pst test. now based on the latest research, the group says men 55 to 69 should have a conversation with their doctor and make a decision for themselves. >> men can reduce their chance of dying of prostate cancer and reduce their chance of having cancer that spreads throughout their body. these are really important benefit, but they occur in a small number of men. >> reporter: the concern has been that psa testing results in overdiagnosis and overtreating cancers which can lead to serious issues like impotence

and incontinence. this doctor says monitoring low risk cancers are helping men avoid drastic treatment. >> we can decrease the number of men who will undergo an unnecessary biopsy, and we have better tools to really assess the aggressiveness of the cancer. >> reporter: larry needed surgery to remove his prostate. he's had some side effects but said they're getting better. >> the side effects are nothing compared to the fact that, you know, i'm going to live a long life and enjoy my kids and grandchildren. >> reporter: larry is cancer-free and his psa is undetectab undetectable. ken eld craig, cbs news, new york. coming up on the "cbs this morning," navy s.e.a.l.s break their code of secrecy to expose a problem. plus, how tech workers in sweden are volunteering to have micro chips implanted under their skin and why critics say

it could set them up to be hacked. and on on "cbs this morning," norah talks with peace prize winner malala yousafzaied on her fighting for girls' education. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm meg oliver. have a great day. ,,,,

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it smells like rain in here. >> what does rain smell like. >> it's a mildew-y asphalt clean smell. >> it does. >> it's mild outside and we have a lot of that low-level moisture so it's not being detected by radar. i hate low-level moisture because the radar can't pick it up because the beam overshoots it. this is our live hi-def doppler. you're picking up light showers just to the south and to the east of the livermore area. also half moon bay. roads are slippery from the low- level moisture. mostly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 50s. it's 52 degrees in santa rosa. 58 degrees in oakland. that incoming front promises to bring some brief heavy downpours tonight with some gusty winds. we are going to track that coming up. but ri