captioning funded by cbs it's friday, april 14th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the u.s. brings out the big guns in its fight against isis, dropping the largest nonnuclear weapon ever used in combat, reportedly killing dozens. it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is. >> the cia director goes after wikileaks calling it a hostile intelligence service. two georgia police officers are fired after cell phone video surfaced of a man being punched and stomped on the head during an arrest. captioning funded by cbs

ing. >> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. the u.s. unleashed, quote, the mother of all bombs. it was dropped on an isis target in afghanistan. as many as 36 isis militants were killed according to an afghan official. no civilians were harmed. the u.s. says a weapon contained 11 tons of explosives hit a cave complex used by militants. roxana sabari has the latest. good morning, roxana. >> good morning, wendy. afghanistan ministry says the bomb killed several caves where isis was based but it's raising questions here and abroad. >> we're very, very proud of our military. >> president trump praised the armed forces after the attack in

east afghanistan. the mother of all bombs carrying nearly 11 tons of explosives hit a cave complex used by isis, the most powerful nonnuclear device. >> we have the greatest military in world and they've done a great job as usual. >> the commander in afghanistan was to spare afghan soldiers and their american advisers from having to go into the cave. democratic senator elizabeth warren questioned the timing. >> i want to hear more from the generals out in the field about why they thought this was the right bomb and this was the right moment. >> experts believe the u.s. could also be sending a message to the syrian regime and north korea. >> that no matter how much you hide or dig, we can still get you. >> while the pentagon said the strike has been in the works for months, it comes as north korea is considering a major weapons test of its own in celebration of its founder. in an interview with the "associated press," north

korea's vice foreign minister accused president trump of raising tensions in the region. he warned that his nation would not keep its arms crossed in the attempt of a strike by the u.s. vice president mike pence is set to travel to south korea this weekend. the white house says talks about north korea are on the agenda. wendy? >> roxana saberi. thanks. the director of the cia mike pompeo is taking aim at wikileaks, accusing it of working with russia to interfere with a u.s. presidential election. nancy cordes has the latest. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is. >> the cia director did not hold back, accusing wikileaks of working directly with the russian government to release e-mails stolen from the democratic party and the clinton campaign. >> our intelligence committee determined that the russian intelligence used wikileaks to

release data of u.s. victims through cyber operations against the democratic national committee. >> pompeo argued it's time to stop giving wikileaks a platform. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> something president trump did routinely on the campaign trail. >> wikileaks also just released an e-mail with bill clinton's chief of staff. >> wikileaks reminded pompeo he himself publicized their material last year. in a tweet he says he does not remember sending. wikileaks founder julian assange has insisted he's not pro-russia. but pompeo argued it's the u.s. disclosures like last month's release of thousands of sensitive cia documents that are making the world less safe. >> we can no longer allow assange colleagues the latitude to use free-speech values against us.

to give them the space to crush us with misappropriated secrets is a perversion of what our great constitution stands for. >> it's noted this is the first speech mike pompeo gave since being named iowa director by president trump. he initially rejected the claims about russian hacking but we're told the cia did brief the white house before pompeo spoke. in syria, evacuations from four besieged areas are under way today. two of the villages are pro-government. the other two are controlled by anti-assad rebels. relief workers in the war-torn nation are trying to remove more than 10,000 residents to safety. their efforts come against the backdrop of an errant u.s. air strike earlier this week. that bombing killed 18 syrian fighters, all of them aligned with the u.s. in gwinnett county, georgia, two police officers were fired after cell phone video showed

them kicking and punching a man at a traffic stop. he was handcuffed on the ground when he was kicked in the head, but another video later emerged in what happened earlier. in that video the officer punches the man in the face. >> quite frankly, i'm very upset. i'm mad. i'm sick that the second video showed up. >> reporter: the department has launched a criminal investigation. the attorney for the man forcibly removed from a united express flight indicated his client will be suing the carrier. thomas demetrio at a news conference yesterday also suggested passenger david dao will sue the city of chicago which employs the officers who removed him from the airplane. it left him with a broken nose, broken teeth, and concussion, a

anguish. >> what happened to my dad should have never happened to anyone. >> united issued a statement afterward, again apologizing for the incident. 20 roller coasters were stuck 100 feet in the air. it happened yesterday at six flags america in largo, outside of washington. firefighters used a bucket truck rescue the riders from the coaster jinx. they were fortunately upright when the coaster stalled. >> we thought it was some sort of joke because it was one of those rides. when we realized it wasn't a joke and we were actually stuck, that's when we started freaking out. >> some two dozen people were stuck on the same ride in 2014. las vegas firefighters were called to knock down a blaze at one of the city's biggest hotels. a small fire erupted last night on the roof of the bellagio. part of the las vegas strip was briefly closed. the fire was controlled within an hour. coming up on the "morning news," a possible habitat far, far away.

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a watery moon that orbits saturn cold hold life form. the molecules were in geysers shooting off the moon. the moon is only 300 miles wide. a female kicker makes college football history, and secret service officers lose their jobs. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the new york times" reports the firing of two secret service officers. a man jumped a fence and was

roaming around for ten minutes before being stopped. president trump was there at the time. >> asia hutchinson says his christian faith supplied his decision. asa hutchinson said his christian faith decided his decision. the first execution is scheduled monday. "time" says the u.s. wants the reporting of killings of gay men in chechnya. a newspaper said police rounded up more than 100 men and that at least three were killed. chechen officials deny it. they were predominantly muslim. the "washington post" says it offered a holocaust history lessen to sean spicer.

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system. nintendo said it never planned to produce the console long term. general motors is adding more than 1,100 jobs in california over the next five years. auto maker is beefing up its san francisco cruise automation you nitts which develops autonomous vehicles. gulf of mexico is boosting itself self-driving record after receive i receiving $8 million in state tax credits. g.m. acquired cruise automation last year. jetblue is offering a thousand free new flights for those who are not getting a tax refund this year. it's a promotion called the tax return flight giveaway. it begins on tuesday, tax day. you can go online and enter. the united states postal service has been criticized by customers and maligned by members of congress, but starting today, it's pushing further into the digital age with a service that lets you preview what's coming to your mailbox.

jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: when you hear "post office," what comes to mind? >> antiquated. >> oh, my god, i have to go to the post office. >> i can't find what i need and they aren't very friendly. >> reporter: but the post office provides a lot of comedic material, which may have inspired its latest feature. >> if i could talk to the post office, if i could say to them, if you want to be helpful to us, open the letters, read them, and e-mail what it says. >> reporter: it won't be doing that, but the post office is taking the snail out of mail, going nationwide with a new service called informed delivery, and if you sign up, you can see who sent you mail the way you view practically everything else. online. the postal service will e-mail you a picture of everything you can expect to get that day. it's one way to stay relevant as mail volume has dropped

dramatically over the last decade. tom says there are other benefits too. >> you'll have proof it's coming to you. >> reporter: proof or no proof, sara sanders says she's old school. what do you think of that? >> when they have unbreakable unhackable internet, i'll do it too. until they do i'll take my chance getting snail mail. >> reporter: for some it's a welcome delivery. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. orlando, florida, is an easy vacation destination for many, but this weekend it's a galaxy far far away. it's "star wars" celebration 2017 edition. the four-day convention, which pays tribute to the enduring film series features appearances by "star wars" actors and creators as well as panel discussions. the event began yesterday and included an emotional tribute to the late actress carrie fisher who, of course, played princess

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here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. virginia tech will mark a grim anniversary this sunday. ten years ago a gunman opened fire on the campus killing 32 people. don champion spoke to a survivor. >> it's hard to believe it's been ten years since the shooting. >> reporter: a decade later, the virginia tech shooting still haunts survivor colin goddard. >> i've replayed that morning over and over again.

>> reporter: memories aren't the only reminder. he still has three bullets in his body. he pushes for gun background safety checks. he even went undercover to buy a weapon used in a documentary. >> things are framed as you're pro gun or anti-gun when in reality, the average person sees it in the middle. >> reporter: ten years later norris hall, much of the carnage still stands. to mark this weekend's tenth anniversary the school is hold an official ceremony and candlelight vigil. until the club shooting last jeune, virginia tech had been the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. gerard lawson -- >> i do think in the community it becomes a concern about whether or mott we are truly, you know, neighbors to one another anymore.

>> reporter: goddard who is now married with a child vows to keep fighting. we are better than this. we do not have to accept that gun violence is part of american culture. >> reporter: and even though gun safety reform has stalled on capitol hill, he's proud the movement is finding success at state levels. don champion, cbs news, blacksburg, virginia. near rome yesterday pope francis performed a traditional rite at the start of christianity's holiest day. the pope washed the feet of a dozen prisoners to mark holy thursday. it leads up to this weekend's easter sunday. this weekend "cbs sunday morning" will bring you mo rocca with an interview with pope francis at the vatican. barry gibbs talks about the life and career of bee gees. i'm wendy gillette. this is the "cbs morning news." .

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our top stories this morning. two police officers in gwinnett county, georgia, have been fired. videos showed them kicking and punching a man at a traffic stop wednesday. the county police department calls the images shocking and disturbing. a criminal investigation is under way. we're getting our first word of casualties after the u.s. military unleashed, quote, the mother of all bombs. it was dropped on an isis cave complex in afghanistan. an gachb official said as many as three dozen militants were killed. no civilians were reportedly harmed. the trump administration released limited flexes for the

shaky health insurance for next year. insurers were not impressed. they say the changes won't guarantee stability for the con millions of consumers now covered. president trump also signed legislation yesterday allowing states to withhold money from abortion providers. the move could deprive organizations like planned parenthood millions of dollars. weijia jiang reports. >> president trump met with anti-abortion rights activists in the oval office after signing a letter that allows them to defund organizations for abortions like planned parenthood. >> this means he's serious. >> reporter: marjorie dannenfelser talked about the importance of making abortion illegal. >> it's a promise to be kept, that it's really important for people to see that, see him sign the bill. >> reporter: the bill passed the senate last month after mike pence cast his tie-breaking

vote. it overturns an obama-era rule that prohibited states from withholding money from providers for religious regiasons. they said in the latest statement they could embolden statements. they added women marched in historic numbers the day after the inauguration because they feared the worst. their worst fears are now coming true. we are facing the worst political attack on women's health in a generation. but the white house says the new law simply gives states the right to spend their own health care dollars would federal oversight. weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," look at the first diving tours of the "titanic" in more than a decade and plans to create a 3-d model of the wreckage, plus a rare peek of how a concept car is made as we tour a design studio.

kris van cleave takes us under the hood. and a sole surviving member of the bee gees, barry gibbs talks with anthony mason. a special tribute to the disco group on cbs. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm wendy gillette. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. all right. we made it. it's friday! as we take a live look at the bay bridge, the city of san francisco, shining brightly this morning, what a beautiful shot. good morning, it is friday, april 14. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm julie watts in for

michelle griego. we are starting off with a check of the forecast. 4:29, i know you don't have some great news for easter sunday, "ro." >> starting off will be okay. for those who want to easter egg hunt early in the morning you'll be okay. we have a little bit of a timing issue with this incoming system. we'll have rain by lunchtime on easter sunday but today you already saw a preview. look at the skyline of san francisco. isn't that glorious? it goes to show what a world class city we are. it's like that skyline is spectacular. this is a beautiful view. it's gorgeous because we can actually see all the way to the port of oakland, the estuary. the bright lights of oakland there. mostly cloudy skies away from the bay right now, we're clearing out from the coast into the bay and look at santa rosa dipping to 38 degrees. it is now 49 in oakland. san francisco at 50. it's a much cooler start than 24 hours ago. today warmer than yesterday, seasonal, mid-60s san jose, low