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>> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. news" for this friday. from t captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's friday, april 28th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." it's the president's 99th day in office. on today's "to do" list, get a budget passed, keep the government from shutting down, and address the latest menacing threat from north korea. ann koult ter clash. opponents show up in droves after the conservative commentator canceled her speech at berkeleying but the crowd still heard her words. >> when ann gets bullied out of a talk, we have to hop on a
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plane and do the talk for her. family over flash. the nfl's number one draft pick skips the spotlight on the biggest night of his life. 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. today the house is expected to vote on a short-term one-week spending bill to keep the government open past tonight's midnight deadline tonight for a shutdown. this will give members more time to negotiate a long-term deal. house leaders also shelved a vote on gop legislation for the health care vote. that cleared the way for a vote. major major conflict with north korea is possible. brook silva-braga is here in new york. brook, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the president's run-up to his
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100 days in office, he's given a series of interviews. in one of them mr. trump has conceded the job of being president is harder than he expected and he painted a dark picture of north korea as his biggest global concern. in a wide-ranging interview with reuters thursday, president trump warned tensions with north korea could come to a head if the country seconds to pursue nuclear missiles. >> there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. >> though the president says diplomacy would be ideal, the military has put on a show of force in the region in recent days. secretary rex tillerson said china has helped. >> china would be taking sanctions actions on their own. >> the tough talk came as the house agreed to keep the federal government open for at least another week.
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>> they're in a lose, lose, lose situation. >> democrats have opposed shutting down the government if the republicans move forward on a revised plan to replace obamacare. >> the democrats have come in and thrown in a lot of monkey wrenches in an ability to get this job done. >> they denied president trump a major legislative victory one day before his 100th day in office. mr. trump will mark that 100th day with a rally in hars burisb pennsylvania, tomorrow, meaning he'll miss the white house correspondents' dinner in washington. anne-marie, he told them he plans to go to the dinner next year. >>okay. the white house is defending it. now the pentagon is involved. as jeff pegues reports, just
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released documents seem to indicate that flynn took the money without advanced approval. >> we have no evidence, not a shred, that he discloseds he payments. >> reporter: elijah cummins, the top democrat on the house committ committee, said documents released show retired general michael flynn may have broken the law by making a 2015 trip to moscow where he was paid nearly $34,000 to speak and was photographed at a dinner with russian president vladimir putin. the first document, a letter from october 2014 was sent from the defense intelligence agency or dia to flynn. it informed flynn who once ran the dia that the receipt of consulting fees from a foreign government was prohibited without advanced approval. >> the pentagon's warning to general flynn was bold, italicized, and could not have been clearer. >> reporter: but the second letter from the dia to the house committee said it found no record of flynn seeking
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permission. in a statement, flynn's attorney insisted flynn gave documents to the dia and briefed the agency both before and after the trip. flynn has also offered to testify in exchange for immunity, but so far congress has not called it. flynn was fired as president trump's national security adviser after just 24 days for lying to the vice president about his contacts with russian ambassador sergei kislyak. the vice president was also in charge of the trump transition and would have overseen the vetting of general flynn. white house press secretary sean spicer brushed off questions about the thoroughness of that process. >> but all of that clearance was made during the obama administration and apparently with knowledge of the trip that he took. >> as national security adviser, flynn had access to the country's most sensitive secrets, which is one reason why congress is so concerned. the failure to disclose the
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foreign payments could result in up to five years in prison. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself from the investigation into russia's role many the presidential election, but he will be in studio 57 ahead on "cbs this morning." well, chief washington correspondent and "face the nation" moderator john dickerson will interview the president tomorrow, his 100th day in office. the interview will be broadcast this sunday on "face the nation," and "cbs this morning" will broadcast live from the white house on monday, may 1st. the pentagon says two american servicemembers have been killed fighting isis in afghanistan. the troops died wednesday night in eastern afghanistan near the border of pakistan. a third member was wounded. the u.s. has nearly 10,000 troops in afghanistan. their primary mission is to
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train afghan forces. overnight arkansas executed oelgs its fourth prisoner, kenneth williams. witnesses said williams lurched and convulsed 20 times. the governor's office said that was an involuntary muscular reaction. arkansas had scheduled eight execution over the period before one of the drugs expired using at the end of the month. the court issued stays for four of the inmates. united airlines has settled with a passenger who was dragged off a plane after refusing to give up his seat. it was less than three weeks ago david dao was asked to give up a seat. in chicago. under the terms the amount dao settled for has not been disclosed. since the incident the airlines has changed its policy regarding bumping passengers. and police in berkeley, california, turned out in force to protests over concerns of ann coulter.
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hundreds of supporters were met by dozens of officers in riot gear yesterday. university officials canceled coulter's speech because they feared violence. well, defense dominated the first round of the nfl draft. >> the cleveland browns select myles garrett. >> all right. >> defensive end, texas a&m. >> defensive end myles garrett was the number one overall pick. in fact quarterback mitchell trubisky went second to chicago. san francisco took defensive end solomon thomas of sanford, third. another surprise vacation for a fox news pundit. what jesse waters said about ivanka trump that has him in the
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violence breaks out near violence breaks out near macedonia's parliament injuring dozens of people. protester broke into the building yesterday after an albanian was the speaker. they have stalled the formation of a new government. a new controversy puts another fox news host in the spotlight, and a court says it's okay that women are paid less than men. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" reports a court decision that lets employers pay women less than men for the same work. federal appeals court judges cited a 1982 case. that ruling said employers may use previous salaries to set pay levels under certain conditions.
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"a very i trump. critics on the right and left "variety" says a fox news anchor is going on vacation after his widely criticized comment about ivanka trump. critics on the right and left said jesse waters' remark was sexual. he denied it. a.l. district. gardendale is predominantly white. k st al.com covers a plan to form its own school district. gardendale is predominantly white. black students outnumber whites in the wider school district. the bbc finds out why an australian woman is running the equivalent of 40 marathons in 40 days. mina guli is running the rare aware finance of water scarcity. and the "washington post" displays remarkable new images from saturn. the cassini spacecraft zoomed between the planet and its rings for the first time this week. scientists are using the pictures to learn more about the swirling bands of ice and dust
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♪ and there was no sunlight no sunlight anymore ♪ the postal service will release a first of its kind stamp to seb brate the image of the total eclipse. the eclipse on august the 1st will be the first visible on the u.s. mainland since 1979. cool stamp. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, heineken's forces hard conversations, and facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg faces a day on the factory line. hena daniels joins us. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. for a second trading session in a row there were gains on wall street. there were stronger than expected profits by comcast, under armour and others. the dow jones rose 6 points, the s&p added a point and the nasdaq gain 2d 3, reaching a new record
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high for third time in four days. today president trump will order a review of offshore drilling sites that are currently off limits. the executive order is called the american first offshore energy strategy. the move could lead to a reversal of drilling bans in areas of the atlantic, pacific oceans and the gulf of mexico. exxonmobil has been ordered to pay a nearly $20 million air pollution fine. a judge warned they violated a clean air standard by releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air during an eight-year period at a complex near houston. it's the result of a lawsuit filed back in 2010. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg made a new year's resolution to connect with more americans. to that end, zuckerberg spent time work on a ford assembly line in dear born, michigan, yesterday. he helped assemble f-150 pickup
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trucks adding antennae, cleats, and drilling screws. he also signed the truck writing "you're welcome, new ford owner. and heineken taking on hot button political issues in a new ad. >> i would describe my political views as the new right. >> i say that i'm left. >> the four-minute ad is posted on heineken's youtube page. six people, complete strangers, with opposing political and social views are broken into pairs and asked to complete a task. the point is to show we have more in common than divide us. of course, the ad ends with everyone drinking a heineken. >> of course. you know, a lot of people are comparing that ad to the one pepsi did with kendall jenner that, you know -- that was heavily criticized that pepsi missed the mark. certainly this one is good, but
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it's four minutes long. >> four minutes long. >> they take their time. >> how cool is mark zuckerberg working on the assembly line? i think that's an amazing story. >> yeah, yeah. i'm sure the person who gets his little signature there going to rip that off and keep it. >> or sell it and make a lot of money. >> hena daniels at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, hena. buckle up. we take you behind the wheels to see how crash test dummies are getting bigger and better. this is the "cbs morning news." getting bigger and better. this is the "cbs morning news." 'e to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts,
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they're humble penguins at the city zoo. their parents were unable to care for them, so the keepers gave them a big stuffed penguin to cuddle with. well, the average american is about 20 pounds heavier than 40 years ago, and that means crash test dummies needed some serious bodywork. kris van cleave reports from plymouth, michigan. >> reporter: the test dummy has been used in crash after crash. for nearly 50 years this 5'9"-inch 170-pound dummy has been the standard. >> safety features, the airbags, and most importantly the seatbelts, are designed around those dummies. >> reporter: but with americans getting taller, fatter, and older, changes are needed, according to dr. stewart wang from university of michigan center for automotive medicine. >> heavier people seem to get much more severe lower extremity injuries.
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>> reporter: christopher o'connor runs the crash tests. he said this new dummy is more like a real modern-day driver. >> we have found that obese people, elderly people, people who don't fit that exact size and shape are more at risk in a vehicle now. >> reporter: with nearly 20% of drivers over 65, o'connor and dr. wang are also developing a crash dummy to replicate an elderly more fragile body. >> unfortunately the older population is four to eight times more likely to sustain chest injuries than a younger individual. >> reporter: while it will take years to get regulatory approval, carmakers are already giving this big guy a test run to see if a bigger dummy needs better safety. kris van cleave, cbs news, plymouth, michigan. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we the people. voters send us their letters to the president, assessing his
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it's been 25 years since a jury acquitted four lapd officers for beating rodney king, motorist who was pulled over for speeding. the verdict set off days of violence in los angeles. danielle nottingham takes us back to the spot where the rioting began and reports on what's changed since then. >> reporter: tim goldman remembers the standoff near florence and normandy avenues after four lapd officers were acquitted in the video beating of rodney king. >> my heart almost fell to my stomach. i could nltd believe it myself. >> reporter: the then
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32-year-old grabbed his pcamcorder. you were right in their face with your camera. you were close. >> was really close. >> reporter: he recorded some of the worst beatings including the trucker reginald denny and the torture of fidel lopez. >> that was where the minister stood over him and prayed. i thought fidel lopez actually was dead until, you know, he started moving. >> reporter: more than 50 people were killed and 2,000 injured in six days of rioting and looting, which cost $1 billion in damage. police chief charlie beck says he knew the lapd was the reason for the uprising. since then the force has been reformed. >> we're the majority minority now. almost 50% are hispanic and 20% women. during the riots we were mostly white. we're not like that anymore. >> reporter: but change in l.a.
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doesn't mean change everywhere. >> baltimore -- >> reporter: goldman left south central l.a. he hopes his videos show the respect police and communities receiver. >> what happened out there should teach everyone a lesson. you never want to see that again. >> reporter: danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. our top stories this morning, commenting on the standoff with north korea over its nuclear and missile program. president trump says the chance exists s for a, quote, major, major conflict, though hi se wa to end it peacefully. he said china has threatened to impose sanctions on the north if it conducts more nuclear tests. and republican leaders in the house shelf plans to replace the affordable health care act. for the second time they were unable to get the votes to pass the measure, but that cleared the way for a vote expected
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today on a short-term measure to keep the government funded past tonight's midnight deadline. coming up on "cbs this morning," president trump has touted historic accomplishments in his first 100 days, but what do american people think? we'll read your letters to the president. plus senator bernie sanders has called the president a fraud. he'll recall the first 100 days of the trump administration. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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>> i'm michelle griego. it does feel like it's been a long week. but we made it. >> happy friday. >> not a good day when you get a text from your son and he says the dog is shaking, i think she has a cold. >> oh, no. [ crosstalk ] sneezing and sneezing and shaking all over in a sick way. i have to go! [ laughter ] good morning, let's head out. we have some dry conditions. we have clear skies. looking out towards the bay bridge. boy, visibility yesterday it was incredible. you could see forever and this morning, pretty much the same deal. temperatures 47 degrees in livermore to 56 in oakland. a warmup with the sunshine, we have windy conditions to talk about and
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