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the white house communications team went through a major overhaul. errol barnett has the latest. >> we will win, win, win. we will never lose. we will win. >> reporter: commissioning new gerald r. ford aircraft carrier in virginia, president trump focused on the strength of the military and his own white house. >> american might is second to none. and we're getting bigger and better and stronger every day of my administration,. >> reporter: after shuffling his legal team earlier in the week, yesterday the president reorganized his communications staff, appointing financier anthony scaramucci, as communications director. the decision led okaying director and press sean spicer to resign. >> it was the best interest our press organization to have not too many cooks in the kitchen.
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>> reporter: amidst the shakeups, mr. trump voiced frustration at so-called fake news, illegal leaks, and special council robert mueller in another round of early morning tweets. democrats and republican leaders warned the president not to interfere with mueller's investigation. >> we need to let him and his team and our investigators here to do their jobs and these leads wherever they melee and follow the facts. >> any attempt to fire robert mueller is an attack on our system of justice. >> reporter: while many close to the president will soon face counsel scrutiny as part of investigations into russian meddling, jared kushner will speak to the committee next week. plus, paul manafort and donald trump jr. have agreed to speak. >> ninan: in one of his tweets today, rump complained about a "washington post" report about attorney general jeff sessions, and his pre-election
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conversations with the russian ambassador to the u.s. here's justice reporter paula reid. >> late friday "the washington post" reported that u.s. intelligence intercepts show attorney general jeff sessions discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to moscow, with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak during the 2016 race. the attorney general's spokeswoman says sessions stands by his previous testimony that he never spoke with russian officials about interfering with the campaign or elections. >> i have the honor of serving as attorney general. >> reporter: despite public pronouncements about how much he loves his job, attorney general jeff sessions had a rough week. >> are you concerned? reporter: in an interview with "the new york times" this week, president trump blasted sessions for his decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. >> well, sessions should have never recused himself. if he knew he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job.
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i would have picked somebody else. >> god bless you. reporter: sessions was the first senator to endorse trump during the campaign, and do you tellfully carried out the president's policies on border security, sanctuary cities, and the controversial travel ban. >> we will continue to work hard to serve the national interest, and we wholeheartedly join in the priorities of trump. >> reporter: and vowed to continue serving as attorney general. >> i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> reporter: a u.s. law enforcement source confirms u.s. intelligence did intercept electronic communications between then ambassador kislyak and the russian government. we're also told that kislyak likely knew he was being moderate and could have been trying to provide the u.s. with misinformation. reena? >> ninan: thank you, paula. tomorrow on "face the nation," john dickerson's guest will
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include the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci. plus republican senators susan collins and john barasso and representative adam schiff. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. senator john mccain's megan tweeted a photo today during a hike with her dad. she wrote "amazing hike with dad this morning. thank you for your best wishes." last week mccain was diagnosed with brain cancer and vowed to be work soon. in minneapolis, the police chief has been forced to resign. jamie yuccas was there. >> we do not want you as the mayor of minneapolis. >> reporter: protesters turned the spotlight on manipulates per betsy hodge last night. >> i am happy to sit down with folks and talk about the future of policing minneapolis. i understand people's objections to what's happening. >> reporter: it happened at a
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press conference where she was announcing the resignation of police chief jenee harteau. >> i've heard you and i have listened. >> reporter: hodges left when protesters took over the podium, but rushed later to tell reporters she would not be stepping down. >> there is no magic wand for public safety. >> reporter: chief harteau resigned friday six days after the fatal shooting of justine damond, the 40-year-old australian, who called 9-1-1 last saturday to report a possible sexual assault outside her home. according to law enforcement, damond was standing at the driver's window of a squad car when officer mohamed noor opened fire from the passenger seat. the bullet went through the open window, fatally striking damond. >> no justice, no peace! reporter: there have been rallies and protests in minneapolis, and damond's native australia. >> justine was a beacon to all of us. we only ask that the light of justice shine down on the circumstances of her death. >> reporter: the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension is investigating the shooting. so far the bca has interviewed one witness, but cannot compel
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officer noor to tell them his account of what happened. jamie yuccas, cbs news, minneapolis. >> ninan: a wildfire raging near yosemite national park is now 30% contained. since last sunday, it has destroyed at least 60 homes and 75,000 acres. nearly 5,000 firefighters are working in triple-digit heat to put it out. officials in hawaii are launching a campaign to help residents plan for a possible nuclear attack from north korea. it comes weeks after north korea successfully test-fired an intercontinental missile that could potentially reach the aloe that state. here's carter evans. >> reporter: north korean missile launches are now much more than just scary images for the nearly 1.5 million people who live in the hawaiian islands. >> based on what you've seen, can a north korean missile hit hawaii? >> yeah, i think there's no question about that. >> reporter: jeffrey lewis is a nuclear policy expert at the
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middlebury institute of international studies. >> it's frightening, and so we need to take it seriously. but we also need to be calm and we need to be measured, and we need to know that there are things we can do. >> first you duck. then you cover. >> reporter: hawaii will not dust off these 1950s era civil defense drills. what they are doing is warning residents that if a missile is launched prepare not just for the initial strike but also the fallout. that could mean sheltering in place for up to two weeks. >> even if the threat is small, we can't ignore it. >> reporter: vern miyagi is with hawaii's emergency management agency, and he says there's a difficult balance between warning the public and scaring off tourists. >> when i see stuff like "hawaii prepares for nuclear attack," that's way overboard. we are not preparing for a nuclear attack. this is just a hazard, like tsunamis, like hurricanes. >> reporter: natural disasters, though, can't be prevented. nuclear attacks can. >> a nuclear war is just such a
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horrible outcome, that every moment you spend preparing for it is probably better spent trying to prevent it from ever happening. >> reporter: hawaii's tourism authority is also taking the threat very seriously. the threat to the state's bottom line. this is the height of the busy summer travel season, and they are saying the risk is not big enough to cancel trips. >> ninan: the pentagon has confirmed that a u.s. airstrikes accidentally killed at least a dozen afghan police officers yesterday. the airstrike took place in afghanistan's helmand province, which is controlled by the taliban. afghan officials say the police officers were not in uniform, which may have resulted in them being mistaken for taliban fighters. the u.n. security council will meet on monday to address an outbreak of violence between israelis and palestinians. at the center of the heightened tension is a shrine in jerusalem that is sacred to both muslims and juice.
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jonathan vigliotti is following this is in our london bureau. >> reporter: the attack appeared to be in retall foig for the deaths of three palestinians during protests yesterday. the clashes erupted after friday prayers a few streets away from the al-aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem. israeli soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas at palestinian worshipers, some of whom were throwing rocks and fire bombs. thousands of palestinians had gathered to protest the new israeli security measures at the compound, sacred to both jews and muslims. the new measures, which include metal detectors, were added after two israeli policemen were shot and killed last week. tensions turned deadly yesterday. two palestinians were shot dead in jerusalem, and another killed in the west bank. hundreds were injured and two dozen arrested. palestinians have long accused israel of trying to take control
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of the sacred site. the israeli government insists the detectors are meant to prevent future attacks. at this point it's unclear how long they will remain in use. >> ninan: a church in noaa hasten, connecticut, is providing a safe halfen for a single mother from guatemala who faces deportation. more than 800 churches and synagogues across the country have become sanctuaries for illegal immigrants. roxana saberi has our report. >> nury chavvaria is taking refuge in this church. >> i like the country. >> since entering the u.s. illegally in 1993, she's had four. >> she's not a criminal. reporter: her youngest is calling on president trump to hetler stay. >> don't separate my family. reporter: arrest of undocumented immigrants have risen since mr. trump took office, though deportations have dropped. >> they are not allowed to come without permission. >> reporter: in philadelphia on
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saturday, attorney general jeff sessions called on local officials to help the government crack down on illegal immigration. >> they commit a crime while they're here, what right do they have to demand that they not be deported? >> reporter: many cities have refused to cooperate, and several chunks have taken in undocumented immigrants facing immediate deportation. while immigration and customs enforcement can make arrests at places of worship, agents tend to avoid them, unless they have prior approval from a supervisor or on what they deem exigent circumstances. her supporters point out she's never committed crimes. connecticut senator chris murph- >> because of the election last november all of that changes for her. she was a marked woman because she had done everything that was asked of her. rhatanies spokesman says she was given at least two orders to leave but failed to comply. her attorney tells cbs news
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>> ninan: the catholic church in germany was hit with a major scandal this past week. an investigation found nearly 550 cases of abuse at a boys' choir school going back decades. the choir master for many of those years was the older brother of pope benedict. seth doane has more on this. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the cathedral sparrows have been known for their angelic voices, but off stage boys as young as 8 years old endured widespread abuse.
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>> deep depression. reporter: i had deep depression and lost my job, survivor udo keiser said, but now it has documented. the report details 547 cases of abuse, from withholding food to beating until bleeding, and 67 cases wer sexual abuse, and rap. a lawyer who carried out the investigation said victims likened the choir school to prison or a concentration camp. >> many of them described this as a the worst of their life, he explained. >> friends at the school said the abuse was an open secret. it sounds like the same culture of silence we heard in boston. in the united states. >> sure.
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>> doesn't that say there is a real problem with the church? >> there has been a problem in the children, yeah, and that is why we work on a change of that. >> reporter: zollner is also part of a commission for the protection of minors, set up by pope francis. he points out that some of the 49 alleged perpetrators have died. >> if the evil door is gone, who do you punish? >> reporter: they're expected to reach $23,000 each. the school said to expect a statement next week. seth doane, cbs news, rome. >> ninan: still ahead, it's full speed ahead for self-driving cars, but federal laws are cars, but federal laws are lagging behind. der that can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the people, places, and things i love. the people i love have always been there for me. and now, i'm there for them, too.
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will be hopping on this driverless bus across campus. carmakers are promising mass market fully self-driving vehicles by 2021, and tech companies like uber and google could deploy them much sooner. california is already readying its roads, replacing raised lane markers with six-inch thick solid lines because they're easier for self-driving cars to see. what's not ready are the rules. >> we need definitions. we need the government and states to set laws that are all united and unified around this. >> reporter: right now only 23 states and the district of columbia have laws on the books about self-driving cars. >> as this technology gets out on the road we want to make sure that it is safe, that it's truly is ready for primetime. >> the concept behind this bill is to create some certainty, some clarity. >> reporter: that could happen in the coming days. republican senator john thune
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and democrat gary peters plan to present rare bipartisan legislation setting standards for safety, cyber security, and guidelines to determine accident liability if no one's driving. do you feel a time pressure to get this done? >> it is only "matter of time, and that horizon is coming very quickly. we need to be prepared for that. >> hopefully we can all get around the fact that is incredibly exciting technology that's going to save tens of thousands of lives. >> reporter: the number of traffic deaths has shot up to over 40,000 in the last two years. the belief is self-driving cars could drastically reduce that number by eliminating the biggest factor in more than 90% of the crashes, human error. kris van cleave, cbs news news. >> ninan: up next, team usa looks for the winning formula at the math olympics.
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>> ninan: we end tonight with an update from the international mathematical olympiad in brazil. team usa finished in fourth place out of 110 countries. jim axelrod met up with the american mathletes on the road to rio. >> reporter: so the expected value is of the number is alway- >> reporter: the man in front of the class is no ordinary math teacher. >> this is so good. reporter: the kids in the chairs are no ordinary students. they are the u.s. team for the international math olympiad, the best high school math minds in the country.
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po shen loh is their coach. >> one can think of this as having the same role and inspiring people to do their very best in mathematics as the olympic athlete competitions have for sports. >> reporter: the son of immigrants from singapore, po was on the team in 1999. but when he took over three years ago, the united states hadn't won in 20 years. no surprise. when ranking students from 71 countries the u.s. tests in the bottom half, but at training camp in pittsburgh, on the campus of carnegie mellon, po has his mathletes build strong bonds out of the classroom as well as in. 17-year-old zach croman from san francisco is making his debut on the u.s. team. >> the team does a great job of supporting each other, in the sense that no one is pressured to get a certain score or they feel like they've failed. we all just want to do our best.
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>> reporter: po was straightforward about his low-stress approach when he interviewed for the top job. >> i said is that if you put me in as coach we're going to do much worse than we ever did. >> reporter: but he was wrong. the drought has ended. the u.s. has placed first each of the last two years. >> if you constantly challenge and enjoy the love of doing better today than you did yesterday, you're on an onward march toward success. >> reporter: an important lesson for world class math students and the rest of us as well. >> it's been a great pleasure to work with you guys. >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, pittsburgh. [applause] >> ninan: that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in washington, d.c. thank you for joining us tonight. good night. live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. now at 6:00, the father
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turning his heart break into action after his son is believed to have accidentally driven off a cliff in the bay area. thank for joining us. just days ago, parts of the car belonging to his missing son were found at montero state beach and today the father joined others in a plea to prevent future tragedies. kpix 5's devon with what they want done. his remains properly taken care of. >> reporter: somewhere along these jagged cliffs, beneath the churning restless waves he believes he'll find his son. he went missing in late may. and investigators now believe his car went off the road just beyond that guardrail along highway 1 south of pacific. >> i wouldn't wish this on anyone to be honest with you. >> the sea has offered up tantalizing clues to his son's whereabouts.
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his triple a car and a tire belonging to his car washed ashore. but the efforts to find the car or, richard have come up short. they're trying to convince caltrans to install a guardrail. >> if there were barriers in place, both richard and my sister may have had a chance to live. >> rosa alba died eight months before richard's car is believed to have plunged into the sea at the same spot. a guardrail both families believe may have prevented their deaths. >> he shouldn't have died. rose shouldn't have died. they should have put up these barriers a long time ago. >> a community united by laws and the desire to prevent similar tr
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