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>> that's it for us at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00. >> we remind you news updates always on cbssf.com. >> ninan: deadly chaos in charlottesville, virginia. white supremacists and counter protesters clash in the streets over plans to remove a confederate statue. a car plows into a crowd. the governor declares a state of emergency. also tonight, china tries to defuse tensions between the u.s. and north korea will president trump ratchet down the rhetori.c? our digital network, cbsn, gets rare access inside guam, the u.s. military outpost in north korea's crosshairs. >> reporter: along this road for about half a mile, 15 million pounds of net explosive conventional munitions. >> ninan: and they're living the life of pie but these three friends are delivering much more
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to their community than delicious pizzas. >> we're about creating opportunities. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan with a western edition of our broadcast. virginia's governor declared a state of engineer charlottesville today as white nationalists clashed in the streets can counter-protesters. groups, including the ku klux klan and neo-nazis came from across the country to rally against plans to remove a confederate statue from a park. the violence included an attack with a car on a crowfd peaceful protesters. at least one person was killed. this all took place a short chance from the university of virginia, which was founded by thomas jefferson. president trump addressed the crisis from his golf club in new jersey. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence-- on many sides. >> ninan: paula reid has latest now from charlottesville.
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and we caution you, some of the video is graphic. ( [ screaming ) >> reporter: one person is dead and 19 injured after a speeding vehicle drove into a group of protesters marching peacefully through downtown charlottesville. your impression this was deliberate? >> 100%. >> he was going so fast it flew people 10 feet. >> reporter: this comes after a day of clashing between alt-right protesters and counter-demonstrator early this morning. demonstrators dispensed tear gas and threw water bottles with little interference from the police. >> this event has been declared an unlawful assembly. >> reporter: police in tactical gear ordered people to leave the classic. jason kessler declared what he called a pro-white really here to protest charlottesville's efforts to remove a statue of general robert e. lee. friday night, a fight broke out and police had to be called
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after alt-right protesters marched through the university of virginia campus swinging torches. charlottesville's mayor, mike siggener, said they were ready for the protesters. >> there are tons of outsides coming here to try to make charlottesville a target for their ideology. >> reporter: in july bthree dozen klan members came to the city to demonstrate. mayor siggener says the actions of a few will not prevent his city from moving forward. >> i refuse to be intimidated by somebody who thinks we can stop that work, we can stop change the narrative just because i'm going to shout and yell and send you a bunch of nasty tweets and open carry in your public parks. >> reporter: there have been police helicopters flying over the protests all day today. late this afternoon, a state police helicopter crashed, killing both people on board, bringing the total fatalities to three. reena. >> ninan: paula reid. thank you, paula. president trump's calls for calm in charlottesville came hours after he was urged by china's
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president to ratchet down his rhetoric against north korea. here's errol barnett. > >> reporter: the president's jovial call with guam's governor, eddie calvo, on friday revealed the commander in chief's confidence, despite north korea's threat to target the island. it is in stark contrast to multiple appearances in front of the press and online in which the president used fiery language aimed directly at an unpredictable kim jong-un. >> this man will not get away with what he's doing, believe me. >> reporter: mr. trump refuses to accept criticism his words went too far, while secretary of state rex tillerson attempted to defend it. >> i think what the president is doing is trying to support our efforts by make sure north korea understands what theistration. >> reporter: yesterday, secretary tillerson; ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley; and national security adviser h.r.
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mcmaster, met with the president to discuss diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions. later that evening, mr. trump spoke by phone with president xi jinping of china. state media reports, president xi urged both sides to tone down the rhetoric. when asked iferly jerm me would stand by the u.s., german chancellor angela merkel said she does not see a military solution to the current crisis. president trump said chancellor merkel doesn't speak for the u.s. > perhaps she's referring to germany. she's certainly not referring to the united states. they can tell you. >> reporter: president trump said he is considering an additional sanctions package that, in his words, would be as strong as they get. and today, spoke on the phone with french president emmanuel macron about enforcing existing u.n. sanctions, as well as working together to achieve north korean de-nuclearization. >> ninan: north korea's not backing down from its threat to launch missiles towards the u.s. territory of guam.
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more than 6,000 u.s. troops and their families are stationed there. vladimir duthiers was recently granted rare access to the base for our special series "cbsn: on assignment." >> reporter: we arrived here add andersen air force base in guam. this wing is considered a powf projection platform. we're about 2100 miles away from north korea, but that doesn't really matter because this base can accept assets from anywhere in the world and launch them and take the fight to our enemies. this base has the largest stockpile of fuel and munitions in the air force. it can respond from threats from the middle east, asia, and across the pacific. colonel sam white has spent his career here among these bombers. in a worst-case scenario, how quickly can this airfield get up to speed? >> so we stand ready to respond to a wide range of things at the president's call. that's the reason why we have the continuous presence mission, is to give the president of the united states sovereign options
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against threats to the u.s. so we're ready today. >> reporter: and they've had to prove that multiple times in recent weeks. on july 29, the day after north korea's latest successful i.c.b.m. launch, two u.s. b-1 bombers took off from this airfield and flew over 2,000 miles to the north korean border in a show of force. the b-1, also known as "the bone," is capable of carrying more arms than any other bomber in the air force. and as its air crews can attest, it's also among the loudest. >> especially being out here because you get to feel the rumble of them. >> reporter: wow. when a b-1 goes into a particular region, it sends eye very strong message that the united states means business. >> our first step is deterrence, obviously. however, if the commander calleds upon us, the b-1 is a very credible, lethal force. >> reporter: you're looking at what airmen call hayes igloos,
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stretching along this road, for about half a mile, 15 million pounds of net explosive conventional munitions. they're built by the 36th munitions squadron, it's often referred to as a bunker buster. it can penetrate concrete and reinforced even. >> reporter: what kind of force. when we say 2,000 pounds, what kind of devastation are we looking at? >> we always safely evacuate 4,000 feet. >> reporter: 4,000 feet? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: due to north korea's difficult mountainous terrain and deep bunkers, these could be of vital importance in the event of a conflict. >> ninan: you can see vlad's report monday night "cbsn: on assignment" right here on cbs. a judge in denver has thrown out a disk jockey's case against pop star taylor swift. but as tony dokoupil reports, it's still too soon to declare a winner in the groping trial. ♪ shake it off
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♪ >> reporter: david mueller claims his career as a radio d.j. cratered in 2013 after taylor swift falsely accused him of groping her bare backside at a meet-and-greet. but a colorado judge dismissed mueller's $3 million claim against swift citing a lack of evidence that she specifically intended to get his fired. meanwhile, swift's counter-lawsuit against mueller for alleged assault will go forward. swift's attorney douglas baldridge. >> i couldn't be more proud to represent somebody like taylor swift who is willing to step up in a situation like this. >> reporter: in testimony this week, swift spent nearly an hour detailing what she called her 3d recreation of what happened. mueller, who was, indeed, fired, after swift's camp reported the insdebt to his employer, insists he touched swift's ribs, not her rear. swift wants a $1 judgment against mueller calling it an
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example for other women. karen steinhouser teaches law at the university of denver. >> this case is about credibility, who do the jurors believe? do they believe someone who isn't trying to get financial gain? or do they believe the person who is trying to get money from the celebrity? >> reporter: on monday, those jurors will consider mueller's surviving claims, that swift's mother and her radio liaison got him fired. asked about the fallout from mueller, swift said in court the misfortune in his life is the product of "his decisions, not mine." >> ninan: tony dokoupil. thank you for that report, tony. this past week, google found itself in the middle of a national debate. it fired a software engineer who wrote a memo criticizing the company's diversity policy plses. here's carter evans. >> reporter: in a woirl journal op-ed, 28-year-old software engineer james damore claims he was fired for raising questions about cultural taboos when he argued in an internal company memo that "biological causes may explain why we don't
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see equal representation in the tech industry. men have a higher drive for status, and women on average have more neuroticism." >> no one high up ever came to me and said, "no, don't do this." >> reporter: in an interview earlier this week, damore said initially no one pushed back on the memo which had been circulated fair month. >> it was only after it got viral that the upper management started shaming me. >> reporter: in the op-ed, damore said google is "almost like a cult," and he questioned how a major tech company could be so "intolerant of scientific debate and reasoned argument." >> i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: former google manager kim scott said it was overshadowed by his rhetoric. >> i think he raises some good point there but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks i am more stupider and neurotic than he is because i happen to be a
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woman. >> reporter: google canceled a meeting to discuss the memo after some employees reported receiving threats online. >> ninan: carter evans, thank you, carter. coming up next, a $160 million painting stolen more than 30 years ago was finally found.
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>> ninan: deadly protests continued in kenya today following the re-election of president uhuru kenyatta. opposition groups are rejecting the result, saying the vote was rigged. at least two dozen protesters have been killed in recent days. kenya, with a population of 45 million people, is a key partner with the u.s. in fighting against islamic terrorism in east africa. and here in the u.s., a stolen painting estimated to be worth about $160 million has been found. the painting, by abstract compressionist willem de kooning, was stolen from the university of arizona museum of art in 1985, nearly 32 years
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later, it turned up at an antique store in new mexico. the store's owner recently purchased it at an estate sale. he had no idea it was a missing masterpiece until a customer saw it in his store and asked if it was a de kooning. the f.b.i. quickly confirmed it was. now it's back at the museum.sous heights, llinois, nick's barb crew cues is known for its ribs. it became famous for selling a winnie megamillions lottery ticket. the winner will get an estimated de kooning 395 million before taxes. tonight a $356 million jackpot is on the line in the powerball drawing. up next, jon lapook on why stroke rates are dropping for men but not for women.
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week, found the stroke rate for men is falling but for the women it stayed the same. our chief memory correspondent
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jon lapook has more. >> reporter: in 2013, diana hardeman was 30 years old, a vegetarian, a nonsmoker, a surfer, and the picture of health. until she had a stroke. >> the paralysis ended up seeping down from my arm to my leg, leaving the whole right side of my body basically immobile. i thought, maybe i'm becoming paralyzed or potentially seeing death. >> reporter: that had to be just serrifying for you. >> it was terrifying. >> reporter: she is the example of a puzzling and concerning trend. today's report found from 1999 to 2005 the incidence of stroke declined in both men and women but from 2005-2010, while the rates among men continued to drop, they stayed the tame saim for women. dr. kathryn rexrode of brigham and women's hospital, says risk factors for stroke, such as obeerveght high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat and diabetes, may for some reason affecten
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men. >> diabetes is a strong risk factor for stroke in both men and women, but in women, the risk is 26% higher than in men with diabetes. >> so you want blueberry, right? >> reporter: hardy man recovered and went back to her gourmet ice cream business but last june she had a second stroke. >> i had to stop being c.e.o. of my ice cream business and start being c.e.o. of my health and put that as my priority, which i did. >> reporter: this time doctors found the cause-- a small hole in her heart-- and repaired it. >> when i was told that i had a stroke, i've always associated it with the elderly, something that your grandmother has, but never thought it would be something that would happen to me. >> reporter: you can remember symptoms of a stroke using the word "fast": face droopg, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time to call 911. if you get to the hospital quickly enough, doctors may be able to limit permanent damage by using medicine to dissolve a
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blood clot in the brain. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: we'll be right back.
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>> ninan: millions are making plans to watch the total solar eclipse on august 21. john blackstone says to safely witness the spectacle, you'll need proper spect celz. >> reporter: with excitement building, eclipse glasses are going fast. >> and when you put these glasses on, then although you can't see anything else, the sun becomes watchable. >> reporter: astronomy professor andrew fraknoi. >> a typical sunny day, nobody is dumb enough to be staring at the sun. but sometimes during eclipses, your astronomical enthusiasm can overwhelm your common sense. >> you have to have the eclipse glasses so you don't burn your retinas. >> reporter: mark margolis' company, rainbow symphony, has made tens of millions safety
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approved shades. >> they are iso certified. >> reporter: you can't see anything through these. with so much demand, there are warnings of dangerous counterfeit eclipse glasses flooding the market online. nasa has a link to a list of reputable vendors selling clafts certified by the ison, "international standards organization, and several thousand public librarie librare giving out several million pairs for free. but safe viewing doesn't have to be boring. >> this is an alien set of taxes. i like this for texas. it's a pair of glasses that has a big texas hat on it. >> reporter: for those lucky enough to be in the path of the total eclipse, there will be a couple of minutes when glasses are not needed. >> when the sun is completely covered by the moon, you'll be able to take your glasses off and view the solar corona. >> reporter: during totality, the solar crone athe sun's atmosphere, can be viewed with the naked eye, magical, even for a man who makes glasses. so as soon as you were in your
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first total eclipse. >> yes. >> reporter: you other than converted. >> there i was looking at this corona, and this wet stuff was rolling down my face. and completely unexpected. >> reporter: now he expects after august 21 millions will save their glasses anticipating the next american total eclipse in 2024. john blackstone, cbs news, reseda, california. >> ninan: well, when we return, they're living the life of pie in helping their community rise.
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>> ninan: we end tonight in nashville, tennessee, where three friends are delivering a lot more than just delicious pizza. jim axelrod paid them a visit. >> thank you. have a good day. >> you, too. >> reporter: it's hopping at slim and husky's pizza. and it's not even noon yet. the owners are three budding entrepreneurs. e.j. reed is the slim. his college roommates door and
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clint gray, former football players at tennessee state, are the huskies. >> we invested about $1,000 a piece. back then, that's all we had. >> reporter: that was it. >> i don't even know if it was $1,000 a piece. i think two of us probably had about 800. >> we're standing at the original mad pizza science lab. >> reporter: they turned this former garage into a pizza-making lab where they developed their unique recipes. they thought selling 300 pizzas a day would be great, but since opening in march, they do nearly 1,000. for them, building a booming business isn't only about doing well. it's also about doing good. >> what better place to create change and be an example than in your own neighborhood? >> reporter: their neighborhood is north nashville. citywide, 17% of people live in poverty. here it's 40%. unemployment is more than three times the rest of the city. >> we see a lot of times that a
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lot of guys that we grew up with, they don't come back because a lot of times they don't see the opportunity that's here for african americans in nashville. but we're about creating opportunities. >> thank you! >> reporter: slim and husky's also provides something that's been almost impossible for folks from this neighborhood to find-- a job they can walk to upon. >> no matter what you look like or where you come from, you know, if you work together, you know, you can create a community that continues to build. >> we 100% believe in it. >> reporter: belief, the too-often missing ingredient when it comes to revitalizing neighborhoods. at this pizza place it's pairing nicely with the cheese, sauce, and crust to get the job done. jim axelrod, cbs news, north nashvilleville. >> ninan: hometown boys rebuilding their community. so great to see. well, that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm reena ninan in new york. than
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live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. now at 6:00, side show crack down in san jose. >> plus a scare for some home owners in the south bay. >> and a youtube personality with a tone deaf message. tonight he's apologizing for advising north korea to bomb california's capitol. the suggestion to hit sacramento was fired off on twitter. the author now says it was a joke. but melissa kane says no one is laughing. >> reporter: as the host of an nra show on youtube, grant has
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repeatedly spoken about the seriousness about the north korea threat. rosy o'donnell made a joke and he responded with this: >> i guess that's what you do in california. you make a joke out of everything, including our families that are now under great threat from noh a.korert we couldand she's making jokes. >> reporter: but last night he tweeted: let's send a note to north korea that sacramento changed its name to guam. he later removed the tweet. still several sacramento residents responded and they were not laughing. one wrote: i live here with my kids literally minutes from the capitol. every time i read this i feel sick. >> and one man threatened to quit the nra. sacramento is

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