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his owners were stunned to find him alive. that's it for us at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00 for an hour's news.
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frederica will son attended the funeral, she criticized the tone of the president's call last week to john ton's wife. errol barnett has mr. trump's latest remarks on this. >> he is a very, very hard calls. >> president trump said how schal enging it is to call grieving relatives of fallen soldiers, the president rejected the accusation by florida congresswoman frederica wilson
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but chief of staff john kelly defend pld trump to keep his position in the white house. >> he doesn't need this, in fact, he didn't really want this. >> the past week's controversy between a gold star family and the white house comes as the president aims for his first major legislative win. he is now optimistic his tax plan will pass soon. >> the biggest cut hes ever in the history of the country. >> the the the senate passed a budget. >> the president's budget director mick mulvaney says that is crucial. >> we have to start keeping our promises but passing this budget this week, which is the next step in an absolutely critical step to get tax reform was a big step forward in keeping that promise. >> in addition to tax reform, president trump remains focused on health care. >> going to repeal and replace obamacare. and i think we actually have. >> but the only health care legislation supported by democrats like chuck schumer is the alexander murray bail which
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keeps government subsidy payments to the states in tact. >> look, this is a good compromise. it took months to work out, it has a majority. it has 60 senators supporting it. we have all 48 democrats, 12 republicans, i would surge senator mcconnell to put it on the floor immediately. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he would bring any health care legislation up for a vote if it were clear the president supported it. president trump has not fully endorsed the alexander murray bill. reena? >> ninan: thank you very much, errol. well, five former u.s. presidents gathered in texas last night for a concert benefiting the victims of recent hurricanes. it was the first time in four years that presidents carter, clinton, obama and the bushes got together. the event which also featured a surprise performance by lady gaga so far raised more than $31 million. >> what we've also seen is the spirit of america at it's best. when ordinary people step up and
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do extraordinary things. >> president trump did not attend but appeared in a video message. on twitter this weekend president trump said he has no d release this week of secret files on the assassination of president john f kennedy. here's tony dokoupil. >> president kennedy's final moments gliding through dallas in 1963 are all too clear. but the story of his assassination remains tantalizingly incomplete, at least to the 61% of americans who do not leave shooter lee harvey oswald act add loan. november 22nd, 163 was a line of demarcation between an america that basically trusted its government to an america that began not to trust its government. >> reporter: university of virginia professor larry sabato is the author of a book about kennedy's enduring mystery. >> the conspiracy community is united about having 100%
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transparency and disclosure. >> under a 1992 law designed to quiet conspiracy ther real estates, the national archives has until thursday to disclose a final batch of sealed files on the assassination. more than 3,000 never before public documents and potentially 30,000 documents previously released with redactions. congressman joe kennedy is the former president's great flef u. >> i understand the historical val off the documents. i don't dispute that. they also happen to be quite personal as well. it would have been nice if there was some engagement. >> reporter: still others doubt that even these new documents will be a truly complete record. >> if the agencies did not uncover a certain of their documents regarding the assassination therefore never got to the archives and won't be in the revelations we might see on thursday. >> president trump has the power to block some or all of these documents if he determines this
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disclosure could harm national security or foreign relations. jfk scholars and armchair observers hope the files offer a better understanding of oswald's movements. >> but reena, the only thing that is certain appears it be that the conspiracy theories will continue. >> ninan: all right, tony, thank you very much. tornadoes tore through oklahoma saturday night, a casino lost part of its roof during a beach boys concert. the governor was in the audience. the building was evacuated, no one was hurt, elsewhere cars and trucks were damaged and power lines and trees were knocked down. >> well, the heat is on across southern california. temperatures to start the week are expected to top 100 degrees. wildfire warnings are posted across the region. base balled's worlds series begins tuesday night in los angeles. a major political crisis continues to unfold in spain. the catalonia region on the northeast board we are france voted earl-- earlier to break away from spain. many the catalans-- seth doane
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is in the regional cap wall twns following an emergency a meeting of spain cabinet we learned the central government in madrid is seeking to seize control of top government functions and positions here in catalonia. that could include the police, the media and its finances. at least until new elections could be called within the next six months. also the cat yoanian leader carles puigdemont would be stripped of his job. it would 23450ed to be approved by the senate, likely on friday. on the other side those seeking quips said they would not be quiet about lousing control, 50,000 people took to the streets in barcelona on saturday in protest. meanwhile puigdemont who has yet to explicitly declare independence continues to threaten to do. so he will be working with his parliament to plot their next move. and some separatist leaders are calling for civil disobedience if madrid, indeed, takes control here.
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reena? >> ninan: thank you, seth. this past week the fda approved a second version of a ground breaking new cancer treatment ewing a patient's own cells to fight an aggressive form of the blood cancer non-hodgkin's lymphoma. here is dr. tara narula. >> this fall 54 area old scott mcentire has his life back. running his trucking family business and tailgating before cheering on his beloved noter dame football team. in 2013 he had been diagnosed with a type of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. after several rounds of chemo and stem cell trangs plant he was losing the battle. >> in the fall of 15 the cancer moved into my lungs and that is when things were looking pretty gave. >> reporter: but hope came in the form of an experimental trial run by dr. michael bishop at the university of chicago. >> i have been doing this for 25 years. and this is the most remarkable advancement i have seen in my career. >> reporter: in the trial a patient's t-cells or white blood cells that fight infections were
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removed from the patient, shipped to a lab and genetically modified to recognize cancer cells. those new cells were then put back in the body ready to search out and destroy the cancer. >> the median survival, unfortunately for this dprowp of patients is only about six to seven months so when we're seeing 40 to 50% complete response rates that is markedly above what would be considered standard of care. >> reporter: for mcentire his moment came on may 18th, 2016 when a single infusion of his own t-cells went to work on his cancer. three months later he received a call from one of his doctors. >> she said well, you are my walking miracle. says everything is fantastic. you are actually showing no activity of cancer any more. >> reporter: now that it is approved estimates are about 15,000 people are this type of lymphoma might be eligible for the treatment. and there is hope that in the future this type of therapy may also be used to treat solid tumors like colon and lung
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cancer, reena? >> thank you. >> coming up next a manmade problem becomes the world's number one killer. paragraph
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>> ninan: environmental pollution contributeed to the deaths of about 9 million people in 2015. that's nearly 15 times as many deaths from war, and all forms of violence. that staggering figure comes from a study published this week in the medical journal the lancet. here's anna werner. >> reporter: this is going to act like it is breathing with me. >> reporter: new yorker chelsea yamada is wearing a special vest on her commute measuring her exposure to air pollution. it is part of a multiyear study looking at pollution hot spots and impact on cyclists health. >> it's smokey, it's thicket and you get trapped, sometimes, if you are really in a tail pipe sucking it all in. >> reporter: despite recent efforts to curb pollution, a major new report from the lancet
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shows more needs to be done. the study found more people died from exposure to dirty air than from health factors including obesity, alcohol and a high is sodium diet. dr. philip landrigan of the icahn school of medicine at mount sinai. >> most of these days are caused by chronic diseases, specifically heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease. >> reporter: nearly 92% of the deaths occurred in evil doing countries with china and india most affected and children are at the highest risk. but each year pollution also kills an estimated 155,000 people in the u.s. yet the report says pollution can be addressed, in the 45 years since the u.s. passed the clean air act, air pollution here has dropped 70%. >> the control of pollution actually saves money because it prevents illness, it extends life, it helps the productivity of economies in the united
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states and in countries around the world. >> reporter: dr. landrigan points out the gross domestic product in the u.s. has increased 250% since the clean air act was put in place in 1970. he says that is proof, reena, that countries can have wealth and prosperity and clean air. >> ninan: anna werner, thank you so much. well, coming up, the steps one police department is taking to prevent confrontations from escalating.
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>> ninan: the milwaukee police department like many police forces around the country has been working to improve trust between officers and the communities they serve. tonight dean reynolds shows us how officers are being trained to deescalate tense situations. >> he offered me the handcuffs, the same [bleep] goes on all the
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time, all the [bleep] time. >> this is what police trainees in milwaukee practice as they prepare for what could be the fight of their lives. >> he was a victim. can you cuff the victim? >> yes. >> okay. and why? >> for safety. >> for safety, exactly. >> addressing bias and dealing with communities always sensitive to it is a consequence of many highly-charged confrontations that have forced officers into court. >> be careful not to get sucked into what they're calling about. >> listen to the approach of police trainer rondon powell. >> if a person that lives in the neighborhood call in saying there is a black person sitting in a car outside my house, are you going to be sucked into this person's bias. >> yes, ma'am. >> where predom naptly white people live are you going to stop every person that is opposite of what that community's demographic looks like. >> be aware of your vices but be aware of part of the employment here is to investigate things that are out of the norm.
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>> i grew up in a neighborhood in the inner city of milwaukee where police and community relations was if the good at all. and i found out that there are certain things that i viewed when i was a kid that really wasn't true. and as i became more of a experienced police officer, i began to obtain a desire to come to the academy and teach recruits. >> bias-based actions really impact the community and your department. >> i think in the last five years what we have seen is a great deal more tension being paid to what is called deescalation skills. >> milwaukee police chief edward flin. >> we always work but we do want to give you those skills and have time to employ it. >> milwaukee police. >> these recruits have to pass state tests covering more than a thousand hours of training. >> work your way down. >> there is no other occupation in government, none, including the military, that puts so much responsibility on the shoulders of the lowest ranking member of the organization.
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>> let go of my gun. >> angela kluenker and lorenzo ma homes are two of those recruit-- maholmes are teus of thos thos are kra kreuts with. >> why are you doing this now. >> because i live here, so why wouldn't i want be to the forefront of doing something good for the city. >> does he come in through this door or that door. >> if you come into contact with somebody and treat them with respect and treat them like you would want to be treated that can go a long way to building trust between the community and the police department. >> we talked enough. >> and as these recruits cross the stage to being officers, one final reminder from their chief. >> no matter how many scenario-based training you do, no matter how many skill sets doon sooner or later they are applying this in a dynamic, stressful and ambiguous set of circumstances and that's the true test. >> and that is when character takes over. dean reynolds, cbs news, milwaukee. >> still ahead, california
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becomes the first state to order pet stores to only sell animals from shelters.
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>> ninan: on friday california became the first state in the country to order pet stores to only sell animals from shelters and rescue centers. the law is aimed at protecting puppies and kid ins from unsafe and inhumane breeding facilities, here's carter evan. >> the dogs and cats at the healthy paw pet store in california don't come from breeders. the only animals here are rescues. >> we have adopted out over 500 dogs and cats out of this facility. >> the owner says it is a different way to think about
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purchasing a pet. >> you are not making one dime off these adoptions. >> and here we are growing. >> now california is requiring all pet stores to follow suit. >> we are here to celebrate. >> animal advocate judy mancuso helped to pass the first in the state law that only allows pet stores to sell dogs, cats and rabbits that are rescues. >> in the state of california we bring in over 800,000 dogs and cats into our shelters and we kill over half. why on earth are we allowing this cruel industry to be feeding our state with yet more animals. >> the law is designed to take business away from so-called puppy mills. the humane society estimates more than two million dogs come from them every year. >> i can definitely see the good in it. >> bore is jang sells pure bread like sharpai and boston per ker whys at the puppy store in santa ana california and says he had
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come from private breeders and can sell for you up to 3500. >> jang also sells rescues but knows they alone won't help hit sales. >> it play help you in the process. >> we will have to close. >> andrew kim says his business approach is succeeding because those adoption customers come back and spend money on supplies and services. he now has 11 stores. >> this business model can work. we're an example of it. >> yeah. >> and that's promising for these potential pets. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> ninan: when we return, step-by-step and chair by chair, harvey leads his neighborhood on the walk of life.
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>> ninan: a study out this past week from the american cancer society finds a ten minute walk every day can actually lead to a longer life. for some it's hard to find the strength and even the motivation to take those steps. some of us need help and with that in mind, here's vladimir
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duthiers and the study of a 95 year old man named harvey djerf. >> i think at 7/10 of a mil>> et as he used to be, that is just fine for harvey djerf. >> the 95 year old world war ii veteran and retired biology teacher has been walking this sub division for more than 65 years. >> there is my number one chair. >> and the neighbors have taken notice. dot add long his nearly mile long route is chair after chair after chair. >> as i got older i stop and rest more often. and the neighbors have noticed harvey is stopping. >> hi. >> and taking his breathe so then they even have been putting out different chairs and inviting me to sit and take a rest. >> how are you? >> good. >> nice to see you. >> he's a bit of a celebrity in plymouth, minnesota, four miles outside minneapolis. >> does harvey get a hug.
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oh, that's number eight, that is a wonderful experience and it's a social experience. and i get to know the neighbors, they get to know me. >> how have you been. >> good, how about you. >> at 95 life has a way of slowing down but for harvey his walks and his rests are a chance to keep the pace steady. >> my wife said years ago i'm antsy, i can't sit still. >> these days harvey is on his own. >> his wife pat of 6-- 69 years suffered a stroke this past summer and is recovering at an assisted-living facility. >> this is my favorite plush place to sit and rest. >> it is the walking that keeps harvey going. >> nice day, isn't it. >> yeah, good to see you. >> and it is the connection with his neighbors that might just motivate them. >> they say when they see harvey go by twice a day, they figure they should get out and walk themselve. >> vladimir duthiers, cbs news. >> ninan: and that is the cbs weakened news for this sunday, later on cbs, "60 minutes."
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the wine country live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. two weeks after the wine country wildfires took thousands of their homes, the community is giving a fond farewell to the hundreds of firefighters worked so hard to save the rest. good evening. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. all of the wine country wildfires are inching closer to full containment and that is thanks to the tireless efforts of firefighters. the tubbs fire is almost fully surrounded. crews have controlled lines around 85% of the pocket fire, at 92% of the atlas fire. at this point, it is mostly mop up . evacuation orders have now been lifted for parts of the sonoma county communities of glenallen and kenwood along
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with portions of mark west springs in santa rosa. residents and property owners will have to show id to get in. there is a mandatory overnight curfew for all the repopulation areas to help that looting. thousands of firefighters came from all over to help out with those flames. tonight, many of them are finally going home. kpix 5's john ramos was in santa rosa today as the community expressed their appreciation.>> reporter: the job of fighting a wildland fire is not an easy one. >> you don't get that much sleep. >> reporter: nor is it particularly glamorous. it does come with one huge perk. everyone is so darn happy to see you show up. today, a small group of santa rosen's organized through facebook gathered at the sonoma fairground fire headquarters to give a grateful farewell to crews as they begin to head back home. >> going into this job,

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