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15th. only in california you are in shorts. >> that's it for us. we will see you back here at 6:00. cbs weekend news is next. we will see you at six. ning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: believing putin. the russian president again denies meddling in the .s. election. president trump says he believes putin means it. also tonight, republican senate candidate roy moore comes out swinging against accusations of sexual misconduct with underaged girls. >> we fully expect the people of alabama to see through this charade. >> ninan: victims of the texas church massacre are laid to rest. the town prepares for an emotional sunday service one week after the attack. and on this veterans day, the pope's recent visit to the graves of american soldiers and his powerful message on these hallowed grounds. >> reporter: you're here on the same day as the pope. >> yeah. >> reporter: by some
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coincidence. >> coincidence, yeah. >> i think it's more than a coincidence, yes. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. on his first veterans day in office, president trump tonight is in hanoi, vietnam, at a state dinner, the president praised vietnam as one of the great miracles of the world. secretary of state rex tillerson visited a vietnam war prison where american p.o.w.s, including republican senator john mccain, were beaten and tortured. mr. trump, meanwhile, says he received another denial from vladimir putin about election med length. does he believe it? here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: presidents trump and putin appeared friendly during a two-day economic summit in vietnam. later, aboard air force one, the president told reporters that he asked putin once again about u.s. election interference. "he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election.
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he did not do what they're saying he did," the president said. "i really believe when he tells me that he means it." last year, the u.s. intelligence community concluded with confidence that russia's senior-most officials had directed cyber attacks, which targeted the email accounts of top democrats. >> it's an honor to be with you. thank you. >> reporter: mr. trump had previously broad braut it up when the two leaders met at the g-20 summit in july. today, the president called the hacks an "art ficialg democratic hit job," and said it "gets in the way and that's a shame because people will die because of it." the president seemed to be suggesting that democrats were preventing him from brokering a deal with piewt town end the ongoing war in syria. russian remains a patron of dictator bashar al-assad. but today, the u.s. and russia released a i don't agreement that sketches out a proposal for a political transnition syria. >> we are not going to let the united states be taken advantage of anymore. >> reporter: mr. trump left the economic summit in da nang
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without holding any bilateral meetings or brokering any breakthroughs trade. >>y will make bilateral trade agreements with any indo-pacific nation that wants to be our partner. >> reporter: 11 other countries, including canada and japan, forged ahead without the u.s. to write new terms for the trans-pacific parternship, the largest free-trade agreement in history. mr. trump pulled out of it shortly after his election. >> we've been talking about this for a long time. >> reporter: that free-trade deal was meant to counter china's economic dominance here in asia. vietnam's largest trading partner remains beijing. tomorrow, president trump will discuss how to build u.s. business ties here. reena. >> ninan: margaret brennan traveling with the president. margaret, thank you. republican senate candidate roy moore campaign out swinging today against accusations of sexual misconduct with underaged girls decades ago. moore's running in a special election in alabama.
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republicans hold a slim majority, 52-48, in the senate. they can't afford to lose a seat. they seemed to have locked up until now. here's paula reid. >> we fully expect the people of alabama to see through this charade. >> reporter: at a campaign event in vestevia hills, alabama, republican senator roy moore said he will not abandon his campaign in the wake of allegations of sexual miscondu misconduct. >> we do not intend to let the democrats or the established republicans or anybody else behind this story stop this campaign. >> reporter: moore is running in a special election next month for the seat of former senator jeff sessions. it was supposed to be an easy win for the g.o.p., but new allegations have many of moore's supporters second guessing their endorsements. four women told "the washington post" that retired judge moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. all four have confirmed their story to cbs news. moore admits he dated a lot of
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young ladies after returning from military service but denied meeting leigh corfman, who told "the washington post" moore touched her inappropriately when she was 14 years old. >> reporter: after moore's radio interview with sean hannity, senators mike lee and steve daines, rescinded their endorsements and the republican senate campaign committee stopped raising money for him. but voters seem skeptical about why it took so long for the women to come forward. >> i think it's-- i think it's all made up. i think it's a farce. >> reporter: a lawyer for one of the accusers says the women are speaking out now because "the washington post" finally showed up at their doors and asked them to tell when he did to them. it's too late to take moore's name off the ballot. but republicans could try to run someone else as a write-in candidate. the governor says she has no plans to move the date of the special election. reena. >> ninan: paula reid. thank you very much, paula. accusations of sexual misconduct keep piling up in hollywood.
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carter evans is following this. >> reporter: academy award-winning actor richard dreyfuss is the latest to be accused. writer jessica teich told "new york" magazine that he exposed himself while they were in a studio trailer in the 80s. the actor denies that part of the story, but does admit to attempting to kiss her, saying he thought it was part of a "consensual seduction ritual." and the accusations just keep coming. today "star trek" actor george takei responded on twitter to claims he sexually assaulted a male model more than 30 years ago saying, "the events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur." >> the need it for speed! >> reporter: actor anthony edwards, who appeared in "top gun" and "e.r.," admitted on friday he was repeatedly molested by producer gary goddard when he was a child actor. goddard denies the accusation. >> stay home and eat! >> reporter: all this as comedian louis c.k. admitted he exposed himself and masturbated
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in front of multiple women. in a statement he said, "these stories are true." a step in the right direction, according to gabrielle carteris, president of the screen actors guild. >> we have not heard people really acknowledging what's taken place. and i-- and i feel that part of our moving forward is being able to really tell the full truth. >> reporter: so far, no criminal cases have been filed in los angeles, but former l.a. sex crimes prosecutor steve meister says publicists and agents who may have been involveinvolvedinvolved in coveo face charges. >> to hire people or get people around you to try to hush things up, that's conspiracy to dissuade a witness. >> reporter: the l.a. district attorney has now formed a special task force to deal with any potential cases that may come out of this, and tomorrow, in a show of solidarity, supporters of the "me too" movement are planning a rally and a march right here through the heart of hollywood. reena. >> ninan: thank you, carter. well, more victims of the texas
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church massacre were laid to rest today. the town is getting ready for an emotional sunday service one week after 26 people were killed. omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: mourners filled the grace bible church for the funeral of richard and therese rodriguez. the community is coping with the reality that many beloved members of their town are now gone. less than a week ago, devin kelley started shooting in the first baptist church during sunday service, killing 26. the church's steward, rod green, and his wife, judy, had run-ins with kelley before the massacre. >> he was a very evil person, a very crazy person. his actions were sporadic. he bragged about being armed. >> reporter: when kelley showed up to the first baptist fall festival last month, rod kept an eye on him, looking to see if he was carrying a gun. judy remembers being alarmed because kelley had a strange, vacant look. >> i was scared for all of our family and all the people there within the hall.
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i was praying "don't let anything happen." >> heavenly father, we come before you this morning .... >> reporter: now some members of the community are trying to look forward and begin to he'll hurricane nate. in nearby atkins volunteers organized a barbecue to benefit sutherland springs. >> i said to my wife we have to do something. >> reporter: mike rich helped when hurricane harvey devastated the state. >> when disaster strikes or when a tragedy happens. you have two choices. you can either sit around and wait for help to arrive, or you can roll up your sleeves and make it happen. we rolled up our sleeves. >> reporter: people from as far away as georgia and even washington state are helping this small south texas community. organizers say 100% of the proceeds will go to the victims' families and to the church. reena. >> ninan: thank you, omar. well the east coast is getting a winter weather preview this weekend.
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take a look at mount washington in new hampshire. the northeast's highest peak, brutally cold wind was blasting yesterday at 100 miles per hour. a worker at the observatory strapped on goggles and leaned into the icy gusts, which made it feel like minus 40. as temperatures dropped overnight, records fell from washington, d.c. to the ohio valley and new england. it was in the 20s without factoring in the wind. coming up next, in did a police detective's involvement in a reality show impact the outcome of a fatal shooting investigation? "48 hours" investigates. .>> nin8
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crew, from a reality tv show. did the tv spotlight cause a rush to judgment? erin moriarty investigates. >> september 13, 2013, i received a call at 3:00 in the morning. i was told that we had a female who had stated she had been raped and she had shot and killed her rapist. i, of course, think this is probably going to be a self-defense case. she got a rapist off the street. all i thought is i want to shake her hand. i'm summer benton, and i am the lead homicide detective on the victoria rickman case. >> the victim was will carter jr. they had been in a relationship. >> reporter: as benton investigated, video cameras from a reality show titled "inside homicide" were rolling. the tv crews were embedded with the atlanta police department and were following the action the night that victoria shot her
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on again/off again boyfriend. and how would you describe this show? >> just filled with lies. >> 4130, show me 26 on clifton. >> there were so many things that were completely false. >> for some reason, this girl, she did a tactical reload. >> the fact that she reloded the gun thash wasn't true. >> if you guys can get me every rape case she ever filed. >> the fact that she had claimed, you know, that she had been raped by so many men, so many times. >> it's too big to email. >> that wasn't true. it just came across as what's going to make a good tv episode. >> this was not a justified shooting. this was cold-blooded murder. >> ninan: you can see erin's full report "reality kills" tonight on "48 hours" right here on cbs. well, up next, martial arts movie master chuck norris in a real-life legal battle over his wife's m.r.i. scan.
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>> ninan: hollywood tough guy chuck norris says his wife was severely sickened by a drug used during a ar routine m.r.i. scan. the companies that make the drugs say they are safe. anna werner has the story. >> reporter: in movies, chuck norris fought martial arts masters, but now he's taking on medical companies, along with his wife, gina. >> i couldn't thi anymore. any type of cognition, being able to articulate, my memory. i had muscle wasting. >> reporter: she says she was poisoned after a routine m.r.i. >> nothing's going on here. she's dying. she's dying right in front of me here at this hospital. >> reporter: m.r.i.s help doctors diagnose disease by taking pictures inside the body. sometimes doctors inject a drug
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called a contrast agent during the procedure to get sharper images. the norriss blame a gadolinium-based contrast agent for her health problems, saying in their lawsuit that she developed gadolinium deposition disease, with symptoms including burning pain, violent shaking, and confusion, along with kidney damage. norris attorney todd walburg: >> we have clients who have been misdiagnosed with lyme disease, a.l.s., and then they've eventually ruled all those things out, and-- and the culprit remaining is the gadolinium. >> reporter: drug distributor mckesson says it's reviewing the complaint and will respond in a timely manner. the maker of the drug said it takes patient safety very seriously and stands behind the safety of all its products. cbs news medical contributor, dr. david agus: >> what we know is that gadolinium, this dye that's used, can actually deposit in tissue. that's known now. what we don't know is that it actually is associated with sympt ams on in patients.
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>> reporter: dr. agus says he doesn't want patients to be scared of a test that could save their life. >> these are critical tests, and i don't want worry initially without real substantive data to actually stress people out. >> reporter: gena norris agrees. >> we don't want to see that go away. i mean, it saves, you know, countless lives, and that needs to stay. >> reporter: but she says had she thought there were risks, she would not have allowed the drug to be used. >> for all those people that are thinking about getting an m.r.i., there needs to be some stricter warnings. >> ninan: anna werner reporting. well, still ahead a program that pays ex-gang members to get off the streets and to go to college.
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donations to pay former gang members and ex-convicts $400 a week to earn high school diplomas and associate degrees. well, some say that's crazy. others call it street smarts. here's roxana saberi. >> reporter: 31-year-old alex diaz never thought he would graduate from high school. growing up in a rough neighborhood in boston, he joined a gang. >> i've been shot, stabbed, prison. >> reporter: after eight years behind bars, he returned home with a new attitude. >> i just changed everything around. >> reporter: alex took classes like this one, where former gang members and excriminals are paid $400 a week to finish their high school studies, then go to college. >> so when do you start? >> reporter: mark culliton started the program called "boston uncornerred" last year. he hopes one day it will transform boston, where he says there are roughly 2600 gang members. some skeptics will say, "these young people you're helping engaged in crime.
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why should they be rewarded with $400 a week to study?" >> well, because, that gets down to a more fundamental question of do you believe that they're bad people or that they are people that made bad choices? we're not rewarding them for their negative behavior. what we're saying is, "you've made mistakes that have hurt your whole community. if you want to do the right thing, we are here for you." >> reporter: former felons and gang members, like francisco depina, recruit new students and mentor them. >> when they shat someone cares about them, you know, they'll-- they'll start to listen to you. >> who can tell me the answer? >> reporter: 10 students, including alex, started college this fall. >> i want to start an electricity company. i want to help people, get them a job, teach them the little things that i know. start my own business. >> reporter: he hopes to inspire others, and says all they need is a second chance. roxana saberi, cbs news, boston. >> ninan: well, when we
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>> ninan: in honor of veterans day today, vice president mike pence and his wife, karen, helped volunteers descrub the faiments wall of the vietnam veterans memorial in washington, d.c. pence's father fought in the korean war, and his son is in the marines. we end tonight on this veterans day at a u.s. military cemetery in nettuno, italy, that's south of roem. it's one of 26 american military cemeteries overseas. and earlier this month, pope francis became the first pope ever to visit these hallowed grounds. seth doane is there. >> reporter: pope francis walked alone among the u.s. military graves. almost 7900 u.s. service members
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killed in italy during world war ii are buried here, among them, u.s. army private martin mcnamara. >> i see an act of god in bringing us today. >> reporter: ...whose nephew and family visited from ireland for the first time, 73 years after his death. >> i'm fighting emotions since i've come here, you know. >> reporter: jim mcnamara was just five when his uncle was killed in the battle of anzio, in january, 1944, for which he received the purple heart. during that four-month-long battle, u.s. troops clashed with nazi soldiers who'd dug in and still held roem at the time. around 7,000 allied forces were killed. you're here on the same day as the pope. >> yeah. >> reporter: by some coincidence. >> coincidence. >> yeah. >> i think it's more than a coincidence. >> reporter: seated in the front row, the mcnamara family listened to pope francis, who pleaded against future battles and wondered why we haven't learned the lessons of war. the pontiff said war does not usher in a new world, a spring,
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he called it, but instead, always ends in an ugly, cruel winter and death. michael fellona, an air force colonel stationed in rome, said it was humbling to be among so many american war dead. >> as a military family, we-- we sacrifice to be overseas and away from-- from our relatives and our family back home. and so when you come to an american cemetery-- and we visited a few throughout europe-- you feel a sense of coming home. >> reporter: jim mcnamara said he'd go to his own grave remembering this day, finally seeing his uncle honored amid the tidy grave stones and neatly manicured lawn. >> he's a hero. he-- he's my hero. >> reporter: seth doane, cbs news, nettuno, italy. >> ninan: well, tonight, we salute all u.s. military veterans. we want to thank you for your service. i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us
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to live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. extra police officers are fanning out all over the city of oakland to curb a dangerous weekend pastime . good evening i'm juliet goodrich. >> they shut down any sideshows before they start. police think there is something in the works that could be both big and even illegal. >> reporter: oakland police suspect there will be a lot of screeching tires in the east bay this weekend. they anticipate up to 400 cars and motorcycles will take over the streets. >> we want to let them know they are aware -- we are aware that they are on their way here. >> reporter: several the groups use social media to plant the illegal sideshows.
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>> come here, damage our area and then take off. >> reporter: oakland police and the chp are stepping up patrols. there helicopter is standing by as well. bay area police have arrested quite a few sideshow drivers in recent months. the cat and mouse game continues almost on a weekly basis. this video was taken two saturdays ago. of officers chasing dozens of bikers through east oakland. the cops were outnumbered. >> they are dangerous. we have had numerous homicide shootings. and traffic accidents. >> reporter: officers do not know where and when the groups plan to meet. one spot has seen thousands of sideshows over the years. it is not hard to see why. maritime street is extremely wide. there are h
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