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warhead. 90, 95% done with the nuclear program. i am in position of strength coming into the negotiation. >> while north korea pledged to hold off on tests develop the n. china pushed aside, south korea shepherding the di policemen see. in the meantime, u.s. intelligence, led by cia director, mike pompeo is laying the ground work for the landmark summit. >> margaret brennan. thank you. >> san francisco police say it started as a hatchet attack and turned deadly when a group of people were mowed down by a van. jamie yuccas has the story. >> reporter: chaotic hit-and-run scene south of downtown san francisco sent five victims to the hospital. an eyewitness who didn't want to be identified claimed an argument began after the driver
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parked his car. >> tlau something hrew somethin. hit me. and he stopped to pick back up whatever he threw at me. that's when the altercation ensued. >> another witness who also didn't want to be i've dentified says the fight then escalated. as the others on the sidewalk tried off to interfine. >> started off very playful. the guy in the van was crazy. and got out of the van with an ax. and went after the guys. they took the, the ax away from him. they chased him back to the van. he flipped the van around and drove it up on the sidewalk, full pedal to the metal. >> one man died. three others suffered life thet tenning injuries. cbs news has learned the driver's name is mark dennis. he fled the scene, but police arrested him, shortly after the incident. officers say they're trying to determine if dennis had a medical emergency, but, jeff other published reports say the witnesses may have tried to break in to dennis' van. >> jamie yuccas, thank you.
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>> officials in upper darby, pennsylvania, say another school massacre in the making. tonight a foreign exchange student under arrest. anna werner has the story. >> reporter: police in upper darby township outside philadelphia say the 18-year-old high school exchange student was reported to have made a threat. >> he told the fellow student don't come to school may 1 i will shoot up the school. and then he said, kidding. >> but when police searched the home of his host family they fund ammunition, a ballistic vest, high powered cross bow with air rose and a container used to load clips. police say he also asked that fellow student how to buy a gun. the 18-year-old came from taiwan on a five year student visa in july last year staying with an american host family. a group that tracks school safety shows that since the
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shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida that killed 17 people. there have been nearly 1400 school based incidents and threats. many through social media. of 83 total incidents. a gun was found in 40. 12 were classified as thwarted plots. in to day's case in pennsylvania, the boy's attorney, enrique says, it is all a misunderstanding. >> him being in the country for five months him being a frn exchange student i do believe that he thought this was something that was funny. even though, i don't think an average american would take that to be funny. >> the attorney says, the suspect wanted to be a police officer used some of the items found in his home as a halloween costume for school. but if he is convicted of that misdemeanor charge, he could get between 2 1/2 and 5 years in prison. >> why you would post or say any of this, no one knows. thank you. >> facebook changed privacy settings making it easier for
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use tires control what data they share and to delete personal information. as tony dokoupil reports, for many, it may be too late. >> your digital footprint something jes you are generally calm. >> generally, yes. >> are you impulsive and spontaneous. >> yes. >> very much so according to this. >> significant leadership. are you in management. >> reporter: at this mall near stanford university we gave shoppers to experience the face book data mining used by cambridge analytica. consulting firm. >> maybe it will know you well. maybe it won't. >> they logged on to facebook. linked to a program that can predict personality and more. >> this thing got my whole personality right here. >> how accurate overall would you say it was? >> pretty accurate. >> very accurate. >> it's scary, because i feel like they can manipulate certain things. >> program is the work of stanford university data
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scientist, whose resr.ch inspired cambridge analytica's plan to harvest facebook data. he think the era of privacy is over. >> there is no going back. >> correct. the sooner we accept the fact that, we essentially lost our privacy, the sooner we can sit down and have a very important conversation which is -- how do make sure that this post privacy world is a safe place to live. five years ago, along with colleagues demonstrated facebook likes could predict personality belter than friends or family even their spouse. >> intelligence, happiness. >> age, religion. >> whether you take drugs or not, whether your parents were dip vorsed. >> among stranger correlations. liking curly fries and having high intelligence. >> they think you are conservative and traditional because you like food network and targ sunset? >> who doesn't? >> funny findings. serious consequences. if other people know you very
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well it is easier for them to convince you to do things look vote for the candidates who may not have your interests, or your, your best interests at heart. >> what would you tell other people about what you saw today? >> watch what you post. >> will this change your behavior on facebook in any way? >> no. i just, i like what i like. i'm just going to keep liking what i like. shouldn't stop me. >> this type of profiling is unproven in political ads. but he did find a 50% bump in consumer sales. he uses facebook by the way, he believes the net ben fit of social media is real. he just thinks people should know how they could be targeted and manipulated. jeff. >> so interesting. little scary. but very interesting. tony. thank you. the convict being deported escapes from ice agents at the airport. and later, a plane
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federal agents are hunting a prisoner who made a mistake here in new york last night. he was to be deported to the african nation of senegal. michelle miller reports he caught a cab. not the plane. 31-year-old was last seen here, terminal four at kennedy airport. he had just escaped from immigration officials, just before they were going to place him on a connecting flight back to senegal.
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officials say he bolted from three ice agents after they removed his handcuffs at the security checkpoint. the suspect was able to dodge the agents long enough to exit the terminal. he was last seen on surveillance video hopping into a cab. authorities say he was convicted in 2012 of two felony firearm offenses and three years in prison in michigan. in 2015, a judge ordered his deportation after he violated the terms of status to. day, state police troopers armed with rifles were posted outside of terminal four. while the suspect described as a violent deportee is still on the loose. at one point today, jeff, there were state troopers here at terminal 4 armed with rifles. because mbacke is violent. authorities are urging anyone who comes into contact with him to call them immediately. to call them immediately. >> what a story, how, michelle you ok there, kurt?
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tie lopilots in two planes. reported seeing a mysterious object over arizona last month we learned. the exchange with air traffic control sounded like something out of the twilight zone. #
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amazon stock took a beating. president trump reportedly skifg there is a way to go after the company with antitrust or competition law. he is said to believe, amazon is destroying many small businesses. amazon share, fell 65, wiping out $52 billion in market value. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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finally a spy jet from the cold war has a new mission. you can't beat the view. off we got with jim axelrod. >> reporter: when a pilot is jetting at 500 miles an hour. 70,000 feet above the earth you might think their full attention is on the flying. but look at these pictures. thank the goodness air force lieutenant colonel ross frankenmount can multitask. piloting a plane over canada last month. the 40-year-old was screaming across the sky when he realized green lights around his plane and reflecting his cockpit were
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the northern lights. an amateur photographer who carries his nikkon 750 d in the cockpit with kids stuffed animals he captured pictures before. he knows the northern lights was a jaw dropper. >> on display in moscow. wreckage of pilot francis powers, reconnaissance plane. >> reporter: the u 2 made headlines in 1960 when gary powers was shot down over soviet airspace creating a tense, international incident. but the lieutenant colonel's youtube moment nothing but joy. maybe the picture is worth a thousand words. on the other hand sometimes all you need is one. wow. jim axelrod, krks news, new york. >> that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new
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york city, i'm jeff glor. hi, welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco more gachblt the special counsel dropped a political bombshell in the investigation of kremlin interference in our presidential election. documents show rick gates a top trump campaign official had repeated contacts with a known spy for russian military in still je -- intelligence. >> paula reid has the story. there was no collusion. and we are looking forward to the process wrapping up. >> the white house deflected question as but the special counsel investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election today. after prosecutors revealed, top campaign official, richard gates had spoken with a person he knew was a former russian intelligence officer. gates in the former intelligence
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official, exchanged phone calls as the late as cement and october, 2016. and prosecutors say the officer still had active connections in russia's spy network. gates the trump campaign liaison to the republican national committee at the time. the intelligence officer is person a in court documents. described as some one who worked with paul manafort and richard gates in the lobbying efforts in ukraine. last month gates pled guilty to financial fraud and lying to investigators. special counsel robert mueller's prosecutors will drop two dozen charges against him in exchange for his cooperation. it is expected he will be a key witness in the upcoming trials against paul manafort. >> there is no evidence that paul manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> paul manafort faces 23 felony counts. first trial in july for bank fraud. then expected to face a second trial in washington this fall on charges related to his lobbying work on behalf of ukraine. peter hardy former federal
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prosecutor. >> history is against him. if i had to put a dollar on it. he will likely be convicted at trial. yes. and then he will face, significant potential prison time. >> sources close to the case tell cbs news that paul manafort expects to receive a pardon if he is convicted. the "the new york times" reported to day that pardons were discussed by lawyers that previously represented mr. trump and mr. paul manafort. the president's former lawyer said no discussions took place. and the white house denies any pardons have been offered. >> no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the white house. >> court documents don't indicate whether gates discussed the election with that former intelligence official. but that is exactly the kind of evidence that gates can offer the special counsel. he can discuss who else spoke with the official. whether the election was discussed what the president possibly knew. even if his cooperation, gates still faces up to ten years in prison.
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ptd president trump looks forward to meeting with kim jong-un but insists sanctions on north korea must stay in place now. the message delivered on twitter after details of kim's visit to china. margaret brennan reports. >> we are going to be cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: the white house today said it was getting closer to a face to face meeting between president trump and north korean dictator, kim jong-un. >> we want to make sure it is done as soon as we can. but we also went to make sure it is done properly. we are working toward that goal. >> the renewed optimism came after kim jong-un made a secret visit to beijing to meet with china's president ping. his first trip outside north korea since coming to power nearly seven years ago. he used the appearance to publicly confirm he is willing to hold a summit with president trump. according to chinese media, vaguely committed to denuclearize under certain conditions. china's ambassador carried a message from xi off to the white
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house tuesday with details. the beijing visit steams to have repaired north korea's relationship with china. which had been damaged by china's support for sanctions on north korea's accelerate nuclear program. former cia analyst. >> now he looks like -- the leader of a there mall country. >> president trump predicted on twitter there is a good chance that kim jong-un will do what is right for his people and for humanity. look forward to our meeting. but there are already signs that north korea may not be acting in good faith. these satellite images apare to show a new reactor, possibly for developing plutonium coming on line. >> kim jong-un can say to himself. you know, i have already established, i am, already a nuclear power. i already have 60 nuclear warhead. 90, 95% done with the nuclear program. i am in position of strength coming into the negotiation. >> while north korea pledged to hold off on tests it continues
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to develop the nuclear program. china pushed aside, south korea shepherding the diplomacy. in the meantime, u.s. intelligence, led by cia director, mike pompeo is laying the ground work for the landmark summit. facebook stock has taken a dive down $100 billion since news it allowed personal data to be collected for political purposes. the website trying to make amend making it easier for people to control what information is available to advertisers and others. tony dokoupil reports. >> your digital footprint something jes you are generally calm. >> generally, yes. >> are you impulsive and spontaneous. >> yes. >> very much so according to this. >> significant leadership. are you in management. >> reporter: at this mall near stanford university we gave shoppers to experience the face book data mining used by cambridge analytica. consulting firm. >> maybe it will know you well. maybe it won't. >> they logged on to facebook. linked to a program that can predict personality and more.
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>> this thing got my whole personality right here. >> how accurate overall would you say it was? >> pretty accurate. >> very accurate. >> it's scary, because i feel like they can manipulate certain things. >> program is the work of stanford university data scientist, whose resr.ch inspired cambridge analytica's plan to harvest facebook data. he think the era of privacy is over. >> there is no going back. >> correct. the sooner we accept the fact that, we essentially lost our privacy, the sooner we can sit down and have a very important conversation which is -- how do make sure that this post privacy world is a safe place to live. five years ago, along with colleagues demonstrated facebook likes could predict personality belter than friends or family even their spouse. >> intelligence, happiness. >> age, religion. >> whether you take drugs or not, whether your parents were
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divorced or not. >> among stranger correlations. liking curly fries and having high intelligence. >> they think you are conservative and traditional because you like food network and target? >> who doesn't? >> funny findings. serious consequences. if other people know you very well it is easier for them to convince you to do things look vote for the candidates who may not have your interests, or your, your best interests at heart. >> what would you tell other people about what you saw today? >> watch what you post. >> will this change your behavior on facebook in any way? >> no. i just, i like what i like. i'm just going to keep liking what i like. shouldn't stop me. >> this type of profiling is unproven in political ads. but he did find a 50% bump in consumer sales. he uses facebook by the way, he it is important to note, he uses face book and hasn't changed
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>> a plot twist in the story of the president and the porn star. the lawyer for stormy daniels went to court trying to compel president trump and michael cohen to give sworn testimony in the case. could cohen be in legal trouble. andersen cooper spoke to the former head of the election commission for 60 minutes. >> payment of the money creates a legal mess for trump. cohen and anyone else involved in this in the campaign. >> saying that can be seen as a contribution to benefit a campaign. >> i am. $130,000, in kind contribution by cohen off to the trump campaign.
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which is -- about $126,500 above what he is a loud to gi if he does this on behalf of his client, the candidate, that is a coordinated illegal in kind contribution by cohen. for the purpose of influencing the election, of benefitting the candidate by keeping this secret. >> of the payment stormy daniels received is the subject of complaints by watch dog groups to the dep artment of justice. trevor potter used to be chairman. now president of the nonpartisan campaign legal center which supports the enforcement of campaign finance laws. >> if the president paid michael cohen back, is that an in kind campaign contribution the president should have reported. >> if he was reimbursed by the president, that doesn't remove the fact that the initial payment violated cohen's contribution limits. it mitigates it if he paid back
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by the candidate because the the canned dade could have paid for it without limit. >> what if the president never reimbursed michael cohen. >> then he is still out on the line, having made a, illegal in kind contribution to the campaign. >> you are saying this is more serious for michael cohen if the president did not pay him back? >> yes, i think that's correct. >> we juaned to speak with mr. trump's attorney, michael cohen about this. he did not respond to our calls and written request for comment. cohen told the "the new york times" last month he used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. and said, neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign, reimbursed me for the payment. this past week, cohen told "vanity fair" magazine zone, what i did defensively for my personal client and my friend is what attorneys do for their high profile clients. i would have done it in 2006. i would have done it in 2011. i truly care abut him and the family more than just as an
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employee and attorney. >> it is laughable. ludicrous. >> lawyers dent do that you are saying? >> ever. >> stormy daniels attorney, a los angeles trial lawyer suing the president in a california court seeking to have stormy daniels nondisclosure agreement, nda declared invalid. in part because the the president never sooind signed it on the lines provided for alias, dd, david dennson. >> he would have made this agreement months before. >> so why didn't he? it just slipped his mind? just a coincidence that in the waning days of the campaign heap thought to himself, oh, i know i have been thinking of this for years, perhaps now is a good time to get that nda ex-cuted with stormy daniels. >> he disputes the notion that cohen was working in a purely personal capacity when he arranged the hush money for stormy daniels. he fond documents that show michael cohen used his trump organization, e-mail address in
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70sing up the payment. he also says the nondisclosure agreement, stormy daniels signed in 2016, rechlted by a different lawyer, was fed-exed to cohen at trump organization office in trump tower in new york. >> that is a copy of the federal express con fi margs. >> cover letter from dan yem's previous attorney, also i denlt fie -- identifies. >> to mr. cohen, executive vice president and special count sell to donald j. trump. the trump organization. again, listing the fifth avenue address. this idea that there is a separation now between mr. cohen individually and the trump organization, or mr. cohen individually, and donald trump, it is nonsense. >> there are people who argue this is much to do about nothing. if this was not a story about, an adult film actress and the president of the united states, no one would pay attention. >> this its about the cover-up. this is about the extent that mr. cohen, and the president,
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have gone to intimidate this woman, to silence her. to threaten her. and to put her under their thumb. it is thuggish behavior. from people in power. it has no place in american democracy. >> he points to this recent court filing in which the president's lawyers claim daniels is already liable for damages, in excess of $20 million for unspecified violations of her nondisclosure agreement. in that article in vanity fair this past week, michael cohen said that when he wins damages from stormy daniels, i might even take an extended vacation on her dime. >> you are saying they're trying to in tim date her? >> no question. you threaten some one with a $20 million lawsuit. a thuggish tactic. it is no different than what happened in the parking lot in las vegas. >> people make threats in law suits all the time. people, you know say you are going to have to pay a lot of money when you lose this case. >> people don't threaten. people with $20 million lawsuits
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that they're going toic they their home, and take an extended vacation on the money they receive. people don't conduct themselves like this. they don't. and they shouldn't. >> stormy daniels did sign the agreement. got $130,000. isn't he welching on a deal? >> no she is not welching on a deal. there never was a deal. >> she took the money. >> she took the money. but the fact of the matter is, mr. trump never signed the agreement. he was obligated to sign the agreement for the agreement to spring into effect. >> this is michael cohen. >> not true according to michael cohen. who said only his signature was required. what was also required under the nondisclosure agreement was for stormy daniels to turn over all video images, still images, e mail, text message she's had regarding mr. trump. >> did you do that? >> i can't anser thwer that. >> you don't want to say if you have text messages or items. >> my attorney recommended i
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don't discuss those things. >> you seem to be saying she has some sort of -- text message or individually or, or photographs, or you could just be bluffing. >> you should ask some of the other people in my career when they have bet on me bluffing. >> you can s harry's meeting clients... ...from far away. but they only see his wrinkles. if only harry used some... ...bounce, to dry. he would be a less wrinkly, winning guy.
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gra tffiti artists, leaving their mark, things have changed. a lot of wall paintings are seen as art or advertising. don dahler has the the story. >> reporter: in cities around the country. street art attracts those looking for the perfect selfie backdrop. they are grand and intricate colorful and some times controversial. and increasingly, they're selling something. you don't often think of advertising as art. you don't. and, i think what's unique about what we do is that, it's art fi colossal media. his brooklyn based company may be the largest hand patrioted advertisement firm in the u.s. with clients including, samsung. delta, comedy central. and nintendo. ♪ fame >> what is the allure to these companies hearing you to do these? >> allures they get access to the neighborhoods that we live
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in and we work in. we really know about brooklyn. we really know about, you know the arts district, in los angeles. so i think that, that if you are a brand it is about, you know, getting connected. it is about getting people's attenti attention. we know that in a truthful way. >> lindal and his crew have been getting people's atonetion since 2004. it took a while to change the perception of ad, outdated, time consuming and worth the additional cost. but now, colossal media leases 120 walls in various cities. the company raked in $24 million in sales last year. >> how much does social media play in this? >> now with social media and being able to put ow a message. somebody across the world might be able to see, you know like the work that you have done. >> lindal says it is important for people to see the painstaking process that ladies off to the final product. outdoor art isn't easy to do. >> we are working through the
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bombcyclone. pushed through the thing. put something up on social media, showed the guyed banging away when the wind was rushing by at 60 miles an hour. what's going on in here? >> mixing colors. every job we do, we have off to take the art work. literally dissect it. so we find places on the art work. ice late colors. but at the end of the day when we walk away, we leave, like the result needs to look like a banner. like, like it shouldn't, you shouldn't be able to tell it is a painting, right. got to be add gooz if not better. >> murals can be a big draw for tourists like in miami's winwood arts district. where art breathes new life into a dying neighborhood. >> as the neighborhood grows, you will see pieces like this. >> the curator of the street art museum. >> to me, a pure expression of creativity to be able to do what the artists do. off awe in 2009 she and laid late father, tony goldwyn,
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transformed concrete into canvas and blight into light. >> we have from no visitors, to over a million visitor a year. coming through the winwood walls. you hear every language. >> so, that to me is what, what makes for a really vibrant beautiful neighborhood. the winwood walls has done a job of democratizing the world of art. >> with an estimated 44 murals inside the walls. she says this area has the highest concentration of street art in the country. >> this street art created a tourist industry. it created -- retail. it created a neighborhood. >> it is pretty extraordinary. how, one idea, can have effects around the world. so many levels, seeing the beginning. i think you are going to see so
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much beautiful art work. so much more public art. so much, more art inlt grated into brands. and products. and, and -- and you know, why not. just makes life so much more exciting and interesting. >> and for once starving artists like paul lindal, it makes for good business. >> most artistize know have to have a second job. >> uh-huh. >> how are the guys doing? >> to me, i found something that, that was, that was really important. and i really, i really -- fellen love wi eunlove with it. i wanted to build sustain built fee around that. i wanted to know where i was going to beat when i wok up the next day. >> to make a living. >> yeah, yeah. i want to make a living. when we started the company. that was the on jek tichlt if i can dupe this myself. the rest of my life. i will be lucky. if you lack now, 401(k) plans, a dental plan. >> you are corporate? >> corporate you wouldn't
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if you are walking around outside this weekend you may want to wear a hard hat. a chinese satellite tum buping out of the atmosphere. where it drops, nobody knows. here is chip reid. >> this is a model of skylab, the u.s. space station that fell out of orbit in 1979. parts of it rained down on australia, and something like that could happen this time around. but don't put your worry face on, because the chances of actually getting hit pie debris, are 10 million times smaller than getting hit by lightning. the final moments will look something like this.
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>> nice flashes. >> wow. >> a shower of glowing debris. similar to this japanese spacecraft that ended its space odyssey in 2010. when it begins its re-entry. it will be whizzing at 4 miles a second. the solar panels will sheer off first. then the orbiter will break apart. most components will be incinerated and never reach the earth. some parts could survive. creating a debris field. 400 miles long and 30 miles wide. >> we won't know the day of the event where it will be exactly. >> a fellow at aerospace corporation says it is possible large pieces of the satellite could end up on the ground like the 500 pound chunk of a rocket crashed near a texas farmhouse. >> before this came down. people said, these things don't survive. this one, proved that they did. >> she is the only known person to be hit by space debris. the oklahoman was not hurt in the 1997 incident. >> it rolled off my shoulder on to the ground.
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and it sounded metallic. >> european space agency says 8,000 tons orbiting the earth. satellites and metal fragments from collisions and explosions. george washington university space expert john logston says satellites are dumbed in the south spacific. >> full of dead satellites. the problem. china lost control. so you can't, can't fire, retrorock, control where it comes down. >> we won't have a good idea of where the satellite will crash until a day before it happens. if you do happen to come across is. don't breathe the vapors. don't touch it. it could have toxic substances. >> that's the joifr for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco nor gain.
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captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's it's thursday, march 29th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." another personnel change in the trump administration. the head of the v.a. is being replaced by the doctor who gave the president a clean bill of health. now a veterans group is reacting. a family tragedy. an suv plunges off the roadway in california and kills the parents and their adopted children. and soaring through the northern lights, just one of the job perks for a very lucky pilot.

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