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negotiations than we understand. at this point in time, we are very, very concerned. >> since 2000 the united states has been one of the world's top five pork exporters. china gets about 9% of the 5 billion pounds america sends. >> we produce, right at 22,000 pigs a year. >> chinese have also announce nude teed new tariffs on soy beans with graver consequence for farmers. american soybean association says china ills the largest consumer of the u.s. crop, buying about a third of it every year. but announcing tariffs is different from actually imposing them. today, white house press secretary sarah sanders said the
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whole tariff issue will be under review for the next couple months. giving china a chance to change its behavior. jeff. >> dn reynolds. thank you. facebook made a stunning add mission today. most of its 2 billion users have likely had their personal information collected shared with outsiders. facebook says up to 87 million people including more than 70 million americans may have had data misused by a political consulting firm during the 2016 election. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before congress next week we learned today. in a phone call with reporters, zuckerberg apologized to users insisted he is still the right person to run his company. developments in the controversial arrest of a man in for texas. earlier this week we showed you cell phone video angered many. but the public is getting a different view from the officers' body cameras. david begnaud has our update.
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>> all started with the amateur video posted online showing a fort worth police officer punching a man four times. while another officer, kneed him to gain control. yesterday, fort worth police released body camera footage that they say shows 35-year-old forest curry running away from them. >> hands behind your back, buddy. >> then reap cysting officers attempts to handcuff him. >> the body camera video provides insight into the erratic behavior and active resistance presented by mr. curry. >> swinging at everybody. >> pair medics were called to the scene, they were told some one was having a seizure. curry started swinging at them. they called police. forest curry's attorney, claims curry did have a seizure and that would explain his erratic behavior. >> it seems as if he suffered from the seizure and woke up potentially disoriented with what was going on, why people were grabbing on his feet.
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taking his shoes off. things like that. >> this new video obtained by cbs station ktvt in dallas appears to show forest curry foaming at the mouth. a man is passed out near him. the woman who recorded the video told the station that both men had been using the drug k 2. now, forest curry was charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest, evading arrest. but he was not charged with assaulting a police officer. who should tell you the two cops in the video who used force against mr. curry went to their bosses and pleaded with them that they tree lease the body camera video. they wanted the public to see it. jeff. >> david begnaud, a whole new look at the story. i had frequent heartburn, but my doctor recommended...
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1980. he wreck menned they used 85% mixture of dad's genetic material. and 15% mixture from anonymous donor. the suit alleges that didn't happen. instead, dr. mortimer used his own sperm. when ancestry.com test results said he was her father. she thought there was an error. she discovered her birth certificate had been signed by mortimer. she was horrified. ancestry.com says dna testing helps people make new powerful dis discoveries. we are committed to delivering the most accurate results. however, with this, people may learn of unexpected connections. >> the law suit also states dr. mortimer cried when the mother said the family was moving from idaho to washington state. jeff, the family believes that dr. mortimer knew he was her biological father. >> tough to hear that. thank you.
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in houston last night, an airplane hangar was blown to pieces by gusts topping 60 miles an hour. the metal structure was shredded. eight people were damaged, but no one, eight planes were damaged, but no one was hurt. julian edelman, may have prevented a school massacre. post aid go tow on in sta graph.
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in the comment some one posted i will shoot my school up. watch the news. edelman had his assistant call the police. a 14-year-old boy who had a family member's gun was arrested in port huron, michigan. edelman said it was team work, the real hero was a user who flagged the comment. >> up next we go back to james brown in memphis with rare film of dr. martin luther king jr. and the amazing story to go with it.
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two weeks before his death in memphis, martin luther king jr. had a chance encounter with the prayer review choir. the scene captured by a documentary film maker. james brown met with surviving members to hear their story and their music. ♪ these singers were members of an elite college choir, 50 years ago, wowing audiences with show tunes to opera. on march 17, 1968, their tour bus driver made an unscheduled stop in memphis at black owned lorain motel. off ought first morning we woke up here at the lorain, me and another choir member walking down the street. we noticed that the garbage cans were stacked, two, three, four
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high. we kempt thpt thinking memphis filthy city. at the time didn't realize the garbage sfriek was taking place. >> memphis sanitation workers walked off the job demanding equal pay and better conditions. on march day, fate would bring singers together with the siefl rights icon. dr. king jr. was in memphis to sta part workers and was at the lorain hotel. >> how many of you knew dr. king was staying here when you checked in? none of you knew that at all. off awe none of us knew. >> their choir director knew and planned an impromptu performance for king. >> i think the thing that put a gleam in our eyes was to know that we were going to sing now for dr. king. our idol. >> i was trying to find my pitch. >> did you find your pitch? >> yeah. ♪ hallelujah
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>> one of the last performances king would ever hear. he was just overwhelmed with it. i could see it in his face. >> it lasts just 1:48. but the impact was beyond measure. two weeks later, king was shot and killed at the lorain motel. >> we know it was important to sing for him. but we did not realize the importance of what this man was really doing here in memphis. i would like to people to know that, the choir was part of the martin luther king movement. a very historic night for, for all of us. that is 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.
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welcome to the "overnight news." americans across the country paused to reflect on 50 years since the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. thousands gathered in memphis wednesday where dr. king was shot standing on a second floor balcony. the civil rights leader was just 39 years old. his legacy and calls to action endure to this day as the country grapples with racial and ethnic divide. here is james brown. ♪ we shall overcome >> day of remembrance and reflection. >> he meant so much to us. he will never die as long as we
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mention his names. >> hundred gathered at national civil rights museum to honor his legacy. underneath the balcony what was the lorain motel's room 306, where dr. martin luther king jr. was struck down. king's long time lieutenant, jesse jackson was in the hotel parking lot 50 years ago. and today he spoke from the balcony. >> there is hope. there is healing. in this tug-of-war for the soul of america should we go forward by hope and healing, or backward by hurt and hate? >> many flock to the king memorial in washington, d.c. where crowds paused to mourn and others marched. i think we have taken leaps and bound. an ever changing nation. hopefully in the positive. >> in indianapolis, where robert f kennedy told the crowd of king's death. >> i had a member of of my family killed. but he was killed by a white
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man. >> civil rights icon, john lewis who was by kennedy's side that night, talked about his personal loss. >> i lost a friend. i lost a brother. i lost my leader. if it hadn't been for martin luther king jr., i don't know what would have happened to our we are learning more about the woman who opened fire at youtube headquarters. nasim aghdam shot and wounded three people, before killing herself. learning more why she targeted youtube from her own youtube videos. ♪ >> online, the shooter, nasim aghdam expressed anger at youtube. >> she had been a prolific contributor to the video sharing site, posting videos on fitness,
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veganism, and rights. and police say she had a 9 millimeter semiautomatic handgun registered in her name. and visited a shooting range before going to youtube. police say the shooter wounded three people in youtube's open courtyard and then killed herself. investigators covered her body with a yellow tarp. is there any suggestion of terrorism involved in this at all? >> well, we know she was upset with youtube. he determined right now that's the motivation that we have identified. >> last week, aghdam's family reported her missing from her home in san diego. yesterday morning hours before the shooting police in mountain view found her sleeping in her car, 25 miles south of youtube. they alerted her family. and aghdam's father said she warned officers she had a grudge against youtube. in the statement police say at no point did her father or brother mention anything about potential acts of violence. >> we, we received information that she may be in this area because she had a dispute with
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youtube. but there was no information at the officer received that, to suggest in any way that, that, that, that dispute would act out in violence. >> investigators today visited faily homes in southern california. atf agents spent more than 14 hours inside her father's house, searching for evidence. according to relatives, aghdam came from iran as a refugee two decade ago. fda ordered recall for contaminated food product. a las vegas company forced to pull its herbal dietary supplements off store shelves because of link to salmonella outbreaks. recalls include the pro durkts alternative pain medicine or treat opioid withdrawal. the fda says it has not been proven safe and effective. here is anna werner. >> when i first started reading. >> andrew turner, military veteran turned to the substance
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to help with pain from service injuries and ptsd. >> pharmaceutical solutions were not working in my situation. and i was steadily deteriorating. >> turner uses the powder to make tea. he bitz it online from ate company he says follows the trickest manufacturing and testing standard and shares those test results with customers. since early march, three companies hat sell the products have issued voluntarily recalls at the fda request due to salmonella contamination. tuesday the agency issued the first mandatory recall order for all of triangle farm natural food fro ducts conta -- product. we commend the fda taking swift action. >> chuck bell programs director for consumers union, policy
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division of consumer reports. he says dietary supplements run the risk of containing contaminated ingredients. >> the issue is they're not subject to premarket safety testing. unlike prescription drugs, not shown to be safe or effective. >> turner worries tougher regulations on it, may cut off access. >> people should be able to make decision for themselves. weigh risks, benefits. look at research available out there. >> murder mystery in strofling a wealthy family is unfolding in new england. a young man is suspected of killing his grandfather and his mother, to collect a $7 million inheritance. now, his aunts are trying to block him from getting the money. don dahler is following the case. >> going to say i didn't kill my grandfather. >> nathan carmen told a judge he had nothing to do with his grandfather's death. denied abandoning his mother on a sinking boat during their doomed fishing trip. >> even if you were to believe that, that's not a crime.
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>> instead, carmen pointed the finger at his aunts. twhu are frying to stop him from getting the $7 million his grandfather left behind for his mother. >> i'll say that some of the petitioners have awfully substantial motive, and i have very, very little. >> carmen described as a person of interest by police in the unsolved murder of his grandfather. the wealthy real estate developer shot in his home in 2013. according to court documents. carmen the last known person to see him alive and allegedly owned the same caliber rifle as the murder weapon used. >> it is prudent for me to plead the fifth relating to question as but firearms. >> carmen's mother, linda vanished at sea presumed dead. nathan spent eight days floating in a life raft, told the coast guard, his fishing boat, experienced engine trouble and stanning. >> nathan we believe is a cold, calculating killer.
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a new push in california aim to lower the use of deadly police force. democratic lawmakers want their state to be the first to significantly restrict when officers can open fire. the proposed legislation is in response to the fatal police shooting of stephon clark unarmed. >> lawmakers want to raise the standard for when police can use deadly force from when kidded to reasonable. to only when it is absoluteliness stare to preserve human life. they believe that will encourage officers to diffuse more situations, but others believe, it could put police lives in danger. >> do not underestimate the
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power of grief. >> tensions remain high in sacramento two weeks after the police shooting of 22-year-old stephon clark. at a city council meeting, community members demanded answers and action. >> you better give us justice, you are damn sure not ready for what comes next. >> cries for justice and reforeign minister have spread from sacramento city hall to the state capitol. the time is now to act. time for california to step up. >> california lawmakers plan to in troep deuce new legislation, raising the standard for when police officers can use deadly force. >> in the six second between the time officers called out to stephon clark and opened fire. current california law required them to determine the use of deadly force was reasonable. but the new law would require them to determine whether it is just not reason bum. but necessary. >> this policy authorizes police officers to use deadly force when it is necessary to prevent
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imminent and serious bodily injury or death. >> this is a split second decision. in many cases. >> not only a split second decision. a critical one that will last forever. >> assembly member, tom lackey says changing the deadly force standard could put an unreasonable burden on officers. caught in dangerous situations. >> is your concern it would cause more questioning at a critical time when, second count? >> clearly that is will be the result. it will cause maybe the loss of life. maybe the loss of officer life. because there would be hetz tags. less than the second an many owe cases. >> assemblyman says the better solution here is to improve police training. this bill by the way is likely to face stiff opposition from law enforcement organizations. their voices carry day lot of weight here in sacramento. federal investigators are still analyzing the ex-ploep sieves set off by suspected
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serial bomber last month in texas. cbs news got a rare look at how the bombing investigations work. jeff pe we got a close look at how bomb special igss search for clues in every blast. >> we are inside an atf lab. everything you see here laid out on these tables its an element that someone has used to build an explosive. investigators expeerment and use them to investigate bombings. >> wow. >> glad i had these in my ears. >> at atf ex-plea sich testing range. you can feel the power of the blasts. even from 200 yards away. austin, texas, was left on edge in the weak of multiple package bombings last month. here, atf agents have been studying similar home made
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explosions. >> what kind of damage might it have done if there were people around that? >> you would have people with, internal injuries to their lungs. and earrings. also, brain. >> the atf sent hundreds of agents to austin. follow followed sand of leepds. some of the most important evidence from the austin attacks. bomb fragments themselves. when of which are held in the secure lab outside washington, d.c. awe all very good at retaining finger prints. >> tape is. >> atf. what is left of an explosive device is preserved for a reason. off up awe are going to try to recreate and collect much of the evidence left over from the bomb. it doesn't all go away. >> the devastation left behind is stunning. >> like we are on the surface of the moon? >> causes a good sized crater. off off at atf national center
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for explosives training and research. stockpile pieces used to make bombs. batteries, timers, switches and different types of lick witd, powder for explosives. the special agent in charge of the washington field division says the ease of making bombs is increased their freak when seep. >> numbers are high. i think the average person would be surprised to know, atf investigates hundreds of bombings a year. >> reporter: in 2017, atf labs like this one helped close about 314 explosives cases. the boss continue bombing investigation. a st. f is following up on leads. of a gents have questions about the explosives that were uptzed. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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♪ ♪ as the nation marks 50 years since the death of dr. martin luther king. we are learning more about his life. there is a little known story about a special meeting dr. king had at lorain motel two weeks before he was killed. james brown has more on the chance encounter that left a lasting impact. >> on the night of march 18, 1968, two beekz before he would be killed an exhausted dr. martin luther king jr. returned here to the lorraine motel in memphis after a long day offing or nighing on behalf of the city striking sanitation workers. despite fatigue, king pressed on with planning meet gds late into the evening. he did accept an in va tags of the choir from the historically
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black college, a & m university, to sing for him. >> the choir sang for the iconic civil right leader. the moment captured by a filmmaker following king. they were a bit nervous, but confident. and they delivered. we were able to do the music. anthems. hallelujah came in play when we sang here in memphis. >> how did the private meeting in 1968 come to be. >> good to see you, sir. >> we brought six members of the choir back to the lorraine motel which is now the national civil rights museum to reminisce about that night, 50 years ago. >> i remember that sign. the bus coming in. that sign.
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it always stuck in my mind. >> my name is judy lusk, at prayer review in 68 and 69. a soprano. >> richard perk inds. a bass. there from 1964 until 1968. >> they told me you were a tenor. >> ha-ha-ha. >> tom jones was a sophomore bass. earnestine odom, soprano. and joe berry a sophomore baritone. in 1968, while on tour, the choir stopped in memphis so their bus driver could rest. they checked into the black owned lorraine motel. >> what do you remember about your trip to memphis? >> first morning we woke up at the lorraine. me and a choir member walking down the street. we noticed garbage cans were stacked, two, three, four high. kept thinking boy, mem fims sure is a filthy city. at that time we didn't real i the garbage strike was, was
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taking place. san station workers were on strike. fed up. they adopt aid simple mantra. i am a man. dr. martin luther king jr. was in town to the support the strike. he and staff also stayed at the lorraine. >> how many of you knew dr. king was staying here. >> none of us. >> none of you knew that. >> none of us knew. >> their choir director did. dr. andersen implored dr. king's staff to allow the choir to sing for them. the opportunity came around midnight after king came back from giving an evening speech. >> the first call came out to me. from dr. andersen. give everybody up. dr. king is back. let's get ready to sing. >> he said come on. don't get dressed. come on. >> what were your thoughts? >> in awe of bieng the room with
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dr. king. i think the thing that put a glienl our ey gleam in our eyes. to wake everybody. and sing for dr. king. our idol. >> we were in awe. it was quiet. because we, dr. king, see him on tv. >> this is the man that did i have a dream speech. here we are in the room with that same person. >> my thing was i was trying to find my pitch. >> and they all did find their key. singing hallelujah by randall thompson to perfection. aw >> just over two weeks later the tragic news. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee.
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>> king was killed at the lorraine motel. off awe thinking how sad, how sad for the movement he had been building. what are we going to do at this point? >> i was angry they had just killed my hero. >> uh-huh. >> this is the man who was his life to liberating a whole race of people. >> ironically, the same photographer, who filmed the choir singing for king, also took the memorable photo of a slain king. >> yeah, we were singing hallelujah, the highest pratz you can give to god. and he was, just, overwhelmed with it. >> i would look to, people to know that, that the acapella choir was one of the last choirs that sang for martin luther king. part of the martin luther king movement. a very historic night for all of us. >> hallelujah. >> and their voices are still as uplifting today as -- ♪ ♪
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the beef industry trying to defend the meaning of the word meat. cattle ranchers say fake meat products grown in labs based on plants hatch misleading labels. here's jamie yuccas. >> on the sfrauling northern california ranch, the family has raised black angus cattle for five generations. >> fogerty, represents hundred of ranchers as executive vice president of the u.s. cattleman's association. for them, definingmality its easy. >> when consumers think of meat, you want them to think of these guys. >> yes. want them to think of this. don't think of laboratory. don't think of something that is created under microscope. >> the association is concerned about increase of animal free
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product that have names like this one. beefy beyond beef crumbles. plant based product the company says tastes like real beef. the cattleman's federal petition, are guz, the lablds, beef or meat should inform consumer the product its derived naturally from animals. as the opposed to alternative proteins such as plants. or artificially grown in, a lab. >> this is an opportunity. >> ethan brown, ceo of beyond meat, says it is time to rethink that definition. >> the reason we want to use the word meat is, that we firmly believe, that this is a piece of meat. that if you look at meat, not in terms of origin. look at meat in terms of composition. we are hitting all of the key points of composition. >> at beyond meats los angeles area lab. brown's team is working to replicate, texture, color, sensory experience of eating a traditional hamburger. >> i think a mistake to dictate to the constum whirt language they can use. >> this isn't the first fight over food labelling.
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dairy farmers have so far, been unsuccessful in their battle to make the word milk exclusive to products from cows. in in some stores, alternatives are sold alongside their come pelt to competitors. mality alternative sale were up 6%. valued that $5 map. that's crumbs of the meat industry that makes $50 billion. they're considering the cattle ranch er petition and could decide which food meet the defini >> i want the ranch to be here generations to come after me. >> the consumer is saying look if i can continue eat meat. benefits. health, environment. why wruouldn't i do that. >> jamie yuccas. >> 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 sensor in new york city, i'm vladamir duthier.
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