mentally ill man back into mexico. >> it is a violation of border poli policy. agents were disciplined but not fired. the man had been caught 16 times. entering illegally. >> the lack of the wall, on the southern border, is an open invitation to, to illegal crossings. >> a new barrier is going up outside el paso. 18 to 30 foot tall section that will span 20 miles over one of the country any busiest smuggling routes. last year, agents with el paso sector caught 25,000 people crossing illegally. and seized more than 34,000 pound of marijuana. aaron hall is the sector patrol chief.

>> we know it is going to serve as significant, deterrent for people trying to get through. going to increase the safety of the people in the area, safety of the community. >> a deterrent, yes. full proof, no. the pictures show people climbing on top of each other to scale the 5 foot plate supposed to prevent that. currently here, the only thing separating mexico from the u.s., are these posts which are designed off to keep out vehicle. but not necessarily people. the new section, will look more like this. the 75 million dollars had been ear marked for construction and are not part of the president's request for a full, border wall. jeff. >> manny. thank you very much. there was a dramatic confrontation today at bill cosby's sexual assault retrial. three accusers testified, one said cosby drugged and mow tlesed her in 19 # 6 when she was 17 years old. she addressed cosby from the witness stand saying you remember me, don't you, mr.

cosby. his lawyers called for a mistrial. the judge said no testimony continues tomorrow. in missouri late today lawmakers release aid graphic report in which a woman accuses governor of violent unwanted sex. charged with felony in vaegs of privacy denies the allegations. dean reynolds is following this story. >> i want to say again, what i have said from the beginning. this is a political witch-hunt. >> far from resigning, the governor repeatedly said the accusations were overblown. and filled with falsehoods. >> over three years ago, i made a personal mistake. i engaged in a consensual relationship with a woman who know it my wife. it was a private mistake. >> it is the latest chapter in a salacious story involving an admitted affair, the married governor had with his hairdresser, in 2015. just months before he took

office. today a report by a spoeshl bipartisan investigative committee detailed much of it. referring at one point to testimony which alleged he struck his mistress in the face. taped and blindfolded her. groped her without her consent. and called her a whore. it prompted legislators for the governor how to step down. >> we shouldn't really have a governor that makes this kind of news. >> in addition the st. louis circuit attorney launched an investigation over an allegation that he tried to blackmail his mistress into silence by threatening to release a compromising photo he allegedly took of her. >> in february, a grand jury indicted the governor for invasion of privacy. for taking allegedly, taking, as well as transmitting that photo. now that is a felony, jeff. and, if convicted, at his trial next month, eric gre tichlt ens could go to prison.

>> dean reynold. thank you very much. >> coming up next, chilling video posted by passengers moments before their plane went down. i never thought i'd say this, but i found bladder leak

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two instagram celebrities posted a final video monday night. jamie yuccas reports on the crash that took their lives. >> this social media video shows the moments just before six people died in a fiery plane crash on a golf course in arizona. the group had just taken off from scottsdale, airport. heading to las vegas. second later, the plane full of fuel, erupted into a giant fire ball. friend identified the owner of the plane as james pedrosa. it is unclear if he was the pilot. he posted video of himself taking off back in october. according to cbs station, kpho, pedrosa was heard on this call to air traffic control. also on board, was instagram

model, mariah cougan, her account shows her posing we kendall jenner. posted this video, taking a selfie before the crash. next to her in the video, according to family members he went by nickname happy. he can be seen here on instagram. was considered an influencer. with all most 45,000 followers. as the plane went down, it their rely missed several businesses and a condo complex. tough to watch, jachly. what is the latest on this crash investigation? >> jeff, investigators say it could actually take two weeks to deter men a cause of this crash. what they're looking at is seeing if the plane was actually equipped to hold six people. they also want to know who is piloting this plane, and what were their qualifications. >> jamie yuccas, thank you very much. >> still ahead, possible clues in the disappearance of a family. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job

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know by heart. when a buy recited them it was hard to find a single word to describe the joy. bobby lewis of our affiliate me.

i know he is in a great place here. >> jake garza is short on word. but not on confidence. >> you are awesome, baby. you are totally awesome. >> 5 years old. full of smiles. and one big surprise. two weeks ago. >> totally unexpected. no idea he knew it. none at all. >> born with cerebral palsy. one word mumbles were normal for jake until he shocked his family reciting the entire pledge of allegiance for dad. a man who understand the power behind the words. >> i was full of, just so proud. and the same emotion displaying now is, excuse me is exactly how i felt. >> melts my heart. totally melts my heart. >> this is jake's school aide, cheryl cunningham. >> because i am proud of what he

accomplished. because of, of, dad being in the military. i am going to cry. that my son just went into boot camp myself. so, it's, huge. >> huge because, it is rare. >> to the flag of the united states of america. we tried to get jake to say the pledge again. >> ha-ha. >> he wrapped it up just right. >> definitely have it tattooed on my arm. for a dad who wears american ink. >> symbolizes freedom. >> having this pledge saved to watch on demand. beats any other way. >> can i say, hell yeah. >> you can. you can say that. >> yes, as a dad, it's, it's, he is my son. >> for cbs news, bobby lewis, st. petersburg, florida. that is the "overnight news" for this 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

york city, i'm jeff glor. hi, welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. political fallout continues in washington after house speaker paul ryan second in line to the presidency will not seek re-election in the fall. the republican says the job is all consuming and he wants to spend more time with his family. ryan's decision comb ply kates matters for the gop which faces uphill battle in november trying to maintain control of congress. nancy cordes has the the story. >> mr. speaker. >> paul ryan will walk away from the most powerful job on capitol hill, after just three years. high gave three reasons for his departure. they're 16, 14, and 13.

and they're in wisconsin. all of them, born since he came to congress in 1999. if i spend another term they will only know me as a weeken father. >> ryan was drafted to be speaker in 2015. after, conservatives forced out john boehner. as recently as january, the 48-year-old ryan insist heed was staying put. >> i have no plans of going anywhere any time soon. >> today he claimed the daunting midterm elections and unpredictable president had nothing to do with his choice. but ryan its the 24th house republican to retire this term. a record. and gop operatives worry that more will follow his lead. as polls show the party, could lose control of the house. in november. >> there is a lot of wariness. lot of exhaustion, frankly. >> pennsylvania's charlie dent

announced his retirement last year. >> who do you think will be the next speaker? >> oh, boy, well, hopefully, we won't have to have that conversation until after the election. first have to hold the majority. >> california's kevin mccarthy and louisiana's steve scalese are vying for ryan's job. >> i have more thoughts on this. i think this is not right time to get into that. i will share the thoughts later president trump telegraphed his intentions with a tweet said the missiles will be coming, nice, new and smart. the president blasted russia for supporting the assad regime which he blames for a recent poison gas attack. david martin has the the latest from the pentagon. >> president's extraordinary tweet raised the real possibility the u.s. and russia

could soon be shooting at each other. that was followed by an % unequivocal statement from the white house about who its to blame for the apparent asphyxiation of civilians. >> the president hold syria and russia responsible for this chemical weapons attack. >> but internal intelligence agency, e mails refer to as a alleged attack. and defense secretary mattis said no final conclusions have been reached. >> we are still assessing intelligence, ourselves, and our al lies, we're still working on this. >> head of the russian military, has warned that if the lives of russian officers in syria are threatened. russia will retaliate not just against the missiles but against the ships or aircraft which fired them. russia has a sophisticated air defense system stationed in syria. >> other than probably downtown moscow, the syrian air defenses are probably among the very best in the world. >> now cbs news consultant retired admiral sandy winifield,

is confident most missiles would get through all. we have a good track record of getting tomahawk missiles through the missile defenses. occasionally you lose one. they're awfully hard to target. >> last year, the u.s. fired 60 cruise missiles from two destroyers in the mediterranean. one failed, but the other, 59, hilt their targets. this time, the options also include launching from submarines in the mediterranean and red sea as well as the from aircraft operating out of europe or the persian gulf. it is an impressive machine. >> as general richard clark showed 60 minutes. a single b-52 can carry 20 cruise missiles. six under each wing. eight in a rotating launcher in the bombbay. >> chamber of a revolver. >> same idea. much bigger bullets. federal agents staged raid against president trump's personal attorney were looking for information payments to alleged mistresses and documents related to the infamous access hollywood tape. paula reid brings us up to date.

>> you are not worried at all? >> i'm not worried. >> reporter: cbs cameras captured, president trump's personal attorney walking in manhattan following fbi raid on homes and offices earlier this week. in addition to seizing documents related to two women who claimed they had affairs with the president, the new york times reports investigators also were looking for records related to the access hollywood tape in which mr. trump was heard making vulgar comments about women. >> hi. nice seeing you. >> not clear what role if any cohen played regarding the tape which was made public a month before the election. but for a judge toer to a search warrant for record, prosecutors would have to show record are connected to possible crime. the president today continue his attacks on the justice department, tweeting. much of the bad blood with russia is callsed by the fake, corrupt russia investigation. >> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, equated the effect of the investigation and russia's support for bashar al assad. >> both of those are bad for america. >> sanders declined on whether the president will fire deputy attorney general or special counsel robert mueller.

among his mounting frus racings with both. bipartisan senators introduced a bill that will protect the special counsel. if the president moves to fire him. lindsay graham, one of the co-sponsors the bill is precautionary. >> i don't think there is any indication mr. trump is going to fire mr. mueller, as i said that would be catastrophic. when he went to speak with sheriffs about immigration enforcement. crews broke ground for a new section of wall along the u.s.-mexican border. manuel bojorquez reports. new mexico. >> with president trump, we have a new era of support for law enforcement. like we haven't seen in many years. you might even say -- we have got a new sheriff in town. attorney general, jeff sessions told border agents and sheriffs from the southwest he was going to deliver on his promise of a more secure border. >> hand by your side. >> a video.

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music legend elton john on a three year long farewell tour, playing the tunes you know so well. what you may not know is the man who wrote the lyrics to the songs. lee cowen introduces us to bernie taupin. ♪ you can tell everybody. this

bernie taupin, prefers to stay out of the limelight. >> i am not the sort of person who sits around listening to my own music or our own music. >> how could you avoid it? >> well it is hard to escape, right. you are going to hear it, in the supermarket, and the elevator, and, but then, i, i would be a little upset. >> you live your life like a candle in the wind. in the last couple of decade. they have created at least 35

gold and platinum albums together. a collaboration outlasted everything, including their music's. alert. he is proved the fact we never had a knock down, dragout fight. >> is that true? >> that's true. i think we found a bond of brotherhood and camaraderie, it was me and him against the world. ♪ i remember when rock was young ♪ >> the secret to their longevity he says, he and elton are as different as they are alike. before they met, taupin was working odd jobs in rural central england where he grew up without electricity. elton was knighted. taupin left england and became a u.s. citizen making his on a 30 acre ranch near santa barbara.

>> i always wanted to have something that was indicative of a western lifestyle. >> he started riding horses began competing. his passion for horses was inherited by the eldest of his two daughters. who is now an accomplished barrel racer herself. taupin's wife heather says it is a lifestyle who suits a man whose creativity has always needed quiet isolation. >> it never turns off. so that is twhu he iwho he is. an introvert. when he comes out of his shell it is kicking and screaming. >> when i write this is where i write. >> he works in a very solitary way. >> this is my writing space. >> up here in what he calls his crow's-nest. i am comfortable in my own environment. when i write. >> no distractions. the one benefit here is, as you can imagine, it's totally,

silent, most of the time. >> that's the way he has always worked. separate from elton. who doesn't play a note, until he gets the words from taupin first. >> when you write something. do you, do you tell, elton what the back story is. he never questions what i write. there are times he doesn't understand the meaning of the song until a couple years later. ♪ >> you should never overthink things you. should never have to explain things too much to people. you have to leave a little mystique. a little mystery. or else it kind of spoils the whole game. that same mystery extends to his creative passion. something you might have missed had you just walked by this gallery in new york. hanging on the walls, are the visual extensions of bernie

taupin's lyrical talents. >> lived in my imagination for, 68 years. >> this is the result of that? >> this is the result of it. >> he started painting in the 90s doing it quietly for the most part. until, one of his pieces found its way in front of collector, exhibition curator, dana jager. >> i said who is the artist? >> they said bernie taupin. i said who is that? >> really, you didn't know? >> no idea. >> but he immediately saw something that went beyond his celeb celebrity. and he convinced him to put some of his works on display. >> i only write when it is time to make a record. now, quite honestly, i mean, this its definitely my day job. >> this sculpture called american burka uses items found on his ranch, twine, barbed wire and padlocks. but recently, the ingredient he find most appealing is the american flag. this is more of a -- polyester

take. >> he has a box full of them in his studio at his home. what used to be an old racket ball court. >> hopefully at some point in future all of these will find a home. mounted some way. >> he uses them in part, sometimes in whole, but he says, always with respect. >> i'm just in many ways, just trying to -- to show different ways -- that the flag can be reassembled and come back from adversity. i mean which it has done all through history. >> he incorporated both the american flag and the britter union jack, into his most recent work. the cover art for a new album called, restoration. receive lea released this past week. in it he picked country artists like leto new appreciation for your work. >> sound like you are kind of surprised that you were that good. >> i think you might be right.

this is definitely made me sit back and think, you know, this is pretty good.

these days not many people mail letters or write notes unless an e-mail or text. steve hartman found one man dedicated to keeping alife the art of the postcard. write what you will the core message is the same. i'm on vacation, you are not. nah-nah. wish you were here. if they really wished you were there they wouldn't have left you've behind. but in valdosta, georgia, we found a man who is bringing a certain sincerity off to the petty postcard. his campaign started in 1995.

david lassiter dropped off his daughter. >> i cried with the family in the car when i left her. and i missed her. >> so that night he sent her a postcard. >> then i quit. >> as he has done virtually every day since. for all four of his kids. any day they're not with him he send cards. nearly 20,000 over 20 years. his daughter sarah who lives in savannah, georgia, has saved them all on strings, and racks, and crammed in cabinets. >> there is nothing i love more than a picture of a building. almost every kartd is card is u. on front and back. >> what did he find to say? >> a whole lot of talk about gardening, and football. >> apologies to your dad, that sound boring. >> ha-ha-ha. >> i mean, come on. >> i need a hard laceup shoe. who cares what happened. >> he taped my foot. said for me to wear my shoes all the time. >> i don't even know if they read the cards any more.

>> he doesn't mind if they've don't. david says, this was never about conveying new information. this was always about repeating the same mess able. over and over aand over again. >> when i'm gone, they'll nep their daddy loved them. >> i think they know that now. >> you know, if life gets tough. and it's nice to know somebody loved you no matter what. >> a good reminder. after this week, especially, to tell your kids, you love them. as daily and creatively as you possibly can. steve hartman, on the road, in valdosta, georgia. >> what a nice repeated gesture. that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. and for others you can 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 morgan.

captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, april 12th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." taunting russia. president trump tells moscow to get ready for a missile strike on its ally syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack, this as diplomats at the u.n. are trying to keep the peace. plus, when the fbi raided mr. trump's attorney's office and homes, what was the real target? new details from the warrant. and he's not running again. paul ryan's stunning announcement shakes up the political landscape.