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the first funeral. a 17-year-old pakistani exchange student is remembered by family and friends after the texas high school massacre. the mother of another victim says the gunman targeted her daughter after she turned him down. >> also tonight, president trump accuses the fbi of spying on his 2016 campaign team. and calls for a review of documents he says could support his theory. the new volcano danger in hawaii as a river of lava begins to flow into the ocean. >> a deadly cougar attack in the foothills of a major city. >> he had his hole entire head in the jaws of this animal. >> and the cultural impact of britain's new biracial royal.
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meghan markle, can she change views on diversity in a nation that its more than 80% white? ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this the cbs "overnight news." well co welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. a funeral held sunday for one of ten victims killed in the santa fe high school massacre. family and friends gathered at a mosque in houston to remember an exchange student from pakistan. her family was expecting her to return home in a few weeks. the mother of another victim, shana fisher tells "los angeles times," she believes her daughter was targeted by the gunman after turning down his advances. police say this 17-year-old shooter has confessed to friday's attack more from a community in shock. >> how you doing? >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott, greeted people filing into arcadia first baptist church this morning.
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just a mile away from the deadly school shooting. the solemn service included recognition for several santa fe high school seniors preparing to graduate. one student told the governor, gun laws were not the problem. >> it is not a gun law issue. this kid was 17 years old. the gun laws are against him. it's, he should not have been able to get into the school issue. >> three days into the investigation. police still don't know why 17-year-old suspected shooter, went on a rampage friday morning. attorneys for the teenager said the family didn't see any warning signs. >> the family is as mystified as, as anybody else in this. they did not expect this. don't feel that there were any, you know, red flags that they missed. >> but we are learning more about the terrifying moments during the shooting. witnesses told the ap, the shooter hovered between four classrooms almost half an hour, verbally taunting the stew dints the classrooms.
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yelling surprise, before opening fire with a shot gun in a 38 caliber pistol. diedre van nechss's daughter survived the shooting. her daughter hid in a closet and called police. at one point, the gunman shot through the closet it and chased another student. isabella overheard him shouting, whoo-hoo shooting into another classroom. after exchanging gunfire with police, court documents show, the suspect surrendered. he told police he did not shoot students he did like, so he could have his story told. >> texas governor greg abbt who has an a-plus rating with the nra wants to start roundtable discussions next week with students, lawmakers, and teach te teachers how to make schools safer. elaine. >> thank you. santa fe in spanish means holy faith. and true to its name, santa fe, texas is a deeply religious
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town. mireya villarreal is there. >> spirit of god, fill our hearts. >> reporter: heavy hearts filled the seats at sunday morning service. >> chris stone. shana fisher. >> reporter: as the brad drake read the names of the ten victims including one of his youth parishioners, angeliqu ramirez. bubbly, smiling. had a different hair style. she loved life. >> is there anything you can say stew a pare to a parent that helps comfort them at this time? >> the real answer is no. >> saturday night, standing room only at the playoff game against kingwood park. like hundreds of fans, billy parker and justin borrow turned out to show their support. rhone suited up the game despite being shot friday morning by their fellow classmate. >> it just hurts this has to happen to our school. >> they will never be forgotten
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in this community. >> anger seems to be tempered in the small community. >> the change that we need to seep. >> stark contrast to the response we saw in parkland, florida where activism immediately took root. instead, the community is leaning on their faith. >> everybody handles tragedy differently. but, because of the, the culture that, that we have in, in this community and really in this region, this part of texas, is, its that, we, we lean on each other. >> people are starting to leave cards and flowers here at the make shift memorial outside the high school including greg abbochlt the school will be closed while the district figures out huh to handle the rest of the school year. elaine. >> thank you. president trump is calling on the justice department to look into whether the fbi spied on his 2016 campaign, for political purposes. the latest from the white house.
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>> reporter: president trump took aim at the russia investigation while threatening to further strain what is a tense relationship with the fbi and department of justice. in a tweet, the president wrote, i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes. and if any such demands or requests were made from people within the obama administration. the demand comes fresh off reports that an fbi informant who president trump labeled a spy, interacted with trump campaign officials in 2016, while the fbi looked into possible ties with russia. saturday, the president called on congressional investigators to clarify matters by releasing classified documents. and potentially out the alleged informant. >> what part of this is true? >> i hatch no information that would indicate that the president's tweets or theory of
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the case its at all, balgsed in truth. >> senator mark warner, ranking democrat on senate intelligence committee says president trump and congressional allies are playing fast and loose with confidential info and exposing the identities of undercover informants could put intel sources lives at risk. >> senator lindsay graham doesn't want to interfere with the russia probe, but does have his concerns. >> all i am intent on letting mr. mueller do his job, but i want to make sure that the fbi, and the department of justice did not try how to -- in their own way change the outcome of the election. >> representative adam schiff of house intel committee insists the fbi acted appropriately. instead he faults president trump for muddying the waters by spreading unverified information and conspiracy the. >> the trump administration announced a truce in the trade war with china. u.s. treasury secretary, said the u.s. will not impose tariffs
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on hawaii's big island. more home are being threatened by lava. from the erupting volcano. a man was seriously injured this weekend when lava hit him in the leg. mark strassmann has the latest from the eruption zone. mark. >> behind this checkpoint, there is another community cut off by lava. from one of more than 23 fissures and counting. more than 40 structures have been destroyed so far. more than 2,000 people here, have fled their homes. the volcano is pushing out a new kind of lava. it is more dynamic, hotter, and faster moving. one flow from fissure 20 pushed across a highway shutting it down. has begun spilling into the
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pacific ocean. that created both a new hazard and new round of extraordinary pictures. and more than two weeks in, this volcanic disaster has also evolved into a new phase of activity, and worry. geologist, caroline porchetta. >> it is hottest, most fluid and most energy coming out. that will move quickly. several flows, estimates from 200 to 400 meters per hour, yards per hour. so that's two to four football fields an hour. >> you have some lava moving, four football fields an hour. >> uh-huh. yes. >> that they can trap people quickly. >> yes. >> geologists have been warning ab about the vol kay knocano. one man was hit by flying splatter that shattered his leg from his shin to his foot. elaine. mark strassmann. thank you. a weekend bike ride turned deadly when a cougar suddenly
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attacked. it happened in north bend, washington in the foothills, 30 miles east of seattle. meg oliver has the the story. >> reporter: the cougar preyed on two mountain bikers as they cycled through rugged terrain. fish and wildlife officer, allen myers. >> he said he had his whole head in the jaws of this animal. and was, was being shaken around. >> the 31-year-old man managed to escape. >> at some point one of the victims swung the bike at the animal as it approached. caused tight run off into the woods. the two victims then took a minute. were catching their breath. talking about this, amazing incredibly scary event that just occurred. >> but then the mountain lion returned. chasing down and killing the second bicyclist, a male. fish and wildlife eventually shot and killed the cat. they said there was no indication the men taunted the animal in any way before it attacks. >> this is the first time in nearly a century a mountain lion
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killed some one in washington state. a 13-year-old boy was killed in 1924. while washington controls its big cat population, they are protected species. and it is estimated more than 2,000 of them are free to room statewide. >> the fact it stayed close in close proximity to the folks attacked stayed with them is highly, highly unusual. >> the 31-year-old man who survived the mauling is awake and alert and is in satisfactory condition. authorities will perform a necropsy on the mountain lion, finding out why its behavior was aggressive. elaine. >> meg oliver, thank you. britain its basking in the afterglow of this weekend's royal wedding. many see prince harry's biracial bride, duchess of sussex as a cultural icon. can meg can mahan markle change
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? >> every royal wedding is an historic event. the ceremony planned by the bride and groom was different partly because of its diversity. starting with the guest list. off to the song list. ♪ stand by me >> and the sermon. >> the late dr. martin luther king once said, and i quote, we must discover the power of love. the redemptive power of love. >> bishop michael curry brought. >> there were more slaves in america's antebellum south who explained the dynamic power of love. >> reflecting the bride's multiracial heritage in a place more used to british royal pageantry. british journalist who is biracial called the wedding a celebration of blackness. >> it was unthinkable there would be a person of color in
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the royal family. so i welcome this. >> markle described herself as a strong, confident, mixed race woman. >> our place in history in this country as british people has never really been recognized. and that's, that's the problem. >> sherthey are among the 10% o people in the country who are in mixed race relationships. they say they're happy for the newlyweds, but question how much markle can change for them, and their son jackson. >> i dent know how much of an, of an impact joining the royal family is going to make. >> i see you nodding. >> what we know from the royal family is that they, they don't, want anyone to take that position and have a voice. >> the newlyweds are spending the night at home. here at kensington palace. the papers are celebrating the multicultural aspects of their wedding. this one has a typically tabloid heading. kisstory, followed by historic change for the monarchy. elaine. >> thank you. we'll be right back.
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cdc, the u.s. birth rate hit a 30-year low last year. down 2% from 2016. and despite there being more women of childbearing age, birth rates declined for women ages 15 to 39. one group that is having more children, 40 to 44-year-olds whose birth rates have been rising since 1982. researchers point to many factors. more women are going to college, graduate school. marrying later and prioritizing their careers. but finances are also a factor. under the chicago skyline, we found moms with strollers, keeping fit en masse. growing up how old did you think you would be when you had your first child? >> my goodness. in my mind i was going to be college, graduated, married, and, with child. by what, 22? 23? >> instead, she had her daughter more than a decade later. at 34. she and new mom, lily fryar, both teachers say the cost of
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raising a child played a part. the cost is more than $233,000 per child in a middle-income family. and that's before college. kids aren't cheap. they cost a lot of money. day care is expensive. hospital bills are expensive. all the good stuff. >> reporter: a consequence of the declining birth rate, impact on the already stressed social security system which is fully funded only until 2034. economist, petsy stevenson. >> presents challenges when we have a lot more people retired, relative off to the base of people who are working. >> but they say in a good economy they want to beep mothers as financially secure as possible. >> for me working is important. it's part of who i am. but, you know, having kids then takes a little break. you want to get yourself into your career. >> the more people who want to wait to be financially stable, the less time. traditionally they may have. >> absolutely. you know. it, it, in the back of your head there is always the ticking
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clock. unfortunately, biology is not always fair. >> birth rates decline in a recession pick back up once the economy improves. why birth rates haven't inkreeps add long with the growing economy. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. still ahead, a paralyzed football player achieves his goal to walk at his graduation. melatonin is the body's own sleep ingredient. only remfresh uses ion-powered melatonin to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh-your nightly sleep companion. available in the natural sleep section at walmart.
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the central african nation of congo will administer an experimental ebola vaccine in city of a million people. two years after the deadliest ebola epidemic in history finally subsided. the virus is surging in kongos. in recent weeks at least 26 have died. kong congo has 4,000 doses of the vaccine effective during the last outbreak. >> starbucks announced a policy this weekend. the coffee chain says all are welcome to use its facilities including restrooms whether or not they buy anything. it comes after the controversial arrests of two african-american men last month. who were waiting for a friend at
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starbuck's, but had not made ape purchase. in addition to the new policy, starbuck's is closing stores later this month for several hours, of racial bias training. >> there was a powerful moment this weekend, at georgetown university's graduation ceremony. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> football player, ty williams who was paralyzed during a game more than 2 1/2 years ago, walked across the stage. the crowd cheered as williams made his way to the university president, with the help of a brace and walker and support from a friend. williams graduated with a degree in government. >> up next. spectacular images of distant planets, galaxies, at the intersection of astronomy and art.
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artist create photo realistic images. chris martinez caught up with the space vision ears. >> reporter: in a small bright office, working side by side. >> let's see. >> reporter: robert and tim bring the universe to life. >> what we are doing does have real science underlying it. >> robert is an astro physicist turned artist. tim once hollywood animator is a planet illustrator. together they produce some nasa's most popular images. from rendering of how planets light years away could look, to actual photos of stars and galaxies, captured by nasa's powerful telescopes. >> this is how it comes to me. >> many of those images have a dark grainy start, but color and light reveal an astonishing glimpse of how the deepest regions of space might appear to the human eye. >> what i am trying to do is show people -- sort of the, the broadest colors, that the universe has to offer. >> a delicate blend of imagination, and data, the
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aermtists meet with nasa scientists over many drafts to ensure a look lines up with resr research to make each as accurate as possible. >> i love the challenge. a puzzle to me. to create something cool been the restriction buys scientists. >> it can take days, weeks to produce a single image. the dazzling final results. enough off to keep us all dreaming of the final frontier, for years to come. chris martinez, cbs news, pasadena, california. that's the "overnight news" for this monday.
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welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. a funeral was held sunday for one of the ten victims killed in the santa fe high school massacre. family and friends joined in houston to remember an exchange student from pakistan. her family was expecting her to return home in a few weeks. the mother of another victim, shana fisher tells "los angeles times," she believes her daughter was targeted by the gunman, after turning down his advances. police say the 17-year-old shooter has confessed to friday's attack. omar villafranca has more from a coit in shock.
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>> reporter: texas governor greg abbott, greete people filing into arcadia first baptist church this morning. just a mile away from the deadly school shooting. the solemn service included recognition for several santa fe high school seniors preparing to graduate. one student told the governor, gun laws were not the problem. >> it is not a gun law issue. this kid was 17 years old. the gun laws are against him. it's, he should not have been able to get into the school issue. >> three days into the investigation. police still don't know why 17-year-old suspected shooter, went on a rampage friday morning. attorneys for the teenager said the family didn't see any warning signs. >> the family is as mystified as, as anybody else in this. they did not expect this. don't feel that there were any, you know, red flags that they missed. >> but we are learning more
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about the terrifying moments during the shooting. witnesses told the ap, the shooter hovered between four classrooms almost half an hour, verbally taunting the stew dints the classrooms. yelling surprise, before opening fire with a shot gun in a 38 caliber pistol. diedre van ness's daughter survived the shooting. her daughter hid in a closet and called police. at one point, the gunman shot through the closet it and chased another student. isabella overheard him shouting, whoo-hoo shooting into another classroom. after exchanging gunfire with police, court documents show, the suspect surrendered. he told police he did not shoot students he did like, so he could have his story told. >> texas governor greg abbt who has an a-plus rating with the nra wants to start roundtable discussions next week with students, lawmakers, and teach teachers how to make schools safer. elaine. >> thank you. santa fe in spanish means holy faith. and true to its name, santa fe,
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texas is a deeply religious town. mireya villarreal is there. >> spirit of god, fill our hearts. >> reporter: heavy hearts filled the seats at sunday morning service. >> chris stone. shana fisher. >> reporter: as the brad drake read the names of the ten victims including one of his youth parishioners, angeliqu ramirez. she was always bubbly, smiling. had a different hair style. she loved life. >> is there anything you can say to a parent that helps comfort them at this time? >> the real answer is no. >> saturday night, standing room only at the playoff game against kingwood park. like hundreds of fans, billy parker and justin borrow turned out to show their support. rhone suited up the game despite being shot friday morning by their fellow classmate. >> it just hurts this has to happen to our school.
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>> they will never be forgotten in this community. >> anger seems to be tempered in the small community. >> the change that we need to seep. >> stark contrast to the response we saw in parkland, florida where activism immediately took root. instead, the community is leaning on their faith. >> everybody handles tragedy differently. but, because of the, the culture that, that we have in, in this community and really in this region, this part of texas, is, its that, we, we lean on each other. >> people are starting to leave cards and flowers here at the make shift memorial outside the high school including greg abbott. the school will be closed while the district figures out huh to handle the rest of the school year. elaine. >> thank you. president trump is calling on the justice department to look into whether the fbi spied on his 2016 campaign, for political purposes.
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the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president trump took aim at the russia investigation while threatening to further strain what is a tense relationship with the fbi and department of justice. in a tweet, the president wrote, i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes. and if any such demands or requests were made from people within the obama administration. the demand comes fresh off reports that an fbi informant who president trump labeled a spy, interacted with trump campaign officials in 2016, while the fbi looked into possible ties with russia. saturday, the president called on congressional investigators to clarify matters by releasing classified documents. and potentially out the alleged informant. >> what part of this is true? >> i have no information that would indicate that the
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president's tweets or theory of the case is at all, based in truth. >> senator mark warner, ranking democrat on senate intelligence committee says president trump and congressional allies are playing fast and loose with confidential info and exposing the identities of undercover informants could put intel sources lives at risk. >> senator lindsay graham doesn't want to interfere with the russia probe, but does have his concerns. >> all i am intent on letting mr. mueller do his job, but i want to make sure that the fbi, and the department of justice did not try how to -- in their own way change the outcome of the election. >> representative adam schiff of house intel committee insists the fbi acted appropriately. instead he faults president trump for muddying the waters by spreading unverified information and conspiracy. >> the trump administration more now of margaret brennan's interview with senator mark
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warner on "face the nation." >> what is remarkable to me, its the president seems some how not to understand when a foreign nation tries to interfere in our elections that's wrong. that's illegal. the validity of the two nations potentially intervening, time will tell how much truth there is there. in regards to russia, we had just this week, our intelligence community, bipartisan, came out and reaffirmed, the findings of the intelligence community overall assessment, russia massively interveened in our election and did so to help trump and hurt clinton. we have seen repeated actions by donald trump jr. and others of being interested in receiving dirt on clinton. whether it was the famous trump tower meeting. their outreach to mr. papadopoulos. now, we are seeing, potential pat earn with other nations reaching out to tripe to interfere. the president who continues to
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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." in case you missed it there was a big wedding in england saturday morning. prince harry wed the american actress, meghan markle. mark phillips looks back on the event that had some here in america getting up at 4:00 a.m. to watch. >> reporter: if anyone knows how to do this sort of thing, the house of windsor knows. but this was not your grandfather's royal wedding. this is one that stood astride two worlds and had to satisfy both. first, in view, was megan's world. show biz royalty. many of them americans, were among the 600 invited guests. oprah. serena. george with his wife amal.
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elton. the stars of "suits." that other show meghan markle used to be a part of. but then, two princes in military dress uniforms appeared. striding across the windsor castle grounds like they owned the place, or one day would. as harry had done for william, william would be best man for harry. [ cheers and applause ] a already one tradition broken. british army protocol frowns on beards in uniform. but harry is a prince. and this was his day. the other world was now arriving. the one of tradition, and privilege. harry's father, prince charles and camilla. the queen, and prince philip. and, about ten miles away, a vintage limousine was leaving a hotel. inside, a veiled woman on a date with destiny. meghan markle, a mixed race, divorced american about to marry
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into the british royal family, alongside her mother, los angeles social worker, doria ragland. ragland would transfer to another car before getting to the chapel. leaving her daughter alone to provide one of the rituals of royal weddings, the reveal of the dress. the palace called it minimalist it took 7-year-old page boys to handle the 16 foot long veil. in the absence of megan's father, due to illness, her father-in-law to be, prince charles, escort herd down the aisle. it was seen as a gesture of welcome, and inclusion into the royal fold. a lot has changed in the eight decades since king edward vii had to abdicate because he wanted to marry an american divorcee, wallace simpson. how much things have changed was
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evident in the service that brought the two worlds together. handling the wedding ceremony was justin welby. >> the archbishop of cantebury, head of the church of england which the queen is supreme governor. >> there is power in love. there is power in love. >> reporter: but handling the sermon was the most reverend michael curry, head of episcopal church in the united states. heave brings an american exuberance to the pulpit that the ancient stones of saint george's chapel had probably not witnessed before. nor it seemed had some of the guests. >> for all of god's children. >> we spoke to bishop curry and archbishop welby before the wedding. their difference in style, but surprised some, but would enhance the occasion. >> do you see yourself, bishop curry as bringing that kind of style, american preacher style to the wedding?
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>> ha, i have no idea. i am just going to show up. >> we got to get you all married. >> you see it as, inclusive that someone, like you, from the americans church, american episcopal church being here in church of england country does that make any difference to you? >> well, to be sure, the church of england is the mother church. and, and, so -- it's, it's always to be good in mama's house. >> i can't believe you just said that. i really can't believe you just said that. i think that is absolutely fantastic. ♪ ♪ ♪ stand by me ♪ stand by me ♪ stand stand by me ♪ ♪ stand by me ♪ stand by me >> reporter: if the congregation needed any more convincing that this was a different kind of royal marriage, the south london
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kingdom choir provided it in the form of bennie king's blues classic, "stand by me." nor the old stones of saint george's hadn't heard this sort of thing either before either. >> i harry take you meghan. >> the vows were conventional. >> to be my husband. >> to have and to hold. >> for better for worse. >> for richer or poorer. >> nobody promises to obey anymore. >> till death do us part. >> i make this vow. >> i make this vow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ amen >> so charles has the an in-law he might not have previously expected to have. the house of windsor has a new asset. perhaps a new sense of relevance. and britain has now married off the last of diana's children. a chapter finally closed.
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>> here is a question for you, how british is the british royal family? mo rocca has the surprising answer. >> now that meghan markle has married prince harry, she has as the saying goes, not just married the man, she has married the whole namely. but just who is this family? >> if i were to procure a saliva sample from the member of the royal family for a dna test what would i find? >> what would you find? >> after you have been released from prison. well you would find a -- a sort of family history that would be european. not purely english. >> professor allistair bellamy teaches at rutgers university in new jersey. he says if you look at the progression of royal houses, or, family names, you'll see that british monarchy isn't all that british. take the army house of denmark.
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>> people would be surprised to know there was a king kanute of england. >> yes, king of england, a norse speaker. >> basically a strike snk. >> viking king. >> wear a viking hat? >> not entirely sure if vikings wore viking hats. >> house of normandy in year 1066 when william the conquerer sails from france and takes the throne. he doesn't speak english. >> if we were having a royal wedding during the house of norman normandy, everybody would speak french at the reception. >> french. french will main the language of the monarchy and court, deep into the 13th, 14th century. >> if you are looking for drama, if you are producing say the real houses of the english monarchy, you would find it at the house of tudor. >> henry viiiively significant in lots of ways. the six wives, but more significant for what heap does
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in building up the english government. and, in breaking the english church from rome. >> his daughter liz belt i, helps establish protestantism as the religion of england. for good measure she has her catholic cousin, mary queen of scots beheaded. by now it all seems very english, right. i've mean this is when shakespeare was writing in english. but wait, in 1689, willi iii known as william of orange becomes king. he is dutch. he is follow wide ann, who has no children. so the crown goes off to the closest living protestant relative, who happens to be a german guy. like really german. >> george i, speaks german. doesn't speak english beyond a few little word. >> reporter: the monarchy's german roots continue. george's house of hanover is followed by the house. >> you hear house of hanover. instantly you don't think german. you hear, the house of
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saxacoburg and gotta, all you can thing of german. >> germanness, famously made apparent during world war i when they change the name to the house of windsor as a pr exercise. britain is fighting ge ining ge. the name doesn't sound right. >> elizabeth windsor married to prince philip who hapz pens to be danish, greek, german. he is kind of a mutt. so the british royal family isn't so british after all. and, allistair bellamy says with addition of the nonris caratic kate middleson and american meghan markle it is also less royal. >> what i think the monarchy, what they appear to have done, what can we take from the diana way of doing things, inoculate ourselves from the criticism of being cold, distant, fudy, duddy, backward. the monarchy, claims to be symbol of britain and britishness. britain and britishness change ov any object. any surface.
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♪ you said you're not like me, ♪ ♪ never drop to your knees, ♪ ♪ look into the sky for a momentary high, ♪ ♪ you never even tried till it's time to say goodbye, bye ♪ ♪ everybody fights for a little bit of light, i believe. ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. the british royal family isn't the only institution where palace guards wear uniforms from century's past. the at the vat ran, the pope has an army of french guards dressed in traditional gash. the army got a little bigger this month. seth doane has the the story. >> reporter: as army's go they're the world's oldest,
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smallest, and they say most photographed. surely the most colorful army too. the pageantry by vatican standard hit another level as 32 swiss guards were sworn in. among the freshmen class is 19-year-old, nicholas albert. >> i give the oath. in front of god. saving the pope's life and giving my life for the pope. >> reporter: earlier in the day, we had metal better and fellow guards backstage. >> right now, a little built nervous. and it is going to be a big ceremony. >> in addition to being from switzerland and completing military training there, these guards must be at least 5'8", under 30, single. practicing catholics. they guard the vatican every day. and their 16th century uniform its getting a 21st century update. instead of the cast iron helmet they unveiled a new plastic one made by 3 d printer. they're not as heavy.
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not as the hot. and are half the cost. is being a swiss guard something that you thought of as a kid? >> yes, it was a childhood dream, actually. >> albert told us it was humbling to meet pope francis ahead of the big day. when swearing loyalty to him. adrenaline overpowered his nerve thousands. as foreign as this spectacle may appear, the sentiment of a mom, is pretty familiar. >> we are very proud. very proud of him. >> albert said, as a did it was the sword and uniforeign minister th minister -- it was the sword and uniform that appealed to him. as the he got older it was faith that drew him to join the pope's army. seth doane, cbs news, vatican city. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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there will be more tears in text fedas text as victims of t school shooting are laid to rest. some of the students who got out alaf aive are telling their sto. a teenager suffered a gunshot wound to the head. >> he fired ten shots in the room before he left. just thinking, that i am one of the lucky ones. i am glad that god spared me. but, i just feel bad that, that -- they didn't make it. and that they had no reason to be shot. or anything. and didn't deserve that. >> part of a generation that can
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no longer take school safety for granted. here is jim axelrod for. generation lockdown. the question is no longer if it could happen as much as when it will. >> was there part of you that was like this isn't real. this would not happen in my school. >> no. there wasn't. >> why so? >> it's been happening everywhere. i've felt, i have felt eventually it was going to happen here too. so -- i don't know. i wasn't surprised. i was scared. >> reporter: worth another listen. no part of her thought it couldn't happen at her school. >> was there a part of you that was like this isn't real? this was not happen in my school? >> no. there wasn't. >> reporter: she is the newest member of the heartbreaking chorus of young voices around the country. from lexington park, maryland. >> i didn't believe that something like this would happen at our school. near me. it's really scary. >> reporter: to benton, kentucky.
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>> a lot of blood everywhere. it was horrible. >> reporter: a generation that knows no matter how forcefully they chant, never again, their experience suggests it most probably will. this year more people have been killed in school shootings than members of the military while serving. >> i shouldn't be going through this. it's my school. >> santa fe high school was on lockdown less than three month as go. today it waseal. which is why this girl no longer thought it couldn't happen at her school. >> i wasn't surprised. i was just scared. >> sadly, she its the voice -- of this generation. jim axel? rod, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continue thousands. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.
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captioning funded by cbs it's monday, may 21st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." a small texas town grieves as a 17-year-old is charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting up his high school, leaving ten people dead. president trump tweets a demand, and the justice department complies. now the doj is looking into whether the fbi infiltrated the trump campaign. and lava meets the sea off hawaii's big island, creating a new danger, laze. od
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