with prison now behind her, her future is with her family. >> oh, my gosh, i'm feeling no handcuffs, nothing on me. i'm free to hug my family. >> reporter: the 63-year-old

great-grandmother was serving life without parole for drug charges. >> this time yesterday i was in prison looking through bars. >> reporter: what are you noticing is different? >> i can't get over these phones. >> reporter: you want a phone? >> i want a phone. >> reporter: katina scales is johnson's daughter. >> still sitting here, i touch her. it's me making sure she is here. >> reporter: 22 years ago, johnson was convicted of federal drug and moneylaundering charges. the indictment describes dozens of deliveries and drug transactions involving johnson, who prosecutors say was a leader in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring. >> i made one of the worst decisions of my life. >> reporter: it was this video on the new site mic that caught the attention of kim kardashian west, and last week the reality star lobbied president trump for johnson's clemency. >> never in my wildest dreams do i think it would be kim kardashian who would take my cause on. >> reporter: in prison yesterday, she got a call. it was kardashian west. >> when she said home, just that word, i could go home now, i

started screaming and jumping and crying. >> reporter: the president had commuted her sentence. what do you say to people who say you committed a crime and you should serve the sentence? >> i don't believe there should be a nonviolent offender like myself sentenced to life. >> reporter: and she is thankful to the man who gave her a second chance. >> i just knew him from "the apprentice" and other things, and he was always funny to me. i love hearing him say "you're fired." he just told me "you're free." >> reporter: as for johnson's next step, she plans to get a cell phone as early as tonight. she is really excited about y will have to teach her how to use at gosaing hforward,er she'll hav have regular check-ins with her parole officer, and she is making plans to meet with kim kardashian west very soon. jeff? >> adriana diaz, thank you very much. coming up, from delivering much. coming up, from delivering pizza to being

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delivery to an army base a short distance from the statue of liberty, and ended with man detained by immigration officers. today new york's governor offered him free legal representation. here is david begnaud. >> reporter: pablo villavincencio-calderon, who is from ecuador, arrived at the gate of fort hamilton to deliver a pizza. he routinely delivers to that army garrison in brooklyn. he showed his city-issued identification, and that's when officials flagged him. sandra chica is his wife. >> he came like always. they request him to id. he showed the id. but these officers told him that is not enough. >> reporter: so anyone entering the bas must show military e identification. without it you undergo a background check. so the 35-year-old father of two signed a waiver allowing security officials to run that check, and that's when they discovered he had been ordered to leave the country back in 2010 for being here illegally. he was arrested then and turned over to i.c.e. >> this is absolutely

ridiculous. >> reporter: justin brannan is a member of the new york city council. >> you're tearing families apart. for what? how are we any safer today than we were yesterday? >> reporter: this is an issue that has been highlighted by the trump administration and dealt with by local law enforcement across the country. as we showed this week in our eye on america, georgia's sheriff butch conway has been on the front lines. >> i'm charged with enforcing the law and providing safety for the citizens of gwynebegigwinne. and i take that very seriously. >> david, what is his status tonight? >> right now he is being held at a federal detention center in new jersey. he could petition to have the court not deport him. but remember, the judge is going to factor in the fact that in 2010 he was ordered to leave and didn't. >> david begnaud, thank you. coming up here, a tropical paradise is lost in a river of lava. sleep disturbances keep one in three adults up at night.

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the kilauea volcano. this is what's left of the neighborhoods once known as vacation land and kapoho bay. satellite images show lava approaching the towns before about 480 homes were destroyed in three days. lava also boiled and evaporated an entire lake that had been a major source of water on the island. new warnings today that americans are not properly planning for retirement, and neither is the government. social security's chief accountant told congress with baby boomers retiring, payouts now exceed revenue, and a reserve fund could run out by 2034, forcing drastic cuts in benefits. a study today found more than 6 in 10 americans don't know how much money they'll need to save for retirement. up to four inches of rain triggered flash floods today across oklahoma city. more than a dozen people had to be rescued from high water. there were no serious injuries. the storms are expected to clear out overnight. up next here, why nasa's latest mars discovery has scientists so excited.

nasa's curiosity rover has been inching its way across mars for nearly six years. today the agency said it found something very interesting. kris van cleave explains why. >> reporter: nasa knows when it says it has an announcement about mars, everyone will have the same question. >> so i'm going to tell you right now what we're not announcing today is the detection of life. ep>> ror sten planet. ing the >> i'm a martian. >> reporter: but what they have found is still pretty exciting, especially for a nasa scientist. it's more evidence that life could have existed on the planet or may still be there. it's based on what the curiosity rover discovered in an ancient martian lake bed called gale crater. when the rover drilled into rock, it found different types ofrgan molecules. >> everything we know on earth,

especially with biology is composed of organic molecules. >> reporter: the over also confirmed seasonal increases in methane gas. on earth methane comes mostly from human, animal and plant life, none of which has been found on mars. >> there is a mystery there as to why it's there, where it's from. and that's what future missions are going to have to figure out. >> reporter: because it could be a sign of life? >> it could be a sign of life. >> reporter: back in 2013, the rover found hints of other organic materials in the same lake bed. but while all these findings mean there could be life on the planet, there could be other explanations. >> they could come from meteorites that are falling on the planet or come from rocks themselves and are being washed into rivers. >> reporter: so for now, the only real martians are in the movies. kris van cleave, cbs news, greenbelt, maryland. >> yes! that is the overnight for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check ban for the mond cbs

rning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor. from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, this is "overnight news." i'm david begnaud. police in mesa, arizona have released new body camera videos that critics say clearly shows officers beating an unarmed black man during an arrest. we want to warn you, the videos are disturbing. a group of officers is seen forcing the man into submission, while one of the officers punches the man in the face .y poceay s they were investigating a call about a pee domestic disturbance, and the man refused to sit down. this follows a number of incidents in which the mesa policeepartment has been accused of using excessive force. here is jamie yuccas. >> i am -- i am a family man. i'm a god fearing person. >> reporter: robert johnson says

he is still replaying the may 23rd incident over in his mind. >> i wt mesa to be held accountable for what they have done. >> reporter: newly reabody cam video shows the moment when three mesa police officers and a sergeant first confronted johnson. >> guess what? i ain't going to ask you again. >> reporter: they were responding to a domestic disturbance call. >> grab a seat. >> reporter: while the suspect they were looking for complies with an order to sit, johnson is asked several times and appears not to comply. this is what happens next. >> get down, sit down! sit your ass down! [ bleep ]. >> reporter: johnson, who is unarmed, takes several blows to the head and is rammed into an elevator door. after being handcuffed, he can be h sweeag atar oic er>> puttis.ng your hands on me. >>eporter: ae police indicate he is spitting at them, and get him a mask. >> don't you start that. don't you dare -- you tried to spit on me.

>> reporter: the officers are on paid leave. the mesa police union says there has been a rush to judgment. but one use of force expert disagrees. >> i think this is a rather clear-cut case of unreasonable force. it's remarkable how passive the suspect remains being punched in the face repeatedly and then goes down to the ground. >> there are a number of cases that have made national headlines when it comes to excessive force, especially one being reviewed now by the department of justice where an officer shot and killed an unarmed man who was begging for his life, and that was caught on camera. now, i can tell you that that officer was acquitted on murder charges last year, and that's when feds picked up the case. reality tv star kim kardashian is drawing attention to another controversial prison sentence after she played a pretty key role in president trump's recent use of clemency. matthew charles was released in 2016 after spending 21 years in prison.

but in march, a tennessee judge ordered him to return to prison and finish the rest of his 35-year sentence. now the push for his release comes as president trump commuted the life sentence of alice johnson that happened on wednesday. last week the president met with kardashian to put a spotlight on his case. jericka duncan has more. >> reporter: after more than two years of living as a free man, matthew charles is waking up in a county jail in kentucky. he is waiting to be moved to a federal prison where he will face another decade behind bars. while legally charles should never have been released in 2016, those close to the father of two say he has already done his time. >> you let someone out, you give them their freedom, and then you just take it back. that's just grossly unfair. >> reporter: john hairston said goodbye to his long-time friend matthew charles at this april going away party in nashville. charles is now behind bars, a

place the 51-year-old knows all too well. in 1996, charles was sentenced to 35 years in prison, in part for selling crack cocaine. he served 21 years with no disciplinary infractions. during charles' time in prison, presient obama signed a fair sentencing act, lowering sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses. charles appealed for a reduced sentence and was released in 2016. harrison says charles came out a reformed man, reconnecting with his family, attending church, and volunteering at a soup kitchen. >> he got a job. he got a vehicle. he got a place to stay. so he was really kind of getting his life back on track. >> reporter: but in march, a tennessee judge ordered charles back to prison to finish his sentence. >> as it turned out, i was wrong.mer judge kevin sharp >> rorte reduced charles' sente in 2016. sharp says he made his decision based off an incomplete record that failed to show charles as

career criminal. >> based on the record in front of me, i would have made the same decision. but the record i had was incomplete. >> reporter: though career criminals are not eligible for reduced sentencing, sharp believes charles should be free. >> he has done sufficient time based on the crimes he committed. i believe it's time now to release him. >> reportee utte ar:se 3e0 mttoy general cites charles' past drug convictions along with convictions of domestic assault, kidnapping, and shooting a man in the head. the filing also claims his 2016 sentence was unlawfully reducede poster child for, you know, someone that you would think of rehabilitating. so the fact that he got out fors safe is unusual. >> and this doesn't count for anything, according to the law. doesn't matter. the law it >> reporter: former federal prosecutor says charles' case is an anomaly.

>> do you think there is any fear of releasing someone early and they commit another crime and then it looks bad on the justice department? >> look, any time someone is released for committing a lot of crimes of violence, there is always that concern that they may recommit a crime. but the longer they're in, the studies show there is a less likely they are to resume a life of crime. >> it kind of shakes my trust in the justice system. >> reporter: harrison's friendship with charles dates back more than two dyck decades. they were cellmates in the '90s. harrison got out in 2001, and the pair have kept in touch through dozens of e-mails and letters. >> may 11, 2015. john, praise the lord, brother. all is well with me. i'm spending time in good's word and exercising every day. >> reporter: hairston says charles called him from jail a few days ago. >> i think it's hard their time because he has been out. he has done well. he didn't do anything to merit going back. >> reporter: before turning himself in last month, charles told national public radio why

he still believes in redemption. >> edidn't do it for just for the u.s. attorneys office to say charles has boy. let's give him a break. been here's a m gan whose changed. some see the changes that he's made and others won't even look at the changes. but that doesn't mean that i'm going to change back, you know what i mean? no, i'm going to continue to live out this new life. it's a great life. >> reporter: and attorney for matthew charles told us the commutation of alice johnson greatly encouraged him. in a statement, after johnson's commutation yesterday, charles' attorney said like alice, matthew charles has also proven worta ce. >> you're watching the cbs "overnight news." we'll be right back.

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this week people across the country have been marking the 50th anniversary of the death of robert f. kennedy. the senator and presidential candidate was shot just minutes after winning california's democratic primary. that was in 1968. five decades later, doubts remain about how kennedy really died. his son, robert kennedy jr., now believes the investigation into his father's killing should be reopened. kennedy talks about his dad's legacy in a new book called "american values," and he sat down with michelle disappointed about what is happening in the political landscape in our country today. >> reporter: strong words from

robert kennedy jr., whose family legacy has been indelibly marked on american politics. >> america is an example that we should know the difference between leadership and bullying and we should try to promote democracy. >> reporter: his new memoir recounts the days known as camelot, when his family was among the most powerful in the world and the most tragic. >> my family had a lot of tragedies, but many american families do. my mother always said this after my dad died, everybody takes their licks, and that there are family. i don't think a day goes by that i won't run into somebody who doesn't come up to me and say i'm a nurse. i went in to public service because of your dad. "american values." did you mean for it to set the record straight? >> welly, one of the reasons

that i wrote that book was for the -- i think the 105 kennedy children -- >> reporter: there are 105? >> at the cape in the summer. the last time we counted, there were something like 105. and the majority of them now did not ever experience camelot. but at the same time, it's the history of the kennedys and particularly the 40-year tension between my family and the cia. >> reporter: the kennedy feud with the cia was multigenerational. the family patriarch joseph kennedy sat on a commission that called for an end t parliamentary operations, and his sons john and robert kennedy both railed against the cia's role in vietnam. actually, my f before he was killed, the first thing he was going to do was to remove the clandestine services from the cia and make the cia

what it was supposed to be which was an intelligence gathering organization. >> reporter: it's almost as if you have set up and detailed an enemy's list where those who may have had it in for your family. >> there was a lot of enemies that my father made, and they weren't all cia. >> reporter: is that where the seeds of doubt were planted that perhaps your father wasn't killed by the person we say he was killed by? >> i never suspected at any level that anybody other than s ears r until maybe three y ago. >> reporter: what changed? >> paul schrade. >> reporter: paul schrade was a close friend of the kennedys and was with robert when he was shot. it was schrade who took the first bullet and he insisted for decades that sirhan could not

have acted alone. he has now raised serious questions in robert kennedy jr.'s mind as well. >> anybody who reads the autopsy report is -- it's hard to believe that sirhan shot my dad. because sirhan was always in front of my father. and yet all shot, all the four shots that hit my father came from behind him. >> reporter: that leads you to conclude what? >> i don't have any conclusion. i -- i mean, in my opinion is really irrelevant. what's important is what the facts say, what the autopsy says, what the ballistic evidence and what the eyewitnesses say. >> reporter: so you want it reopened? >> i've asked for reinvestigation of his murder. . >> the los angeles police department told us it did not have any more information to provide at this time. and in a statement to cbs news,

sirhan sirhan's attorney wrote in part, quote we are gratified that robert kennedy jr., who has been made aware of the evidence which justifiably aroused our suspicions agrees that the matter cries out for a deeper and unbiased investigation. >> you're watching the cbs "overnight news." we'll be right back.

make the most of a few minutes with ky natural feeling with aloe vera there is a new exhibit at the new museum of african american culture in washington, d.c. it opens today, and it honors oprah. the smithsonian's watching oprah exhibit celebrates her life and career and her impact on this country. gayle king was there for the emotional tour when oprah herself got the first look. >> so how many people are alive who get exhibits?

that's what oprah asked as we walked through the 4300-square-foot smithsonian culture that she changed forever. she is receiving this rare hono and extraordinary is the word, i have to say, on the millions of viewers around the world who tuned in weekly for more than two decades. we were with her when she saw the exhibit for the first time. wow. with a tour from the best museum director a girl could have, lonnie bunch. >> hey, lonnie bunch! >> welcome to watching oprah. >> we're watching oprah! >> i'm so pleased. >> the oprah show, an american culture. i love it. >> basically, what we've got here is how the world shaped you. so we really framed civil rights era. >> because 1954, i often say this, i was born at then when t court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional. even though things didn't turn around immediately, it was a sense of hope and change.

>> so even that's no accident that she was born that year. when you look at the big picture, lonnie. >> what i love, though, is to both give people the sense of how you were shaped by that, but also how you were shaped by the media. ♪ >> first time i saw the supremes on the ed sullivan show, colored people on! >> as a 10-year-old on, i went colored people on, colored people on, calling everybody. it was the first time i realized you could be a beautiful black woman on television. >> there aren't many things that can withstand the test of time. >> this was when i was doing my own hair. yeah. that was when i was afro for like seven years. >> after your hair fell out. >> and then all my hair fell out. i remember this. >> not a strip of makeup. lord have mercy. >> dialing for dollars! look at that. oh, my gosh. >> wait, what's this letter? what's this? >> oh, this is from my journal. >> this is the night before. >> yes. >> lonnie, this is the night before the show!

>> exactly eight hours before the national first show. i keep wondering how my life been so blessed.it will change,n maybe going national was to help me realize that i have an important work or that this work is important. i just know that i must be pressed to the mark of a high quality. >> you wrote that the night before. >> i know. >> mine would have been hope it& works! >> i'm oprah winfrey and welcome to the very first national "oprah winfrey show". >> i was so nervous that day, i had hives under myse hopefully to understand the power they have -- >> but don't you marvel at the consistency of her? the very first oprah we show to help show people the power they have to change their own lives. that's what you said on the first day.ieve that you've open world t ro possillbilityy where people are wrestling with issues they never wrestled with.

people feel they can change their lives in part because of the work you've done. >> the beating of rodney king came into our living rooms and smacked news the face. >> there have been opportunities to talk about race, right? but you rarely talk about race across racial lines. >> yes. >> and so for me, because of the confidence people had in you, people would listen and engage where they wouldn't in other venues. >> you are a peacemaker inside yourself. >> we're going to start a book club on the show. >> nerve the audience, now listen to me carefully, is being given a special package, and i don't want you to open it. >> now, you remember the night before you were trying to decide what to wear. >> i wanted a color that would match the bows on the car. >> you get a car, you get a car, you get a car! pu . >> ie l le. tths lural t oref ever wy a show you'v wow!eve don >> with the dates and everything. >> every she has done? >> every show from "the oprah winfrey show. >> 4,561.

>> and lonnie, the whole time. ♪ isn't she lovely >> i really do believe that i can't think of anything that was as transformative during those 25 years as your show. i can't think of anything. >> oh, thank you. >> i really can't. >> i thank you for saying that because i do believe we had a big impact on the culture. and i continue to feel that from people every day. >> absolutely. and i want to show you something where you'll see it even more. a journalist wrote this. >> oprah winfrey and gayle king inspired me to be a journalist. >> oprah brought my family together. we would all crowd around the television to watch a woman doing what only she could do. wow. this is amazing. >> oprah winfrey is the reason i love myself so fiercely and know that my voice matters. oh, that makes me want to cry. >> the bottom line is -- >> wow. >> this was your gift and our gift to america. and so we want to thank you for

that, for doing just that. >> i get it. >> it means a lot to us. y'rthe best. you really are. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> wow. that exhibit opens to the public on friday. and that's the moment that got -- everybody was fine walking through because we were marveling. it really was a great trip down memory lane. but when oprah hears from people directly, the impact that she has on them, that instantly is a game changer for her. just this morning, guys in the car, the guy who is driving me this morning, his name is ayeed. he is from pakistan. he came here in 1992 because he heard we were talking about oprah. he started watching the oprah winfrey show." he would see her walk in the audience and some of the issues she would cover, he said i just know she was a good human. i'm so sorry. i'm so used tubing about her. but it's the way he said it this morning. and when i see all the things that are in this room, it is getting to me.

and at the bottom line, she really is a good human who just wants to do good in the world. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.

we head west to california for this next story. for most rock climber, it takes three to five days to scale that legendary cliff in yosemite. it's called el capitan. elite climbers can do it in about a day. but on wednesday, two climbers raced to the top in under two hours. it was a record that rocked the industry. >> i look quite bad, but i actualeelygoodl >>ea one hour, 58 minutes, 7 seconds. that's all it took to speed up one of mountain climbing's most storied routes. >> i wasn't sure we were actually going up. after i saw the timer and saw 1:57 when i got to the top, oh, we're doing it, we'reoing challenge, no one else had conquered what's known as the nose of el capitan in less than

2:19. >> could it be done? two co. the two-hour nose actually be climbed? it had that allure to it. >> reporter: the duo scaled the towering formation, rising 3,000 feet from base to summit. that's taller than two empire state buildings. their feat wednesday could be likened to a marathon runner breaking the two-hour barrier, which has never been done before. >> it's fair to compare this to a two-hour marathon because it is the same cardiovascular output. you're trying hard for two hours. >> reporter: this was the third time they tried to scale especially el capitan in less than two hours. their previous efforts in the last week came up short. caldwell also had two really close calls during their training, surviving two falls. two other mountain climbers died on el capitan last weekend. >> that was heavy. >> i think that we're both relatively aware of the risks. so at a certain point, you're just accepting there is a

certain amount of risk. you're doing your best to manage it. >> reporter: huddle was actually the first man to climb el capitan solo and without ropes. he talked about taking on new adventures on cbs this morning in january. >> it doesn't have to be a crazy trip. it is something you're learning in a new way. >> how about anchoring morning show. >> that would be very difficult. >> guess what they're now thinking? the el capitan climb could be done in under 90 minutes. >> we could go up this evening, just do another going fast and raising your heart rate can actually make you fall. but tommy and alex insist that particular route they took was easy. their words, not ours. that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for sof continues. for others, check back a little later on for the morning news

morning."" from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm david begnaud. have ♪ ♪ it's friday, june 8, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." today, president trump heads to the g7 summit. he might get a chilly welcome from many u.s. allies and the historic summit between president trump and north korea's leader is just days away. >> i think i'm well prepared.k very much, it's about attitude. the capitals have won it! the capital of the country is the capital of the hockey playoffs.