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this quarter billion dollar gps satellite indispensable to the way the american military fights and the rest of us live. from cell phones to atms.
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it cost another quarter billion to launch it into orbit. after that it is controlled by a small team of airmen from a base in colorado. they wear air force uniforms. today president trump decreed in the future will they become members of a separate space force. >> i am hereby directing the department of defense and pentagon, to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces. that is a big statement. >> it would be the first new branch of the armed services since the air force was created in 1947. less than a year ago, secretary mattis told congress i do not wish to add a separate service that would bring with it a whole new bureaucracy. but proponents of the space force argue the air force is too devoted to fighters and bombers to give space the attention and
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the money it deserves. both side agree, u.s. sat lielts are threat end by russian and chinese anti-satellite weapons. this air force graphic shows the debris from a 2007 chinese test in which they shot down one of their own weather satellites. that test is now seen as a wake-up call to the vulnerability of american satellites. >> the president's announcement caught most senior officials by surprise. the space force would be the smallest of the armed services. but before it becomes a reality, it will have to be approved by congress. jeff. >> fascinating issue with much more to come. david martin. thank you. coming up next. why health experts say video gaming is as addictive as drugs. and later the innovation about to make america's 911 emergency system a lot smarter.
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video game can be addictive. today the world health organization classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: the seven year study by world health
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organization reveals that some gamers get the same brain stimulation or high as though addicted to drugs and alcohol. omar blackburn couldn't handle a job, home or car, because of his constant impulse to play. >> i've constantly always have my mind on it i am going to be wanting to do that. >> he says he is not an addict but can't remember how young he was when he started playing video games. >> probably 4 or 5 years old. when i was old enough to actually get my hand around the controller. now 19 he spend hours a day on gaming systems. >> if i'm hanging out with a friend who, also really loves games, we might just have a marathon and play for, like, eight hours. >> do you have to beus about taking a break? or getting up from the video game? >> it is difficult some times, yeah. >> from difficult to compulsion. that fine line has the world health organization now defining gaming addiction. saying if people have impaired
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control over gaming, give it priority over other activities, and there is continuation or escalation of gaming, they could have a mental health condition. dr. jeff nalen clinical psychologist. >> some times these behaviors really go off the rails when there is a depression or anxiety disorder underneath it. and, the gaming behaviors become the thing that they use to sort of avoid dealing with all of those feelings. >> the american psychiatric association does not agree at all. they do not think it is a unique mental disorder there isn't enough evidence. jeff, u.s. insurance companies at this point do not consider gaming an addicting. and don't cover treatment. >> okay. jamie yuccas, thank you. next here, imagine opening your front door and seeing a river where the street used to be. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college.
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police are looking for 24-year-old zachary shock awaiting trial for murder. and, 61-year-old, johnny tipton, charged with possession of stolen property. america's 911 emergency system about to enter the 21st century. apple said today the iphone's next operating system will tell 911 operators exactly where the call is coming from. currently iphones provide the location of the cell tower transmitting that call. up next here, gale king is back from texas.
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many of the immigrants are fleeing violence from home countries in central america. gayle king talked to a mom who said she is determined to save the lives of the kids. >> reporter: in early june, christina melguard fled el salvador with her 16-year-old
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daughter and 10-year-old son. seeking asylum at the border after they were threatened by violent gangs. >> i just came to this country to protect my children. to do something, good, not to do anything mad. >> she was arrested once arrived at the border. she was separated from her children and had not seen them for six days. >> reporter: when you came to the border did you think you could be separate from your children? >> no. no. i never imagined. >> this woman and her 15-year-old son, fled guatemala. she says to escape violence in her country. after nearly a week in detention and separated from her son. she was released with an ankle bracelet. were you treated very well? were youfr i was very scared. >> what were you scared of? >> i didn't think i could see my mom again. >> sister norma pimantel is the director of the catholic
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charities facility and assists migrant families released from the detention center. a big welcome sign. there are a lot of people in the country that don't welcome them. what do you say to those people? >> if they see the child i have seen. when those childs are looking at me with those, faces, full of tears, asking me, help me. how can you not help that child? >> each day, more than 100 people walk through her doors asking for help. >> these people have hurt a lot. >> they're told they're breaking the law. there are consequences for that. >> they're entering the country asking for protection. how can that be breaking law? they're not running away. they're saying i need your help. my life is in danger. >> that is the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning.
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this the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news," i'm michelle miller. president trump zero tolerance immigration policy which has taken nearly 2,000 children from their immigrant parents is drawing fire from all side. both republicans and democrats in congress have voiced outrage. the u.n. wants it to end. and even former first ladies, michelle obama, and laura bush are speaking out. mrs. bush called the trump policy, cruel and immoral. president trump is standing his ground. blaming democrats and insisting the united states will not become a migrant camp. gayle king begins coverage from a refugee center in texas.
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>> reporter: immigration as you know and huh ow to fix it is a difficult issue. americans on every side of it have been troubled by the images they're seeing on their tv screens. immigrant children and their parents, being held separately, it is striking that all the first ladies as you point out all of them mothers are speaking out strongly against the policy. we have talked to law enforcement officers here many of them have children too. and they tell us, listen, we don't make the imgrigs laws. but it is our job to enforce them. we have also been talking to people, many of them, came to the united states fleeing violence and oppression in central america. more of their stories in the broadcast. first, now my colleague got a look inside tells what's he saw and heard. >> reporter: this is the video the government gave us to show you. we were given 15 minutes to write down what we saw. we couldn't bring our cameras. men, women, and children, are kept in large fenced in cages. they are segregated according to how they cross the border.
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>> talking about very, very high numbers. >> manuel padilla jr. is chief of the sector. >> it is not a simple issue of separating the families. we have to look at this broader. without emotion. and objectively. at the end of the day, we actually have to do something about the current immigration law that has many loopholes. >> has illegal immigration got sewn bad, separating families is the best way to deter people from coming in. >> that its one of the only options. >> the process is complex with variables. but generally, after parents are subject to criminal proceedings, minors are unaccompanied alien children. 72 hours is the maximum holding time until they are placed in one of approximately 100 shelters. the goal is to placement with a family member who is living in the u.s. if a parent seeking a claim of
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asylum is denied, the policy its for them to be reunited with their child. but that process can take weeks. we wanted to know what the people of mccalen think. >> whether you like him or not. trump is trying to do something. >> this is a mexican-american army veteran. not taking away from what the kids are going through. i understand people want a better life. there is a process. there is a way. we are a nation of laws. >> i have seen them before right there. >> you might think belinda garcia would support the president policies, lives a quarter mile from the rio grande where might grants swim and run across her backyard. she doesn't support zero tolerance, of prosecuting. >> don't think they should be prosecuted because they're crossing the border. >> miss garcia doesn't support the president's border wall. that was so interesting, she's
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has a personal stake in this. they're running through her backyard. >> yeah, that answer surprises me. viewers who took exception with you characterizing it as cages. do you have anything to say? >> 15 minutes. got a call. i hate the word you use cages. she didn't say it was inaccurate. people may not like it. but it its a fact. it is a reminder, that on both sides of this issue, there is a lot of emotion. >> hard to describe it anything but cages when you look at it. thank you very much. always paint such a picture. thank you, david. mireya villarreal meant much of the day with immigrants on the mexican side of the border hoping to make it to america. she tells us many of them can expect to be turned away. >> hidden haven for immigrants trying to cross into the u.s. or have been deported. it is known and just across the u.s. border on the outskirts of ciudad juarez. this mexican woman, lost her husband, son to violence. >> you are scared they're going to separate you? that's the reason why you are not crossing.
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you are scared. >> maria covernelli runs a group to help undocumented immigrants. she says the trump administration's zero tolerance policy is changing advice she gives them. >> what i am frying to do is tell them that, tell them the people, don't go. because they are going to take away your kids. >> as a mother. how hard is it for you to listen to these stories? of separation? >> if they've would do that to me, i would die. >> if you can't cross at the bridge, what are you going to do? [ speaking spanish ] you are going to try to cross
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illegally. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: 361 people are turned away from the southwest border every day. but jeff the people i spoke with in some of the shelters didn't know they could ask for asylum. but they do know who president trump is. and they know he is not backing down. >> the united states will not be a migrant camp. >> reporter: president trump blamed congressional democrat tuesday for his administration's family separation policy. >> if the democrats would sit down instead of obstructing, we could have something done very quickly. but it was the administration the institution of zero tolerance policy prosecuting any adult who crosses the border illegally and separating them from their children or accompanied minors. >> we have to do our job. we will not apologize for doing our job. >> homeland security secretary
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kirsten neilson. >> these minors are very well taken carry of. don't believe the press. >> the backlash against the trump administration policy has been bipartisan. house democratic leader nancy pelosi toured a detention facility near san diego. >> do they think these children deserve less than their children do? >> louisiana republican senator john kennedy called the situation a hot mess. >> i don't have any problem whatsoever allowing children of those who are coming in illegally to stay with their parents. >> and four former first lady also weighed in. led by laura bush who wrote in a "washington post" op-ed, this zero tolerance policy is cruel. it is immoral and it break is my heart. michelle obama retweeting the article, saying some times truth transcends party. hillary clinton spoke out in new york. >> separating families is not mandated by law at all. that is an outright lie.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." tesla founder, elon musk has explaining to do after one of the expensive model s vehicles burst into flames on a california street. jamie yuccas reports. tesla calling the incident extraordinarily unusual. this model s caught fire friday afternoon in west hollywood california. actress mary mccormack tweeted saying tesla this is what happened to my husband and car today. no accident out of the blue in traffic. in a statement, tesla says our initial investigation shows that the cabin of the vehicle was totally unaffected by the fire. due to our battery architecture.
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which is designed to protect the cabin in the very rare event that a battery fire occurs. >> of course the video footage itself looks alarmist. >> editor and chief at edmunds. >> there has been issues with batteries in the past. electric car batteries are different. sophisticated technology. >> tesla maintains it takes measures to protect passengers from fires which it says are ten times less likely in a tesla than in a gas car. >> we have driven over 50,000 miles in these vehicles and have never replicated this or anything like it nor have we seen evidence elsewhere of other cars spontaneously catching fire. i think it need more investigation. >> other incidents where tesla's call the fire involved collisions like this deadly florida crash last month. or impact with objects on the road. like this 2013 accident in washington state. there were no injuries in this latest incident. and tesla is working to
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understand the cause of the fire. >> jamie yuccas, los angeles. city officials in chicago are hoping tesla founder elon musk can aindividual those problems on his latest project. high speed underground transportation link to o'hare airport. our own dean reynolds has the details. this animation shows how elon musk's company plans to transform transportation. passengers will one day travel like this from downtown chicago to o'hare airport. gliding on electric skates as many as 16 people, would be swept along at speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour. making the nonstop trip in 12 minutes. compare that to an hour of hell for the 45 minutes on mass transit for the same journey. >> mr. musk why? why do you do this?
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>> it seems like we have been stuck in traffic for decades. i don't know, belter part of a century. >> there is a lot of skepticism that this can be done at all. >> look, there were doubters about putting a man on the moon. on anything that is new there will be doubters. >> chicago mayor and the tech entrepreneur turned billionaire businessman musk say it is team to give chicago 21st century transportation. on thursday they visited the proposed downtown station which happens to sit underneath the cbs news chicago bureau. >> in fact, can some one detect we are building the tunnel underneath them. we want to buy the technology that kay invented. >> sturd yeesness >> sturdiness and dispoe saufl the dirt. if concerns are answered. musk says digging could start in three to four months. the first passengers could be aboard in three years. 30 to 60 feet underground.
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musk is hoping to dig a tunnel in california to showcase the technology, and is working with officials in the northeast corridor on a similar idea. though red tape is slowing his progress. musk certainly knows something about being in a hole. he just laid off 9% of his work force at tesla because of financial reorganization. >> two, one, liftoff. >> but space x rockets are part of the nation's exploration efforts and musk remains bullish. >> i think this is something that its new and exciting. not just the same old thing. america is about trying bold new things and new technologies that are really going to inspire people for the future. >> it is predicted the system could carry 2,000 passengers in either direction every hour. with the so-called skates, leaving a 30 second to two minutes intervals. the price, $20 to $25, or about half what a cab ride would cost. shortly before we spoke to musk on thursday, he addressed the
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possibility of failure. >> if we fail, i guess, me and others will lose the a bunch of money. >> dean reynolds. chicago. and it's not all just about elon musk he has a younger brother you probably have never heard of it. kimble musk. like his more famous sibling, kimble is working to mold the futu future, but doing it by changing what we eat. barry peterson has his story. >> do you remember why? >> they need the shade. and, they taste better if they're softer. >> on a crisp denver morning, these middle school students are discovering how to develop a green thumb. you get your hands into the soil. and start planting. arugula, char, and kale. >> will this change how you think about food? >> later in life i would enjoy a garden. >> cheering on these denver school of science and technology
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students, is the man in the straw hat. he is no ordinary cowboy. he's kimble musk, in the 90s he helped older brother elon launch zip to, and the company that would become, paypal. >> so many people told me, back 2000, 2002, 2005. i missed the opportunity for the internet. i looked at them. i said. yeah, you missed it. it was awesome. real food is the opportunity of your generation. the wave that is coming, will blow your mind. >> what does that mean? >> real food is the new internet. means that -- young entrepreneurs getting into food today, whether bringing real food, that just tastes much better, that's food that you trust to nourish your body, trust to nourish the farmer and trust to nourish the planet is the opportunity of our generation. >> musk still works with his
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brother's ventures, tesla and space x, but this is his personal venture that's become a life's work. replacing high calorie foods with healthier ones. >> try that one. >> it is ambrosia. really good. >> nutritious, delicious, kale chip. that kid love. >> it is fried? >> it is fried. super nutritious. most nutritious vegetable. alternative to french fries that kid just love. >> musk always had an interest in cooking. attending culinary school after making it big in tech. but in 2001, he found purms in tragedy. >> i graduated from cooking school just before 9/11. i woke up to the sound of the planes hitting the building. i had lived very close to world trade centers. and, looked out the window, saw the towers fall. escaped that area. i was, really intense. and, one of the hardest things i
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had ever been got invited to volunteer to cook for the firefighters. it taught me the power of community, taught me how food, brings communities together. how real food can, revitalize people. even in the most traumatic circumstances. >> alongside his business partner, musk opened his first restaurant the kitchen in 2004. after rave reviews the kitchen expanded to the kitchen restaurant group. serving up high end dining at hedge row, and affordable farm to table dishes at next door. so the restaurant is kind of papered with signs like eat local food. what does that mean? >> so local means knowing your farmer trusting where your food comes from. for us at next door. means a farmer gets to know us directly so they drive here. get to know them. might go visit their farm. >> you are competing with -- one dollar hamburger meals, you are trying to encourage people to
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eat kale chips instead? >> amazed how expensive the places are. if you go to mcdonald's, family four. spend $30. we are not competing with mcdonald's at price. or an spl bfamily of four. $40. over time hope to get it cheaper. >> musk wants to make sure no matter where you live, a farmer is never too far away. he is trying to make that a reality. with his brooklyn startup called square roots. the rows of shipping containers, are vertical urban farms, that fit two acres of outdoor growing space into 320 square feet. >> ryan commerce is one of 10 entrepreneur farmers at square roots. >> so, our farm is geared towards wholesale. we sell to mainly restaurants. half of my farm, this entire half of the farm is kale. so we are able to produce, just in this farm, about 30 pounds of kale each week. >> with the number of american farmers declining steadily.
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musk isn't just investing in the technology to move farming into the future. but in future farmers themselves. in 2011, musk co-founded nonprofit big green. bringing edible and educational nourishment to schools that need it most. >> so the idea behind the learning gardens to connect kids to real food. take that back to their home. they may, get their parents to biff it. more nutritious food at the grocery stores. but they will make belter decisions for the rest of their lives around real food. we are not here to tell them what to do but we want them how to know what real good is. >> big green is serving 460,000 students in seven states in the hope to reach 1 million children, by the year 2020. >> it makes me happy to think that someone enjoyed planting like, their happiness. >> that's awesomeness. >> reporter: a whole new meaning to an old truism. you can be what you eat.
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since 2004. the deer tick found in the northeast, spreads lyme disease which accounts for 63% of the illnesses tracked. lyme disease cases have doubled to 36,000 a year. and the cdc says because of underreporting the real number is closer to 300,000. diseases carried by mosquitoes e in shark spikes. more than 40,000 cases of zika in u.s. territories, puerto rico. there are numbers of reasons for the rise, climate change may be playing a role. warmer temperatures lead to longer breeding season and lady to spread of ticks into a larger area. we live in a smaller world. during zika epidemic. infected travelers coming to the united states from brazil and places like mexico actually brought the virus with them. and then, finally, i have a great tip from the cdc, coming
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lines have been forming early in yellowstone national park for visitors who want to take a stroll through the grove of giant sequoias. touris have been trampling through the grove 150 years damaging the trees and their roots. but after a three year restoration project, the majestic sequoias are again open for business. our own john blackstone took a stroll through the giants. >> go for it. >> reporter: the ceremony reopening the mariposa grove include a three year makeover of one of yosemite's natural wonders. true low a place of giants. here in yosemite national park, the grove has trees so big, it is hard to fit them all in the
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picture. but a 40 million restoration project is making it belter thaen ever to see the trees in person. >> completely restored. just a more tranquil, more serene experience. >> frank dean is president of the yosemite nonprofit that raised $20 million for the restoration of the grove. the national park service put in another $20 million. >> how is this different than what was here four years ago? >> well, where we are standing now, there was a diesel fuel station for the trams. so now what you have is the first view, you get as you see it framed by, two or three giant sequoia. >> goal was to take out many modern additions returning the grove to a nor natural state. removing pavement and parking lots. restoring streams and wetlands. and minimizing the damage from cars, and people, getting too close. >> you can see that people have come up to this tree before. and feel the bark. maybe pull a strip off. so if we have thousand of people
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coming to visit the grove we just can't allow people to come up and touch the trees any more. >> sue, a restoration ecologist with national park service helped plan the makeover. include new england fences to protect the trees bark from too many hands. and raised walk ways toan feet. >> all of those foot steps, would, would compact the soil around the trees. and the roots are very shallow. so if you compact the soil, they're not able to grab those, the walter nutrients that they need. >> the latest steps in that protection were being completed just in time for this weekend's reopening. but while workers were taking care of details on the ground, visitors will be looking up. way up. john blackstone, in the mariposa grove, yosemite national park. >> that will do it for us here on the "overnight news" this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others hope you will check back with us later.
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for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york captioning funded by cbs it's tuesday, june 19th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." the trump administration digs in on its zero tolerance border policy. >> the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. >> why lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for an end to the separation of families. and fast-moving thunderstorms strike parts of the northeast bringing down trees and knocking out power. he

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