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pitts asked an undercover fbi agent what would hit them in the core? have a bomb blow up at the fourth of july parade? the 48-year-old american citizen, who expressed a hatred for the u.s. military allegedly scouted several locations in downtown cleveland, including the united states coast guard station and the rock & roll hall of fame. in recent weeks, the fbi was growing increasingly uneasy that his words would eventually turn

into action. steve anthony is with the fbi. >> his extensive criminal history, including felonious assault, domestic violence, aggravated robbery, and carrying a concealedpon furthered our reason for concern. >> reporter: pitts had been on the fbi's radar since 2015 when he wrote on facebook, "f america and their armed forces. the usa will be destroyed. allahu akbar. investigators say the threats and planning would continue until his arrest yesterday. justin hurtman is a u.s. attorney. >> when asked about the carnage this would cause, pitts said comments like "i don't care" and "i have no regrets." >> reporter: investigators say pitts also discussed an attack in philadelphia on labor day. he is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. jeff, the department of homeland security told me today that it treats fourth of july festivities as potentially vulnerable targets that deserve a higher level of attention. >> jeff pegues, troubling

details. thank you. michael cohen, president trump's former personal attorney and self-describe fixer once said he would take a bullet for mr. trump. now with cohen's dealings under federal today, he said it's family and country first. paula reid is covering this story as she has been for some time. now paula, what are you hearing about whether michael cohen may or may not flip? >> sources tell me cohen expects to be charged. and if that happens, he is going to have to make a decision about whether or not he wants to share what he knows about the president in exchange for leniency in his own case. as you just said, this is the president's long-time personal attorney, his long-time fixer whose always insist head would be loyal to the president. but now he is saying publicly what we've been reporting for weeks, which is this is not about loyalty anymore. this is about his family. this is about the toll, the emotional and financial toll that a case like this could take on his family. now, i'm also told he will wait to see what exactly he's charged with before making a decision

about whether to cooperate. >> cohen has been on twitter and tv today. why is he saying this and speaking out now? >> i'm told he wants to defend his character. he wants to take yoll of a story where he believes he has been cast as a villain. and he wants to send a message to the president and special counsel about how he wants to proceed. for him, it's not about loyalty. it is about his family. the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, he has said he doesn't actually expect that cohen will cooperate, but if he does, he said it's fine because giuliani insists the president has done nothing wrong. >> cohen certainly sent those messages today. paula reid, thank you. coming up next from washington, d.c., the role hollywood foaming body wash.

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strapped with automatic rifles, they set off smoke bombs and used power tools to cut through the doctor to the visiting area, where ftingis brother. the unarmed wardens didn't put up a fight. in minutes the escape was over without a shot being fired. faid was already france's most famous criminal mastermind, featuring in documentaries and authoring two books. he said he studied hollywood crime blockbusters like "heat," even personally thanking director michael mann for being his technical director. >> they were airborne. >> reporter: and he had broken out of jail before, blasting his way out using explosives hidden in tissue box, only to be captured six weeks later. faid was currently serving a 25-year sentence for the murder of a policewoman killed in a botched robbery. within hours of sunday's escape, the tch outas d pilot shoc oer unharm. then t car, also

torched on the inside. faid and his accomplices vanished. they're now on the run, armed and dangerous. the prison had warned the ministry of justice that the security was insufficient for someone like faid. they were told it would be reviewed in september. jeff? >> charlie d'agata with the incredible details tonight. charlie, thanks. still ahead here, american take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. so you don't have to stash antacids here...

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authorities in the bahamas have identified some of the victims of an explosion and fire on board a tour boat. all were american. it happened saturday. some passengers on a second boat helped with that rescue. some victims were carried back to shore on makeshift gurneys. malika grimes was killed. stephanie shafer of vermont lost both legs. in idaho, a man accused in a stabbing spree at a children's party now faces murder charges. one of the victims died today. a 3-year-old girl who had been celebrating her birthday. the suspect, timmy kinner accused of stabbing six children and three adults.

kenner was convicted the day before from the apartment complex where the attack occurred. on the day after lebron james announced he is leaving the cavaliers to join the l.a. laker, cleveland seems to be taking it in stride. yes, the ten-story postler come down, but not for a few days. much different eight years ago. fans burned jerseys then when james left cleveland for the first time for miami. but thou with the 2016 championship, there are plans to retire, not burn his number, 23. coming up next here, a very special birthday celebration.

the water came rushing down main street. it took the sidewalk with it. >> the intense heat. i can feel it radiating on my back. >> this is a joint security area of the dmz, where north and south meet there. >> are casualties coming back and it sutter chaos here. we end here tonight with children who have very little, but they do have something all of us have, a birthday. and now they have one more thing, someone to make sure their birthday is celebrated. here is mireya villarreal. ♪ >> reporter: mary davis loves a good party. every month she throws a massive rooftop birthday party on los

angeles' skid row, where more than 2500 homeless people live in an area that's less than half a square mile. >> when you come up on this rooftop, it feels like you're on top of the world. >> reporter: that feeling is not one these kids are used to. you see, everyone here is homeless. >> we are in ground zero skid row, and children live here. >> reporter: the first night mary through this party, about 15 kids showed up. five years later, they're expecting over 200. mary and her husband, ari kaden started worthy of love, deciding that children without a home still deserve a birthday party. the couple was looking for a way the give back after suffering two miscarriages. >> so many children in skid row needed to feel important and loved, but we didn't realize how much joy they were going to bring to us. and that was so healing for me. >> reporter: this is the second stay at union rescue mission for the randall family. briana turns 12 this month. and without worthy of love, her

birthday would be just another day. >> i still want them to live a normal life, you know. we're in a tough situation right now. i want them to still be kids. >> reporter: dr. suess is tonight's theme. there is cake, games, a whole lot of dancing, and for one night, they simply get to feel like kids again. >> the last time i had a big birthday was for my ninth birthday. ♪ happy birthday >> reporter: after watching more than 6,000 kids blow out candles at these party, ari and mary finally had one of their own, a little girl who will celebrate her first birthday right here. >> i want her to grow up knowing there are kids that don't get everything that you have. you also have to bless others, bring happiness and joy to those that need it the most. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. that. >> the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for other, check back later for the morning news and cbs this

morning. from washington, d.c., i'm jeff glor. this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. one of the most extreme heatwaves in years is scorching much of the country with no immediate relief in sight. tens of millions of americans are under excessive heat warnings or advisories. temperatures are spiking well into the 90s, and even triple-digits. the dangerously hot weather is expected to stick around through the fourth of july holiday and beyond. here is demarco morgan. >> for the fourth straight day, there was no escaping the heat, each along the jersey shore where thousands baked in temperatures reaching 95 degrees. nearly 50 million people across

the country are under a heat watch tonight. nursing home residents in englewood, new jersey were forced to evacuate after their air conditioning went out. >> well, especially with the elderly, we try to make an effort to get our contract customers and elderly first. >> ac technician jim burrell is working outside to cool people off inside. he's seen a spike in calls. >> i'm probably doing eight or ten calls a day. generally it's six to seven. we've got to get to them and we try to do our best for everybody. >> reporter: interstate 94 in indiana buckled due to the extreme heat. tom albertini and his team spent the day sweltering outside in heat that felt like 105 degrees. >> this spot, not too much shade. so wide open and we have to deal with it. >> swim! >> swim. >> in new york city, the wait to take a dip in a public pool wound around the block. >> yesterday we came here and the line was finished all the

way over there. so this time we came earlier to get a spot in the pool. >> reporter: officials are warning everyone to pay attention to the signs when it comes to heat-related illness. nausea, dizziness and headaches and they also say you should stay hydrated. jeff, that's exactly what we've been seeing with beachgoer, staying hydrated up and down the new jersey shore. the fbi says it has stopped a potential fourth of july terror attack in cleveland. federal agents arrested a man accused of planning to target a parade. jeff pegues is following that investigation. >> reporter: demetrius pitts was not trained by al qaeda, but investigators believe he was a wanna-be, willing to see a bomb plot through to the end. according to court papers, the plan included driving a remote-controlled car packed with explosives into a fourth of july parade. pitts asked an undercover fbi agent what would hit them in the core? have a bomb blow up at the fourth of july parade?

the 48-year-old american citizen, who expressed a hatred for the u.s. military allegedly scouted several locations in downtown cleveland, including the united states coast guard station and the rock & roll hall of fame. in recent weeks, the fbi was growing increasingly uneasy that his words would eventually turn into action. steve anthony is with the fbi. >> his extensive criminal history, including felonious assault, domestic violence, aggravated robbery, and carrying a concealed weapon furthered our reason for concern. >> reporter: pitts had been on the fbi's radar since 2015 when he wrote on facebook, "f america and their armed forces. the usa will be destroyed. allahu akbar." investigators say the threats and planning would continue until his arrest yesterday. justin herdman is a u.s. attorney. >> when asked about the carnage this would cause, pitts said comments like "i don't care" and "i have no regrets." >> reporter: investigators say pitts also discussed an attack

in philadelphia on labor day. he is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. one of the survivors in the mass shooting at a newspaper office in maryland is talking about his narrow escape. last week, a gunman killed five people inside the capital gazette newsroom in annapolis. in chilling detail, fellow staffer paul gillespie describes how split second decisions likely saved his life. here is chip reid. >> reporter: paul gillespie has been a photojournalist here at for almost 18 years. he says journalism is in his blood, and that's why he felt compelled to tell his story. >> i was, you know, saying i can't believe this is happening, i can't believe i'm going to die here. >> reporter: you thought you were going to die? >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: what kept paul ciakinthe s of thettack. >> i heard a loud pop and i heard the glass smash. i stood up and turned around, as

soon as i saw him, i dove under hea ather gunshot.heard, you >> reporter: after firing through the capital gazette's front entrance at about 2:30, the gunman stormed into the newsroom with 11 people inside. sales assistant rebecca smith was shot first. gillespie curled under a desk in the middle of the office at the shooter began aiming at more of his colleagues. >> wendi sat on just the other side of the desk that i was under. and i heard her get up. and she might have said some over stuff. but the thing i remember most is her saying "no!" i think she was defending herself. and then i heard the shot. >> reporter: the gunman shot and killed four more of gillespie's coworkers including wendi winters. before the rampage, the shooter blocked the office's secondary entrance, leaving only the front entrance for people like gillespie to escape. >> i was making a break for it. and whatever happened, happened.

if i got shot, it was going to be a bummer, but i was at least going to take my chances. >> reporter: gillespie made it outside the building and ran to a neighboring building for help. after catching his breath, he called his wife, i said jan, it's me, it's paul. i'm okay. somebody came into the capital office and started shooting people, and it's real bad, and i can't talk long, but it's bad. >> reporter: to help cope with the tragedy, gillespie is planning to get back to work, all while keeping his colleagues in mind. >> five people we lost, they'd want us to go on and make the best of our lives that we have left. >> reporter: during our interview, gillespie wore a t-shirt that says "journalism matters." he says it was his way of showing support for all local nurps all across the country. he says the capital gazette will move out of its offices in the building behind me where this tragedy occurred and into new offices soon. and in the meantime, they're the baltimore sun.supportro t c

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is the cbs overnight news. >> the nypd will be out in full force this fourth of july as crowds gather to watch the country's biggest fireworks show on the east river. the nypd's emergency services unit is like an all purpose s.w.a.t. team and is a critical part of the massive security effort. the esu has roughly 500 members. only ten of them are women. detective tina guerrero is the only female counter sniper in the nypd. andinxercis to the top of the brooklyn bridge. it is the latest installment in the cbs this morning series

"profiles in service." >> reporter: from one hundred yards away, detective tina guerrero fires her remington n24 rifle, consistently hitting her targets. how god of a shot are you? >> i would say i'm pretty good. >> reporter: i've heard you say the esu is like a big boy's playground and you wanted to play in it. >> yeah. the challenge of being able to go out there and do all these things that the guys were doing is something i wanted to do. i did have to prove myself as other women do and other men do too. >> reporter: the men and women of the emergency service unit endure rigorous training to se aeso hazmat atcks. >> when i t am, i wasindated, but i said, you know, go out there and do the best you can, and i did. and i remember getting a phone call from one of the other guys that i work with, and he said listen, for what it's worth, you

did well. >> reporter: nice. >> you did well. >> reporter: well enough to trade in her undercover work in the vice squad for scuba gear and a 50-pound vest. as a member of esu, detective guerrero has to prepare for any scenario, including suicidal jumpers. we joined the team on a training exercise. >> here we go. >> reporter: where we climbed nearly 280 feet to the top of the brooklyn bridge. >> hold from here and you can clip in. >> reporter: the team looks out for each other as we climb the nearly 6,000 foot suspension bridge that connects manhattan and brooklyn. >> every time we move, we use these carabiners. essentially, we're harnessing ourselves so we're always safe. we're always tied in. >> i've made to it the top! >> that was pretty awesome. >> reporter: thanks pour the great climb. >> you're welcome, you're welcome. >> reporter: this is no sweat off your back to do this? >> no, i enjoyed every minute of it. it's a great view up here. >> reporter: detective guerrero's husband is also in

the esu, though the duo rarely work together. a mother of three works overnights to spend more time with their children. >> we've got three kids. you miss a lot of their favorites. >> yeah, i have. >> reporter: and you put your life on the line. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: all the time. >> yeah. >> reporter: why? why do you do it? >> i do it because i just love being out there. try not to think about, you know, the dangers of it. there is not a night goes by that the guys i work with, i know they're looking out for me, as i do the same for them. >> reporter: detective guerrero reflects on her journey to the nypd's version of s.e.a.l. team 6. >> i was pretty excited to come up again. >> reporter: when you first started climbing, were there men in the unit who said i don't w? yeah, i belie when proved a f people wrong. definitely believed that. they're retired now, though. >> reporter: they're retired! >> yeah, they're retired now. >> reporter: and how did you disprove the doubters?

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a last-ditch effort is under way to save the rarest of all marine mammals from extinction. the akita is an endangered species of porpoise.

so it's rare, few people have ever seen them in the wild. now rese don dahler joined a very special expedition in the gulf of california. >> reporter: as the sun creeps above the horizon, we head out with a disparate group of volunteers, veterinarian, and marine biologists on a difficult, some would say impossible mission two years in the making, to track the rarest of marine mammals, the vaquita porpoise. >> this is bigger than the vaquita. for conservation of marine mammal, this is a big thing. >> reporter: lorenzo is directing the effort. it's been an uphill battle against the odds. the cost, now in the $5 million range, and the elements. might seem calm out here, but when there is any chop in the water at all, the spotters have a hard time telling the difference between the little tops of the waves and the dorsal fins. the challenge is amplified by the fact that there are so few

of the diminutive porpoises left.cent the ed just 30 today. found only here in the gulf of california. >> the threat is the sunken nets that are placed out illegally at night to catch. >> reporter: the vaquita is a demand for this fish. they can catch up to $10,000 each on the black market. their swim gladder is believed to boost fertility. >> it is about the size of a vaquita head, so they easily get entangled. >> reporter: the desperate rush to save some for captive breeding before they're all gone. >> vaquitas are really small animals. they're about my size. only in singles and pairs. >> reporter: it requires delicate coordination. spotter boats search the water for finish. when o ppoises are spotted, trained navy dolphins

act as herd they're carefully transferred on th a marine hospital for medical assessment. then a short trip to the vaquitas new home, a sea pen once used as an aquarium tow heard nearly 2,000 miles from the pacific. the complicated plan worked at first. on day two of the project they captured one for the first time ever. when you caught the first juvenile, that first week, you must have felt terrific that you had a chance to actually succeed. >> oh, yeah. it was all cheers. it was just so exciting that we might actually catch an individual and maybe, you know, catch enough to save the species. >> reporter: but that 6-month-old female was just too stressed from the experience. they had to let her go. and the team took to the sea to try again. >> vaquita is in this water

right off of our bow. the boats are moving around trying to encircle him. and again. and again. >> with a all the species going extinct in the world every year, why this one worth saving? >> one, every species is worth saving. this is the most endangered marine mammal right now. sort of in our profession, this would be the species that we focus on. >> reporter: but all the effort and expense and frustration is also to bring the issue of illegal gill nets to the public's attention. >> so if we can absolutely ensure these underwater gill nets are not in the place where these remaining animals are, that's -- they would survive. >> reporter: they could thrive on their own. they just need a chance. >> they just need a chance. >> reporter: don dahler, bo w t baja, mexico. a new york couple is getting fall in love all over again after 20 years of marriage. our steve hartman reveals how a devastating loss revealed a

precious opportunity. >> which pictures do we have here? anything current? >> reporter: jeff and angela are in that getting to know you stage of their relationship. but unlike couples going through that discovery period. >> i remember that. >> reporter: jeff and angela hartung of tulsa, oklahoma. >> what did we do when we were there? >> reporter: are married and have been for the past 1 years. >> i don't remember. >> reporter: so much was lost after the accident. about five years ago, angela got hit by a car while crossing this intersection in new york city. she suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for about a month. when she woke up, she was trapped in the past. >> i don't remember anything. at all. my two children. i thought they were 2 and 8 years old. they were 17 and 23 years old. >> you're sweet. >> reporter: angela had no memory of at least the last 15

years of her life. she thought she was still married to her first husband who died long ago, and had no recollection whatsoever of her second wedding to jeff, or anything about jeff, which left him with a question that had no easy answer. how to go from stranger back to spouse? he started by lining virtually every inch of their home with pictures, reminders of happier days. then he began courting his wife. >> what about that one there? >> reporter: and most importantly, he never left her side. >> i love how you've helped me. >> reporter: and eventually, it worked. which called for a celebration, one angela would never forget. >> we're gathered here today as witnesses for jeff and angela as they renew their vows of holy matrimony. >> reporter: earlier this month, surrounded by friends and family in new york's central park, jeff and angela started the next chapter of their storybook tale.

>> reporter: >> today, i choose you angela. >> again. >> again. >> reporter: of course, those painful years would have broken a lot of marriages. but jeff believes the accident did quite the opposite for his. >> i honestly believe that this happened for a reason. >> reporter: you feel like it's a blessing that this happened, not the injuries, but the fact that you had to prove yourself all over again? >> i do, to be able to do over. how many times have we said i wish i could go back and do something all over again. i've gotten to do that. >> reporter: and that's the beauty of having a second chance at finding your one true love. steve hartman, on the road in new york. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back.

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this wednesday, we celebrate 242 years since america first came together to declare its independence. for many, the fourth of july is a chance to reflect on the current state of the union and our political divide. cbs this morning co-host john dickerson filed this reporter's notebook on civility in politics. >> as we think about civility in politics, the fourth of july reminds us that our origins were

not civil. the tea party was no tea party. the founders knew we would be uncivil and designed government to accommodate that. they also knew that incivility needed a purpose. the declaration of independence was an explanation of that original purpose, written because jefferson wanted to show a decent respect to the opinions of mankind. if they were going to be uncivil, the declaration showed they still had respect for the larger audience, all of mankind. so the founders would ask of our present incivility, is it rooted in anything larger? or is it just impulse, point scoring and power grabbing? >> she is a low iq individual. >> reporter: when the president sun civil, it is for a higher purpose, or it is confirmation that an impulsive president must be checked? >> i welcome -- >> reporter: when maxine waters rails, can we hear a universal value, or is she justb?

is cane applied to our chants at rallies and our behavior at restaurants too. the fourth of july is not just a celebration but an assignment. jefferson asked that the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights and an undiminished devotion to them. listening to the founders might sound quaint while we're blowtorching each other on twitter, but even during america's most difficult time, abraham lincoln built the gettysburg address around the values in the declaration of independence. the founders knew we would sometimes treat each other like dogs, but because we're an example of the world, that we would all strive to do better. refreshing that faith is why wednesday should be more than just another day off. >> and that does it for overnight news this tuesday. for some of you, the cbs news continues. for others, i hope you check back a bit later this morning for the morning news, and of course cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm michelle miller.

it's tuesday, july 3rd, 2018. this is the cbs morning news. 12 boys and their soccer coach are found alive in a flooded cave in thailand. now the question is how to get the group out safely. who will replace justice kennedy? perspective supreme court justice nominees are meeting

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