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and the president has sent similar letters to other countries. of the nato nations, only three spent the promised 2% of gdp on defense last year. throughout his presidency, he has proded the nato nations to spend more. >> many of them have not been doing it and have not even been close. >> they are hoping next month's summit goes better than the g-7 meeting. >> if the expectation was that a weekend had in beautiful -- surrounded by all sorts of lovely people was going to transform the president's outlook on trade and the world, than we didn't quite perhaps meet that bar. >> since is then the trade war has only wrach eted up, harley-davidson is moving some

production overseas to avoid european tariff and other tariffs have been announced on $12 billion worth of utah imports. europeans worrier the disputes signal disunioni it-- di is sus. >> jeff? >> thank you. >> president trump rd onn ed-- d flags to be at half-staff in honor of the five staffers that were shot. a moment of silence was asked to be observed at 2:33 p.m. eastern time. why some

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carefree arizona have cancelled their fireworks show. >> safety is our overriding concern. >> but carefree's mayor found a way to make the show go on, lighting the sky with drones. >> they described it and sent us a video and we said, let do it. >> call it fireworks without the fire. dazzling displaying, thanks to hundreds of tiny drones carrying l.e.d. lights. >> made out of foam and plastic. it's light. 2/3 of a poupd. >> natalie chung helped to put on super bowl's halftime drone show in 2017 with lady georgia with lady gaga. >> they are following a pre--planned pattern in the sky. >> yeah, we know what will happen with our drones at every second. >> that technology found i.ts wy to the olympics and during wild fire season in the west, they are being used as an alternative

to fourth of july fireworks that last year, sparked 869 wildfires in california. the highest number in five queers. it may be a new normal in the west, patriotic pyrotecnics, delivered by drones. here at the rose bowl, they are getting ready for their fire works show, and firefighters are preparing. they have laid down 16,000 pounds of fire retardent on 54 acres just in case. >> still ahead, stars, stripes, and legos.

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a funeral was held in long beach, california, for captain dave rosa, he responded to an explosion at a retirement home, and the truck carried his body passed by many. >> some took time to build a flal out of legos, the flag measured 16 feet by 21 feet. the cbs overnight news

. on the eve of the holiday, the first lady spent a visit with walter reed hospital. we end with the story of another wounded warrior, his injuries helped him discover a talent he never knew he had and led him in to a world he never imagined. the portrait of the artist. >> peter turns out about 30 paintings a year and sells them for between $250 and $1500. that's not enough to make ends meet. but it has made him whole again.

after he lost both arms had in iraq. >> having this skill that even able bodied people find difficult was something that sort of gave me a boost. made me feel like i fit in more in the world. >> he was an army helicopter mechanic working on landing gear in 2003, when pressurized gas blew it apart. killi ining one soldier and gra injuring him. >> i lost my arm three inches above the elbow and my left, about six inches below. >> he was a blue collar guy who had been an electrician before joining the army. >> how am i going to make a living and take care of my family. >> then with a simple drawing a new future was opened up. >> that was done right after i lost my arm in waller reed. >> what was it -- what was it like discovering you had a way out?

>> it was miraculous, something was saying focus on it and everything will be all right. >> he does not have a state of the art prosthetic arm, just a plain hook that he find works best. your prosthetic seems like a crude device. >> it may be crude, but it's some of the best technology i think that there is out there. this just, it feels like it's more a part of me. >> he and his wife, jan, run a art gallery in a small new england town where he show cases the local artists. with his disability check he can afford to be a starving artist. he is a man doing what he wants with his life. most people, who saw you on the street would say, boy, that guy got a tough break . >> yeah, i don't see it that way, having a injury like this makes you fox on what is important in life. >> that's the overnight news for

this wednesday, for some, the news will continue, others check back later for cbs this morning. this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to overnight news, on this fourth of july, a record number of americans are hitting the roads for the long holiday weekend, aaa predicts nearly 40 million people will drive over the holiday this yearity. and that is about 2 million more than last year. fourth of july is on a wednesday, and many are starting their weekend early. yesterday was the busiest day on the roads. traffic was expected to be so bad, that aaa named it terrible tuesday. >> we were hoping everyone left monday and sunday. that's why i left tuesday. >> bad news, charlene, you decided to drive to north

carolina on terrible tuesday. aaa said it will be the busiest on the way on the independence holiday. traffic on 95 started building by midday. nearly 40 million americans are expected to hit the road for the lopg weekend as part of the busiest fourth of july in the 18 years since the aaa started to keep track. >> it's our annual family vacation, whatever gas is, we factor it in before we leigh. >> these are the highest prices at the pump since 2014. $2.86 a gallon, up about $.63 from a year ago. not enough, nadia opted to stay home. >> we would have been more open to driving somewhere, but because of the gas prices, it's not a reality. >> sgas over $4 a gallon in california and that's not the only thing that the drivers need to worry about, and the secret service is on the hunt for credit card skimmers. devices on a credit card reader that can steal your number,

agents are checking gas pumps in 21 states. >> the airports are business too. the tsa screened more people than any other week ever. and the airlines expect another packed day on sunday. aaa said that part of what is driving the record fourth of july holiday travel is a strong economy and a high consumer confidence, basically people have discretionary income and they want to spend it on travel and aaa said to expect a busy sunday on the road. >> many fourth of july barbecues will be sizzling under a scorching sun. they have a dangerous heat wave bakeing the country. our chief weather caster at our news station has the holiday forecast. >> i will talk about that. feels like temperatures, thermometer combined with humidity. you will have a max feels like temperature in new york city of 95 ss intense tomorrow. by the time of the fireworks in louis, 107 feels like

temperature, 96 is what it feels like as the fireworks are goi i off no big changes in thursday. the biggest temperatures in the midsection of the country where it feels like 104 around louisville, and memphis, 102, as you push on from there in to your day, say, thursday in to friday, it's going to be more of the same, all because the jet stream is flowing north of us. it's called a ridge or heat dome. this is one of the largest we have had. probably one of the third or fourth largest ever, not necessarily in the intensity of heat, but in land mass. it goes from one end of the country to the other. there will be a bit of a dip near the northeast. a bit of a relief. but the 90s come back to new york city, by tuesday of next week and 90% of the country will be dealing with temperatures like that. >> for people working outdo ini the heat can be a risk.

>> the footings for a new billing by the beach, this team is surrounded by steel and contract as they battle the heat with water soaked rags to keep cool. >> there's buckets of water all over the site. if they have to get out of the sun, you could many in the trailer. they have their own trailers they cool off on and then they get back to it. >> he works outside as well. >> checking the pressure. >> he has been in the air conditioning for 50 years and has seen a spike in calls in the heat wave. i'm probably doing 8 or 10 call it is -- calls a day. >> testelderly residents were evacuated from this nursing home after the air conditioning in their building malfunctioned, they were taken to on other facilities run by the same company and the train on its way

to new jersey was halted in philadelphia because of a mccal issue. passengers said that they were -- because of a mechanical issue. the passengers said is they were trapped on the train without air conditioning and later were transferred to another train. a lifeguard in the new jersey beach town, has a-- has rescued people, more than any other weekend. >> this skman his daught-- this his daughter took boat out to try to beat the heat. >> it's hotter than i thought it would be. >> the man who is responsible for fulling five people in a newsroom was shown to have sent threatening letters. it's unclear if any of the letterser were he read before

the shooting. we have more. >> signed by suspected gunman, the haunting letters reveal, he was on his way to the capitol gazette with the objective of killing every person present. a copy of the letters was sent to the paper's form executived editor who previously toldne ab threats against the april. >> i came away with the conclusion that there was not enough to file criminal charges against him. >> the letters reference the failed defamation lawsuits. he sued the newspaper after they published his suit of harassing a classmate. in his letter to the appeals court, he writes, if this is how the maryland judiciary operates, the law means nothing.

you were too cowardly to confront the lies, this is your receipt, i told you so. he sent a letter to the appellate judge, welcome to your unexpected legacy, you so have died. >> my brother, was a person of phenomenal grace: >> last night, more than 500 family members and friends gathered to remember one of the five employees that died in the attack. >> my dad is my best friend. he is my hero. he is my strength. he is the purest form of happiness i have felt in my life. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back. cleaning floors with a mop and bucket...

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♪ this is the cbs overnight news. an american hunter is defending herself after the fulling of a giraffe sparked outrage. >> some conservationists disagree with her. >> the situation is being compared to the lion that was hunted by a minnesota dennist in

2015. even though the giraff was not famous, the response from animal lovers has been equally intense. conservationists fear that one of the greatest beasts could soon face extinction. when these pictures surfaced of her posing with a giraffe she just killed, conservationists were sickened. >> it's shocking that anyone would take joy in killing a beautiful and graceful animal like a giraffe. >> it was a obscure news site that posted the pictures that called her a white american savage who is partly a a comter >> he isart of the group, safari international.

>> she was hunting in africa and giraffes are legal to kill in africa. >> the giraffe was beyond breeding age and killed three younger bulls. now that the giraffe is gone, the younger giraffes are audible to breed. >> he said that because of money from legal hunting helps support the local community. it provides an incentive to make sure that the animals do not go extinct. >> it's a sub species that has a population that is up 167% since 1979. is more than 21,000. but the giraffe population over all has declined as much as 40%. eye -- iris has decided that the

animals are more important. >> there's been 4,000 giraffe trophies. every day, there's a giraffe being killed for a hunter trophy.

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♪ ♪ >> r-o-c-k in the usa is a classic song by john mellencamp, perfect for the fourth of july. his music is patriotic and political. the 66-year-old said many people love to hear his music, but don't listen to the message. we caught up with him in his indiana hometown for sunday morning's story. ♪ >> he was born in a small town. ♪ >> seymour, indiana. and he still lives outside of a o the peg. >> where it crossed my mind, you

i could die in one. >> i am notla letting go. i know, i should have worn a helmet. john mellen camp has come a lon way. his 86 acre estate, borders lake monroe near bloomington. what is it about you and indiana? >> i have to come here. i feel at home. i mean, i could be away for a long time, and then come back here and decompress and boom. >> it's ironic, he has the life and lived the fast one. >> you know how fast you just went? >> 85 is what you claimed. >> 85. >> oh, lordy. >> but indiana to ride. i came to talk. where would you rather be than

sitting here being interviewed? >> well, cards on the table, i don't like being interviewed. i have talked about myself for 40 years. and i'm just not that interesting. >> not interesting. >> married in high school, and a father at 19. he weighted no time. at 21, he went to new york to study art. or, to sign a record deal. >> it turned out that new york art wanted money but the record company wanted to give me money. and let me see, i ended up getting a record deal like that. >> i interviewed the had head of a record company and he said, within minutes everybody knows. that somebody who has walked in the door has something. >> i i say that is what happened to me. s clcsknd't even listen to the

e." ♪ >> i don't know how a 25-year-old guy would know that life would go on long after the thrill of living was gone. but i wrote those words and for me, it was helpful. i don't know about you, but i want to do something every day. i want to learn something every day. i want to make something ever day. if i go for a day and don't make anything, i feel guilty about it. >> i love every part of that staumt. what do you think is driving you. >> i wrote in the song. life is short, even in the longest day. >> he has been smoking by the way, most of his life. since he was ten.

♪ >>'s serious and prolific painter, his portraits have been shown at museums. >> the music often interrupts the brush work. >> that's a song on the new album. i wrote the song in five minutes. i could not keep up with it. the song writing has become like real surprise to me and exciting a my age. it's more exciting now than it ever was. >> his latest and 23rd album is called sad clowns and hillbillies, the critics have loved it. do you read them? >> no, i'm finding it out from

you. >> they have been really, really good. >> i don't care, doesn't matter to me. if you care about the good ones, you have to care about the bad ones. ♪ >> and the music has changed over the years. his name. from the 1970s, through the 80s he was john cougar. ♪ >> his first manager thought it would sell more records. >> for a while, he went by john cougar mellencamp, but by the early 90s, the cougar was gone. ♪ >> at that time, it was overtly lit cal, his songs about freedom, and struggling farmers and the working man. led fans to make assumptions. >> that's one of the biggest

disappointment, you would think that all the god damn people in the world, somebody would have took time to sit down and listen to my lyrics, one time. >> it's not a red white and blue anthem. ♪ >> your fans are probably way, way, way on the spectrum to the right of you. >> oh, i have been -- when the iraq war started i was so against it. >> $51 billion for continuing the war in iraq. >> if john mellencamp sounds like a self assured son of a gun, she is the reason why. >> here's the trick, you want a kid that has confidence. my grandmother told me every day of my life, buddy, don't forget

you are the handsomest, luckiest, talented boy in the world. the flip side of it, it's hard for girlfriends to compete with that. >> it's a fact that relationships have been a struggle. what is the greatest lesson you have learned from the women in your life? >> to me, apparently women just -- that's all i can say about that. >> he has been linked in recent years to pr enyal cover girl christy blink will i, and actress meg ryan, and before then, three wives, he has five children and nine grandkids. are you looking for another cigarette? >> yes. >> you have a voice to protect, don't you? >> are you kidding mega, have you heard my voice? it's fantastic. are you kidding me?

i sound like a black guy sipging. >> what? >> i mean, that's what i wanted, i wanted to sound like, you know, lewis armstrong. but i didn't, i sounded like a white guy, and now i got it. these are my paeb -- these are my babies. come on. >> he does not worry about cigarettes and his health, he has a strange theory. >> rightfully or wrongfully, i believe it's the combination of cigarettes and alcohol that get people. the two of them combined. >> and he has not had a drink, he said, since college. >> it's a with a whacky idea. he had a heart attack.

and he does think of mortality. >> i only have so many summers left and i intend to 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 you are fd complygnor y

los angeles couple wants to give all kids a chance to experience something that most kids take for granted. ♪ >> mary davis loves a good party. every month, she throws a massive roof-top burth day party on los angeles's skid row, where more than 2500 homeless people that live in a area that is less than half a square mile. >> when you come up on the rooftop, it feels like you are on top of the world. >> that feeling is not one the kids are used to. see, everyone here is homeless. >> we are in ground zero. >> the first time she through

the party, five kids showed up and now they are expecting 2,000. they started worthy of love. the charity that believes that children without a home still deserve a birthday party the couple was looking for a way to give back after suffering two m miscarriages, so many children needed to feel important and loved. but we did not realize how much joy they were going to bring to us and that was so healing for me. >> this is the second stay at the union rescue mission for the randall family. rhianna turns 12 and without worthy of love, her birthday would be just another day. >> i don't want her to live without this. this is a tough situation. >> dr. seuss is the theme, cake, games and a whole lot of dancing and for a night, they simply get to feel like kids again. >> last time i had a birthday was for my 9th birthday of.

>> after watching more than 6,000 kids blow out candles at the parties, they finally had one of their own. a little girl. who will celebrate her first birthday right here. >> i want her to grow up knowing like, there are kids that don't get everything that you have. you also have to bless others. bring happiness and joy -- joy to those that need it the most. that is the overnight news for wednesday. for some of you, the news continues, for others, check back later for morning news andh from the broadcast new york pau l.a. reid .

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