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high stakes but low expectations. president trump in an interview with cbs news tries to downplay hopes of any breakthroughs with vladimir putin at the historic helsinki summit. >> i can't tell you what's going to happen, but i can tell you what i'll be asking for. >> the president tells us he may ask putin to send a group of newly elected election hackers to face charges. what might putin ask of mr. trump. u.s. and korean military officials make plans to return the remains of casualties of the korean war. violent protests erupt in chicago after another fatal police shooting. a california firefighter is killed in a wildfire near
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yosemite national park. tanduay after bastille day, france wins the world cup. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to "the overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. with tensions between the u.s. and russia at the highest levels since the cold war, presidents donald trump and vladimir putin are about to be face-to-face today in helsinki, finland. leaders have met before. leonid brezhnev in 1975, george bush and. norah o'donnell is leading our coverage of this historic summit. she joins us now from the finnish capital. >> good evening to you. president trump arrived here ahead of his russian counterpart who attended the final match of
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the work socno ces tperpowermit the wor wang. president trump will have breakfast with the president of finland at the presidential residence here in helsinki. later in the day, mr. trump will meet with putin at the presidential palace. now, before heading here from scotland this weekend, president trump in an interview with cbs news tried to downplay expectations of any breakthroughs with putin. president trump touched down in finland sunday just hours ahead of a high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. a top adviser tells cbs news the two leaders are expected to spend about 30 minutes alone with just translators before an expanded meeting with staff. mr. trump will be joined by secretary of state mike pompeo, national security adviser john bolton, and chief of staff john kelly. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> before heading to helsinki, comes to talks with mr. putin, he has low expectations.
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>> i go into a meeting like that never with high expectations, but maybe some really good stuff can happen. >> not high expectations. you're just -- it's a one-on-one conversation. >> whatever it is, i'm representing our country. i want to do great for our country, and i'm sure he wants to do well for his. but that doesn't make it mutually exclusive. i think we can do something that's good for everybody. >> reporter: last friday, special counsel robert mueller indicted 12 russian military intelligence officers for their efforts to undermine the 2016 presidential election. putin has denied ordering the interference, but national security adviser john bolton today called foul. >> i find it hard to believe, but that's what one of the purposes of this meeting is, so the president can see eye to eye with president putin and ask him about it. >> the russians who were indicted, would you ask putin >> well, i might. i hadn't thought of that. but certainly i'll be asking about it.
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but again, this was during and i heard that they were trying or people were trying to hack into the rnc too, the republican national committee, but we had much better defenses. >> reporter: the senate's number two republican, senator john cornyn, urged the president to tread carefully. >> putin is an autocrat. he is a thug. he does not respect the rule of law. obviously he doesn't respect our democracy. >> reporter: we've learned there will be a joint press conference between president trump and president putin. white house correspondent weija jiang is also here in helsinki, and weija, you've been talking to administration officials. what do they hope to achieve with this summit? >> nora, the white house says the success of the summit is the summit itself because they say it opens the door to negotiations in the future on a wide range of issues, but still they are keeping the bar very low. the ambassador to russia, jon
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huntsman, is questioning why it's being called a summit at all, and national security adviser john bolton says they deliverables.ting any concrete >> president putin has met with u.s. presidents in the past. in fact, this meeting with trump will be his fourth u.s. president he has met with, but this will be the first time they have an extended one on one private conversation. what are some of the pitfalls of such a meeting? >> you know, there is a chance that president trump could make concessions, like we saw him do with north korean leader kim jong-un. in fact, he surprised many by suspending those joint military exercises with south korea. so he could scale back nato military exercises which are designed to deter russia or loosen russian sanctions. the president's adviser says he is calling the shot, and he is going to talk about whatever he wants to. and both ssoing om
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room for miscalculations, especially because putin, a former kgb chief, is known for his ability to be charming when he wants to be, and we have seen es offve work on >> going back to that interview with jeff glor, we heard the president make some news when he called the european union a foe. what has been the reaction to that in europe? . >> president trump made that remark specifically about trade, and there is no surprise because we know he believes the eu is taking advantage of the u.s. but the eu president, donald tusk is responding by saying we're actually best friends. and, quote, whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news. norah? >> a lot of pushback there. weija, thank you so much. now, what might vladimir putin request of mr. trump at this summit? well, elizabeth palmer has done extensive reporting from moscow
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over the years and tells us what to expect.n e world cup finals kicked off tonight in moscow, vladimir putin was at the game, showing not a hint of presummit stress. he's on a roll. the tournament has been a triumph for russia and a personal pr coup for him. the last time he met president trump, back in november, both men were all smiles, but there's no telling what the chemistry will be like tomorrow. and the kremlin has deliberately kept expectations for a successful summit low. when russia invaded an annexed crimea in 2014, the u.s. slapped on sanctions, and has been piling more on ever since over russia's support for separatists in eastern ukraine, and especially for meddling in america's 2016 presidential election. mr. putin would dearly love to ask donald trump to list those sanctions, but kremlin insiders say that's too much, too fast.
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instead, the russian leader may pressure mr. trump to reduce america's military presence in syria and suggest the
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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> u.s. militaries officials met their north korean counterparts today to plan the return of the remains of american casualties of the korean war, which ended in 1953. it was the first time a meeting was held on this level since 2009. both sides also agreed to resume the search for the remains of about 5300 americans who never came home. violent protests erupted in chicago this weekend after another fatal police shooting. four protesters were arrested and a number of officers were injured by rocks and bottles. as meg oliver reports, police kill by officer, armed t and with what appeared to be a handgun.
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>> reporter: the violent confrontation lasted for hours saturday night as protesters threw rocks and bottles and police fought back with batons. it all started when several chicago police officers on foot spotted a man they say was armed. >> they approached the subject who became combative, and i think he became combative, fledding away. he did have a weapon on him, and officers tragically shot this man. >> reporter: the man, 37-year-old harith augustus later died at the hospital. police recovered a handgun and two magazines at the scene. for a police department under fierce scrutiny over its policing in black and latino communities, this is the third time in the last two weeks that a chicago police officer shot someone. residents describe augustus as a father who worked in a local barbershop and a friend to many. >> he's not a drug dealer. he is not a gang member. he is not a documented gang
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member. he's not that. he worked to provide for his 5-year-old daughter, and his life was t chicago police department last night. >> chicago police say they released the video quickly in an effort to prevent another night of violence. they're asking the public to stay calm as the investigation plays out. demarco? >> meg oliver reporting, meg, thank you. in weymouth, massachusetts today police say an officer was killed in the line of duty with his own gun by a man who used the same gun to shoot and kill a woman inside her home. police say officer michael chesna confronted the suspect who hit him in the head with a rock, took his gun and shot him. they say the woman the suspect killed was an innocent bystander. he was later taken into custody. well, dozens of wildfires are burning there the west. they have scorched nearly a million acres, and thousands of firefighters are trying to get them under control. near yosemite national park this weekend, one of those firefighters was killed. here is mireya villarreal.
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>> reporter: burning along the west side of yosemite national park, the ferguson fire acres. it started late friday night and steep rugged terrain has been a challenge for fire crews. >> we are initiating a serious accident review team to find out what occurred. >> reporter: cal fire unit chief nancy kohlbrick confirms saturday morning 36-year-old braden varney died while fighting the fire. he was a second generation firefighter, a bulldozer operator who was clearing vegetation to create a firebreak in the sierra national forest. >> this is truly a tragic event. firefighters know this is a dangerous job, but we don't ever want to lose one of them. >> reporter: since january, more than 91,000 acres have burned in california wildfires, up nearly 13% from the same time last year. after burning for more than two weeks and destroying 20 structures, the largest california fire this year, the county fire, was fully contained saturday. no other firefighters have lost
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their lives, but a 72-year-old man living near the oregon border died in the klamath fire. the blaze is nearly contained but destroyed 82 structures. there are red flag and excessive heat warns here in the west, and temperatures are expected to hit demarco, that means fire crews are preparing for extreme fire conditions. >> mireya villarreal reporting, mireya, thank you. on the streets of paris today, they were partying like it's 1998, the first time france won the world soccer tournament. they did it again today, the day after france's patriotic holiday, bastille day. here is jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: they packed in front of the eiffel tower. in croatia, it was zagreb's main square. the match up on the screen a match of david and goliath. france, in blue, has been here before, twice in fact. and with the game's first goal
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that. >> showed the skill that earned them the cup in 1998. paris erupted. but croatia, in white, independent for less than 30 years, had never gotten this far and show they'd wouldn't leave the green without putting up a fight. jubilation in zagreb was soon temp erred. it's the first world cup final with video refereeing, and france was awarded a controversial penalty because of it. it was also the first time in a final people stormed the field, briefly delaying the game. in the end, though, it wasn't theatrics but skill that prevailed. >> second chance! >> reporter: and in the last 30 minutes, france's victory seemed a formality. even the goalkeeper let his guard down. >> he put it in! >> reporter: a lucky goal for croatia without enough to take down the giant.
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today was the third time france has played this the world cup final and the second time they've taken home the trophy. their strength in this game and their resulting four goals made this the highest scoring final since 1958. demarco? >> jonathan vigliotti in london. jonathan, thank you. coming up, america's new arms race with russia and china to develop weapons that can fly nearly 4,000 miles an hour. and later, how business women are advancing their careers by breaking the grass ceiling.
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to help support digestive health. president trump told reporters on friday he plans to discuss with vladimir putin ways to reduce the number of nuclear weapons. the u.s. and russia have stockpiled. but the u.s. has joined another arms race with russia and china to develop hypersonic weapons. >> reporter: when vladimir putin showed off what he said was a hyper sonic cruise missile, he gave the world a glimpse of a secret arms race that pits the u.s. and china to build weapons that can fly 10,000 miles per
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hour, more than ten times the speed of sound. that's just many, many times faster than any aircraft has ever flown. >> it is. and it's quite an advantage if anybody could ever do that. >> reporter: john wilcox is vice president at northrop grumman which flew the first hypersonic aircraft in 2004. >> launch, launch. >> reporter: it only flew for about ten seconds, but northrop grumman is now conducting tests as part of the puig's top secret efforts to develop hypersonic weapons that can fly longer and farther. >> this is the hypersonic pulse facility for aerodynamic testing of cyber sonic vessels. >> reporter: he took us into a test chamber on the condition we would not reveal its location. it fires bursts of gas at incredible speeds and pressure to simulate the conditions of hypersonic flight. >> the gases come down the air gun and hit right back here at the plate. >> reporter: this is a pretty it is.iece of steel. it's very hefty. >> reporter: look how the gases burst through the steel plate.
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that plus temperatures 200 degrees are what a hypersonic aircraft would have to survive. >> we have a test vehicle we're trying to test it will be in here. >> reporter: there is something in there right now. >> there. and it's shrouded right now for security purposes. >> reporter: in other words, you don't want us to see what it looks like. no. some day you may. >> reporter: wilcox estimates a hypersonic weapon is still five to ten years away. this test took place five years ago. since then, the pentagon has classified all its work on hypersonic weapons. the pentagon has declared hypersonics its number one technical priority, but the official in charge of the program recently acknowledged the u.s. is playing catch-up to both russia and china. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>stil still nervous about finding a new apartment?
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finally tonight, women for decades have been trying to satter the corporate glass ceiling, and now many are breaking the grass ceiling, joining men on the golf course to level the executive playing field. here is danielle nottingham. >> reporter: jasmine corona didn't know how to play golf when she started her insurance agency. >> a few years in, i realized i'm surrounded by golfers primarily, and obviously men, and so i thought i have to learn how to pick up club. >> reporter: only about 25% of golfers are women, according to the national golf foundation. those not comfortable picking up a 9 iron often miss out on the informal networks created on the course and the career opportunities that grow out of them. jen harris wants to break down
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that barrier. >> then you drive your swing. >> most people are bad at golf. not even just decent, they're bad. but the difference between men and women is the men show up and they don't care. >> reporter: harris started high heel golfer to teach women everything, from game skills to greens etiquette so they can get out and network. she says the sport helped her professionally advance at a job with a defense contractor. >> we played one round of golf about i think nine months later i got promoted, 17% raise in the height of the recession. >> reporter: jasmine says her business is thriving after learning the game. >> being able to go out on the golf course with a large group of men or for a tournament, it really sets me apart in being competitive within my industry. >> reporter: and now she is playing at least once a week. danielle nottingham, cbs news, rancho santa fe, california. >> that's overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. and for others, you can check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course
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cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco morgan. this is the "cbs overnight news". >> hi, everyone, and welcome. i'm demarco morgan. presidents donald trump and vladimir putin are about to meet face-to-face today in helsinki, finland. leaders from moscow and washington have met before. leonid brezhnev, george h.w. bush and mikhail gorbachev in 1990 and bill clinton and boris yeltsin in 1997. norah o'donnell is leading our coverage of this historic summit. she joins us now from the finnish capital. nor
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norah? >> and good evening to you, demarco. president trump arrived here ahead of his russian counterpart who attended the final match of the world soccer tournament in moscow. well, now comes the superpower summit the world will be watching. president trump will have breakfast with the president of finland at the presidential residence here in helsinki. later in the day, mr. trump will meet with putin at the presidential palace. now, before heading here from scotland this weekend, president trump in an interview with cbs news tried to downplay expectations of any breakthroughs with putin. president trump touched down in finland sunday just hours ahead of a high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. a top adviser tells cbs news the two leaders are expected to spend about 30 minutes alone with just translators before an expanded meeting with staff. mr. trump will be joined by secretary of state mike pompeo, national security adviser john bolton, and chief of staff john kelly. >> good to see you. >> thank you. ding to
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helsinki, president trump told cbs evening news anchor jeff glor, when it comes to talks with mr. putin, he has low expectations. >> i go into a meeting like that never with high expectations, but maybe some really good stuff can happen. >> not high expectations. you're just -- it's a one-on-one conversation. >> whatever it is, i'm representing our country. i want to do great for our country, and i'm sure he wants to do well for his. but that doesn't make it mutually exclusive. i think we can do something that's good for everybody. >> reporter: last friday, special counsel robert mueller indicted 12 russian military intelligence officers for their efforts to undermine the 2016 presidential election. putin has denied ordering the interference, but national security adviser john bolton today called foul. >> i find it hard to believe, but that's what one of the purposes of this meeting is, so the president can see eye to eye with president putin and ask him about it. >> the russians who were indicted, would you ask putin to
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send them here? >> well, i might. i hadn't thought of that. but certainly i'll be asking about it. but again, this was during the obama administration. they were doing whatever it was during the obama administration. and i heard that they were trying or people were trying to hack into the rnc too, the republican national committee, but we had much better defenses. >> reporter: the senate's number two republican, senator john cornyn, urged the president to tread carefully. >> putin is an autocrat. he is a thug. he does not respect the rule of law. obviously he doesn't respect our democracy. >> we have more now of jeff glor's interview with president trump ahead of the historic summit with vladimir putin. >> a lot of people might be surprised to hear you list the eu as a foe before china and russia. >> in a trade sense, they've really taken advantage of us, and many of those countries are in nato, and they weren't paying their bills. i as an example have a big
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problem with germany, because germany made a pipeline deal with russia where they're going to be paying russia billions and billions of dollars a year for energy, and i say that's not good. that's not fair. you're supposed to be fighting for someone and then that someone gives billions of dollars to the one that you're, you know, guarding against? >> we've learned there will be a joint press conference between president trump and president putin. white house correspondent weija jiang is also here in helsinki, and weija, you've been talking to administration officials. what do they hope to achieve with this summit? >> norah, the white house says the success of the summit is the summit itself. because they say it opens the door to negotiations on the future on a wide range of issues. but still, they are keeping the bar very low. the ambassador to russia, jon hutsman, is questioning why it's being called a summit at all, and national security adviser john bolton says they are not expecting any concrete deliverables.
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>> president putin has met with u.s. presidents in the past. in fact, this meeting with trump will be his fourth u.s. president he has met with, but this will be the first time they have an extended one-on-one private conversation. what are some of the pitfalls of such a meeting? >> you know, there is a chance that president trump could make concessions, like we saw him do with north korean leader kim jong-un. in fact, he surprised many by suspending those joint military exercises with south korea. so he could scale back nato military exercises which are designed to deter russia or loosen russian sanctions. the president's adviser says he is calling the shots, and he is going to talk about whatever he wants to. and both sides have agreed that this meeting is going to be unstructured, which means some room for miscalculations, especially because putin, a former kgb chief, is known for his ability to be charming when he wants to be, and we have seen
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the charm offensive work on president trump in the past. >> going back to that interview with jeff glor, we heard the president make some news when he called the european union a foe. what has been the reaction to that in europe? >> president trump made that remark specifically about trade, and there is no surprise because we know he believes the eu is taking advantage of the u.s. but the eu president, donald tusk is responding by saying we're actually best friends. and, quote, whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news. norah? >> a lot of pushback there. weija, thank you so much. now, what might vladimir putin request of mr. trump at this summit? well, elizabeth palmer has done extensive reporting from moscow over the years and tells us what to expect. >> reporter: when the world cup finals kicked off tonight in moscow, vladimir putin was at
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the game, showing not a hint of presummit stress. he's on a roll. the tournament has been a triumph for russia and a personal pr coup for him. the last time he met president trump, back in november, both men were all smiles, but there's no telling what the chemistry will be like tomorrow. and the kremlin has deliberately kept expectations for a successful summit low. when russia invaded an annexed crimea in 2014, the u.s. slapped on sanctions, and has been piling more on ever since over russia's support for separatists in eastern ukraine, and especially for meddling in america's 2016 presidential election. mr. putin would dearly love to ask donald trump to list those sanctions, but kremlin insiders say that's too much, too fast. instead, the russian leader may pressure mr. trump to reduce america's military presence in syria and suggest the two
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countries restart arms control talks to limit their nuclear arsenals. >> i'm norah o'donnell in
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is the cbs overnight news. >> we have more now of jeff glor's interview with president trump ahead of his historic summit later today with russian president vladimir putin. >> i saw the conversation you had with jens stoltenberg, which is a very direct conversation. as you approach the meetings with vladimir putin coming up, do you expect a similar tone? >> i don't expect anything. i frankly don't expect -- i go in with very low expectations. i think that getting along with russia is a good thing, but it's possible we won't. i think we're greatly hampered by this whole witch-hunt that is going on in the united states, the russian witch-hunt, the rigged situation.
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i watched some of the testimony, even though i'm in europe, of strzok, and i thought it was a disgrace to our country. i thought it was an absolute disgrace where he wants to do things against me before i was even -- i guess before i was even the candidate. it was a disgrace, and then he lied about it. talking about shutting it down and we, we, he said oh, i meant the american people all of the sudden. he came up with excuses, i guess, given to a lawyer. but everybody laughed at it. he was a disgrace to our country heft was a disgrace to the fbi. so when i look at things like that -- and he led that investigation, or whatever you call it. i would say that, yeah, i think it hurts our relationship with russia. i actually think it hurts our relationship with a lot of countries. i think it's a disgrace what's going on, and then you look how partisan it is. you look at what's going on where -- and they know.
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they know there is no way he can get away from those terrible texts that he wrote. so the other side nose. but it's a very terrible things. >> the russians are indicted. would you ask them to send them here? >> well, i might. i hadn't thought of that, but i'll certainly be asking them about that. but again, this was during the obama administration. they were doing whatever it was during obama administration. and i heard that they were trying or people were trying to hack into the rnc too, the republican national committee. but we had much better defenses. i've been told that by a number of people. we had much better defenses so they couldn't. i think the dnc should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be hacked. they had bad defenses, and they were able to be hacked. but i hard they were trying to hack the republicans too -- and this may be wrong, but they had much stronger defenses. >> what's your biggest competitor, your biggest foe globally right now? >> i think we have a lot of
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foes. the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. now you wouldn't think of the european union, but they're a foe. russia is a foe in certain respects. china is a foe economically, certainly they're a foe. but that doesn't mean they're bad. it doesn't mean anything. it means that they're competitors. they want to do well and we want to do well. and we're starting to do well. you see what's going on. we have the best employment numbers probably that we've ever had. black unemployment is the lowest level in history. hispanic unemployment the lowest level in history, jeff. women unemployment, lowest in 66 years. our numbers are great. our gdp numbers are far greater than what they thought. >> a lot of people might be surprised to hear you list the eu as a foe before china and m . i want to tell you, maybe the thing that's most difficult, don't forget, both of my parents were born in eu sectors, okay. i mean, my mother was scotland.
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my father was germany, and, you know, i love those countries. i respect the leaders of those countries. but in a trade sense, they've really taken advantage of us. and many of those countries are in nato, and they weren't paying their bills. i as an example have a big problem with germany because germany made a pipeline deal with russia where they're going to be paying russia billions and billions of dollars a year for energy, and i say that's not good. that's not fair. you're supposed to be fighting for someone and then that someone gives billions of dollars to the one that you're guarding against? i think it's ridiculous. so i let that be known also this time. and i tell you what, there is a lot of anger at the fact that germany is paying russia billions of dollars. there is a lot of anger. i also think it's a very bad thing for germany. because it's like -- what are they, waving a white flag? >> the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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los angeles, new york, washington, d.c., all cities with sometimes unbearable traffic problems. it's enough to get commuters longing for the future where they can just fly over the whole mess. well, john blackstone visited a secret facility in silicon valley where they are working to make the dream of flying cars come true. >> reporter: marcus lange named his electric-powered aircraft black fly. it's easy to fly, he says, and requires no pilots license. >> when you press the thumb stick to climb with this, you have absolute full control. >> reporter: at the silicon valley headquarters of his company called opener, lange showed us his first flying machine. >> there is nothing fancy here. the pieces here is styrofoam. >> reporter: mate have been crude, but it got off the ground back in 2011. invention.success was his >> what we're going to do is
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just run -- >> reporter: a small but extremely powerful electric motor. thinking can produce 100 -- >> reporter: someone else seems to have been blown away by lange's invention, larry page, the billionaire co-founder of google, who became the major investor in opener. page has also invested in two other ventures developing flying cars. even uber is promising flying taxis in a few years. but lange's blackfly seems to be set to be the first of these new vertical takeoff aircraft that people can actually buy, with plans to have it on sale by next year. >> the price of a luxury mercedes? >> the price of an suv. >> reporter: the price of an suv. but don't call it a flying car. call it a personal aerial vehicle with room for one and simple controls. so what are the safety features? >> first of all you have to start off with the technology.
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and some magic buttons like a return to home button for people who fly for the first decas, flg cars have been part of a future that has never quite arrived. this was the commuter. this would have been the helicopter in everybody's garage. >> reporter: the hiller aviation museum in silicon valley displays several flying cars that just didn't get off the ground. >> the technology wasn't there, because they didn't have the computers. and now the computers can actually manipulate the controls. >> reporter: with computers doing the flying, lange says flakf blackfly was tested extensively before anybody on board, which did a thousand plus flights. >> all autonomous? >> all autonomous. >> reporter: how long will it take to fly one of these? >> in the simulator, in five minutes. >> reporter: allan eustis, vice president of knowledge at google is on blackfly's board of directors and knows about flight. he was carried by balloon into
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the stratosphere, then parachuted nearly 136,000 feet, breaking a world altitude record in 2014. he's almost as excited about blackfly. >> and i've noticed in my career that things go from impossible to inevitable in a very short period of time. >> reporter: it's no longer technology standing in the way, he says, but rather regulations governing flight. >> there is regular story issues to deal with, but in theory right now, you could take this vehicle. you could put it out here. you could fly to san francisco, and you could be there in eight minutes. >> reporter: under current federal regulation, blackfly is classified as an ultra light aircraft, meaning it can't fly at night or over urban areas. kit travel just 25 miles on its electric batteries. but the joy of flight -- >> that was great. >> reporter: seems unlimited. >> they're just incredibly fun to fly. instant gratification. >> wow! >> reporter: john blackstone, palo alto, california.
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>> steve hartman now with the story of a musiccher who inspired hundreds of students, and a lot of them returned to school decades later to show their appreciation. >> reporter: on quiet days, which they all are now, retired high school music teacher robert moore likes to pour over the list, the names of all 900 of his former students. >> 1966 to 1996. >> reporter: 30 years directing one of the greatest high school choral groups in the country, the ponca city chorale of ponca city, oklahoma. what he wouldn't give to relive those times. >> wouldn't bit great to get those kids back together? >> reporter: but there is no way that could happen. >> no. >> reporter: actually, i was playing dumb. there is very much a way, and it was already in the works. >> but it would be fun.
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for theastyear, a small group of students have been plotting a surprise. they lured him out to the country and then hit him with the greatest gift a teacher can receive. >> my gosh! >> reporter: from across america and three foreign countries, robert moore's former students rushed. nearly 300 of them. >> oh, good to see you! >> reporter: all here to tell mr. moore the huge difference he made in their lives. >> so good to see you. >> reporter: many went into education. >> you're the reason, sir, i'm teaching right now. >> reporter: many more pursued music. >> a 25-year career, singing with the l.a. opera and all around the country, and it wouldn't have happened without you. >> just a man who touched so many lives. >> helped turn my life around. >> not sure i would be without him. >> reporter: to repay their debt of gratitude, the students rented out the old poncan theater and put on one last show for their mentor. ♪
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>> reporter: their harmonic voices and their cumulative success are no doubt a testament to what a good teacher can accomplish in a career, and i say good teacher, which isn't always the same as a likable teacher. >> discipline was huge. >> lots and lots of discipline. >> he was not warm and fuzzy, not at all. >> not a lot of hugging, not a lot of affection. >> but if you got a little smile from him -- >> half of a grin from him. >> that was gold. >> reporter: and on this night, they definitely hit old. >> no man deserves this. >> reporter: tough teachers often go unappreciated for years, but if they're great, eventually the thanks do come thundering, giving the teacher an opportunity at last. >> i love you'd then -- >> reporter: to show his
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students how he felt all along. >> -- and i love you now. thank you. >> r 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. this is a cbs news special
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report. i'm gayle king with john dickerson, bianna golodryga and margaret brennan in new york. president trump is arriving at the presidential palace in helsinki, finland, for his first summit with president putin. putin and his enter raj walked into the palace a few minutes ago. >> president trump told cbs news he has low expectations for his summit with the russian leader. mr. trump has been urged to confront putin on several topics, including friday's u.s. indictment of 12 russian military intelligence officers, accused of hacking the computers of the democratic party officials, during the last presidential election. >> while the president is trying to diminish the significance of the meeting it is drawing huge interest from around the world. norah o'donnell is leading our coverage in helsinki, good morning. >> good morning to you. a bit of drama thislready an ho behind schedule. in fact, it was president
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vladimir putin of russia who has kept president trump waiting. he was scheduled to arrive just about an hour ago, but as president putin's likes to do, he likes to keep other world leaders waiting. you see president trump arriving here about an hour late. this is a historic meeting. of course trump is the fourth u.s. president to meet with putin, but never before in history has a u.s. president spent time alone with the russian president. in fact, according to the white house schedule, they have budgeted an hour and a half for trump and putin to meet alone, just the two of them, with some translators, and so the question that many have this morning is, what is on the agenda? what are inillsident tmp deliv a strong ree r leader to cut it out,ot fo the russians did in past presidential election, but what according to the director of national intelligence, the russians are doing right now.
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major garret is here in helsinki. major, what have you learned so far? >> well, norah, as you said this is a high visibility, high coverage diplomatic event, and two questions at the front end are significant, what to call it and what to make of it? first, what to call it? for days before we got to helsinki, senior administration officials lobbied white house reporters at times badgered white house reporters, don't call this a summit. just call it a meeting. on the sunday shows that was repeated. yet yesterday with one tweet president trump himself declared it's a summit which brings us to question two, what to make of it? what is on the agenda? what american interests will president trump advance here in helsinki? the president for whatever reason has been incredibly vague about his agenda with vladimir putin. and it's been unclear how significantly he will press that issue of election meddling in 2016 and what, as you said, norah, dan coats, director of
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national intelligence says, is still going on in preparation for the midterm elections in 2018. there are lots of other issues. crimea, the ball tick states, syria, and the like. predent's ? that much we don't know. he has said he wants to take stock of vladimir putin, face to face. in that hour and a half they will have plenty of time to do that. having been in brussels at the nato meetings i can tell you some diplomats there were concerned about what might come from that hour and a half, one-on-one meeting, where putin might drive a harder bargain than president trump is capable of deflecting. no one knows what's going to come of it but there is anxiety in europe, president putin in the one-on-one encounter may get the best of the american president. norah, back to you. >> major garret, we are expecting to hear brief remarks from president trump and president putin as they meet here in the finnish presidential palace, this gothic hall, before they go into the one-on-one meeting. already president trump has
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spoken this morning, blaming u.s. foolishness in his words, saying that u.s./russia relations have never been worse. well elizabeth palmer has reported from moscow for years, and how has the russian media interpreted this morning? >> they're loving it. they're trying to line up with president trump against many of the u.s. institutions, and this really bolsters the case that they're trying to make that if it weren't for, for example, the justice department indictments and various -- what the russians would call deep state interference, president trump would be here offering normal relations with russia. so it's really played into putin's hands even before this summit gets going. >> what's the best-case scenario for president trump as he comes into the summit? >> oh, i think he's already come.
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