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>> and that's the "overnight adcast center in newsday. york city, i'm don dahler. captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, august 1st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." their plane hit the ground, but everyone survived. what witnesses heard before an airliner came down in mexico. facebook says it's found another covert campaign to spread disinformation aimed at influencing the midterm election j and the release of 3-d blueprint gun plans stopped for now.
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good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, everyone onboard an aeromexico flight that crashed and bushed while taking off from northern mexico survived. there were 99 passengers and four crew members onboard. the flight from durango, mexico city, took off in a storm yesterday. the jet ended up in a field at the end of the runway. passengers say the plane burned within a matter of seconds. laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. why exactly the plane wentz down is still being looked into by investigators, but once it hit the ground, it was miraculous that it stayed upright, the escape slides activated, and everyone was able to get out alive. wreckage of aeromexico flight 2431 could be seep for miles.
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the jetliner crashed tuesday afternoon after it took off from the durango airport in northern mexico. according to witnesses, it happened as a powerful storm was passing through the area. this passenger recalled hearing an explosion right before the plane went down. lorenzo nunez said he couldn't tell if it was from a lightning strike or a mechanical failure. images from the crash site shows the fuselage intact lying in a horizontal position in the field. emergency personnel arrived in minutes to put out the fire and evacuate the survivors. mexican officials say the jet's 99 passengers and four crew members have all been accounted for. they say most were able to walk away from the wreck. about half of those who were onboard were hospitalized, and the pilot is said to be the most seriously injured. the cause of the crash is under investigation. aeromexico's chief executive said the 10-year-old plane was, quote, perfectly maintained and had been serviced in february. anne-marie?
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>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. well, facebook has said it's discovered evidence of a new disinformation campaign. it's working with the fbi. the accounts possiby linked to russia are described as a coordinated effort to manipulate the upcoming midterm elections. vladier duthiers reports. >> reporter: facebook said the 32 pages had more than 292,000 followers. their aim, to spread misinformation and meddle in the midterm elections. facebook's chief operating officer sheryl sandberg called this fight an arms race when she spoke to reporters during a conference call. >> this kind of behavior is not allowed on facebook because we don't want organizations or individuals creating net bourwof accounts that mislead people about who they are and what i
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they're doing. >> reporter: cnet technology producer dan patterson. >> the goal is to make the u.s. less confident in the policy goals. >> reporter: samberg would not confirm if the russians were behind these campaigns. >> we're still in the very early stages of our investigation, and we don't have all the facts, including who may be behind this. >> reporter: but republican and democratic lawmakers quickly blamed russia. in 2016 facebook failed to stop bots created from the russian internet research agency which infiltrated use feeds of thousands of facebook users, a point reiterated by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. >> it was the russians. we know that. they know that. it was directed from the highest levels and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. >> reporter: patterson said for facebook, this is just the beginning of the war. >> we know the coordinated
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attack in 2016 was an ongoing attack meaning it never stopped, but external ak actors, many of them foreign governments, are continues to meddle in the election. >> facebook is attempting to get ahead of foreign actors that are trying to interfere with u.s. elections, but dan patterson said they're aware that they're trying to plan those attacks. well, this morning gun control advocates are applauding a decision by a federal judge that temporarily blocked the release of blueprints for 3-d printed guns. the plastic guns are untraceable and undetectable. the company who wanted to distribute the plans made a deal with the trump administration that would have made the blueprints available today. eight attorney generals filed on monday to block this.
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>> that means that for any entity or individual to portfolio that information online is illegal under federal law just as it was before the federal government made the unfortunate decision to allow it. >> president trump appears to be questioning the administration's decision. he tweeted, i'm looking into 3-d plastic guns being sold to the public doesn't seem to make much sense. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from cody wilson who runs the company that wants to publish the blueprint plans for the plastic dismissed any chance of a last-minute plea.
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zbegss against cbs ceo les moonves. the los angeles district attorney's office was considering three possible criminal charges against moonves in connection with alleged sexual assaults on a woman in the 1980s. she reported the alleged incidents in february. prosecutors decided not to file the charges because the statue of limitations expired. last week the magazine cited six women who claim he harassed them. moonves admits he may have made women uncomfortable but denies sexually assaulting anyone. coming up on "cbs morning news," a school controversy, a michigan mom files a lawsuit after her son is handcuffed. >> and a sudden drop in a parking lot. this is the "cbs morning news." appening in a parking lot. this is the "cbs morning news." lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds.
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garage to collapse yesterday just hours after another section crumbled. there were no injuries, but about 30 vehicles were crushed or damaged, and the officials say it may be too unsafe to get the dozens of cars that were unscathe. an investigation is under way to determine what caused the crash. there's a lawsuit over a boy being handcuffed, and president trump stumps for candidates in florida. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the tampa bay times" reports president trump hit the campaign trail in tampa to push for congressman ron desantis in the state's upcoming primary for governor. >> we're going to win this primary, but don't take any chances. nice lead, nice lead. don't take any chances. then about -- give yourself ten, 15 minutes of happiness and they go back to work for november. >> trump also told last night's crowd of about 10,000 people that he's the most popular
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republican in american history. he touted the booming economy, his straight policies, and plans for immigration reform, but he also wrongly claimed that shoppers have to show i.d.s to buy groceries. the minneapolis "star tribune" reports about 200 protesters blocked the platform in the matter of a shooting of thurman blevins, a black man. the protest turned tense when one frustrated commuter was punched in the face after trying to rip away protesters' signs. yesterday's demonstration comes after prosecutors said the officers' actions were justified when they shot 31-year-old blevins in june. body cam video shows him running away from the police with what appears to be a handgun. >> michigan live reports that
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the aclu files a lawsuit against the police department. video shows a young boy who suffers from adhd handcuffed during the incident in 2015. police handcuffed him after he kicked a cart and ran around the bleachers. he was cuffed for about an hour because the officer didn't have the keys to unlock the cuffs. city officials declined to comment. and "usa today" says new york governor andrew cuomo steps in to reopen a boy's lemonade stand after a state health inspector shut it town. the 7-year-old was selling lemonade outside his home near the county fair last friday, and the inspektder said he needed a permit. people complained. he later apologized. cuomo said if a pemit is needed he'd pay it himself to get the stand reopened. still to come, a snafu involving your taxes. why you may owe more money to the irs. >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs morning news" sponsored
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and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, stocks on wall street finished higher, breaking a three-day losing streak. health care and real estate led the gain. meanwhile the commerce department said personal spending grew another 0.4% in june. ultimately the dow rallied 108 points. the s&p 500 added 13 points. the nasdaq climbed 41 points. some 30 million americans will have to come up with more money to pay their taxes next year. that's because employers withheld too little money, anticipating taxes would be lower. it made paychecks bigger, but they'll pay the price next spring. they were put together by the government earlier this year. the troubled movie subscription service moviepass said it'sby $5. it still won't make moviepass profitable. shares slumped 38% yesterday, now trading below 50 cents a
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share. subscribers were locked out this past weekend in seeing the much app it is pated "mission impossible: fallout." they said, we're continuing to make changes to continue to offer our members high volume, low cost movie theater experience. and apple's third quarter profit and sales exceeded analysts' expectations. profits topped $11.5 billion. the iphone 10 helped push apple's total revenue to more than $53 billion. the iphone and icloud helped to boost the business. apple's fourth quarter sales forecast was also better than expected. anne-marie? >> and i probably contributed to that in quite a healthy way. >> we all did. this company is making money hand over first and could soon by the first trillion-dollar company. >> wow. amazing. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, diane. >> all right. thank you. still ahead, the search for an arsonist. new surveillance reveals new
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the news isn't all bad... a miraculous story of survival in mexico -- as everyone on board survives a plane crash just after take-off... what may have contributed to the near-disaster. and the trump administration is making a new argument in its attempt to roll back tough auto pollution standards. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning.
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. well, a monsoon that blew through the phoenix area monday night packed winds so powerful it moved a parked airplane. the winds can be seen carrying a plane a few feet at the deer valley airport. the storm also brought plenty of dust and rain. it ripped apart roofs and knocked over trees and power lines. wind gusts of 74 miles per hour were recorded. chipotle is feeling the heat again after customers reported becoming ill at a restaurant in ohio. the restaurant in powell reopened yesterday after closing
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on monday when customers said they got sick. health officials said they received 368 inquiries related to a possible food-borne illness. they're investigating. one lawsuit has already been filed seeking $25,000 on behalf of a man who claims he got sick. and there's new surveillance video showing a man starting a fire at a new york city gas station. in the new video, the suspect pulls up in a blue minivan. he's seen tossing a piece of lit paper to the ground, igniting a spilled fuel. the suspect's shoes caught fire before he drove away. earlier video showed the man spilling gas around the pump. a person nearby was seriously hurt. the suspect and employee got into an argument just moments before the fire. coming up on the "cbs morning news," a player from the
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humboldt broncos junior hockey team returns to the ice after being paralyzed in a bus crash that killed 16 of higgs teammates. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." dixie ultra plates? with two pounds of steak. in each hand. dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner.
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our top stories this morning, an aeromexico jet crashed and burned as it was trying to take off from northern mexico yesterday, but all 103 people onboard survived. the twin engine jet took off in a storm and ended up in a field at the end of the runway. passengers used escape slides to get out before the jet caught fire. and facebook says it's discovered evidence of a new sophisticated disinformation campaign. it's eliminated 32 accounts discovered last week and is working with the fbi. the accounts possibly linked to russia are described as a coordinated effort to manipulate the upcoming midterm elections.
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automakers are trying a new way to prevent so-called hot car deathing involving young children. kris van cleave has more. >> we avoided a disaster. >> reporter: a florida sheriff's deputy's camera rolls moments after a woman's child was rescued from a hot car. you can see her consoling the child's mother who told police she thought she dropped her son off at his father's house. so far 29 children have died this year on track to be one of the deadly eiest. nissan will make this horn honking back seat alarm standard on all vehicles by 2022. the car will alert a driver when they switch off the ignition if the back door has been opened during a trip. gm also offers a back seat alarm in 29 of its models. marlene mendoza was one of 23 engineers who helped design the
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alarm. >> if it helps one person, it's good to know we made a difference. it's there if you ever need it. debbie hersman runs the national safety counsel and is the former chair of the ntsb. she welcomes the safety change. >> amazingly 25% of these fatalities actually occur in workplace parking lots, and so that's really telling us parents may be out of their normal routine. >> reporter: that feature is available in the 2018 nissan pathfinder. children are susceptible to heat in cars. their body temperature can rise four times faster than an adult and in 20 minutes a car parked in the sun can jump by nearly 20 degrees. kris van cleave, cbs news, dearborn, michigan. coming up on "cbs this morning," two former walmart employees say they were fired from their jobs for missing work as a result of their pregnancies. we'll talk with cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. plus a player from the humboldt broncos junior hockey
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team returns to the ice less than four months after being paralyzed in a bus crash that killed 16 of his teammates. and with the increasing decline of newspapers, a tariff is impacting newsrooms nationwide with increased production costs. alex wagner takes us inside one of the largest remaining printing presses in the world. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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i'm michelle griego. i'm anne makovec, in for kenny. time is 4-- good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, august 1. you might
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not know what that is but that is the bay bridge. >> good morning i am michelle griego. >> it is 4:30 am, i am anne makovec . >> it is the first of the month. >> hopefully a great day. as we saw from the live shot, fog is out there and the bridges covered in fog. all around us we will notice some smoke in the sky, the heat will be on and unfortunately, you are not protected by the fog coverage around the bay and the coast. by the end of this week, the temperatures will go from the 90s down to the 80s for many communities by the time that friday and the weekend roll around. relief in sight with cooler air and by the water that is where the cool air is,

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