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captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: the kavanaugh controversy intensifies. in the day as 4ed we'll learn the fbi's findings of the sexual assault allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> they are free reign, they're going to do whatever they have to do whatever it is they do. >> quijano: then the senate will decide if kavanaugh gets to cement the conservative majority on the high court. >> it made me wonder about his suit ability to serve. >> quijano: also tonight the growing disaster in indonesia, the staggering death toll from a earthquake and tsunami doubled, a southern southern california beach remains closed after a shark attack. a college fat ball player suffers a head injury, collapses on the field and is rushed into
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surgery. and what better way to get in tune with nature than staging a piano concert in the wild. good evening, i'm elaine quijano. president trump said this weekend he expects the fbi's reopened background check into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh to be wrapped up this week. on twitter today the president dismissed concerns by senate democrat who questioned whether that's enough time to investigate multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct-- misconduct. mr. trump said for them it will never be enough. stay tuned and watch. mola lenghi is at the white house. >> an investigation into sexual a assault allegations against judge brett kavanaugh is now under way but an attorney for dr. christine blasey ford, one of kavanaugh's accusers tells cbs news she has yet to be contacted by the fbi despite repeated attempts to speak with them. >> i feel very empathetic,
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frankly, for victims of sexual assault. sem sexual harassed. and rape. >> on sunday senior administration officials expressed sympathy for dr. ford but still. >> i'm the victim of sexual assault, i don't expect kavanaugh or taper or jeff flake or anybody to be held responsible for that. >> anybody who watch 245d can't ignore the fact that it evokes some emotions. that this isn't about emotion, it is about facts. and the facts all end on brett kavanaugh's side. >> the white house is pushing back against claims that it's micromanaging the fbi investigation into judge kavanaugh. >> the fbi, this is what they do. and we're out of the way. >> president trump insists the fbi will have free reign to gather all the facts. but the fdbi tells cbs news the white house has set the parameters. senators say the investigation should be limited to current credible allegations and be finished by next friday. but democrats say investigators should be allowed to follow the evidence without limits.
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>> they cannot say oh hey, only interview the people in their neighborhood on one side of the street or only interview people from a certain period of their life. >> judge kavanaugh adamantly denies all allegations against him. >> cbs news has learned that today the fbi interviewed deborah ramirez, a second woman accusing judge brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. but as for julie swetnick, a third accuser, according to her attorneys, like ford, investigators have yet to reach out to her. elaine? >> quijano: mola lenghi, thank you. in an interview this eck would end for "60 minutes," scott pelley spoke to six members of the senate judiciary committee including republican jeff flake and democrat chris coons. the senators worked out a last minute deal on friday that forced president trump to reopen the fbi investigation into kavanaugh. >> i would like to ask both of you what you may made of judge kavanaugh's very emotional response and what it may or may not say about his judicial
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temperment, does this man belong on the supreme court? >> well, when he came, walked out, you could see him open his binder and put his paper here, we knew that he was eager to testify. and i have to say that when i heard him, i heard someone who, i hope i would sound like if i had been unjustly accused. and to see his family behind him, as chris said. and it was-- it was anger. but if i were unjustly accused that is how i would feel as well. and i as it went on, i think his interaction with some of the members was a little too sharp. but the statement, the beginning i thought was pretty raw. but in keeping with someone who had been unjustly accused.
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>> he had exchanges with senator feinstein, with senator klobuchar w others that i thought went over a line. he was clearly we lige rant, aggressive, angry. and i thought there was a tough dynamic there. as i watched him, part of me thought this is a man who believes that he did nothing wrong and he is completely unjustly accused. and he's being railroaded and he is furious about it. there were some lines that he delivered that were sharper, more partisan, more this is the clintons paying me back. this is a democratic smeer campaign. that i was surprised, from a judicial nominee, i'm not at all surprised to hear that from other colleagues in the committee or on television. but i was really struck that i thought his anger got the best of him. and he made a part i san-- partisan argument that would have been best left to be made for his advocates and defenders on the committee. >> made you wonder about suit
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ability. >> in my case, yes t made me wonder about his suit ability to serve on the bench. >> but senator flake, you identified with it. >> the part he talked b mentioned the clintons, i didn't like either. it seemed partisan but boy, i have to put myself in that spot. you know, i think you give a little leeway there. >> quijano: be sure to watch scott's interviews with the senators tonight on the season premier of "60 minutes." >> the supreme court traditionally starts on the first monday in october. the new session is getting under way with eight justices instead of nine, following the retirement in july of justin anthony kennedy. for more on this we turn to our chief legal correspondent jan crawford, senator coons and other democrats on the committee have questioned judge kavanaugh's fitness to be on the supreme court. if con virmed by the senate, what implications could that have on the court? >> i would say probably zero. because if you have to keep in mind that justice kavanaugh, if he is confirmed to the supreme
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court is going to go on a court that already knows him and has seen his views on the law. it will be very hard, i think, for a justice kavanaugh to put this behind him and just be seen as justice kavanaugh without this line being added to almost everything he wrote or even in doing oral articles. i think that will be a bigger challenge. >> the trurp administration solicitier general noel francisco said it is a time of transition for the supreme court. are there any significant cases to watch out for? >> well sure. i think we have to, instead of kind of thinking about what is on the dock et for the next few months we have to think about the entire term and years ahead. and there are enormous issues. will have an enormous impact on every day life, abortion rights, affirmative action, the rights of immigrants. the question is if brett kavanaugh is not confirmed what happens then. my sense is there would be an effort to have another nomination and another justice confirmed pretty quickly. but if not, and democrats were
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to take control of the senate, i think everyone agrees that the democrat was keep that senate-- that supreme court seat open until the next election which means you have a court with eight justices for potentially two years. >> quijano: thanks so much, jan. the death toll in indonesia from friday's earthquake doubled on sunday to more than 830. the earthquake unleashed waves that swept up or destroyed everything in their path. workers dug a mass grave this weekend in the city of palu. rebecca henschke of bbc news is there. >> up to 50 people are believed to be still under the rubble of the roa roa hotel here in palu city. rescue workers are trying to find survivors. authorities say the death toll is expected to continue to rise. now some of the most vulnerable are getting help. but those left behind are
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struggling. with aid only now just trickling in, desperate residents are taking matters into their own hands. relatives are flocking to the area to try and find out the fate of loved ones. >> people have been waiting for hours for petrol since this morning. they've come this way trying to reach the affected area of palu to see what happened to their loved ones. ing amongst the crowd, mothers who don't know what has happened to their children. >> this lady hasn't heard from her son and daughter since the quake hit. withafter shocks continuing to be felt, frightened survivors here are spending another night out in the open. rebecca henschke, bbc news, cbs news. >> quijano: a 13 year old boy who was attacked by a shark this weekend near san diego is recovering in the hospital. a friend posted a picture of the boy who was biten by a shark
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about 11 feet long. the boy who was diving for lobsters about 150 yards offshore suffered dramatic injuries to his upper body. it's been a year since president trump announced plans to end the dhaka program which shields young undeumed people from deportation and allows them to work in the u.s. while the program is in limbo recipients can renew their applications. last week in san francisco, many did here's john blackstone. >> michelle yoon's photo session is about much more than getting a portrait. it's part of her bid to stay in america. >> i consider myself american. i have american values. >> but to remain here she's getting help to renew her application, photo and all for dhaka. the deferred action for childhood arrivals program initiated by president obama in 2012 but threatened with closure by president trump. >> so far trump administration efforts to end daca have been held up in the courts but
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uncertainty makes application renewals urgent for many of the 700,000 young people who have benefited from daca. at a san francisco law office 36 attorneys from eight different firms donated time to help daca recipients renew their applications. ashley nelwani of legal services for children helped organize this free legal clinic. >> you are submitting a lot of very important information to the federal government. and if you are an undocumented person in this country, that is taking a huge leap of faith. >> a volunteer at the clinic ashish sudakran works for o'melveny & myers. >> i wanted to come here because it was sort of the place where you can come to sort of see your dream through. >> michelle yoon who arrived here at the age of ten with her parents and went on to graduate from ucla hopes her daca renewal will keep her dream alive. john blackstone, cbs news, san
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francisco. >> coming up next, we take you inside an ice operation to round up undocumented immigrants with criminal backgrounds.
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>> quijano: federal immigration agents are cracking down on undocumented immigrants with previous criminal convictions. during a three day sweep last week isa rested 150 people in los angeles and surrounding counties. most were from mexico. mireya villarreal road along with ice on one of those operations in southern california. it's 4:00 in the morning and nearly two dozen ice officers are finalizing plans. the agents door knock the homes on their list and identify the illegal imgranted before handcuffing them and loading them into their car. by mid morning six men and women are in custody. one of the people arrested freddie gonzalez served jail time for attempted murder. the immigrants are transferred to a long--term facility for a deportation hearing or deported
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immediately. >> these are all targeted operations. >> what if someone had been in the house. >> if someone else is in the house our officers have that discretion to conduct a field interview and make that decision if there is going to be an enforcement action. >> immigration advocacy groups say an increase amount of bistanders that weren't on the agency's radar are now getting caught up in these operations. shanan camacho is with chirla. >> ice is doing something very different. we can see that their priorities are changing and that the drag net for deportations is really expanding. >> ice data shows arrests of illegal immigrants have increased over the trump administration. up 30% compared to the end of the obama administration. the agency's data also shows arrests of immigrants without prior criminal convictions have more than doubled from 2016 to 2017. so far this year out of the more than 79,000 immigrant arrests, one in three is considered noncriminal. these are people that are just living their lives and trying to survive here in this country.
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>> immigration advocates will say these kind of targeted approaches create fear in these communities. >> i wouldn't say that it creates fear. we are out here protecting the community, we are getting these criminals off the street. >> mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> quijano: up incomes a college fat ball player suffers a serious head injury and collapses on the sideline.
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>> quijano: japan was slammed this weekend by a powerful typhoon. it's the 8th major storm to hit the country since july. the typhoon made landfall in southern japan and moved north towards tokyo with guseses topping 100 miles per hour. dozens of people are injured and hundreds of thousands have lost power. some areas got a foot and a half of rain. at least one person was killed
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when a car exploded saturday night in allentown, pennsylvania. about an hour north of philadelphia. it is not clear what caused the car to blow up. the powerful blast rattled windows in the neighborhood. fbi and atf agents are investigating along with state and local police. tennessee state linebacker christion abercrombie is in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery on saturday. the 20 year old suffered a head injury during the game. he collapsed on the sideline and was taken to the hospital. after the game both teams gathered on the field and prayed for abercrombie. >> still ahead, millions of americans watched the kavanaugh hearings. we'll hear what some had to say.
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>> quijano: more than 20 million americans watched at least part of thursday's kavanaugh hearings on the major tv networks. the preliminary rairgts do not
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include dij atal viewership on social media and streaming sites. many watched not just for the drama but for implications on the makeup of the supreme court and the momentum of the me too movement. here is what some had to say. >> i too was sexually assaulted. it could easily be me in that chair if one of those men had gone on to become a judge. >> i am totally with brett kavanaugh. i think he's a good person. i don't think he had anything to do with it. >> i really, i really felted bad for him and his family. >> if i was him i would want it investigated to prove that i didn't do anything. >> you just have to believe victims. when it comes, that is what it comes down to. >> as somebody who has gone through this type of thing, it's really sad to see how a person who had the courage to inform the public about what was happening, gets shut down like that so fast. it's a matter of if this person filt to serve. people confuse the law and politics all the time it is not the same thimg. >> she was kind of abused twice, by telling her story and having
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them come back around, and having the republicans ignore all her-- she stated and just makes excuses for him. >> the thing i resented was listened by one person, two people, one family member, this is someone standing up tks is very inspiring because it feels empowering. >> i think we can begin to question our is ofs as men in society, in which men have to take accountability for their actions. >> i i felt at this time of my life, that we passed a lot of steps. >> painful issue. >> when we return, musical adventures in the wild. his convert-- concert halls are stunning landscapes.
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sre alive with the soundght thee of hunter noack's grand pi ano, he performs his outdoor musical concerts in the wild.
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jan crawford pays him a visit. >> it's a place of spectacular beauty. cliffs and tall trees of oregon and then the unexpected. through the air the elegant melody of classical music. >> my mom and i were saying wouldn't it be cool if you could just have a piano and go anywhere. >> so that's what hunter noack did, traveling across the pacific northwest introducing classical mus toik new audiences in some wild places. i can do a show pretty much every day and be happy. >> he tows his piano all over the state on a flatbed trailer. with the help of a few friends, the flatbed becomes a stage.
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noack performs in the landscape, spaces with astounding natural beauty and rich history. >> you're taking this like beautiful music to places where people would not have access. >> yeah t gives people sort of a different lens through which to see that th land that they know and love. >> in this, reimagined concert hall, noack hopes to remove the normalri classical music. >> there are free tickets, casual clothes and the opposite of normal seating like perching on a rock overlooking the stage. >> a third of his audience has never attended a classical music concert. but even those who have lakely haven't done it like this. wearing wireless headphones to encourage wandering. >> with the music in your
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headphones, the music becomes a soundtrack to your experience in the landscapes. it's a new community, noack hopes to create each night. out on the edge of nowhere. >> what do you hope they get out of it. >> i hope that he they find little moments of magic. it's those little moments that draw people's emotions that give them space to feel something and to notice the beauty around us. and even for an hour wander wherever they want. it's something totally worth doing. >>. just breathe taking. that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs the season premier of "60 minutes." for more news any time go to cbsn@cbs news.com. i'm elaine quijano.
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live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. now at 6, crews -- one san francisco city supervisor says the project as a nightmare. >> it is a little bit of the past disappearing. >> longtime bay area diner, closing a stores after 36 years. and the unsung heroes fighting the wild fires. today, people in santa rosa turned out to honor heroes from last fall's devastating wildfires. john ramos says, the focus was on courageous individuals who many had not heard about before. truck when the fires began burning on the evening of
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october 8, most forms of communication broke down. that left santa rosa radio station k sro to help people know what to do and where to go, even as the flames reached on. >> you are talking about initially over 100,000 refugees. looking for a place to stay. >> reporter: the station was honored with two awards for his service that night. today, it sponsored the heroes of october festival at courthouse park to honor what others did nearly one year ago. >> so many times people are thanked just when things happened and then forgotten. that is something that is coming out of this. they told us it was nice to be thanked again. >> there was a display of t- shirts from the scores of first responder agents that help out. there was also a cow flyer -- cal fire helicopter flyover. colleen crocker, a special ed

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