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>> but, governor, it's hard for people listening to you, an educated man at the age of 59, to say that you're just learning about the history of it. you didn't know the history, know that it was offensive before? >> i think we're all on a learning curve and, certainly, miss king, i am not the same person now at age 59 that i was back in my early 20s. public schoolteachers in denver went on strike today for the first time in 25 years. they are demanding raises to keep up with the cost of living. denver officials are trying to keep the schools open during the walkout using substitutes. the u.s. was on everyone's mind today as iranians feel the deep bite of american economic sanctions. elizabeth palmer is in teheran. >> reporter: today's celebrations featured the
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inevitable flag burning and of course chants of death to america. it's part of a ritual salute to a revolution that four decades on still has leaders. on stage, the president spoke about the revolution's achievements and boasted that iran would continue to expand it's military power. that could provoke even harsher american sanctions. the trump administration says u.s. sanctions are going to weaken the iranian regime. well, so far, the regime looks just fine, but the iranian people are having a very rough time. he came to the parade for the free food. >> my family is poor, myself. nobody has anything on their table. >> mr. trump and the administration say they're trying to target the iranian -- >> [ bleep ]. >> he and millions more are
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furious with the u.s. but they're equally furious with their own government. >> financial crutches everywhere, economic corruption. there's lots of thieves among them who just steal millions of dollars. >> underlying all of this anniversary hoopla is fatigue and the growing dispair of people that can no longer see a way out. cbs news, teheran. coming up next, the biggest crack down in 25 years on the dietary supplements taking by tens of millions of americans and later, why so many taxpayers are getting smaller refnds this year.
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alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too! >> glor: the f.d.a. announced a crackdown today on dietary supplements that are taken by two out of three americans. public health officials warned some products contain unapproved ingredients. and you might find this hard to believe: do not work as
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promised. anna werner has more. >> reporter: in a statement announcing the food and drug administration's action, commissioner gottlieb said 12 warning letters and five advisory letters had been sent to supplement companies whose products the agency said "are being illegally marketed as unapproved new drugs because they claim to prevent, treat, or cure alzheimer's disease as well as health conditions like diabetes and cancer." the f.d.a. found one company claimed its product had "proven effectiveness against numerous deadly viruses," and another had touted "reducing symptoms of cognitive decline." in the 25 years since the f.d.a. began regulating dietary supplements, they've become a $40 billion industry. gottlieb said in an online statement that he's "concerned that changes in the supplement market may have outpaced the evolution of our own policies and our capacity to manage emerging risks." the trade group that represents supplement manufacturers today
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applauded any effort by f.d.a. to take what it calls "bad actors" out of the marketplace. the council for responsible nutrition, steve mister. >> when you have companies who don't abide by the quality standards or make unreasonable claims for their products, it hurts consumer confidence for all of the legitimate products. >> reporter: while that industry group says it supports any crackdown on bad actors, its rep told us they won't support proposals for what they call "unwarranted regulatory burdens for the industry," like, jeff, government approval being required before new products hit the market. >> glor: very interesting, anna, thank you. up next here tonight, why your tax refund may be shrinking this year. ♪
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cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here to explain why some are seeing these shrinking refunds. jill, what's happening so far? >> repr: st's just the first week of data. so, let's not take this too far. but we are seeing fewer people file earlier this year than last year. and, as you said, those average tax refunds are down by 8.4%. >> glor: but why? because people hear "tax cuts" and they think they're going to get more money back here. >> reporter: and that's understandable, but here's the issue, although two-thirds of taxpayers are likely to pay fewer dollars in taxes this year than the year before, many of them have already gotten those dollars because their paychecks changed because of their withholding. they may not have realized it, but those few extra dollars in your pocket every week, that went to your bottom line. >> glor: already gotten the money there. quickly, what can taxpayers do to avoid a refund shock next year? >> reporter: all you need to do is talk to your employer, change your withholding. if you're self-employed, be sure to change the way you're handling your quarterly estimates. gr: j t to have a ri n. much
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>> glor: last year at the grammys, only one of the major awards went to a woman. this year, it was a lot
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different. here's vladimir duthiers. >> can i bring some of my sisters out here tonight? >> reporter: grammy host alicia keys set the tone from the start. women had come to the grammys to be heard, starting with one of the most popular women in the world. >> music helps us share ourselves. >> reporter: with wins in nearly 40 categories, women stepped up and stole the show. >> reporter: from alica key's technical wizardry to cardi b's record setting win for best rap album, there was no shortage of girl power in the room. even the 6 minute motown tribute by 49-year-old jennifer lopez
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showed superwoman strength. while critics felt that a black artist should have been singing motown it we are her goal to infuse the show with new attitude. this is about inclusion, this is about diversity. what do you want them to see? >> to ensure that we are all making sure that diversity and inclusion is present and front and center, and particularly for women to have our seat at the table. >> reporter: diana ross, who never once won a competitive grammy in her entire career, owned the crowd, defining what it means to be a legend in her own way. vladimir duthiers, cbs news, new york. >> for some of you the news cew york city, i'm jeff glor.
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this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. negotiations aimed at funding president trump's long promised border wall have reached an inpai impasse and the countdown has begun to another government shutdown. it can come friday if congressional negotiators can't find common ground. president trump took his case to el paso for a campaign-style rally. but miles away, beto o'rourke held a rally of his own blasting president trump's wall. >> not only don't they want to
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give us the money for the wall, they don't want to give us the space to detain murders, crimina criminals, drug dealers. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> it's really extreme. a hard, statuary cap on the number of illegal immigrants who can be detained by the federal government. >> reporter: democrats say limiting the number of detention beds at immigration enforcement facilities would force the trump administration to focus deportation efforts on violent criminals instead of using them as a deportation staging area for non-violent offenders. on twitter, the president called the idea "crazy" and told supposedly "self-righteous" democrats to "loosen up." negotiators are still wrestling over how much money to spend on a border wall. the president initially demanded more than $5 billion, but the half that amount.
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tonight, mr. trump will make his case for that funding in el paso. the republican mayor there, dee margo, disputed the president's claim that el paso was riddled with crime before the arrival of border barriers. >> we were safe before the border wall went up, or i call it "the fence." >> reporter: fearing another partial shutdown, the nation's largest flight attendant's union warned of work stoppages in the name of safety. >> the action or inaction of congress is going to ground our airlines, and we cannot allow that to happen. >> reporter: in the washington suburb of olney, maryland, federal contractor maggie mcgary lost work and pay during the first shutdown, knocking her brand-new small business for a loop. >> not being able to kind of be in charge of your own livelihood is really-- it's really scary. and it's really unsettling. >> reporter: asked if there would be another government shutdown, president trump said late today, "that's up to the
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democrats." meanwhile, california's new democratic governor, gavin newsom, announced he's pulling nearly 400 national guard troops from a border security deployment, calling the president's focus on this particular issue a "manufactured crisis.">> cha cnueso reign in democrats are fighting off calls to re-sign. ralph northam is in a scandal over a racist photo in his college yearbook and lieutenant governor justin fairfax is accused of sexual assault. >> in richmond, members say he stand by the governor. >> we have examined the governor's past performance and we have known him and choose to forgive. >> but in that interview with gayle king, he raised further questions about his understanding of racial issues
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when he referred to slaves as indentured servants. >> just 90 miles from here in 1619, the first indentured servants from africa landed on our shores and fort monroe. >> also known as slavery. >> yeah. >> in a statement released today, he said a historian advised me that the use of indentured was more historically accurate than enslaved. the fact is i'm still learning and committed to getting it right. meanwhile, justin fairfax showed up to work as he faces allegations of sexual assault. >> i'm still very confident in the truth. >> for now, he appears to have held off an impeachment push as patrick hope delayed his introduction of articles of impeachment. in an interview with the washington post, fairfax denied
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allegations by two women of sexualsex assault and rape. >> i'm standing up for everyone's right to be heard but i'm also standing up for due process. >> democratic congresswoman jennifer wexton said it's too late for that. >> this is not something that needs to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. elected leaders need to be held to a higher standard. >> we learned today that four of the staffers have quit in the wake of the scandal. at the beginning of today's proceedings, fairfax and senators bowed their heads as they pray god bring reconciliation, bring healing, bring a peace to this place. >> governor northam discussed the controversy with gayle king. >> what do you know that you didn't know before? >> i was born in white privilege. it's much different the way i white person such as myself was treated in this country.
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>> did you not know you were born into white privilege? >> i knew i was miss king but i didn't realize the powerful implications of that. talking to a lot of friends, that has become crystal clear to me. i have also learned why the use of blackface is so offensive and, yes, i knew it in the past, but reality has really set in. >> you didn't know the history and know that it was offensive before? >> we're all on a learning curve and certainly, miss king, i'm not the same person now at 59 that i was in my early 20s. >> in iran they're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the iranian revolution. >> reporter: today's celebrations featured the inevitable flag burning and, of course, chants of "death to america." it's part of a ritual salute to a revolution that four decades on still has true believers. on stage, president hassan rouhani spoke about the revolution's achievements and
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boasted that iran would continue to expand its military power. that could provoke even harsher american sanctions. the trump administration says that u.s. sanctions are going to weaken the iranian regime. well, so far, the regime looks just fine, but the iranian people are having a very rough time. anher came to the parade for the free food. >> my family has proved ourselves, nobody has anything on their table-- on their cloth table. >> reporter: mr. trump and the administration say they are trying to target the iranian regime. [ bleep ] >> reporter: he and millions more are furious with the u.s., but they're equally furious with their own government. >> financial corruption is everywhere. economic corruption. lots of thieves among them, who just steal millions of dollars. >> reporter: underlying all this
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this is the cbs overnight news. >> the death of a chicago police officer last week is shining the light on a disturbing trend, police suicides. since last july, at least five chicago cops have killed themselves and just last week, the death of an off duty officer could make it six. blue help, an organization that provides mental health services and resources says officers are twice as likely to die by suicide than in confrontations with criminals. dean reynolds has more. >> reporter: every week father dan brant rides deep into chicago's most violent neighborhoods listening to the cops that patrol these streets.
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he says out here on the job is where they're more likely to open up and what he hears are cries for help. >> hey, how is it going? >> these officers see more evil in the course of a ten hour tour than most anybody sees in a lifetime. >> reporter: and it can't be unseen. >> when an accountant goes home he can talk to his spouse about the audit he or she just conducted but officers don't want to burden their spouse with the ugliness they encountered the last 8 or 10 hours. >> nationwide, 161 police officers took their lives last year and 160 the year before. outpacing the number that died in the line of duty. 5 and possibly 6 suicides in chicago since july. according to one study, cops are 30% more likely to kill themselves than the general public. experts on the subject say stress creates problems at home, relationship issues, and worse. >> they have the tool to do so,
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to end their own life right on their hip. >> in chicago, contacts between officers and their families with the mental health assistance program more than doubled between 2013 and 2017. >> nice to see you, thank you. >> father brant offers a sympathetic ear. but the need is urgent. >> it took us all by surprise. >> jeffrey sax is a former chicago cop and stepfather of dane smith, an officer who committed suicide on new year's day. >> i think there was a lot of straws that broke the camel's back. >> tell me about that. >> working in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the city of chicago. i believe he suffered from post-traumatic stress. >> it's okay. >> it's those neighborhoods where you find father brant. >> police officers are called to be social workers and marriage counselors and peacemakers and dodgers of bullets. >> he
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parton won 8 grammys as well as a boat load of other awards. i was lucky enough to sit down with her for a chat about life and music. ♪ working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living barely getting by it's all taking and no giving ♪ >> we have all been singing along with dolly for decades. ♪ >> but if you want to know the truth about dolly parton know this, she works way more than just 9 to 5. even with a half century of music behind her, the glitzy, big haired, queen of country glamour is still at it 24/7. still writing her legacy one song at a time. >> it's my therapy, my guitar is
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my friend. when i'm in that zone, i call it my god zone. i just love that time. >> well, hello. >> so please, don't even mention the r word to this 73-year-old. >> people always say why don't you retire? i say and do what? what does that even mean? >> sit on your pile of money and awards. >> i don't care. i always count my blessings more than i count my money. i don't work for money. never did. it was the art. it was the job. i loved the work. and i have done well and i'm thankful for it. >> on friday, the music industry said thank you to her. ♪ jolene >> with a star studded celebration of parton. ♪ >> she's the grammy's 2019 music
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cares person of the year. an honor not only for her music but for her charity work like her imagination library, the literacy program she started that mails more than a million free books each month to children under 5. >> we thought it might do good in our county, maybe a couple of counties over but now we're all over the world and we have given a million books away. i'm as proud of that as anything i've ever done. >> these are all from the 60s. >> she's also proud of her wardrobe. >> when i put it on, it looks cheaper. >> now on display at the grammy museum in los angeles. >> this feels like the epitomy of the dolly parton look. >> it is. i love being flashy. i love showing the parts of me that i have become famous for. i try to do it in as good of taste as i can. dolly is open about nearly
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everything, including her cosmetic surgery. but as she sings in her song backwoods barbie. ♪ don't be fooled by thinking >> don't be fooled by thinking that the goods are not all there. >> it is true that my look is really based on country girl's idea of glam. i wasn't naturally pretty so i make the most of anything i've got. >> hold on a second. you were not naturally pretty. i've seen the pictures, dolly. i'm sorry. >> you should have seen me this morning before i got ready to see you. but i'm serious, though. i'm not like a natural beauty. but i can enhance it, whatever. whatever it takes. i do it. i try to make the most of everything. ♪ >> it's hard to argue with the results. >> what are you doing? it's time to go on stage. >> if you need a reminder,
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parton has sold more than 100 million albums. won a shelf full of grammys and written thousands of songs, including -- ♪ and i will always love you >> that's right. "i will always love you" was a 1974 hit for parton and a 1992 sensation for whitney houston in the bodyguard. >> does it ever bother you that people think that's whitney houston's song. >> no i always say she can have the credit as long as i get my cash. >> it's a good line and dolly parton is full of them. >> when other people want to make a joke or make a comment, you make the comment better than they ever could. >> some of that has always just know what they're thinking. but i'm also funny. >> should we do a couple of them for the fans. dolly, how long does it take for
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you to do your hair? >> i wouldn't know, i'm never there. >> dolly, are they real? >> they're real expensive. they're real big. >> how do you want people to remember you 100 years from now. >> i want them to say, god, don't she look good for her age. >> humor was a help where parton grew up. the 4th of 12 children in rural tennessee. >> i wrote a song years ago called in the good ole days when times were bad. no amount of money could buy for me the memories that i have of them. no amount of money could pay for me to go back and live through it again. >>arly reaze this is more tdrm. this is going to be my profession. this is a job? >> i was about 10 years old the first time that my uncle took me to sing in front of an audience and it was when they kept
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clapping and clapping after i had finished my song that i thought, you know, it felt -- i felt something. i was scared. i was nervous. but when i got that applause and got that feeling is when i thought, this is what i think i'm going to do. ♪ in my tennessee mountain home ♪ >> she moved to nashville and soon she was singing before a national audience on the porter wagner show. >> and i remember this little red headed girl with green eyes, prettiest little thing, and i said, well, what's your name? and she said jolene. and i said well, i love that name. all the way back to the bus, i was singing jolene. ♪ your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair ♪
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>> she gave the name to another red head she knew. a bank teller that flirted with her husband carl. ♪ >> the song helped launch parton's solo career and don't worry. she is still happily married. but as she jumps from country to pop to hollywood, the couple never did get around to having children. >> i never regret it. it was a choice. so you make your choices. you make your sacrifices. and i never look back. i knew early on that i was going to walk that road until god told me to stop and i'm still walking it. he ain't said nothing to me about quitting yet. >> in fact, she's going back for more including a sequel to her classic 1980 film 9 to 5. >> if you touch that phone i'm going to jerk it clean out of
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the wall. her character, dora lee got the best of an abusive male boss and in the eyes of some, became a feminist hero. >> i'm calling for help. >> i don't want you to call for help. >> is that a word feminist that you apply to yourself? >> i guess i am but i don't think of it like they do. i'm a feminine girl. i'm a working girl. i think we should all be treated with respect and if we do a good job we should get paid for it. i'm all about that. >> dolly parton has written more than 3,000 songs. and she says her favorite is this one, "coat of many colors." the story of a poor kid from the great smoky mountains that learned early on what really matters.
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♪ although we had no money i would rich as i could be in my
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>> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]
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who could forget this picture of sully, the service dog of the late george herbert walker bush. well, he's about to start a new job working for veterans. we paid a visit to sully before he started his new mission. >> service dogs like sully are trained to serve those that served this country. they support with daily tasks and help mitigate the symptoms of ptsd and provide comfort to vets in need and that's what sully did for president bush. >> it was ato thattoucd t. sully, president george h.w. bush's service dog paying relat.
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i'm getting chills right now thinking about it. >> john miller is ceo of america's vet dogs, the charity that trained sully. he says they were a perfect match. >> i think it was sully's old soul that really won him over with the president. >> he's named for that other sully that landed his plane on the hudson river saving the lives of everyone on board. as far as we know, this sully can't land a plane on a river, but he can do some pretty amazing things. vall valerie cramer is his trainer. >> sully, phone. yes. >> that's the kind of task he did for president bush but a big part of his job was simply giving comfort as the president mourned the death of barbara, his wife of 73 years. i am reayd lie at his feetsiowg
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>> you're in good company. >> shake. well, thank you very much. >> dogs from america's vet dogs don't just help presidents, they have served thousands of veterans including dennis chips. >> has felix changed your life? >> 100%. >> after 11 years in the navy and navy reserve, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. >> there were times when i would plan trips to walmart at 3:00 in the morning just to avoid people. felix comforts chips and makes him from frequent nightmares. >> he will nudge my side and place his head on my chest. >> he is retiring soon from his job as a prison guard. >> you'll be with him all the time. >> that's it. 24/7. >> is he ever going to leave your side? >>ie i about to have the opposite experience. losing sully to his next mission where he will help hi ears jt flalap about and you just can't not smile.
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>> there's a good one. >> and that's the ♪ it's tuesday, february 12th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." buckle up. a massive winter storm in the midwest is expected to dump heavy snow as it heads east for a messy morning commute. shutdown averted. lawmakers striking a late-night deal, but will president trump go for it? and an accuser speaks. one of the women at the center of the virginia capitol scandal prepares to tell her story puicly.

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