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saturday and sunday. >> sounds fantastic. >> i love when you say 70s, sunshine. >> nice weather finally. >> love your seven day outlook, mary. a live look at the bay bridge on this monday morning. >> have a great day, everyone. good morning to our viewers in the west. monday, march 11th, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning." boeing 737 mass 8 jets are grounded by some airlines after a second crashes in less than five months. 157 people including eight americans died in sunday's disaster in ethiopia. the latest on the investigation and the safety questions surrounding the brand-new plane. "60 minutes" highlights a possible new cure for sickle cell disease. we have a patient who suffered all her life with the ailment but is now well after the experimental treatment. a woman is clawed by a
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jaguar inside an arizona zoo while she was trying to take a selfie. why the zoo says the injury is her fault. now she's apologizing. the world cup winning u.s. women's soccer team sues for equal pay. two of its star players alex morgan and megan rapinoe tell us why u.s. soccer has devalued their success for too long. we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. another deadly crash is raising critical questions about boeing 737s max 8 jetliner. >> no survivors after a tragedy in ethiopia. >> eight americans among the 157 people killed. >> r. kelly facing new allegations. >> a man in pennsylvania found a same of the r&b singer abusing underage girls. a woman gets attack while
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trying to take a selfie with a jaguar. a million dollar request for wall funding. >> he's going to stay with his wall and stay with the border security and i think it's essential. >> severe weather wreaking havoc across the south. multiple tornadoes touching down. >> oh, wow. >> a soccer player gets sucker-punched during a game. that fan arrested. >> what an absolute disgrace. >> all that -- >> oh! get away! >> whoa. >> another bat. at an nba game. >> bats in the belfry and all that matters. a young fan has a night he'll never forget when kyrie irving gives him his sneakers. on "cbs this morning." massive subway dance party in new york city.
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the party happened right after they attended swedish pop star's concert. ♪ wow, all i can say is swedish artist robin, thank you so much. great fans. i love it when people come together like that. >> well done. >> kyrie irving giving the shoes off his feet. i like that too. we begin with a terrible story. it involves a plane crash in africa, ethiopian airlines ground the rest of its max 8 jets while it investigates the crash that killed 157 people. flight 302 to nairobi went down minutes after takeoff from
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ethiopia's capital. the victims came from 35 different countries and eight of them are american. >> the plane's black boxes have been found but the cause is still unknown. it's the second accident in five months involving a boeing max 8 jet. we have more from the international airport where the plane was supposed to land. >> reporter: good morning. many of the people on board the airline were heading to unusu unusual -- nairobi. the u.s. has sent condolences. piles of debris lie scattered around the crash site. items of clothing and personal belongings, a jarring reminder of just how many lives were lost. the arrival board simply read flight delayed at nairobi's international airport yesterday.
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while back in ethiopia, reality began to sink in for frantic relatives. after the news was announced the ethiopian airline's ceo faced the public. >> we are very, very saddened. our heart is broken. for this tragic accident. >> reporter: flight 302 took off at 8:38 local time from ethiopia's bole international airport in addis abba. the pilot made a distress call wants to turn back. then at just six minutes into the flight all contact was lost and the plane crashed in debre zeit. a witness describes it. "it came draktly from the sky downwards," he said, "and we heard a huge explosion." it was a boeing 737 max 8 that the airline recently purchased at the end of last year.
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on the plane, 35 nationalities from around the world. so many of those people had dedicated their lives to helping others. the united nations has been hard hit by the crash losing 19 staff members from people providing safety tore refugees to those fighting world hunger, the flight manifest reads like a list of the very best of humanity. for cbs morning. >> such a terrible story. china's aviation authority ordered all chinese airlines to stop flying boeing 737 max 8 jets off the crash which killed 8 chinese citizens. regulators pointed to last year's lion air crash and said they have zero tolerance for safety hazards. indonesia and cayman airlines grounded their max 8 planes but the federal aviation administration hasn't taken any action with u.s. airlines. kris van cleave at washington's
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national art with a question that could be a huge problem for boeing. >> reporter: american southwest and united all fly a version of the 737 max. there are about 60 of them in u.s. airline service today and for now the airlines are sticking with the plane but sunday's crash is bringing up renewed concerns about the safety of the 737 max. flight 302 is the second deadly crash involving the boeing 737 max in less than five months. in october a lion air boeing 737 max 8 plunged into the java sea killing all 189 people on board. while both are still under investigation there are already apparent similarities. the pilots of both 737 max jets reported technical difficulties. the two planes appeared to struggle to gain altitude before making a steep nosedive and crashing less than 15 minutes after takeoff. a preliminary report of the lion
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air crash indicates the pilots of that flight fought to control the plane because of an automatic safety system malfunction. following the koosh boeing issued an advisory to max pilots detailing existing procedures that can be used to recover from an abrupt nosedive. steven wallace is the former head of dent investigation at the faa. >> i would not be reluctant to get on a 737 max but i assure you the manufacturer is terribly, terribly concerned about this. >> reporter: roughly 357 of them are in service around the world and boeing has pending for nearly 5,000. the 737 max that crashed sunday was delivered to ethiopian airlines in mid-november. the airline is one of africa's leading carriers. >> most airlines that are flying modern western equipment and taking the training that goes with them have a far superior safety record. >> reporter: boeing and the national transportation safety board are sending teams to assist with the investigation in
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africa. >> all right, kris. thank you. turkish airline is helping with injuries from turbulence. it was from istanbul to jfk airport. the turbulence hit without warning while the jet was flying over maine and tossed some passengers from their seats. some began to pray. 29 people including three children suffered n nonlife-threatening injuries. a flight attendant was treated for a broken leg. another video allegedly showing r. kelly having sex with underage girls is now in the hands of investigators. we learned about it the day after the singer was released from jail saturday. an anonymous person paid more than $161,000 that kelly owed for child support. jericka duncan has more on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the state attorney's office here in chicago already had two alleged sex tapes in their possession. well, now with this new tape
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that was handed over to federal prosecutors in new york just underscoring the deepening crisis facing robert kelly. >> i promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out. that's all i can say right now. i promise you. >> reporter: his child support issues may have been resolved but r. kelly's legal problems only seem to worsen this weekend. >> he was sexually abusing underage african-american girl. >> gary and sally dennis announced sunday they had given a recently discovered sex tape to the u.s. attorney in brooklyn. >> i thought it was a recording of an r. kelly concert. >> reporter: their lawyer gloria allred said the couple have never met r. kelly and didn't know how the vhs tape ended number a box in their basement. >> over the years, there have been friends that gave him sports tapes because they know he likes sports. he has no idea. he's tried to think about it and
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no idea. these are very old tapes. >> reporter: kelly who was acquitted on child pornography charges in 2008 has not been charged in connection with this new video. it is the third underage sex tape to surface this year allegedly featuring kelly. attorney michael avenatti says he turned over two other videos to the cook county state's attorney. >> these two videotapes leave no doubt as to the guilt of r. kelly. he is clearly visible on both videos. >> reporter: in his interview with gayle king last week kelly repeatedly denied ever having sex with minors. >> i guarantee you that i'm going to come out of this, okay, like i did before and it's not a bragging thing, it's thought an ego thing. >> you don't want to address the new videotapes that surfaced. >> i'm not addressing nothing. >> all right, all right. >> reporter: steve greenberg, kelly's defense attorney told us yesterday, quote, as far as i know, there are no tapes of mr. kelly with underage girls. meanwhile the family of joycelyn
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savage, one of kelly's live-in girlfriends say they are working with kelly's team to try to facilitate a face-to-face meeting with their daughter. they believe kelly has brainwashed her and they say they have not seen their daughter in two years. >> thank you. interesting to see if this meeting takes place. the family tells me we'll set up a meeting and never comes to pass this. one they said looks more promising than in the past. we'll see if that works out. this week. we will see. >> by the way in your special and the whole team that put it together did a fabulous job. >> i emailed susan and said how, how in less than 48 hour dis they put that together with all -- with several new pieces of video, i said, bravo, bravo. >> superpowers of cbs news. >> it is a machine. >> that's right. >> millions tuned in. >> congratulations to all. president trump is asking
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for billions in border wall funding in his new budget proposal. the white house sent to it congress this morning. the president wants an additional $8.6 billion to build more than 700 miles of barriers along the southern border. he plans to cut domestic programs to pay for the construction. it will renew his fight with democratic congressional leaders that led to a record-breaking partial government shutdown earlier this year. major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lots and lots of numbers in the federal budget and plenty of politics in the battle lines already drawn, not surprisingly over border wall funding. the white house wants more and expects congressional democrats. in the run-up the white house did not assert that mexico directly or indirectly will pay for the wall. so much for that campaign promise. democrats also likely will object to more defense spending
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while cutting nondefense spending by 5% this year and 2% in future years. also democrats likely to object to trillion dollar deficits now and for the years to come and no balancing of the federal budget projected for 15 years. now, as part of this budget conversation, there will be a vote in the senate this week on a motion it disapprove the president's national emergency declaration for border wall funding. that will pass even with some republican votes drawing president trump's very first veto. that veto will be sustained in the white house meaning the white house will prevail ultimately but that will foreshadow something the white house is already girding for another shutdown scenario over border wall funding. >> we are allergic to those words. another fight for the white house coming up. well, new reports of nuclear activity in north korea raised troubling questions about dictator kim jong-un's intentions after his summits with president trump.
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western intelligence sources tell cbs news between the singapore and hanoi summits north korea produced enough nuclear material to make about one warhead per month. satellite images released showed activity at a north korean rocket test site that kim had promised to close. john bolton says the president would be disappointed if kim resumed testing ballistic missiles. >> he feels the absence of nuclear tests, the absence of ballistic missile launches is a positive sign and he's used that really as part of his effort to persuade kim jong-un that he has to go for what the president called the big deal, complete denuclearization. >> now, bolton says the president is open to a third summit after some time has passed. former vice president joe biden leads the 2020 democratic field in a key state though he has yet to announce his run for president. a new poll shows 27% of likely democratic caucusgoers picked biden. he has a two-point lead over bernie sanders.
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we have more from austin, texas. ed, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, biden is expected to jump into the race in the upcoming weeks and new polls may ease concerns he may still have. for democrats already in the race, they're trying to make sure biden doesn't steal their thunder. 2020 contenders at south by southwest in austin tried to avoid bringing more attention to the possibility of former vice president biden getting into the fray. >> i have a lot of respect for vice president biden. first we want to make sure he's getting in. i can only address my own merit. >> why are you better or more qualified than the former vice president. >> i'm in this race because washington works gait for the wealthy and the well connected. it's just not working for anyone else. >> reporter: meanwhile senator bernie sanders campaigned sunday in new hampshire. >> we are going to complete what we started here. [ applause ] >> reporter: sanders campaigning for president trump a second
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time is once again forcing a conversation among democrats about socialism. >> when we came here to new hampshire four years ago, ideas that seemed so very radical at that time, well, today they are being supported by democratic candidates from school board to president of the united states. >> reporter: it's a topic we asked democratic primary candidates about. questions of capitalist versus socialist. >> put me down as a capital. >> you get labeled as a socialist. >> it's wrong. >> i'm comfortable. i'm -- >> go ahead. >> i'm happy to say i'm a capitalist but i think at a certain point the labels do nothing but divide us. >> reporter: here in austin more than a dozen democratic and republican presidential contenders made appearances but the eyes of the political world will shift tuesday morning to washington when biden addresses
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the international association of firefighters. it's a labor union willing to support his bid and could provide him with big on the ground support in places like iowa and new hampshire. >> all right, ed, thank you. rest that voice. >> go home, ed and go to bed. >> okay. in our next hour, momma gayle has spoken. >> your wife just called and said come home. >> we'll talk with senator chris coons of delaware. it's an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." the national weather service confirms at least six ef-1 tornadoes touched down in the latest round of extreme weather hammering the south. a total of 15 twisters were reported across the southeast saturday including one that sent debris flying in louisiana. another tore through arkansas. it injured two people and destroyed mobile homes. part of mississippi and
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tennessee also experienced heavy winds. the damage also created power outages. the storm system dropped hail the size of ping-pong balls near dallas. more severe weather is threatening texas tomorrow and louisiana on wednesday. good monday morning to you. looking at clear skies. chilly conditions. bundle up out the door. areas of fog especially the peninsula, tri-valley and the north bay this morning. all of us will see the sunshine as we head through the afternoon. below average temps today. as we head through the week, temps will be soaring with a huge warm up. upper 50s to low 60s for highs. check out the warm temps this week. check out the warm temps this week.
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. good morning. it's 7:26. i'm kenny choi. los angeles police are investigating the shooting death of victor mcelhaney. the son of oakland city councilwoman lynette gibson mcelhaney. this happened during a botched robbery. a man is in custody after scary confrontation outside of oak lane international airport. he was armed with a large knife and investigators say that he was attempting to provoke deputies into shooting him. caltrain passengers with bikes get to board first starting tomorrow. the bikes board first program is aimed at reducing delays and making boarding faster for all
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as you work your way out of marin county, a couple of trouble spots that will 0 slow you down. southbound 101 into marin a. crash moved to the right shoulder but backed up to 37. that is because it was boing lanes at one point. southbound 101 from 37 to the golden gate a 31 minute drive time. approaching the golden gate bridge a crash in sausalito to the right side. mary? here comes the sun. check out a gorgeous view. this is the sunrise this morning. we will see plenty of sunshine through the day. daytime highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. partly cloudy. breezy tomorrow then a big warm up as we head through the week. check out the weekend. a dry weekend looking attempts in the 70s inland saturday and sunday. tempts in the 70s inland saturday and
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how stupid do you think i am? is this a camera? no. no. that's a prank. okay, guys -- think for a minute. use your brains. why would i do these things? this is -- years -- i kept y'all trapped in the closet. leaning on your booty. age ain't nothing but a number. >> robert -- >> so many other clues -- [ laughter ] this is how you repay me? >> robert --
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>> i don't have anybody left in my corner -- >> okay, robert, okay. >> almost a decade. who the hell is this? >> that's the crisis manager. crisis averted. that's darrell jones portraying -- that's "snl's" leslie jones and keenan thompson. bravo and thank you. listen, i marveled that leslie seems to have gotten the exact same dress, the braille lecelet going like this. it's amazing that they capture stuff you don't know -- aneat amy hairdresser is excited about that. "did you see me on "snl""? >> you will sense be known as jail king. >> that was pretty funny. you're always a little nervous, but that was pretty funny. thank you "snl" crew. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. iran's president is in iraq today in an attempt to bolster tehran's influence and expand business ties in the wake of the collapsed nuclear deal with the u.s. this is president rouhani's
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first official visit to iraq. iran's economy has suffered since the trump administration reimposed sanctions in 2018. the company's state news agency said a series of agreements are expected to be signed with iraq in deals such as energy, transport, and health. the fda is now allowing genetically modified salmon to be imported into the u.s. despite protests from environmental groups. the agency lifted a ban on salmon eggs which are modified by a company called aquabounty to grow twice as fast. it said the ban is unnecessary because new regulations require companies to disclose bioengineered products. aquabounty claims its fish will help meet increasing demand and reduce costs. a coalition of consumer and fishing groups is suing over safety and contamination concerns. and an update to a story we brought you last week. the under armour sneakers designed by nba superstar steph curry and 9-year-old riley mower-year-old sold out in one day. curry released the shoes after
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morrison asked why girls' sizes are not available in a shoe line. curry wore the shoes in his game friday night with nor son there. >> wow. >> nice. >> to cheer him on. >> did you order some? >> two, i have two girls. >> i'm waiting to see if our order went through because we did it on line. i don't know. you didn't order some for yourself? >> you know, i didn't. and now obviously i need to order a pair. luckily i'm almost the same size as my girls. >> i almost hit "send" and something distracted me. i'm on the wait list. >> there you go. a woman is recovering after a jaguar attackedphoenix. national parks westerner is here with how another quick-thinking
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visitor came to the rescue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the woman in this incident says, no, i wasn't attacked. she told cbs news she calls it a crazy accident. the jaguar has been taken out of visits until the incident is investigated. it will not be put down because it was not at fault. cell phone video captured the unidentified woman crying out in pain after her encounter with a jaguar at the wildlife world zoo. >> the arm -- >> reporter: authorities said the woman crossed in concrete barrier to take a selfie when the animal reached out and clawed her arm. adam wilkerson took video -- >> the claws that were retracted were outside of the cage andgraphpand grasped her hand. she was holding her other arm with her hand attached to the paw screaming to get out. >> reporter: his mother used a water bottle to get the jaguar to let go of the woman. >> i grabbed it and started to push it into, you know, the
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cage. that's when she took one paw off and grabbed the bottle with the mouth. >> reporter: the woman tells cbs news she's grateful to rescuers but unhappy the video was made public. in a conversation with cbs news she did not admit to encourting the enclosure -- entering the enclosure that meets guidelines. >> when people do not respect the barriers, there's always a chance there might be a problem. >> reporter: last year another zoo visitor said the same jaguar scratched him as he was taking a video. >> one swipe with a paw can do a lot of damage. it's always really hard on the animal. it's really stressful. >> reporter: animal rights activists say invading the animals' space causes anxiety. the draw of posting a great picture on subcommittee has prompt -- on social media has prompted people to put their safety at risk. >> we're in a part of society, a culture, where we want the great picture. that's at too great a cost. it could have been so much worse
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for the animal and the person who tried to intercede and help her. >> reporter: the woman received stitches. she was released yesterday from a hospital. the zoo says she met with the zoo owner on sunday and apologized for her actions. the zoo says she admitted she was wrong. >> at least she knows it was a bonehead move. she's lucky she was not really hurt. i love what the guy in the piece said. the barriers are there for a reason. note to self -- >> yeah. >> yeah. stay away -- >> pay attention, people. three months from now, the u.s. women's soccer team will try to win a second world cup in a row. first, going to court. ahead, the lawsuit that aims to stopgap a long-standing fight over money. and if you're on the go, subscribe to our podcast. get the top stories in less than 20 minutes. we call that a deal. you're watching "cbs this morning." we thank you for that. we'll be right back. of soft-serve ice cream? i got cones, anybody wants one!
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it claims the u.s. soccer federation is in violation of the 1964 civil rights act. in the suit, the players say the federation, quote, has stubbornly refused to treat its female employees who are members of the women's national team equally to its male employees. the lawsuit is new, but the fight for equality on the field has been years in the making. [ cheers ] the shot -- >> reporter: the u.s. women's soccer team is ranked number one in the world. they have three world cup titles and four olympic gold medals. now they say it's past time they get paid like champions. >> u.s. soccer's in a very unique position to take an incredibly bold stance. >> reporter: woe speak with team members alex morgan and megan rapinoe from france where they are preparing to defend their world title. megan, what message do you hope this sends? >> i think we've learned a lot through this process. we've really come together as a group and been able to solidify
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our unity and strength and have really started to understand the power of everyone being on the same page and collectively fighting for what we feel that we've earned. >> reporter: in the lawsuit, attorneys for the women point out that it both the men's and the women's teams were to win 20 non-tournament matches, the men would earn on average $263,320, a little more than $13,000 per game. the average women's team player would earn a maximum of $99,000, which equals a little less than $5,000 per game. the u.s. soccer federation said in the past that part of the reason for the pay discrepancies is that the men bring in more revenue and tv ratings. do you believe, alex, that the women's team has been undermarketed, and that has had a huge effect? >> yes. i think there's no question. that's one of the cases that we have in our fight. and that's a very important
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thing moving forward. and i don't think that's only us. i think that's women's sports all around. >> reporter: frustration on the u.s. women's team has been building for years. five players filed a complaint in 2016 with the equal employment opportunity commission alleging wage discrimination. last month, the women received permission from the eeoc to sue. in 2016 i spoke to members of the women's team on "60 minutes." >> this is a emotional movement, i think. this is about gender description. and i don't think that positive change occurs in the world unless it has to. >> reporter: do you think you should be paid more than the men's team? >> yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: why? >> we win. we're successful. should get what we deserve. >> reporter: the women's team has held the number-one world ranking for ten of the last 11 years. the men's team is currently ranked 25th. the men's and women's teams are represented by two unions, and
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contracts were negotiated separately. alex, do you believe this fight even goes beyond u.s. soccer? >> absolutely. we're seeing women in different areas of work, but also in soccer around the world. women standing up for themselves. >> lloyd blocks -- shoots, scores! >> reporter: the lawsuit makes promise on a promise co-captain carly lloyd made more than two years ago. >> this is history-making, what we're fighting for. it not only resonates with this team and with generations to come, but it's global, as well. >> reporter: carly, you keep saying you're united. how far are you going to take this? >> until we get what we want. >> i mean, this is absolutely groundbreaking. in a statement the u.s. soccer federation said our continued support and efforts toward enripping the women's game -- enriching the women's game is there. and the union for the men's team said it fully supports the efforts of the u.s. women's national team to receive equal pay. so that is significant.
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>> it is sort of jaw-dropping that number one and number 25 when you look at the two and number 25 gets paid more than the number-one team. >> well, this is interesting because in this particular lawsuit they will be able to do discovery. and you will be able to see not only the disparity that they claim in terms of marketing of this team, the ticket prices are lower at the women's games than the men's games. they say that's part of the conversation. they don't promote them. they're not on the same channels as the men's team even though the women's team has a huge following. >> i wouldn't be surprised if other sports are paying attention and taking note to see what happens. >> are there other -- it reminds me of billie jean king back in the day. she said, okay, people, pay attention. >> yeah. as a mother of young girls in sports, we want to see more equality and sport. >> and as a viewer of great competition watching, too -- >> rewarding people who are number one. >> exactly right. i love their confidence. coming up, a look at this morning's other headlines including a virginia woman's very lucky day when she won the
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if you plan on taking 580 this morning, head's up, chp issued a traffic alert at grant line for a broken down big rig. that will be there quite some time. you are slow working out of tracy with speeds dipping to 5 miles per hour. elsewhere, westbound dumbarton bridge, we have the middle lane blocked due to a crash. it is slow and go working past the toll plaza. use the san mateo bridge instead. slow here as well but better than the trek across the dumbarton. here is mary. >> thanks, gianna. check out this view. isn't that a gorgeous sight with blue skies. we will continue to see the sunshine as we head through the day. now, a chilly start for sure. bundle up as you head out. looking at areas of fog in
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♪ i hear them call my name and good morning to our viewers in the west. it's monday, march 11th, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning." ahead, joe biden's final preparations for a possible presidential campaign. we'll talk to senator chris coons who is in touch with him about his plans and the complicated truth about home dna tests and how one woman discovered she had a father she never knew but first here's today's eye opener. >> ethiopian airlines grounded the rest of it's brand-new boeing 737 max 8 jets while it investigates the crash. >> the united nations has been
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hard hit by the crash losing 19 staff members. >> the crash is bringing up renewed concerns about the safety of the 737 max. the new tape was handed over to federal prosecutors underscoring the deepening crisis facing robert kelly. lots of number in the federal budget and the battle lines are drawn, not surprisingly, over border wall funding and the white house wants more and expects congressional democrats to begin negotiations at zero meaning zero dollars. the woman in this calls it a crazy accident. officials say the animal will not be put down because it was not at fault. there will never ever be another aretha franklin. >> a tribute to the queen of soul. music's biggest stars celebrate aretha franklin. ♪ ♪ you make me feel you make me feel like a natural woman ♪
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i'm john dickerson with gayle king, norah o'donnell and bianna golodryga. i could listen to that song -- >> that was fantasia killing it. it reminds you how great she was and the legacy that she left behind. >> song after song after song too. >> when you're imitate it had shows how great you are. >> all right. there is no imitating of you singing, though. >> no, no, no. boeing faces more safety questions after the second deadly crash of one of its new 737 max 8 jets, an ethiopian airlines flight went down six minutes after taking off yesterday. killing all 157 people on board. including eight americans. it was traveling from addis ababa, ethiopia, to nairobi, kenya. the cockpit voice recorder was
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covered. another crash in october killing 189. as of now there is no evidence that the crashes have related causes. ethiopian airlines, cayman air ways and others have grounded their planes. boeing is working with investigators not yet issuing new guidance to airlines here. jerome powell says the fed did not stop raising interest rates because president trump complained about it. powell told "60 minutes" that interest rate policy is in a good place after four increases in 2018 to fight off inflation. scott pelley asked powell about the president criticizing fed policy. >> i don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment on other elected officials or on the president. >> isn't it your duty to respond when the president calls the fed a much bigger problem than china. >> my duty is one that congress has given us which is to use our
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tools to approve max employment and stabilize prices and supervise and regulate banks so they treat their customers fairly and they're strong well capitalized and can perform their critical function in good times and bad. >> can the president fire you? >> well, the law is clear that i have a four-year term and i fully intend to serve it. >> so, no, in your view. >> no. >> powell predicted slower economic growth this year but does not believe the u.s. is heading toward a recession. former vice president joe biden leads a new iowa poll of potential 2020 democratic candidates and sources tell cbs news he is preparing for a presidential run. one of the people he is talking to about his plans is senator chris coons. in 2010 the delaware democrat won the seat biden vacated and only on "cbs this morning," senator coons joins us at the table. good morning. >> good morning. >> last week the vice president was reportedly at 95%. i know you recently spoke with him. is he moving closer to 100 yrs.
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>> i'm optimistic he will run. everything is being put in place, but that last decision. which, you know, understandably is a big decision. >> what is his message going to be. >> simple and positive message. think about it. from my perspective the worst thing about president trump he sees divisions in our country and cracks them open and exploits them for his own personal and partisan advantage. joe biden is someone who sees the differences and inspires us, reminds us of the ways in which we've overcome them in the past and will lift us up. i personally have witnessed him comforting and encouraging americans who suffered great loss. he knows how to get back up when knocked down and he's going to restore our place in the world, respect for the presidency and leadership by the president. >> do you think he should run, senator? there's one school of thought i've heard among some that his time has passed. he's a little older and that maybe his time would be better spent rallying around someone he
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believes in since there are so many candidates. >> i've heard that argument but, frankly, first there's another person his age who is getting tens of thousands of young excited people in the last campaign. he has more experience, he has more experience both in the senate and as vice president in the executive and legislative than any other candidate running arguably than all other candidates combined and we don't need someone doing on-the-job training? >> does experience matter? we have a president who has no political experience. >> we've seen the consequences. having president trump who never served has had real and negative consequences. i was at the munich conference, it was obvious how much of a command of the world stage joe biden would have as president from day one. >> i assume you're talking about bernie sanders when you talk about the other candidate who is older. forget about age. joe biden represents an older
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style and talks about that mike mansfield story. everybody has a story. even your biggest enemy -- it's different now. a lot in the democratic party believe whoever runs for president will have to run not as let us reason together but as somebody who is going to bring it hard and tough to republicans and joe biden is not that kind of democrat. >> that's right and we'll see. we'll see whether what it takes to win in the states we lost last time is someone who is a hammer and tongs far left democrat or speaks to middle america who connects with the struggles of average daily working americans and who comes across as someone who is listening to and cares about them. what i've noticed going around the country is that our primary electorate wants to win more than anything else, more than they want ideological purity f we're going to win in pennsylvania, ohio valley, michigan, wisconsin, i think joe biden is exactly the sort of candidate who connects with the average american because he doesn't talk about republicans as if they're evil and horrible.
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he will figure out a way to lead us forward. >> that's a political argument forgetting votes but what about working in washington as it exists now in a world where, you know, to get things through the senate people would argue there are not willing partners. you guys aren't willing to work with them and vice versa. that seems locked in. >> that's what's wrong about a badly broken senate. i think someone who understands sort of what's the deal point, how to move something forward is more important for us than someone who can just give a great and prophetic speech but has absolutely no idea how to pass legislation. >> let me ask you two important questions. in his confirmation hearing for attorney general you pressed william barr on how he would handle robert mueller's report when it was completed. have you seen or heard anything since then from the new attorney general related to how that report will be delivered and/shared? >> no. >> do you believe it will be shared with congress? >> i hope so. he did say that he will lean as far towards trance sarns sparen
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law allows him. if he doesn't fully release the report i know there will be prompt actions by many of us in congress, first to press and possibly to sue to have that released because i think it's essential. i am hopeful that attorney general barr understands the consequences for the country if it is covered up. >> as a former law enforcement official do you believe a sitting president can be indicted? >> now, that's a legal question that i'm not going to reach this morning. but i do think the odds that he will face indictment once no longer president given the actions under way in the southern district now in the state of new york and in other districts, i think it is steadily growing. >> when will we hear this report? >> i don't know exactly when we're going to hear this report. i frankly, i believe it is imminent. >> the gentleman's time has expired. thank you.
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the dna testing company 23andme says it can now kpl customers if -- now tell customer its they're at higher risk of developing type-two diabetes. 23andme and ancestry donn have more than 28 million customers combined. the tests can expose surprising family secrets including unknown relatives and biological parents. tony dokoupil braved the test himself. what did you find out? >> i had reason to be concerned, but in fact we all have reason to be concerned when you do the tests. you spit in a tube, mail it in, and wait for results. watch out. when the dna report comes back, everything you think you know about yourself and your family can change in a instant. >> this is my dad and i in high school. >> reporter: katy canning never exactly looked like her parents. >> my mom would tell me when i was growing up, you're part native american, near native american. >> reporter: when she took a home dna test five years ago,
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she got a lot more truth than she expected. she's part jamaican, for starters, and her biological father is not the man who raised her but a traveling guitarist named baron duncan. a jam make an touring guitarist? >> yeah. so crazy. >> reporter: baron duncan had at least four other children, her half siblings. you grew up thinking you were the oldest of two, and in fact you're the oldest of five. >> exactly. >> reporter: do they look like you? >> so much. >> reporter: really? >> meeting my brother steven for the first time, it was like looking at my twin. i literally started crying as soon as i saw him. >> i found ply birth mom with 23andme. >> just to get to hold her again -- >> reporter: canning is one of millions who turned to home dna tests and one of many who had their sense of identity shaken by the results. 23a 23andme and ancestry dna warned customers they could receive
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shocking information but neither company offers genetic counseling as part of their standard package. >> people are smart and capable, they can make sense of it. >> reporter: emily drabant conley is vice president of business development at 23andme. she believes customer handle genetic information just as they do the results of other home exams. >> people take a pregnancy at home. if it's positive which is significant information, they then take the next step of talking to a doctor. we think the dna tests are in the same vein. >> reporter: ancestry dna takes the potential impact of complex discovers -- discoveries seriously. dna tests raise questions about privacy. 23andme says it won't share customer medical data with third parties unless given explicit consent. the company says it uses two-factor awe thentification and encryption to protect results and has never been
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hacked. private expert peter shyer says one breach would be difficult to fix. >> if you get a credit card stolen, you cancel it and get a new credit card in two days. if you're sedan dna is revealed can't get new dna. just doesn't happen. >> reporter: we tested, and i embraced for a surprise. i am an only child of unmarried parents who lived a wild and crazy hippie existence. that never came. 26.6% italian. as expected. with the first name like tony. canning, though, is still working through the meaning of her own results. so you're now jamaican american. >> i guess. that's a weird thing. can i say -- am i allowed to say that? i don't know. can a dna test tell me what i am and like what my identity is? i don't know. >> reporter: she is sure of one thing -- >> he doesn't care like what a dna test says. like he -- i've been his since the moment i was born. family isn't just blood, you
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know. family is like what you make it. and family is your heart. and you know, my dad's my dad. he'll walk me down the aisle one day. >> katy there. katy told us her biological dad died before she could meet him. but her mother did come clean about him in the end saying, i think this is an exact quote, "it was the '80s." what my mom said, as well. 23andme says it loves stories like these because it underscores that we all have dna from all over the world, and we are all immigrants from somewhere. >> you're still an only child? >> still an only child as of now. katy has a great attitude about the additions to her family. doesn't feel like it was a loss in not getting to meet her biological father. the shocks can keep coming in cases like this. as more people take the dna test, more of these connections come up. >> i like how she said family isn't just blood. i'm fascinated by your family, tony dokoupil. you said you were concerned -- was dad a rolling stone? >> dad was not exactly careful with his dna in miami in the
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1980s. you know, occupationally he was in the drug business. and there was a lot of fun to be had. >> yes. >> you don't need pharmaceuticals -- >> that, too. >> we'll be on the lookout for anyone showing up at the studio asking for tony dokoupil. >> you know what we had say -- you always learn something new on this show. >> thank you, that was really interesting. 23andme, a good company. a diver narrowly avoided being swallowed by a whale. how did this happen? what it was like to be caught in the jaws of the giant mammal and lived to tell the tale. you're watching "cbs this morning." ients in their laundry detergent from plants, not petroleum. and this stuff beets stains. its kind of a big dill. it squashes sixty of your toughest stains. seventh generation. powered by plants if ywhen you brush or floss, you don't have to choose between healthy gums and strong teeth. complete protection from parodontax has 8 designed benefits for healthy gums and strong teeth.
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a diver is talking about how he survived after he was nearly swallowed by a whale. videos so how rainer schimpf partially inside its mouth. he told barcroft tv he and his team were off the coast of south africa last month when suddenly everything went dark, and he felt pressure on his hip. he knew a whale had grabbed him.
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moments later the whale spat him out, and he escaped unharmed. this is not a seal, said the whale. he said he thinks the whale was as surprised as he was. . good morning. i'm anne makovec. a man is in custody after scary confrontation outside of oakland international airport. investigators say he was trying to provoke deputies into shooting him. in about an hour, san francisco mayor will appoint a new public defender in the wake of jeff's death. somebody will serve in his place until november. caltrain passengers with bikes will get to board first starting tomorrow. the bikes board first program is aimed at reducing delays and making boarding faster for all riders. news updates throughout the day
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heading out the door, 680 has a snag that will slow you down in the danville commute northbound around lavorna. reports of a crash blocking the left lane. delays in both directions as you head through there. across the bay, southbound 101 at whipple. trying to clear the accident over to the shoulder. blocking one lane. but look at that line of red behind it. it's a slow ride. you are slugging along on the southbound side of 101 out of
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the peninsula heading to the south bay head's up traffic is slow. richmond san rafael bridge seeing brake lights around the toll places toll plaza. bay bridge metering lights on. slow out of the maze. a quick look at the san mateo bridge, brake lights and a crash on the dumbarton bridge. give yourself 25 minutes from 880 to 101. blue skies, plenty of sunshine across the bay area. enjoy it. we are looking at the shine continuing through the week. here is the highs, upper 50s to low 60s. below average temperatures for this time of year. a chilly start to the day. areas of fog along the coast, tri-valley as well as across the north bay. all of us will have the sunshine today. partly cloudy tomorrow. a weak cold front pushing through. that will kick up the winds. it does look like a dry front tomorrow. check out wednesday through the
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the baltimore sun" reports a maryland man faces possible criminal charges for apparently attacking a federally protected pelican. hunter hard see it posted a video of the incident in the florida keys to facebook last week. state wildlife officials say he enticed the pelican, then jumped into the water on top of it. according to florida state law, it's illegal to even attract pelicans with food. the bird appears to escape unharmed.
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hardesty did not immediately respond to our request for comment. >> he escaped unharmed but took a little whack at mr. hardesty before he left. you go, mr. pelican. "usa today" says plastic surgery's on the rise according to data from the american society of plastic surgeons. last year nearly 18 million people underwent plastic surgery. that's nearly a quarter million more than in 2017. the report cites a fading stigma surrounding plastic surgery and the increasing availability of mentally invasive procedures as possible reasons for the uptick. one, two, three, one is breast augmentation, then liposuction, and something with your nose. just in case anybody was thinking about it, considering it. curious. and "variety" reports "captain marvel" soared to $153 million launch in north america. the starbu bu brie larson showe as a surprise. >> i wanted to see for myself. >> reporter: "captain marvel" is
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one of the biggest blockbusters with a female in the rose and made $455 million worldwide. a cutting edge clinical trial made a breakthrough in its effort to cure sickle cell anemia. the painful genetic disease affects about 100,000 americans every year, mostly african-americans. sickle cell anemia causes some red blood vessels to become deformed into a sickle shape and die. the cells clog blood flow and can lead to infections or strokes. last night's "60 minutes," dr. jon lapook followed jennelle stephenson for more than a year. she had an innovative jeanne therapy at the gnanational institutes of health. it use s hiv to treat patient. despite the frightening presentation, the trial results are remarkable. >> this is jennelle before any treatment. >> all across her blood you can see these abnormal shapes. this one in particular shaped like a sickle.
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>> reporter: nine months later, this is what dr. tisdale saw -- not a sickle cell in sight. was there ever a moment where you saw one of the normal looking smears and naught is this the right patient? >> absolutely. when you're a scientist you're skeptical all the time. you look and make sure it's that patient -- grab another one, make sure it's the same. we've done all that. and indeed her blood looks normal. >> put your arms and move -- >> reporter: remember, jennelle used to struggle just to walk up a flight of stairs. >> can you fall -- >> reporter: a fall like this would have landed her in the hospital. >> boom! yeah. good job. you did it. bam. >> reporter: jennelle, you look amazing. >> thank you. >> reporter: i have to say i was nervous when you were thrown and went on the mat. >> it was nothing. it was nothing. my body felt strong. >> i was nervous, too. she looks amazing, too. jon, watched the report with four sickle cell anemia
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patients. shereen barzey-kinard was born with the disease. sydra stuart had her first blood trantution at age 5. before he was 12, jamal fowler had been admitted to the hospital 200 times. and ernie cabral says the pain from the disease affects every aspect of his life. they were joined by nurse practitioner gina simon from new york's mt. sinai hospital. >> what did you think? >> it's a lot of information to take in. there's the big positive outcome which we all hope for. then there's the risk that you have to weigh in, as well. which can be intimidating, but it's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: when jennell was describing her pain and especially when she was describing not being believed that she was in pain, you were shaking your head like that. >> because that's -- that's happened to me a few times. going to the hospital and saying this is the disease i have, this is the pain that i'm in, and they didn't understand. so they thought i was there just to get pain meds.
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i actually wanted to cry during that part. you're not believed at all. nobody could understand what was happening for me. >> have you guys experienced the same thing? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> definitely. >> and your reactions were -- you know, surprisingly not what i expected. >> how so? >> i guess i was expecting a little more -- >> excitement? >> excitement. we've talked about gene therapy. and the downside, it's really profound and scary. i think seeing how you reacted, you know, i'm still as enthusiastic as ever. >> what were the scary parts to you? >> the number-one thing? >> yes. >> heard the hiv. >> i can tell you right now that that hiv virus has been disabled. it's been crippled. so it cannot infect you. it cannot. the part of it that allows it to infect you is gone. the reason why it's used is that it's good at transferring into a cell. >> i could guarantee everybody thought the same thing -- >> yeah.
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>> it's exciting to know that we're making breakthroughs, and yes, there's a lot of unknown variables as to what's going to happen five years from now. the other thing that -- you know, a little bit worrisome or scary is, you know, sickle cell has become part of my identity. it's who i am and what i know. i think without the sickle cell, i would not have some of the characteristics i have even if it's down to my resilience or my determination. and it would be good to find out who you are now. >> dealing with the everyday, dealing with the struggles that come along with it. it's like that's -- that's what drives us. that's what drives us to stay moving. >> for me it kind of gave me more of hope and just gave me like a chance to feel like i have a choice now. i'm very optimistic. >> the possibility of a cure, that's -- that's an amazing thing. even though i say i may have the fear of who i'm going to be does not mean that if that opportunity was not offered to me that i wouldn't take it. it's just something that i would
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have to really think about. >> dr. lapook joins us now with a wok featuwoman -- the woman featured in the "60 minutes" report, the lovely jennelle. good to see you. >> i loved when you showed jennelle -- your smile was so big. in the report you described as bone-crushing, sharp pain. >> yes. >> you're in the hospital on the floor, and they don't believe you. take us to that moment. what are you thinking when they don't believe the pain that you're in? >> it's -- to me it's absolutely mind-boggling. take away the doctor/patient aspect of it, and just as human beings, if you see a fellow human being fall and you don't even extend your hand to help them up, i -- i see a problem with that. and then add that you're a doctor on top of it, it doesn't make sense. >> it seems to be a common reaction because the other woman said that you're not believed. that she was not believed, too, john. >> yeah. and the question is where is the empathy. and you are looked at -- as you're the other -- i can tell
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you as a physician, this was very emotional for me. >> i bet. >> from 1976 until about ten years, i was taking care of a lot of patients with sickle cell anemia. i felt helpless. like, go ahead and take care -- by the way, i'm handcuffing you. we gave them pain medicines, it didn't help. now fade out, fade in to see jennelle get slammed down to this mat, pop up, it was -- so emotional. i mean, no words for that. >> not only is it a painful disease, we know it's life threatening also. at 22 years old, you said that you were a middle ager. >> yes. >> now you have the rest of your life ahead of you. how has that changed your outlook? >> how old are you now is. >> 28 now. >> okay. >> i just see so many possibilities now. it's no longer me planning like my life. it's not a question of what's next, it's what's right now. what can i do right now, and live in the present. and the other day, i think i was going to work, and i ran out of gas. i was like, is this the most --
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like the most horrible thing that can happen to me today is running out of gas. like -- >> i bet you -- >> i was happy. i ran out of gas. i welcome the day to have everyday problems. >> look at her energy. >> the nih director frances collins says this looks like a cure. how soon can this be scaled to other others? >> looks like a cure. we're supposed to be scientists, but we're superstitious, we don't want to jinx it. but it does look like a curement i spoke to him a -- cure. i spoke to him, and he said scaling it up so millions can be treated is important. and they're on the path to do that. i mean, it's technical, but they're on a path to do it where you don't need chemotherapy. >> wow. >> that would make it, you know, instead of being able to have her go to the hospital and you're in the hospital for a month, you could have infections, doing it quickly, and then it can be scaled up for the millions around the world who are suffering. >> tell us a little of what you
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went through, though, in the treatment. >> starting -- it started with the frequent blood transfusions, on a schedule. those alone had -- calmed down my crises phenomenally. like i wasn't -- not having as many episodes, i wasn't in the hospital as frequent. and as the trial continued, the because i could feel the cells in my body. like i felt them soaking in there. >> amazing. >> what was it like knowing there were no guarantees? this was a trial, knowing you could still possibly die. >> the way i looked at it was i will take any chance, any chance. i don't really -- i'm not concerned with the negative outcomes of it because what i was going through and living
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with up until that point, i couldn't do it anymore. it was too much. >> you weren't alone. you were with your family. so how is your father, ray? >> he's great. really happy. >> the last thing i wanted to say, we found out, jennelle and i were talking, who are you? when she got home, she was a maserati but going 30 miles an hour. let's open this up. she started doing all these activities. >> yes. >> impressive new you, jennelle, thank you so much for sharing your story. thanks, jon. longtime career diplomat william burnes served five presidents and went head to head with vladimir putin. he's in our toyota green room with what it's like to deal with the russian president and why he is calling for a
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former deputy secretary of stwill former deputy secretary of state william burns is highlighting the urgent need for a rebirth of american diplomacy. he served five presidents including george w. bush and barack obama during his more than 30-year career as a u.s. diplomat. he met with world leaders including vladimir putin. he also worked on the israeli palestinian peace negotiations and began secret talks that led to the iran nuclear deal.
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his new book is called "the back channel, a memoir of american diplomacy and the case for its renewal." in it burns argues u.s. international relations are adrift at a moment when disciplined american leadership is needed most. william burns joins us now. welcome. >> great to be with you. >> you say that the muscles of diplomacy are atrophying. what does that mean? >> it means it's the end of the cold war, when the united states is the only big kid on the geopolitical block. you know, we tended to put less focus on diplomacy. then 9/11. a huge shock to our system. we put greater emphasis on the military, less on diplomacy. so president trump didn't invent the trends but he made them worse with a disdain for the hard work of professional diplomacy, the biggest budget cuts in the modern history of this state department. i think that comes at just a particularly bad time when we need diplomacy more than ever. >> define for me what diplomacy means. you quote kissinger who calls it
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patient accumulation of partial successes. >> that's probably not the best recruitment slogan in the world, but it happens in back channels, out of sight and out of mind. but it's the hard work of using all of the tools of american national security policy, short of the use of force to promote our interests and values around the world. >> so that when a crisis hits you have relationships, friendships you know where the leverage is. >> that you can draw on them and hopefully to try to prevent or disarm crises before you have to use force with all the huge cost and blood and treasure that comes with it. >> let me ask you about vladimir putin who you dealt with when in russia. president trump seems to have a theory of the case which is treat him well in public and that that will develop a relationship. what do you make of that strategy? >> well, i don't think it works very well with putin. of course, personal relationships matter, but diplomacy and promoting american interests is not only about getting along with people, but about the hard nosed work of moving the interests ahead. i think putin tends to see
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efforts to curry favor with him, to indulge him as signs of weakness and what anyone what billty. >> and what the supporters of the president would say, yes, he might be nice to him in public but he's equipping forces in ukraine. he is still staying doing things that, in fact, are tough on russia. >> there's a lot of truth to that, and i think if you look at the administration, i think most people share that sensible hard nosed view but if you looked at the president's performance himself at the helsinki summit, you know, he basically threw 17 u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies under the bus, and indulged putin publicly, i think that sends, you know, a very disturbing sign. >> what is the long-term challenge for u.s. allies as they look at this administration? we've heard about the nervousness. but are they just nervous about the way the president behaves or is there a deeper cost to the relationships that the u.s. has with its allies? >> i think there's a lot of nervousness. i was with senator coons in
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germany a few weeks ago and i saw a poll of germans, they were asked what foreign leaderships can you trust? 35% they could trust vladimir putin's russia, only 24% said they trust president trump's america. and that's a really troubling sign. these are amongst our closest allies in the world. >> final quick answer on north korea. the administration wants total denuclearization on north korea, do you think that's possible. >> no, not in the foreseeable future. it's a smart aspirational goal, but what can you do in the in the meantime? >> we're out of time. thanks for being us. the back channel goes on sale tomorrow and we'll be right back. the ross spring dress event is here-finally! so you can say yes to the biggest selection of the season. yes! or stop and ask yourself, "can i afford both?" at these prices, oh, yeah. or find a look that's, like... wow ...at a price that's, like...
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i'm anne makovec. curbside debris pickup is beginning in sonoma county. the area is cleaning up from severe flooding from the russian river. the service is free. a proposal for a 14-mile long fire break on the north side of highway 24 along the edges of lafayette. the purpose is stopping future wildfires from spreading. los angeles police invest gating the shooting death of victor mcelhaney, the son of lynette gibson mcelhaney.
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vehicle. west 92 reports of an accident involving an s.u.v. that may have pulled over. slow and go conditions through there. southbound 101 at whipple. this accident cleared. it has caused a big delay on the southbound side of your ride on the peninsula. 101 is a struggle. 280 is better. if you are taking south 880, it looks like the left lane is blocked around dire street. you will see delays north 680 at lavon in a for a crash clearing. enjoy the sunshine today. a beautiful sight. blue skies out there. now let's show you the temperatures. we head through the afternoon, below average temps for this time of year, upper 50s, low 60s. 58 san francisco. 59 oakland, redwood city. 69 fremont, mountain view and 63 san jose. a weak front pushes in tomorrow. it looks like a dry front. partly cloudy skies but the winds will kick up tomorrow then check out the rest of the
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