potential run against women contenders. >> a bunch of white guys, on the hearing committee. she faced a committee that did not understand what the hell it was all about. >> reporter: it's not if fir-- the first time that biden has faced this conditioner. >> i'm so sorry if she believed that. i'm so sorry she had to go through what she went through. >> reporter: the i'm sorry if you were offended and last year, she said, it's becoming a running joke in the household when someone rungs the doorbell and we are not expecting company

can. is that joe biden coming to apologize? now hill said there's more important things to her than harihar haring -- than hearing an apology from joe biden. >> okay, thank you. president trump today presented the medal of honor to the family of army staff sergeant travis atkins, he died so other soldiers could live. david martin tells his story. >> reporter: it was the first of june, 12 years ago that sergeant travis atkins called from iraq, to tell his parents he was about to take his men out on a mission. >> he did say that he was sorry he had forgotten to get something in the mail for me for mother's day. >> reporter: just hours later, army officers arrived to tell them their son was dead. >> after we spoke to the

chaplain, i went to the mill box and there was a package from travis in the mailbox with a package for me for mother's day, and a father's day for jack. the mother's day card said, thanks for everything. and it just brought it home. >> the it was meant to save our lives. >> reporter: it was when they went with the soldiers in his unit that they found out how he died. >> he had sacrificed himself so we could live. >> reporter: he was the machine gunner in the humvie, and he watched as they got out to search two men they suspected of planting roadside bombs. >> that's when travis started to engage in a form of hand to hand combat with this man. travis bear hugged the man and lift willed him on the ground and slammed him down. >> he did not realize it yet, but the man had pulled a pin on

the grenade to detonate a suicide vest. he was positioning himself to shield his men from the blast. >> reporter: you are alive today because of it. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what did it feel like to know he was going to receive the medal? >> it's good to see that we have a thankful nation that is as thankful to him as we are. >> reporter: his father said none of it shocked him, as he talked about the responsibility of being a soldier. >> we with talked about the responsibility of protecting the people serving under you. >> reporter: the medal was presented to atkins son, trevor oliver who was 10 when his father died. it's of course, this nation's highest honor and perhaps not travis atkins greatest achieveme achievement. >> the real reward is you know, what your men think of you. >> reporter: that was on full

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neck and back pain. >> it does help. >> reporter: when she tried it a year ago, her husband had to call 9-1-1. >> the colors were very, very vivid and i was feeling a little bit dizzy and just disoriented. >> reporter: ten states have legalized recreational marijuana. >> it's the first time i have been in a marijuana dispensary. for 60 minutes we saw -- >> peaches and cream, milk chocolate. the array of edible products. >> you have to do it slow. >> inhaled cannabis has an affect in minutes and edible cannabis is taken affect more slowly. >> if they don't get the feeling they expect in the timeframe they expect, they stack doses. >> over a five year basis, can

business emergency visits doubled. reasons for visits included vomiting and it led to hospital visits. >> they have used it for back pain when that line is blurred, there's less regulation of how to do it and how to do it safely. >> the study is a reminder for public education for miles an hour mare u-- for marijuana use. too much thc and cause unexpected symptoms. >> they put thc on the outside. >> they are like 3 and 4 years old, they are getting better. >> it's another reminder, that we are early in the process.

>> when you have a brownie with marijuana in it, it can take a couple of hours to feel the affects so they take another one. >> a potential victory on the war on robo calls.

he held closs for three months. patterson was arrested after closs escaped and flagged down a woman walking her dog. the federal trade commission said it won a major battle against robo calls. it has shut down four separate operations that bombarded americans with billions of unwanted and illegal robo calls and verizon is offering spam blocking features to the customers for free. a sobering report on retirement savings the government said that 48% of americans 55 and old er have no money in either a ira or 401-k

style account. some have access to pension. 29% have no pension or retirement savings accounts.

we end with a woman who helped to show the world to you, and meant the world to us. today, we learned we losted a beloved colleague, ana real, who

fought leukemia, as she fought for stories and co-workers. here is bill whittaker. >> reporter: she was a font of ideas, a force of nature with street cred and a list of contacts. she had boundless energy and enthusiasm for covering the news. >> there's no hope of finding survivors. >> reporter: in the field, ana could fwllatter or charm or intimidate herself in to ways we were not supposed to go. and obtain interviews no one could get. she negotiated an interview with el chappo's attorney and the mexican marines that captured him. taking us inside the king pin's escape houses and the tunnels that connect them. from her desk in the newsroom, she worked her magic daily.

moving crews and correspondents in and out of hot spots all over the world. often with a light touch always with her joyful smile. an shepparded stores for 48 hours, 60 minutes, face the nation and here at the cbs evening news. she won two emmys for her work. all of us are better for having ana real in our lives. >> i will remember these moments for the rest of my life. >> reporter: she leaves behind her children and house and an entire news organization. >> that is our news for this thursday, for some of you, the news continues. check back in for more.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news," bowing is in full damage control. the military contractor is scrambling to contain the fall-out after two of of the brand new flag ship jets fell out of the sky. they say they came up with a software fix to avoid future crashes, but they are saying too little, too late. >> should they have been mandatory? yes, or no. >> faa acting administrator was grilled by senators about the

failures that led to two crashes killing nearly 350 people. he promised changes to aviation safety oversight. >> i want to assure you and everybody else that the fmp aa will go wherever the facts lead us in our pursuit of safety. >> minnesota democrat wanted to know how the faa's approval process allowed the plane to fly with a new anti-stall system that was not disclosed to pilots? >> we certify aircraft in a way that we have refined, as i said, for large aircraft, large commercial aircraft -- >> was it consistent with how you have done other certifications in other situations, the boeing situation? >> yes, ma'am. >> if you learn something else after this investigation, or something else, you may change the process? >> absolutely, that's how we get

better. >> these questions, if they arise, are troubling. >> the secretary overseeing the faa, testified today. west virginia democrat a pilot himself demand to know where the 737 planes were nod grounded sooner. >> there was no factual pace is in which to ground the planes. >> they hosted officials from around the world to demonstrate software changes that they are planning for the grounded 737 max fleet. boeing said it will require additional training on the max before pilots will be allowed to return to the cockpit. changes at the faa are expected to include how they evaluate training and how they look at self audits done by companies like boeing the agency said for it to certify aircraft on its own, would require an additional 10,000 employees at a cost of about $1.8 billion. chicago prosecutors are

coming under increased fire over their decision to drop all charges against actor smollett, he faced a long list of felonies after police say he faked an assault to get a raise from the studio. a day after chicago police say they were blind sided by the state prosecutors dropping the charges, the department dropped a headline of its own, releasing police reports what they consider an ironclad case t report shows detectives believed that he staged the attack three days before they publically named him a suspect. they also reveal that at least one fbi agent was involved in the case from early on. and that police got a search warrant for his i-cloud account. another controversy, the case files have been sealed, fox said that was not part of the deal to drop charges. media outlets have filed motions

to keep the documents from getting destroyed and to make them public. former vice president joe biden is expected to toss his hat in the ring for the 2020 election but he is addressing an episode from his previous roles. the former vice president once again offered an apology of sorts to law professor anita hill. >> on to this day, i regret i could not come up with a way to give her the heari ining she deserved. >> reporter: he of course, ran the hearings, he was chair of the democrat control committee when hill accused the supreme court nominee clarence thomas of sexu sexual harassment.

>> reporter: the hearings gripped the nation. >> on several occasions, thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess. >> thinks a circus, it's a national disgrace. >> reporter: enter a potential problem for biden that he seems to recognize as he considers a presidential run in a field of women and minority democratic contenders. >> there's a bunch of white guys hearing the testimony on the committee, she faced a committee that didn't fully understand what the hell it was all about. >> it was not the first time biden has expressed regret. 2017, he was asked about hill's assertion that the committee treated her unfairly. >> i'm so sorry if she believed that. i am so sorry, that she had to go through what she went through. >> reporter: hill told the washington post after that interview, that sort of an i'm sorry if you are offended and last year, she told elle magazine, it's a running joke in

the household when someone rings the doorbell and we are not expecting mpany, oh, we say, is that joe biden coming to apologize? she said there's more important things to her than hearing an apology from joe biden. >> education secretary betsy devoss is defending her plan to cut out funding for the special olympics. chip reed has the details on of the controversy. >> reporter: for 50 years the special olympics has helped countless americans with disabilities feel special. >> special olympics means the world to me. they helped me find my voice and stand up for myself and put it in to the bullies. i wish the people that bullied me can see me today. >> reporter: much of the budget comes from private sources, $18 million a year comes from the federal government in the new

budget the trump administration proposes eliminating the funding. education secretary betsy devoss. >> we had to make difficult decisions with the budget. >> reporter: that left democrats fuming. >> i don't know why you went after disabled children in your budget. you zero it out. it's appalling. >> do you know how many kids will be affected by that custody, madam secretary? >> i don't know if number of quids. >> it's 272,000 kids. i will answer it for you. that's okay. no problem. >> devoss noted that special olympics is able to raise more than $100 million a year, the federal government cannot fund every worthy program, especially one that has robust supports from private donations. the trump administration has tried twice to kill funding for special olympics and today, a key republican said he has no intention of supporting cuts. that means that special olympics

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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." celebrity attorney admits he is feeling the heat after being charged with felonies that could land him in prison for the rest of his life, but he insists he is innocent. he is charged with attempting to extort 10s of millions dollars from nike. he is charged with bank and wire fraud from california. he addressed the charges. >> prosecutors are saying that you committed extorgz, that you committed wire with fraud and

bank fraud in california. did you try to extort nike for millions dollars. >> sdmorks any suggestion is absurd, nike knew from the first moment that i had contact with them, that i was insisting that the truth about what nike had done be disclosed to federal prosecutors and investigators. >> what is the truth? >> the truth is, for years, nike and its executives, have been funneling payments to amateur had players, high school players, and to their handle er and family members in an effort to go to colleges had that were nike colleges and ultimately, hopefully to the nba so they could sign a shoe deal with nike. >> but federal prosecutors maintain a different version of the truth. >> he was not acting as an attorney a suit and tie doesn't

mask the fact that at its core, this was an old fashioned shake down. >> they allege michael avanatti attempted to use his platform to black mare the apparel giant. the complaint suggests that you asked for up to $20 million. 1.5 for your client, and at least $20 million and that you requested you be retained to do an internal investigation and that if not you, and they hired someone else, you stand to make more money. >> yeah. i am not going to get in to the specifics of this. what i will say, is the way it was framed, it's not accurate. it's not accurate. and from the first moment that we had any meeting with nike, we made it clear that under no suckers would we participate in anything that did not require full disclosure to investigators and the federal government. >> what about the case in california? you have been charged with wire

fraud, bank fraud, there were comments, you know, in that complaint saying that you tried to embezzel or you did embezzel $1.6 million from a client you represented. >> the client who is accusing me of embezzelment is currently on felony probation in california. you know what he was convicted of? multiple counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. it's turns out and i didn't know this at the time, that he has an extensive criminal background and wrap sheet associated with his conduct. again, nowhere does it appear in the complaint. there's going to be a lot of evidence and facts that will come to light. >> you are facing, if convicts on all of the charges, up to the rest on of your life in prison, are you nervous? >> well, of course, i'm nervous? >> are you scared or concerned? i mean, tell us, as somebody who again has a history of representing people and now you are on the other side facing some serious charges.

>> i am nervous. i am concerned. i am scared. >> but you seem confident. >> i am confident. because i believe the facts are on my side. >> and in a statement, nike tells cbs news when it was aware of avana thtti's plan to extorte company, they shared that information and said they cooperated with the government's investigation in to ncaa basketball for over a year, and encourages avanati to share any information he believes he has with the government. in a statement, the ncaa said it will "always welcome any first hand credible lawfully obtained information of ncaa rules and violations." there's outrage in oklahoma after a land mark legal settlement involving a drug company blamed for helping fuel

the op opoid crisis. purdue, is allowed to avoid a trial and deny any wrongdoing. people are calling it a sell-out. the sacklers have given millions to institutions like this all over the world. now, they will give $75 million to the state of oklahoma. but critics worry that any settlement sets a dangerous precedent for the cities and states suing the drug maker. >> this begins a new chapter for those struggling with addiction. >> the oklahoma attorney general declared the settlement a victory, despite telling us he would take it to a trial. >> for people affected by the epidemic, the settlement felt like a set back. it was expected to be the first

lawsuit of its kind to go to trial and be televised. >> i almost lost my life because of their greed. >> now in recovery from addiction, he wants the company to face the accusers publically. >> they are being spared being transparent and open, and that is what needs to happen. >> more than 1500 additional cities and states have filed similar and active lawsuits against purr dpurdue, saying it aggressively marketed the drugs and did not name the risks. the family has made more than 4 billion in profits. >> $270 million that, is pennies to what we should have been getting. >> a majority of the settlement, will go to build a national center forthwith addiction of

studies and treatment in oklahoma. they call the oklahoma settlement, an extension of our commitment to help drive solutions to opoiod addiction. >> we should be getting 10s of billions on of dollars and the members of the sackler family should be in jail. >> they are issues statements. the families are saying that the settlement in oklahoma is unique, and not a financial model for future discussions. the met, meanwhile, is reviewing the gift policy in light of the sacklers, and three other major museums said they will no longer accept sackler money. >> yesterday, in a story about how alaska airlines is modernizing the fleet, we said that the airline had purchased virgin atlantic, and they had

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women. and the female trail blazers hope that rises, we embedded with their battery in a recent training exercise. ♪ sdpl >> reporter: it takes minutes to is the up and it's one of the most effective weapons they have. allowing marines to hit a enemy target up to 19 miles away. takes up to six marines to load and fire this m-777holitzer, a number of the marines are women. >> lance corporals are field cannoniers why did you choose had this? >> i am a physical person, i didn't want to have a desk job. i wanted to be out here training and getting down and dirty and firing the big guns which is exactly what we do. >> me personally, i want a challenge. >> reporter: have you found that challenge? >> i have found that challenge. >> reporter: potter and jakovic

are part of the 120 female enlisted marines working jobs that were off limits to the combat exclusion law. now, their artillery trains day and night. has anyone treated you differently? >> no. >> reporter: never? >> oh, no. >> reporter: the law was sdtill in place as she was trying to graduate from the u.s. naval academy. >> we could do everything, out perform men and women, didn't matter. i knew there was nothing i could do except just wait. >> reporter: you had thrown your hat in the ring several times for artillery and all of a sudden, that combat exclusion rule went away. >> yes, i was lucky. right place, right time. fwloo it took more than luck. candidates need to show they can

meet the stand around -- meet standards for the job. to win a position you have to lift these 105 pound rounds, carry them and place them in this truck, at least five times. >> it was more challenging for me to pass the test than a male to pass the test. but i put the work in and i got there. >> reporter: she was one of two women at the field artillery basic officers course. and went on to graduate first in their class of 137. she is now the first female artillery executive officer. what is it like to command men and women? >> i love being an officer. they want a lead er who cares at the end of the day and somebody who cares about their job and well being and i don't think you can limit that to gender. >> reporter: but, she snknows changing the perceptions can take time. marine general james mattis said the jury was out on women

serving in combat units but the department of defense was trying to give it every opportunity to succeed. those critical of lifting the law say, that adding women to these units could hurt cohesion and prompt the core to lower standards. the marines new gender neutral qualifications address that. >> regardless on of your gender can you perform the basic requirements of the specialtity. that is all that changed. >> reporter: since the removal of the combat exclusion rule, has it been a success in. >> i think the point is now, it's available. and i have no doubt that you will see, you know, lieutenant colonel brody sitting in this chair in a few years. >> reporter: what would you like to see? >> more female coworkers. i want them to view us asthma reasons. and to see a female in the unit

to not think of it. >> reporter: the marines jernder neutral standard >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god.

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millions american girls just love to dance. but one 8-year-old had a lot to overcome to get back in the studio and make her dancing dreams come true. chip reed has her remarkable story. >> 8-year-old tessa loves dancing so much, she does it in other dreams. >> it makes me feel happy. >> she was winning competitions at 5 years old when she was six, her dreams were almost cut short.

her parents thought she had the flu, but it was a potentially fatal infection. >> the infection started up above her left ankle and then, within 15 hours it spread up her whole left side of her body. >> reporter: her left leg had to be taken off above the knee. >> they told us, there was a 20% chance. >> 20% chance that she'd survive? >> correct. >> after 2.5 months in the hospital, she pulled through. her parents hoped she'd walk again. but temperatu tessa had other ideas. whose idea was that she'd dance again? >> her had - had -- hers by far. >> reporter: relearning was painful. missy is their dance teacher. >> reporter: has it slowed her down? >> not at all. >> reporter: if you any the dancing is impressive. tessa did this before her illness and she still does.

>> you never feel sorry for yourself? >> no. >> reporter: never? >> no. >> reporter: you just do what you have to do? >> yeah. >> reporter: she knows what she wants to do when she grows up. >> be a dance teach er. >> reporter: a dance teacher? >> yes. >> when she practices every day, she struggled to teach someone with two left feet. and put back that way, like this? >> yes. >> reporter: pretty bad, aren't i? she is ke-- she is competing again. what do you say to young people who are going through difficult times? >> never live up. >> reporter: words to live by, from an 8-year-old who is living her dream. chip reed, north field, ohio. >> what a sweet and inspiring and brave little girl. that is the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news

continuous, for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york ity. it's thursday, march 28th, 2019. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, march 28th, 2019, this is the "cbs morning news." plane crash probe. the faa faces tough questions about its aircraft certification process following two max 8 disasters. chicago police release documents in jussie smollett's case while the actor's attorney calls for officials to stop their smear campaign. and lottery luck. someone out there just won three quarters