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skylab. cb >> begnaud: on the defensive, the trump administration is doubling down on its threat to close the entire border with mexico to stop illegal immigration. why it could cost the u.s. economy millions. also tonight, joe biden sphonds. the former vice president insists he has never inappropriately touched anyone. gayle king has sat down with the two women accusing virginia's lieutenant goofer in of sexual assault. >> in my ideal world, i would want him to resign. >> begnaud: she got into the wrong car thinking it was her uber. now a suspect is under arrest in south carolina accused of killing this college student. and kids of courage, p their
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life loudly. >> basically on my way there to. it's going to take something pretty drawmic too prevent president trump from shutting down the u.s. board we are mexico, that is what mick mulvaney said today but critics charge this controversial move could escalate a humanitarian crisis at the border. while disrupting billions of dollars in trade. mola lenghi is in west palm beach with more. >> we're closing the border, close it and we'll keep it closed for a long time. i'm not playing games. >> the white house doubled down on president trump's threat to shut down the southern border. >> certainly isn't a bluff, you can take the president seriously. >> with mig rant holding facilities beyond kas paity the department of homeland security says they'reecretary kirstjen t
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undeumed immigrants unmanageable with roughlily 6600 families, including 4700 children currently being held. >> we have never seen a sowrnlg like this surge like this can well 100,000 people across-the-board ther month alone. that is a crisis. >> in addition to the humanitarian impact there is potential for an economic one. more than 550 billion dollars of goods are traded between mexico and the u.s. each year. >> when the president says he's going to close the border, that say totally unrealistic boast on his part. >> on saturday the trump administration announced they will cut off u.s. aid to el salvadore, guatemala and honduras, the so called northern try ang nell central america, where the majority of migrants crossing the southern border originate. >> if we are going to give these countries hundreds of millions of dollars we would like them to do more, that, jake, i would respectfully submit it is not an unreasonable position. >> democrats disagree. >> what we need to do is focus on what is happening in centralo the unitied states.
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the president's cutting off aid to these countries will not solve that problem. >> president trump threatened to shut down the border as soon as this week but he's given no further details. he is scheduled to travel to california this week. a trip that will include a stop in the border town of calexico. the white house has not billed this as an immigration themed trip but all thinged considered the president is expected to raise the issue in some capacity, david. >> begnaud: we'll all be matching. thank you, mola. former vice president joe bied enis responded to accusations that he made a former nevada a semly am-- assembly woman feel quote uneasy. in a statement mr. biden said not once, never did i believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested that i did so, i will listen respectfully. at a nevers says bidenr head an, believed that that was inappropriate, then frankly, i think that say little bit of a
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disconnect. and, not being aware. >> begnaud: flores says bied in's behavior should dises qualify him for running for president. it appears act are jussie smollett is trying to keep a pretty low profile after chicago prosecutors stunned the city and much of the country by dropping charges against him for allegedly staging his own hate crime. here is ileana diaz. >> they said no jussie smollett jokes. >> jussie smollett was a no show for his nomination at the 509 annual n.a.a.c.p. image award saturday night. but that didn't keep the empire actor out of the spotlight. >> what the hell was he thinking? >> comedian chris rock roasted smol ed during an award presentation. >> are you justie frr no on you, don't even get the u no more, that u is res from from me. >> others showed support. >> i stand with jussie. >> the continued back
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34r5rb-- backlash comes daysagos dropped 15 charges against smollett for allegedly claiming to be a victim of a hate crime. >> cook county states attorney kim foxx recused herself from the caseop ed in the chicago tri beun foxx defended her team's decision staight i welcome an outside nonpolitical review of how we handled this matter. but enshawring that i and my office have our community's trust is par mounted. chicago mayor rahm emmanuel is demanding smollett pay $130,000 to cover the overtime of police officers who worked the case for weeks. smollett's defense attorney mark geragos discussed the status of the case in a podcast this weekend. >> the city is saying they want $130. but the case was dismissed and s whatsoever. it is just kind of a grand stand. >> the chicago mayor is asking for a federal investigation and david, tomorrow the police decision. >> begnaud: ileana reporting
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from los angeles, thank you. a teenager in atlanta knocked on the wrong door and got dpoirld it that is according to police who say the victim had just moved to the apartment complex and didn't really know his way around. it happened friday night. police say darryl bynes confronted 19 year old marian banks and shot him to deathment a witness says the vk tim literally begdz for his life. bynes is now charged with murder. in south carolina, a college student was killed after police say she got into a car that she thought was her uber. samantha josephson was a 21 year old senior. tony dokoupil has more on the man arrested. >> these photos of the last moments 21 year old samantha josephson was seen alive. around 2 a.m. friday morning columbia police say the university of south carolina student got into a black miske. >> what we know now is that she had, in fact, summoned an uber ride. and was waiting for that ride, that uber ride to come. >> she opened the door and got into it.
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and departed with the suspect driving. >> turkey hunters found her body on sarycts the same day police charged 24 year old nathania david roll-and-with josephson's kidnapping and murder. he was not the uber driver she was waiting for. >> he allegedly activated the car's child proof locks to keep her from escaping. >> the analysis concluded the blood in the suspect's vehicle was that of the victims. also a cell phone belonging to the victim was found inside the passenger compartment of the suspect vehicle. >> josephson's classmates say she had dreamed of being a lawyer. >> she was just a very bubbly, warm, kind person. she was excited about going to law school. and very sad that she's gone. we'll miss her a lot. >> and her father who shared this photo of his daughter on social media wrote it is with tremendous sadness and of a broken heart that i post this. i will miss and love my baby girl for the rest of life. >> uber declined to comnt on this case but in a 2017 blog
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post it warned of quote ride share scams. and david that includes scams where drivers pos pose as uber drivers with continues is important to check that app, on the app it will show you the license plate is for the driver whose car you want to get into. >> exactly. >> thank you, tony. >> the suspected suicides of two parkland shooting survivors over the last week along with the fair of a child killed and sandy hook in connecticut are once again revealing the lingering trauma-of-mass traj gee-- tragedy, a couple who know thation pain are traveling the country to help comfort other people. here is anderson cooper with a preview of tonight's "60 minutes." >> we saw them in thousand oaks california where 12 people were gunned down at a country music bar last november. it is one of the latest stops on their heartbreaking journey. >> if you everhe it it. >> just days before they arrived here, they were in pittsburgh where 11 people were murdered at
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the tree of life synagogue. >> it is so interesting what they are doing. >> are you not trained therapist, you are not counselors, and yet you have upended your lives and reaching out in a very individual way to people. >> yeah. it is compassion. >> that is what it is. >> bottomline, it's about compassion. >> compassion we get from those people too, not like it's a one way deal. >> it was in 2012 that their daughter jessica ghawi was murdered along with 11 others in a 3406ie theater in aurora, colorado. she was 24, and an aspiring sports reporter. >> you can watch anderson coin gh >> there is late word tonight from the u.s. marines that two pilots have been killed in a helicopter crash. the ah1v vieper went down neariuma arizona late saturday. it was screened to be a pretty crew teen raining mission,-- training mission, the
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cause is under investigation. tomorrow in georgia the republican governor is expected to sign into law one of the country's most res-- restrictive abortion bans t what was approved on friday. the ban outlines abortion if doctors are able to he detect a heartbeat in an embryo. that typically happens about six weeks in the pregnancy. right now women of georgia can seek an abortion during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. >> coming up next, two women accusing virginia's lt. governor of sexual assault are now talking to gayle king of cbs this morning. plus a small startup is helping 911 prailter-- operators finder cell phone callers fast.
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fairfax was accused of sexual assault by two women, dr. vanessa tyson and meredith watson. fairfax insists the encounters were consensual in a statement released today fairfax claims polygraph exams that he took support his claim that the women's allegations are false. now gayle king of cbs this morning folk spoke with both women sepattheirst television interview. >> what do you want to happen to stin faiax? why are you coming forward. >> in my ideal world, i would want him to resign. there were two main reasons why i came forward, right, like there is a million reasons not ou, i'm not going to lie. but you know, i look at my beautiful student, i have the most wonderful kids and i teach politics and then they want to get involved. and all i can think of idon't w,
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ever happen to them. and then the second thing that i think, is that the virginia people need to know who it is that they elected. >> the voters of virginia have a right to know, you know, both my story and meredith's story. i think there should be a public hearing. i think that. >> not an investigation. >> there is a difference between hearings and investigations. investigations often allow people in power to sweep things under the rug. >> a hearing, you would be prepared to testify in front of the virginia general assembly. >> in front of the virginia general assembly under oath. i would want meredith, myself and mr. fairfax to be able to speak, to be heard and particularly for survivors, i hi this is incredibly important. and they need to be heard. >> begnaud: you can see more
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>> begnaud: have you ever used your cell phone to call 911? in many parts of the country time is actually lost when a 911 operator can't easley identify where it is that you are calling from while using your cell phone it is a pretty big problem that a small company is trying to fix. here's jamie yuccas. >> it is happen in an instant.
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>> call 911. >> is everybody out of the water, do you know. >> no, they're not, they're screaming for people in the water. >> every day more than 600,000 people call 911 many in desperate need of help. >> someone just came after the girl on campus with a gun. >> the 911 network often falls short when it is needed most because it was built from 70 years ago for land lines. today about 80% of calls come from cell phones. >> locating a mobile phone is based on cell tower triangulation f a phone can connect with multiple towers, a location can be determined within an area of about three quarters of a mile. >> it is something we almost take for granted, that this system just works. >> michael martin learned first hand how the outdated infrastructure can impact a crisis when he was mugged in new york city about seven years ago. the 911 network could not pinpoint his exact location. so he launched a startup called
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rapid sos and spent six years creating technology that transforming emergency communications. >> 911 emergency operator, 122. >> the emergency response center in los angeles was among the first to adopt rapid sos. >> if somebody is in the middle of a dom tes-- domestic violence incident it is sometimes hard to call. >> sometimes they can't speak, they koanl dial an open line and all you hear is arguing. in the end what we want is a location to send the police to get help to them. >> and this has changed that. >> yes, definitely. >> the fcc estimates over 10,000 livers a year could be saverred if we could por accurately locate people in an emergency. >> partnering with companies like apple, google and uber, allows rapid sos to offer their location data enhancement to all emergency call centers for free. the new n live in 911 quawl call centers covering more than 65% of the population. but that still leaves millions of americans at risk. >> we just want to make sure that every 911 center is away
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>> begnaud: welcome back. colorado was one of the first states to legalize recreational pot. now there say new study that says more than 2500 people have been sent to emergency rooms in the state complaining they got a bad high. now our doctor jon lapook says it is not just those smoking ary seusss edible cannabis for severe neck and back pain. >> it takes the edge off, it does help t definitely does. >> wried it a year ago. >> oh man, i knew something was wrong. >> her husband herb had to call 911. >> the colors were very, very vivid. and i was feeling a little bit
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dizzy and just disoriented. >> ten states have legalized recognize rational marijuana. >> this is the first time have i ever been in a marijuana dispense ree. >> for 60 mincer we saw first hand. >> peaches and cream. >> milk chocolate. >> the wide array of edible products available in colorado. >> the first time people try edibles they don't know how to consume it. so you have to do it really slow. >> inhaled cannabis has an effect within minutes while edible cannabis is absorbed more slowly. >> what that leads to is when people are taking cannabis edibles is that if they are not feeling the effects they expect within the time period they expect, then they stake doses. >> dr. andrew monte found that over a five year period, cannabis related tharuple eled,e from edibles even though edibles account for just a tiny fraction of total cannabis sales in the state. reasons for visits included vomiting and psychiatric symptoms. nearly a third of all cannabis related visits lead to hospital
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admissions. >> people are sometimes using it for recreational purposes, and then ultimately also using it if they have got back pain. so when that line is blurred there's less regulation about how to do it and how to do it safely. >> as more and more states consider the legalization of both medical and recreational cannabis, this study is a reminder of the need for public education about its use. for example, if are you eating a brownie with cannabis, find out how much thc is be in it because that is the part that makes you high and too much could cause unexpected symptoms. >> dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> good point, doc. when we return, thegeous kids overcoming big on stack elevators. >> one mountain at a time.
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>> quijano: the cheers start well before these skiers ever hit the slopes. because just being here at mount snow in vermont represents a major accomplishment. >> doing okay? >> quijano: they're here with kids with courage, a charity that pediatrician instituted dit ddz check cofounded 11 years ago. >> we travel all over the country with large groups of children and young adults who are challenged with either physical disabilities or very serious illnesses. >> quijano: eight year old aszzie has muscular distrophy. we were with him as he took his very first run. >> is it everything you thought it would be. >> yes. >> quijano: this year kids of courage brought 52 campers along with an army of volunteers dispensing hundreds of doses of medication each day. on the mountain every participate was surrounded by a team to ensure their safety. ayala is 14, she has spina
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bifida and uses a w. >> what is that feeling going down the mountain. >> it is just a rush because are you going fast and the wind it is why nur face it is a lot of fun. >> how was it, avi. >> awesome. >> avi davidson is 25. he suffered a fall when he was a teenager. he lost an arm and the use of his legs. >> does this experience translate beyond this mountain. >> beyond just the mountain, basically obstacles in my way are there to overcome. >> kids of courage, overcoming anything in life, one mountain at a time. elaine quijano, cbs news, mount snow, vermont. >> begnaud: that story reminded me to volunteer when you can. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm david begnaud for new york, from all of us
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now ty man hauled away in handcuffs in colombia. he was using facebook to solicit underage girls for sex. plus an east bay priest is also behind bars this evening, accused of repeated sex assaults against a child. a couple has to duck for cover behind their own dash board. as another round of gunfire erupts on an east bay freeway. >> somebody has to care and try to make a difference. >> and hope is fading this evening for residents of the unique homeless camp in san jose. good evening, i'm christin ayers. >> i'm brian hackney. we begin with the priest behind bars. accused of sexually abusing a teenager who is a part of the congregation. >> he had been working at corpus christi church in free hospital, but the alleged abuse happened at st. john's catholic church in san lorenzo. katie nielsen is there now.
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katie? >> reporter: kristin, detectives say that the 42-year- old priest originally from el salvador met the victim here while he was working as a priest. they say the victim is a 14 or 15-year-old boy. he was familiar with this type of abuse and they worry there could be others. >> this is a flyer we gave to parents. >> reporter: joey with snap, the survivors network of those abused by priests handed out information to people at corpus christi church in fremont today saying it's important they know about against david mendoza-vela. >> usually child
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