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state-run newspaper reportedly said, we will not take any step back. do not even think about it. it's unclear if the threat is a negotiating tactic or if this is something he would follow through on. trade does make for strange bedfellows. h withna.umer, a democrat, >> ben, it's good to see you there, my friend. >> reporter: thank you. mike pompeo made an unexpected visit to baghdad. he spoke to the prime minister of iranian attacks on forces in the region. the president is sending an air carrier in response.
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it will be joined by four b-52 bombers. iran says it's partially withdrawing from the deal it made with the u.s. and other capitals. republican leaders have chang changed course, trying to convince the special counsel not to testify. nancy core december has mocemb . >> reporter: the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, got the president's message loud and clear. he went to the senate floor today and said, point-blank, the case is closed. the 450-page mueller report is out, he said. it doesn't recommend any charges against the president. and so, it is time to move on. at the same time, the white house was taking another step to stymie democratic-led investigations here on capitol hill. exerting executive privilege to block former white house
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counsel, don mcgahn, from complying to a house subpoena. in a letter to the house judiciary committee, the president's lawyer said, mccgah, quote, does not have the legal right to disclose those documents from his time in the white house. that led nancy pelosi to accuse the president of obstructing justice on a daily basis at this point. robert mueller, not known if he will be willing to come to testify this month. >> nancy, thank you very much. a tornado was spotted this evening in the texas panhandle. this is near spearman, texas. there's no word of damage. tornado watches stretch from southern texas and oklahoma and kansas. there's a good chance of hail and thunderstorms in the region. today marks one year since former attorney general jeff sessions announced the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy, in which
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migrant families were separated at the border. that policy was struck down. and a federal judge ordered all families reunited by october. in our continuing series "separated & counting," manuel has the reunion of a father and daughter who were apart from 326 days. >> reporter: angie is learning to count in english. that's also the number of months she's been separated from her father. they arrived at a border crossing in mcallen, texas, last year, seeking asylum from threats of violence in honduras. angie was taken from him on june 1st, during the trump administration's now discontinued zero tolerance policy. what was it like to be separated from your dad? when you're separated, you feel it in your heart. the only parents she knew, could
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request to be reunited, but only at the risk of putting her back in detention. after all this time, hugging my daughter is most important, he says. it's all i can think about. the organization, immigrant families together, have now stepped in. paying his bond to be released from california. the next day, he flew to texas to see her again. your dream is going to become true. that you'll see him again. we were with her as she headed to the airport. and as 326 days apart, finally came to an end.
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if i, at 40 years old, got to feeling like i was going crazy, the suffering at her tender age, her young mind, i can't even imagine, he says. you did not want to let him go. your concern now is how to talk to her about what happened. when they separated her from me, she was asleep in my arms. i don't think she even knew what happened. at least now, the healing process can begin. manuel bojorquez, cbs news. manuel bojorquez, cbs news. w ♪ here i go again on my own
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a teenager in arizona named thomas torres is supposed to graduate in two weeks. instead, torres, living here since he was a toddler, is facing deportation. jonathan btells us about the classmates rallying around him. >> reporter: just two weeks before graduation, over 100 arizona students walked out.
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>> we won't stay quiet. >> reporter: they marched four miles to the local sheriff's office, demanding the release of thomas torres, a popular senior and football player now in the custody of the border patrol, facing deportation. >> it's thomas today. it can be your brother, your cousin, your neighbor tomorrow. >> reporter: the 18-year-old was brought to the u.s. when he was a toddler by his parents. but last week, torres was pulled over by a pima county deputy. the stop was made due to a mandatory insurance suspension on his vehicle. after he couldn't produce a valid license, he admitted he was in the country illegally. he has a hearing date of may 22nd, the same day he was due to graduate. >> he should be in school right now. >> reporter: the border parole is tight-lipped about his fate. but these students say they will continue to fight for thomas, as loud as they can.
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journalists imprisoned in myanmar are free tonight. they got an emotional reception from family members. the two had been jailed for their reporting on myanmar's brutal crackdown on the muslim community. salvage crews in florida began a heavy lift, pulling a 737 that slid off of a runway out of the st. john's river. they hoisted the plane to dry land so investigators could determine the cause of the accident. there's no serious injuries. we're on standby for a royal introduction. prince harry and meghan markle may show off their newborn son tomorrow and might reveal his name. his uncle and aunt, william and kate, are sharing advice with his parents. >> i'm pleased to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting. that will be fun. >> so fun. meghan's baby is
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finally tonight, want to see a comeback? us, too. watch this one. chip reid has more. >> reporter: 17 months ago, ryan schay shazier's life changed in an instance. the pittsburgh steelers probowl linebacker collapsed after a tackle. he had injured his spine and couldn't move his legs. doctors weren't sure if he would walk again. and they probably didn't think he would ever do this. dance up a storm at his wedding last weekend. he's defied the odds throughout his recovery. a month after the injury, he was back on the practice field, this time in a wheelchair. 3 1/2 months later, he stunned the crowd at the nfl draft by walking across the stage. >> the pittsburgh steelers select, terrell edmonds.
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>> and five months after that, he was tossing a football on the same field where the injury happened. he says someday he will be back on that field in uniform. >> i want to play football. at the end of the day, i foe cuss on gietting back as much a i can. >> reporter: he is training in conventional -- >> get set, go. >> reporter: and unconventional ways. his life changed in an instant last weekend. >> this is more than a wedding for us. for ryan to talk down the aisle -- >> reporter: this time, the highlight reel is one he will cherish. cheap reed, cbs, washington. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor. ♪
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♪ this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome into the overnight news. i'm mo lenghi. the house judiciary committee is expected to start the process that will hold william barr in contempt of congress. he's refused to testify about the mueller report or supply the committee with an unredacted version. it's one more sign of the democrats in congress and president trump, who vows to fight every subpoena they throw at his administration. nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, got the president's message loud and clear. he went to the senate floor today and said point-blank, the
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case is closed. the 450-page mueller report is out, he said. it doesn't recommend any charges against the president. and so, it is time to move on. at the same time, the white house was taking another step to stymie democratic-led investigations here on capitol hill. exerting executive privilege to block former white house counsel, don mcgahn, from complying to a congressional subpoena. in a letter to the house judiciary committee, the president's lawyer said, mcgahn, quote, does not have the legal right to disclose those documents from his time in the white house. that led the house speaker, nancy pelosi, to accuse the president of obstructing justice on a daily basis at this point. still no word on whether the special counsel himself, robert mueller, amidst all of this, will be coming to capitol hill to testify this month. china's vice premier is part of the trade dell gratiegation
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to washington. new tariffs are scheduled to take effect friday. investors are spooked and markets are in a freefall. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: the nearly 500-point drop closed out the year. a sign that wall street is worried that its investment in a u.s./china trade deal may not pay off. >> because the u.s. and china are the two largest economies in the world, any trade conflict that ensues will spill over to the rest of the world. and that could cause global growth to actually slow down. >> reporter: last friday, president trump sounded optimistic. >> we're close to a historic deal. >> reporter: now, he's threatening new tariffs and his chief trade negotiators are accusing the chinese of, quote, reneging on unspecified agreements. as of 12:01 on this friday, president trump says he will raise tariffs on $200
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billion on chinese goods. tariffs makes imparts more expensive for companies and consumers. a pro free trade group estimates a tariff increase would cost a family of four $767 per year and 1 million u.s. jobs. >> we've been ripped off by china. >> reporter: the chinese are expected to retaliate with tariffs of their own. that will hurt farmers who were hurt in the last chinese strike. >> it will hurt the economy here. it will hurt the economy in china. i don't know how you get china to stop cheating until you stand up to them. >> reporter: china's vice premier is coming to washington on thursday for an 11th round of trade talks. so far, the chinese are not backing down. an editorial today in a state-run newspaper reportedly said, we will not take any step back. do not even think about it. it's unclear if the tariff threat is a negotiating tactic or if this is something he would follow through on. trade does make for strange bedfellows.
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chuck schumer, a democrat, said that president trump should hang tough with china. more protests are expected in georgia, after republican governor brian kemp signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. it makes abortion illegal once doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: with one signature, georgia governor brian kemp, defiantly established one of america's most restrictive abortion rights laws. >> we will not back down. we will always continue to fight for life. >> reporter: georgia's new law shreds the standard set in the landmark 1973 roe v. wade decision. the u.s. supreme court established a woman's right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, roughly 24 weeks into a pregnancy. georgia's new standard, a fetal heartbeat, roughly six weeks in, before many women realize they're pregnant. state representative ed setsler, the bill's main sponsor.
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>> we have established that the child, in uniutero is a liv person. it gets full legal rights under georgia law. >> reporter: furious critics, including in the state's movie industry, now threatening a boycott. georgia became the sixth state to ban abortions in six weeks. courts struck out similar laws in iowa, north dakota and kentucky. expect fights in ohio, mississippi and georgia. >> i think it's a travesty. >> reporter: theresa thompson says georgia's law attacks roe v. wade. what is going on here? >> they're trying to create a ivision among the courts in our state system and our federal system in order to get to the united states supreme court. >> reporter: with the goal of overturning roe v. wade? >> yes, with the goal of overturning roe v. wade. >> reporter: the next battle may be in neighboring alabama, where
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some lawmakers want to go further than georgia -- an outright ban, no acceptance. and up to 99-year prison sentences for doctors convicted of performing an abortion. four years after she committed suicide in a texas jail secell, sandra bland continues to spark controversy. for the first time, we're getting to see her cell phone video of a confrontation with a police officer that led to her arrest. mireya villarreal reports. >> get out of the car. >> reporter: this is how sandra bland saw the traffic stop. recorded on her own cell phone. the new video obtained by the investigative network, synced with the sound of the previously released dash cam, gives context to the encounter. >> get out of the car. i will light you up. >> wow. >> get out of the car. >> failure to signal. you're doing all of this for failure to signal. >> reporter: it was the first time that bland's sisters saw
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the 39-second recording. >> this not only shows that he lied, but that he really had no business even stopping her. >> reporter: three days after being arrested, sandra bland was found hanging in her jail cell. >> no justice, no freedom. >> reporter: activists pushed for greater law enforcement accountability and focus on excessive use of force cases around the country. >> i have a right to record. this is my property. >> put your phone down. >> reporter: the video was never released during a criminal investigation. and bland's family is demanding a review of the entire case. >> this video shows nothing different. >> reporter: but not chuck lewis who represented encinia. >> it was evidence considered from day one. he did what he was required to do under the law and his training, which is remove her from the potential threat. >> get over there. t bnd fam
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this is "the cbs overnight news." >> yesterday, we told you how drones are being used for the first time to deliver chipotle on a college campus in virginia. in north carolina, they have a more serious mission, to deliver medical samples in raleigh. >> reporter: this is the quad copter making history. it uses this to make deliveries on the campus about three-quarters of a mile away. to walk it, takes about 45 minutes. up there, it ee's less than a four-minute flight. this takes off from the hospital eight times a day. it's a race against time, carrying medical supplies, like
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blood, across this sprawling medical campus. >> this is one of our technicians. his job is to deliver the payload box that came on the drone. >> reporter: the program is the brainchild of dr. stewart ginn. he saw a way to speed up diagnosing patients. >> we're talking about shaving off 30 minutes to 3 hours, easily, from our lab -- end-to-end lab time. >> reporter: that means faster results and faster results for his patients. they went through u.p.s. and dronemaker matternet in march. the first drone flights approved by the faa. the eight flights carry up to 200 samples a day. >> we see this model being in large medical campuses in urban environments. >> reporter: don is the vice president of health care
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strategies. >> we look at the turnaround times and how important it is to get the bloodwork in and the results turned back around, it's a critical space. >> reporter: last month, the university of maryland medical center completed the first drone delivery for a transplant, something that could make organ delivery safer and cheaper. but the faa has been slow to regulate an industry that's taking off fast. it's expected to hit $29 billion within eight years. google-backed wing is the first company to receive faa approval for drone deliveries for goods to businesses and homes. the service that is operating in australia and soon in finland. it will begin in virginia this year. >> we've never been able to receive goods that fast. >> reporte the biggest challenge for drone delivery mainstream will be pick acceptance. now, we need to talk to the communities and figure out a way
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to integrate this. >> reporter: in wake med, dr dr. ginn believes the drones there fly between hospitals miles apart and one day will be a link to rural hospitals. >> maybe the patient doesn't have to come here. it can be cared for at the smaller facility. >> reporter: this is part of a pilot program to see how the drones i s integrate in the aire here in raleigh. the finals of this year's karaoke world championship will take place this november in tokyo. it's a major event, with con tess tanlts coming from all around the world. the grand prize is 6 million bucks. and the man who invented karaoke, never made a dime off of it. nancy giles has this. >> reporter: meet this guy in the center. and he has a secret.
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back in his younger days, he was a musician who couldn't read music. so, he came up with a truly inventive solution, which is to say, he invented the karaoke machine. ♪ this time, baby, i'll be bulletproof ♪ >> a regular jukebox is for listening. this is a jukebox for singing. >> reporter: today, it's estimated that one-third of people in japan sing karaoke. of course, karaoke, which translates to empty orchestra, is now a global phenomenon. >> translator: usually in our lives, we watch the stars through the media. all of us want to be stars ourselves. with a mic in your hand, you can be a star.
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♪ you know you're toxic >> reporter: if you happen to live in seattle, washington, one of the biggest stars of karaoke is this man, joshua baron. better known as -- the karaoke baron. how did you get that name? >> people would say, you're the king of karaoke. my last name bar o karaoke. >> reporter: he is not joking. almost every night of the week -- ♪ when you're in doubt >> reporter: the karaoke baron is performing or singing along. he says it's karaoke that helped him get through cancer. >> my doctor said, if anything, it's going to help heal you. it's something you love to do. it's music. >> reporter: karaoke helped you
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get well. >> it helped me. >> reporter: good for living and a pretty good living besides. in 2017, the karaoke bar industry made some $435 million. and that's just in the united states. so, you'd think that back in osaka, japan, daisuke inoe, the inventor of karaoke, would be rolling in royalties. but not so. >> translator: i have no regrets. if i had patented karaoke, it would never have taken off the way it did. >> he didn't want to do it for the money. he wanted people to have the enjoyment of singing their favorite songs. >> reporter: and his contribution to the music world hasn't gone unsung. a while back, he was recognized with a harvard university ig
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do you like cheese? some people like cheese so much, they go into the cheese business. and there's a boot camp in new york city that can teach you all about the basics. dana jacobson sat in on a class. >> the only thing we knew about making cheese was you make it from milk. that's the only thing we knew. >> reporter: christina and gordon were college students in jamaica when their love for imported artisan cheeses, turned from a passion to a purpose. >> i said, let's make cheese. she said yes. >> we had all this milk from the goats and cows. no one was doing anything with it. we decided, let's make cheese. we love cheese so much. >> reporter: sounds like a good idea. but how do you figure out how to make cheese, then? >> well, we had a difficult learning curve in the beginning. we're making a really bad cheese at the start. using the internet to decide and to learn. so, in the beginning, it was
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really challenging. >> reporter: four years later, christina and's imptu idea is now a growing business. they own and operate their own artisan cheese brand, outland hurders creamery and farm stand. >> we want to show that jamaica is just jerk chicken or reggae music. we're also good with cheese. in some way, helped lift jamaica up. >> reporter: with thousands of varieties on the market, making e e than making a decent wheel. so, christina and gordon made the trip here to murray's cheese in new york city, to take part in a coveted three-day intensive course known as cheese boot camp. >> we offer the class four times a year. we only have 24 seats available in each section. about 100 people a year get to come through the doors. >> reporter: elizabeth is the senior vice president of sales
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for murray's. she says the boot camp started as a six-week course in 2006, the result of customer demand. >> people come into our classrooms and say, we want more than a wine and cheese pairing class. how do we learn to do what you do? >> reporter: it wasn't enough to just eat the cheese. people wanted to know more. >> they wanted to know where it came from. they wanted to know how it was made. they wanted to know what made it special. >> reporter: boot camp students come from all over. >> i have a cheese shop in brazil. >> reporter: and for different reasons. >> i'm a pastry chef. i foresee cheese will be in my future in a big way. >> i'm head of h.r. for a financial services xaenl. nothing to do with cheese. i'm hoping that cheese can be my next chapter. >> i'm a cheese fanatic and looking to learn. >> hopefully everyone in this room shares by default is our love of cheese. >> reporter: the students are taught by an american cheese society certified cheese
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professional, who begins boot camp with a lesson of history and geography.ecd day, there's field trip to murray's cheese caves in new york city. one of the biggest draws for those looking to further their education. before they enter, the students have to complete a chemistry course on milk. once sanitized and suited up, the group is guidedprocess. it takes place in the caves which are monitored 24/7 for humidity and temperature. on the final day of boot camp, glasses of wine and beer are poured for pairings classes. and students are put to the test when it comes to slicing and wrapping different styles of cheese. all skills to become what is known as a cheese monger. at murray's, cielo peralta is
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the big cheese among them. we go back to spain. >> reporter: i haven't had that. >> it's like a baby with a little smoke. >> reporter: does that mean it's young center. >> young and good-looking. >> reporter: just like you. >> thank you. >> reporter: he can walk a customer through the more than 300 international cheeses that are in the front case at murray's. a case that one day, christina and gordon hopes h will have one of their cheeses. >> reporter: you don't want it to stay in jamaica. you want to offer it to the world. >> where it comes from, it's so close to the land. you can't separate the cheese from where it is from. >> you know, it transforms you to a different place. it takes you there through the flavor of the cheese. we want to be able to represent jamaica through a piece of
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every year, the met gala in new york city, brings together the brightest stars in film, music and of course fashion. if you missed out on it, you are not alone. tickets were $35,000 each. and the theme of the evening was camp. what's that supposed to mean? nikki battiste explains. ♪ >> reporter: fearless stars push the limits to shine at fashion's biggest night. >> how are you feeling? >> top of the world. >> magical. >> reporter: bringing shock and auwe to the steps of the met. >> i feel like a zebra on the run. where are the lions? who is ready to pounce? >> reporter: what's it like in there? >> top secret. >> they bring out bread and they
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put it on the table. and people stare at it like it's an alien. and i go in and eat it all. see you later. >> reporter: the theme of this year's gala and costume exhibit, camp. >> that means being extra. that's what the kids call it today. >> reporter: had some celebrities scratching their heads. >> reporter: how did you interpret the theme camp? >> crazy [ bleep ]. >> we're going to have bonfires and wear shorts and t-shirts. just have a good time. ♪ >> reporter: but many of the stars explain the meaning of camp through their extreme outfits. ♪ >> this is a little elton john. and this is the little liberace. >> go big. >> reporter: delivering exaggeration and artificial extravagance. ♪ lady gaga gave the paparazzi, a
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the red carpet. changing four times in about ten minutes, through a choreographed fashion show. and katy perry, literally lit up the room. >> it's you following in trail of postcardi b. >> how heavy is your dress? >> like a dead body. >> reporter: cardi b.'s dress had a train that took up the whole targecarpet. >> something to do with food. we love food. >> magical creatures. >> we need to have an african theme. full-on african. >> reporter: you hear that, anna wintour? that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the headlines continue. for others, check back later for
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the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm mola le captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, may 89th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." two students opened fire at a colorado stem school, killing one student and injuring at least eight others. what we're learning about one of the suspects. severe weather threat. 32 million americans are in the path of storms that could include damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes. and a decade in the red. "the new york times" reports president trump had more than a billion dollars in business lo
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