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that is it for us at five, we will see you back at six for an hour of news. >> quijano: call for impeachment, a michigan congressman becomes the first republican to say president trump needs to go. but not everyone agrees. within the american people just aren't there. >> quijano: also tonight under threat, millions targeted by a new round of violent weather after dozens of tornadoes shred the southern plains. a controversial new immigration plan takes flight. why the border patrol is flying migrants from texas to california. >> caught on tape, a mother screams in terror after a stranger grabs her eight year old daughter and drives away. and firefighting pioneers.
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two women break down barriers to rise through their male-dominated ranks. >> my revenge was success. >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. it is a first for republicans. michigan congressman justin amash is calling for congress to move against president trump, accusing him of obstructing justice. amash wants him impeached joining a chorus of democrats demanding the same. as for mr. trump, he noticed and fired back. weijia jiang is at the white house. >> in more than a dozen tweets congressman justin amash made his case that the mueller report shows president trump has engaged in impeachable conduct and includes multiple exame pells of conduct satisfying all the elements of obstruction of justice, attorney general william barr drew the opposite conclusion. >> the evidence doaferled by the special counsel is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an
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obstruction of justice offense. >> amash said barr has deliberately misrepresented mueller's report, president trump accused amash for having an you will ter yarr motive, getting his name out there through controversy. he also tweeted defending himself no collusion and ultimately no obstruction. adding justin is a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands. >> it's very disturbing, this is exactly what you would expect from justin, he never 130r9ed the president and i think is he yus looking for attention. >> for the most part republicans have unified around the president. >> the special counsel's finding is clear. case closed. >> and democratic leaders are hesitant to call for impeachment arguing there is no chance it would pass the gop-controlled sphat. >> we see no signs of that yet. >> but on "face the nation," representative adam schiff chairman of the house intelligence committee said the process may be a tool to find answers. >> it is the only way that we can do our oversight is through an impeachment proceeding then
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maybe we have to go down that ed ro. >> democratic leaders have said they believe congress can work together despite this tension over the mueller report. on wednesday they're planning to meet with president trump here at the white house for part two of their talks about a sweeping two trillion dollar infrastructure bill. elaine. >> quijano: all right, weijia, thank you. now to the dangerous new storm system threatening millions of americans in several states 6789 nearly a dozen confirmed tornadoes have touched down across the southern plains this weekend shredding everything in their path. so far no one has died but what flairs up tomorrow could be worse. meteorologist jeff biardelli is here with details. >> elaine, this is looking like probably the most dangerous day of the year so far with strong tornadoes and maybe long-lasting torred in owes well as well. where you see the red bull's eye that is the best bet, on a scale of one to five it is a four. that is very high. first to more immediate threat across the great lakes and northeast scattered quick-moving showers and thunderstorms,
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torrential downpours, lightning and possibility of some hail am some of the cells. but by far the bigger threat starts tomorrow in a line from liberal kansas dto lubka showers and thunderstorms develop, they get energized by the heating of the day, start to spin become supercell thunderstorms, maybe drop large tornadoes. watch up to wichita. the reason why this is such a significant system is we have this big dip am the jet stream upper level low right here with will kol air a lot of. at the surface warmth, hum idzity coming out of the gulf of mexico all coming together and converging across texas and oklahoma. southwest wind a lot of. southeast wind at the surface thing the atmosphere. on top of that you will see a lot of heavy rain straight into tuesday, some places are likely to see about three to five inches of rain with swol enrivers and surated >>e a onalt. k yo the brols had been moving the migrants am its custody to less crowded places
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but they aren't being bussed down the road, they are being flown to a new state. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> hundreds of migrants were airlifted from south texas to san diego this weekend. another journey for many who first crossed into the u.s. by foot. their arrival not welcomed by some. >> the department of homeland security says flights like these will take place three times a week with each plane carryk around 130 people. >> once on the imrownd, the detainees are figurer printed and processed. kusoms if border protection will decide whether to he release them. the airlifts are the latest attempt to handle the surge in central american families crossing the border for asylum. more than 100,000 migrants were detained in april, the highest since 2007. the trump administration specifically chose sanctuary cities for the airlifts in what appear to be retaliation. >> thank you very much. >> i'm proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea.
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>> sanctuary cities have refused to arrest undocumented immigrants in protest to what they call the president's harsh immigration reform. but some of the most stinging criticism of the president's latest plan came from allies like florida he's republican governor after learning his state would be receiving migrants. >> we can mot accommodate in florida just dumping unlawful migrants into our state. i think it will pass our resources, the schools, the health care. >> governor ron desantis later spoke with president trump on the phone and today on "face the nation," acting secretary of homeland security said florida was no longer on the table. >> to be clear, is florida still being considered? >> no, we're using the southwest border sectors for additional capacity. >> an estimated 16,000 migrants are currently detained on the border in texas living in overcrowded conditions. elaine, we're told these airlifts will continue on indefinitely. >> jonathan, thanks. president trump issued a tough
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new warning to iran today suggesting that if tehran wants to fight it will be in his words the official end of iran. iran says st not seeking war, even if tehran-backed militias are accused of firing a rocket near the u.s. embassy if baghdad today. and tensions flair in the persian gulf. here's roxana saberi. >> reporter: am its latest show of force the u.s. military released these images today showing the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln and an am big-- am am fib bus assault doing exercises. another sign the government is doubling down on its claims that iran and militia's ties to it are planning attacks on american forces in the region. >> are we going to war with iran. >> hope not. >> both president trump and iran supreme leader say they are not seeking war. but in iraq some people are
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concerned their country could be drawn into another conflict. >> this shop keeper says iraq has had enough problems. and the war against isis and other wars before that. that would sharyt the relative stability that cities like baghdad have enjoyed, iens iraq declared defeat over isis a year and a half ago. the iraqi militia aligned with iran continue to help the iraqi military fight remnants of the islamic state. iraqi officials say they are not to were voak a military confrontation with the u.s. but the trump administration is concerned they answer to iran, adding to the tensions in the past week, the u.s. withdrew its nonessential staff from its embassy if baghdad. u.s. officials claimed its highly likely iran's forces were behind attacks on four oil tanker, a charge tehran denies and u.s. diplomats warned commercial airlines flying over the persian gulf of pot tension for miskl claition or misidentification by iranian military forces.
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it's too early to tell the exact type of rocket that was fired toward the u.s. embassy not far from here in baghdad. but a u.s. government official tells cbs new this category of weapon is routinely supplied by iran to its proxies in iraq. so elaine, this crisis is heating up. >> quijano: all right, roxana, thank you. a terrifying situation played out in broad daylight for a mother and daughter am a suburban texas neighborhood saturday. mola lenghi has the story. >> this surveillance video from a home in the forest hill suburb of fort worth shows the moment eight year old salem sabatka out for a walk with her mother was snatched up by someone in a passing car. her mom tried desperately to hold on jumping into the car after her daughter but pis say she was pushed out as the car drove off with salem, leaving the mother on the ground in a panic and without her daughter. police issued a statewide amber alert, posted pictures on social media of salem and the car the suspect was driving asking for
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the public's help. >> we had so many people come up asking what they can do. around we lit reallily told them, just take the pictures we put out and go help us find this vehicle. go help us find salem. >> late thary night police received a tip from two local church members who went out looking for salem. the tip lead authorities to a nearby hotel where around 2:30 a.m. they found the vehicle. then busted into a hotel room where they found the. is 51 year old michael webb and eight year old salem. >> we are here in police uniform with badges and guns everybody calls us heroes and now we have two citizens that went out of their way, that were viewers on our social cis viewers on your guy he's med why stations. ey are heroes tonightk i will tell you that. >> salem was taken to a hospital, was calm, appears tond tonight is back with her family. >> webb has been charged with aggravated kidnapping. now just last year he was facing charges of sexual and aggravated
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>> it toanl took he a few seconds today to bring 16,000 tons of bethlehem steel to the ground. the 21 storey building in pennsylvania was the company's headquarters, once a symbol of its power and profit ability. but bethlehem steel disappeared in 2003. explosives did the rest today. >> billionaire robert smith is paying it forward in a big way. the tech investor and philanthropist surprised graduating seniors at morehouse college by telling them hisou hd
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$40 million for 400 students. smith made the announcement at commencement receiving big cheers. >> and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. (cheers and applause) >> morehouse college says smith's gift is the largest it has ever received. >> now a quick programming tot, tomorrow morning a new chapter begins on cbs "this morning." gayle king will be joined by cohost anthony mason and tony dokoupil. tune in at 7 a.m. for realñic original reporting and the new team at the table. and we cannot wait. >> well, next on the cbs weekend news, why a low-fat diet may help you beat breast cancer.
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>> quijano: a approximate mu cancer study made headline this week. researchers found that a low-fat diet helps reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer. the findings of their large long-term study could have life changing results. dr. tara narula has the details. >> tali lando a pediatric ear nose and throat surgeon was diagnosed with an advanced breast cancer five years ago when she was 37 years old. >> the reality for me changed. i mean mi still here today so that is the good news. >> after surgery, cheem therapy and radiation, lando completely changed her diet. >> it could have a significant impact on my long-term health. >> new data shows that impact is real. women who followed a balanced low-fat diet had a 21% lower riskk of death from breast cancer. and a 15% lower risk of death
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from any cause compared to women not on a row fat diet. >> we actually have information that is hard-core. >> dr. donna ma yee manas aye is. >> you have to he decrease your fatty intake if you want to be positively affecting your sur vifl from this he disease t is almost like a to see a nutritionist and change your diet. >> the 20 year study followed nearly 49,000 post menopausea women who did mot have breast cancer when they enrolled. one imrowp adopted a lower fat diet with daily servings fruit, vegetables and grains and cut fat intake to about 25% of total calories. the control group continued their normal diet with fat accounting por about a third of total calories. >> these actually aren't hard things to do. i think the difficulty comes in what the availability is of these item ms. the house or in the home. >> it you can't change your genetics or the reality of the
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tumor you were diagnosed with but you can only control certain things and this is a big one, diet. >> the study suggests that dietary changes don't have to be drastic to have a lasting impact. dr. tara narula, cbs news, new york. >> still ahead on the weekend news. he could have been $800 million rich fer he hadn't blown 10,000 bitcoin on pizza. cryptocurrency's wild ride when we return.
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>> stocks begin trading again tomorrow after a volatile week but if you think the markets can often be a roller coaster the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency is really a wild ride. here is "60 minutes" correspondent anderson cooper. >> a bit coyne was worth less than a penny when laslo first traded bitcoin for pizza nine years ago. we calculated if he had held on to all the bitcoin he used back then to get various items, much
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of it pizza, by the time of our interview those bitcoins would have been worth $800 million. >> yeah. >> so okay, so let me get this straight. you spent about $800 million on pizza. >> well, if you look at today's exchange rates. >> are there nights you wake up in a cold sweat where you think i could have had 800 million if i hadn't bought those pizzas. >> i think thinking like that is not really good for me. >> you can watch anderson cooper's full report on the wild world of crypto currency and bitcoin on "60 minutes" tonight at 7, 6 central. >> when we return, how two women are inspiring a new generation of firefighters.
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but now they're the charge. here's jan crawford. >> every year firefighters in the nation's capitol protect some 700,000 residents. and more than 20 million visitors were around the world. >> we show up, it's your worst day and its aw our responsibility to help you out on your worst day. >> battalion fire chief queen anunay and kishia clemencia say the job is tough on anyone. >> you have to have the spirit of giving. you can't have never run, never competed in sports, this is what you would call a professional athlete. >> you have to be physically strong and mentally strong. >> absolutely. >> you are going to see things that's going to be devastating to you,s that he's going to last in your memory forever. it's how you deal where that. >> everyone doesn't fly airplanes. not everybody is going to run in a burning building. >> for women there are other challenges. >> a man can walk in a fire
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house for the firs time and they will look at them and assume that they can do their job until they prove otherwise. when a female walks in the fire house, they assume that we can't until we prove otherwise. >> the chief learned that lesson soon after joining the department in the early 90st. >> once you get out of training academy and realize when you about into the cops, they all know your name, the members know when you are getting a female assigned at. so at that point i knew the seriousness and that we were minorities. true minorities. >> to some people did you get the sense that you shouldn't be there? >> oh, slutly. >> yeah. >> less than four percent of firefighters nationwide are women. and a largely male-male environment has at times sponsored discrimination. more than half of the women firefighters surveyed nationwide report feeling shunned or isolated. and 43% say they experienced verbal harassment. >> i had some rough times where i was accused of sleeping around
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with all the firefighters in one house. >> that must have been extremely hurtful. >> it infer-- infuriating me so much that it motivated me to do more and for me my he revenge was success. >> anunay says you show women belong by doing your job well. >> i think if i'm here and i'm not representing myself as a professional and changing the climate por women officers, then i haven't dn my job. i'm's here it to make things better. >> to become only the third female battalion chief in the department's 135 history, anuna leaned on other mentor dc's first female firefighter bea rudder. >> seeing her in position even in 1991 when there weren't many women, it was inspiring. and when i talk with her, i said i'm going to be in charge one day. she said you better know your stuff. >> good morning, good morning. >> anunay now oversees 50
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firefighters at six fire houses and is poongs that same encouragement so the next generation. >> she is tough. she is really tough, she cuts me no slack. >> jasmine jones graduated from the academy in january. says the fire say some say the firehouse is no place for a woman. >> you have to prove them wrong, give them a reason to say we need more women like you. >> i which we do better than the guys anyway. >> do you still hear from naysayers. >> absolutely, that will never go away. >> what is their argument. >> that we didn't earn, it, we didn't deserve it, or they are giving us the position because of women in the environment, empowerment. >> okay, if that is your opinion, that is your opinion. i know what i have done to get to this point. >> i hear it t i love it it i embrace it because like you said, it it takes a female to be in the fire tept dns tenacious unstoppable women. that tha is the cbs weekend new fo
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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. imagine cities like san jose and san francisco, plunged into darkness. because of a wildfire, many miles away. tonight, pg and e says it is possible. >> at this point, nobody picks up schwartz, they are in shovels right now. catastrophe at the take, the sharks are bitten hard on their home ice. it is a week before memorial day, and people in san jose were scraping hail of other cars today. in contra costa county, drivers had to slow down and speed the
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windshield wipers up. the driver of this car lost control on eastbound 24, and ended up on the side of an embankment. luckily, that driver was okay. wet weather pushed back a cal state east bay commencement ceremony by 7 hours, it was supposed to happen at 10 am this morning, in hayward, it just got started about an hour ago. yesterday's ceremony at the concord campus was canceled altogether, those graduates were invited to participate today. this is all the aftermath of low pressure that is spinning off of the north coast, giving us mostly cloudy skies at this hour. we have blue in the sky, and san jose hasn't some rain in the last hour. and it is not over yet. there is more on the way as we check out the kpix 5 high
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