enemy, isis. >> we should start the conversations and talk about the real issues. combat extremism, eradicating is isis. >> reporter: so, this could be a distraction? >> of course. >> reporter: today, the leader of an iranian-backed militia, called for iraqis to work together to stave off a conflict. >> thank you. tonight, president trump is considering pardons for several americans accused of war crimes. cbs news has learned that the pardons could involve a navy s.e.a.l. and army green beret. david martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: edward gallagher is accused of stabbing to death a ring 201 iraq.ttener president trump has ordered him

released from the brig to what he callsle lesless less restric confinement. now, he may pardon him. >> i know of no instance where the executive has granted a pardon, pretrial, for military criminality that involved a p d pending case of murder. >> reporter: in another murder case that has yet to go to trial, matthew golsteyn was accused of killing an unarmed afghan man. an act he admitted to on fox news. >> did you kill the bombmaker? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he did that because the bombmaker was someone that could not be allowed to walk away free. >> my husband killed an enemy combatant that was going to do arm. >> reporter: and the team caught on video urinating on the

corporati corpses of fighters. it does not base a pardon. >> they are granted as a matter of grace and granted irrespective of the guilt. >> reporter: the wheels of justice turn slowly. and the process of collecting the paperwork on these cases only began last friday. the pardon system will have to set a speed record if all this is to be done in time for memorial day. major? >> david barr at the pentagon. a federal judge in washington ruled the president and his accountants must comply with a house subpoena to turn over financial records. the judge said there were, quote, valid, legislative purposes, unquote, for the subpoena. mr. trump's lawyers accuse democrats of trying to harass the presidenand vow an ap. some graduates of morehouse

pay off the student loan debt for the entire class of 2019. 43 million americans collectively owe about $1.5 trlion i student loan debt. here's mark straussman. >> this is my class, 2019. >> reporter: at morehouse college, robert smith's commencement speech, included a congratulations card filled with cash. >> my family is making a grant to eliminate student loans. >> reporter: smith will pay off the student debts of almost 400 graduating seniors. did you know it was coming? >> i had no idea. >> reporter: morehouse president, david thomas. >> people were stunned. if you look at any of the film footage, you see the students turning to each other. what did he say? what did he say? >> for me, graduation was a text from my mom. are you serious?

>> reporter: dwight lewis is from compton, california, where as a kid, he was homeless. the business major, danced across the stage. gone were $150,000 in student loans. >> i never imagined that i would essentially get a full ride for college in my last 30 seconds of being an undergrad student. >> reporter: morehouse told us its students typically graduate owing $28,000 of student loans, on par with other historically black schools. and about $7,100 more than borrows from other universities. no wonder why the crowd chanted mvp, most valuable philanthropist. >> this allows them to pursue reporten return, smith h recie forward. >> i am so motivated to go strange the world.i mean that f

my heart. >> reporter: i asked president thomas ifforobert smith to spea next year. he said, mr. smith can speak here anytime he wants. >> always welcome. i'm sure that's true. next, surveillance video and two good samaritans help capture a suspected kidnapper. later, one man's dangerous climb shut down a paris landmark. my digestive system used to make me fl slgish

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. near ft. worth, texas, an 8-year-old girl is back with her family. and a suspected kidnapper is under arrest. omar villafranca is there. >> he's in custody. we have her. >> reporter: those six words ended the frantic eight-hour such for sialem. on saturday afternoon, doorbell video captured the moment a man in a gray car snatched the 8-year-old in broad daylight, when she was walking with her mother. >> help me. help me, please. my daughter has been kidnapped.

>> reporter: the ft. worth amber alert, along with the picture of the girl and the suspect's car spread quickly on social media. jeff king got the alert from a friend. >> my friend texts me and said riz's daughter was kidnapped. and i know the father. >> reporter: king was there when police went in and found the girl. >> adrenaline was rushing through my veins. i could barely stand still. the person i was with, we were hugging each other. we were beside ourselves. >> reporter: police arrested 51-year-old michael webb. he's charged with aggravated kidnapping. as for king, he says he's not a hero, just a man trying to help his community. did you ever lose faith? >> i don't think we lost faith. but there's a few times when i thought to myself, like, what's the real chance of you finding her? i say, well, there's a better

chance of us finding her if we're looking than if not. >> reporter: this is the hotel parking lot where king spotted the suspect's car after he looked in ten dashe tte to thank the ft. worth police department. come press f and think about their daughter. >> thanks for theri i've never been in one of these before,

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officials in honduras are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed four tourists and their canadian pilot. the plane went down shortly after takeoff. the americans have been identified. lori lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of chicago. she is the first black woman to run the city and the first openly-gay mayor. you can see an interview with her this evening tomorrow. in paris, the eiffel tower was evacuated when a man climbed nearly to the top. he hung on the iron lattice ford eventually, police and firefighters convinced him to surrend surrender. up next, some welcome news for an artist, who found his

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steve hartman has an update on a story he brought us a few months ago, a story about justice, long delayed, but no longer denied. >> i'm just a young kid from the

ghettos, that's been through hell and high water andti repr:eoming erics molikely art phenom, richard phillips was in prison. in 1971, he was arrested for a murder we now know he didn't commit. to pass the time and temper the injustice. he painted. >> it was something to do. occupy my mind. >> reporter: better than putting xs on a calendar. >> right. i could be in there for hours. >> reporter: that's how it was for 46 years, until he was exonerated last spring. that's more time served than any other exxoner' in history. they let him go without a bus ticket. failing him for a second time. until now. >> i was in shock. >> reporter: one year into his freedom, the state attorney general agreed the lost years

were worth $1.4 million. his paintings are now selling for thousands of dollars. it's because after nearly a half a century of wrongful nt, d sai there's no time left for self-pity. >> i'm going to be all right regardless, whether they compensate me or not. >> reporter: that brings us to the most impressive thing about richard. he's found a bright side in all this. >> it would be remiss of me to keep all of this stuff, rather than share it with the american public. >> reporter: a poignant reminder of what he lost and what he found. steve hartman, cbs news, detroit. that's "the overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. , k later for the morning news and "cbs this morning" from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm major garrett.

this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome to "the overnight news." the lights are out for tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the southern plains. and people there are bracing for another round of dangerous weather. more powerful winds, hail and tornadoes are expected. in oklahoma, they've closed schools, issued flood watches and evacuated a military base. david begnaud begins our coverage in oklahoma. >> reporter: there's reports of tornadoes in oklahoma, texas and kansas. we heard of damage, nothing confirmed. and no reports of injuries or deaths. we have staged with storm

chasers from our affiliate, cbs news 9 in oklahoma city. this is hank brown and his wife waiting on the call to go. here in oklahoma, waiting on chasing storms is not just a thrill. it's a public service. powerful gusts of wind and rain tore through oklahoma this afternoon. this was the first tornado of the day, reported to the national weather service. it hit just north of paducah, texas. in crescent, oklahoma, these two tornadoes were on the ground just about a mile apart. the threat in the southern plains is so serious, that noaa's storm locater, issued a high weather warning. was the most serious warning they issued in two years. we met up with hank brown and his wife, patty, in oklahoma. hank is a firefighter, patty is a nurse. what's different about the forecast for today? >> i've been chasing 20 years. me and my wife, patty, 20 years have been doing this. and we've seen four or five of

these setups. >> reporter: more than 50 tornadoes tore through the country's midsection this past weekend. >> semi over in the road. >> reporter: storm chasers in kansas captured several large tornadoes forming and narrowly avoided a funnel passing in front of their vehicle. from the air, you can see the trail of destruction that was left behind in geronimo, oklahoma. there's 1.4 million people who live in the metro area of oklahoma city. tonight, they're under a particularly dangerous situation watch. major, that means there could be some of the strongest tornadoes that happen during the night. what's the weather looking like where you live? lonnie quinn has your overnight news forecast. >> it's going to be a dangerous night. you have to be on alert in the nighttime hours. a deinand oklahoonkansasu could

18th, 2017. why? what's different today? what's different is all three categories that we look at is showing a big conflict in air masses. you look at dry and moist air. normally, major, there would be a gap here between the dry air and the moist air. you go from dry to moist within a few miles. now, you look at temperatures. 53 in albuquerque. 86 in dallas. that temperature differential stays true in the nighttime hours. look at the winds. that's the surface winds. all of the fast-moving white arrows is the jet stream, going every which way. speed differential, also a directional differential, that makes twists in the atmosphere. and rain, 4 to 6 inches. 6 to 8 a possibility, with this. everybody has got to be on alert through the nighttime tomorrow. st. louis and kansas city. we'll keep an eye on that. president trump, jumped into the abortion debate that's dividing the nation.

mr. trump says he's opposed to the new alabama law that would make most abortions a criminal act. ed o'keeffe has the story. >> i feel strongly about it. and all of that is working its way through courts. >> reporter: president trump, today, addressed the issue of abortion on his way to a campai once a supporter of abortion rights -- >> i'm pro-choice in every respect. >> reporter: -- over the weekend, he said he was against abortion but in cases of rape, incest or the health of the mother. that puts him at odds with conservatives, like those pushing for alabama's new abortion rights bill. the state's governor defended the bill. >> it's the sanctity of life that the people of alabama value so highly. >> reporter: but the supporters that are waiting for the president at the campaign rally, said they agree with him about alabama's law. >> i didn't agree with that. that was going a little too far for me. >> i agree with trump. incest, rape, and the life of the mom, are the first three things.

>> reporter: eight states so far this year have passed laws limiting abortion rights. alabama's goes the farthest, ed -called heartbeat bills that ban abortions after six to eight weeks of pregnancy. nationally, voters think abortion should be available. and the issue has become the central focus of democratic presidential campaigns. >> make no mistake about it. these wars are dangerous. they are regressive. >> this is nothing short of an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedom. >> reporter: tomorrow, abortion rights groups are holding a national day of action. rallies will happen outside of the u.s. supreme court, and in cities from california, indiana and florida. ed o'keeffe, cbs news,ew york. tensions remain high in the middle east, after a rocket attack near the u.s. embassy in baghdad. trump is pointing fingerso

retaliate. roxana sat down with iraq's president. >> reporter: good to see you again. iraq's president fears his country will be dragged into another war. >> in a situation of conflict, god help us all. >> reporter: iraq hosts 5,000 u.s. troops and depends on local militias, many backed by iran, for its security. the trump administration says u.s. intelligence shows some of the armed groups are prepared to turn their guns on american forces. those concerns intensified last night when a rocket landed near the u.s. embassy in baghdad. we're driving just across the river from the u.s. embassy. it's in a secure area that's cl. that's why we're pointing it out to you from the car. it's surrounded by walls and checkpoints. but with a rocket launcher, it's an easy target. >> from everything we know, it could have been an act of a lone group. >> reporter: mike pompeo raised

concerns about the rogue groups aligned with iran earlier this month. why do you think america ordered a partial evacuation of the embassy? >> i think that was -- how shall i say? we were unhappy with that. we thought it was unwarranted. >> reporter: as the power struggle between iran and washington heats up, the big winner could be the mutual enemy, isis. >> we should start the conversations to diffuse these tensions and talk about the real issues. combat extremism, eradicating is isis, accomplishing the mission. >> reporter: so, this could be a distraction? >> of course. >> reporter: today, the leader of an iranian-backed militia, here in iraq, issued a statement, called for iraqis to work together to stave off a conflict. >> "the cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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this is "the cbs overnight news." >> last week, president trump used the power of his office to pardon a close associate, conrad black. a dozen years ago, black was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, after he swindled his own company of $60 million. black was later write a flattering book about the president. now, president trump is considering pardons for a list of americansviin reports. >> reporter: these are all controversial cases in which supporters of the accused have argued that the ugly a half when he went to prison. and she's 6 now. we drive from texas to oklahoma

pretty much every week. >> reporter: kristen's husband, paul, is one of four blackwater security guards accused of opening fire on iraqi civilians in 2007. he's been in prison for four years. >> we hope they'll look at it and say this doesn't make sense. >> reporter: matthew golsteyn has been charged with premedicated murder of an unarmed afghan man expesuspecte being a bombmaker. golsteyn has admitted the killing, but his wife has waged a public campaign in his service. did your husband assassinate a suspected bombmaker? >> assassinate, no. my husband took care of an enemy combatant who did harm and was planning to do more harm. >> reporter: at a town hall, presidential candidate mayor

pete buttigieg said pardoning those who had been tried by a jury of their peers is a mistake. >> other service members determined they had committed crimes. that's underminding the foundation of american moral authority. >> reporter: at least two of the cases now under review have not yet gone to trial. that means president trump would be rendering a judgment before all of the facts have been introduced as evidence. a new type of oil industry is booming. stores across the country are selling products containing cbd oil. it's found in the hemp plant but doesn't get you high. and different states have different laws about whether or not it's legal. barry petersen reports from nebraska. >> reporter: this woman and her son sell cbd oils in their small scottsdale shop. illegal drug just u ne

like marijuana. so, the police shut the shop down. the cbds here in scottsbluff is a patchwork of laws. what's illegal in nebraska, in some states is no big deal. look at a map, where ten states allow it, 18 others with a prescription, 19 with no clear rule, and three th3 that consid illegal. there's been raids from new york to texas, by authorities who say it's a marijuana-type drug. but cbd products come from a different plant, hemp. what fuels the confusion is that sometimes cbd products can have trace amounts of thc, the ingredient in marijuana that gets people high. proponents say cbd products, now an almost $600 million industry, can ease everything from aches

and pains to stress. in the end, the county attorney in scottsbluff decided not to prosecute. >> in nebraska, cbd oil is illegal at this time. >> reporter: so, police chief kevin spencer faces something he has never seen. what's the purpose of enforcing the law in your situation? >> absolutely. >> reporter: and business is good at the store. >> i want to help others. >> reporter: that's why you keep going? >> why i keep going. >> reporter: keep going, at least

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you've heard the expression, they don't make things the way they used to.here. not so much in florence, italy. mart martha tisner took a trip. >> we're here next to the leonardo da vinci winder. >> reporter: you heard right. leonardo da vinci made this machine. >> this was made in the 1600s. >> reporter: this very machine, still in use, 400 years later. >> made directly from this machine, you have these beaulphilippericci.

>> we're entering into the historical part. >> okay. >> reporter: it's the 1700 looms. in 1786, the city's most prominent families handed over their personal looms, so florence could go into business, producing the luxury fabrics that the aristocats wore. >> it changes color according to how the light hits the fabric. >> reporter: this goes back to the renaissance? >> yes. and it has a special sound. >> reporter: a city of businessmen, bankers. florence was always into conspicuous consumption. just look at its art. and the gold jewelry sold on the

river. elaine is an art historian that lives in florence. >> when the medeci came through. they have changed it to the gold shops. >> reporter: as bankers and then powerful political figures, the medeci, were patrons of the art and of artisans. for florentine artisans today, the past is the present. this restorer uses the same techniques, the same tools, the same gold, as gilders working for the medici. >> welcome to the chapel of the princes. >> reporter: it's one big display of medici taste. this is all inlaid stone? >> it's all inlaid stone.

>> reporter: it's hard stolen. you can be fooled into thinking this is paint. but it's not. explain what we have here. >> it's a storm world. these are made today by us. >> reporter: a workshop creating art almost the way it was done during the renaissance. >> this is going to be this part here. >> reporter: the artistry is in searching thousands of stones. >> this is the lapis. >> reporter: for the perfect color and shading. and then, cutting and fitting the pieces together like an intricate puzzle. the subtlety and the variation of color. it's slow, painstaking work. his sons are learning to do it. but -- >> when i started, we had

several workshops in town. between 25 and 30. >> reporter: and now? >> only three left. >> reporter: the good news, there's still nearly 500 traditional artisan workshops in florence. the bad news, that's 75 fewer than ten years ago. >> it's a very, very old techniq technique. >> reporter: maria is the sixth generation in her family to make marbleized paper. once used in book binding, now this, is a beautiful novelty for tourists. but she hangs in there, making one sheet at a time. because for her, for so many of the artisans of florence, it's about passion. >> it's very important. it's satisfaction and also to give ppleie of my art and my history, as well.

, is important. >> reporter: that is amazing. >> yes. it's magic. >> it wouldn't be a trip to italy without a little antipasto. maybe some basal and fresh ma mozzarel mozzarella. seth done was able to pay a visit to the mozzarella capital of the world. >> reporter: better hurry to snag a number before this specialty sells out. this is fresh buffalo mozzarella. it's packed up in styrofoam boxes. emotions are not so contained. are they fighting over mozzarella? >> they're fighting over the number. >> reporter: mario came all the wa from milan. you can buy this in the grocery store. >> yes. >> reporter: why come here? >> this is amazing. this is made of the buffaloes that you make over there. in the lab just behind the shop. >> reporter: this ishe organic

cheesemaker. not far from the ancient ruins of pestum. >> maybe we'll get to the temple. but this is the first stop. >> reporter: nico nicola runs h family farm where the buffalo are pampered. >> in the best way, we must. and the tegnolochnology gives u opportunity. >> reporter: soothing music is piped into the pen. and when the buffalo feel like they're ready, they line up on their own to be milked by machines. they can also take a shower or get a massage. >> they have to be relaxed to give the milk. it's one of the secrets that we use to make a good mozzarella. >> reporter: after the milk is collecting, curds are produced. and in five hours, they're

formed into balls, with a special technique that gave mozzarella its name. >> it means to cut. >> that's what we're watching right here. >> reporter: a chance to see the process draws locals and tourists, alike, including patricia ochs from louisiana. how different is the mozzarella here in southern italy compared to what you have in the u.s.? >> it melts in your mouth. >> reporter: buffalo milk has a higher percentage of fat than milk from cows. it's richer and sweeter. he came from bolivia to learn this involved art. at the consortium for the protection of buffalo mozzarella. did you realize how difficult it would be to make mozzarella? >> no. i was thinking this would be a one-month process. >> reporter: but it's been six and counting. looks easy. >> trust me, it's t. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of

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it is that time of the year. college commencement ceremonies are taking place from coast-to-coast. but the one grabbing headlines happened at morehouse college in atlanta. graduates there got a lot more. >> reporter: black college, let's face it. all-in, costs $48,000. but for every member of the year's graduating class, a billionaire's surprise gift means they can chase their dreams, instead of their debt. >> on behalf of the eight generations of my family who have been in this country, we're going to put a little fuel in your bus. >> reporter: morehouse college graduates received way more than their o . this isy class, 2019.

>> reporter: billionaire robert smith dropped a $40 million surprise, stunning students and administrators. >> my family is making a grant to eliminate student loans. >> reporter: a promise to pay off every penny of their student loans. smith is the founder and ceo of a private equity firm. according to "forbes" magazine, he's worth an estimated $5 billion. >> just imagine the weight lifted off your shoulders, when you have a clean slate coming out of college. >> reporter: dwight lewis just graduated with a degree in business administration. he danced his way across the stage, after learning his student debt was wiped away. more than $150,000. >> an overwhelming feeling. i'm so motivated to change the world. >> reporter: the 21-year-old from compton, california, used to be homeless and often didn't know where his next femeal was coming from. let alone how he would pay for

college. >> i'm going a few thousand dollars of debt. and the last 30 seconds of being an undergrad student, someone tells you, i'm taking the burden of your student loan. go change the world. >> reporter: smith's gift has come at a time when the student loan debt has soared to 1$1.5 trillion. lewis says smith's gift motivates him to help others that struggled just like he did. >> you can do what you want to do. you can follow your dreams. once you have that mindset of i want to be impactful and i want to change the world, i promise you that energy just transpires. >> reporter: the total value of all of the individual loans and of smith's gift is being calculated. in return, smith says he expects recipients to pay it forward. and he challenged alums here to give future classes the same opportunity and advantage. and that is "the overnigh news" for this tuesday, from the

it's tuesday, may 21st, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." a tornado outbreak rips through the central u.s. and the dangerous storm system isn't done yet. more than 17 million people face severe weather threats today including damaging winds, hail,. a small plane crash kills two people in alaska just miles from where another crash killed six people just last week. plus, "game of thrones" fans in china are not too happy. how the trade fight with the u.s. spoiled the series finale for some.