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captioning sponsored by cbs >> begnaud: tonight on the cbs evening news, there's been a plot to attack times square. undercover agents say they have arrested a man who praised osama bin laden. >> the suspect talked about buying explosives and firetoorms kill police and civilians. >> it's crazy time we're living in. >> a former minneapolis police officer will spend 12 and a half years in prison for fatally shooting an unarmed australian yoga teacher. >> i caused this tragedy, and it is my burden. >> begnaud: protests after allegedly racist social media posts are linked to eight different police departments around the country. >> the navy said a russian destroyer nearly collided with one of its vessels today. >> the u.s. says that russia's "unsafe maneuver" is to blame
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for the narrowly avoided collision. >> begnaud: and steve hartman takes us to maine tonight with a precious gift kindergartners gave to a without bail. vladimir duthiers leadss us off. >> reporter: source tell cbs news the f.b.i. keyed in ashiqul alam based on suspicious social media activity and reached out to aim in august 2018. over 10 months of clandestine meetings with undercover officers, alam praised al qaeda and isis. according to court pers, alam said the september 11 attacks were "a complete success" and it was the "duty of muslims to make a new leader.
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the bangladeshy immigrant from queens zeroed in on attacking new york city. he wanted to use sued vests or ar-15 rifles in an attack on times square. he and the undercover agent went on several reconnaissance runs there. alam said a successful attack would make them legends. prosecutors say alam also expressed interests in other new york city landmarks, including attacking the freedom tower with a rocket launcher. jerry hauer is the form head of the u.s. state department of homeland security. >> you try to keep them under surveillance as long as possible. >> reporter: in a sting separation praigz yesterday, alam purchased two glock handed guns with the serial number scratched off from other undercover officers. he was then quickly arrested. a judge ordered alam held, saying he posed a danger, and he wasn't just talking big, david. sources tell us the f.b.i. believed he was committed enough to carry out an attack. his public defenders have not yet commented.
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surprised to look up and see an american warship so close. earlier this week, a russian fighter becaused a navy patrol plane in the mediterranean. only the russians know if these are isolated incidents or the start of a new pattern, but either way, it's dangerous. david. >> begnaud: david, thank you. for the first time a former minneapolis police officer spoke on camera about the night he shot and killed a woman who called 911 for help. it happened today at mohamed noor's sentencing. here's dean reynolds.
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>> mr. noor, do you wish to say anything to the court? >> reporter: and former minneapolis police officer mohamed noor did. >> the moment i pulled the trigger, i felt fear. >> reporter: he was talking about the night of july 15, 2017, the night justine damond called 911 to report a possible sexual assault in an alley near her home. noor testified that when he and his partner arrived, there was a loud slap on the cruiser, and damond suddenly appeared at the driver's side window. noor said he feared for his life, reached across his partner, and opened fire on the unarmed 40-year-old woman. he was convicted in april of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, and today... >> i don't want to lose my family. >> reporter: ...he pleaded for mercy. >> i have to accept they caused this, and i have to live with it for the rest of my life. >> reporter: the woman's fiance, don damond, told the court so will he. >> i miss you so much. every day.
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every moment. ( sighs ) i don't understand how such a thing could happen to you and to us. >> reporter: judge kathryn quaintance said the shooting may have been a miscalculation, but it was intentional. she sentenced noor to 12 and a half years in prison, saying good people sometimes do bad 3.. >> begnaud: thank you, weijia. hundreds of police officers around the country are taking heat tonight for public posts that they made on facebook. here's the problem: a lot of people think the posts were violent, racist, and sexist. police in philadelphia are among those under investigation. and don dahler is there. >> off the street! >> now! >> reporter: the people at this really outside the philadelphia police headquarters weren't surprised by what they read in the racist social media rants. >> we live here in this city. >> reporter: but solomon jones, one of the protest
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organizers, says the brazen public display took it to a different level. >> it's a turning point because they felt the license to engage in hate in a public way. and what that says to me is that there is a cult that you are allows that to happen. >> reporter: the facebook posts in question contain discriminatatory opinions. "if our country was all caucasian, the homicide rate would drop 70%." "perhaps we should be very suspicious of all muslims in this country," said another. or "encourage violence. it's a good day for a choke hold." they were collected by the plain view project, a group of lawyers and activists who over two years painstakingly reviewed the facebook pages of 3500 current and former police officers in eight departments. dallas and denison, texas; lake county, florida; st. louis, twin falls, idaho; phoenix; yorkn pennsylvania, and philadelphia, where over 300 officers were flagged for allegedly expressing racist, violent, or misogynistic
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views. >> i want the 328 officers who are on active duty to be taken off the street right now because it says to me that your mindset is one that you don't feel that my life is valuable. >> reporter: all eight police departments have said-- have issued statements saying they found those posts objectionable. four of them have put some of their officers on temporary desk duty pending investigations. now, different departments have different policies about this kind of behavior. but, david, only st. louis has referred the matter to a prosecutor. >> begnaud: there is a controversial new cbsn original streaming right now at cbsnews.com-- trophy hunting, killing or conservation? it tracks american hunter tess talley. she became the target of global outrage after posting this picture of a giraffe that she killed. talley is now speaking about the hunt for the first time. here's jim axelrod. >> it's the adventure. a little bit of adrenaline rush.
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>> reporter: tess thompson talley pays big bucks to go after big game. ( gunshot ) thousands of dollars to bag this wildy beast at a hunting ground in texas. >> this is where we take the pictures. >> reporter: but it was this picture tess took of a giraffe she killed two years ago in south africa that put her in the crosshairs when it went viral last summer. >> watch your back. the hunt is on. >> reporter: talley showed us some of the messages she's received since the pictures hit social media. >> "you're a horrible person and i hope you die of a slow and painful death." >> reporter: i think what ticked a lot of people off were the pictures. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the celebration. pictures and we'oi honor amals. >> reporter: do those pictures reflect respect for the animal? >> well, yeah. i mean, that's what we-- it's what we've always done. there's no disrespect for the animal. >> reporter: at least 67
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countries allow big-game hunting, and it's thought up to 80% of trophy hunters are american. the united states imports more wildlife trophies than any other country. >> this is a part of the black giraffe they shot. >> reporter: talley has remained quiet for a year but is now speak out. people who aren't hunters would ask, "what is the joy, the pleasure, in killing an animal?" >> i know where my meat has come from. i'm strong enough to harvest it myself. >> reporter: talley says hunters like her are helping to conserve wildlife by removing males past the breeding age that are still vital enough to kill rivals who can reproduce. but critics say the benefits of trophy hunting, which bring in more than $215 million a year, is just a fraction of tourism revenues which include safaris. kitty block is c.e.o. of the humane society. >> they're not driven by this to be conservationists. if they wanted to be a good
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conservationist, they don't have to kill the animal to do it. >> begnaud: jim, i know she says she's proud of killing that giraffe. the blow-back on social media has been intense. why did she want to talk? >> reporter: i think intense might be an understatement. this is a hot issue, really passionate on both sides. she said she was kind of quiet for a year but there was relentless criticism and after a year she felt like she needed to explain why shooe did it and what she did and had her word educate. >> begnaud: up next, a country music singer tells us what happened to his son who died nay a tragic accident. also, did you hear this? nasa is opening the international space station to tourists. little thi can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable,
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music star granger smith drowned in the family pool in texas. drownings are the leading cause of unintentional deaths of children ages 1-4. here's dana jacobson. >> reporter: country star granger smith used an instagram post thursday to reveal that his youngest son had died in a tragic accident, writing, "i have to deliver unthinkable news." the singer/songwriter's son, river kelly smith, drowned in their family pool. he was just three years old. it's a heartbreak former olympic skier bode miller and his wife, morgan, know all too well. they lost their 19-month-old daughter, emmy, last june, when she drowned in a neighbor's pool. we spoke with her shortly after. >> every time i close my eyes at night to go to sleep, replays in my head. but it-- it happens so fast. >> reporter: morgan showed her support for the grangers, posting this photo, writing, "my
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heart breaks. another baby gone too soon." the millers have use their experience to raise awareness about the drowning risks for children, a tragedy that claims almost 1,000 kids a year. bode miller and nicole hughes, another mother who lost a child to drowning, joined "cbs this morning" last month. >> you know, and the kid's gone for that amount of time, and you're left with a lifetime of regret. >> reporter: they've partnered with the american academy of pediatrics to create new p.s.a.s. >> i never thought my child would drown. >> reporter: ...hoping their grief can teach others and help save lives. dana jacobson, cbs news, new york. >> begnaud: if that story helps one family, it's worth it. still ahead, taking home delivery to the next level. they will put it right in your fridgerator. a safe sleep aid and the 12-hour pain-relieving strength of aleve. that dares to last into the morning. so you feel refreshed.
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the week at a school where the students have an important lesson for us all. here's steve hartman "on the road." >> ready for cookies? >> reporter: six-year-old morey belanger has a severe hearing impairment. but she's also very much a typical kid. ( laughter ) which is why, when it came time for kindergarten, her parents, shannon and matt, were torn-- send her to a school for the deaf or to the public school here in dayton, maine, which was close and convenient? unfortunately, at the public school, there weren't any other kids like morey, and support w minimal. >> you always think of the bad things, like, you know, are they going to make fun of her? or-- >> her fitting in. >> thankfully we made the right choice. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you can guess not,s
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dayton consolidated elementary, the public school, where talking like morey has become all the rage. >> you guys practicing sign language? >> yes! >> yay! can i come? >> yes. >> kids here at dayton have learned multiple things of sign language, like, door, window. >> car ought, quiet. >> funny, sad. >> reporter: what's that? that's not a sign. >> but i like to do it. >> reporter: i like to do it, too, but it's not a sign. obviously, they're not fluent yet. but about a third of the kids here know enough to navigate a kindergarten conversation, like when morey didn't notice the line was moving. the girl in the pink told her to walk. followed by want universal sign d it's notcuo, m! s bottom-up kindness, students motivated by nothing more than their own deep desire
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to connect with this one little girl. girl. what they know they learned mostly from posters, books, watching morey's aide, and teaching each other. >> they want to do as much as they can for her. >> we want her to feel comfortable and safe and be able to kind of make friends with her. >> it's like if you got a gift basket, that's what she is, a little gift basket, flowers and chocolate, just a little bundle of joy. >> reporter: eventually, morey's parents say their daughter may need more support services, but they believe all she needs now is what she has here: a loving community. >> to know that people just accept her for how she is, she's just going to
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hot and windy weekend ahead. the warning tonight from pg&e. and the city of san francisco the hottest weather we have seen in more than a year. how long it lasts coming up. it will be cheaper to take uber been to use the new parking structure. east bay residents are fed up. help might be on the way. the fight over skyhigh parking prices. a shocking brawl at a buffet. started the contra costa county slugfest. >> parents and students say charter schools are under attack. they are pleading with lawmakers to reject more restrictions on charter schools. the new kpix 5 news at 7 pm starts now with central power cuts by pg&e. the ek
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