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. good morning. it's june 8, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning" saturday. tariff turnaround. trump announces he will no long e announce tariffs after they agree to stop the flow of migrants. why some say it falls short. times square terror plot. police arrest a man they say was planning to set off explosives in the crowded center of new york city. 'details on his inspiration.
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>> close call. they come off the coast of the philippi philippines. hear what the americans had to do to avoid a crash. and tourism overload. after a string of incident this week in some of the world's most beloved locations, we'll have a look at what a crush of visitors is doing to the cities we love and why it's exploded in recent years. but we begin a look this morning at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. this gives both sides something to cling onto to declare some claim of victory. >> planned mexico tariffs are on hold for now. >> mexico will take measures to reduce immigrants trying to illegally cross. >> the two will continue their talks over the next 90 days and further action may be necessary. >> it's a long way to go, that's the bottom line. >> a new york city man is in custody. >> the suspect had been under
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surveillance. >> it's a really crazy and scary thought. >> two teenage boys have been arrested. >> they should stand up for themselves and for each other. >> the women's world cup. >> the women's world cup kicked off in france. >> nasa says it's now accepting space tourists, but the cost, well, is out of this world. >> a ticket will cost $58 million. >> who's going to fly it, kid? >> all that -- >> slicing toward the seats. >> whoa. >> there you go. >> the patriots received their super bowl rings, the largest ones ever. they're going to run out of fingers eventually.
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>> -- and all that matters. >> the president is home. he stayed at his own irish golf course. >> -- on "cbs this morning: saturday." >> a pivotal game four, 105-92. >> the toronto raptors are one win away. >> raptors fans are celebrating the win. captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend, everyone. i'm anthony mason along with michelle miller and dana jakco jacobs jacobson. very excited about women's soccer. >> and i'm upset over canada who
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stealed the win from us. are you kidding me? basketball championship going to canada. >> they're part of the nba. could be a little history. sorry. >> exciting final there too. >> all righty. >> they're good people. >> they are great people. basketball's our game. >> well, they might just take it away from you. coming up this morning we're going to take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest construction projects around. one design is made by a woman going back to the 1700s. we'll hear her incredible story. also broadway's "to kill a mockingbird" is up for nine tony awards this weekend. in the hometown of harper lee, the stage version held there every year holds a special meaning for the cast and community that knows all too
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well about the story's origins. we're going to take you there. >> it's the story of our earth. after a five-year renovation, a massive exhibition show casing our ancient past opens again. we'll go inside the smithsonian to show you the changes. all that is coming up. we begin with a major economic war averted. mexico has agreed to u.s. demands to tighten its borders to stop the flow of illegal central american immigrants from coming into the u.s. through mexico. the deal spares mexico from having to pay steep tariffs that were to go into effect next week. mexico is the united states' third largest trading partner. they would race everything from cars to produce. weijia jiang has more. good morning. >> good morning. the white house was set to set these tariffs in motion but after nearly 12 hours of negotiating yesterday, they reached a last-minute deal.
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the agreement, however, does not include the most dramatic measure president trump had been pushing for, which would have made it much harder for migrants to seek asylum in the u.s. just three hours after returning to the white house following his european trip, president trump made the announcement on twitter. the tariffs scheduled to bihm plea meanted by the u.s. on monday against mexico are hereby indefinitely sus spented the president wrote. mexico had agreed to take strong measures. the deal came after three days of lengthy negotiations to stop the flow of mostly central american migrants into the u.s. by traveling through mexico. in a joint declaration, mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along the southern border with guatemala including deploying their national guard troops. mexico also agreed to take
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action against human smuggling and trafficking organizations, and the u.s. will continue to return migrants seeking asylum back to mexico to await adjudication of their asylum claims on an expedited basis. mexico's secretary of foreign affairs said both countries f r faired well. president trump had threatened to impose a tariff on all goods starting monday. i it would have increased it by 5% every month caption it at 25% if a deal wu not reached. >> when you're a piggy bank and everyone stealing from you, tariff is a beautiful thing if you know how to do it properly. >> reporter: businesses across the country were rattled by the
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president's tariff threat including peter testa who owned a produce supply company in chicago. >> we have to pay. if you tell mexico we're going to charge you 5% more for everything, they charge us 5% more. we pay the 5%. i don't know of anyone else paying. we pay. and then we have to pass it on to the come susaner. >> president trump has also c denied that. they would then have to go back to the drawing board. >> we're joined for a look at the u.s./mexico tariff agreement and other developments. good morning. >> good morning. >> give us a sense of what led to this agreement. obviously there was republican pressure on lawmakers, also some reports about the economy that weren't looking so good, but what did lead to this? >> i think those two things put
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the pressure on the president to come to a deal. u.s. consumers and businesses would have paid more. that would have deprived the president of his best political woep come election time if they went south. >> he hasn't been leaning about good economy though right now, but it seemed to resonate regardle regardless? >> it resonated with voters. >> right. not for him that he hasn't leaned on it at this point. >> right. he's leaned heavily on immigration. it remains to be seen if there's going to be a shift. a change in migrants or whether this is more of a fig leaf. >> could this strategy work with chi china. >> that's a much bigger thing because they're asking them to crack down on intellectual property theft which is china's model.
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>> so the president returned home after this five days of overseas battle with nancy pelosi. th's difficult to talk about impeachment within her own party, isn't it. >> it is. the house should at least open an inquiry about impeachment if not move to a vote. nancy pelosi is reaching this cautiously. she didn't want to reach a detriment. >> it's not even a slam p dunk within the democratic party, is it? >> it's not. there about 40 or 50. >> any chance that we know when robert mueller might testify? >> there are conversations happening but there are question, will he, won't he,
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they want to focus on the president's financial records, tax returns, banksing and they're fighting these battles in court. >> if we look ahead to the 2020 election and candidates, an interesting week for joe biden and the reversal on the hyde amendment. what can you say about the week he had and the reversal? >> it was a tough week on two fronts. the first is six weeks in he released a climate change plan, and there were charges of plagiarism richl. later in the week he had an abunt reversal on the hyde amendment which prevented federal money on programs like medicaid being used to cover abortions. there has been a major shift in the direction of repealing that amendment and joe biden came out in favor of repealing that amendment after saying he was for it. >> do you know why?
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>> enormous amounts of pressure from the reproductive community. they say it only harms women. >> thank you for all of the context you gave us right now. tomorrow morning on "face e nation" here on cbs margaret brennan's guests will include two democratic presidential candidates, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota and montana governor steve bullock. extreme heat and dry conditions is gripping the west near phoenix, arizona. a wildfire that started friday has burned more than 6,000 acres. the fire was caused by a human but fwash no further err information. in waterlogged parts there are new concerns about flooding. high water is turning streets into rivers in virginia.
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in knoxville, tennessee, flooding swallowed up two churches leaving just the roofs visible. jeff bern deli has our weather. >> one of the problems we have is the southeast. this storm has been there for days and it ee going to continue to sit and spin. as you can see, there's not much activity. it will energize and the storms will start to blossom in the southeast. here's the reason why. take a look at the jet stream pattern. it's way up in canada literally a thousand miles away, so this storm is sitting and spinning, bringing rain to waterlogged areas. mostly to the mississippi river, and that's good news. over the next 24 to 48 hours. rounds of showers and thunderstorms to the panhandle of florida, all the way up to
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virginia, especially concentrated in parts. near that area as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain. that means the possibility of flash flooding especially in that area where you see the wetness. >> thank you very much. here in new york a college student is in jail after he was plotting an attack on times square. ashiqul alam appeared in federal court friday on gun charges. kenneth craig has more. >> good morning. according to the criminal complaint against him he was determined to carry out an attack on times square and other landmarks. sources tell cbs news that fbi keyed in on ashiqul alam based
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on suspicious social media activity and reached out to him in august 2018. he praised al qaeda and isis. according to court papers, he said the september 11th attacks were a complete success and said of osama bin laden, he did what he was supposed to do and now it's up to us. the 22-year-old immigrant from queens zeroed in on attacking new york city. he said he wanted to use suicide vests or ar-15 rifles in an attack. he said a successful attack would make them legends. prosecutors said alam also expressed some interest in other noerks landmarks including attacking the freedom tower with a rocket launcher. jer jerry hauer is the former head of new york state's department of hom land security.
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in a sting operation thursday, alam purchased two glock handguns with the serial numbers scratched off from other undercoverofficers. he was then quickly arrested. prosecutors say alam had taken video of times square with his cellphone in an effort to find potential targets. they say he was also targeting a senior government official but wouldn't say who he was. he was working aloechbl mis-- alone. >> thank you. friday's dramatic encounter was caught on camera. the u.s. said the russian destroyer came within 50 to 100 feet of the "uss chancellorsville" in the philippine sea yesterday. the captain had to throw his engines in reverse to avoid a
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collision. the former minneapolis police officer convicted in the shooting death of an unarmed yoga teacher has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in pritzen. mohammed interior fatally shout justine. he shot her and killed her. yesterday he apologized in court to her family. >> i did write them a letter while in jail and now i apologi apologize for taking the life of such a perfect person who was dear to them and so many others. >> interinoor is the only to be convicted in an on-duty shooting. investigators say a group of teenagers assaulted a couple believed to include an american last week. now one of the women is talking
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about the ordeal. imtiaz tyab is in london with the story. such a disturbing story. >> very much so. as you say in the last few hours in this very fast moving investigation, we've heard there's been a fifth arrest in what the police are calling a homophobic attack and robbery. all the men in custody are between 15 and 18 and are being questioned by investigators. two women were traveled on a city bus where they were assaulted by a group of men after they allegedly refused to kiss each other on demand. >> the neck thing i know she's in the middle of the bus and they're punching her. i just went there and i didn't
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think about it. i tried to pull her out of there. they started punched me. i tonal remember if i tried to get her out or i punched somebody, so they started beading me. >> both required medical treatment as a result of the attack. according to police, reported homophobic hate crimes across london have almost doubled over the past four years, and in a lengthy post on social media the couple defiantly announce they'd would not be intimidated in hiding their sexual and blame the rise of right wing populism in the growth of hate crimes. theresa may said the assault was sickening and london's mayor called it a disgusting misogynistic attack. today happens to be the first day of p.r.i.d.e. month in the uk, which, of course, is the celebration of lgbt-plus
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heritage. but that image, two women left bruised and bloody because of their sexuality will no doubt be a sobering reminder of many that the fight against intolerance is far from over. >> reminds us clearly of that very fact, em tee as. the journal of white plains new york says it could take as long as 90 days to determine why a cadet was killed in a truck crash at west point. a memorial was held for christopher morgan. he was killed when the truck with which he was riding with cadets overturned. >> the mountains outside west point during a training exercise. a private funeral will be held next week. the "washington post"
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reports the trump administration blocked an intelligence aide's written testimony that claimed human caused climate change could be possibly catastrophic. the report claims the climate science did not mesh with the official stance of the white house. just this week president trump said hedy not regret pulling the u.s. out of a global climate accord claiming green house gases. the "new york daily news" reports former prosecutor turned author linda fairstein has been dropped by her publisher over growing central park five fallout. five blacks were wrong pli convicted in the 1989 rape of a female jogger. she has also stepped down from her positions at vassar college
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and the nonprofit safe horizon. alabama trustees have voted to turn a $21.5 million donation to a donor who called for a boycott over the state's controversial anti-abortion law. yesterday the eun vets removed hugh culverhouse jr.'s portrait from the law school. they claim it was made because of his attempts to interfere in law school operations. it's about 22 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend.
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it's expected to draw a billion viewers from around the globe. still ated we'll head to the women's world cup, an event where the u.s. team has seen glory and heartbreak. plus paris is one of the world's top tourist destinations, but like some of the other popular places, some of its venues are overcrowded with visitor. we'll look at the spike in traffic and the attack it's having. and a woman went from a homeless shelter and the bond she has with her mother to get her through it. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday."
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she's a woman who's truly breaking new ground. ahead we'll meet the president of a major construction firm with a centuries-old legacy who's played a major role in some of the biggest transportation projects. also they say a play can transport an audience. there's no need for that hee. we'll see hoye a stage version
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you have said if you want to write an honest memoir, write a novel. >> busted. >> and that you will learn a lot about my youth in this book. what will we learn? >> my goodness. you set me up. let's go for it. this is a book about very per miscuous women. >> why did you set it in the '40s? >> i thought it was the most glamorous time and i wanted to play in that world of midtown manhattan, the music, the shoes, and it meant i got to amp up ta glamour even more. >> you call it a sham pay
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cocktail. how do you put it into prose? >> what i said to my editor, i want my readers to knock it back in one gulp. i put suspense to keep you from turning away and maybe feel a little drunk. >> you write when i was 19 years old and an idiot. what's so fascinating is it's about female desire and consequences of that, friendship and a story and there's a play within the story and reviews within the story and lyrics within the story and i keep thinking you had to write all of that. >> i got to write all of that. >> point well taken and you had to keep track of all the story lines. >> in a time frame of a letter. it's written from the point of view from a woman in her 90s who
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worked to put out a fire that was under construction. fire extinguishers were not all installed and not all staircases were built. they had to use ladders to get to the upper floors. no one was injured. >> that's a scary looking fire. welcome back to "cbs this morning: saturday." one of the biggest events in sports is under way. 24 teams are competing in the women's soccer world cup in matches taking place across france. the american team's first game is tuesday. the big question, can they
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repeat their past success and reach the finals for the third straight time? the tournament kicked off last night. roxana saberi has the story from paris. good morning. team usa arrived here in france after spending ten days in training in england but last night the star of the show was the french team. their performance kicked off a highly anticipated torn meant that's bringing soccer to fans across the world. opening the tournament on its home turn, france snatched three goals from south korea in the first half followed by this spectacular strike in the second, handing french fans a victory. the stadium in paris holds nearly 50,000 people. all those seats were sold out for the first match within 48 hours, a sign of vuft how popular women's soccer has
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become. >> it feels like a turning point this year. having been to a few women's games in the uk, it's nom compared to this. >> team usa has won the world cup a record three times. the last time in 2015 the team cease victory over japan became the most watched soccer game. despite earning trophies, fans, and sponsors, these players say they're not earning equal pay. in march 28 players sued their employer. and though fifa has doubled the prize money for this year's world cup winners, it's still roughly 10% of what the men get. co-captain megan rapinoe says it's not enough. what else do you think needs to be done? >> i still don't feel like there's been that big paradigm shift like, okay, we're making these incremental gains and when
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is this going to be that moment where all the cards are thrown in. >> these women say they'll keep fighting has to battles on and off the field. today six more teams take to the field. team usa plays its first game against thailand on tuesday. anthony? >> roxana saberi. thank you, roxana. you want to see these women get what they deserve. >> i think it's one of a few women's sports where you really understand this argument. whenever anybody says the fans aren't there, they're not winning, that's not the case here. especially for the u.s. women and watching the game globally as it continues to grow. it's one of the country's greatest collections of dinosaurs and other fossils and today it reopens for the first time in five years. we'll take you there just ahead, but first here's look at the weather for your weekend.
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rome is getting tough on tourists. on friday rome's mayor presented a new law banning bad behavior around the city's popular tourist attractions. already police have been seen cracking down on people climbing on monuments, eating or drinking in restricted areas, and wading into rome's famed fountains. under the new law violators can be banned from the city's historic center for up to 48 hours. >> wow. rome is just one of the places that's gotten fed up with the crush of visitors. other cities and attractions are experiencing severe overcrowding and other stresses brought on by too many tourists. the numbers tell the story. according to the united nations world tourism org authentication, there were around 70 million international
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tourist arrivals back in 1960. today that number has hit more than 1.4 billion. here to talk about that effect of all that tourist traffic is erin florio, travel news director for conde nast travelor. erin, good morning. >> good morning. i want to be clear on this. overtouring does not mean too many are traveling. what happens is there will more people traveling now than in the past. what happens is all of these people very a lot of these people are wantsing to go to the same short list of places and that's putting a lot of pressure on these places and that's when overtourism goes. >> you go ahead. >> you. >> you. >> you. >> okay. some folks will say you should be happy i'm coming to visit your tourist attraction, i'm giving your business. >> sure. i think that's very fair. most communities are very
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grateful for the tourism dollars that come in. what it does is puts a massive strain on the local communities so a all of a sudden housing prices are jacked up, people can't afford to live where their families were living. their supermarket becomes a souvenir stoormd it affects them day to day. that's when it becomes a problem. >> venice, popular, what is really driving this your tourism? >> so i think it's a number of things. like we mentioned before, there's more people than ever traveling. there was 1.4 billion and that was the number we expected to hit in 2020 and we got there early and it's increasing, so a lot of these people are going to the same places, and there's a look of information about it. the whole world is open but they seem to only know a few spots. >> you say don't underestimate the power of instagram. >> absolutely.
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there's instagramability and studies have shown about 40% of people who use in stay gram travel based on what they can post. they're looking for that spot to post. they're seeing these beautiful places that are very fragile and they're going en masse anded they're posting and they're upsetting the ecosystem. >> i was in france yesterday watching dozens of people with their cameras out like this. >> it's such a shame because they're not stopping and looking at where they are. >> what do you do if you're one of these cities. you want the tourists, but how do you -- >> absolutely. amsterdan has done a great job. they get 20 million travelers a year and they're a city of less than 21 million people. what the government has done is they've started a program where if you log onto the websites a beyond want to say go to the van gogh museum, one of the most popular sites, they'll say the
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wait time is 2 1/2 hours. we suggest you go here instead. they redirect you to places that has a less wait time. >> a lot more people have access to travel as well, a lot from china. erin florio, we thank you for being with us. one young woman made her own special journey, from a homeless shelter to the hallowed halls of the nation's oldest university. her amazing success story is next. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." what if i introduce you to my family now? ♪ ¡primo! what if i have a cousin in the big city? ♪ what if we go visit my cousin that lives off the grid? ♪ wow! introducing the hybrid that would shatter perceptions the all-new built for speed rav4 hybrid. toyota. let's go places.
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. this week 220 high school seniors in paradise, california, receive third diplomas. it was the first time the class of 2019 was reunited after a massive and deadly wildfire damaged their school and destroyed the town seven months ago. students spent their final year attending classes in nearby town or online. earning a college degree can be one of the life's most important
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accomplishments and maybe even more so for young people from difficult backgrounds. we met up with one young woman who made the journey from homelessness to the heights of academia. athena cao-battaglia found the value of home in this nypd precinct. >> there's such a community with the auxiliary officers like you know they're all there for you. >> the journey for this 18-year-old volunteer is far from ordinary. lorraine capo was a dance teacher but lost her job and their home after being diagnosed with cancer. >> what was the hardest? >> i think that first night like when we went into the shelter system. we had one suitcase for each of us and it's like we're totally on our own. you're like at the will of whatever the system -- like wherever you end up. >> despite all that, lorraine
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never gave up on athena's promise, her education. >> i always made sure there were pens, erasers, internet, things that kids need. >> how did you do that? >> you just saved for the things that are important. >> which motivated her to be exceptional. she graduated from high school with a perfect 4.0 gpa. >> i was worried i wouldn't get into college, so i applied to like 25 colleges. >> 25? >> i thought i have to get into at least one. >> and she did. >> i saw the confetti and i was like, wait, yes, it happened. it just felt so good because it's like i finally did something really noticeable and like it was good. >> athena earned a full ride to harvard university. >> i'm actually here. it's pretty -- it's really surreal in a way. >> she just finished her first year and is studying to become a neuroscientist. >> the battle never truly feels
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over. >> do you feel as though you had to make it? >> yeah. like i didn't feel like there was an option of like failing. >> because? >> because i had my mom was depending on it. >> you sound like you were trying to be the rock for your mom. >> we were kind of each other's rock, i'd say, yeah, because it's kind of like hard on both of us, and so i wanted to make sure she was still smiling. >> she is smiling, and while they continue to live in the shelter, they're looking ahead. >> i came from somewhere that's a bit more difficult. i'm not leaving it behind and forgetting about it but taking that as a learning experience. >> showing that in every one of us there's more than meets the eye. ♪ dream a little dream of me >> ooh, athena. i can't say enough about her.
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she is just moving and shaking in her new setting. she loves the whole notion of learning. she wants to go back to summer school and next year. it just does not stop. and the police -- her police work really is near and dear to her heart. she is such a trooper in her precinct, and the other officers there so appreciate her and are astounded by what she can do. >> and they're still in a shelter. >> that's the reality. >> thank god they have a place. >> it's lovely to see what her and her mom have done for each other. >> mush shell, what an amazing story. >> thank you. coming up, it's an ambitious mission. up next we'll take you to a massive exhibit showcasing dinosaurs and other ancient creatures open again after a five-year restoration. and if uy're heading out the door, don't forget to set your dvr to record "cbs this morning:
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it's a culmination of a half decade's worth of renovations that cost $125 million. and as we hear from chip reid for that price, you know that it features the star of the prehistoric world. >> reporter: meet the nation's t. rex. it's almost entirely real fossils, not plaster, and instead of posing for a selfie, this one is chomping on an unforeign gnat dinosaur. it's built piece by piece using the latest knowledge to make it look more real. matthew is the nation's curator. >> they look more real. all the things dinosaurs do. they looked real last time. they just looked dusty and old and static. >> reporter: if this is what you envision when you think of a t.
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rex, you might not be that far off. >> when you watch "jurassic park" and you see the tyrannosaurus rex, do you think real? fake? >> they did a good job. >> reporter: he knew he wanted to be a scientist but his obsession goes way beyond the fascination. >> i am kind of over t. rex personally. it's our most famous dinosaur. >> it's a movie star. >> it's a movie star. it doesn't need my help. >> you'll see dinosaurs from the mastodon to others. he oversees the stars and dozens of experts. >> when you tell them they've go tot come to the exhibit, what do you tell them? >> i tell them it's unique, one
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of a kind. >> it's not like dinosaurs like the t. rex. >> exactly. >> for matthew, his inner child plays a central role. >> when you decide to play a dinosaur, is it the 10-year-old in you or the scientist? >> it's the 10-year-old in me getting permission from the scientist to show something. >> because it's got to be real. >> it's got to be real. >> what d o you want a 10-year-old or 80-year-old to think and feel when they come in and see this exhibit? >> i want them to come in and have their monday ands blown by what's in front of them. >> you're sure they will be. >> i'm sure they will be. >> i love that he says it probably isn't an animal that roared. that's news to me. >> i wonder what he did sound like. >> i wonder. >> we'll figure that one out. there's a place where you can find a mockingbird in its own natural environmental. later we're going to attend a very special stage production of a very famous novel right where the story is next.
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for some of you, your local news is next. for the rest of you stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." another key part of the story is jimmie fails' friendship with his best friend. it's interesting because you don't often see a dynamic between two black men that's so tender and loving and kind, but it's not a romantic relationship. talk about why that's important to you. i very rarely see something like this on a screen and it was so beautifully done. >> you know, growing up in the inner city is always, you know -- toxic masculinity is always a thing. you want to be able to explore that, and i think that's important for younger black men to see too. you don't have to always be tough. >> it's showing black men in a
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different light. >> yes, yes. >> there was tenderness, tears, real emotion between these two characters. >> yes. >> when you set out -- you had a kickstarter campaign, i always think the reality versus the expectation can be different. what is the reality like compared to what the expectation was. >> surreal. i mean, you know, i never thought i'd be on cbs in the morning. >> sitting next to danny glover? >> what a dream come true. >> i think that's more the dream. >> how was it working with danny glover. ? were there times you needed to say, mr. glover, you need to do that over? >> all the time. >> did you put out any lethal weapon lines and start quoting to them? >> i know how much the city of san francisco means to you, why you wanted to be a part of this. >> yeah. it does. and because these are two young men who i knew loved the city.
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welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." i'm dana jacobson along with anthony mason and michelle millioner. coming up this hour, she was not among those to meet the president but this morning meghan markle duchess of sussex made her first appearance since the birth of her baby. we'll tell you why. then thewright brothers had barely flown when her family's construction firm was incorporated. now the busiest airport.
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that's just one of the projects being own seen by a woman who's tru truly building a legacy. and later, we'll see how the varsity barbecue teams are a sizzling hot and growing phenomenon. that's all ahead. but first our top story of this hour. sighs of relief on both sides of the us mexico border this morning as a potential trade war is averted. after weeks of negotiations and threatened tariffs from president trump, both nations struck a last-minute deal friday. president trump used economic penalties to force mexico to take bigger steps to stop the number of migrants from entering the u.s. the threats are indefinitely suspended. the signed agreement which some are calling a compromise will stem the tide of illegal migrants entering the u.s. at the southern border. that's a detail mexico's
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ambassador to the u.s. elaborated on. mexico will take steps to reinabout force migration giving priority to its southern border. >> mexico's foreign minister suggested concessions were made on both sides. among them, he says mexico resisted the u.s. request to be able to send deported guatemalans to mexico. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg warns there may be more sharp divisions among the justices in the coming weeks. ginsburg said to expect more 5-4 decisions in high-profile cases as the court wraps up their term this month. that includes the census case to ask about citizenship. ginsburg said one of the biggest dinss from this term and last is the retirement of justice anthony kennedy. he was replaced by more
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conservative justice brett kavanaugh. utility officials in california are taking the nurnl step of turns off the power and gas in three counties where conditions are darps for wildfire. pg&e is making the move with triple-digit temperatures in the region as well as wind and humidity levels which are triggering a red flag fire warning. thousands of residents are being warned they might not have air conditioning or refrigeration for days. the toronto raptors are one win away from making basketball history. in game four, kawhi leonard scored 36 points and 12 rebounds to help the raptors win over the warriors. the raptors lead the series, three games to one. that series shifts back to toronto for game five on monday night. now, if toronto wins, they'll be the first team based outside the u.s. to win an nba championship, and they have some amazing fans
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up there for people who have ever been. >> yes, they do ido. i apologize to canadians. just so you know, i honeymooned there. it's all about four the hour -- it's about four minutes after the hour. it's a look at the weather for the weekend. britain's queen elizabeth is celebrating her official birthday this morning. she was joined by other members of the royal family including prince harry and his wife the
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duchess of sussex. it's her first public appearance since she gave birth last month. the queen is the longest living monarch and turned 93. >> happy birthday to her. >> i'm really proud of her. it's field where few women are in lead roles and where even fewer are women of color. up next we'll meet the head of a thriving construction firm who is building the future as she honors a legacy with roots as old as the neigh. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday."
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atop the oldest female and african-american owned construction company in a nation. a business her family truly built from the ground up. in the male-dominated world of construction cheryl mckissick daniel feels right at home. as president she manages projects from a park in downtown brooklyn to getting many of new york's trains to run on time. her company is onboard to revamp long island's railroad hub, the one running underneath the home of the brooklyn nets. in fact, mckissack-daniel's business is assigned to just about every major infrastructure improvement project financed by the city and state including the current construction at laguardia and the new terminal one at jfk. >> what does it take to compete in the big leagues? >> it takes relationships and
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getting people to realize that you bring value to the table, something unique and different. you know, our difference sometimes is our best quantifier -- qualifier. >> the qualifier for the nation's oldest african-american owned female construction management firm -- we traz our history back to 1790. >> -- dates back to a tennessee slave moses mckissack. >> he taught the trade of making bricks by the scottish slave master. >> reporter: he grandfather and great uncle incorporated the family business in 1905. over the next 50 years they built homes, hospitals, and buildings at historically black colleges. in 1968 her father william took
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over laying the foundation for his three daughters. >> we would go to work with him every saturday starting at 10 years old walking construction sites, tracing documents, learning about building systems early in line, so that was all ingrained in us. >> reporter: when her father suffered a stroke in 1982, her mother had to step in. >> i don't know if my husband's going to live or die, but the next morning at 8:00, i had five major architectural and engineering companies callinging me because the message had already got out that my husband was seriously ill. >> the business was that good. >> yes. >> they all wanted it. >> they all wanted it. >> reporter: with no training in architecture, the former school teacher used common sense and her psychology degree to find
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her way. that day she found her courage. the liquid time. >> my husband had a bar in the conference room, so i said i'm going in this bathroom and get fortified for this crazy board meeting. >> and she said, i' tell you what. i have a legacy and i have three daughters and my daughters are going to take over this business. >> she actually grew the business adding to its list of 50 million dollar complex at howard university and the national civil rights museum in memphis. by 2000, mckissack-daniel took over the helm and moved the headquarters from nashville to new york. >> this is a competitive city. >> this is a come petty city. >> frank sinatra said if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. >> and that's my sochlkt i was
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so glad when jay z sang it. because that's what i would tell myself. >> reporter: but breaking into the big apple, she says, was only made possible by affirmative action. before that they weren't doing business with women or minorities? >> not really, no. >> but here you are coming from a legacy of business. >> it doesn't matter because people do business with people that look like them. all the work that we've done outside of new york, it didn't matter in new york. >> her work did matter to the community she served beginning with her own. 61% of her hires are minorities. 34% women. >> our mission is beyond the bricks and mortar. our mission is to change the lives of those communities in which we build. >> reporter: with projects like the $325 million patient
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pavilion at harlem hospital center, which ensured employment for those who lived there. >> we had 7,000. >> 7,000 applicants? >> walking up to our trailer looking for work. >> reporter: she hired 200 and developed a job training work-force bra. to try to place the rest in other fields across the city. >> who are you telling this story to? >> i am telling this story to women of color that the construction industry can build wealth. the construction industry can look like new. >> reporter: but it's not an easy sell even for mckissack-daniel's own family. >> who's the sixth generation? >> i have two daughters. my twin sister has one daughter, and my older sister has two daughters. not one is showing signs of
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taking over the reins. >> that's pressure. >> i may have to hold on for the grandkids. >> love her. >> she's amazing. but the legacy does not end with her. her twin sister daryl has a separate company in washington, d.c. she does more federal contracts. what's so interesting. she did the martin luther king -- she oversaw the construction of that. >> what an impressive family. and i love that her mom leatrice went to the bar. >> liquid courage. >> she got it done. >> she did. it's all about the fortification. all right. the courtroom events in "to kill a mockingbird" take place in a particular venn yu but it's not a fictional one. we'll take you to a very special place where the action is still being acted out. and coming up next week, she is a legend f o soul. at 80 years old mavis staples is having an incredible resurgence
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let's do it right now in may come. let's begin by restoring this man to his fa. let's begin with justice. >> that's a scene from aaron sorkin's broadway play "to kill a mockingbird." it recently became the highest grossing play in broadway history. another special stage version of harper lee's novel just finished a limited run. jamie wax is here with more on that. good morning. >> good morning, anthony. harper lee set "to kill a mockingbird" in a slightly vicksalized version of her hometown of monroeville, alabama. it's a long way from broadway, hours away from the airport, but fans flock there each year to
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skpaerps her work in truly novel ways. to make it all the way to monroeville, alabama, you have to really want to be there. the county seat of monroe county home to 6,500 is not exactly on the map of the average tourist, but signs of its favorite daughter, harper lee, are everywhere. >> to bible to come in and just experience the rural community feel here and be able to walk the town square mean as lot. >> reporter: will ruzic is the executive director of development for the region. people come here for a live performance of "to kill a mockingbird." the play, based on lee's 1960 novel, is put on by people from the community. >> this is something we rely on. it's a tremendous tourist attraction, always has been for years. >> did you ever see yours as an actor? >> never. >> what was your reaction when they asked you to do it?
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>> well, i laughed it off. i ig nodder the emails and phone calls. i just assumed this was a joke. having never been on stage, you don't take on one of the most iconic roles in american literature. >> but that's exactly what's been happening here the past 29 years. ruzic just finished his year as a small town role lawyer atticus fin itch. >> no matter how bad things get, this is still our friends and our home. >> reporter: this 9th grater just finished her third year as scout. >> this is my last year because i'm getting too old, too tall. but in a few years i'm hoping to come back as mayella. >> so you're going to take a little time off.
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>> yes. >> reporter: kathy mccoy came back to guest direct the play this season after serving as director for the first 16 years. >> and this is where harper lee's father actually practiced law that and harper lee would sit up in that balcony and watch her daddy practice law. >> reporter: before overseeing one of america's most revered stories, mccoy worked as the courthouse's museum director. >> we were raising money to restore the old courthouse. and i thought why don't we try to cast some folks from around here and create a community theater. >> reporter: it's given the storied town a chance to write a new chap tr. like many, monroeville was hit hard by the kpeks does of manufacturing jobs in 1990s. penelo penelope hi southeast is with the chamber of commerce. >> it's been a huge impact.
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>> reporter: it seems everyone who's lived long enough in monroeville has a story about harper lee who most knew as miss knell. >> as long as i knew her, she always called me kiddo. >> reporter: dott bradley has been part of the cast from day one. >> when we were in israel, i was watching the jury. several of the guys had water in their eyes. they were crying. and when the play was over, he said, i'm so sorry for what happened and i told him, sir, you do not have to apologize for what happened then. no, we can't do anything about the past. but we can do something about now and the future? the really of tom robinson is played by william mosely. >> nobody thought william the policeman would be acting on a
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stage that no, especially me. >> mosely is a law enforcement officer in nearby brewton about 40 miles south of monroeville. >> you play a man wrongly convicted of a serious crime. what does it feek like to turn the tables and be on the other side with that? >> i can honestly say it's like i was almost right there with tom. >> is that part of what you went into your field for, to try and create justice. >> yes. and also to help people the very best i can. >> when i first directed the play in 1991, the script did not call for a jury at all, and i'd like, well, i would look to tack a jury out of that audience and have them feel what it's like to be on a jury that convicted an innocent black man.
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>> in the name of god, do your duty. >> do you think there's something in the experience of seeing this production that touches people even mer deeply than it would if everybody in it were professional actors? >> i do. i think to understand that we're all just everyday people really helps add to the mystique of the play. >> but to always remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird -- >> while jeff daniels leads the cast of broadway's record-setting play, the monroeville performers make an impact of their own way off broadway. >> probably one of my favorite parts of the show is afterwards. you get to hear the experience of the aid yeps. we will have people crying, you know. inevitably every single audience has an english teacher in it. typically she'll have two or three of her students and they'll refer to her as the crazy mockingbird lady.
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and she'll be standing there crying because she's actually in the courthouse. >> reporter: for nearly 60 ye years, "to kill a mockingbird" has inspired us and appealed to our better angels. >> so this book and this play teaches respect. if you respect one another, then we can go forward. >> that seems like a message that's still very relevant today. >> yes, it is. >> she wrote a lovely letter to the director kathy, but she didn't like any light shown on monroeville. that was a place for her to shut out. she had a lot of scout in her, but there was a lot of bu radley. she loved the play but didn't love people coming to sear her. and the tony awards hosted
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by james corden can be seen right here on cbs tomorrow night. >> the tony awards are known to inspire high school kids involved in theater. the action taking place on the field and on the grill. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." going back to the tonys on sunday, i know you're ready. back in the green room he was already on the phone. what were you checking? >> we're opening the show with quite a big ambitious song, and i was listening to part of the orchestra arrangement for that. >> just right now. >> do you like it? >> i hope -- listen. look. it's not about whether we like it or not. about whether we can pull it off live. >> you can pull it off live. >> there is a feeling we may have bitten off slightly more than we could chew.
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>> james, you chose this line of work. you've wanted to do it forever. >> of course. >> there's a moment in your childhood. you go to a play, walk out with your dad. >> yeah, yeah. i went to -- from when i was about sort of 10 or 11, i -- all i really ever wanted to do was go to the theater, so i would -- that would be my -- i stopped having birthday parties because my mom and dad would say we can't get you a present and go to t to a party because these tickets are expensive. we went to a play with gary wilmar. it's a big comic romp, really funny. i walked out of the adelphi theatre and i said, that's what i want to do, dad. i really want to do that. i had forgotten that story until
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welcome back to "cbs this morning: saturday." from sports teams to theater productions, high schools are full of extra-crick lar activities for students to pursue. but one after-school program you may not know about is growing in popularity. it involves varsity teams competing not on the gridiron but over the grill iron. mireya villarreal has the story. >> reporter: chef mike erickson is using barbecue to teach some big life lessons in this small texas town. >> are we done developing flavor? >> no. >> no, because we still have to
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apply heat. >> reporter: at burnet high school students cook in a state-of-the-art kitchen worth a quarter of a million dollars to create what some would consider the holy grail of texas grilling. >> you don't have to be the biggest kid, the smartest kid, the richest kid. >> reporter: everyone in here is part of the underdawgs, a high school varsity barbecue team that won the regional championship last year. >> football is king. we all know about texas and so when people know you're part of a barbecue team, what's the reaction you get? >> reporter: in just three years the number of varsity teams across texas has grown to 102. dishes like brisket, ribs, and beans are judged on taste, texture, and presentation. and the competition is as hot as their grills. the team placed 11th at their
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annual statewide tournament after doing practice runs like this all year long. >> this is really good and, yeah, really juicy. what makes the perfect one for you? >> it's really good. if it's rubbery, no. >> i enjoy the work we do as a barbecue team. it's a lot of fun. i get the same feel as with football. the difference is it's more personal. >> right now they're savoring every moment together. for "cbs this morning: saturday," mireya villarreal, burnet, texas. >> i love that. football, barbecue in texas. wha-wha more can you ask for? >> i love the motto here. come eat our homework. >> done.
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america's best new restaurants by bon appetit and "gq." now he's working on his next project featuring regional specials of mexico and tonight he's one of jicks honorees at the annual iconoclast dinner at the james beard house here in new york. you said your name means? >> the roast. >> you were december tiffted. >> tell us what's on the table. >> most is baked. what happened when you steam it, it's ultra was ardy, very rich. >> i like ultra rich. >> papaya salad. vietnamese love fruits. >> and cab abage. >> we pickle it. we call all of the herbs on top. beef gets seared.
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curry, like a vietnamese with turmeric and ginger. this is hybrid cauliflower from taiwan. >> this drink? >> a drink from parts unknown. >> anthony bourdain? >> yeah. he's amazing. >> when he came to detroit, he r shared his time with you. you were his tour guide. >> yeah. it's wild because the dude gave me a shot. he didn't have to whatsoever. and the story of howl it all happened, it's weird. i snuck into his show in chicago. we didn't have tickets so we were like, okay, and the night before my friend was like, hey, i bet you -- we were bantering back and forth. i'm going to ask him to be his fixer when he comes to detroit. we just walked in the show and, you know, the last five minutes was open to q and a and my
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friend was like what are you going to do now. i said, watch this. i said, hey, you coming to detroit. he said no. i said do you need a fixer. he ignored me. long story short, i came back home and i got a call and we did it. >> no better pen to show the town of detroit than you. what is your thing. >> ethnic cultures, we focus on food. it's the center of the household. >> you ended up cooking for a lot of your friends. >> well, you know, i guess i realized -- how i started cooking, i cooked for myself and my friends would come of and we'd all just eat. i grew up -- i had both parents. you know. i didn't have a silver spoon, but i had a spoon when people around me didn't have that. >> so you were providing community for them in a way. >> yeah, yeah.
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>> why was it so important for you when you did want to open a restaurant to do it in your nabd in detroit there? >> i cook where i'm the most comfortable first. if i'm going to build a community, i'm going to build my own community. >> vietnamese food to mexican. you're going to open a mexican restaurant. >> yeah. i just cook what i want to eat, and i'm hoping other people want to eat it too. >> it's worked so far. >> so far, yeah. >> worked really well. >> yeah. >> what is this honor from the iconoclast dinner experience? >> there's an underrepresentation of chefs of color in my industry. leslie was an advocator before it became trendy. >> she made it trendy. >> so it's -- we need to level the playing field so we get representation. >> congratulations on being just
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one of six people. >> listen. as you sign the dish, could you please tell us who you would love to share this meal with if you had the opportunity to do it with anymore? >> i guess it would be the people that believed in me from day one. >> that's a great choice. >> when i didn't believe in myself. >> well, chef joycegeorge azar, thank you for bringing this breakfast to us. for more on george and "the dish" head to our website cbsnews.com. ready for soul music from iceland? the artist to watch in 2019. up next, junius may have and will perform their version of the music created far from its american roots. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream.
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but that's where singer/songwriter junius meyvant hails from. born in a chain of islands off the coast of iceland, he first earned acclaim in his homeland, winning awards for best newcomer and single of the year. his most recent coming out is "rear view paradise." performing the song "ain't gonna let you down," here's hewnous meyvant. ♪ ♪ i'm not going to stay right here and let you drown ♪ ♪ i ain't going to let you down
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to places from night and day ♪ ♪ may you grow inside to head home ♪ ♪ i'm not going to pay the price for beating you down but i ain't going to sit around i ain't gonna let us drown i ain't gonna let you down i ain't gonna let us drown ♪ ♪ we're going back to summer's town nobody's going to let you ♪ >> don't go away.
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♪ love child why could anyone put the blame on you put blame on you ♪ ♪ because of the light because of the shame love train in stucker rain ♪ ♪ white as a dove white as the snow the stretch marks from the afterglow ♪ ♪ love child how could anyone be mad at you ♪ ♪ love child, how could anyone put the blame on you ♪ ♪ all the blame on you ♪
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