captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, june 12th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." dueling events, president trump and former vice president joe biden in iowa trading insults. who's pulling ahead in the polls. >> you are ignoring them. comedian jon stewart was emotional as he blasted lawmakers over funding for 9/11 first responders. the fight to help the ailing heroes. and today marks 25 years since the murders that led to the trial and acquittal of o.j. simpson, how the impact is still felt today. good morning from the studio

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, president trump and democratic presidential candidate joe biden were in the battleground state of iowa where they traded fighting words. yesterday mr. trump and te former vice president held dueling rallies in the hawkeye state. the president slammed biden calling him sleeping joe and biden called the president a threat to democracy. laura podesta is in new york. laura, it looks like we're going to see a whole lot more of this on the campaign trail. >> i think that's right. biden is at a rally in iowa and president trump is back in washington. they're trading jabs, anne-marie, and they ear close in the polls, but what's interesting is president trump has repeatedly said biden is the man he wants to take on in 2020. it may have been the preview of

the election in 2020. yesterday president trump and former vice president joe biden took aim at each other in the early battleground state of iowa. >> i believe that the president is literally an existential threat to america. >> joe biden thought that china was not a competitor of ours. joe biden is dummy. >> the president even suggested biden is a different guy. >> he's slower than he used to be. >> there are still 237 days to go until the iowa caucuses and 511 till the general election, but a new quinnipiac university poll shows biden with a 13-point lead over the president. what's more, cbs news has learned in internal campaign polling, it shows biden ahead in several states trump needs to win, including florida, north carolina, and arizona. >> i would rather run against biden than anybody. i think he's the weakest

mentally. and i like to run against people who are weak mentally. >> we can overcome four years of this presidency it down in history as an aberration. >> president trump ended his day outside of des moines and did not mention biden at any point. it shows biden in front trailed by democratic senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you, laura. lawmakers say they support the bill for first responders. yesterday dozens of first responders joined jon stewart at an emotional hearing on capitol hill. he blasted congress for not extending funds to help those sickened in the aftermath of the attacks. nancy cordes reports. >> you are ignoring them. >> in a hearing room packed with first responders, stewart berated the lawmakers before him. >> your indifference cost these

men and women their most valuable commodity. time. >> the september 11th victim compensation fund has helped tens of thousands of people who inhaled deadly toxins at ground zero. former nypd detective louis alvarez will undergo his 69th round of chemotherapy. >> this fund is not a ticket to paradise. it is there to provide for our families while we can. $7.4 lli forcing the fund's administrator to sate's nearly run out. >> this hearing should be flipped. it should be flipped. these men and women should be up on that stage and congress should be down here answering their questions as to why this is so damn hard and takes so damn long. >> congress has balked at the

price tag before. >> right now we have a $22 trillion federal debt. >> but the former "daily show" host and long-time advocate argued ailing heroes shouldn't be left in limbo. >> the official nypd response time to 9/11 was five seconds. five seconds. they did their jobs with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours. >> there is now bipartisan support for renewing these funds rng and when i asked senator mitch mcconnell if he backs the move, he says he does. that's an encouraging sign from someone who's held up similar funding in the past. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. overnight a second suspect was arrested in the shooting of former red sox star david ortiz.

p alleged shooter. meanwhile a hearing is expected for a the shooting. eddie vladimir feliz garcia has been charged with attempted homicide. police say he confessed to playing a role in the shooting but insists he did not pull the tricker. garcia is accused of being the getaway driver of the motor vehicle carrying the gunman. police say the man who fired the shot still on the loose. big papi was shot overnight at the dominican republic. he's recovering at a hospital in boston, and yesterday ortiz took his first steps after undergoing a second surgery. his wife said ortiz was stable, awake, and resting comfortably. the estranged husband of missing mother jennifer dulos is out on bond this morning. yesterday foe it is due low walked out of jail after posting a half million dollar bond.

he and his girlfriend were arrested for the disappearance of jennifer dulos. her blood was found mixed with her husband's dna at the home where she lived. the mother of five was last seen on may 24th in new canaan. and today the eldest son of donald trump, donald trump jr. will be interviewed by the intelligence committee. trump junior is expected to be questioned on a number of topics including what he knew about a trump tower visit in moscow and a campaign meeting with a russian lawyer.soer teaorheef thailand, 13-0. despite their growing popularity, the american players say they're not earning the money they deserve. 28 players are suing their employer, the u.s. soccer federation, a charge they deny.

midfielder allie long says she doesn't expect equal prize money any time soon. >> any little step that we get is a win, and i wish it would go faster. >> though the soccer international committee has doubled the prize money for the winners, it's still about 10% what men get at their world cup. so coming up on the morning news now, there's a new call to put harriet tubman's $20 billion on the fast track. >> and taking steps against abuse. the southern baptist convention adopts new changes. this is the "cbs morning news." cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur.

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parts of the west are under excessive heat warnings and advisories. temperatures are expected to hit 114 degrees today in palm springs. on monday san francisco hit an all-time june high of 100 degrees. there are calls to speed up harriet tubman's $20 bill, and taking a stand against abuse. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the southern baptist convention adopted a proposal allowing it to dispel churches that mishandle sexual abuse cases. leaders of the denomination are meeting this week. pressure on the sbc has grown after reports that more than 700 people were sexually assaulted by nearly 400 church leaders and volunteers in the past two decades. >> i think our posture should be to listen to all of those who have survived this trauma and to commit to work to make sure that every church is doing everything

possible to prevent abuse and to care for those. proposal churches needs a second vote next year in order for it to be enacted. the "chicago sun-times" reports that the family of a woman killed in a crash says the cops were recklessly speeding. they have filed a lawsuit against the city and the officers. yesterday they showed surveillance video of last month's crash, a warning that the video may be disturbing to watch. the two police vehicles collided at an intersection while responding to a call of a man with a weapon. they crashed into the stopped car that gunn was riding in. three relatives in the car were

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let's set the stange wit this. the government will be looking at the inflation which is scheduled to release the price index for may. meanwhile retailer lululemon is expected to release quarterly earnings. the dow fell 14 points, the s&p 500 dropped a point, and the nasdaq shed a fraction of a point. deliveries of new boeing jets are falling far behind last year's pace following the grounding of the company's 737 max jets. boeing said it delivered 30 commercial airliners in the month of may. that's down 56% from what itdy in may of last year. it plummeted from 47 a year ago to just eight last month. the faa ordered the grounding of the 737 max jets following two fatal flights. they're still being built, but they're parked for now. facebook is launched a new

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. 25 years ago today the o.j. simpson case began. that's when his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman were murdered in a gruesome scene in los angeles. the impact is still being felt today. here's chris martinez. >> it's crazy. it seems like yesterday. >> reporter: 25 years later, tanya brown refuses to allow the memory of her sister fade.

>> i miss her greatly this year. >> reporter: tanya is the youngest sister of nicole brown simpson and says over the years nicole's life and death has caused women to speak out against domestic violence. >> thank god we're talking about these issues and these causes that months before, years before, we weren't -- we weren't talking about it. >> reporter: nicole and her friend ron goldman were viciously murdered outside her brentwood home in june of 1994. what happened next captivated the nation. after an infamous freeway police chase, o.j. simpson was arrested and charged with the killings. his nearly nine-month-long trial dubbed the trial of the century became a massive and divisive public spectacle. >> we find o.j. simpson not guilty in the crime of murder. >> reporter: ending in the former football star's acquittal.

cotria became a he spectator sport. >> reporter: she served as the analyst for cbs news. she believes the case forever changed the perception of the public. >> for the first time they saw what happened in the courtroom and much of it bothered them. the issues of race bothered them, the celebrity lawyers bothered them, and the theatrics bothered them, and we're still living with the effect. >> reporter: while he was found guilty in the civilian case, no one was found criminally for the murderers. their killings today still listed as unofficially solved. only on "cbs this morning," kris van cleave takes cameras into uber's self-driving test track for a peek at the latest driverless technology. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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our top story this morning, a new quinnipiac university poll gives democratic presidential candidate joe biden a 13-opponent lead over president trump in a head-to-head matchup. the new poll comes as the two traded jabs during campaign stops in the battleground state of iowa. and here in new york city, an unusual journey. michelle miller introduces us to a young woman who went on an unlikely trip from the streets to the halls of ivy. >> reporter: 18-year-old athena cao-battaglia found the value of home in the nypd precinct where she volunteers. >> there's such a community with the auxiliary officers. they're all there for you. they have your back when you need them.

>> reporter: her journey is far from ordinary. athena was recruited two years ago near a homeless shelter. she's lived there since high school with her mother. lorain was a dance teacher but lost their home and home after being diagnosed with cancer. >> what was the hardest? >> i think the first night like when we went into the shelter system. we had one suitcase for each of us, and it was kind of like we're totally on our own right now. >> reporter: despite all that, lorraine never gave up on athena's education. >> i'm always made sure there were pens, erasers, internet, things kids need today, nowadays. >> how do you do that? >> you just save for the things that are important. >> reporter: which motivated her to reach unimaginable heights. >> i'm actually here. it's pretty -- it's really surreal in a way. >> reporter: athena just finished her first year at harvard university after earning a full ride. >> do you feel as though you had to make it? >> yeah. i didn't feel like there was an

option of failing. >> because? >> because 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. p it was kind of like hard on both of us, and so i wanted to make sure that she was still smiling. >> reporter: while the times remain tough, they're looking ahead. ♪ sweet dreams until sun beams find you ♪ >> i came from a place that was a bit more difficult. i'm not leaving it behind and forgetting about it but taking it as a learning experience. >> reporter: showing that in every one of us, there's more than meets the eye. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> great story. so coming up only on "cbs this morning," kris van cleave takes cameras into uber's self-driving test track for a peek at the latest driverless technoloy.

plus, home dna kits are exploding in popularity. how the results of these tests can be life-changing. and first on "cbs this morning," we'll reveal the winning images of this year's "national geographic" travel photo contest. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. good morning. it is still hot and looking live from our salesforce tower cam tr it cool down this morning. that is good news. good morning. it is wednesday, june 12.

i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. a little bit of a cold now but still hot in many places. >> especially in land. highs will top out in the mid to upper 90s. we will start to cool things down today. even if it's just by a little bit. we will take it for sure. we will continue to cool down as we head to tomorrow. and for friday. here is a live look with the south bay san jose camera. 76 degrees. it is warm as we start out the day. check out concord right now. 78. to start out the day. in oakland, 75, 74 livermore, looking at 63 in santa rosa and 74 for san francisco. let's talk about her high temperatures as we head through the afternoon. again looking at the mid-90s from there for concord and as well as livermore. 90 in san jose.