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gooding, who was charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor, is expected to be arraigned in a matter of minutes, margaret. the district attorney's office is not commenting at this time. >> jer in jer inca duncan. there was sharp reaction today after president trump said in an abc interview that he would be open to accepting a foreign government's helping in the 2020 campaign. weijia jiang has more on this. >> i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. >> reporter: president trump said he would not refuse dirt on a political rival if another country offered it, even though it is a crime for a campaign to knowingly accept anything valuable from a foreign government. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not an interference. they have information. i think i'd take it. if i thought there was something wrong, i'd go maybe to the fbi. if i thought there was something wrong. >> reporter: fbi director christopher wray has said the right thing to do in every case is to report it. >> that's something that the fbi is wrong. to know about.
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>> reporter: the controversy is unfolding as congress continues to investigate russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. just yesterday donald trump jr. testified about meeting with a russian lawyer, promising damaging information about hillary clinton. >> i will tell you this. russia, if you're listening -- >> reporter: then candidate trump once asked moscow to investigate his opponent. >> there was an assault on our democracy. >> reporter: today house speaker nancy pelosi said the president is inviting foreign governments to play a role in our elections. >> the president gave us once again evidence that he does not know right from wrong. it's a very sad thing. >> reporter: even republicans are struggling to defend mr. trump. senator lindsey graham, a faithful ally, called >> i think it's a mistake. i think -- i think it's a mistake of law. i don't want to send a signal to encourage this. >> reporter: other republicans quickly pointed out democratic
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support in 2016 for that now infamous dossier that contained sensational and unverified claims about president trump's ties to russia written by a former british spy. margaret? >> weijia jiang, thank you. well, police in memphis are appealing for calm after violent protests last night. at least 36 officers were hurt, many were hit by rocks and bricks. an angry crowd formed after u.s. marshals shot and killed a man who was wanted on felony warrants. the marshals say the suspect, who was armed, jumped in a car and tried to ram their vehicles. amanda knox's return to italy today did not go unnoticed. it's knox's first time back since 2011, when an appeals court acquitted her of murder in a sensational case that captivated the country. seth doane is there. >> reporter: amanda knox the media frenzy that trailed her through her murder trial,
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conviction, and release. she's here for a criminal justice conference hosted by the italy innocence project, part of a global network working to free those wrongly convicted. knox was released from an italian prison in 2011 after serving four years for the murder and sexual assault of her college roommate meredith kercher. an appeals court overturned her guilty verdict, but after she left italy knox was found guilty again in absentia in a third trial until finally italy's supreme court exonerated her in 2015. earlier this week she posted a photo with the caption "feeling frayed" and in an essay railed against the mistakes of the italian judicial system and an irresponsible media which she writes "profited foriolizing an sensational and utterly unjustified story." saturday she'll take part in a panel on trial by media. >> the court of public opinion
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has a tremendous effect on the real courts. >> reporter: justin brooks is the director of the california innocence project. >> i think it is very, very brave of a i think it's important that she's here because for an entire country she was the biggest case of someone being convicted and now she's the biggest case of someone being exonerated. >> but margaret, not everyone is so welcoming here. tonight we spoke with the lawyer for meredith kercher's family, who told us knox's return to italy is inappropriate and reopens old wounds. >> thank you. seth doane. next, the measles outbreak means big changes at a number of summer camps. later, breaking news on the man charged in the mosque massacre in new zealand.
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today lawmakers in new york state moved closer to ending religious and other non-medical exemptions from vaccinations. more than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in 28 states. that's a 27-year high. new york is the epicenter of the outbreak, and summer presents new problems. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: a fresh coat of paint and final touches are being made for the 62nd summer at deerkill day camp in suffern, new york. this year will be a little different after owner and director todd rothman sent this e-mail to hisampe es "relus exeons for vaccinations will no longer be allowed." >> everyone on our grounds, all of our campers and all of our staff, will have either proof of immunity or mmr vaccination. >> reporter: deerkill is in rockland county, new york, where the outbreak is centered in the
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ultra orthodox jewish community. more than 260 cases have been reported in the county so far. deerkill is not a religious camp, but rothman still heard complaints from several families. only one decided not to send their child, a 12-year-old girl. how long had she been coming here? >> she'd been with us for a few years. they were disappointed. they were upset. and they engaged me in a debate. we had a bit of discussion about the merit of vaccines, which i'm not in the business of. i'm in the business of making sure our campers are safe. >> reporter: pragss against measles are so stringent here that the bus companies have assured the cam owners that the 50 or so buses that pass through the gates here every day don't carry children who are unvaat o. it's so quiet and peaceful now. what's it like with 500 kids? >> loud, noisy, and fun. >> reporter: when all those kids show up later this month, camp nurse jennifer buonadonna will be on the lookout for a disease she's never seen. >> it's one of those things in nursing school that when we went
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through the childhood diseases unit we learned about it but we kind of glossed over it because it's something that really wasn't seen. >> reporter: she studied up on the symptoms and, like everyone else here, is taking precautions seriously. so summer camp means a summer without measles. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, suffern, new york. when we come back, the investigation into contaminated (woman) when you take align daily, you have the support of a probiotic and the gastroenterologists who developed it. wherever you go.
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new zealand. the man accused of gunning down 51 people at two mosques in march just pleaded not guilty. brenton tarrant, an australian, appeared in court on a video link from prison. the 28-year-old was silent but smirked during his appearance. prosecutors are dropping criminal charges against eight officials involved in the flint, michigan water contamination scandal. they say the investigation was botched and plan to start over. 12 people died in flint from legionnaire's disease five years ago. that's when the city was using improperly treated water from the flint river. the supply was also contaminated with lead at that time. the wife of california republican congressman duncan hunter pleaded guilty today to a corruption charge. prosecutors say the couple spent more than $200,000 in campaign funds on trips and clothes. margaret hunter ran her husband's campaign. he suggested she was to blame for any misuse of funds.
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they're celebrating in st. louis after the blues won their first stanley cup, a victory for the city, but you might say they did it for laila. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: last winter the st. louis blues were the worst team in hockey. but about that time they visited a local hospital and met 11-year-old laila anderson. >> my favorite people in the world, the st. louis blues, are here. >> reporter: while layla has a very rare, life-threatening blood disorder, her superfan passion for the blues never dimmed through months of chemotherapy and home confinement this spring. her doctors say she responded well to treatment and as she improved so did the blues, with laila as an inspiration. "let's do this." they-d all the way to game 7 of the stanley cup final in boston. >> they score! >> reporter: and laila so wanted to be there. then this happened. >> what if i told you the blues
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called and they want you at the game? >> what? how? >> the doctor said it's okay. >> no, he didn't! mommy, no, he didn't. oh, my gosh! i'm going to boston? >> reporter: she was there last night when her boys won it all. >> the st. louis blues are the stanley cup champions! >> reporter: minutes later this little girl was on the ice with her favorite player colton parayko and the cup. >> whoo! >> this is just the ending of the best story that will ever be written in history. >> reporter: actually, laila, we all hope it's the beginning. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city i'm margaret brennan.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm vladimir duthiers. the winds of war are blowing through the gulf of oman. two more tankers were attacked. one was set aflame. and both were left to drift as their crews abandoned ship. the gulf is a crucial waterway for oil shipments. and secretary of state mike pompeo is pointing the finger of blame at iran. david martin has the latest from the pentagon. >> reporter: one tanker was hit by three explosions which u.s. officials say were caused by mines planted by iran. its crew abandoned ship, and the vessel burned furiously for hours, sending up a plume of smoke that could be seen from space. the other was hit by two explosions. its crew abandoned ship when it
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realized there was still one unexploded mine attached to the hull. the u.s. then watched and recorded an iranian patrol boat coming alongside and removing the unexploded mine from the tanker's hull. in effect making off with the evidence. that's one reason secretary of state pompeo laid the blame squarely on iran. >> it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman today. >> reporter: the attacks came on the same day japan's prime minister abe was in iran meeting with the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei in an effort to ease tensions which had been building ever since the u.s. dispatched an aircraft carrier and b-52 bombers to the region in response to intelligence of imminent iranian attacks. >> the supreme leader's government then insulted japan by attack a japanese-owned oil tanker just outside of iranian waters, threatening the lives of the entire crew, creating a
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maritime emergency. >> reporter: the crew from one of the tankers was taken aboard a u.s. navy warship. the 23 members of the other crew were taken aboard an iranian naval vessel and are still in iranian hands. one u.s. official said it's not clear if the crew was in fact rescued or is being detained as possible hostages against the threat of a u.s. military attack. >> the u.s. central command which controls operations in the persian gulf put out the following statement. "we have no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the middle east. we will defend our interests, but a war with iran is not in our strategic interest nor in the best interest of the international community." one of president trump's closest advisers is coming under fire again. kellyanne conway has been branded a repeat offender by a government ethics office. officials there say she's been engaging in political activity while on the government payroll and should be fired. no word if that'll happen.
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meanwhile, white house press secretary sarah sanders announced she's quitting. ben tracy reports. >> she's a special person, a very, very fine woman. >> reporter: this afternoon president trump spoke warmly about one of his longest-serving advisers. >> i want to thank you for an outstanding job. >> thank you, sir. >> and thank you. >> reporter: the president called sarah huckabee sanders a warrior. perhaps because during her two years as press secretary she not only spoke for him -- >> i'm not going to continue to engage with -- >> reporter: -- she often spoke a lot like him too. >> it's frankly i think sad and pathetic that a gutless anonymous source could receive so much attention from the media. >> reporter: sanders could be combative and curt. she rarely hid her feelings for some members of the press corps and their questions. >> everybody in this room is only trying to do their job. >> i disagree completely. >> reporter: during her tenure the podium in the briefing room
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gathered dust. sanders ended the tradition of holding daily white house press briefings. it's now been more than 90 days since the last one. sanders' truthfulness has also been questioned. when president trump fired fbi director james comey, sanders was pressed by reporters, who said comey was well liked at the bureau. >> i've heard from countless members of the fbi that are grateful and thankful for the president's decision. >> reporter: when questioned during special counsel robert mueller's investigation, sanders called her statement a slip of the tongue and not founded on anything. >> this has been the honor of a lifetime. >> reporter: but she never lost the confidence of the president, and even while saying good-bye today she was still playing to an audience of one. >> i'll try ton get emotional. because i know that crying can make us look weak sometimes, right? the democratic presidential contenders pounced on president trump after he said he'd willingly accept election help from a foreign country. even russia or china.
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weijia jiang has the story. >> i think you might want to listen. i don't -- there's nothing wrong with listening. >> reporter: president trump said he would not refuse dirt on a political rival if another country offered it, even though it is a crime for a campaign to knowingly accept anything valuable from a foreign government. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not an interference. they have information. think i'd take it. if i thought there was something wrong i'd go maybe to the fbi. if i thought there was something wrong. >> reporter: fbi director christopher wray has said the right thing to do in every case is to report it. >> that's something that the fbi would want to know about. >> the fbi director is wrong. >> reporter: the controversy is unfolding as congress continues to investigate russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. just yesterday donald trump jr. testified about meeting with a russian lawyer promising damaging information about hillary clinton. >> i will tell you this. russia, if you're listening -- >> reporter: then candidate trump once asked moscow to
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investigate his opponent. >> there was an assault on our democracy. >> reporter: today house speaker nancy pelosi said the president is inviting foreign governments to play a role in our elections. >> the president gave us once again evidence that he does not know right from wrong. it's a very sad thing. >> reporter: even republicans are struggling to defend mr. trump. senator lindsey graham, a faithful ally, called him out. >> i think it's a mistake. i think it's a mistake of law. i don't want to send a signal to encourage this. actor cuba gooding jr. turned himself in at a new york city police precinct after a woman claimed he groped her at a rooftop bar. gooding denies it. jericka duncan has the story. >> reporter: it was the smile cuba gooding jr. flashes on the red carpet, but today the actor walked into a new york city police precinct, where he was later fingerprinted, photographed, handcuffed, and charged with a crime. >> i have never seen a case like
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this one because there is not a scintilla of criminal culpability that can be attributed to mr. cuba gooding jr. >> reporter: 51-year-old gooding is accused of groping a 29-year-old woman while he was allegedly intoxicated at a new york city club sunday night. late this afternoon he was taken to criminal court, where he pleaded not guilty. tmz posted cell phone video on its website which shows gooding at the bar sunday night, singing and taking pictures with fans. the actor has long been dogged by accusations of bad behavior. today his lawyer disputed another allegation from a second woman who says gooding groped her in 2008. the actor's hollywood career started with the 1991 movie "boys in the hood." >> richie! >> reporter: and he won an academy award for his role in the 1996 film "jerry maguire." >> show me the money! jerry, you better yell. >> show me the money!
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." the federal communications commission is still trying to come up with a way to stop those annoying robocalls. the fcc says americans receive about 5 million robo calls a month and a lot of them are scams promising tech support for your computer. some people aren't waiting for the government to step in. anna werner reports. >> have you ever wished you could get back at scammers who are plaguing you with robocalls on your phone? today we're taking you behind the scenes with some of the people frac where those scams originate. one group works for a company whose name you'll know immediately. it runs its own full-blown digital crime bureau. the other just one man. >> you're looking at the webcam of a scammer named deva
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[ bleep ]. >> reporter: the voice on this yoe video is a man who calls himself jim browning. he won't disclose his real name and didn't want us to show his face for his own safety. >> i try my best to keep safe. >> reporter: the people he's after are scammers in india making robocalls to people they hope will fall for their computer repair scheme. >> we are calling you from microsoft refund department. >> reporter: here in this video jim connects with the con artist then plays the victim, listening as the scammers tell him they need access to his computer so they can give him a refund. >> they'll typically use a phrase like we are a computer company going out of business. you've paid us in the past and we're going to refund your money. >> reporter: jim lets them into his computer. but what they don't realize is he's about to turn the tables by now accessing their computer and spying on their operations. once in, he watches them. >> the offices are very small and cramped. >> reporter: listens to them.
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and worms his way system. >> courtesy of this particular scammer we're going to get a little tour of exactly what the office looks like. >> reporter: his unorthodox strategy for going after scammers has proved popular on youtube, where this video has garnered more than 2 million views. what is your goal in helping to expose these people? >> one is really wanting to get back at these guys. but the other is just raise awareness of scams in general and particularly these types of scams. >> reporter: but there's somebody else tracking the scammers, someone equally determined but a lot more powerful. >> our front line customer support services folks were getting phone calls were around the globe. >> reporter: welcome to the microsoft cyber crime center. >> this is our lab. >> reporter: where courtney gregoire works with an international team of over 60 people to disrupt cybercrimes including tech repair scams. >> you know, this cybercrime is really happening at scale. these networks behind these
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millions of victims. >> reporter: the company's scam-reporting web page receives more than 12,000 complaints from customers every month. >> and so at this point we've got almost over 500,000 data points for us to think about how can we figure out the criminal networks behind this fraud. delhi was our first operation. >> reporter: microsoft too went after call centers running scams in india but on a much larger scale, working with and providing intelligence to law enforcement overseas. one of the results, a bust last november in two cities in india that took down 16 call centers and resulted in the arrests of 68 people. it's expensive. so why is microsoft willing to spend the money for a whole bureau of people just to go after cybercriminals? >> why is it worth it for microsoft to even do it? >> we think this type of cyberfraud is really undermining fundamentally customer trust in technology. not just microsoft.
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the only way they're going to use it is if they trust it. >> reporter: meanwhile, jim found a way to make a lot harder for this fraud operation to market their scam. with one of his own. same computerized voice. different message. >> this is just a scam so that they can access your computer and will try to get money from your bank account. if you ever get a message like this, it is always a scam. amtrak is moving into the 21st century. although maybe a little late. within the next two years the railroad plans to replace its aging fleet of acela trains with a brand new high-speed model. kris van cleave got a preview. >> this acela train takes about three hours to get from d.c. to new york. it has a top speed of around 150 miles an hour. it is not japan's bullet train, and the next one won't be either. but it will be faster. it will hit about 160 miles an hour and shave about 15 minutes off the trip. new nonstop service between the two cities will be even shorter,
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down to about 2 1/2 hours. inside this sprawling western new yo fry the future ofics hig starting to take shape in the same spot where trains have been serviced, built, and rehabbed since the 1850s. stanley hall is the third generation stanley hall to work here. >> and it's not just my father and grandfather. you know, my brother comes in here and works. i had several cousins that worked here. when i was first hired, my uncle was one that helped me a lot get in here. >> it wasn't enough that your dad and grandfather worked here? you needed more snep. >> needed a little more help. >> reporter: they start as a shell before some of the 800 who work in this hornel, new york plant build them into the trains that will replace amtrak's aging first generation high-speed rail effort the acela. former delta airlines ceo richard anderson now runs amtrak. how importantthe acela? >> it's incredibly important.
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it really lays out a clear vision for what short-haul inintercity passenger rail transportation can do for this country, and this country is going to need it in more and more corridors because millennials don't want to drive and you cannot add enough lane miles for 100 million more people. >> reporter: the updated acela trains are faster. they'll hold about 380 people. that's 25% more passengers than the old ones. and are designed to tilt as they take turns allowing them to go faster. amtrak's most lucrative corridor linking boston, new york, and d.c. will see a cut in travel time by at least 15 minutes. >> we've got to position amtrak to have a modern product that a millennial wants to get on with high-speed wi-fi, craft beers, and reliable schedules that beat buses, cars, and airplanes. >> reporter: the new model meets new stronger crash-worthiness strategy and is designed not to jackknife, guarding against the kind of derailment that killed eight pele ak 188
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took a turn too fast near philadelphia in 2015. >> they're the most modern trains in the world. >> reporter: on the inside wafter wi-fi, usb charging in each seat, reading lights and these winged head rests so no one can fall asleep on your shoulder. anderson promises unlike the airlines amtrak will not shrink your seat. >> space stays the same. i actually would like a little more space. >> reporter: amtrak is 48 years old. the railroad predicts it's on track to break even for the first time by 2021, when the new acela will start racing along the northeast corridor. stanley hall plans to be one of the first passengers. >> it's just going to be, you know, just pride. you know. because i know somewhere on that train there's going to be a plaque that said that this was manufactured in hornel, new york. so. >> reporter: there will be more trains in the next generations. they'll be able to add additional service including the nonstop as part of a $2.4 billion acquisition program. amtrak has identified other corridors across the country
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for many people a felony conviction winds up being the start of a lifetime of trouble. but one young man in indianapolis resolved to turn his life around, with a little
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help from his arresting officer. >> you all right? >> reporter: an unexpected bond is building in avon, indiana. between 23-year-old ramee rameel patamber who's rebuilding his life after prison and brian nugent, the deputy police chief here. >> i'm trying to learn and unlearn. i'm a mentor who can get me to where i want to be, teach me what i need to know. and he answered all of that. >> reporter: was the fact he was a police officer a plus? >> yes. my goal was to not go back to prison. but i didn't 100% know what to do to not go back to prison. and i know that he knew that. >> reporter: like he's the expert in what to do not to go back to prison. >> 6 1/2 years ago rameel was a 17-year-old honors student struggling with the death of his father. >> i was lost and had a lot to prove. i felt like i had to prove i was tough. i was a follower. and one poor decision went to the next. >> reporter: he robbed a little caesars at gunpoint with the help of a friend who worked there. >> what is your emergency? >> we just got robbed and held
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one a gun. >> reporter: rameel was arrested and later convicted of felony armed robbery and criminal confinement. he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. >> i didn't believe it. i just started crying immediately. >> why didn't you believe it? >> because my son robbing someone. that just wasn't his character. >> reporter: officer nugent knows the story well because he was the officer who arrested rameel. >> very few cases that you work do you forget and rameel was just very memorable. >> reporter: during rameel's time in prison his mother, daphne harris, insisted on staying in touch with officer nugent. >> i needed him to know that he wasn't just another kid in trouble, some ghetto kid that -- i wanted him to know that he has a home, he has a family, he has a support system, this is who my son is. >> and you didn't want him to think your son was a stereotype. >> exactly. >> reporter: after he was released early for good behavior, rameel wanted to get into home improvement and real
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estate. but felt he needed a mentor to help. then one day while working at goodwill a familiar face dropped off a donation. >> so i just asked him, are you detective brian? i said hey it's me, how are you doing? >> you greeted him like a long lost friend. >> absolutely. >> what can you v did you think when he asked you to be a mentor? >> so that's never happened to me. i said look, i'm happy to do it but there's going to be some rules. we talked about we're going to touch base every month. we're going to go out for lunch. we're going to have conversations. accountability is such a huge part of that. >> who told you about those nachos? >> coming back out of prison and finding employment. we talked about that. how does he encounter the questions he might get about his background? when do you volunteer some of that stuff, when do you hold back on some of that? ? and what did he teach you about that? >> the first thing that struck him was if i view myself as less happen rameel, i'm less than. i can't be mad at you. then i'm not just black, i'm not an ex-convict, i'm not pakistani, i'm rameel.
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>> what were you taught about cops growing up? >> never to talk to them, never trust them. they lie, they arrest you. that's what people told me. but after interacting with brian, that's not the case. >> i hope that people can see with everything that's going on is all it takes is respect on both sides. it's more good kids out there than bad. it's more good police out there than bad. >> reporter: rameel now has a steady job doing heating and air. >> i want something out of life. i want to be successful and i want to be truly free. >> reporter: he's also renovating his own home and going to school. >> i think the change that i see the most in him is his confidence. there's no better reward in this job than helping somebody succeed and achieve those goals in their lives. >> you don't blame him? you weren't angry at him? >> never. never. he treated me with compassion and understanding. he never treat med less than. not once. to this day he still builds my worth and self-esteem. with him in my corner i can do anything.
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>> reporter: anything with an unlikely mentor by
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it's still standing room only at the all new dino exhibit in the smithsonian museum of natural history. that's a mouthful. the exhibit reopened last week after a five-year, $125 million renovation. and the star of the show, you guessed it, a brand new t-rex. chip reid got a look around. >> reporter: meet the nation's t-rex. one of the most complete t-rexes in the world. it's almost entirely real fossils, not plaster, and instead of standing like it's posing for a selfie this one is chomping on an unfortunate triceratops. experts painstakingly rebuilt the creatures piece by piece using the latest knowledge to make them look more real. matthew carano is the museum's curator of dinosauria. >> they look realer i think when
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you portray them doing real things. >> like eating another dinosaur. >> yeah. or sleeping or -- all the different things animals do. >> reporter: not just posing for a picture. >> i think even though most of our dinosaurs were real last time they just looked kind of dusty and old and static. >> reporter: if this is what you envision when you they've a t-rex, you might not be that far off. >> when you watch "jurassic park" and you see the tyrannosaurus rex, real? fake? >> they did a pretty good job. it probably isn't an animal that roared. but movies need things that are loud so, that's fine. >> reporter: carano knew he wanted to be a dinosaur scientist when he was in the second grade. but his obsession goes way beyond the main attraction. >> a lot of kids have an obsession or at least a fascination with the tyrannosaurus rex. do you? >> 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. >> reporter: and it's not just about dinosaurs.
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you'll also see creatures ranging from the mas sqala corax. a prehistoric shark. siobhan stars oversees the project and its dozens of experts. >> when you tell people you've got to come to this exhibit, what do you tell them? >> i tell them it's unique. it's one a kind. they will never find another fossil haul like this. >> and the not just about the dinosaurs, the t-rex. >> exactly. >> reporter: for matthew carano his inner child played a central role. >> when you're deciding how to plan the dinosaurs is it 10-year-old in you or the you of today that's deciding what to do? >> well, it's the 10-year-old in me getting permission from the scientist to show something. >> reporter: because it's got to be real. >> it's got to be real. >> reporter: what do you want a 10-year-old kid or an 80-year-old person to think and feel when they leave this exhibit? >> i want them to come in and sort of have their minds blown just by what's in front of them. >> reporter: you think they will be? >> i'm sure they will be. that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for othe
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morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm vladimir it's friday, june 14th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." escalating tensions. two tankers were attacked. a new video shows that the unexploded mines were removed from one of the tankers by iran. the finger pointing and denial. two week notice, sarah sanders announces she's stepping down at the end of the month. >> there's a new nba champion. and it's from toronto, canada. >> and they came from the north. >> the toronto raptors win the team's first nba title.

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