that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for othe 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.

good morning from cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm ann marie green. tensions between the u.s. and iran are heating up, the trump administration is blaming tehra ers. the ships were targeted yesterday near the strait. this morning iran says the accusations against tehran are alarming. we have a reporter in new york with new evidence released by the u.s. military that apparently proves tehran was behind the attacks. laura, good morning. >> good morning. yes, there is new video evidence that you'll see in a moment. iran says it's not behind the attacks and this is not the first time that country has denied involvement. tehran previously used mines against oil tankers in 1987 and 1988. the white house is pointing a f

tankers were attacked in the gulf of oman yesterday. they were carrying oil products when rocked by explosions. mike pompeo blamed iranian mines. >> this is based on intelligence, weapons used and level of expertise needed to execute the operation, similar attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area have the proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. >> they released this video. officials say it shows members of the revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine from the hull of the ship, a japanese vessel. however, the owner of that ship says its crew saw flying objects prior to the explosion suggesting mines were not involved. the attacks happened as japanese prime minister shinzo abe met with leaders in iran. >> prime minister made a trip to

ask them to enter into talks. the supreme leader rejected the diplomacy by saying he has no response to president trump and will not answer. >> iran's u.n. mission issued a statement denying any involvement in the attacks calling the accusation "iranophobic." president trump is holding a meeting with secretary of state pompeo today and it is the president's 73rd birthday. >> laura here in new york, thank you. president trump once again has an opening for a high profile job in his administration. sarah sanders is stepping down as white house press secretary at the end of the month. she's been a fierce defender of the president. ben tracy reports. >> she's a special person, a very, very fine woman.

>> reporter: president trump spoke warmly about one of the longest serving advisors. >> i want to thank you for an outstanding job. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: the president called sarah sanders a warrior perhaps because dug her two years as press secretary, she not only spoke for him. 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. she could be combative. she rarely hid her feelings from the press corps. >> everybody in this room is only trying to do their job. >> i disagree completely. >> during her tenure, the podium in the briefing room gathered dust. sanders ended the traditional of holding daily white house press briefings. it's been 90 days since the last one. sanders truthfulness has also been questioned. when president trump fired james comey, sanders was pressed by reporters who said comey was

well liked at the bureau. >> i heard from countless members of the fbi that are grateful and thankful for the president's decision. >> 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 hohn are yo of a lifetime. >> but she never lost the confidence of the president. and even while saying good-bye, she was still playing to an audience of one. >> i'll try not to get emotional. because i know that crying can make us look weak sometimes, right? >> sarah sanders has three little children and says she plans to move back to arkansas and focus on being a mom. she has not ruled out running for governor of arkansas, however. ben tracy, cbs news, the white house. another mr. trump's biggest defenders is accused of breaking the law. a federal watchdog recommended that the presideire kellyanne conway for repeated violations of a hatch act. now the hatch act pro hiblts government employees from making

political statements while acting in an official capacity. conway's alleged violations centered around two television appearances during the runup to the alabama senate special election in 2018. the white house is defending conway saying that actions against her are flawed and violate her right to free speech and due process. a search is under way this morning for one of the now ten suspects involved in the shooting of red sox legend david ortiz. dominican authorities brought in new suspects yesterday, all are alleged to have been involved in the shooting on sunday. police are still looking for the surgeon. u.s. authorities say that he is also wanted for an attempt the

homicide in pennsylvania, similar to the shooting involving ortiz. ortiz was shot in the back at bare in the dominican republic. the man accused in the mat shooting at two new zealand mosques has pleaded not guilty. he appeared in court via a video link this morning in christchurch. he is facing 92 charges including 51 counts of murder for the march terror attack. if convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison. a trial date has been set for next may. cuba gooding jr. has been charged with alleged sexual misconduct at a new york city nightclub. if convicted, he could go to prison for a year. yesterday the oscar winning actor voluntarily surrendered to the charges. teresa duncan reports. >> reporter: it was a smile cuba gooding jr. flashes on the red carpet but he walked into a new york city police office where he was photographed, handcuffed and charged with a crime. >> i have never seen a case like this one because there is not a

piece of criminal copability that can be attributed to mr. cuba gooding jr. >> tmz obtained video of what appears to be gooding touching the victim at a new york city club sunday night. >> do you maintain you didn't do anything wrong? >> yes. >> what do you say about the video? >> watch it. >> the actor has long been dogged by accusations of bad behavior. 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" and he won for the role in the 1996 film "jerry mcguire." >> show me the money! show me the money! >> the hollywood star now wants to spotlight the entire surveillance video from the club to show what he calls the truth.

>> gooding was charged with forcible touching. the attorney calls this case overzealous policing. cbs news, new york. the toronto raptors defeat aid dynasty en route to the first championship in franchise history. >> we the north are now the champions. the raptors of 2019 nba champs. >> the raptors beat the golden state warriors in game six of the nba finals. 114-110 taking the series four games to two. the two teams went back and forth from the opening tip until the final buzzer. another warriors player suffered a significant injury, clay thompson went down with a torn acl in the left knee late in the third quarter and then left the arena on crutches. kawhi leonard was named mvp ande en.

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criminal justice conference. knox was met by reporters and photographers yesterday when she arrived. she served four years for the murder and sexual assault of her college roommate before an appeals court overturned her guilty verdict in 2011. tomorrow knox will take part in a panel on trial by media. >> i think it is very, very brave of amanda to come back here. 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. >> knox has been active in raise ago wareness around wrongful convictions. michigan prosecutors dropped criminal charges against eight officials involved in the flint water contamination scandal. they say the investigation was mishandled and they'll start over again from scratch. the charges included involuntary manslaughter. the officials could be charged again in the future.

an outbreak of disease five years ago killed 12 people. it happened when the city was using improperly treated water from the flint river. the water supply was also contaminated with lead at the time. and usa today says a california high school valedictoria ked the when she slammed school staff during her inauguration speech. her speech last week started with her thanking those who are have helped her. she praised some teachers but then criticized a counsellor for being unavailable and the office staff for failing to let her know about available scholarships until it was almost too late. and she also talked about one teacher. >> to the teacher who was regularly intoxicated during class this year. thank you for using yourself as an example to these students about the dangers of alcoholism. >> a spokesperson for the school district said the speech was inappropriate and out of line.

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on the cbs money watch, facebook gets big backers for its cryptocurrency and a new flower recall. tom hanson is at the new york stock exchange with that. >> the cost of oil rose for a second day following attacks on two oil tankers in the middle east. the attacks pushed oil prices up as much as 4.5% on thursday. a report just released by opec says world demand for oil will rise by more than one million barrels we are day this year. that is 70,000 barrels less than previously expected. and stocks closed higher yesterday lead by gains in retailers, media, and energy companies. the dow gained 101 points. the s&p 500 added 11 points and nasdaq was up 44 points. and more flour is recalled following an e. coli outbreak. 14,000 cases of five pound king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour off store shelves. the recall product was distributed through retailers

and distributors nationwide including walmart. so far no illnesses have been reported. but just last month the cdc said 17 people across eight states reported being sickened after eating flour. and visa, mastercard, paypal and uber are backing facebook's new cryptocurrency. according to "the wall street journal," the social media giant signed on more than a dozen backers for its digital coin. each of the new backers will reportedly invest roughly $10 million in the project as part of a governing consortium for the cryptocurrency. and the joe gurt company chobani offered to pay student lunch debt at an idaho school district. they say the donation would cover $85,000 in debt acquired by more than 900 students during the last schoolier.

get this, a district spokeswoman says the schools make sure students are fed even if they don't have money in the school lunch accounts. >> that definitely is nice. tom hanson at the new york stock exchange, thank you. still ahead, a breaking the military's glass ceiling. we meet the first woman to command a u.s. army infantry division. she made history again recently. at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. plus, it's safe to use on all my floors, even wood. glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor. try wet jet with a moneyback guarantee jill jill has entresto, and a na heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital.

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and for the first time in military history, california's first female national guard the state's female n dern in by it marks a water shed moment as laura yager helps redefine the role of women in the military. she originally joined to help pay for college but grew to love the adventure turning it into a career. she eventually flew blackhawk missions in iraq. >> i think that most women once they got in they realize this is a great job. this is a profession that i can really show my worth. >> she takes command of the u.s. army 40th infantry division on june 29th. we talk with the white house minority whip on the o two year anniversary of the congressional baseball shooting attack. i'm ann marie green. this is the cbs morning news.

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our top stories this morning, iran is rejecting accusation that's it's behind attacks on two oil tankers. iran's foreign minister called the allegations part of a plot by politicians in the u.s. the pentagon released video it claims shows iranian forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. and white house press secretary sarah sanders is stepping down at the end of the month. president trump has not named a successor. sanders will return to her home in the state of arkansas where her father once served as governor. she did not rule out running for governor of arkansas herself. and fans are anything but

blue in st. louis. they are celebrating after their team won its first stanley cup. a victory for the city but you could say that blues did it for layla. dean reynolds explains. >> last winter, the blues were the worst team in hockey. they visited a local hospital and met 11-year-old layla anderson. >> my favorite people in the world, the st. louis blues are in the world. >> while she has a very rare life threatening blood disorder, her super fan 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 did all wait to game seven of the stanley cup final in boston. >> score! >> and laila so wanted to be there. then this happened. >> what if i told you that the blues called and they want you

at the game? >> what? how? >> doctors said it was okay. >> no he didn't. mommy, no, he didn't. oh, any gosh. i'm going to boston? >> she was there when her boys won it all. >> the st. louis blues are the stanley cup champions. >> minutes later this little girl was on the ice with her favorite player colton parayko and the cup. >> this is just the ending of the best story that will ever be written in history. >> actually, laila, we all hope it's the beginning. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. coming up first on cbs this morning, we talk with house minority whip on the two year anniversary of the congressional baseball shooting attack. plus, hundreds of kids in the u.s. die each year of abuse and neglect despite being known to child protective services. coming up, we get a first-hand look at the difficulties social workers face in deciding whether to remove children from their

families. and in our something in common series, a nod to father's day. we meet a father and son who serve together in the u.s. army. that's the cbs morning news for this friday. thank you for watching. i'm ann marie green. have a great day. for this frichlt thank you for watching. i'm ann marie green. have a great day. thank you for. i'm ann marie green. have a great day. r thank you fo. i'm ann marie green. have a great day. i thank you fo. i'm ann marie green. have a great day. d thank you fo watching. a thank you for watching. i'm ann marie green.y. thank you for watching. i'm ann marie grethank you for . i'm ann marie green. have a great day.

now at 4:30, taking a live look at the city of san francisco. the skyline. you can see the clouds out there and it is going to be

cool, but no one is complaining unless you love triple digit heat. it is friday, june 14th, 2019. >> let's get a look at weather and traffic. >> good morning julian and kenny. clouds, fog and patchy drizzle this morning because of strong onshore flow kicking in and we'll see temperatures a little bit cooler compared to yesterday afternoon. right now in the mid- to upper 50s to low 60s to kickoff our friday. so we're going to see temperatures right around where we should be for this time of year, seasonal 60s this afternoon. looking at about 70 in oakland and 80 for a high in san jose and concord. we'll talk about the all important weekend forecast and father's day coming up. it starts to feel like the weekend as far as the roadways are concerned. let's look at the main travel times here at 4:30. they are all in the green.

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