the trump administration explores all options to deal with iran. tensions etc. did collate after the attacks on two tankers in it the persian gulf. >> we always have authorization to defend american >> there's a pattern that's reminiscent to the one to the war in iraq. millions take to the streets demanding the city leader resign over a bill. the mayor of phoenix says she's sick over this video. police encounter with a young family. too much rain has farmer struggling to stay afloat.

welcome to the overnight news. tensions continue to build in and around the gulf of oman. secretary of state mike pompeo says there's, in his words, lots of evidence that iran was behind the attacks on two tankers last week. but other than the grainy video, pompeo is keeping that evidence to himself and america's allies are not convinced. we have the story from the white house. >> the united states is considering a full range of options. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo told "face the nation" that a military response against iran is just one possibility following thursday identity east attacks on two oil tankers. the u.s. released this image of what appears to be an unexploded mine attached to the starboard side of one vessel and the department of defense say this is video shows the revolutionary guard removing that mine. germany's foreign minister says he's not convinced this video

proves iran is to blame. >> the world needs to ewe neat against this threat. >> democrats are resisting a military response. >> this administration might be leading us on a path to war that could get away from the white house very quickly. >> reporter: other democrats beat the drum for impeachment. alexandria asepter: president t insists he did not obstruct justice and says the constitution allowed him to fire special counsel robert mueller if he wanted to. >> article 2 allows me to do whatever i want. >> reporter: republicans believe that a a democratic focus on impeachment will only help the president get reelected. and today the south carolina senator was president trump's golf partner. >> thank you. on the road to 2020, a new cbs news tracker poll looks at

potential voters in 18 states that will determine who ultimately wins the democratic nomination. it's early but the poll shows joe biden is still leading. elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are behind him. kamala harris rounds out the top tier. joining us with more is cbs news director of elections is and surveys anthony sillvanto. >> when you look at the candidates voter says they are considering, you see how much there's a race. warren, sanders, harris, buttigieg, that describes the top tier of candidates that we see heading into the debates. >> what does eligibility mean to democrats andmo electable? >> democrats say they have to be convinced someone can beat president trump. booiden in the lead in that

sense. most democrats think he can. the others seem to be 50/50 propositions in the minds of democrats. that's a case they will have to make. >> is there a difference, anthony, between progressives and moderates in the party on what voter want from a candidate? >> it appear this is is right now. folks who say they would like a progressive agenda than ever before. therefore, biden, but also just much for warren or sanders. but those for a moderate candidate, to return to past administrations policies more, they are more for closelgoing f. >> thank you. in hong kong, the outrage is not letting up. around 2 million opponents were back on the streets today demanding the city's leader resign. she supports an extradition b l bill.

consumer by anger and clad in black, a crush of protesters march through hong kong today denouncing the government and by enxtension beijing. they are furious with their leader and hand picked by china's communist leaders. >> we're now in the thick of hong kong's black march. the route is so clogged, so many people have come out. as you can see right now, the people are defiant and angry and holding all these plaque cards and saying the chief executive resign. on saturday she hit the pause button indefinitely on controversial extradition legislation which could send people into china's wednesday f forced the government to back pedal. police were accused of using excessive force. a protester hanging a banister fell to his death add ing ing t outrage.

citizens paid respects before joining the masses. >> will this have an effect? >> i'm not quite sure if we can do anything to effect the decisions of the government, but i understand if we do nothing today, nothing will be changed. >> he did apologize, but only on paper. the crowds have only gotten bigger and more resolute. >> thank you. the mayor of phoenix is apologizing following a video that shows a controversial confrontation between the city's police and a young family. officers are seen pointing their guns and threatening to shoot a father who was with his pregnant fiance and two children. >> reporter: cell phone

videotured the chaos as police officers as times sounded like hitmen. inside this suv, he and his pregnant fiance along with her two young children. >> he needs to slow down. r. >> reporter: the woman behind this visdeo asking to take the kids. >> seriously, i'll get the kids. >> reporter: the crime that sparked it all, a doll allegedly taken by one of the children from a family dollar store. the police say a pack of underwear was also shoplifted. it happened on may 27th. on twitter the mayor said the police response was beyond upset ing. >> i'm disappointed and sorry. i apologize to the family. >> reporter: under growing scrutiny, the police chief responded today. >> this is not the type of behavior you should see. >> reporter: the children were handed over to that good samaritan and later returned to their mother who was released from police custody.

>> the store manager declining to prosecute. the officers have been placed on desk duty pending an investig

authorities say an off duty police officer acted in self-defense in as angeles. official says he was holding his child when he was attacked by a 32-year-old man. kenneth french was killed and two family members were wounded. the officer's child is okay. target is is telling customers not to worry about this weekend's massive computer crash. the company says it was caused by an internal technical issue and that no personal information was taken. registers were down nationwide for about two hours. severe storms are expected today from texas to the east coast.

several tornadoes cut a path of destruction through indiana and oklahoma saturday. another twister ripped the roof off a high school near indianapolis. meteorologist jeff is here with more. >> it's been extremely active 24 hours. we have seen the red dots. 20 reports of tornadoes in the past 24 hours. but that's not all. wind damage reports 120 reports of winds up to 85 miles per hour in some areas. so the threat is is not over yet. we're going to see more showers and storms from the ohio valley. and overnight you may wake up to thunder in washington, d.c. the other big story is baking in california. some spots 100 to 110 degrees, especially in the valleys. the worst of it is wednesday. we could break some records. as we look ahead through the week, heavy rain is a threat. it continues from the missouri and mississippi rivers east to the east coast, 2 to 4 inches.

in the long-term suns the 1950s, we have seen a major uptick in the amount of downpours in the midwest, volley and as long as we continue to warm the climate, we'll continue to see heavier rain and more flooding. >> thank you. that rain has caused historic flooding this spring for farmers in the midwest and plains. this is the slowest start to the corn planting season on record. tariffs are only adding to the pain. here's dean reynolds. >> you planted here. >> this is all planted. >> you almost need a microscope to spot dave's corn crop this spring. usually knee high by now, his corn plants are just green specks in a sea of brown dirt. >> i doubt now i have uncovered

if that one would survive. >> reporter: record rainfall forced him to delay plant iing r six weeks. finishing the job just yesterday. but now that the seeds are are in the ground, all it takes are a couple sunny days to bake the dirt rock hard. >> when he's fighting hard to try to come up, but he was under this. >> reporter: he needs a perfect balance of sun and rain to even approach last year's corn and soy bean heaarvest. >> what the are the the odds for the perfect balance? >> let's go to vegas. the odds are better. >> reporter: the weather is a problem at a time the trump administration is waging a trade war with china. where u.s. so i bean exports have fallen 80%. a decline that could mean a $3 billion loss for american farmers. but kes tell supports trump and believes his tariff policy is a way to get better trade deals. >> he seems harsh right now, but he's a businessman. he's trying to make this fair trade. that's all he's trying to do.

to make it fair. >> is he succeeding? >> i think he's gaining ground. >> farmers, he says, have to be optimists. cbs, illinois. britain's prince harry is celebrating his first father's day. he and his wife meghan posted this beautiful photo of harry cradling their son while the 6-week-old clutches his finger. coming up, why a controversial netflix series is putting prosecutors on defense. later we visit a small victory town build iing the nature's future high speed trains. of savings and service.

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cbs sunday morning. >> i'm hearing kory being physically beaten in the next room. and i'm immediately beyond afraid. >> reporter: a judge threw out the convictions in 2002es f ano. but not until after the so-called central park five spent 6 to 13 years in prison. he denies the confessions were coerced ask there's more than enough evidence to support those on the attacks of several other victims that night. >> she continues to miss the pig points. >> reporter: her attorney helped start a project. >> if that video taping had happened from the time they got him to the end of the interrogation, none of this would have happened. all those coercive techniques would have been exposed.

>> what's the lessoned learned? with. >> we have to change techniques because there's too much interrogation going on. >> a best selling author has been dropped by her publisher and resigned from defrl boards. last week a prosecutor said set would thot return to teaching at columbia law school. the netflix series has, quote, reignited a painful and vital national conversation about race, identity and criminal justice. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. still ahead, why amtrak is banking

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into the trains that will replace amtrak's ageing first generation high speed rail effort. the train order, the city of 8200 people. >> there's been an infusion of people and capital and culture here in the city. which we're all very appreciative of. >> reporter: former delta airlines ceo now runs amtrak. >> how important to the future of amtrak is the new train? >> it's incredibly important. it really lays out a clear vision for what short hall intercity passenger rail transportation can do for this country. >> reporter: the updated trains are faster. they will hold about 380 people. and are designed to tilt as they take turns allowing them to go faster. amtrak's corridor linking boston, new york and d.c. will see a cut in travel time by 15

minutes. >> we have a position to have a modern product that a millennial wants to get on with wifi, craft beers and reliable schedules that beat buss, cars and airplanes. >> reporter: the model meets crash worthiness. >> they are the most modern trains in the world. it's going to be very different experience and couple with that, even though the passenger will know it, they will be the safest trains they can ride. >> reporter: the railroad predicts its on track to break even for the first time by 2021 when the new ones will race along the northeast corridor. stanley hall plans to be one of the first passengers. >> it's going to be pride because i know there's going to be a plaque that said this was

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we end with a man in a hurry to give out gifts to every kid he can. >> reporter: if the uniforms weren't if you have to capture the kids' attention in springfield, massachusetts, what the law enforcement officers wearing them were giving away certainly was.

the man behind pet tall through youthis schools in poor neighborhoods to reward kids who do well with a bicycle. >> kids that live in poverty see the worst. so police are constantly in there. maybe when they grow up, he'll say my first bike came from a cop. >> we have over a thousand bikes down here. >> reporter: so far the group has given away 1100 bikes. that would be impressive enough if that was the whole story. it's not. >> how do you describe what's going on with your health? >> reporter: bob is sick. very sick. >> i have a tumor in my frontal lobe. >> do you have any idea how much time you have left? >> two years ago they said my brain reporte which is why he's filled with a sense of urgency.

>> so many people would look at you and say if i had weeks or months, hopefully longer, but if that's what i had left, i'd be sitting on a beach somewhere. what's that going to do? >> not a bad scene in terms of describing how you're spending your life. >> this is a beautiful scene. >> because what does it for him is doing for others as he told his team. >> i made sure they promised me that when my time comes and i leave, this is going to keep going. it has to. >> that's one worry to cross off his list. cbs news, massachusetts. >> that's the overnight news. for some of you, the news continues for others, check back for the morning news and "cbs this morning". from the broadcast center in new york city,

welcome to the "cbs overnight news." tensions continue to build around the oman. lots of evidence that iran was behind the attacks on two tankers last week. but other than a grainy video, pompeo is keeping that evidence to himself and many of america's allies are not convinced. >> the united states is considering a full range of options. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo told "face the nation" a military response against iran is just one possibility following thursday's attacks on two oil tankers in

the gulf of oman. this visdeo shows the guard removing that mine. germany's foreign minister said he's not convinced this video proves iran is to blame. democrats are resisting a military response. >> this administration might be leading us on a path to war that could get away from this white house very quickly. >> reporter: other than democrats today beat the drum for impeachment of the president. momentum is growing. >> we need to open an inquiry to look at what is going on. stid not obstruct dent tru

justice and says the constitution allowed him to fire special counsel robert mueller if he wanted to. >> article 2 allows me to do whatever i want. >> reporter: republicans believe that a a democratic focus on impeachment will only help the president get reelected. and today the south carolina senator was president trump's golf partner. on the road to 2020, a new cbs news battleground tracker poll looks at potential voters in 18 states that will determine who ultimately wins the democratic nomination. it's early but the poll shows joe biden is still leading. senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are behind him. kamala harris rounds out the top tier. joining us with more is cbs news director of elections and surveys anthony sillvanto. what's the real size of the field that voters are considering? >> when you look at the candidates voter says they are considering, you see how much there's a race. they are considering biden, but also warren, sanders, harris,

buttigieg, that describes the top tier of candidates that we see heading into the debates. >> what does eligibility mean to democrats and who is seen as most electable? >> they certainly prioritize it convinced someone can beat president trump. biden in the lead in that sense. most democrats think he can. the others seem to be 50/50 propositions in the minds of democrats. that's a case they will have make >> is there a difference, anthony, between progressives and moderates in the party on what voter want from a candidate? >> it appears there is right now. folks who say they would like a progressive agenda than ever before. therefore, biden, but also just much for warren or sanders. but those for a moderate candidate, to return to past administrations policies more, they are more for joe biden. that's a division we watch closely going forward. >> thank you. in hong kong, the outrage is

not letting up. around 2 million opponents were back on the streets today demanding the city's leader resign. she supports an extradition bill that would send people to china to face trial and an uncertain future. >> consumed by anger and clad in black, a crush of protesters march through hong kong today denouncing the government and by extension beijing. they are furious with their leader and hand picked by china's communist leaders. >> we're now in the thick of hong kong's black march. the route is so clogged, so many people have come out. as you can see right now, the people are defiant and angry and holding all these plaque cards and saying the chief executive resign. on saturday she hit the pause button indefinitely on controversial extradition legislation which could send people into china's dubious league system.

violence wednesday forced the forced the government to back pedal. police were accused of using excessive force. several dozen people were hurt. a protester hanging a banister fell to his death adding to the outrage. today citizens paid respects before joining the masses. >> will this have an effect? >> i'm not quite sure if we can do anything to effect the decisions of the government, but i understand if we do nothing today, nothing will be changed. >> he did apologize, but only on paper. as you can see, the crowds here have only gotten bigger and more resolute. >> thank you. the mayor of phoenix is apologizing following a video that shows a controversial confrontation between the city's police and a young family. officers are seen pointing their

guns and threatening to shoot a father who was with his pregnant fiance and two children. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the chaos as police officers as times sounded like hitmen. inside this suv, he and his pregnant fiance along with her two young children. >> he needs to slow down. those kids are right there >> reporter: the woman behind this video asking to take the kids. . >> seriously, i'll get the kids. >> reporter: the crime that sparked it all, a doll allegedly taken by one of the children from a family dollar store. the police say a pack of underwear was also shoplifted. it happened on may 27th. on twitter the mayor said the

police response was beyond upsettinscth responded today. >> this is not the type of behavior you should see. >> reporter: the children were handed over to that good samaritan and later returned to their mother who was released from police custody. the store manager declining to prosecute. the officers have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation. the family now suing the city for $10 million. authorities say an off duty police officer acted in self-defense in a deadly shooting in a costco in los angeles. official says he was holding his child when he was attacked by a 32-year-old man. kenneth french was killed and two family members were wounded. the officer's child is okay. target is telling customers not to worry about this weekend's massive computer crash. the company says it was caused by an internal technical issue

and that no personal information was taken. registers were down nationwide for about two hours.

over her decades in the music business, mavis staples has done it all. she's was name a kennedy center honoree. she will celebrate her 80th birthday next month is and to mark the asian indication, the festival put together a series of all star birthday tributes in nashville, los angeles and at the apollo theater in harlem. that's where anthony mason kaulgt up with her. >> reporter: mavis staples first appeared on the apollo stage in 156 with her family's band the

staple singers. six decades later, she's as vibrant as ever. >> yeeeuccessful now than you ever were. >> i am. >> that's kind of amazing really. >> isn't that amazing? at 80, i'm supposed to be going on in. but i'm comie ining on out. >> reporter: the birthday party had an all-star guest list. john joined her for a staples singer classic. the concert also drew. >> mavis is one of the greatest pfr. >> she's just a warm human as

well. >> reporter: and rising star mag any rogers. >> i have such a reverence for her i could not not come. ian 80. >> reporter: the a poll low was just the beginning of the celebration. >> you're having three parties. >> check this out. one would have been enough. i have been around a long time. so it really should be five. because i have gone from 8 to to 80. i was 8 years old. >> mavis started sunging with her siblings in the staple center. the the gospel group would march with mlk and provide the sound track to the civil rights movement. before scoring a string of

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it's called minecraft. how popular is sie its debut a decade ago, it's sold over 176 million co copies and more than 91 million people play it every month. lik legos. for a tour, i sought out an expert. >> what's your current occupation? >> i'm a future grown up. >> reporter: he's actually my 14-year-old son jeffrey. >> in a shut health is what is minecraft. pacically a virtual world where you can destroy things. if we're going to build a house, we'll want a certain selection of blocks. there's oak wood, i'll build a simple house. i'll just place the outline first so i know what i'm going to build.

>> it's got to have a window. >> i'll add that. we'll add a bit of glass and you can put it in like that. it doesn't seem to bother that everything looks crude and wan can. >> this game makes everything simple and easy to understand. there's nothing complicated going on. minecraft ice east appear has made it a phenomenon. kids come by the thousands to attend minecraft conventions like this one in los angeles called mine fair. >> i was the 8th employee and the first woman working on minecraft. >> that's where i met lydia, minecraft's chief brand officer. she's had a front row seat to minecraft's exploding popularity. >> every year we were like is this the craziest year ask then the next year it's even crazer

is. it's been a wild ride. >> reporter: in 2014 microsoft bought the small swedish company that makes minecraft for $2.5 billion. >> we were all kind of thinking, what happens now? but it's been amazing because i think what microsoft has done is they brought a the lot of help in bringing things that we have want the to work on like education, but didn't have the amount of people to work on it. >> wait, education? it's true. from math to chemistry to history, some teachers aring issing the benefits of playing minecraft in their cl rms. >> we're taking them to an environment they above love. >> please export. >> a teacher at william middle school in new jersey. his minecraft game design which is a is is a required course for 7th graders. during our visit the class used minecraft to build mini games

based on familiar fairy tales. >>. >> we chose jack and the bean stalk. we minecrafted it. >> nice. that's the bean stalk? >> yes. we are play testing to to double check. >> do it again. >> reporter: in his classroom, minecraft has done more than just give his students basic building skills. it's changed lives. case in point, this student. >> this is where he shined. not in every other clasp. and the coding type stuff we're talking about, he does things in this game i couldn't possibly comprehe comprehend. >> the command i'm going to do

is summon. you see endless loop of cows. >> this class has taught nontraditionally. it's very hands on for mine craft it just works the way my brain works. i love that. i'll put this here. >> reporter: he sees career possibilities a as a game designer. or he might follow in the the footsteps of another former steve isaac student. jerome, better known. >> thank you. ? are you a youtube celebrity? >> i suppose so. i don't think of it like that way. >> 5.5 million people follow him. most of which feature him playing minecraft as he narra s

narrates. >> i'm moving everything down here to make for the ultimate island. >> reporter: youtube displays ads. >> you're making a living from making visdeos that appear on youtube. >> it's the kweet opposite of what my parents said. don't play video games. but it worked out. i'm happy for it. >> today we just 2,000 peopling. >> i truly belief it will be the first gim of of our time to cross the generational gap. >> minecraft executive would probably agree. >> we'll be looking towards a lot of future architects and future designers who say like, mine craft was what inspired me to build this bulding because in the game i could use this digital canvas where anything you want you can make.

>> no plans to make it higher resolution, life like? >> it's going to keep being chunky blocks.

it's a long road from mexico to the vineyards of california to medical school. but for a pair of twin brothers, it was the american dream come true. they shared their story with jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: there's no one path to graduation. and no two know that better than

these twins. they graduated from harvard and ucla med school respectively. their family moved from mexico to central california when they were 10 to chase the american dream. which for immigrants meant picking graping in the field. >> we hate that, but we realize we were doing this recent. it was to help our family to help each other. >> reporter: their parents helped them. their mother introducing them and showing how education was the most valuable currency. >> every time i entered that library, i was entering a different world. by reading a different book. it gave me garage nation to be smsh swrsh else. >> also grounded in their studies. the twins aced their classes graduating high school and sharing the title of value ticktarian. both on full scholarships. then graduate school and the decision to become doctors.

what was that moment like when you received your letter from harvard or from us you and ucla. they said congratulations. i was very ecstatic. why would they pay someone of a small town to harvard medical school. i remember checking to make sure it was addressed to me. do you reflect the on sacrifices they have made. i think every day i wake up and i think what can i do today to make myself better. my family better and my community. >> reporter: the power of a dream planted at a hung age. jn than vig lot tu. >> that's the "cbs overnight news." check back with us later for the morning news and "cbs this

morning." the brocast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's monday, june 17th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." new pressure on iran. secretary of state mike pompeo says all options are on the table including a military response after last week's attacks on oil tankers in the middle east. outrage in hong kong. protesters flood the streets again to send a message to local leaders and to china. plus, tornados tear through indiana. now residents are left to clean up the mess. >> i swear i thought i was going to die.