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♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> dubois: on the "cbs evening news" this wednesday-- breaking news. officials say david ortiz was not the intended target, the night he was shot. >> breaking news from the dominican republic. >> the shooting of ex-red sox slugger david ortiz was the result of mistaken identity. >> the house of representatives held the first hearing on reparations for slavery in more than a decade. >> i feel a sense of anger where we are in the united states of america. >> i just don't think someone today is responsible for what someone else did 150 years ago. >> dubois: breaking tonight, a cbs news exclusive. we learn that missouri's only abortion clinic is one step closer to losing its license by the end of the week. planned parenthood tells us why. we're there near one of the tankers attacked in the middle
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east, and learn why fingers are being pointed at iran. >> this is about as close as we can get to that hole that was blown inside of the hull. >> dubois: and, "hurricane" hawkins setting a record at 103. >> i hope i'm inspiring them to realize, you can still be doing it. >> dubois: good evening. i'm maurice dubois. this is our western edition. we begin with breaking news in the shooting of david ortiz. officials in the dominican republic have just revealed the baseball superstar was not the intended target. he was shot by mistake. 11 suspects are under arrest, as ortiz recovers in boston. mola lenghi is in santo domingo with late developments. >> reporter: dominican attorney general jean alain rodriguez sanchez and national police director ney aldrin bautista say they now know everything in the shooting of former major league baseball all-star david ortiz. authorities say david ortiz was not the target. instead, it was another man at the bar wearing a similar
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outfit. ortiz was shot in the back at point-blank range as he sat with friends on the patio of the dial bar and lounge sunday june 9 in what appeared to be an ambush. police say the attack was a paid hit job. investigators say alberto miguel rodriguez mota, the so-called middleman who paid the gunman, is a known fugitive, but police have already arrested the alleged gunman, rolfi ferreira cruz. cruz told reporters he was confused and was only told what color of clothing to look for. dominican police are still looking for several others, including the mastermind of the plot, the man who provided the money. investigators here at the attorney general's office in santo domingo say victor hugo gomez was the alleged mastermind. he remains a fugitive on the run, and they tell us that he is also wanted in north america on drug-related charges. maurice? >> dubois: mola lenghi, thank you tonight. in other news, the debate was heated.
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at times the spectators grew boisterous as a house subcommittee held a hearing today on whether to set up a commission to study paying reparations to the descendants of americans who were enslaved. it was the first hearing on this issue in a dozen years, and it came on the anniversary of juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the u.s. ed o'keefe has more on this. >> this is a very important hearing. it is historic. it is urgent. >> reporter: new jersey senator and presidential candidate cory booker spoke today in favor of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves. >> we as a nation must address this persistent inequity or we will never fully achieve the strength and possibility. >> supporters packed the hearing room, making their opinions known. >> the reason for that -- >> listen, wait a minute. >> and they jam the hallways hal outside. >> i asked my boss for the day off to take care of family business. i got on a plane in two days and
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flew to washington d.c. i'm quite excited. >> the bill would not have the government start cutting checks to african americans, it would merely establish a commission to discuss the idea. >> why should the federal government bear responsibility for economic and social damages to the descendants of slaves. >> because the federal government is complacent in it. >> it dates back to post civil war where the government promised but never delivered 40 acres and a mule to former slaves. supporters cite a range of racial inequity that long outlasted slavery. typical black families have one tenth the wealth of white families. black wild birth dies and black men are incarcerated at higher rates than whites. but critics at the witness table including coleman hughes, a descendant of slaves the reparations would not address concerns about inequity. >> reparations by definition are only given to victims. the moment you give me reparations, you've made me into
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a victim without my consent. >> and most republicans oppose them including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago where none of us who are living are responsibility as a good idea. >> the story in support of reparations shot back. >> for century after the civil war black people were subjected to a relentless campaign of terror. a compare that extended well into the lifetime of majority leader mcconnell. >> some studies estimates that paying for reparations can cost up to six trillion dollars over several years. there's no reliable data on what americans think about reparations overall but a few research centers study earlier this year found 53% of respondents believe slavery still affect the position of black people in american society. >> maurice. >> dubois: ed o'keefe at the capitol tonight, thank you. a union pacific train carrying
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bomb, grenades, and ammonium nitrate to an army depot derailed in northern nevada today. more than 22 cars went off the tracks. interstate 80 was shut down, but olice say only vegetable oil leaked from one car. the munitions were at the other end of the train. no one was injured. hope hicks, one of president trump's closest aides at one orint, met today behind closed doors with the house judiciary committee. democrats tried to question hicks about possible obstruction of justice, but they didn't get very far. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: hicks took questions for seven hours, but she would not talk about her time in the white house. >> even something as simple as "where was your office located?" "objection." >> reporter: white house lawyers with hicks said she didn't have to answer because of something they called "absolute immunity." >> again, there is no such thing as "absolute immunity." the white house is just making stuff up. >> reporter: hicks was one of the president's closest aides. her name appears in the mueller report 184 times. mueller says hicks witnessed most of the president's attempts to interfere with the
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investigation. why not answer the committee's questions, ms. hicks? >> reporter: republicans argue there is nothing left to learn from hicks, who is now a vice president at fox corporation. >> we're simply talking about things that are already out there in public and getting the same answers over and over again. es reporter: normally congress doesn't like it when people don't answer your questions, but you're saying in this case you're fine with it. >> i want to make it clear, whether congress likes it or not, it's been used by previous administration, both republican and democrat, so this is not new. >> reporter: but democrats say this immunity claim for a former white house aide is new, and they're planning to challenge it in court, because they have a number of former trump aides, maurice, that they want to interview as part of their investigation. >> dubois: okay, nancy cordes tonight, thank you. the u.s. navy today gave reporters a close look at evidence that, according to an explosives expert, links iran to attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman. charlie d'agata hopped aboard for the tour.
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>> reporter: we headed out to sea on u.s. navy gunboats to see up close for the first time the crime scene at the center of a crisis that's edging the u.s. and iran closer to open conflict. the u.s. fifth fleet forces patrol these waters, the most strategic and vulnerable oil shipping lane in the world. we have been shown explosive fragments and a magnet left behind from an undetonated mine described as bearing a striking resemblance to limpet mines used by iran. out in the gulf of oman, the japanese-owned "kokuka courageous" still bearing the scars of that attack. shis is about as close as we can get to that hole that was blown inside of the hull. navy investigators say it's probably the work of an iranian- made limpet mine. it is maybe about four or five feet high, maybe three feet wide, and at least at this point, the way the ship is sitting, it's just above the
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water line. but the u.s. navy's account, that a mine targeted the vessel, contradicts eyewitnesses onboard. nhey saw flying objects before this explosion happened. do you have any explanation for that? >> the presence of flying objects has no bearing on whether or not, or what the attack was-- excuse me. let me correct myself. the damage that we observed is consistent with a limpet mine attack and not consistent with an external flying object hitting the ship. >> reporter: fueling tensions even further, a rocket attack today in basra, iraq, that injured three people at a facility housing exxon-mobil. that's the fourth attack in the past week targeting u.s. installations, the implication being that iranian-backed militias are to blame. maurice? >> dubois: charlie d'agata in the u.a.e. tonight, thank you. now to some breaking news on an extremely divisive issue. in the wake of numerous protests, cbs news has learned planned parenthood is planning to defy state law in missouri, a
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step that puts the state's only abortion clinic one step closer to shutting down by friday. meg oliver reports tonight from st. louis. >> reporter: missouri's only clinic that provides abortions, planned parenthood of st. louis, may no longer be able to perform abortions by the end of the week. the clinic says they will defy state law, which says they must perform two pelvic exams before an abortion procedure. missouri has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, requiring a consent process, a 72-hour waiting period, and two pelvic exams before a woman undergoes an abortion procedure. dr. david eisenberg is the medical director of the clinic. you're the only abortion clinic available in the state of missouri. by choosing to do this, are you choosing your ethics over women's healthcare? >> we are choosing to provide the best quality, patient- centered care that we've always provided at planned parenthood. and that includes doing things
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that are driven by science, by evidence, and by what's medically appropriate. >> reporter: the clinic has been one of the focal points in the abortion debate with weeks of protests. department of health and senior services cited planned parenthood for 30 deficiencies. the latest chapter of the prolonged battle is a letter the clinic plans to file in district court thursday. they cite a recent statement from the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists that says routine multiple pelvic exam for women seeking abortion care are unwarranted, invasive and not supported we spoke with a woman whose identity we are protecting at her request for security reasons. she came to planned parenthood this week for an abortion. do you feel that you were violated, having to have another pelvic exam? >> yes. my thing is, if there's a medical reason that's keeping me safe, okay, i'm fine with it. i feel the pelvic exam is just
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another way of them deterring you from a decision you know you already want to make. >> reporter: the state health department has until friday morning to determine whether to renew planned parenthood's license. maurice? >> dubois: meg oliver in st. louis tonight, thank you. there are calls for change in the phoenix police department after officers held a family at gunpoint when they were accused of shoplifting. forecasters say that's the latest example of harassment and intimidation, jeff pegues is there. ( chanting ) >> reporter: the fallout over the controversial arrest continues today. people chanted that the police should be fired. >> all i see is a damn murderer. >> reporter: and the same type of frustration boiled over last night in a phoenix church. >> you guys have put fear in my life. >> reporter: police chief jerri williams mostly just listened, until she apologized for the actions of some of the department's officers. >> we are here to come back with this community. we are here to make change.
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>> get out of the ( bleep ) car! >> reporter: in just the last couple weeks, cell phone videos of the conversation between officers and the young family have surfaced. >> put your ( bleep ) hands up! >> i can't put my hands up. i've got a ( bleep ) baby. >> reporter: prior to that, 97 current and former phoenix police officers were found to have made questionable facebook posts which endorsed violence leainst mexicans, muslims, women, and criminal defendants. but according to the plainview project, which created the database, other departments across the country employ officers who have made similar statements, from philadelphia, dallas, as well as st. louis, where the top prosecutor banned 22 officers from presenting cases. late today, philadelphia police commissioner richard ross announced that 72 police officers will be moved to desk duty. ware eqy by many of the posts y orter: what do you want the city council to do? in phoenix, viri hernandez has
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been advocating for police changes. >> this is how these officers think. this is how they feel. and so when they're on the streets, this is how they're acting. >> reporter: the phoenix police department says that it has launched an internal review of the 75 active officers' facebook statements, and all of this is unfolding, even though officers here have been taking implicit bias classes. maurice. >> dubois: jeff pegues in phoenix tonight, thank you. a new united nations report says there's credible evidence the crown prince of saudi arabia is responsible for the murder of "washington post" journalist asmal khashoggi. the report was based partly on recordings from inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. it reveals how it says operatives planned to kill, dismember, and dispose of khashoggi, referring to him as a "sacrificial animal." the saudi foreign minister rejected the report as "nothing new." next on the "cbs evening news," an alaska teen is accused of killing her best friend, after a
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other teens, to help her plan and carry out the killing. according to the criminal complaint, on june 2, brehmer nnd 16-year-old kayden mcintosh took hoffman on a hike where they allegedly bound her with duct tape before mcintosh shot her in the head and dumped her in the river. >> i am going to seek justice, and i am going to follow this to the fullest extent of the law, and i will be here every time she is, and i will not let it go. >> reporter: police found hoffman's body a day later, and the scheme began to unravel, leading them to brehmer, mcintosh, and the other teens involved. brehmer's phone records revealed schilmiller in indiana. authorities say their arrest should be a warning. >> if you're planning to conduct a crime in alaska and you think you're safe because you're that far away, you're not. we will track you down. we will find you, and we will bring you er justice. >> reporter: schilmiller and brehmer are also facing child porn charges. through his fake online account, police say he was able to
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>> dubois: finally here tonight, who ever heard of a runner setting world records just a couple years after taking up the sport? it turns out, this beginner has plenty of life experience. >> reporter: at 103 years old, julia hawkins isn't slowing down. she's picking up the pace. >> julia hawkins, gold medalist. ( cheers and applause ) >> dubois: during this week's national senior games in albuquerque, new mexico, "hurricane" hawkins, as she's known, won gold in both the 50 and 100 meter races. that's not all. the sprinter set a new u.s.a. track and field record, as the oldest woman to compete on an american track. >> i hope i'm inspiring them to be healthy. and they realize you can still be doing it at this kind of an
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age. >> dubois: hawkins is no stranger to breaking records. she started her running career r age 100, and quickly racked up three world records by 102, including in the 100 meter dash. she told reporters at the time, she skipped her nap to make that race. >> i thought it would be neat running at 100 and winning the 100-yard dash. >> dubois: her training secret: gardening at her home in louisiana. >> every day when you're 103 is a miracle. >> dubois: hawkins says she competes to impress her family, but with this drive and a few world records under her belt, she's on track to impress many more people than that. and we can all learn a lot right there. that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm maurice dubois. we'll see you tomorrow. have a good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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