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between 1000 access to foods like cereal and ramen, a cost between $1000-$1200 a month. what happened, there? >> we will see you back here at 6:00 for a full hour of news. >> see you tonight. ♪ >> jacobson: world champions. team u.s.a. wins it all at the women's world cup. >> we have no quit in us. we'll do anything to win. >> jacobson: also tonight, the president's popularity. mr. trump's approval rating hits an all-time high. what does that mean for campaign 2020? california clean-up as residents recover from two large earthquakes, many worry there could soon be another. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my gosh. >> jacobson: plus military injustice. was a world war i soldier denied the medal of honor because of the color of his skin? >> when you look at caucasian members of the military, if they were to perform the same action, they would be given the medal of honor in a heartbeat.
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>> jacobson: good evening. i'm dana jacobsen. american women are on top of the soccer world tonight. team u.s.a. beat the netherlands 2-0 to win the women's world cup for a fourth time, the second title in a row. roxana saberi covered today's game in lyon, france. >> reporter: the reigning champions taking on europe's best was never supposed to be easy. and in the first half, the netherlands did something no other team here has -- stopped the u.s. from scoring. >> deflected. two players down in the box. >> reporter: but when the americans were awarded a penalty, co-captain megan rapinoe stepped up. >> goal! u.s.a. >> reporter: a few minutes later her teammate rose lavelle followed. and so to cheers in the stadium and back home, the u.s. earned a fourth world cup victory, making history. >> we're crazy. that's what makes us special. we just have no quit in us.
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we're so tight, and we'll do anything to win. >> reporter: what was it like to witness soccer history being made? >> it was awesome. it was the best. it was the best. >> highlight of my life. >> u-s-a! u-s-a! >> reporter: but the women are not just soccer players, they're role models, to fans like jen burney from san diego. >> they're also examples of how to be great humans. they're multidimensional people who stand up for what's right and aren't afraid to express their opinions and aren't afraid to just be fabulous. >> it's obvious they mean a lot to you. >> we love them. >> reporter: the team's win caps four weeks of drama off the field, with players deflecting accusations of celebrating too boldly. >> you see men celebrating all around the world in big tournaments. >> reporter: speaking too openly. >> i stand by the comments i made about not wanting to go to the white house. >> reporter: and displaying too much confidence. >> i don't think our team is arrogant at all. >> reporter: but during this record-breaking run, the team has also fought for equal pay
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and treatment for female athletes. in that battle, players have said this trophy matters. their coach, jill ellis, says they won it by being resilient. >> they put their heart and soul into this journey, and i can't thank them enough. it's been fantastic. >> reporter: but the biggest winner here may be women's soccer. this tournament has highlighted the popularity and growth of the game around the world. dana? >> reporter: roxana, thank you. a new poll gives president trump his highest job approval rating ever, but a majority of americans still disapprove of his performance, especially when it comes to immigration. nikole killion is traveling with the president. >> reporter: as president trump wrapped up his weekend at his new jersey golf club, a new "washington post"/abc news poll showed 44% of voting-age americans approve of mr. trump, an all-time high since he entered office, but 53% disapprove. the president has had a majority disapproval rating for his entire term, a record for any commander-in-chief in the modern
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era. while the poll also gave the president high marks on the economy, it showed a majority of americans are dissatisfied with his handling of immigration. >> we've got an administration that has intentionally used cruelty to children as a tool of immigration policy. >> reporter: the acting secretary of homeland security defended conditions at migrant detention centers, which his own agency described in an internal watchdog report as a ticking time bomb. >> there is adequate food and water because the facility is cleaned every day, because i know what our standards are, and i know they're being followed. >> reporter: on twitter the president blamed the media for phony and exaggerated accounts of the border detention centers, adding, "people should not be entering our country illegally only for us to have to care for them." >> people who came from unbelievable poverty, they had no water, they had no anything where they came from, those are people that are very happy with what's going on, because relatively speaking, they're in much better shape right now.
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the border patrol and all of the law enforcement that's working on the border, it's incredible what they're doing. >> reporter: in a series of leaked diplomatic cables, britain's ambassador to the u.s. described the trump administration as "dysfunctional, diplomatically clumsy and inept." the memos were reported by "the daily mail." >> we're not big fans of that man, and he has not served the u.k. well. >> reporter: britain is not denying the authenticity of the memos. they say their relationship with the white house will withstand what it calls "mischievous behavior." dana? >> jacobson: nicole killion, thank you. iran says it's raising uranium enrichment above the amount allowed in the 2015 nuclear deal. the u.s. has pulled out of that agreement. but european allies have not. iran threatens more violations unless the e.u. protects it from u.s. sanctions. a wealthy money manager whose friends have included presidents
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and a prince is behind bars in manhattan tonight. jeffrey epstein is accused of sex trafficking and molesting underage girls. as mola lenghi reports, it's the latest in a string of allegations. >> reporter: epstein's arrest by federal agents in new jersey came when he stepped off his private jet when it arrived from paris. the 66-year-old multimillionaire hedge fund manager, also a registered sex offender, is accused of paying underage girls for massages and molesting them at his homes in florida and new york, according to the associated press. epstein has surrounded himself with a high-profile circle of friends, including then private citizen donald trump, prince andrew, and former president bill clinton, who reportedly took more than two dozen trips on epstein's private jet. in 2002, donald trump told "new york" magazine, "i've known jeff for 15 years, terrific guy." and "he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side."
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these charges in the southern district of new york come more than a decade after epstein's legal team struck a secret deal with federal prosecutors in florida who allowed him to plead guilty to two lesser sex charges in state court. he served just 13 months in a county jail and was granted work release. >> the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: that non- prosecution agreement was arraigned by epstein's legal team and current labor secretary alex acosta, who served as u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida at the time. epstein's victims were kept in the dark and could not object. brad edwards, an attorney representing a young woman in the case, spoke to cbs news' jericka duncan in december. >> local victims have said when they were 14, 15 years old, they brought 25, 30 girls to him. that's just one person. nobody has really had the opportunity or ability to see
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how deep this goes in any other jurisdiction. >> reporter: federal agents searched epstein's new york home last night. he is scheduled to be in court monday where we'll learn whether epstein will be granted bond. also the indictment, which led to his arrest, will be unsealed, dana, revealing more details about the case against him. >> jacobson: a lot of people interested in what those details may be. mola, thank you very much. california residents remain on edge tonight. two major earthquakes and 3,000 aftershocks have rocked a wide area over the past three days. carter evans shows us those hit the hardest are starting to clean up. >> reporter: from the outside, the damage to bill and marilyn mckee's home doesn't look too severe, but this is what the quake did inside. it is where the mckees were when friday night's 7.1 jolt struck. >> it was crazy, because everything that survived the first earthquake didn't survive the second. >> reporter: you're inside when this chimney collapses into the roof. what are you thinking? >> i don't know how we made it
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out the front door. stuff was just stacked up. i had to rip the door open. >> reporter: their community of trona was closest to the epicenter. these cracks in the road are a direct result of the shifting fault line below. in nearby ridgecrest, security video shows just how violent that magnitude 7.1 quake was as it shook the town. it sent almost anything not bolted down flying off the shelves. and to those outside, swimming pools became mini-tsunamis. that memory still fresh for everyone in ridgecrest, where today many found comfort in their faith. >> the city that shakes together stays together. >> reporter: mental health professionals are also being brought in. >> it's important that we get the help that we need and get back to a normal life. >> reporter: but with constant aftershocks, life couldn't be further from normal for the mckees. >> this was so awakening to what
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an earthquake can really do. i never imagined something like this happening here in this valley. >> reporter: it's hard to calm frayed nerves with all the aftershocks. the mckees were worried another quake could send all these bricks right into their home. others are afraid to go in their home at all, and they've been sleeping outside. dana? >> jacobson: carter evans with the latest in california. carter, thank you. there was nowhere to cool off along mississippi's coast today. a toxic algae bloom forced all 21 of the state's gulf coast beaches to close to swimmers. going into the water there could cause rashes and nausea. people are also being told not to eat fish caught in the area. today was actually a beach day in alaska. the state is dealing with record heat. parts of anchorage could hit 88 today. jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: dana, we're here near the byron glacier where it's so warm i can walk around in shorts and a polo. the state of alaska is heating up at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and if
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you don't want to believe those numbers, come here to anchorage, where this weekend we saw temperatures about 25 degrees above normal. that is the hottest it has been here in alaska in the state's history. to put that in perspective, it was as hot here on july 4th as it was all the way south on miami beach. scientists say there is no doubt this is climate change. they say the consequences are dangerous. also all this sun reflecting arctic ice in alaska is melting quicker and earlier, and, of course, you can't forget the wild fires. more acreage burned this year than all of last year, and we dana, meteorologists say that the temperatures here will drop back to the 70s, but they warn these alaskan heat wave. could be the new normal. >> jacobson: jonathan, thank you. music legend stevie wonder is taking some time off as he battles kidney disease. wonder told fans in london he will perform three more shows
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and then take a break to receive a kidney transplant in september. he told a packed concert he has a donor lined up and will be just fine. two americans went to the hospital today during the running of the bulls in pamplona, spain. a 46-year-old san francisco man was gored in the neck. a kentucky tourist and man from spain were gored in the thigh. it's the first day of the nine- day festival. coming up, safety at the shore with shark attacks on the rise. and later, an ancient mystery. was this 3,000-year-old statue of king tut stolen? i switched to miralax for my constipation.
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the fast response plan. >> exactly. >> reporter: orleans fire chief anthony pike's job is protecting parts of this 40-mile stretch of coastline from a danger you can't always see-- sharks. do you think people are afraid, or do you think they just accept this is now part of life here? >> i think we're undergoing a culture change here. >> reporter: pike says it's the new normal. over the past eight years, at least three people have reportedly been bitten by sharks on the cape, and shark sightings prompted the cape cod national seashore to ban water entry a reported 28 times last year. that means boosting emergency response. more land lines to combat poor cell service, shark warning signs, and these beachside emergency boxes. >> the first first aid box of its kind in the east coast of the united states. tourniquet, trauma dressings. if you access this box, you a pretty good cache of what you may need in major emergency. >> they are following the food,
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and the food unfortunately is very close to shore, an we are very close to shore. >> reporter: massachusetts marine biologist greg skomal, whose team tagged three great whites in the past few days here, says the exploding seal population is the reason for the increase in shark sightings. >> i ask people, if you're going to be in an area where these sharks are hunting, and that's particularly along the outer cape, parts of cape cod bay, as well, this is a natural hunting ground for this species. take into consideration the fact that you are a land animal going in the ocean, and be vigilant. >> reporter: the seal population here is protected by law, and while it might seem like shark sightings off cape cod are a common occurrence, being killed by one is very rare. in fact, statistically, you a better chance of being killed by a lightning strike, a car accident, or even a dog. don dahler, cbs news, wellfleet, massachusetts. >> jacobson: some interesting stats there. still ahead, a 3,000-year-old statue of king tut sold to the highest bidder.
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been auctioned off for $6 million, but egyptian officials insist the likeness of king tut is a priceless piece of history. they say it was stolen and want it back. charlie d'agata has the story. >> reporter: after 3,000 years it's showing some wear and tear, but it is definitely the face of the world's most famous pharaoh. >> as you can see here, the eyes, the eyebrows are completely carved. the lips are extremely sensual. >> reporter: if only those extremely sensual lips could talk. maybe he could explain how he found himself on an auction block at christie's. zahi hawass is egypt's former minister of antiquities. >> they never tell us about the origin, about how they bought it from egypt, who has ownership of this piece. they have no evidence of that, but we do think that this is a part of our heritage. >> reporter: the story begins in the 1920s ["n british archaeologist howard carter discovered king tut's tomb.
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christie's contends the bust has been under the ownership of a private collection in germany since 1985, after passing through several hands since the 1960s. up close it is exquisite, instantly recognizable as the face of king tut. christie's say ancient objects like this are, by their nature, impossible to trace back thousands of years. christie's head of antiquities, laetitia delaloye, says the auction house has done everything it could to prove its province. >> christie's is at the forefront for the protection of historical objects. this piece has been widely published and exhibited. it's a very well-known piece. there hasn't been any claim on the piece, and we have not received any evidence from the egyptian authorities about a problem. authorities have failed to stop the sale, they have not stopped their battle.
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>> we will fight until the head of tutankhamen, our great, famous king, should come back. >> reporter: the great, famous king won't be coming back any time soon. egypt's child king is under new ownership. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> jacobson: next on the "cbs weekend news," the push to honor a military hero from world war i. too many people in pain settle for a restless night's sleep. there's a better choice. aleve pm.
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>> jacobson: we end tonight with an effort to make sure one proud american is given the nation's highest military honor after earning it more than a century ago. chip reid has his story. >> reporter: sergeant william butler served with the renowned all-black 369th infantry regiment during world war i. his heroism made headlines after he killed at least five germans while rescuing five americans who had been taken prisoner. the 369th got a parade on their return, and butler received the distinguished service cross and france's highest military honor, but not the u.s. medal of honor. >> no black received a medal of
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honor in world war i. >> reporter: professor jeffrey sammons of new york university says that's largely because of a concerted and well-documented effort by senior white officers to denigrate the performance of black soldiers. >> "they could do anything but fight." >> reporter: "they" being african american soldiers? >> yes. "they have, in fact, been dangerous to no one but themselves and women." >> reporter: sammons has joined forces with professor timothy westcott of park university in missouri to right what they see as a terrible wrong. how are you going to fix that? >> we're going to fix it with the best forensics and genealogical and historical research that we can possibly do. >> reporter: westcott and his students are combing through the records of more than 100 world war i service members who received the distinguished service cross but might have deserved more. >> i'm just astonished by what they did. >> reporter: sophomore joshua weston is a veteran.
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>> when you look at caucasian members of the military, if they were to perform the same actions, they would have been given the medal of honor in a heartbeat. >> reporter: their work is supported by bipartisan legislation now before congress, which would require the defense department to do a systematic review of potential medal of honor candidates. butler later took his own life and is buried at arlington national cemetery. ashlyn weber hopes his headstone will one day read, "medal of honor." >> if i can do anything in my power to make sure some of these men live again, i will do it." >> reporter: a mission based on a belief that it's never too late to do the right thing. chip reid, cbs news, parkland, missouri. >> jacobson: so well said. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes." the news continues now on our 24-hour digital network cbsn at snews.com. i'm dana jacobsen in new york. for all of us at cbs news, thank you for joining us and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs
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captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org developing news out of spain, a bay area man is in the hospital after a horrifying brush with the bowls. a san jose homeowner profiting off of wild parties, his neighbors say what happened last night is the straw. the earthquakes near ridgecrest are not only shaking up southern california but also have people here thinking about what might be coming.
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>> is the final day of the fair and the weather is beautiful, so why would people be coming here and anticipating a disaster? >> reporter: it might not be a bad idea, the powerful earthquakes in the southland desert have been a reminder that the next big one here is not if but when.>> people wake up and find out more information.>> these earthquakes that are going on are a good reminder because in the hustle of everyday we forget.>> that's why the fire department booth was a popular place this morning. they featured a gamer residence try to identified items in an emergency bag with their eyes closed. >> what you think you want watering or disaster get? >> it got people thinking of reinforcing the idea of having a bag ready in case of sudden evacuation. over at the virtual
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