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our new special contributor maria elenas has been looking into the roundup of undocumented workers in mississippi and the devastating impact it has had on families. 680 food plant workers were arrested last week, but none of the people who employee them illegally were charged. maria elena shows you how one
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family is struggling to get by without a husband and father in tonight's "eye on america." >> reporter: it seems like a normal morning routine in a household full of kids. >> my dad not being here is like very different. >> reporter: but it's far from normal. >> now that his dad's gone, he is now frustrated, aggressive. he's very angry, and we don't know how to handle it. >> reporter: she is thrust into an adult role, but angela sorac is just a vulnerable 13-year-old. >> i just want my dad. we really do. he -- he was -- he wasn't perfect, but i really did love him, and i still do, but i miss him. >> reporter: we met angela and her mother ingrid, who has six kids, ages 3 to 17 under her care. she has three more from her sister-in-law who was swept up in the raids. her husband, who is undocumented, is the sole
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provider in the one that looks after their 7-year-old son who has autism. >> every day i look at my kids crying, and there is no -- >> reporter: of the 680 people detained, around 300 of them were released. some for humanitarian reasons, and others with court dates, but ingrid's husband, er nery soracs not one of them. you know there is a chance your husband could be deported risks yeah. >> reporter: what will you do if that happens? >> i don't know. >> reporter: her husband is a case of collateral damage. he doesn't work at this plant, but he was here in this parking lot dropping off his sister when agents arrived and detained workers. being at the wrong place at the wrong time has had a devastating effect on his family. did you understand before this your parents' immigration status? did you ever talk about that as a family? >> we did have conversations
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about it, like if it ever comes to employees' cars are close, and if this happens, this happens, we just want you to know that we love you very much. >> reporter: koch foods where nery dropped off his sister for work say they comply with immigration laws. we sat down with mike hurst, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of mississippi. he says his office has been investigating the employers who hired undocumented workers. why are the employees immediately detained and put in jail and separated from their families when you have these employers and managers who are home-free with their families while the others are detained? >> right. what i can tell you is i hope the outcry and the passion that has been put forward this week, i hope that's towards every person that commits a crime, and
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every person that put theirs child in that situation. >> reporter: i understand, but you didn't answer the question. i'm asking you specifically about the last operation here and why it is that you have hundreds of people in jail and you have these employers or managers who hired them and broke the law home with their families? >> well, i'm not going to say right now what the status of the criminal investigation is. >> reporter: investigations aside, for this family, the absence of their father increases their pain and frustration with each passing day. >> it's not easy to lose family member because -- you have a very special bond with them. >> reporter: we can only imagine the pain that you're going through. >> it's different than imagining it and experiencing it, you >> and maria elena joins us tonight. so what did you learn about where this investigation into the employers stands? >> well, the investigation is ongoing, as you heard from mr. hurst.
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it's ongoing, but what's perplexing is that this investigation has been going on for six months, yet he says they don't have enough evidence to prosecute these employers who hired undocumented workers and the undocumented workers are detained. a study from syracuse university shows only 11 employers who have hired undocumented workers have been prosecuted nationwide, yet none of them have been in mississippi. and by the way, the family was contacted by i.c.e., a will be able to meet with their father. they will be able to visit him in detention. that's about two hours away from their home. >> important reporting tonight, maria elena. thank you so much. >> thank you, norah. and next, new warnings about the dangers of teen vaping and a new lawsuit against the leading maker of e-cigarettes. later, we've got breaking news in the u.s. women's soccer team battle for equal pay. and at the men's championship game, why they were paying so much attention to this referee.
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there are developments tonight in america's teen vaping crisis. a new lawsuit in illinois targets the number one maker of e-cigarettes, and dean reynolds roar reports, this follows reports of dangers. >> it's like dangerous. >> reporter: it may look like fun, but the health risk from teen vaping is why lake county, illinois is now the first municipality in the country to take the vaping industry leader juul to court. michael nerheim is the county prosecutor. >> like dope dealers on a street corner, juul intentionally created addicted customers to get them to continuously come back for life. >> reporter: a spokesman for juul said we have never marked to youth. we have no higher priority than to prevent youth usage of our products. that priority wasn't entirely clear when juul's videotaping
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products were introduced in 2015 as a somehow safer alternative to real cigarettes. while juul last year stopped store sales of its fruity flavored nicotine pods popular with kids, you can still get them online or from copycat pods, adaptable to juul devices. and increasingly, hospitals are admitting teens with serious lung damage from vaping unregulated off-the-street cartridges that could contain just about anything. more than 20 young people across three states have required treatment. have you seen this issue increase in the last couple of years? >> oh, absolutely. i see patients on a daily basis who are vaping. >> reporter: many businesses here like this store behind me require their patrons to be 21 or older and yet it's estimated that nationwide, more than 3 million high school students and 575,000 middle school students are using e-cigarettes.
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there is breaking news tonight about the u.s. women's soccer team innet ettits battle equal pay. mediation with broke down. a rep says the players feel sorely disappointed in the federation's determination to perpetuate fundamentally discriminatory workplace conditions and behavior. remember, the women won their fourth world cup last month but earned less than a quarter what the u.s. men's team would have been paid for the same fee. they say they're looking forward to a jury trial. and we'll be right back. when you can't watch the evening news on tv, don't worry. we've got you covered. subscribe to our newscast sponsored by liberty mutual.
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millions watched europe's super cup today, but their eyes weren't just on the soccer players. charlie d'agata tells us why. >> reporter: stephanie frappart stepped on to the field tonight and straight into the history books. the first woman to ever officiate a major european men's soccer final. before the match, frappart said she and her fellow female refs are more than ready to take on the big boys. >> we have to prove physically, technically and tactically that we are the same that the men. so i'm not afraid about that. >> reporter: refereeing the women's world cup final which the usa won in spectacular fashion is one thing, but over here officiating europe's highest level game tonight, soccer titans liverpool versus chelsea, that's a game changer. by way of comparison, the nfl
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has had just one full-time female referee in its almost 100-year history. few would dispute whether frappart is qualified, but are fans ready for a female referee in the men's game? >> i believe it's quite a bit step because women's football son the rise. >> we don't talk about whether it's a male referee or a female referee. it's a referee. >> reporter: frappart has said she hopes she inspires other young women to pick up whistle and make themselves heard. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> nice to see that. i'm norah o'donnell in washington. good night.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tom hansen. we begin with rising fears about a looming recession after a major dive on wall street. the dow plunged 800 points wednesday. that's a drop of more than 3%, this after a closely watched recession warning started flashing red for the first time in a decade. don dahler has the latest. >> reporter: the symbol of wall street might be a steadfast bull, but traders reacted like skittish colts to today's news. a key signal that a recession may well just be around the corner sent the dow plunging 800 points.
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diane swonk, chief economist at thornton says investors are fleeing stocks for safety in bonds. >> the easiest way to understand it is that basically, long-term rates, anything that's outside there that's more than a year or two years or three years or four years, those rates are now lower than short-term rates. it means you're not willing to place a bet on the future. and that's the fear is that this could actually trigger a credit crisis. >> reporter: but it doesn't mean a recession is eminent. historically, it could take 18 to 24 months to arrive, if at all. in this case, a recession could come right around the 2020 election. the other factor influencing the market sell-off, a global economic slowdown. china embroiled in a trade war with the u.s. reported its slowest growth figures since 1992. japan's economic growth decreased to 1.8%. germany's economy shrank with exports lagging, and much of europe followed suit with production plunging the most in three years as its economic expansion cools.
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this will undoubtedly put pressure on the federal reserve and its chairman, jerome powell, to cut interest rates. powell has been a target of scathing criticism from president trump over the fed's monetary policies. >> for more perspective on the big market drops, cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger spoke with norah o'donnell on "cbs evening news." >> jill, are we headed for a recession? and what does this news mean for investors and consumers? >> well, whether or not we get to rae session remains to be seen. but here's what we know for investors. uncertainty around trade is causing a lot of consternation. i know it's tough to look at those 401(k) statements, but look, just stick to that long-term game plan. for consumers, there is actually a little bit of a silver lining here. as bond prices go up and yields go down, that means the cost of borrowing is dropping. so if your family can afford it, now may be a very good time to
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make a large purchase like a home with a mortgage or a car with a car loan. so it's not all bad. try to keep very clear here that this is not put in the book yet. really run your life as if this were just any old day. >> all right, jill schlesinger, good information. thank you. a friend of the mass shooter who killed nine people in dayton, ohio face adjudges in court wednesday. prosecutors say ethan kollie purchased body armor, a 100-round ammo clip a part of the assault rifle that were all used by the gunman. kollie's lawyer says the 24-year-old did not help the plan the attack and was unaware of his friend's intentions. meanwhile, the timeline is providing chilling details of the gunman's movements. here is dean reynolds. >> reporter: two hours before beginning his violent rampage, 24-year-old connor betts, his sister and a friend are seen on video headed for a night of bar
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hopping. the first stop blind bobs. just after midnight, betts crosses the street and heads to another bar, separating from his sister and friend. at 12:42, wearing a t-shirt and shorts, he heads back to the car and reemerges in a hoodie, body armor and backpack, weighted by his weapon and ammunition. minutes later, at 1:05 a.m., the shooting begins. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> reporter: the crowd on the patio of a bar scatters. the gunfire lasts for 32 seconds before police stop it. >> the multiple medics out here. we've got a bunch of people shot. >> reporter: betts' sister was shot to death and his friend wounded. text messages reveal he knew their location about seven minutes before opening fire, but investigators say they can't agree whether he targeted them. >> some are saying absolutely not. he was not intentional. some say no, he had to be. i would say it's inconclusive. >> reporter: police say they believe the shooter's sister and
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friend knew nothing about his violent intentions that night and are still searching for a motive. >> i think we have a lot of information about mind-set. i think that should be enough thematicale maatically that yout a pretty clear picture of what was going on here. >> reporter: police say the gunman was very familiar with the area and its night spots and was actually there on that street the night before his rampage. national parks are warning tourists about a potentially deadly has after a rare accident killed a teenager on vacation. a family of five was driving on a popular road in glacier national park in montana when falling rock smashed into their car. a 14-year-old girl in the car was killed. meg oliver has more. >> reporter: pat cummings says she was driving down this road in glacier national park when traffic stopped amid sounds of horror. >> i could clearly hear a woman
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crying, frantically screaming, epte park offic confirm a car driven by a family of five from utah was caught in a rockfall, enough debris to fill the bed of a pickup truck. some of the stones a foot in diameter. >> whether it's rain, whether it's wind, you know, all of those things can cause rocks to fall. but a rockfall of this magnitude is very unusual. >> reporter: a 14-year-old girl in the car was killed. her parents and two siblings were injured. >> if there had been more cars probably closer together, i do think it could have been worse. >> reporter: it happened here on the 15-mile-long going to the sun road, driven by about two million people every year. the road's last rockfall death was more than two decades ago, and the danger is not always preventible. >> it's a little bit tough to inspect the mountain above the road. rocks are continually shedding ast of that geo logic
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> a groundbreaking new law in new york is allowing sexual abuse survivors to seek justice, no matter how much time has passed. alleged victims often can't file lawsuits because of the statute of limitations. now the child victims act gives survivors a one-year window to file civil lawsuits against their alleged perpetrators or institutions like a school or church. nikki battiste spoke to one of the first alleged victims who filed a lawsuit just hours after the law passed. >> that's right. his story is powerful. james larney has never spoken
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publicly about the sexual abuse he says he suffered as a child at the hands of a priest in new york city. but today that changes. as the new york child victims act goes into effect, larney is coming forward and says he is ready for his day in court. some of what he has to say may be difficult to hear. >> my dad always told me the priest is just one step away from god. you must respect and do whatever he wants you to do. >> reporter: james larney says that message from his devoutly catholic father intentionified the confusion and fear he experienced at age 13 when he says his then priest, monsignor rafael began sexually abusing him in the choir loft at st. anthony of padua church on staten island. >> very slowly, he put his hand behind my head, and i started to cry quietly, but he was not going to stop.
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and he guided my head -- my head do down. this was the favor for the next oh, about 18 months. >> reporter: the priest died in 2000. larney, now 66 says by the time he was ready to come forward, it was too late. the statute of limitation for any criminal or civil recourse had long passed, until now. does the new york child victims act give you the power back? >> yes, it does. i never thought that this moment would come where i'd be able to legally seek justice. >> reporter: larney is now suing st. anthony of padua and the archdiocese of new york. jennifer freeman is his attorney. there are critics who say some people may take advantage of the new law to try the make money. what is your response to them? >> this is about accountability
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and responsibility, holding those institutions responsible for what they allowed or did to children. >> reporter: the child victims act opens a one-year lookback window in new york during which any person who was under the age of 18 when they were sexual abused can file a civil lawsuit, regardless of their age now. victims previous i will only had until age 21 to sue an institution and age 23 to sue a perpetrator. >> this isn't just about money. this is about justice, and this is a way america does justice. >> reporter: marcy hamilton the founder of the child abuse advocacy group child usa. she expects thousands of lawsuits to be filed against everyone from coaches to jeffrey epstein's estate. >> we're going to learn about is the hidden dangers to children, hidden child predators across the state of new york that nobody knew about. >> reporter: and it may not just be new york. according to child usa, nationally a total of 18 states
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and the district of columbia have now statute of limitation reform laws going into effect this year. four states and d.c. are offering a lookback window. what is the one word you would use to describe the catholic church today, a year later since the grand jury report? >> corrupt, morally corrupt. >> reporter: catholic clergy abuse survivor sean docherty has fought for reform in pennsylvania where he was sexual abused when he was 10 and where one year ago the catholic church grand jury report was released. over the 12 months, we travelled with docherty to roam for the vatican sexual abuse and we were there when he confronted this former priest he says molested him. >> i'm certainly sorry for my harm i've caused and ashamed of anything i did back then. >> reporter: docherty says he won't stop fighting for change in pennsylvania, where victims must file civil lawsuits by age 30. a year ago you said the statute
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of limitations is reabusing me. is that still the case? >> sure. we're going to see people here in new york file. i still don't have that opportunity. >> this is a photo of my first communion on the steps of st. anthony's. >> reporter: but larney does have the opportunity, and for that he says he is grateful. what do you hope the outcome of your lawsuit will be? >> i'm hoping that the catholic church wakes up and puts an end to this abuse. >> reporter: we reached out to st. anthony of padua about larni ye's accusations. the archdiocese told us there are no allegations against that priest in his file and he is not includedany of the lists of accused priests it has published. it hasn't seen larney's lawsuit t. the "cbs ovninews" will
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the bright lights of las vegas to the darkness of the nevada desert, a historic train is taking tourists back in time to enjoy a show most people never get to see. lee cowan took a ride on the star train. >> reporter: good morning from one of the least populated places in the country aboard one of the oldest operating railroads in the country. it's taking us deep into the high desert of nevada where the only thing more scarce than people is light. these tracks have been here for over 100 years. and to this day, they're about the only man made things you'll see way out here. >> ifou l eli, there is a
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sign that says next gas, 164 miles. and they mean 164 miles. >> reporter: mark bassett looks the part of a railroad manager, and it's not for show. are you enjoying the trip? >> i am having a great time. >> reporter: he is the president of the historic nevada northern railroad out of ely, nevada. a town built by this railroad that is still chugging along. a long way from just about anywhere to come. >> and, you know, that is our strength and our weakness. if we were near las vegas right now, that would have all been bulldozed down. but because of our remoteness, it was preserved. >> reporter: these trains have been running ever since copper was discovered here. there is no ore to haul anymore, but the railroad does offer passengers something as black as coal. >> all aboard! >> reporter: a night ride under
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the stars. just before sunset, it heads out for a three-hour ride toward great basin national park, certified as one of the darkest regions in the lower 48 states. no lights are allowed. way up ahead is park ranger charlie, racing the sun to set up telescopes before the sun arrives. >> kind of let the sky do the talking for you. you don't have to do much for it because once you see it, you see it. >> reporter: and what the star train passengers are about to see still impresses even him. does it ever get overwhelming out here? >> well, i'll tell you, the first time i came here, the first night i was outside my house, i looked up and i was uh-oh. uh-oh, i can't find my marker stars. i can't find any of the stars i use to navigate because there are so many. >> reporter: 100 or so years ago, a night sky like this was oddly ordinary. but now more than a third of the
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planet's population can't see the milky way with the naked eye, all because our world is increasingly polluted with light. >> the more darkness we lose, we're going lose the universe, quite literally and all the secrets that universe holds. >> reporter: as the plane creeks to a stop, passengers are greeted by the erie glow of red lanterns. >> what do you see, young man? >> reporter: and then it happens. >> whoa! whoa! >> reporter: the view of our universe. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: the way most have never seen it. >> oh, wow. really? >> reporter: uh-huh. >> oh my goodness. this is incredible. i've never seen the milky way in my life. >> reporter: suzanne tatis and her 10-year-old nephew james were spellbound. >> i couldn't believe my eyes. i've only seen things like that in pictures. >> reporter: sue mittendorf came all the way from st. louis for this view. >> it's just beautiful, it
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really is. it just makes you feel so small. >> reporter: they look like fireflies gathered around a campfire, but soon it's time to board the star train and head back, an excursion into the dark that for a while, anyway, sheds a little light on our place in the universe. a race to save all of this darkness is gaining steam, but time is of the essence. as modern lighting becomes more powerful and it becomes more cost-effective, even remote places like this one may one day be in danger of living under what some people call eternal twilight. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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and we end with an update on a remarkable mission to save a rhino subspecies from extinction. there are just two northern white rhinos left on earth, a mother and daughter living under 24-hour armed guard in kenya to protect them from poachers. john blackstone has more on the latest breakthrough in the fight to save the northern white rhino. >> reporter: meet edward, this scampering calf and his mom
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victoria are white rhinos. edward took his first steps and made history has the first born using artificial insemination and frozen sperm. how amazing is this? >> he is so healthy. >> reporter: edward's birth confirms their theory that victoria could eventually serve as a surrogate mother for a northern white rhino embryo. >> it's a big step in the overall plan, which is to help the northern white rhino come back from the brink of extinction. >> reporter: the next step, to transform rhino skin cells into stem cells. >> a stem cell is a cell that has potential to become any other cell in the body. and the eventual goal is to redirect them all the way to sperm and eggs. >> reporter: so far, they've succeeded in turning stem cells into beating cardiac muscle that makes up part of a heart. the stem cell technology that you'll be using, it must seem
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like magic. >> it does. the stem cell technology is very, very complex. >> reporter: the work continu in the park's frozen zoo. the world's largest genetic bank contains samples from some 10,000 animals. while durant says implanting a northern white embryo in victoria is likely years away, their mission is personal. >> we feel a responsibility. as a member of the species that caused their extinction. >> reporter: edward is expected to make his public debut in the weeks to come, but in the meantime, victoria is stepping up and showing off her motherly instincts. >> she is a helicopter mom. she can definitely take a rest while he is running around, but she is just right on top of him, wanting to make sure he is okay. >> reporter: john blackstone, escondido, california. >> that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning."
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from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tom hanson. it's thursday, august 15th, 2019, this is the cbs morning news. shoot out in philadelphia. six police officers are wounded after a more than 7 hour standoff with an armed suspect. recession fears prompt a massive sell off on wall street that's effecting markets around the world. >> whoa, oh my goodness. no, no, no. >> and a high speed pursuit ends in a violent crash in los angeles.
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