in california will have a nationwide impact. >> reporter: for nearly 50 set its own strict vehicle emission standards to combat air pollution. >> and california wants you to do the other car, and we don't. >> reporter: president trump wants one nationwide standard, and he wants it to be weaker than california's. mr. trump says fuel efficient vehicles are too expensive and too small. >> i mean, they make them now like paper mache. somebody touches them and the entire car collapses. when somebody hits me, i want to be in as close to an army tank as possible. >> reporter: transportation pollution is the nation's single biggest source of planet warming greenhouse gases. that's partly why 12 other states and washington, d.c. follow california's higher emissions standards, accounting for about 1/3 of the nation's auto market, and four major automakers arentgrsi sar.

t tion, trump, what and who is this for. >> reporter: democratic governor gavin newsom accuses president trump of playing politics with blue state california. >> it's the perversion of this moment, pure politics, and csequs. that could have >> reporter: california says its emission rules have prevented 29,000 premature deaths every year. the state now does plan to sue the trump administration over its decision, and norah, this looks like a fight that's headed for the supreme court. >> all right, ben, thank you. we're going to turn now to weather, because we have an update on the massive storm hitting the texas gulf coast. imelda, now a tropical depression, is dumping torrential rain as it pushes inland. there is flash flooding in galveston and other parts of east texas. some places could get a foot and a half of rain. now in the atlantic, bermuda is bracing for hurricane humberto tonight. it's now a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 miles an hour.

now to a story we have been following, the emotional toll of family separations at the border. the head of the federal agency that cares for migrant children warned at a congressional hearing today thatartsrelilyo v -tertrauma in tonight's eye on america, manuel bojorquez has the heartbreaking reunion of a father and a son who were kept >> reporter: yjumani paz rosa says he was shot for refusing to join a gang. in february they fled. here they are in the rio grande on a crowded, late days later arriving to seek asylum in the u.s. the by's mother stayed behind. but at the mcallen border patrol processing center, officers accused him of not being the father because his last name was not on the boy's birth certificate. they took the 3-year-old away.

it wasn't until july five months later that the dna test he initially asked for proved he was maikol's father. we met up with paz rosa as he traveled to new york where his son was in a foster care facility, nearly six months after their separation. "i know i'll be so happy to be with him again." but after 178 days apart, this was maikol's reaction. maikol appeared not to recognize his father. [ crying ] >> reporter: instead, he seemed afraid of him. and was reaching out for the safety of the caseworker. the cold hard reality opa. it took about five hours for caught up with them twoeeks later. you're good? thumb up?

si? it was really hard to hear him say he didn't want to come with me, he says. he feels better with me now, thank god. to this day maikol is nervous around most people. he doesn't like to leave the house, you think he feel like someone is going to take him way. >> reporter: dr. lanre falusi works with children who have endured separation. well showed her the video of the reunion. >> it's heartbreaking. what i see is a child who has been traumatized. emotionally we see the whole spectrum from depression and anxiety to early signs of post traumatic stress disorder. >> reporter: ptsd in children? >> ptsd in children, right. >> reporter: some would argue on the other side that it's the fault of the parents for bringing them into the country this way. >> put yourself in the shoes of those parents who have come to me and said we are here because family members were killed by gangs. >> reporter: paz rosa and maikol

are still waiting to see if they'll be granted asylum, but at least now they wait together. when you see that smile. what do you think? >> reporter: we know of almost 3,000 children who were separated from their parents under the trump administration, but tonight, norah, attorney levi's stadium with the aclu tells cbs news he expects that number to top 6,000. >> it's tough to see that. thank you, manny. there is still much more ahead, including a powerful new back to school video by sandy % hook parents. why they want everyone to see it. it. later, the most breathtaking if your adventure... keeps turning into unexpected bathroom trips. you may have overactive bladder, or oab.

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56 million american kids are now back at school, and today a new public service announcement was released by a group that wants to make sure they stay safe. as jim axelrod shows us, it's tough to watch, and that's the point. >> this year my mom got me the perfect bag for back to school. >> reporter: it starts out like any other back to school spot. >> these head phones are just what i need for studying. >> reporter: but it's certainly not. >> this new sneaker is just what i needed for the new year. >> this jacket is a real must-have. >> reporter: the sound of gunshots makes that perfectly clear.

if the idea is to create a sense of terror students and parents live with every day that their school could be next. >> scissors really come in handy in our class. >> reporter: people with sandy hook promise they have met their goal. >> i got a phone to stay in touch with my mom. >> it's hard. >> it's a hard watch. by design? >> absolutely by design. parents need to have that emotional gut punch. >> reporter: the nonprofit founded by families of those killed at newtown, their gel was to shock. nicole hockley's son dillon was among the 26 victims. >> this is what kids are experiencing today, and that's why we have to take action. >> reporter: hockley told us this psa was divorced from politics, that keeping kids is not a partisan issue. >> that is true. jim, thank you. coming up, a woman who says she was raped on

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cao my mind is i'm not going get home safe, and i'm probably not going to get home alive. >> so you call lyft within 24 hours, and what's yotheir respoe to your first report? >> their first response was that this never happened. >> what's the one word you would use to describe how lyft has treated you? >> callously. >> well, turkos joins at least 25 other women who have alleged rape or sexual assault by lyft drivers since august 1. lyft calls turkos' claim awful. the company says it has added in-app safety features such as 911 access. there is more. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning." today we learned the death by mosquitos has risen to five. michigan healthque encephalitis. they're urging people in several counties to postpone outdoor events.

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we're going to end tonight with some news out of washington that every american can celebrate. one of our most cherished landmarks reopens tomorrow, and major garrett got a sneak peek. >> reporter: the wngnunt55t sym american unity beckons visitors from across the world. but for nearly a decade it's been closed more than open. interior secretary david bernhardt. why did it take so long? >> we're dealing with one of the most iconic and historic properties in our country. and so it takes time to do everything right. >> reporter: the 2011 virginia earthquake shook the monument to its core, cracking stones and showering debris on scattering tourists. >> the big fear was either the monument itself would fall or literally large pieces of rock

would be coming off the monument. >> reporter: inspectors later rappelled down the monument before scaffolding wrapped it during repairs that.>> goe the y th repairs were completed, the elevator broke, sometimes stranding visitors. another round of upgrades delivered a new security screening center, and a whisper quiet elevator that takes you to the top in about a minute. >> the whole project took about three years. >> reporter: from the observation deck it reveals its geometric beauty one window at a time. >> it's kind of breathtaking. >> it really is spectacular. >> reporter: a view to share once again. major garrett, cbs news atop the washington monument. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm norah o'donnell.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. secretary of state mike pompeo is calling the attack on oil installations in saudi arabia an act of war. and he is pointing the finger of blame at iran. the strikes by cruise missiles and drones knocked out half of the saudi oil output, but the country's energy minister says full production should resume in a couple of weeks. iran denies it played any role, but president trump says he'll impose new sanctions. david martin reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells cbs news the attack was approved by iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, but

only on condition it be carried out in way that made it possible to deny iranian involvement. the attack succeeded, but the plan to deny it is falli apart. you can see of the debr - repter: today sau arabia spwrecge of what it said were iranian cruise miesrones.an s the dathe nufact, which is 2019.>> rorter weapons flew. but u.s. officials say the most damning evidence is still unreleased satellite photos showing the iranian revolutionary guard making preparations for attack at ahvaz airfield. from there the weapons flew through kuwaiti airspace, some 400 miles to their targets in saudi arabia. satellite photos were of no use in stopping the attack since their significance was not realized until after the fact. "we were caught completely off guard," one u.s. official said. the saudis showed grainy surveillance video of the

incoming iranian drones, but none of the actual detonations, which one u.s. official described as a tidal wave of flame. secretary of state pompeo, who met today with saudi arabia's crown prince called it an act of war, but president trump says he is in no rush to respond. >> there is plenty of time to do some dastardly things. it's very easy to start, and we'll see what happens. >> reporter: the top u.s. military commander for the middle east has asked permission to send three more batteries of anti-aircraft missiles to help saudi arabia protect its oil facilities. general frank mckenzie has also drawn up plans for retaliatory strikes against iranian oil facilities and the iranian revolutionary guard. >> when president trump was briefed on the military options, he insisted saudi arabia would have to contribute to any retaliatory strike. he is scheduled to meet with his national security advisers again on friday, looking for ways to

respond to iran's act of war without starting an all-out war. since the clean air act was signed into law nearly 50 years ago, california has been allowed to set its own mileage standards for cars. now president trump wants to revoke that right. ben tracy tells us what's at stake. >> reporter: for nearly 50 years, california has been in the driver's seat. allowed to set its own strict vehicle emission standards to combat air pollution. >> and california wants you to do the other car, and we don't. >> reporter: president trump wants one nationwide standard, and he wants it to be weaker than california's. mr. trump says fuel efficient vehicles are too expensive and too small. >> i mean, they make them now like paper mache. somebody touches them and the entire car collapses. when somebody hits me, i want to be in as close to an army tank as possible. >> reporter: transportation pollution is the nation's single biggest source of planet warming greenhouse gases. that's partly why 12 other

states and washington, d.c. follow california's higher emissions standards, accounting for about 1/3 of the nation's auto market, and four major automakers are siding with california, saying even they don't want the federal government to aggressively weaken standards. >> it begs the question, mr. trump, what and who is this for. >> reporter: democratic governor gavin newsom accuses president trump of playing politics with blue state california. >> it's the perversion of this moment, pure politics, and politics that could have profound consequences. >> reporter: california says its emission rules have prevented 29,000 premature deaths every year. the state now does plan to sue the trump administration over its decision. this looks like a fight that's headed for the supreme court. president trump's zero tolerance policy for migrant families ended up separating thousands of kids from their parents. the white house ended the policy months ago, but the process of reuniting broken families is

taking time. manuel bojorquez has one father's heartbreaking story. >> reporter: yujany paz rosa says he was shot fife times in honduras for refusing to join a gang. he feared his son, 3-year-old maikol was next. so in february they fled. here they are in the rio grande on a crowded, late days later arriving to seek asylum in the u.s. the boy's mother stayed behind. but at the mcallen border patrol processing center, officers accused him of not being the father because his last name was not on the boy's birth certificate. they took the 3-year-old away. it wasn't until july five months later that the dna test he initially asked for proved he was maikol's father. we met up with paz rosa as he traveled to new york where his son was in a foster care facility, nearly six months after their separation. "i know i'll be so happy to be with him again." but after 178 days apart, this was ma

maikol appeared not to recognize his father. [ crying ] >> reporter: instead, he seemed afraid of him and was reaching out for the safety of the caseworker. the cold hard reality of family separation. it took about five hours for maikol to calm down. paz rosa was in disbelief, embarrassed, even ashamed. we caught up with them two weeks yore good? thumbs up? si? "it was really hard to hear him say he didn't want to come with me," he says. "he feels better with me now, thank god." to this day maikol is nervous around most people. he doesn't like to leave the house, you think he feel like someone is going to take him way. works with children who have endured separation. we showed her the video of the

reunion. >> it's heartbreaking. what i see is a child who has been traumatized. emotionally we see the whole spectrum from depression and anxiety to early signs of post traumatic stress disorder. >> reporter: ptsd in children? >> ptsd in children, right. >> reporter: some would argue on the other side that it's the fault of the parents for bringing them into the country this way. >> put yourself in the shoes of those parents who have come to me and said we are here because family members were killed by gangs. >> reporter: paz rosa and maikol are still waiting to see if they'll be granted asylum, but at least now they wait together. when you see that smile. what do you think? >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome back to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. there will be a grand reopening today in the heart of our nation's capital. the majestic washington monument will open to the public for the first time in nearly a decade. the monument suffered extensive damage from an earthquake, but it's all patched up and ready for the huddled masses. jan crawford got a sneak peek. >> this is special. like you see, no network has ever broadcast live from the top of the washington monument, andw i mean look, you can see behind me the lincoln memorial. and that is a vantage point that most visitors to the nation's capital haven't had for much of the past decade.

the washington monument closed, many wondering when they would ever be able to get to the top of this american wonder again. it's a symbol of america. instantly recognizable, 10,000 tons of pure market, anchored into bedrock right below the swamp. the washington monument, once the tallest structure in the worrell, the sweeping views of centers of power like the capitol and pentagon. it's brought us a bird's-eye view of some of america's biggest moments. celebrations, martin luther king's march on washington. >> it's an icon of this country. >> reporter: an icon? >> it is. and central to so many people's visits to d.c. >> reporter: but the city's centerpiece shuttered, closed to tours for most of the past decade. 2011 a rare east coast earthquake rattled the region, raining rocks on dozens of visitors who survived more than.

everyone got out alive, but the more than century old monument didn't escape unscathed. >> the earthquake damage was extensive. >> reporter: engineers rappelled off the top, providing this heart pounding look down. and what they found scared the park service enough to close the attraction to tourists and trigger a $15 million restoration project. it was a monumental task to fix the massive marble obelisk, with 36,000 separate stones, some cracked so badly the sun shown right in. to begin, engineers had to build this exoskeleton of scaffolding. three years later, the monument was back open, and we were there. . that is typical. the forces that were on the stone. >> reporter: but it didn't last. in 2016, a cable snapped in the monument's aging elevator, and for three more years, no tourist could reach the top. now with some updates to the elevator and this new security

screening facility at the base, washington's best view is again ready for visitors. and so when those doors open on thursday you don't expect them to close again for a few years, any time soon? >> they will stay open.ro 500,000 people or so a year. >> reporter: but reopening the see didha, money. so billionaire philanthropist david rubenstein stepped in. he poured more than $10 million into shoring up the soaring stone structure, and rubenstein invited us along the ceremonial fist ride up the refurbished elevator for a view worth the wait. best view in the world? >> if you could build condominiums this high you could pay for the entire u.s. debt. >> reporter: and rubenstein led us even higher, another 19 feet up this ladder to the elevator's engine room. >> it was part of this project that mr. rubenstein paid for was the refurbishment of this

equipment. >> reporter: for rubenstein, preserving this monument was essential for all of us. your involvement in this project also says something about what's possible. >> well, i came from very modest circumstance, and i got very lucky in this country. so i don't really regard this as a great gift by myself, but it really is a thank you to america. >> reporter: restoring an american wonder and confidence that washington can again reach its heights. >> you'll need tickets to get a time. so plan ahead. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪

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stop talking about for or for worse. that that's what's happening in boca chica which thought of itself as an itty-bitty fishing village barely on the map. and then spacex moved in. you move to place like boca chica to get away from it all. perfect for retirement, maria thought, until the rocket company moved in next door. how often do you glance next door just to see what's going on? >> it's becoming a habit. >> reporter: her neighbor is spacex. elon musk's company picked this spot to develop, test, and maybe some day launch its new spaceship called star ship. it's designed to fly cargo and crew to the moon and even mars. they could be building a spaceship to take people to mars right next door to you, and that's exciting. >> oh, gosh, yes. when you're juicing your oranges

and you're looking out at a spaceship, i would be talking to my mom going, can you believe this? >> reporter: after all, where else can you see this? a star ship prototype called starhopper. it navigated around the plants in maria's front yard. the launch pad is about a mile and a half down the road. but test days are the real game changer here. beaches close. the town's main access road closes, and deputies hand out warning to residents. >> there is a risk that a malfunction will create an overpressure event that can break windows. >> reporter: pointer boarded up her house. love-hate relationship? >> oh, yeah, flip of the coin. heads is yay, rah, look what we've got coming for the future. and on the backside, it's where the hell do i go now? i can't stay here forever. >> reporter: no question the neighborhood has changed.

>> it's just a feeling of encroachment. >> reporter: ask homeowner sheryl stevens about it, and she launches. >> they're behaving as if this is cape canaveral, and it's not. it's n a military base. it's just a regular neighborhood, and a public beach and a state highway. and suddenly because they're here, stop the presses. everything has to change for spacex. >> reporter: do you understand their frustrations? >> i can certainly appreciate their frustrations, but i got to look at the big picture. >> reporter: judge eddie trevino jr. is the top elected official in cameron county. it's one of the poorest in texas. spacex could bring in hundreds of new jobs and 10s of millions of dollars. >> i think that's a big, big win, potential win for us. i feel bad for those people, but hopefully they'll understand and appreciate at the end of the day, this was beneficial for the entire area. >> reporter: which brings us back to maria pointer. on launch day, she had a front row seat.

she watched this test launch. it sent starhopper about 500 feet in the air. >> oh my god! >> reporter: and landed a minute later. >> in my front yard! this is so crazy. >> reporter: she was thrilled. but when she thinks about the rrie her own.ce here, she >> it's bittersweet. >> reporter: this was supposed to be the forever house, and now it's not? >> now it's not. >> reporter: what would you say to elon musk as your neighbor? >> when do i have to move? that's what i would ask him. when do i have to move. >> reporter: so get this. in the last few days, maria pointer and several other homeowners have received letters from spacex like this one offering to buy their homes at three times a fair market value. spacex says the offer is nonnegotiable and expires in two weeks. sellers would get to come back for vip launch views, and elon musk says he'll visit boca chica

next weekend to outline his company's future there. medical researchers are in the midst of a scientific breakthrough that could one day allow blind people to see. jonathan vigliotti has the hop. >> reporter: hope for jason was one day he might see again. the south african lost his sight in a car accident when he was just 23 years old. >> lost control of the car. the car hit the curb, and i just hit the steering wheel and the window and out the sun roof. >> reporter: injuries from the crash left jason in a world of total darkness. >> thinking the first couple of years of being blind, it was just you have to accept the fact that you're blind. >> reporter: until a friend of his heard about a clinical trial only for people who could once see but became blind starting half a world away at the university of california los angeles. >> this is a brand-new device. it's never been used in humans before. >> reporter: dr. paradian leads

the study of an experimental device called the orion. here's how it works. using a camera attached to a pair of sunglasses, orion captures images a person would see and sends it through a hand held device to an implant that has been surgically inserted into the visual part of the brain. the implant turns those images into dots of light that the patient can see. >> it can be various shapes. it could be a circle, an oval, a moving line. >> reporter: jason is one of only six people in the world who qualified for the study and to receive the implant. >> the first time that i saw a little white dot, i was speechless. it was the most beautng i've ever seen. >> you can actually see the electrode array. >> reporter: while not restoring sight in the traditional sense, what he can see are flashes of light. >> if i look around, i can perceive movement. i can see some light and dark. i can tell you whether a line is

vertical, horizontal or at a 45-degree angle. >> reporter: the device not only allowed jason to regain a small part of his vision, but some true independence. >> i cook. i clean. i can take out the trash. i can sort laundry. but just the darks from the lights. no color yet. >> reporter: even going for a stroll outside by himself. >> if i look down, i can see flashing lights. s well in jasoe that sometimes even he doesn't realize how amazing it's been. >> he nonchalantly was telling me about how he was at the bar. >> it was very dark dive bar. the bartender was wearing a white shirt. >> he could see the bartender walking towards him. >> and i just saw two little dots lighting up and then three and five and then she was right in front of me and she was all shiny. i thought wow, that's cool. >> i said, you know, do you

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friends, family, kohl leagues and fans of tv news are remembering the life of groundbreaking journalist cokie roberts. she died monday after a long battle with breast cancer. she was 75. "60 minutes" correspondent lesley stahl remembers her trailblazing friend and the most important thing roberts taught her about reporting. >> journalism has lost one of the greats, a real seeker of truth, but for me losing cokie roberts is like losing the best sister anyone ever had, and there are a whole lot of other women journalists who are feeling exactly the same way. >> but you're hearing a lot of

about there in the electorate i at tomen dwo group together in washington in the 1970s when there was so few women covering politics that all of us fit around one small table. cokie was thewi the one we all went to for advice. mostly, though, we talked about girl things because the conversations in our offices were about sports and sports. at national public radio back then, she distinguished herself as a capitol hill correspondent and helped put npr on the map. and then she went to abc. >> cokie roberts. >> where she was the voice of clarity and depth as an analyst. and while doing that, she became a best-selling author of american history. >> there is a huge change in the years that i've been plowing this turf. >> she said that the best way to learn about a period of time was to read the diaries and letters

of the wives of the great men because when the men wrote, they wrote for posterity, but the women were telling each other thtruth. i admired her work, but she was at her very best as a friend. she persuaded me to have a child by proving that you could be an attentive mother, as she was, and have a big career. and then she helped me raise my daughter. the most important thing she ever said to me about being a journalist, and it's something i carry with me is doo harm. cokie rts was very kind. >> she was always kind and always had time to help a young reporter with his scripts. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news. and of course "cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler.

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