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are you ready for this? it's time. ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with anthony mason and dokoupil. newly revealed text messages show how ukraine was pushed to investigate the bidens as president trump publicly calls on china for help. security risk? president trump's national security adviser susan rice is only on cbs this morning. why she says president trump's actions put the country at risk. fiance murder plot? 48 hours reveals new digital evidence in the disappearance of colorado mom kelsey barrett. >> and sperm donor shock. only on "cbs this morning," the oregon doctor who claims his donated sperm was used to give
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birth to 17 children. >> it is friday october 4, 2019. your world in 90 seconds. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened to ukraine. >> the president calls on another foreign power to investigate his rival. >> democrats released text messages that suggests the state department was helping the president's attorney push a foreign power to investigate a party. mgm international has agreed to pay $800 million to the victims of the massacre and their families. >> it's the right thing to do for restitution. the cdc says more than a thousand people have been sickened b 19 have now died. >> those patients who survived may have long-term consequences. a former assistant is suing actor robert deniro. she's accusing the actor of sexist and abusive behavior. >> you have to be [ bleep ]
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kidding me, you little brat. [ bleep ] you. >> carrie lam has evoked emergency powers. used by protesters. 12-year-old girl helped her basketball team win its game with an awesome buzzer-beating shot. >> all that -- >> football rams-seahawks. >> wide open! and caught! and all that matters. >> the fbi is now running facebook ads targeting russian spies. the goal is to convince those spice to switch allegiances. >> if a spy can't resist them what chance do you have to resist the untuck it shirts. i've got to buy ♪ ♪ >> the 7-year-old has gone viral for her skills with the microphone. >> her name is mace be on mcmillin aka mac sauce and she writes her own lyrics to her favorite rap songs. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. ♪ ♪ we haven't heard the last of mac sauce. >> i like her glasses. >> i like her glasses, too. she's good. we begin with this because we have major new developments in the house impeachment inquiry. newly released text messages reveal how much pressure the trump administration put on ukraine to investigate a company linked to former vice president joe biden's son. former u.s. special envoy to ukraine kurt volker who resigned last week gave congress pages of textes changes. he answered questions for more than nine hours yesterday. the democratic chairman of three house committees say the testimony reflect, quote, serious concerns. >> meanwhile, president trump not only asked ukraine to investigate the bidens. he also called on china yesterday to do the same. we'll have more on that in a
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capitol hill. he and a team of producers stayed up late combing through those texts and what did you find? >> reporter: good morning. those texts showed that at least some trump administration officials were coaching the ukrainians on what to do to secure a meeting with president trump, specifically that they would launch an investigation into the ukrainian energy company with ties to huntser biden. texts show that at least one diplomat was concerned about linking that request to the ukraine's military aid. the text messages show the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine at the time bill taylor repeatedly raised concerns about the administration's ukraine strategy. in a text last month he wrote i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign, but gordon sondeland said i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions.
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no quid pro quo of any kind. he suggested taking it offline. sondeland is a republican donor who gave $1 million to the trump campaign before being named to his post. it shows volker, sondland and rudy giuliani coaching ukrainian officials on how they could secure a white house visit by publicly promising by investigating a ukrainian company linked to hunter biden in election meddling. when a white house meeting was never planned, taylor raised concerns again. are we now saying that security assistance and white house meetings are conditioned on investigations? after hours of testimony both democrats and republicans said volker helped their opposing positions. >> there was an ongoing scheme as the whistle-blower described to quote, unquote, play ball. >> reporter: now today the house eversight committee is expected to send a subpoena to the white house requesting all information
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related to that infamous july phone call related to the president and the ukrainian leader and specifically any attempts to cover up the call or to learn the identity of the whistle-blower. also today the watchdog for the intelligence community michael atkinson is back up here on capitol hill meeting behind closed doors with the members of the house intelligence committee. >> very interesting new detail, ed. thank you very much. ukraine has confirmed that it will revisit cases involving the energy company where hunter biden served as a director. there's no evidence of wrongdoing by the bidens. president trump has urged china to also investigate adding new momentum to the democrats impeachment push. the president pleaded last night that he has the absolute right to ask other countries to investigate corruption. paula reid is at the white house. we're hearing about a call with china's president back in june. how does that fit into all of this? >> good morning. the president reportedly brought up his political rivals joe
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biden and elizabeth warren. it came up with the ongoing trade war with the president insisting they'd be better off with him in office than ms. rivals. after the call, the records were scored with the ukraine, both conversations raised serious questions. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: while facing an impeachment inquiry for privately asking ukraine to investigate a political rival, the president publicly invited china to do the same. >> what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with -- with ukraine. >> reporter: it is illegal to accept help from a foreign entity in a u.s. election. >> this is deeply, deeply troubling. >> reporter: mr. trump has repeatedly claimed tt former vice president joe biden's son hunter profited from business dealings in china while his father was in office. companies associated with the younger biden ha tre is no evide
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a profit or that his father traded favors to help him. president trump also did not mention how his two sons are in charge of the trump organization which continues to do business in dozens of countries and his daughter ivanka, despite working in the white house, continues to do business in china. as for his call with the ukrainian president, the president not only defended it, he doubled down. >> if they were honest about it that sort of major investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: ukraine's prosecutor general announced today it would be reviewing cases having to do with the energy firm linked to hunter biden though they noted they have no evidence of wrongdoing. the white house intends to send a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi as soon as today informing her that the w does n cooperate with lawmaker demands until she holds a vote on the house floor formal iedzing this
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impeachment inquiry. >> thank u,ul >> we're following breaking news in hong kong where the government evoked emergency powers overnight over a tough and rarely used law from colonial days. this includes masks in public demonstrations. what does this mean for the protesters? >> reporter: today's announcement set off a fresh wave of protests behind me in the central business district. chief executive carrie lam enacted the emergency regulations ordinance. it gives the power to the government to enact any law they want and today they banned the use of masks in any protests. it comes after the violence that's rocked hong kong since june and culminating in the police shooting an 18-year-old protester earlier this week. earlier today i asked carrie lam who was appointed by beijing whether her decision was hers alone. >> did you get beijing's approval to do this? >> there was absolutely no
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interaction, discussion or encounters whatsoever with any central people's government officials on this matter during my brief stay in beijing. >> reporter: this ban is similar to bans in several u.s. states. police are expected to enact it starting midnight tonight. anthony? >> ramy innocenceio in hong kong, thanks. a massive legal settlement will compensate victims of the las vegas massacre and their families. mgm resorts will pay up to $800 million resolving lawsuits across several states. plaintiffs claimed the conglomerate failed to protect concert goers and prevent the shooter from stockpiling weapons. it will finally allow them to heal. >> two years later nothing's changed as far as good days and bad days. >> reporter: after seven surgeries, shrapnel in her brain and a lost eye and what doctors call a miraculous recovery from legal blindness, 30-year-old
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single mother chelsea romo is ready to move forward. i hav no. i have two kids. i have to make it work. >> romo was one of the 22,000 people attending an outdoor las vegas concert on october 1, 2017, when gunman stephen paddock opened fire on the crowd from the windows of the mandalay bay hotel. 58 people died and more than 600 people like romo were wounded. >> i have not been able to go back to work. right now i have no medical insurance. i have medical bills. i have a lot that i carry now with my injuries. >> reporter: the possible $800 million settlement could impact the more than 4,000 people currently seeking damages. attorney james france represents romo and about 200 other victims. >> i think it's the right step. it's the righto to make restitution and not put the victims through any more
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turmoil. >> reporter: romo says she has more surgeries on the horizon, but knows better days are ahead of her. >> i now appreciate everything i see, everything i do so much more. >> mgm international resorts which owns mandalay bay released a statement saying it has been our goal to resolve these matters for the community, the victims and their families so they can move forward. judges will now be working with some of the attorneys to try and figure out how they will divide up this settlement between the more than 4,000 victims involved. >> mireya, thank you. now to another tragedy, the serve people who died when a world war ii era bomber died. the fortress crashed any burned shortly after takeoff thursday after having mechanical trouble. the pilot and co-pilot were killed along with five passengers. the wife of one of them, 59-year-old robert riedel shot video of her husbandee h
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giving a thumbs up. >> we were meant to be together. we had a perfect marriage, perfect marriage. we were meant to be together. apparently, not forever. >> boy, that's tough. six people onboard survived the crash. the ntsb would look into reports that work had been done on one or two engines right before tackoff. robert deniro is in a duel of lawsuits with his former assistant who accuses him of sexual and verbal harassment. chase robinson filed her $12 million lawsuit yesterday. the two-time oscar winner sued robinson for $6 million after she stopped working for his production company. jericka duncan is here with the story. jericka, there are big allegations on both sides. what are they saying? >> yes, there are. deniro is accusing her of misappropriating money. she claims the 76-year-old made sexually charged comments and
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often spoke to her in a demeaning way. she's backing up those allegations with a voice mail that appears to have come in deniro. >> people don't respect him. they fear him. >> award-winning actor robert deniro, best known for his violent and abrasive roles in movies. >> are you stupid or what? did you hear what i said? >> is facing accusations of verbal harassment and discrimination from a former female employee who worked for the star for more than a decade. chase robinson, deniro's former assistant at his company filed a $12 million lawsuit against the star. in it she claims deniro would unleash drunk tirades against her in which he denigrated, berated, bullied and hurled expletives. >> how dare you disrespect with how much you did. the lawsuit includes a vulgar voice mail deniro allegedly made to robinson in 2012 calling her a spoiled brat. >> you don't answer my call. how dare you. you're about to be fired.
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you're [ bleep ] history. deniro who has two major films about to be filed a $6 million lawsuit against robinson claiming she misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars and loafed working hours, binge watching astounding number of hours on netflix. >> his lawsuit con vase tveys t message, don't cross me. deniro's lawsuit is an attempt at intimidation. >> she did attempt to quit multiple times and mr. deniro responded by promising things would get better and threatening her if she left. >> robinson abruptly resigned from canal productions in april. her lawyer says deniro only filed a lawsuit when he heard that she considered filing one. deniro's attorney tells cbs news robinson's allegations are
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beyond absurd. >> it's a very messy he said/she said. why she held that phone call for -- from 2012. >> for seven years. i think that's interesting. very messy. [ laughter ] >> she's, like, here's the info. >> and the allegations. >> jericka, thanks. >> it's messy. another parent involved in a college admissions scandal will be sentenced today. a prominent new york city lawyer was given one month in prison for his role in the scheme yesterday. gordon caplan paid to improve his daughter's score on a college entrance exam. it's the first sitdown with the lawyers involved in the scandal. don, what else is part of caplan's sentence? >> reporter: good morning. well, he was also sentenced to a year's probation. once he gets out of prison he
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has to pay a $50,000 fine and do 250 hours of community service. prosecutors in court described him as lacking morality and also not having any regard for the law. >> mr. caplan, would you answer a few questions? >> gordon caplan, briefly addressed reporters on tuesday after leaving the court in boston. >> i totally respect the decision of the court today. i am deeply and profoundly sorry for being involved in this -- this mess. >> the former powerful new york attorney will spend one month behind bars. prosecutor his asked for eight, calling caplan braisen and corrupt. in may he pled guilty for one count of fraud and conspiracy for paying $75,000 to have his daughter's answers on the a.c.t. exam corrected. >> this conduct crossed the line. >> do you think this was the best sentence that you could have gotten? >> i think that the sentence of felicity huffman who engaged in
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very similar conduct set the floor a little bit. i thought we maybe could get a sentence comparable to hers, and we came close. >> reporter: last month actress felicity huffman learned she must spend 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to have her daughter's a.c.t. exam corrected. other parents like "full house" star lori loughlin have entered not guilty pleas. they're accused of paying $500,000 to have their two daughters accepted into the university of southern california as crew recruits. no trial date has been set, but this week the judge said they're aiming for 2020. >> there are a lot of aspects to the college admissions system they hope get revisited coming out of a case like this. >> maybe the spotlight is a good thing? >> i think it is. >> caplan has to report to prison on november 6th. he has requested to do his time at a new york-based low-security prison known as otisville.
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that happens to be the current residence of president trump's fixer michael cohen and it is also where disgraced congressman anthony weiner did his time. >> very interesting. thank you very much. a dallas police sergeant is accused of hiding evidence to protect amber guyger in her murder case. what surveillance good friday morning to you. today the start of a warm up as high pressure builds in. today temperatures a little bit warmer compared to yesterday with that sunshine. 78 in concord and livermore. 74 oakland. upper 60s for san francisco. there we go with that extended forecast with temps raising by saturday and especially by sunday. cooling down a little bit for the middle part of next week but still above average.
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wee mu we have much more news ahead. nearly 50 children have died
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just this year after being left in hot cars. we'll look at a backseat warning system that could prevent future tragedies. plus the shocking consequences of a sperm donation decades ago. >> my kids could potentially be friends with or later on date cousins. some siblings went to schools. the same schools at one point. >> it could be churches, basketball garjs potlucks. >> yeah, you just don't know. >> only on "cbs this morning" we'll talk to the oregon doctor whose sperm was used to produce 17 kids without his knowledge. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning it's 7:26 i'm kenny choi. today derek almena the definitely in the deadly ghost ship warehouse trial is back in court seeking a sig can reduction in his $750,000 bail. his charges on manslaughter ended in a mistrial last month. san francisco district attorney says he is resigning. he will be moving to los angeles where he may explore a run for district attorney there. his last day in san francisco will be on friday october 18th. and the hardly strictly bluegrass festival returns to golden gate park this morning. tonya tucker and milk carton kids. the festival runs through sunday. news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms
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welcome back at 7:27 . we look at your drive in the south bay. a new crash northbound 17 connecting on to 280. one car involved. it looks like it is blocking at least one lane there. 280 slow northbound anyway. as well as you head through downtown san jose with your drive times 17 minutes from 680 over to 205. happy friday to you and beautiful weather across the bay area. temps a little bit warmer than yesterday and we'll continue on that warm up for the weekend. 74 san jose. 72 fremont and oakland and upper 60s for san francisco. there we go with those temps rising saturday and especially for sunday. sunday the warmest day out of our week and the weekend a little bit warmer on monday.
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it's 7:30. here's what's happening on "cbs this morning". >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> president trump claims he has the right to ask other countries to look into alleged corruption while a former u.s. envoy to ukraine gives text messages to impeachment investigators. hours of answering questions from every single angle on this is possible. hong kong protests erupt again over a chinese government plan to unmask demonstrators. >> we are fighting for our freedom and survival! breaking news, the supreme court takes up abortion for the first time since president trump's appointment of two justices. >> corruption is corruption. >> plus, we visit town halls all across the country, checking the nation's pulse on impeachment.
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>> we have mixed points of view. that's where we are. >> and on this week's "48 hours" can the ex-girlfriend of a colorado man charged with murdering his fiance explain what happened? >> he had asked her to take care of his baby mama. >> and you took that -- >> and so i was, like, well -- i was in shock at first because who says that? welcome back to "cbs this morning." parts of the southeast are expecting another day of record breaking heat. at least 48 children have died this year from being left in hot cars. that's close to matching last year's record number, the most recent death happened on tuesday in phoenix where a 4-month-old was left inside a van on a 91-degree day. kris van cleave is in washington. kris, why does this keep happening and how do we stop it? >> reporter: anthony, the technology in this car may be part of the solution.
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you know, kids are more susceptible to heat stroke so that's part of the problem. the vast majority of the time, 84% of these cases it's purely accidental. the parent forgets the child is in the car or the kid got in the car without their parents knowing. it's complicated. often, there's a change in routine coupled with how our brains are wired. >> i remember apologizing to her. >> wesson's 2-year-old daughter maya died after she was mistakenly left in the back of wes' car outside their phoenix-area home. >> i didn't know she was in the car until i saw her in the car and that was just -- i don't have words for what that was like. >> it was a saturday, dawn usually drove maya, but the routine changed. family was in town and wes forgot she was in the backseat. >> the knee-jerk reaction is to blame the parent. >> dr. david diamond is a psychologist and leading
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researcher in this field. >> we have a brain autopilot system that allows us to go from point a to point b without thinking about it and it actually suppresses our awareness that the child is in the car. what is so tragic is that they think they've actually gone to the right location and the child's been dropped off at day care. >> reporter: kids were inintentionally left behind in 60% of these cases and another one in four involved a child getting into the car on their own. >> i didn't remember that she had gone home with us until dad asked where she was at. >> and then you go outside and see her in the car and -- >> yeah. that was hard 37. >> reporter: years later that memory is still devastating. the pea bodies are urging congress to pass a bill requiring carmakers to install a backseat warning system. a system like the one hyundai is rolling out, but as an optional feature. it includes a chime and dashboard message to check the backseat if the driver locks the car and walks away, the horn goes off and the car sends a
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push alert to the owner's phone. just last month automakers agreed to voluntarily make some form of backseat alert standard in cars by 2025. >> i think we're going to save lives. republican senator robert wicker is sponsoring a bill to sponsor the alerts. he supports an agreement. >> this is a quicker and better solution and lives will be saved because of it. >> how confident are you and the automakers to hit the deadline they've promised to make. >> i'm very confident. >> safety advocates worry there's no set standard and no binding requirement. >> we want to make sure this is an enforceable rule, something they have to be sure it's the complete system. both an alert and a notification. >> reporter: for the peabodies talking about maya, a silly toddler with the habit of running up and hugging people is a way to warn parents. this tragedy can happen to anyone. >> first, hug your kiddos and tell them you love them and every parent every time needs to
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open that back door and make sure you don't have precious cargo back there. >> hyundai is going make part of this system standard in all of its cars. the dashboard and the chime and the second, the handle and the push alert are only available in certain options. if you don't have a car with these systems, experts say there are simple thing, keep a teddy bear or toy up front with you and put something that you need like maybe your shoe or briefcase. >> that is really good advice, kris van cleave. i always think put your purse back there. it's nice to see the peabodies still together. because in so many cases. >> i thought the same thing. >> immediately it splits families apart. it shouldn't be an option. it should be a mandatory things in cars. we have the technology to do it. >> sometimes it's expensive and you have to give people the option. >> whatever the cost. >> it literally could save lives. >> yes, yes, it could. >> an oregon doctor is suing
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♪ a lawsuit against an oregon fertility clinic raises new concerns about how the industry is regulated and overseen. as we first reported yesterday dr. bryce cleary said his donated sperm was used to conceive 17 children, many of them still living near him. in an interview you will see only on "cbs this morning," he tells jamie yuccas that 30 years ago he was told that would not happen. >> there are all kinds of things that could go wrong with this. >> reporter: for decades when dr. bryce cleary thought of his family he thought of his wife and four children, but he soon found out that he had more children, many more, in fact. >> when the scope of this became so big, it's overwhelming. >> 30 years ago cleary was a medical student at oregon health and science university. he was recruited by the school's fertility clinic to donate sperm for infertile couples and
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research programs. wednesday he filed a lawsuit for more than $5 million against the university. in the suit cleary says he was promised that all fertilizations would be limited to women not residing anywhere near the state of oregon and the pacific northwest and no more than five children would be born of a donor's sperm. >> i don't know if it was written down. i know it was promised. >> in 2018 cleary registered with ancestry.com. he was shocked to learn he had at least 17 offspring, all born in the northwest including 25-year-old allison ali. >> is it emotional? >> it's definitely emotional and it's definitely shocking. >> ali has met some of her new siblings and as more and more people get genetic testing, she expects to hear from others. >> my kids could potentially be friends with or later on date cousins. some siblings went to schools -- the same schools at one point.
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>> it could be churches, basketball games, potlucks. >> yeah. you just don't know. >> my grandkids will have to get dna kits before they seriously date. that's a problem. >> sperm banking in america is big business. >> dov fox is author of "birthrights and wrongs" how medicine and technology are remaking reproduction and the law. >> there's no meaningful regulation on this $6 billion industry. so sperm banks don't keep track of how many people are created from any particular donor. >> it's hard to be all that surprised when mishaps take place. in a statement it says it treats any allegation of misconduct with the gravity it deserves. in light of the patient privacy obligations and the confidentiality of protected health information we cannot comment on this case. >> what is your goal with filing the lawsuit? >> my goal is to get them changed. there needs to be some control. to flood a zone with a bunch of
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genetic material is completely irresponsible. >> for "cbs this morning." jamie yuccas, corvallis, washngton. >> it is so interesting to see the reaction of the children. >> he's upset about that. >> change may be coming. >> yeah. looking at the stories you'll be talking about today vlad, what do you have for us. >> the conviction of a former dallas police officer amber guyger. ahead, the surveillance video that they say proves a police sergeant hid evidence to protect
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the amber guyger murder trial may be over, but the investigations continue. during the trial the dallas police department was accused of misconduct during the botham jean surveillance video. you can see sergeant mike mata lean into the patrol car that guyger was sitting in and told another officer to turn off the dash cam. prosecutors allege he was trying to protect guyger and hide evidence. our omar villafranca asked him about that investigation. >> during the trial they said when you were talking to amber guyger and you asked the camera to be shut off because the only person to ask for it shut off. >> the only reason is because the attorney was calling the officer and that is attorney-client privilege and that's a right every citizen has regardless if you're a police officer or not. >> mata says he actually
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welcomes the internal police investigation because he did nothing wrong. >> it helps to understand why there are protests outside when you hear from the botham jean's families they are somewhat pleased and you saw the anger in the community and this helps explain it. the investigation is ongoing. a new york city man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit is now free. 46-year-old carlos weeks hugged his lawyers and walked out of the court in brooklyn yesterday after being cleared. weeks was convicted of murdering a man in a shootout in a public housing complex in 1993 and seriously wounding a 10-year-old girl caught in the cross fire. two witnesses who recanted their testimony were on the 12th floor of the building far from the shooting on the ground floor. >> i'm feeling good and happy to be out, and i hope gonzalez continues with his conviction and doing his work because there are a lot of guys up there that need it. >> after vacating the charge e the judge apologized to weeks and wished him well. >> he feels no anger to the
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people who put him behind bars. >> the unit he made reference to have overturned 27 convictions. >> and there are 80 cases. >> it would shake my ability to be a prosecutor or a judge. consumed with the sense of potential doubt. what if i'm wrong? the 26 years you can't get them back. >> that's why we keep talking about prison reform. the system is really broken. there are a lot of stories like that. >> indeed. >> finally, mr. week, a little justice for him. four-time grammy-winning rock band aerosmith. front man steven tyler had fun with the announcement. >> somebody told me tonight that you were going to be honored as being person of the year. >> lovely. >> wait, so -- is it you, person of the year? was it you? oh, so the band is being honored
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by music cares as person of the year? >> so music cares helps people in the music industry battle mental health or addiction issues. it says it's recognizing the band for its philanthropic efforts for five decades, folks, of rock 'n' roll as well as its impact on american music history and it will receive it during grammy week in january. >> steven tyler seems to have a good time wherever he goes. you see him out and about he's always having a great time. >> rock star, gayle. >> i dressed like steven tyler when i was in high school. >> you can't bring that up without a picture. >> leather pants. >> next week we better see it. >> why would you share that vlad and not have a picture? >> and not have a picture to go with it. >> i was 15 years old and it could be really embarrassing. >> no. >> not for us. >> aerosmith, and i see this as a compliment, they've been
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around for 50 years. i can't believe it they look so good. they look every bit -- >> they paid for it. >> thanks, vlad. >> ouch! [ laughter ] >> i'll leave it there. >> you mean that in a good way. >> you can watch vlad on our 24-hour streaming service or on the cbs news app. president trump says chinaa should investigate the bidens and not just ukraine. up next president trump's national security adviser susan rice right here in studio 57. oos to stay true to the family recipe. where a music studio spends less time on hr and payroll, and more time crafting that perfect sound. where the nation's biggest party store can staff up quickly as soon as it's time for fun. this is the world of adp. hr, talent, time, benefits and payroll. designed for people.
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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> it's 7:56 i'm kenny choi. this morning families in one east bay neighborhood are saying enough after another deadly hit and run. the oakland community is calling on drivers to pay more attention. a protest will be under way in less than 5 minutes. pg&e has settled claims. it will dish out more than $65 million on top of that payment. pg&e agreed to several changes like increasing the amount of training and staff. and today all high school football games in the west contra costa county football games are scheduled to start earlier at 5:00 p.m. after a shooting outside in
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welcome back. it's friday morning. 7:57 and busy on the freeways. we've got a crash near rutgear road. you've got some chp on scene as well with the backup at least until 24. westbound 24 busy coming out of and we do have this crash as you work your way northbound. slow and go anyway northbound 101 out of the north bay. plenty of sunshine, a beautiful day across the bay area not just today but for the weekend as well. today, the start of a warming trend for us as high pressure builds in. 78 in livermore. fremont mountain view oakland 72. upper 60s in san francisco and we will continue to watch those temps climb as we head into the
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weekend sunday and the warmest day out of the week and the warmest day of our weekend.
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it's friday. how gad are you about that? 2019. october 4th. welcome back to "cbs this morning ". i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. new information about trump administration pressure on ukraine while the president says china should also investigate a political rival. former national security adviser susan rice is here with her take on how china might respond. plus "48 hours" updates the murder investigation of missing colorado mom. here's today's eye opener at 8. newly released text messages reveal how much pressure the trump administration put on ukraine to investigate joe biden's son. the attacks show some trump
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administration officials were coaching the ukrainians on what to do in order to secure a meeting. the president reportedly brought up his political rivals joe biden and elizabeth warren. >> today's announcement set off a fresh wave of protests just like the scene right behind me in hong kong central business district. a massive legal settlement will compensate victims of the las vegas massacre. judges will be working with the attorneys to try to figure out how to divide thup this settlement. >> kaplan has to report to prison on november 6th. prosecutors describe him as lacking morality. >> england recently hosted the world's biggest gathering of nigels. all of the nigels who shows up were rewarded with a free pint of beer. it wasn't so much 433 nigels as it was 433 men goingmy nigel.
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>> this is present by toyota, let's go places. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a lot of news. we'll begin with this. president trump says he has an absolute right to call for one of the biggest u.s. rivals to investigate joe biden and his son. the president said china should look into wrongdoing against the bidens. house democrats launched an impeachment inquiry after the president made similar requests to the ukrainian leader. the special envoy to ukraine met with impeachment pshared pages of text messages from u.s. officials. they include an exchange between a top u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor and the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. taylor wrote i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. he pushed back writing bill, i
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believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. one democrat calls the messages the best evidence yet to support the whistle-blower who flagged the communication. the impeachment discussion is moving from capitol hill to recreation centers and schools across the country. members of congress have been holding town hall meetings in their home districts this week. cbs news special correspondent dent and co-host of the circus alex wagner is in iowa. lawmakers have been busy during this break. >> they sure have. good
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