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marathon rock 'n roll that is supposed to be 75. >> it's gonna be a little warmer than today today is in the 80s . >> all right, see you at 6:00. documents about president trump's dealings with ukraine. >> theadicocalem dtsra smear anyone and to lie about everything. >> ninan: major changes for commuters at one of the nation's busiest airports. the new ride travelers will have to take to get to their ride share. the last clinic: how new antiabortion laws are impacting women. >> reporter: are you trying to outlaw abortion? >> oh, absolutely. >> ninan: system failure-- it's a high-tech safety feature intended to save lives. the new research raising red flags for pedestrians. a mountain of ice melting away. the concern tonight about what's being called a slow-motion catastrophe. and the happiest birthdays, one
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teen's surprising present to homeless children. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. house democrats are taking their impeachment inquiry straight to the white house. cbs news has obtained a copy of their subpoena, demanding a long list of documents about president trump's dealings with ukraine. the deadline to respond, october 18. this comes as a possible second whistleblower may come forward, according to "the new york times." ben tracy leads us off tonight. >> the radical democrats are willing to do anything to smear anyone and to lie about everything. >> reporter: the president under pressure as house democrats hit the white house with a subpoena and demand a slew of documents from vice president mike pence. in a statement, white house press secretary stephanie grisham says, "the subpoena changes nothing," and she calls
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the impeachment inexwiry a "kangaroo court." >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: president trump is claiming that asking foreign governments to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son hunter is not about politics. >> i don't care about biden's campaign. .ti>> do care about corrhe ipeep or in rquiryepte cr:enters on a whistleblower report of a phone call in which president trump asks ukranian president volodymyr zelensky to investigate the bidens for corruption. hunter biden worked for a ukranian energy company while his father was vice president, but there is no evidence of any wrongdoing. biden is firing back at president trump. >> this guy, like all bullies, is a coward. he does not want to run against me. >> reporter: "the new york times" now reports that a second intelligence official may come forward with more firsthand knowledge of the president's dealings with youk. >> you know, when this came out, it was quid pro quo. well, there was none. >> reporter: president trump
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insists he did not withhold $391 million worth of military aid to ukraine to pressure them to investigate biden. but text messages provided to congress this week show his own diplomats thought he did. in one message last month, the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine, bill taylor, wrote, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." traveling in greece today, secretary of state mike pompeo downplayed all of it. >> look, nations do this. nations work together, and they say, "boy, goodness, gracious, if you can help me with "y," we'll help you achieve "y"." it doesn't bother me a lick. >> reporter: president trump spent his day golfing but he also went after republican senator mitt romney on twitter calling him a pompas ass. . >> ninan: ben, we know in the wake of all this the president is planning on making changes t?
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>> reporter: cbs news has learned the white house wants to shrink the size of the national security council. there is speculation the president wants to do this in part to cut down on leaks. >> ninan: the impeachment inquiry is als ma w seinop prosutor says he's opening an investigation into the company tied to hunter biden. roxana saberi reports from kiev, where president trump's growing dilemma has put ukraine's president in the spotlight. >> reporter: ukraine's media-savvy president is used to cameras, but these days, he tries to avoid them when it comes to questions about president trump. were you told that you had to launch an investigation into the bidens, or promise an investigation, just to visit the white house? mr. zelensky has said mr. trump didn't pressure him to investigate the bidens, but text messages appear to show u.s. diplomats promised he could
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visit the oval office if he announced an investigationed into ukranian natural gas company burisma, where hunter biden was on the board. and on friday, ukraine's new prosecutor general said he'll review several past investigations, some involving the ownerf burisma, though, he said no one had pressured him to do so. >> i never met rudy giuliani, never. >> reporter: before mr. zelensky had to deal with this international drama as president, he was a comedian who played a president on ukranian tv. the show made him so popular, mr. zelensky launched a political party named after it, "servant of the people," winning this year's presidential election in a landslide. now, nearly four a a half months since zelensky swept to office, people here in kiev have mixed feel business how he's done so far. some people say his lack of political experience has been refreshing. others say it's already proven
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to be a cause for concern. president zelensky is having to learn fast, now that he's playing a reluctant role in american politics. roxana saberi, cbs news, kiev. >> ninan: violent antigovernment protestses in iraq entered a fifth day today with no end in sight. the death toll has risen to nearly 100 people with more than 3,000 injured. protesters are speaking out against what they say is corruption, high unemployment, and terrible public services. a fifth parent has received the longest sentence to date in the college admissions scandal. california wine maker augustus huneeus will spend five months in prison. huneeus agreed to pay $300,000 to bribe his daughter's way into the university of southern california. major changes are coming for travelers at one of the nation's busiest airports. starting later this month, l.a.x. will end ride share and texas curbside pickups. travelers will instead have to take a shuttle bus to catch
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their ride. as farrah fazal reports, for many of them, that's one ride too many. ( horns beeping ) >> reporter: it's a hustle to drive into los angeles international airport. >> you know, it's very hard, and it's dangerous. people are very aggressive. >> reporter: but it's the price claudia sarabia pays to pick up her ride-share passengers. 100,000 cars drive through here every day, and around one out of four of them are ride shares like uberand lyft. >> it's become a real problem. >> reporter: l.a.x.'s director ofstios getting worse and they are moving ride-share pickups to a dedicated lo >> dedicated lane so there's no more of it getting caught in other congestion. it's going to bring you to this lot. >> reporter: it's called l.a. exit. >> i think that will waste a lot of time. >> reporter: l.a.x.'s ride-sharing plan could cut down
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on congestion by 15%. uber has concerns. boston voted on limiting ride-sharing companies from cuderb san francisco international ainort is moving ride sharing to charging ride shares a new fee to get a handle on the gridlock. uber estimates 1,000 of its cars pull right up here at cub sideduring peak hours. and, reena, l.a. exit begins at the end of the month, just in time for holiday travel. >> ninan: planned parenthood has hope opened a new facility. it was built in secret in illinois near the missouri border. just this year, nine states have passed legislation to outlaw or restrict abortion. meg oliver spoke with women on opposite sides of the debate in tonight's "eye on america." >> today is the day of my
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appointment so i can get that procedure done. >> reporter: sarah, who asked her real name not be used, is on her way to get an abortion. >> i got off work just a little bit ago. i was really concerned i'm going to miss my appointment. >> reporter: in missouri, there is only one abortion provider. some women, like,aharave h procedure. >> it's a huge burden to take time off work right now because i've got student loans garnishing my wages. >> reporter: unlike most states, in missouri, women must have two appointments with want same doctor. >> do you haven aoi h aaventppnn appointment at 10:00. >> reporter: one that includes state-mandated counseling where missouri law requires doctors to inform women the life of each human being begins at conception, and one for the procedure itself, both separated by a 72-hour waiting period. these extra restrictions that are in place in missouri, how do you feel about them? >> i feel like it's inhumane. i feel like it's degrading to women. to say that, you know, i'm a
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30-year-old woman, and i don't-- i can't decide for myself what's best for me? that i need three days to decide that? i've been thinking about this since the moment i fund out. >> this is our time. let us stand up for the right to life. ( cheers and applause ) >> we're stronger than we've ever been. we're gaining momentum. it's almost like a sleeping giant was wakened. >> reporter: karin cross is the political director of national right to life, the oldest and largest antiabortion rights group in the country. in the first six months of 2019, 12 states enact abortion bans. none of the bans are currently in effect. are you trying it outlaw abortion? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: cross, who has had two abortion, told us she regrets her decision and believes restrictions in states like missouri are reasonable. you don't feel look a 72-hour waiting period is a burden? >> i don't. some women may-- do-- not just may change their minds during that 72-hour period, but some
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do. and so if there's a piece of information out there that will cause a woman to change her mind about this life-altering decision, then she should be given that information. ♪ ♪ >> oh, gosh. nore's all the no, , no, nr pte noot.es rsleave .me alone. >> reporter: having gone through the 72-hour waiting t o planned parenthood in st. louis for her abortion. >> "don't be hard on yourself." >> reporter: in the waiting room, she read letters of encouragement from women who have gone through the same process. >> "you've been through enough already. don't get discouraged by the long wait. it was worth it." it's just been a really emotional process for me. it's been really hard. >> reporter: the people who are fro you? that i think what they're doing to women is wrong, absolutely
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>> ninan: an oregon doctor is suing a fi fertility clinic sayg it repeatedly violated an agreement regarding his donated sperm. the $5 million lawsuit said dr. bryce cleary's donation resulted in the birth of at least 17 which were. here's jamie yuccas. >> the scope of this became so bi it'ster: dr. bryce cleary was a medical student at oregon health and science university in 1989 when he was recruited by the school's perfilt clinic to donate sperm for infertile couples and groundbreaking
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research. >> i know what i was told. >> reporter: and it was no more than five kids, and it was that they would-- >> they'd send the samples to the east coast. >> reporter: but nearly 30 years later with help from the website ancestry.com, donor children began contacting dr. cleary. you've come to learn you have how many children? >> there's at least 17 that i know of in the local area. it's difficult to meet someone who... has your d.n.a. in them, and you wonder if they had a good life. >> reporter: dr. cleary met one of his donor children, allysen allee, this week, for the first time. >> meeting allysen was emotional for me. it was difficult. >> i wasn't searching for any sort of relationship or anything, but dr. cleary and his family have been absolutely phenomenal. it's not just a research thing. they made actual humans who are now actual adults who are actually dealing with the repercussions of their actions. >> reporter: married with a family of four, cleary says his worst fear came true: having his
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naturally born offspring and donor children living in the same area without knowing they're biologically related. >> my grandkids are going to have to get d.n.a. kits before they seriously date. that's a problem. >> reporter: you think it's that-- it's that severe? >> there's no question. >> reporter: what is your goal with filing the lawsuit? >> my goal goalis to hopefully get people to start talking about this. the idea that they can just lie to people and you got to pick up the pieces 30 years later is not okay. and they caused havoc in a lot of people's lives, and you can't fix that. >> reporter: we reached out to horribles here at o.h.s.u. they said they treat any allegation of misconduct with the gravity that it deserves, but because of privacy concerns they will not be commenting. jamie yuccas, cbs news, portland, oregon. >> ninan: it's a high-tech system designed to save lives. ahead, the dangerous new concern about emergency braking systems in new cars.
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>> ninan: there's renewed concern tonight new technology aimed at preventing pedestrian deaths may be failing in the most dangerous of situations. according to the department of transportation, on average, a pedestrian was killed every 88 minutes in traffic accidents in 2017. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: emergency braking systems can save lives. many new cars are equipped with sensors that can detect a pedestrian and stop automatically if the drivereah s not reliable. how well do these system work in real-world situations, like crossing the street? >> weo unsi fat tiodnst, thahe vehicle struggled. >> reporter: greg brannon is with a.a.a., which tested for midsized sedans. in one scenario, a child darts out, and 90% of the time the vehicle failed to stop a vehicle
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travel 20 miles an hour. every time a car turned a corner it hit a pedestrian. and when a sedan traveling 20 miles per hour encountered two adults it hit them 80% of the time. the results were even worse in the dark. >> what we uncovered is most of these systems do not work at night and when you look at situations when pedestrians are most vulnerable, it's at night. >> reporter: earlier this year, the insurance institute fo highway safety found most s.u.v.s tested during the day were allowed to avoid a pedestrian or slow down. brannon says the new technology should be embraced and given time to become more consistent. are you better to have it, even if it doesn't work every case you'd like it to work in? >> absolutely. these systems have great potential. these are systems meant as a backstop to a really engaged driver. >> reporter: automaker have agreed to put auto-braking technology in all new cars by 2022. experts hope it will be much
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>> ninan: there's growing fear tonight that parts of a massive glacier in italy are at risk of collapse. the famed mont blanc sits in the northern italian alpses, but geologists say it's melting at a rapid rate. emergency measures have been taken to keep people living there safe. seth doane report in tonight's "eye on earth." >> reporter: it's this left-hand side of the graisher you're concerned about? >> yeah. >> reporter: geologist daniele giordan pointed to the piece of the glacier that has them worried. it doesn't look so big from where we're standing. the massive chunk of ice which could break off is about as big as two football fields and almost eight stories high. >> of course we are not able to
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stop the glacier, so we have to reduce the vulnerability. >> reporter: reducing vulnerability means local officials had to close part of the road and declared several mountain homes are which could be the path of falling ice, off limits. scientists here do not know when or if the glacier might break off, but they're using radar, drones, and sa satellites to trk its movement. climate change, with its higher temperatures later in the year, is triggering glaciers to melt around the world, and from iceland to the swiss alps, activist have held funerals for them. in the last 50 years, italian glaishz have lost about 40% of their mass. there are about 30 glaciers here on the italian side of mont blanc, and all of them are melting. seth doane, cbs news, on mont blanc. >> ninan: a california teen is giving up her weekends to give back. coming up, the inspiring story of how she's helping children in
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>> ninan: we end tonight with a bittersweet story of compassion. san francisco has thousand of homeless children. janet shamlian met one teen there when is on a mission to make a difference. >> reporter: it's a time of celebration for tanvi barman, her senior year of high school. but the party she gives up weekends for, aren't for anyone she knows. however, that changes quickly. >> oen pthey're tugging on my sleeve. and they really trust me. >> puppet show! >> reporter: the children are homeless, in shelters. some have never had a birthday celebration until now. today, tanvi is throwing a party for two children. mom, that crown is to die for. >> reporter: tianah is turning one. the idea was born when tanvi tagged along as her parents volunteered at shelters.
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seeing kids who never had a party, like the one she celebrated every year. >> it's really sweet to think of kid and in, like, this situation. >> it's very hard for these children to get a soirs of happiness in their lives, and i can provide them a day where they can feel special and loved. >> reporter: the project "no birthday left behind" has help now-- a puppeteer and face painting volunteer. pizza and custom cakes are donated ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: it's a big effort for someone 17, tanvi's age, unless you're counting by the number of celebrations she's given others. >> today would be my 45th birthday. >> reporter: the simple joy of a party because every child is worth it. janet shamlian, cbs news, hayward, california. >> ninan: every child certainly is worth it. i want to thank y for nws j"oing this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." good night.
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this is kpix5 news. >> i felt like i was on a bridge. >> and a heavy truck was going over. >> rattled nerves after an earthquake jolts people out of their saturday slumbers. a rash of home burglaries in the dublin and san ramon areas has people on edge. why officers think these crimes could be related. and golden state fans flocking to san francisco as the warriors hit the hardwood for the first time in their ho mei'kne looking live at chase center. at least you will be. hear from our exclusive sales force tower cam. about an hour ago, the warriors tipped off their first home game in their new home.
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>> not a bad view. >> that was steph curry's reaction as he arrived at his new office this afternoon. kpix5's betty yu is at his office now. a lot more than usual for a preseason game. >> reporter: this has been seven years in the making. now, the warriors have officially taken the floor in their new home. you could really feel the energy in chase center during those opening player introductions. this is the first time that the fans will also get to experience just how loud chase center can get. many people got here early. some said they got here three hours before tipoff to see steph curry
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