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all right, that is it for 5:00. we will see you here at 6:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: tonight, a second whistleblower sounds the alarm t president trump. his dealings with ukraine come ug,er new scrutiny, as republicans shrug. >> it does not matter. >> quijano: while more democrats charge the president should be espeached. >> you have got a president ckinla aed ag ctli >> quijano: also tonight, a gunman shoots nine people overnight in a kansas city bar, killing four. >> we want to get her back. sswant some acknowledgment from rha tt remorseful. s> quijano: up in smoke. our manuel bojorquez is in brazil, where fire is being used by land grabbers to torch the amazon rainforest. reus, children with autism get ready for take-off without fear.
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and, a chicago chef's recipe for change-- one inmate at a time. >> you said you make the best pizza in chicago. >> i've been told that a lot. this is the cbs weekend news. >> quijano: good evening. i'm elaine quijano. elesident trump faces a deepening political crisis rsnight. a second whistle-blower has come forward-- this one withrs anthlefiknowsud dg e-off an i- mpeachment inquiry r the president's dealings with ukraine. nikole killion is at the white house tonight with the latest. r reporter: and now there are at least two. today, attorney mark zaid tweeted, "i can confirm this report of a second whistleblower being represented by our legal team," adding, "this e istle-blower has firsthand knowledge." ea the reporting that a second ntistle-blower has come forward
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or is about to come forward, i believe, again, would be someone who sees wrongdoing, hears wrongdoing, and wants to do something about it. us reporter: house democrats have subpoenaed the white house for documents related to the igesident's controversial july phone call with ukraine's leader, pressuring him to investigate former vice raesident joe biden and his son, hunter, who served as a director of worked for a ukranian gas company. >> you have a president who is acting like a global gangster. >> reporter: republicans claim the president's actions are ju politics as usual. they're insisting there is no connection between the president's request and his decision to withhold hold up $400 million in u.s. military aid to ukraine. >> why did you wince? >> because i was supporting the supporting the aid as senator murphy. but here's the salient point of why i came forward, when i asked the president about that, he adamantly denied it. >> reporter: on twitter today, aye president once again attacked the former vice
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idesident. he wrote, "based on all of the nnney he and his family probably 'extorted,' joe should hang it up." but biden had a message for the president. in a "washington post" op-ed, he unt to be president." adding, "you won't destroy me. and you won't destroy my family." and late today the white house issued a statement in response to the second whistleblower. it said it doesn't matter how many people decide to call themselves "whistleblower" about the second telephone call, it doesn't change the fact the president has done nothing wrong. but keep in mind, the original complaint was about a series of interactions, not just a call. elaine. >> quijano: nikole killion, thank you. ounight, police in kansas city, kansas, are on the hunt for two men wanted in connection with the nation's latest mass shooting. as jonathan vigliotti reports, nine people were shot in a bar overnight. four of them were killed. kc reporter: chaos erupted
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inside the tequila k.c. bar around 1:30 this morning. police say at least 40 people wre packed inside when the llnmen entered through the back and started shooting. >> when we arrived, obviously, a lot of people were still inside the bar trying to exit, running out. outside the bar, we had five other victims that all sustained ornshot wounds. >> reporter: the victims were all hispanic men between the ages of 25 and 50. police say the exact motive is unclear, but they are not witnesses say the two suspects had gotten into a fight at the bar earlier in the night, left, and returned with hand guns. >> we have too many conflicting sories right now, so we want to try to narrow that down. >> reporter: surveillance video from inside the bar will play a critical role in filling in the gaps, along with accounts from the victims who survived. several have been treated and released from the hospital. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news. >> quijano: pro-democracy protests in hong kong took another ugly turn today, one day after tens of thousands of ceople marched in a peaceful show of force against the
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beijing-backed government, and a new ban on face masks. ramy inocencio is there. >> reporter: at a military barracks, protesters shouted and taunted chinese soldiers with laser pointers. their response came as a yellow sign written in english and chinese, "you will be prosecuted." elsewhere, escalating clashes into a crowd of demonstrators. the driver was beaten and bloodied and his car smashed. ta another area, protesters used a makeshift catapult to launch olicks, while others threw petrol bombs. police just fired several rounds of tear gas and without warning, but it's not stopping the protesters from continuing their march.onunday,eavyain d th under ast new emergency law did little to discourage tens of thousands of teople from hitting the streets to protest a ban on face masks they say is a right worth
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fighting for. >> we have to protect ourselves g d the hong kong government 't >> reporter: ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. >> quijano: the wife of a u.s. diplomat based in britain is being accused of using diplomatic immunity to escape justice. she's a suspect in a fatal accident, and she's fled the country. imtiaz tyab spoke with the parents of the teenager killed. >> reporter: it's an almost unbearable agony, losing a child. but charlotte charles and tim dunn say they've lost something else-- the chance to grieve. >> we can't rest. we can't settle. you know, she killed our boy. anwee need her to come back so weri cdigrng t otan .his o motoe was struck head-on by a car. the 42-year-old driver is the wife of an american diplomat. investigators say she had just rcft royal air force croughton, which the british media are describing as a u.s. spy base, s d was driving down the wrong
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tde of the road, when she crashed into dunn. days later, she was flown back to the u.s. with diplomatic immunity. >> we want to get her back. we want some acknowledgment from her that she's remorseful. >> reporter: a u.s. embassy spokesperson told cbs news "given the global impact such decisions carry, immunity is rarely waived." it really does sound like for you, this isn't about punishment ab persecution. this is about doing the right thing. >> it's just about being-- showing us that she's hun and not... inhuman. >> reporter: harry dunn's parents wi m t witethr briista winee'sk. lat the u.k.'s top diplomat will have to walk a fine line, balancing international agreements with his country's most crucial ally, and the needs of a family gripped with grief. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, nortretonshaan, enhid.gl
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lastery in dallas tonight. a witness in the trial of former police officer amber guyger was shot and killed friday night. joshua brown's death comes ten days after he gave key testimony in that case. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: dallas police say 27-year-old joshua brown suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was found lying on the ground in the parking lot of his apartment friday night. brown used to live in the same apartment complex as former dallas police officer amber amus j and her victim. eaasn jth wat night in september 2018, when guyger said she mistakenly walked into momwienpartment and shot hima'a t.er n> reporter: just last week, brown told a jury he heard the interaction between guyger andjh y owedfots b the voices was giving loud commands, like "stop, police," or anything of that nature?
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>> yeah, but not-- that wasn't what they were saying. >> i have my gun pointed and i'm saying, "let me see your hands, let me see your hands." cesentorter: guyger was en dallas police are still searching for a suspect and a motive. several witnesses say they saw a silver four-door sedan speed away from the apartment complex. the dallas county prosecutor called brown's testimony "brave" tessaid that he "came forward to testify," elaine, "when others wouldn't." >> quijano: so many unanswered questions. meg, thank you. in huntington beach, california, fe octoberfest celebration quickly turned into a chaotic scene last night. >> something exploded-- whoa! >> quijano: an explosion from an underground transformer shot a huge fireball into the night sky. fire theed a restaurant. two firefighters were hurtn scor battling the blaze. e racrgi angbross 's there were roughly 20,000 fires eaere last month alone.
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many are man-made, as forests are cleared for farming. manuel bojoquez has more, in tonight's "eye on earth." >> reporter: as devastating as the fires sweeping the amazon are, scientists say new evidence strectly connects these flames and the equally-destructive and man-made forces of deforestation. these large swaths of rainforest are chopped down to make way for eattle ranching and farming. the trees are set ablaze to enear them. even among the ashes here, you can see the signs of oforestation. some of these fallen trees still bear the clean marks from where they were chopped down. these photos reveal the same locations where trees were cut down this spring, were also ravaged by dry season fires this tmmer. just this year, an area the size of 72,000 soccer fields has gone up in flames. >> there's a saying, "deforestation always goes to zero, either when you have no more forest, or you decide to
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stop it." >> reporter: foster brown is a u.s. sho has lived inst wcien the amazon almost 30 years, when we met him in brazil last month. should people be concerned about the amazon being lost if things don't change? >> yes, but i think we ought to be concerned about the planet st iing lost if we don't change. this is a much bigger issue than the amazon. >> reporter: that's because the amazon not only produces a significant amount of eth tol ins oxygen, it also absorbsa >> if we don't have a government fi protect us, we going to sacrifice our self to protect our land. t reporter: to fight for your land. >> of course. >> reporter: tashka yawanawa is chief of the yawanawa tribe, which has lived in this corner of the brazilian amazon for s nturies, and considers itself a steward of the land, living sustainably in the ancient onrest. but he says the trees alongside tribal lands are now disappearing, threatening the
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yawanawa way of life, which in turn will soon threaten everyone's. >> we need to take care to leave a safe world, for future generation to come. >> reporter: but how is it possible to get that message rnross in this modern, industrialized world? >> it's very simple. anyone can change the world. each one of us needs to be responsible, economically, environmentally, culturally, because, otherwise, the humanity is just going to disappear like dinosaurs. ep mbojorqz, cbs news, rio bronco, brazil. >> quijano: well, one look tells llu why albuquerque's international balloon fiesta has teen called one of the most osotographed events in the world. today, pilots from around the world took to the sky in a mass ascension. bad weather kept them tethered yesterday. for 48 years, it's been quite sight.
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school on a specific date, april 20, 2020. >> the anniversary of columbine, which is freaky and kind of scary-- very scary. >> reporter: the journal went into chilling detail. he would detonate pipe bombs and use multiple firearms to blast anyone in sight, and execute survivors. how does that make you feel as a mom? >> like i've done something wrong. no reporter: police believe she ind everything right. >> she's very courageous. it's clearly very emotional for her. ce loves her son. >> reporter: you really wrestled with making the call to the police. >> yeah. my son told them that it was only creative writing, it was just a story. >> well, he's plotting to attack and kill people. that's beyond creative writing. that's beyond normal. >> reporter: this angelic looking toddler is now 17. his mom says he'd been battling depression.
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>> i'm worried about his mental health, and he needs help. >> reporter: so you think he's safer right now in jail? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: and you're safer right now, with him in jail. >> yes, ma'am. y reporter: that's a hard thing to admit. >> yeah. truth hurts sometimes. >> reporter: do you still love your son? >> of course i do. it takes a lot to do what i did. it wasn't easy. >> she's parenting. that's what we need parents to do. sa reporter: do you feel she saved people's lives? >> absolutely. very courageous. very grateful. >> reporter: so are all the students, teachers and staff, saved by possibly the toughest rsoice a mother can make. mmie yuccas, cbs news, college place, washington. >> quijano: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," how one airline is helping kids with wtism overcome their fears to soar. fears to soar.
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>> quijano finally, tonight-- a chicago chef is on a mission to change lives. and as adriana diaz shows us, he's doing it one slice at a time. >> let the knife do the job. see.elli la laa laa ♪ >> reporter: with italian flair, milan-born chef bruno abate runs a bustling chicago pizza kitchen, with >> look how much waste, you see? ,reathjailr: ...and busy blades aed c where artisan pizza is made by inmates, for inmates. a select group train under this master chef-- and mentor. >> god give me thishe called me eight years ago. >> reporter: god called you? >> and i answered the phone. i have a purpose.
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not a purpose to buy three inlex, big house, two ferrari, my goal is to change something in the prison system. >> reporter: so he created ilcipe for change, where he pairs knife skills with life skills. >> look at that. see? ven't never, never say "i cannot make it." we have people here, thethetso thmajo they never challenge themselves. and now through the pizza they understand i can do it i can do it. >> reporter: the sheriff saysa t 70% national recidivism rate. >> i have no delusions. there is evil in this world, and we have some evil people here. but the majority we have are people who have made mistakes, who came from an area with very few opportunities. given opportunities, they'll change their lives. un reporter: take sergio
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rodriguez, who after a five-year drug sentence, worked at abate's restaurant. >> i used to make hundreds in a nty or in a week, and here you have to wait for that pay check, its hard. >> reporter: has bruno helped you learn that? >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: he said you make the best pizza i chicago, which is saying a lot in this city. >> i see he teaches confidence too! ( laughs ) li my philosophy is to make them emderstand that you are human like me. i get emotional when i think of the love i receive here. >> reporter: you okay? y.always cry. i cry when i'm happy. >> reporter: a slice of love, where you'd least expect it. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> quijano: the power of a second chance. that's the "cbs weekend news, for this sunday." "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm elaine quijano. we leave you with more of the balloo fiesta in albuquerqu
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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 live news. google just bought a huge, 40 acre plot of land. in of all places, gilroy, take a wild guess what they plan to do with that? the intense reminder that fire season is far from over. antonio brown is demanding a payout. we begin with netadeils 150 acres west of i-80. clouds of thick smoke, visible from the freeway, in the so-called american fire.
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it has burned about 120 acres in the past are. >> and evacuation orders have been ordered. but people nearby on sagebrush lane, sorrento lane, tarantino been advised, just acplin case. >> there is a fire preparedness meeting just miles away. >> reporter: accrues on the ground and in the air, still working to get this fire contains. this is right on the border between napa and solano counties. parts of both counties, are under a red flag warning into 5:00 tonight. just another reminder that fire sefrom over. onr s asfa >> that is the bar burned scar from the alice fire. >> reporter: he says that the fire danger is constant. the charred hillside, a steady reminder. >> it is very real.

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