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how do decisions get made so we can better degrade and under mine the group. and leadership, who is in charge of what? and finally what is the big picture? what are the long-term plans and intentions of the organization going forward? >> thanks to you both. and there's breaking news from capitol hill tonight, the democrats changed course and announced they will take the first vote on president trump's impeachment inquiry this thursday. how the impeachment inquiresy entering a news phase. >> the house democrats met behind closed doors. the resolution they will vote on will layout procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president and his council as republicans
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have demanded. >> what i'm saying is there is a wrong way to do it and a right way to do it and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> nancy pelosi said it should eliminate any doubt whether the trump administration will with withhold documents and prevent witness testimony. a congressional subpoena was defied. >> we can infer that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> other witnesses have testified that president trump withhold military aid and a coveted white house meeting in an attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate a campaign rival, joe biden. mr. trump denied it again today. >> there was no anything, there was no pressure put on him. no anything. >> in a statement this afternoon, the white house said this up coming vote proves that
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everything that came before it, was illegitimate. but when cbs asked if this vote will now prompt the white house to cooperate, we were told, it depends on whether they get all the rights they have been asking for. >> sounds like another busy week up there. thank you. now to chicago where angry crowds rallied against president trump on his first official visit. many were in the streets yelling "lock him up." he used the occasion to slam chicago's top police official. jeff is there. >> all over the world, they are talking about chicago. afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. >> reporter: speaking to police chiefs from across the country, president trump targeted the one who was not there, the chicago superintendent, eddie johnson. >> this person should be here, because maybe he could learn something. >> reporter: johnson decided to
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skip the speech, citing the president's immigration policies and what he sees as racial insults and hatred cast from the oval office. >> last year, 565 people were murdered in chicago. since eddie johnson has been police chief, more than 1,500 people have been murdered in chicago. >> reporter: in 2016, murders in chicago sky-rocketed. but under johnson's leadership, murders are down nearly 30%. >> you stand by your record? >> yeah, i do. i do. you know, when i was appointed superintendent, 2016 was a horrible year for the city of chicago. it was. and the experts predicted that we were going to surpass 2016 numbers, not only did we blunt it, we drove it down by 23%. >> reporter: johnson is having issues of his own. he recently called for an investigation of himself after some of his own police officers found him asleep at the wheel of
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trying do. >> he is trying to weaken, he likes the idea of trump sha shredding our alliances. he wants the break up of nato to of course tend russia's influence and the oligarchs that he supports and china wants us out of the region. they are making progress already in these things with the president. look at how he treated japan. look what is going on in south korea, north korea, embracing kim jong-un and love letters and the guy is a thug. we have been able to lead the world not just because of the example of our power, but the power of our example. >> and the white house fired back at biden's assertion saying that the president is doing little to stop the interference
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of election tampering. saying that he has delivered both offensive sanctions and defensive -- and warned to not meddle in our up coming selection. jared ramos has plead guilty got not criminally responsible for the attack. they will try to convince a jury that he is mentally competent of the time of the shootings. there's much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. did a college student's text messages drive her boyfriend to suicide? a city bus swallowed whole during the morning rush hour. during the morning rush hour. and the courage of a long here's another cleaning tip from mr. clean. cleaning tough bathroom and kitchen messes with sprays and wipes can be a struggle. there's an easier way. try mr. clean magic eraser. just wet, squeeze and erase tough messes like bathtub soap scum...
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graduatation day last may, he was on a parking garage -- she had told him to go kill himself. to go die. and that the world would be better off without him. it was just two years ago when another massachusetts woman was found guilty of involuntarily terry manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend. she was accused of using text messages to pressure conrad roy to commit suicide. legal analyst said that the case against miss yu may be harder to try. >> there's a break, she may be texting him. but then she goes to the place where he commits suicide. we don't know what happened there. >> yu is currently in south korea, the da's office said they are hoping that she turns herself in voluntarily, if not, they will seek extradition back
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tonight, in texas, an accused man is in custody after a deadly shooting in a homecoming party. he was charged with killing two people and injuring a dozen other saturday night in an off campus at texas a&m m commerce, he was arrested in a car dealership. in pittsburgh during a morning rush, a bus made a unscheduled stop in to a sinkhole. the street gave way and the bus went backwards in the hole, and the passengers escaped without serious injuries. the art world is buzzing after a painting was found in a
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french woman's kitchen, the painting is 742 years old. the winning bid at auction get this. $26.5 million. >> coming up next, sometimes the race is won not by speed, but how brightly you shine. we are going to end with the story of a long distance runner, bravely facing one of life's tough challenges. we are introduced to secret
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service agent rodney wellsman. >> why would anybody attempt to run that far in the arizona desert and for rodd wellman, it's not the hardest part. >> it's a challenge with the cancer. >> a year ago, he thought he a chest cold, turned out to be stage four lung can keceancer. last month, he started chemo for tumors in his brain and has not stopped promoting cancer awareness. >> and it can target nonsmokers like him. >> if you have lungs you can get cancer. >> severe cramping did stop him, but only after he run 43 miles. grinding out each one for his family. his secret service colleagues and others with cancer who might not have the strength to do what would seem to be impossible. >> it's a long fight and we are just getting started. >> chip reed, cbs news. >> we will see you back here
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tomorrow night. gnt. ♪ this is the cbs overnight news. a warm welcome to you all, this is the overnight news. fire storms are continuing to rage in california from los angeles in the south, to the wine country north of san francisco. in l.a., santa ana winds caused the getty fire to explode. before dawn, thousands were sent scrambling from their homes causing a massive traffic jam in one of the busiest highways in the nation.
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>> southern californians, woke up to towering flames up to 60 feet high in a fire season that has been relentless. >> crazy, absolutely crazy. >> this man, was driving on interstate 405, one of the nation's busiest freeways in the surrounding hills some of the most exclusive neighborhoods. fire crews had to navigate narrow canyon roads amid a blizzard of ash. >> the goal right now for these firefighters for the most part is going to be to keep these flames from spreading to other homes. and to get residents out. >> immediately as this, we have a fire, it's fast moving, time to move. >> among those that had minutes, lebron james, had to emergency evacuate my house and arnold sha schwarzenegger who called firefighters true action heroes. the firefighters saved all but a
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handful of homes. california's worst fire is to the north where the so-called kincade fire has devoured an area twice the size of san francisco, it has destroyed 96 buildings, including one of the state's oldest wineries a devastating blow to the region's economy. 185,000 people remain evacuated in sonoma county, overwhelming the local shelters. >> you know, i'm thinking is this what we are going through every summer now? it's scare when i it seems almost like one is worse than the one behind it. >> reporter: for now, winds have calmed across the state. but all it takes is one stray ember for new intense flare-ups. in one 20 hour period, california firefighters have knocked down 330 fires and now they have a few short hours before the wind picks up again in southern california, they are calling for the strongest wind event this year. >> now, to capitol hill, where speaker nancy pelosi said that the house of representatives will vote this week on the path
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forward in the impeachment inquiry of president trump. >> reporter: house democrats met behind closed doors tonight, to discuss the next stage of the impeachment inquiry. the resolution they will vote on this week, will layout procedures for public hearings and out d llying due process rights for the president and his council. as republicans have demanded. >> so, what i'm saying is there's a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi said that the vote to eliminate any doubt as to whether the trump administration may withhold documents and prevent witness testimony. just today, former white house official charles kupperman denied aggressional subpoena, failing to -- denied a congressional subpoena. >> we can infer that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> other witnesses have testified that president trump
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withheld military aid and a coveted white house meeting in an attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate a campaign rival. joe biden. mr. trump denied it again today. >> there was no anything. there was no pressure put on him, no anything. >> in a statement this afternoon, the white house said this up coming vote proves that everything that came before it, was illegitimate. but when cbs asked if this vote will prompt the white house to cooperate, we were told, it depends on whether they get all the rights they have been asking for. >> the remains of islamic state leader a er -- leader al baghda at the bottom of the ocean. he was given a burial at sea like osama bin laden. the compound where al
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baghdadi met his end was assaulted by the rebel force and then reduced to rubble by american bombs. >> he was a sick and depraved man, and now he is dead, he is dead as a doornail. >> reporter: president trump tweeted a picture of the dog that chased al baghdadi down a dead end tunnel where he killed himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest, the name of the dog is classified was hit by the blast. the joint chiefs chairman said that he is safely back in iraq. >> slightly wounded and fully recovering, but the dog is still in theater, returned to duty with its handlers. >> shortly 5:00, saturday evening east coast time. president trump gathered with his senior revisers in the situation room as helicopters handed al baghdadi's compound. the delta force blew a hole in
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the compound wall, starting a firefight where five residents were killed and two taken prisoner, that left al baghdadi still inside trying escape through a tunnel. he blew himself and the three children up. they identified him and called jackpot at 7:15. it took another hour and 10 minutes to fly back to iraq and at 9:23 the president tweeted something very big has just happened. >> one minute, you are sitting here watching a movie and the next minute, you get the news that, the man that raped and possibly murdered your daughter has been killed. >> the operation to kill al baghdadi was named after a young aid worker he captured and brutalized. her parents hope that one of the two prisoners can finally tell them what happened to their daughter. >> somebody and it may be one of these people they have captured
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yesterday, knows where she is. knows what happened. they know who killed her. >> reporter: al baghdadi's remains were felony o-- were flown out to iraq, where dna testing confirmed his eye de-- confirmconfirm ed his identity. >> president trump did not notify leaders of congress, he did notify president putin. here is nora o'donnell. >> what do you think putin is trying do. >> he is trying to weaken -- he likes the idea of trump as shredding our alliances, putin is all about breaking up nato. all about reducing america's influence in the world so he can extend the influence of russia.
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♪ this is the cbs overnight news. welcome back to the overnight news. the better business bureau is warning people to watch out for a scam that is a simple text message. it looks like it's sent by your bank. do not be fooled. >> many of us safeguard sensitive accounts for being hacked by using the extra measures like text message verification to sign in. one man said that the scammers used that process and used his bank's phone number to text him.
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the lady identified her as cindy at my particular bank and told me there was a fraud attempt on my account. >> everything seemed normal when peter answered a call earlier this month, that he said appeared to come from his bank. the caller asked him, if he would attempted a transaction in miami. after he said no, she asked for his bank member identification and he gave it to her. >> and at that point, the lady said, okay, we are going to send you a one-time verification pin so we can check your identity. >> the scammer used his bank member id to prompt a text message from the bank's real phone number like others he received before with the one-time verification code. he read it back over the phone and that allowed the scammer to access his account and list the bank transactions. >> the fact that they used the bank's own infrastructure to send that pin code to me, which then allowed them to reset my
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password, made it very credible. >> it was only when the scammer asked gunst for his bank pin number that he realized something was wrong. hung up and called the bank's real fraud line to lock his account. >> a lot of scams come in through the phone. and more and more we are seeing them coming in through text message. >> catherine hud is with the better busy bureau, she said red flags include if any of them ask for your name, address, social security number or account number and the best way to make sure you are talking to your bank, call the number on your call. >> whether it's a small community bank or credit union, or the biggest bank in the country, they can be scammed. so be careful. >> the government of japan has a problem. not enough babies. the population of japan is in rapid decline and that is bringing with it a host of problems and innovative solutions. ben tracy reports from tokyo.
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in the hill sides outside of tokyo, is the quaint village in japan this. house is empty and this man has what is the most important job in town. >> all of the homes the town is giving away. >> his binders lists the empty and abandoned homes and then he gets to give them away. >> if somebody wants to come live here, they potentially could get the house for free. >> he said yes. if you live in the house for 15 years we will give it to you for free. that's a really good deal. >> yes, he said, we want people to settle here. >> it's not generosity, it's desperation. it has lost half of its population in recent decades. the main street is lined with closed storefronts and those that live here have senior
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status and at the local school, the entire third grade has just six kids. not so long ago, there were dozens. so, at town hall the race is on to find new residents. they have even resorted to playing cupid. >> so you fixed up a couple and you gave them a house as a gift to get them to move here. >> yes, he said, we also gave them the house. >> anything to get people to move here? >> we do it all. >> nearly 1,000 other japanese towns and villages face extinction because the country is running out of people. the population peaked at 128 million people years ago f the dire forecasts come through, they will have as few as 59 million people.
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>> so if this is a demographic time bomb. s that -- has the bomb gone off? >> the bomb is going off. >> he is a population expert. he said what is happen engine japan is a pre -- happening in japan, is a preview of what many countries, including the united states will face. >> you will have a decrease in population, or close to it. there's a lots of yelling and screaming about immigration, there's little discussion about birth rates and what population do you want to united states to be. >> in japan who historically opposed im -- immigration. immigrants are now 2% of the population. >> the issue here in japan is simple mathematics. too few women are having too few babies and the reasons may sound familiar.
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they are getting married later in life and housing and educating kids is really darn expensive. those decisions will take a toll on the economy. the international monetary fund predicts that japan's gdp will shrink by 25% over the next four years. because of the declining and rapidly aging population. what does this country look like 50 years from now? >> i don't think that japan will be as wealthy as it is now. because along with the population shift, the average age of japan is going up. >> so, japan is being forced to get creative. reinventing nearly everything for what is now one of the oldest populations on the planet. shopping centers are being retooled as massive rec centers for seniors. the stores are indica-- are cat to their needs. this high tech -- allows them to
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visit their loved ones. and robots. the long love affair with them is paying off. they will be used to take on jobs, everything from tour guides to talk show hosts. >> the bots are being deployed to work in nursing homes. and even perform funerals due to a shortage of monks. there's no robot replacement for this man. which is okay, because his house give away is getting results. about 500 people have relocated here, including this couple who received a two story home and also, opened a coffee shop. will you stay for 15 years so you get the house for free? >> she said, yes, of course. but what seems certain is during the 15 years, their small town
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school in colorado. >> it looks like an aircraft maintenance hanger but it isn't. or a real hospital room. not that either. and yes, this is a fully equipped auto repair shop. >> let us know when you have a good connection. >> some cars are right off the assembly line. >> what else is dangerous under here? everything. >> these are not mechanics, not yet. they are students in an unusual high school. where there's a plan. to go from high school to work. >> my mom was not very happy about it. would rather me go to college. and so is my dad, but understands that you don't need to go to college to be successful now days. >> and at auto services, mechanics salaries can get high, says service manager blaze flaherty. >> you could do as well as
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$100,000 with the right shop and the right amount of work. the right amount of education and the right amount of dedication. >> wow. that's more than comfortable. >> the school opened this year. a $43 million custom built facility with specialized classrooms. >> like this fully equipped restaurant kitchen, designed to mimic real world settings and the learning is hands on. students are volunteers and must attend and pass regular high school classes to get their diploma. and while some students may go on to college, others here will go right to jobs. that was a tough sell for principal mark morgan. >> i get the sense that a lot of parents are not always comfortable with the idea of not going from high school right to college. >> and so for parents we are trying to educate as well, what matters is having a successful plan. where a student will graduate high school, and go in to a career where they can be happy
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and healthy and something that can sustain them. >> what areas are you experiencing pain? >> my leg hurts. >> oh, okay, so that sounds like something within your scope to go ahead and help her with. >> the most popular class is four months of training to be a certified nurse's aid. >> that certification exam, once they pass it, they have it in their hand and they can go to the employer and say, i'm certified to work as a cna, in a hospital, you name it. >> what's the demand for these students in terms of people looking to hire them? >> they want them yesterday. basically. >> it took a lot of work to create an aircraft mechanic's class. first, they needed aircraft. >> they bought a used 1981 helicopter. and two planes that were felony to a nearby airport and then at dawn on a sunday morning, towed to the school. >> what do you think would happen with the dent right there?
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>> we take the part off and research it. >> thor barlow is a senior. >> what does it mean to have this kind of opportunity to learn by doing? >> i absolutely love it. i'm a very visual learning and hands on learner. you can go inside and see all of it how it fits together. it can affect a bit of the engine or the entire thing. >> and the school got faa approval to graduate certified air mechanics. training that is pricey. >> if these kids had to go to school, what would it cost them? >> $40,000. >> really? >> really. >> and this is basically free. >> basically free, yes, sir. >> and are there jobs throughout when they walk out? >> plenty of jobs. >> another skill, how to succeed after they landed a job. >> so 30% of every student's grade on the campus is about professional skills. it goes to work ethic, showing up to work on time. what it means to truly
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>> they are not one morning, that my body said, get up and walk, dude. zero times. you go do something hard, you finish it no matter what, you are going to find beauty in yourself. >> what did you find? >> i'm a tough son of a gun. ♪ >> not even rattlesnake bite, miles from the nearest town in colorado could keep him down. >> that venom and poison started to go through my body. and remember the end of looney tunes and the circle gets smaller and they say, that's all folks. >> six days in the hospital, somehow, he stayed positive through it all. >> that day was fun. man, i rode in the helicopter, they put me in icu, nice air conditioning and a nice bed. >> picking up where he left off, he kept going and growing, his soul leading the way. ♪
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>> no drugs. that's a shift from his monster ♪ t, released in 2015.- >> i wanted everybody to think i was cool. i had to battle that. everyone liked me. dude, it doesn't matter. his collaborator, took his own life last year. posner lost his father to cancer and his friend, matt mill tore a drug overdose. coping with depression and grief, pushed him to get his life on a better path. >> what do you think the biggest lesson is that you learned along the way. >> i don't want to be a coward, to be somebody that i'm proud of. that is why i went on the walk. i want to say, i'm my hero. >> look what i've become. look what i've become. >> los angeles. and that is the overnight news
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for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. and for others, check back with us a bit later nor the morning news and cbs thimorning. it's tuesday, october 29th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." wildfire nightmare. we're tracking the dangerous weather conditions that are expected to help fuel already massive flames across california. scathing speech. president trump makes his first official visit to chicago, and visit. [ chants ] afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. >> plus, we'll take you inside the baghdadi raid as details emerge about the operation that killed the leader of isis.
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