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some even collaborated with russian forces, like her ex- husband, who she's denounced as a traitor saying he's dead to her. ukraine is now trying to extend its counteroffensive toward the east. zelenskyy has called on western countries to continue supplying weapons. now they've proved they know how to use them effectively. norah. >> o'donnell: debora patta, thank you again. your superb reporting. let's turn now to london where we learned today queen elizabeth had a personal request for her funeral on monday: that her grandsons, prince william and harry once again walk side-by- side behind her coffin to its final journey to westminster abby. that coffin will be carried on the same gun carriage used in the funerals of her father king george vi and sir winston churchill. here's cbs's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: prince william opened up to well-wishers today, adding that walking behind the
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queen's coffin brought back memories, alluding to the funeral of princess diana. he and the new princess of wales kate greeted mourners outside the royal residence of sandringham. while back in london, crowds have grown to epic proportions. a pilgrimage to pay tribute to their queen. >> the whole walk for six and a half hours. if i have to, i'll do it again. >> reporter: even visitors from the u.s., lon and bob ehmke, are from illinois. >> she's such a great woman. >> she's a special person, and we've known her for 70 years. >> reporter: this sea of people winding their way through the park, right in front of the palace, are nearly at the end of their journey. yet, as we speak, thousands more are just starting. we made our own journey to find out just how far back it stretched-- a good five miles. this is the very beginning of the line.
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in the few minutes we have been here, it's already grown by more than 500 yards. people here have been told it's going to take at least eight hours to get there. an army of volunteers and portable toilets matched only by an actual army tightening security with marksmen on the roofs and sniffer dogs on the streets. security teams are now facing one of the biggest challenges this country has ever seen. norah, we have been speaking to people in the crowd here tonight. they say they have been walking around seven and a half hours to spend 60 seconds with the queen. >> o'donnell: just extraordinary, charlie d'agata, thank you. tonight, in an explosive new interview, former president trump warns there could be trouble if he's incited over those top secret documents seized from mar-a-lago. here's cbs's major garrett. >> reporter: former president trump says "he can't imagine being indicted over his handling
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of classified documents after leaving office," and he warned of unrest if charges were brought. >> i think you would have problems in this country the likes of which perhaps we've never seen before. i don't think the people of the united states would stand for it. >> reporter: democrats slammed the remarks. >> inviting the mob to return to the streets is exactly what happened here january 6th, 2021. >> reporter: trump also said he declassified the sensitive documents found in unsecured locations at his mar-a-lago residence. this, trump suggested, should absolve him. >> i have the absolute right to declassify. absolute. the president has the absolute right. >> reporter: trump's attorneys have not made this argument in court filings. legally speaking, it may not matter. >> whether or not a document is classified is irrelevant. it's a question of mishandling national security information, even if they have been declassified. >> reporter: meanwhile, trump's former chief of staff mark meadows, having been subpoenaed, is now, according to cnn,
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cooperating with the justice department investigation into january 6th. at least 40 trump associates have been subpoenaed in recent weeks, part of a widening probe into efforts to overturn the presidential election. that is also the focus in georgia where a grand jury is investigating trump-led maneuvers to undercut the state's 2020 results. the district attorney told "the washington post," "if indicted and convicted, people are facing prison sentences." on yet another legal front, cbs news has learned new york's attorney general rejected a plea deal proposed by trump's attorneys to settle a long- running investigation into possible financial fraud perpetrated by the trump organization. this development, norah, suggests a civil suit could soon be filed against trump and possibly one of his children. >> o'donnell: major garrett, thank you so much. tonight, tropical storm warnings are in effect in the eastern caribbean. tropical storm fiona is expected to strengthen as it approaches the leeward islands tomorrow. fiona could drop up to 10 inches of rain on the u.s. virgin
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the supreme court overturned roe v. wade in june. cbs's adriana diaz is there. >> this is an area that would normally be full of patients. >> reporter: most of the lights are now off at women's med, an indiana abortion provider. >> as a physician, i get mad because insurance companies deny claims. i get mad because my patients are being stripped of their human rights. >> reporter: the clinic is among two indiana providers slated to close. the state's five remaining clinics will still offer limited healthcare. dr. kate mchugh says patient loads doubled as abortion laws were passed in the states. >> we were able to support the states around us and take their patients and provide the care they needed. that all happened till yesterday. >> reporter: indiana is now one of 13 stays with a near total ban or that outlawed abortions after six weeks. >> it's an exciting day for indiana. >> reporter: sue liebel is with susan b. anthony pro-life america. >> now it's back in state hands.
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it's going to be messy and different in every state, but closer to the people and the will of the voters. >> reporter: women's med will now send indiana patients to its sister clinic in dayton, ohio, more than 100 miles away, where just yesterday a county judge temporarily restored ohio's abortion access. when you look to the future, what do you see? >> i see so much harm on these populations that will not be able to access abortion care, and i think about the generational damage that will be done to these patients and their families. >> a judge declined a request to temporarily block the ban while lawsuits play out but that could change at a hearing on monday. meanwhile, women's med plans to keep its doors open to be available to answer patients' questions at least for the next few weeks. norah. >> o'donnell: adriana diaz, thank you. up next, roger and out. why tennis legend roger fetter
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o'donnell: queen elizabeth's lifelong love of horses was well known, and although she lived in a palace, she felt at home in the stables. that passion led to an unlikely friendship with a california cowboy. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> and this is the queen's hallway. >> reporter: improbably, indelibly, monty roberts became queen elizabeth's horseman, and more. >> her majesty has treated me as if i was a younger brother. >> reporter: roberts revolutionized horse training, taming horses using a silent language of kindness. in 1989, the queen, with her life long love of horses, invited him to her stables at windsor castle. >> i thought she was a groom. i said, nice to meet you. and i stepped back and i went, oh, my -- oh! you're the queen!
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yes, last time i checked. >> reporter: handwritten letters and annual christmas greetings framed their three-decade relationship. did you consider her a friend? >> i would call her her majesty, but the friendship was deep. >> reporter: did you ever think to yourself what am i doing hanging out with her majesty? >> only two or three times a day, and every night when i went to bed. >> reporter: on monday, monty roberts will go to the funeral >> i said, no! what?! and i don't want to let her go. she's going to be with me every instant that i'm alive. >> reporter: a dark horse friendship, the california cowboy and the queen. mark strassmann, cbs news, california. and that is the overnight
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news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues, for others, check back in for "cbs mornings." reporting here in the nation's capitol, i'm nora o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. a special master has been named tasked by the fbi. u.s. district judge raymond dearie is who trump proposed for the role one week ago, and the justice department did not oppose. the judge must complete his review by november 30th. the biden administration has now given nearly $16 billion in military assistance to the country. this fire ball lasted for about 20 seconds landing somewhere in the north atlantic
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ocean. for more news, download the cbs app on your cell phone or tv. i'm matt peiper, cbs news, new york. tonight, rail companies and union leaders reached an agreement. president biden announces a it could have devastated the already fragile economy less than two months before the elections. amtrak canceled all long distance routes ahead of a
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possible work stoppage. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. good evening, nancy. how did this deal come together? lots of coffee and a meeting that was not allowed to end until they shook hands. >> yes, i am very pleased to announce a tentative labor agreement. >> reporter: standing in the rose garden, president biden hailed a deal to head off what would have been the first rail strike since 1992. >> this is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers and for their dignity. >> the agreement was the product of marathon, 20 hour talks led by labor secretary marty walsh. >> i told them, you're not getting out of this room. >> reporter: walsh says a strike would have cost the u.s. economy $2 billion a day. >> we have food and grain and
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corn waiting to be transported across the country. that would have rotted. we have other supplies. it would have been devastating. >> reporter: 12 yuans supported the largest raise increase, a raise of 24% over five years. they also secured one more day of paid leave and for the first time, the right to take unpaid leave to attend medical appointments. >> rare roads were not keen on giving us more time away from work because that means you need more employees to run your operation. i think it's a victory. >> reporter: that victory so close to the deadline did come at a price. amtrak had already canceled some long-distance trains, and g.m. anticipating to close some plants. why did it get to this point the eve of a strike? couldn't that have been averted? >> what i asked when everything was done to the companies and
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the unions, let's get to the table earlier next year. >> reporter: this standoff was a big test for a man who has frequently build himself as, quote, the most pro-union president ever. and the test isn't quite over yet. this deal still has to be voted on by a thousand railroad workers. >> they are so critical to our economy. well, today, russian president vladimir putin met in person with china's leader xi jinping since the first time since the invasion of ukraine. xi promised to support the two countries' core interest. tonight, ukraine's president zelenskyy says they have found a masked burial site. >> reporter: vladimir zen len ski braving liberator towns paying tribute to his soldiers.
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in striking contrast, vladimir putin desperately needing allies has yet to visit his troops on the ground. but putin has exacted his revenge, sending them to zelenskyy's hometown smashed into a dam flooding surrounding areas. the president condemned the strike as work of weaklings who fled the battlefield. it's civilians who have paid a heavy price during the long months of russian operation. everywhere we've gone, there's just been utter devastation. this behind me is the local city hall, and over there, a hospital. clearly, not a military target. the kremlin attempted to erase every trace of ukrainian identity. they burned our books, destroyed our schools, removed our tv channels and put on moscow's
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propaganda, she told us. some even collaborated with the russian forces like her ex-husband, whom she's denounced as a traitor saying he's dead to her. ukraine is now trying to extend its counteroffensive towards the east. zelenskyy has called on western countries to continue supplying weapons. now they've proved they know how to use them effectively. >> thank you again. let's turn now to london where we learned today that queen elizabeth had a personal request for her funeral, that her grand sons walk side by side by her coffin that will be carried to westminster abby. here's cbs's charlie. >> reporter: prince william opened up to well-wishers today,
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adding that walking behind the queen's coffin brought back memories alluding to the funeral of princess diana. he and the new princess of wales, kate, greeted mourners. while back in london, the crowds have grown to epic proportions. a pilgrimage to pay tribute to their queen. >> the whole walk was six 1/2 hours. if i had to do it again, i would do it again. >> reporter: even visitors from the u.s., they're from illinois. >> she was such a great woman. >> she's a special person, and we've known her for 70 years. >> reporter: this sea of people winding their way through the park right in front of the palace are nearly at the end of their journey, yet, as we speak, thousands more are just starting. we made our own journey to find out just how far back it stretched, a good five miles.
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this is the very beginning of the line, and the few minutes we have been here, it's already grown by more than 500 yards. people here have been told it's going to take at least eight hours to get there. an army of volunteers and portable toilets matched only by an actual army tightening security with marksmen on the roofs and sniffer dogs on the streets. security teams are now facing one of the biggest challenges this country has ever seen. and we have been speaking to people in the crowd here tonight. they say they have been walking around seven 1/2 hours to spend 60 seconds with the queen. >> just extraordinary. thank you. tonight, tropical storm warnings in in effect in the eastern caribbean. fiona storm is expected to strengthen. fiona could drop up to 10 inches
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. i'm january crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. school is back in session from coast to coast, and that means it's rise and shine for millions of youngsters who didn't need an alarm clock all summer. one state is making it easier for students to get up and out of the house. california is now the first state to mandate later start times for schools. michelle reports.
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>> reporter: 13-year-old robert greenway is enjoying a new routine before school, one that includes more sleep. >> last school year, it was more like get up, rush, rush, rush. you're tired. >> a first of its kind law requires high schools in the state to start no earlier than 8:30 to help students get much-needed sleep. >> they're zombies in the morning, and it's stressful to try to get them up. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics show children get eight to ten hours of sleep. it increases the risk of depression, obesity, and suicidal thoughts. the doctor of institution in san diego is a leading researcher. his research shows a later start time has a big impact in the
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classroom. >> they actually learn better, so they're grades improve, the tardiness also went down, and teens felt better about themselves. >> reporter: massachusetts, new york, and new jersey are also considering later school start times. only about 20% of u.s. high schools start at or after 8:30 a.m., the time the aap recommends. how's it going? so far so good? >> definitely. i feel more productive. >> reporter: an extra 30 minutes of sleep, helping roberts start the school year off on the right foot. >> the new school year brings a sense of relief for a lot of parents, but a new study shows more parents expressing concern about the safety of students in school. michael george reports. >> reporter: as gloria sends her
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7-year-old daughter back to the classroom, safety is a top concern. >> we feel like we're leaving them and they're going to be safe, but nowadays, i don't know if anybody is safe. >> reporter: 44% share that sentiment and fear for their child's safety at school. one in five as also said their child expressed concerns about feeling safe. the editor in chief of gallup says it's assigned recent mass shootings are taking an emotional toll on parents and their kids. but so are other factors. >> it's important to keep in mind there's a lot of other reasons why kids can maybe not feel safe at school from bullying to just communal violence happening in the neighborhood. >> reporter: some school districts have recently hired armed security guards. >> a kid shouldn't have to go to
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a school having someone with a gun. >> reporter: after witnessing a lockdown drill at her daughter's school, she gave her daughter a watch with gps and texting capabilities. >> a day after president biden took a test drive in some electric vehicles, the biggest ride sharing company announced it's going green. uber is expanding its so-called electric comfort project. uber's ceo gave ben tracey an inside look at the company's plan to cut planet warming emissions. >> this is making me realize this car must be really fun in the city. you cannot beat this view. look at that. >> this is awesome. absolutely spectacular. >> reporter: it's hard to compete with this kind of scene are i in san francisco. but the uber ceo hopes riders will also appreciate the view
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inside the car, one of 26,000 electric vehicles now on uber's platform. >> it turned out to be a great inspiration for riders and drivers to go electric. >> reporter: uber has quadrupled its fleet and plans to double it next year, all part of its new product called comfort electric. >> it's a tesla, a pull star, a ford machi, these are great cars. >> reporter: what's the end goal? >> by 2030, we have a target to be fully electric in the u.s., canada, and europe. >> reporter: by 2030, will a driver driving a gas powered vehicle be allowed on your platform? >> no. >> reporter: in the u.s., transportation is the single largest source of green house gas emissions.
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uber is trying to slash its carbon footprint by incentivizing it drivers to switch to evs. these are not cheap. >> no, they are not. we need electric vehicles, and that costs 20-30 thousand dollars versus 50-60 thousand dollars. >> reporter: uber says it's going to spend $800 million to offset the cost for drivers. it's paying them an extra dollar for every ev trip they make. uber is partnering with hertz where drivers can rent teslas on a weekly or monthly basis. no pressure. i know it's not every day you have the ceo in the back of your seat. this uber driver has been renting this red tesla since march. now that she's avoiding the pain at the pump in california, she says she's making $200 more per week driving atesla. >> $200 a week adds us.
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for me, in my family, that's like a week's worth of groceries. >> reporter: and she says going electric has boosted tips from her riders. >> they absolutely love the tesla. they are so excited. i get less cancellations actually. they'll wait a little longer for me. >> reporter: on the down side, i will tell you i have noted sometimes it takes a bit of time to get one of these drivers and the ride is more expensive. >> the more electric cars we have, the more the waiting time comes down and pricing as well. >> reporter: uber case its goal to be the cleanest transportation platform on the planet. but in 2020, the company received reports of 141 rapes and 998 incidents of sexual assaults, and that was during the height of covid lockdowns when far few people were using
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uber. >> 99.9% of uber trips are completely safe, no incidents whatsoever. but we want to be held accountable, which is why we were the first company out there to publish a comprehensive safety report. >> reporter: the fact that you have to put out a report does seem to lend credence to the effect that it's a big problem here. >> the fact that these incidents are happening is a big problem. >> reporter: he says they're adding new safety features including ride check where if a car stops unexpectedly, uber will contact the rider or driver to make sure things are okay. >> reporter: have you considered allowing women or men to select the gender? >> we have thought of that. there are significantly more men drivers than female driver. so a woman would have to wait a long time if she wanted to wait specifically for a female driver. >> reporter: a female uber
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driver behind the wheel of an ev, but the boss in the backseat sees a future with a lot more of both on the road. >> if we want to get to zero emissions, there's a lot of work to do. most of the work is ahead of us, not behind us. >> reporter: i'm ben tracey, san francisco. here's to real flavors... real meals. real good. all of knorr's high quality pasta and rice sides are now made with no artificial flavors or preservatives. knorr. taste for good. (computer keys clicking) (mouse clicks) - shriners hospitals for children is awesome! my favorite people in shriners are the doctors and the nurses because they help people through life. wow, i was a really cute kid! (chuckles) but it's true!
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by some counts over the last 1,200 years, there have been more than 60 monarchs in the family of king charles iii. seth done takes a short look at their very long and colorful history. >> reporter: these rituals of mourning tie in traditions which date back centuries. a royal reminder of this family's thousand-plus year history. >> you have pictures of you with the queen around us here. >> i do. i'm not unique. if there's a picture of you with the queen b you have it around. >> reporter: he's one of the pre-eminent biographers of the
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royal family. this is the family tree. >> yes. >> it's quite extraordinary. >> the crown passes down the line sideways up and down, but it gets there in the end, doesn't it? >> the royal family here in the uk is also connected by blood to other royal families across europe. >> pretty much all of them, yes. >> is there a first king of e england or the united kingdom? albert was the great -- say it 32 times of queen elizabeth ii. she's part of the house of wind sore which followed other houses. what is a house within the same family? >> when the daughter marries, the man givesameusually. >> reporter: in ten-plus centuries, there's plenty of family drama. the war of the roses pinned fractions of the family against
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each other. and henry viii had six wives. two divorced, six beheaded. there are a lot of sordid details. but when you're royal, family politic is is geopolitics. >> he's on one side, and george v is also a grand son of queen victoria on the other side. >> reporter: the house of windsor had been it until world war i when king george v decided to distance from the german-sounding name, wind sore named after its castle and its town. wind sore castle runs through the fabric of british history, much like the family of the queen he so admires. >> there's a wonderful thread of continuity. what country wouldn't have liked to have had our queen as head of
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mourners continue to line up for hours outside westminster hall waiting to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth. she'll forever be admired for her sense of duty and grace. but the queen was also a woman of style. holly williams has a look. >> reporter: she was one of the most photographed women in the world, the iconic face of her country known for her religious sense of duty, her service, and her style. she was such a recognizable figure of quintessential britishness. she's an editor at uk's magazine. >> whether it be bright yellow or a turquoise blue so that someone at the back of a crowd would be able to spot her and
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feel that she's had that one-on-one connection. >> reporter: the queen's signature look barely changed in decades. she loved big hats, sensible shoes, and practical hand bags. a uniform and a lesson in female power dressing later adopted by others. >> i suppose what it projects is a sense of purpose. she was a working woman. >> she was a working woman. every time she went out into the public, she was there in her uniform to work. >> reporter: for centuries, british monarchs have projected grand your with their clothing. she also had an off duty style, a country girl at heart, according to those who knew her. >> it's that self confidence in her identity that i think i will always remember as her legacy in fashion. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for
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"cbs mornings." and follow us online any time at cbs news.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm jan crawford. this is cbs news flash. a special master has been named tasked with reviewing the documents seized by the fbi during its search at former president's home in florida. raymond dearie is who trump proposed one week ago, and the justice department did not oppose. the u.s. is said to give another $600 million to ukraine. secretary of state anthony blinken says the biden administration has now begin nearly $16 billion in military assistance. >> and this fire ball was a meteor. it lasted for about 20 seconds landing somewhere in the north
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atlantic ocean. for more news, download the cbs app on your phone or connected tv. i'm matt peiper, cbs news, new york. a nationwide railroad strike averted. president biden announces a tentative deal between unions and the rail companies avoiding what could have cost the u.s. economy $2 billion a day. the president calls it a win for america. cbs's nancy on the negotiations. migrants to sent to martha's vineyard. florida's governor accused of playing politics. >> ron desantis is a coward. only a coward uses women and children for their own political gain. plus, the governor of texas buses 100 migrants to the vice-president's d.c. residence.
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indiana's abortion ban, the strict new law outlawing the procedure goes into effect today. we're at one clinic which just saw its last patient. the queen's funeral. what we're learning about the new roles for william and harry at the final good-bye. plus the prince and princess of wales greet well-wishers. >> from here, they have been told the journey will take more than eight hours. and the unlikely friendship between her majesty and an american cowboy. >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. tonight, the labor deal that prevented a catastrophic railroad shutdown. rail company and union leaders reached a tentative agreement less than 24 hours before workers were said to walk off
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the job. the deal avoids a shutdown of the nation's freight trains and passenger traffic that could have devastated the already-fragile economy less than two months before the midterm elections. amtrak is scrambling to restore service. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we'll start off from the white house. good evening, nancy. how did this deal come together? >> reporter: lots of coffee, some late-night nudging by the president and a meeting between union leaders and rail owners that was not allowed to end until they shook hands. >> i am very pleased to announce a tentative labor agreement -- >> standing in the rose garden, president biden hailed a deal to head off what would have been the first rail strike since 1992. >> this is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers and
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for their dignity. >> reporter: the agreement was the product of marathon 20 hour talks led by labor secretary marty walsh. >> i told them, you're not getting out of this room. >> reporter: walsh says the strike would have cost the u.s. economy $2 billion a day. >> we have food and grain and corn that would have rotted. we have other supplies that go on trains, it would have been devastating. >> reporter: 12 unions, a raise of 24% over five years. they also secured one more day of paid leave and for the first time, the right to take unpaid leave to attend medical appointments. >> railroads were not particularly keen on giving us more time away from work because you need more employees to run your operation. i think it's a victory. >> reporter: that victory so close to the deadline did come
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at a price. amtrak had already canceled some long distance trains, and gm has ben prepped to close some plants. why did it get to this point the eve of a strike? couldn't that have been averted? >> what i asked at the end of the conversation last night when everything was done, let's not repeat this. let's get to the table earlier next year. >> reporter: this standoff was a big test for a man who has frequently billed himself as, quote, the most pro-union president ever. the test isn't quite over yet. this deal still has to be voted on by more than 100,000 rail workers. >> they are so critical to our economy. thank you. well, tonight, florida governor ron desantis is under fire for using tax pair dollars to organize flights of asylum seekers to martha's vineyard.
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gavin newsom is asking the justice department to pursue kidnapping charges of republican govern norse sending migrants to democrat cities. >> reporter: the 48 asylum seekers mainly from wednesday way la landed in martha's vineyard organized by florida's republican governor ron desantis. he says he left venezuela to look for a better life for his three children who are still there. they told me there was a work opportunity, he says. we were going to a city, but we ended up staying here. democratic massachusetts states representative called the move by desantis disgusting. >> only a coward uses women and children for their own political gain. >> reporter: today, governor desantis defended the flights paid through a $12 million
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taxpayer funded initiative. >> we take what's happening at the southern border very seriously unlike some and unlike the president of the united states. >> reporter: the move follows similar steps taken by texas governor greg abbott. today, 100 my grants were dropped off near the vice-president's naval observatory residence. so far, abbott has bussed over 10,000 migrants to new york, chicago, and washington d.c. mayors in those cities called the actions political and shameful. a group of americans criticized desantis. >> we demand him to stop using our pain, our suffering, and our desperation for his political gains. >> reporter: republicans on capitol hill defended the florida governor's actions today. as for the my dprants who are here legally seeking asylum, officials here are looking into
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temporarily housing them at a military base in cape cod. >> thank you the. for the first time since late july, people in jackson mississippi don't have to boil their tap water before drinking it. the alert was lifted today, but concerns remain. families are urged to keep using bottled water to make baby formula. we learned today president biden will meet with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan at the white house tomorrow. both remain jailed in russia. it will be the president's first face-to-face meetings with the families. they have been trying to negotiate a prisoner swap to get them released. bill richardson held meetings this week with russian leaders in moscow.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. well, today, russian president vladimir putin met in person with china's leader xi jinping for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. xi promised to support the two countries' core interests. tonight, zelenskyy says authorities have found a mass burial site. deborah is in ukraine. >> reporter: volodymyr zelenskyy braving liberator towns near the front line paying tribute to his soldiers. in striking contrast, vladimir
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putin desperately needing allies has yet to visit his troops on the ground. putin has exacted his revenge sending missiles to zelenskyy's hometown that smashed into a dam flooding surrounding areas. the president condemned the strike as the work of weaklings who fled the battlefield in the liberated areas, it's civilians who paid a heavy price during the long months of russian occupation. izyum was shelled for weeks on end, and every we've gone has just been utter devastation. this behind me, the local city hall, and over there, a local hospital, clearly not a military target. the kremlin attempted to erase every trace of ukraine identity. they burned our books, destroyed our schools, removed our tv channels and put on moscow
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propaganda, she told us. some even collaborated with the russian forces like her ex-husband, whom she's denounced as a traitor saying he's dead to her. ukraine is now trying to extend itself counteroffensive towards the east. zelenskyy has called on western countries to continue supplying weapons. >> thank you again. your superb reporting. let's turn now to london where we learned today queen elizabeth had a personal request for her funeral on monday, that her grand sons, prince william and harry, once again walk side by side behind her coffin to westminster abby. that coffin will be carried on the same gun carriage used in her father's funeral. >> reporter: prince william opened up to well-wishers today. adding that walking behind the
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queen's coffin brought back memories alluding to the funeral of princess diana. he and the new princess of wales, kate, greeted mourners outside the royal residence. while back in london, the crowds have grown to epic proportions. a pilgrimage to pay tribute to their queen. >> the whole walk was six 1/2 hours. if i had to do it again right now, i would. >> reporter: even visitors from the u.s., lon and bob are from illinois. >> she's such a great woman. >> a special person, and we've known her for 70 years. >> reporter: this sea of people winding their way through the park right in front of the palace are nearly at the end of their journey, yet, as we speak, thousands more are just starting. we made our own journey to find out just how far back it stretched, a good five miles. this is the very beginning of
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the line, and in the few minutes we have been here, it's already grown by more than 500 yards. people here have been told it's going to take at least eight hours to get there. an army of volunteers and portable toilets matched only by an actual army tightening security with marksmen on the roof and sniffer dogs on the streets. security teams are now facing one of the biggest challenges this country has ever seen. and we have been speaking to people in the crowd here tonight. they say they have been walking around seven 1/2 hours to spend 60 seconds with the queen. >> just extraordinary. thank you. well, tonight, in an explosive new interview, former president trump warns there could be big trouble if he's indicted over those secret documents seized at mar-a-lago. >> reporter: former president trump says he, quote, can't
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imagine being indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, and he warned of unrest if charges were brought. >> i think you would have problems in this country, the looks perhaps of which we've never seen before. i don't think the people of the united states would stand for it. >> democrated slammed the marks. >> inviting the mob to return to the streets is exactly what happened here january 6, 2021. >> reporter: trump also said he declassified the documents. this, trump suggested, should absolve him. >> i have the absolue right to dec declassify. >> reporter: trump's attorneys have not made this argument in court filings. legally speaking, it may not matter. >> whether or not a document is classified is irrelevant. it's a question of mishandling national security information even if they have been declassified. >> reporter: meanwhile, mark meadows have been been
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subpoenaed is now, according to cnn, cooperating with the justice department investigation. at least 40 trump associates have been subpoenaed in recent weeks, part of a widening probe in efforts to overturn the election. that's also the case in georgia where they are investigating trump-led maneuvers to undercut election results. if indicted and convicted, people are facing prison sentences. cbs news has learned new york's attorney general rejected a plea deal to settle a long-running investigation into possible financial fraud pepper fratd by the trump organization. this suggests a civil suit could soon be filed against trump and one of his children. >> thank you so much. tonight, tropical storm fiona is expected to strengthen as i approached the leeward
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a sweeping new abortion ban went into effect in indiana today outlawing the procedure with limited exceptions. the state was the first in the
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nation to pass legislation after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade in june. >> this is an area that would normally be full of patients. >> most of the lights are now off at women's med. >> as a physician i get mad because insurance companies deny claims. my patients are being stripped of human rights. >> reporter: the clinic is among two indiana providers slated to close. the state's remaining five clinics will still offer limited healthcare. patient volume doubled here as more restrictive abortion laws were passed in neighboring states. >> we were able to support the states around us and take their patients and provide the care they needed. that all happened until yesterday. >> reporter: indiana is now one of 13 states with a near total ban or that have outlawed abortion after six weeks. she's with susan b. anthony
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pro-life america. >> now that it's back in state hands, it's closer to the people, closer to the will of the voters. >> reporter: women's med will now send its patients to its sister clinic in dayton ohio where just yesterday, a county judge restored ohio's abortion access. when you look to the future, what do you see? >> i see so much harm on these populations that will not be able to access abortion care, and i think about the generational damage that will be done to these patients and their families. >> reporter: a judge declined to request to temporarily block the ban today while lawsuit play out. meanwhile, women's med plans to keep its doors open to be able to answer people's questions at least for the next few weeks. >> thank you. up next, roger and out. why tennis legend roger federer is calling it quits.
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queen elizabeth's lifelong love of horses was well known, and although she lived in a palace, she felt at home in the stables. that passion led to an unlikely friendship with a california cowboy. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> and this is the queen's hallway. >> reporter: improbably, indelibly, monty roberts became queen elizabeth's horseman, and more. >> her majesty has treated me as if i was a younger brother. >> reporter: roberts revolutionized horse training, taming horses using a silent language of kindness. in 1989, the queen, with her life long love of horses, invited him to her stables at windsor castle. >> i thought she was a groom. i said, nice to meet you. and i stepped back and i went, oh, my -- oh! you're the queen!
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yes, last time i checked. >> reporter: handwritten letters and annual christmas greetings framed their three-decade relationship. did you consider her a friend? >> i would call her her majesty, but the friendship was deep. >> reporter: did you ever think to yourself what am i doing hanging out with her majesty? >> only two or three times a day, and every night when i went to bed. >> reporter: on monday, monty roberts will go to the funeral of a friend, still in shock. >> i said, no! what?! and i don't want to let her go. she's going to be with me every instant that i'm alive. >> reporter: a dark horse friendship, the california cowboy and the queen. mark strassmann, cbs news, california. and that is the overnight news for this friday.
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for some of you, the news continues, for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." you can follow us online at any time at cbs news.com. reporting for us here in the nation's cap poll, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. a special master has been named. u.s. district judge raymond dearie is who trump proposed for the role one week ago, and the justice department did not oppose. the judge must completeete his review by november 30th. the u.s. is set to give another $6 million to ukraine. the biden administration has now given more than $16 billion in military assistance to the country. and the this fire ball lasted for about 20 seconds landing somewhere in the north
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atlantic ocean. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or it's friday, september 16th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. it shouldn't all fall on a handful of red states. orida governorwn. ron desantis defends his decision to send migrants to martha's vineyard. some are calling for a federal investigation. breaking overnight, special master named. former president trump and the justice department reach common ground on who should review classified material seized from mar-a-lago. security preparations. how police in london are getting ready for one of their biggest challenges ever when queen elizabeth is laid to rest on monday. good morning, and good to be

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