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york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we want to begin tonight with a political showdown in the state of tennessee. it's getting national attention following the latest school shooting. republicans tonight voting to expel democratic lawmakers from the tennessee house of representatives. this is an incredibly rare move in the volunteer state. in fact, it's only happened to eight lawmakers since the civil war, and six of them were confederate racists from the 19th century who refused to give former slaves citizenship. one was for a bribery
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conviction, and another lawmaker was kicked out for allegations of sexual misconduct. well, today's reasoning, disorderly behavior for leading es from e house floor. state representative justin jones was the first to be expelled from his democratically elected position. he walked through a sea of supporters with his colleagues, gloria johnson and justin pearson, the tennessee three as they are known. cbs's mark strassmann is there in nashville, will start us off tonight. what a day. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this debate was barbed and bitter for hours but had a surprise twist. republicans expelled two democratic lawmakers but spared one other involved in last week's disturbance. rancor ruled. and there wassage air of vengeance from both sides. >> i hereby declare representative justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled. announcement, tesee's that statehouond byne merica pitical
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vi>> tld ihing tennessee. >> reporter: the day's first target for republicans, state representative justin jones. >> no action. >> no peace! >> reporter: no peace since this moment last week. jones one of three democrats with a bullhorn commandeering a legislative session, angry about last week's slaughter of the innocents at nashville's covenant school. the super majority republican members saw the trio as decorum-shattering renegades, unfit to serve one more day, including house speaker cameron sexton. >> in my opinion, they should be expelled. >> reporter: state rpresentative gloria johnson another targeted democrat. >> did you know in the moment how angry the republican leadership was? >> i knew they were angry, sure. >> reporter: prosecutorial republicans charged the three had brought disorder and dishonor. >> mutiny on the house floor. a mutiny which, to this body and to this state, has been unknown in its 227-year history.
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>> reporter: the mood turned angry. >> grow up! >> reporter: raw, incendiary. jones accused republicans of >> o mber si in th y. chamber who was found guilty of domestic violence. no expulsion. this is the people's house, and we will not bow down. >> reporter: but now he bows out, expelled in a vote along party lines. looking on, america's political world, including the white house. >> the fact that this vote is happening is shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent. >> reporter: republicans spared state representative gloria johnson but expelled lawmaker justin pearson. to critics, a bleak day ended with a bad look, removing two young black legislators. this moment is also a meditation on how politically fractured america has become. tennessee has expelled state lawmakers before, but this is the first time in state history
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that a lawmaker has been forced grouthe sue of gun reform. all right. mark strassmann, thank you. now to a new government report on the chaotic u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan, and it lays much of the plblame on decisions made during the trump administration. an unclassified summary of the after-action report outlines the end to the nation's longest war. here's cbs's margaret brennan. >> reporter: nearly two years after the chaotic end to america's longest war, the white house admitted it should have started withdrawing sooner. >> clearly we didn't get things right here with afghanistan amid how fast the taliban were moving across the country. >> reporter: but the white house took little responsibility for executing a messy and deadly exit. a 12-page summary of the government report claimed president biden repeatedly asked military leaders if they required additional support to mitigate threats and was told no. an august 26uicidek amer s mem
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command, frankckenzi ld in septembere against pull ou gavadvice my advice nofo. >> reporter: no mention of that is made in the report. also absent, a july 13th internal state department cable warning that the taliban was making rapid territorial gains and recommending that evacuation be sped up. the white house blames the trump administration and says its deal with the taliban severely constrained biden's choices. >> i'm absolutely sick and tired of hearing about this. >> reporter: lance corporal jared schmitz died in airport suicide bombing. his father, mark schmitz, says the 12-major summary is an insult. the buck stops with you. it's your responsibility. stop making excuses. >> reporter: the long delayed release of those after-action reports on the cusp of a holiday vashz weekend comes as republicans have been threatening to subpoena information about the
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withdrawal from afghanistan, which, norah, as you know, is one of the darkest moments of the biden presidency to date. >> margaret brennan, thank you. democrats tonight are calling for stricter ethics rules for supreme court justices following a report that shows that justice clarence thomas accepted millions of dollars worth of luxury vacations from a republican mega donor. cbs's jan crawford reports supreme court justices are not necessarily covered by current ethics rules. >> reporter: the report by propublica details luxury vacations taken by justice clarence thomas and his wife, ginni, around the world to indonesia, new zealand, and closer to home, from california to georgia. the tab was covered by his longtime close friend, wellthy republican donor harlan crow. democrats who are pushing for investigations into ginni thomas' political activities and efforts to overturn the 2020 election say thomas should have disclosed the travel as a gift. >> the highest court has the lowest standards, indeed only the standards which each
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justice, in his or her own unreviewable caprice, chooses to impose on themselves. >> reporter: but legal experts say those rules did not clearly require thomas to disclose his travel, including on crow's luxury jet, because the hospitality was paid for by a friend who had no cases before the court. crow said in a statement he's been friends with the thomases nearly 30 years, and his hospitality was no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends. but going forward, the rules are different. just last month, under pressure from senate democrats, the rules were changed to make clear this kind of personal travel should be disclosed. >> i think everybody should err on the side of disclosure even when there are ambiguities. i mean these rules are there for a reason. >> reporter: but chief justice john roberts, like his predecessor, has suggested that these outside committees or other branches of government courthe e
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. former president donald trump's arraignment this week made headlines across the country and the world. his next court date in that case isn't until december, but there are other dates to watch out for. in fact, in just ten days, fox news goes on trial in a $1.6 billion defamation case centered on the network's promoting trump's false claims about the 2020 election. a week later, there is the civil trial in new york city involving
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e. jean carroll. she claims that mr. trump raped her years ago and is suing him for defamation and sexual assault. as far as the criminal investigations are concerned, former vice president mike pence says that he is now willing to testify to a d.c. grand jury about mr. trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. robert costa reports. >> reporter: this federal investigation of january 6th could be the most robust case facing trump, and now his former vice president is willing, within certain bounds, to testify about possible illegal acts he might have witnessed as the special counsel ramps up this probe of the former president and others. >> i obviously have nothing to hide. >> reporter: an adviser to former vice president mike pence says he could testify before the d.c. federal grand jury within weeks. >> i think the american people deserve the whole story. >> reporter: possibly providing a vivid firsthand account of s. fofrederickson saidey .>> what
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president? there may not be a more critical witness for the special counsel than the vice president himself. >> reporter: pence could reveal details about his oval office meetings with trump just days before january 6th. and if the pressure plan that involved tossing out electors could amount to a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. it comes after a judge ruled that several of trump's former top aides must testify, including former chief of staff mark meadows. the decision came hours after trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a new york hush money case. and tuesday night, trump railed against the special counsel in the doj probe. >> this lunatic special prosecutor named jack smith. >> reporter: the same special counsel investigating his handling of classified records. >> the boxes hoax. you know, the boxes hoax. >> reporter: that investigation
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of classified materials has some trump allies increasingly on edge. sources tell cbs news that many staffers at mar-a-lago and trump aides have testified about whether trump obstructed the government's efforts to secure the documents. >> that was robert costa reporting. china has launched warships into seas around taiwan after taiwan's president met with house speaker kevin mccarthy and other members of congress in california. elizabeth palmer has the view from taiwan. >> reporter: the meeting between taiwan's president and speaker mccarthy was, first and foremost, a clear signal to china. her arrival and welcome by the speaker and a bipartisan group of lawmakers was meant to telegraph that america would come to the rescue if china tried to seize taiwan by force. >> the presence and unwavering support reassures the people of taiwan that we are not isolated
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and we are not alone. >> reporter: this was a choreographed show of solidarity. >> the friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world. >> reporter: predictably, china was furious. today the foreign ministry spokeswoman warned it would use strong and resolue measures to defend its sovereignty. last time a warning like that meant an intimidating display of force. china's missiles, planes, and warships all around taiwan. that was in august 2022 after then-speaker nancy pelosi visited the island to meet with president tsai. seven months on, life in taipei is ticking along as people are getting used to the tension and now bracing themselves for yet more chinese reprisals. michael cole is an analyst with the republican institute in
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taipei. >> there is absolutely no doubt that they will do something to try to punish taiwan as a result of president tsai's, particularly over her meeting with speaker mccarthy. >> reporter: and to add fuel to the fire, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, has just landed here in taipei with a bipartisan delegation to meet senior officials, including president tsai. >> that was elizabeth palmer in taiwan. closer to home now, the justice department has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black teenager at the hands of u.s. park police. 17-year-old e lay know martin was shot and killed in a car on march 18th in washington in what started out as a report of a stolen vehicle. at least four d.c. police officers approached the car early saturday morning, march 18th. a young man appeared to be sleeping inside. police say the car was stolen, and they called for backup with
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two u.s. park police officers responding. >> don't get inside that car. >> reporter: ignoring that advice, those two officers opened the rear doors and one got in. >> police! don't move! >> reporter: the driver, 17-year-old eleno martin drove off. one officer falling to the ground. the other still in the back seat. >> stop! >> reporter: martin's family says that he was shot in the back five times. he slumped over the wheel. the car crashing into a house. police say a gun was found in delano martin leaves behind an infant son. his mother, tara martin, shared her grief. >> he's my child. he's my son, and until you be where i'm at today, you would never understand. >> reporter: the doj will dtermine if martin's civil rights were violated. a key moment in the probe will be when the officer got into the car. keith taylor is a former nypd
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supervisor. >> it could be considered an officer-created jeopardy situation where the tactical decisions were not advantageous to the officer because it placed the officer in harm's way. >> reporter: the officers have been placed on administrative leave while there is an internal investigation. the union representing the park police said that both officers took appropriate actions. you're watching the "cbs you're watching the "cbs overnight news." one prilosec otc each morning blocks heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts. one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. hey, i just got a text from my sister. blocking heartburn you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow.
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if you think the price of coffee is getting a little rich for your taste, you probably never sip panama's geisha blend. it sells for $100 a cup. manuel bojorquez paid a visit to the mountains where the precious beans are grown. >> reporter: the tranquility that blankets the highlands of western panama can give way to a peculiar sound. this symphony of slurps is how coffee growers search for the best-tasting brew of the. >> coffee is juicy. it's very sweet. >> yeah, it's more like a fruity, juicy, sweet cup.
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like i got a fruity nose like candy and like grapes. >> reporter: the unusual slurping noise they're all making does have a purpose. it actually aerates the coffee and spreads it around on the palate. this is the latest offering from hartman's estate, one that he was all too eager to show us, more than 5,000 feet up. >> mira. >> wow. [ speaking non-english ] >> "this is what's special," he says. it's where earth meets heaven. the altitude and volcanic soil make it the perfect place to grow panama's famous geisha coffee. he points out that panama is narrow enough that breezes from both the pacific and the caribbean grace she's slopes. >> there's no place on earth like this. for you, this is magic.
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so muc that fan flew thousands of miles to see it. so it's safe to say that there's no place on earth quite like this when it comes to growing this type of coffee. >> yes, a agree. like this varietile. like panamanian day that is the best. >> you might think the name geisha comes from japan. but it's a misspelling of the region of ethiopia where this bean originates. a misspelling that for some reason stuck. and geisha might no have taken root if it weren't for an 13er789 by the. they notice geisha bushes could survive some unfavorable weather. >> that inclined us even more. it's like okay, we had this variety in the seed beds. we're testing it. let's try it. and wela t higher altitude. >> reporter: that yielded a coffee unlike any they tast. tht o panama competition.
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>> there was no competition. judges dr international judges that had been exposed to coffees around the world fell in love with it and gave it on the scoring, above a 90. >> reporter: daniel and rachel th ever since, 13er789 o top experimenting with different varieties, fermentation methods, you name it. is the coffee here all spoken for? >> this year, absolutely. >> reporter: the limited supply and meticulous handling have fetched more than $1,000 a pound for their most valuable batch. the petersons were nice enough to allow even one with a palate to take in the floral aromas and taste the notes of cherries and tropical fruit. >> still number three. >> three is just a nice complex coffee. >> reporter: they share that pride with many in the nearby city of bokete, which now adds
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geisha to the list of draws for tourists, said renounced pan mania chef charlie collins. >> business has increased. it's been very good for the community, bokete, but it's also been very good for panama. >> and for one of his baristas, who has learned the fine art of brewing it. just remember that though friendly, the competition to grow the next best cup is intense, which brings us back to finka hartman and the slurping. >> wow. >> reporter: ellen fan just selected one of their latest experiments as the best of this batch. his next contender. he also wanted us to take in the aromas in his dehydration room, where he lights up wondering where these beans will go. [ speaking non-english ] "to put our coffee before someone in france," he says, "in
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scientists are working to bring back the woolly mammoth, which has been extinct for thousands of years. now, that may take a while. in the meantime, they've already come up with mammoth meatballs. ian lee explains. >> reporter: it's a reveal 4,000 years in the making. a mammoth mammoth meatball, and it's no pachyderm prank. >> this is not a april's fools joke. this is a real innovation, something we have actually done. >> reporter: clearly this prehistoric meatball was rolled in a lab. since the last time mammoth was on the menu, the dish was advertised in pictures. >> because this protein is literally 4,000 years old, we haven't seen it for a very, very
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long time. >> reporter: and the creation from australian food start-up vow isn't exactly 100% grade-a mammoth meat. scientists inserted mammoth dna into a sheep cell with missing genetic gaps filled with data from the mammoth's closest el.>> it's super fascinatingo a 4,000 years ago gave it a totally unique and new aroma, something we haven't smelled as a population for a very long time. >> we're told it smells a little bit like crocodile meat. they're looking to fire up the public about cultivated meat, saying it's not just better for animals but also the environment. >> we wanted to get people excited about the future of food being different to what we had before. there are things that are unique and better than the meats we're eighting now. >> reporter: who knows what our caveman ancestors said the last time it was served.
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but for anyone willing to try it somebody, bon appetit ian lee, cbs news. none for me, thanks. that is the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the tennessee house voted to expel two lawmakers thursday night for their role in gun violence protests that interrupted proceedings last week. a vote to expel a third representative who also took part in the protests narrowly failed. the irs has unveiled a new $80 billion plan to overhaoverhe way it collects taxes. areas of focus include improved customer service and expanded audits of wealthy taxpayers. and the lsu women's basketball team will accept an invitation to the white house. star forward angel reese previously suggested her team shouldn't go after first lady
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jill biden said runner-up iowa should also be invited. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the extraordinary turmoil in tennessee over gun reform after that shooting at a christian school in nashville. why republicans stalled a safety bill and voted to remove democrats out of office. here are tonight's headlines. >> i hereby declare representative justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled. >> thousands fill the state capitol in nashville to support the so-called tennessee three. >> we are losing democracy in the state of tennessee. the white house has just released an internal after-action review of the administration's chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. >> clearly we didn't get things right here. thunderstorms are
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we want to begin tonight with a political showdown in the state of tennessee. it's getting national attention following the latest school shooting. republicans tonight voting to expel democratic lawmakers from the tennessee house of representatives. this is an incredibly rare move in the volunteer state. in fact, it's only happened to eight lawmakers since the civil war, and six of them were confederate racists from the 19th century who refused to give former slaves citizenship. one was for a bribery conviction, and another lawmaker was kicked out for allegations of sexual misconduct. well, today's reasoning, disorderly behavior for leading chants with gun control protesters from the house floor. state representative justin jones was the first to be expelled from his democratically elected position. alkethrouga sea of supporters with hill
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or arn,he tennessee three as they are known in nhville, will start us off to what aay good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this debate was barbed and bitter for hours but had a surprise twist. republicans expelled two democratic lawmakers but spared one other involved in last week's disturbance. rancor ruled, and there was an air of vengeance from both sides. >> i hereby declare representative justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled. >> reporter: and with that announcement, tennessee's statehouse contracted by one member, and america's political divide widened. >> the world is watching tennessee. >> reporter: the day's first target for republicans, state representative justin jones. >> no action. >> no peace! >> reporter: no peace since this moment last week. jones one of three democrats with a bullhorn commandeering a legislative session, angry about last week's slaughter of the
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innocents at nashville's covenant school. the super majority republican unfit to serve one more day, includinusmero sexton. >> in my opinion, thho >> reporter: state reprt.ti how angry the republican leadership was? >> i knew they were angry, sure. >> reporter: prosecutorial republicans charged the three had brought disorder and dishonor. >> mutiny on the house floor. a mutiny which, to this body and to this state, has been unknown in its 227-year history. >> reporter: the mood turned angry. >> grow up! >> reporter: raw, incendiary. jones accused republicans of racism and hypocrisy. >> one member sits in this chamber who was found guilty of domestic violence. no expulsion. this is the people's house, and we will not bow down.
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>> reporter: but now he bows out, expelled in a vote along party lines. looking on, america's politica world, including the white house. >> the fact that this vote is happening is shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent. >> reporter: republicans spared state representative gloria johnson but expelled lawmaker justin pearson. to critics, a bleak day ended with a bad look, rehmoving two young black legislators. this moment is also a meditation on how politically fractured america has become. tennessee has expelled state lawmakers before, but this is the first time in state history that a lawmaker has been forced from his seat on partisan grounds. >> all over the issue of gun reform. all right. mark strassmann, thank you. there is breaking news overseas. the israeli military says it has struck several targets in the gaza strip following a barrage of rocket fire into northern israel today from the palestinian territory and
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lebanon. cbs's imtiaz tyab is following these developments. good evening, imtiaz. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we have a volatile and frankly unpredictable situation unfolding inside gaza right now. loud explosions could be heard across the densely populated palestinian territory, which is controlled by hamas. israeli forces have confirmed carrying out the air strikes following rare rocket fire from lebanon, which israel has blamed on hamas-affiliated fighters. but tonight's attacks are a following serious unrest in jerusalem. for two consecutive nights, israeli police stormed the al-aqsa mosque and beat palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside, triggering widespread outrage. this upsurge in violence could not come at a more sensitive time, with passover, ramadan, and easter all converging at once, and the fear now is things could spiral out of control. norah. >> imtiaz tyab with those new
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developments, thank you. tonight, there's a major development in the debate over transgender athletes' rights. the biden administration is now proposing new regulations that would prevent schools and colleges from enacting outright bans in sports. this is going to set up a clash with states that have already put them in place. cbs's ed o'keefe is at the white house to explain what it all means. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the proposed change would make categorically banning all transgender athletes a violation of title ix, the federal law barring schools from discriminating on the basis of sex. just this week, kansas became the 20th state to impose a blanket ban. but the new rule would also allow k through 12 schools and universities to restrict in some cases the participation of transgender students if it undermines fairness on the field or could lead to injuries. it's in essence a compromise between those seeking to ban transgender athletes because they might have an unfair advantage and those trying to protect transgender athletes' rights to participate in sports consistent with their gender
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>> reporter: but the white house took little responsibility for executing a messy and deadly exit. a 12-page summary of the government report claimed president biden repeatedly asked military leaders if they required additional support to mitigate threats and was told no. an august 26th suicide attack outside kabul airport killed 13 american service members. the former head of central command, general frank mckenzie, told cbs in september he advised president biden against pulling out. >> i gave advice. my advice was not followed. >> reporter: no mention of that is made in the report. also absent, a july 13th internal state department cable warning that the taliban was making rapid territorial gains and recommending that evacuation be sped up. the white house blames the trump administration and says its deal with the taliban severely constrained biden's choices. >> i'm absolutely sick and tired of hearing about this. >> reporter: lance corporal jared schmitz died in the kabul airport suicide bombing. his father, mark schmitz, said
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the 12-page summary is an insult. >> i don't want to sit here and listen to somebody talking about this being trump's fault. you're the president of the united states. the buck stops with you. it's your responsibility. stop making excuses. >> reporter: the long delayed release of those after-action reports on the cusp of a holiday weekend comes as republicans have been threatening to subpoena information about the withdrawal from afghanistan, which, norah, as you know, is one of the darkest moments of the biden presidency to date. >> all right. margaret brennan, thank you. more than 48 hours after the deadly stabbing of cash app founder bob lee on a san francisco street, the killer is still on the loose. and tonight we are seeing disturbing video of the moments after he was attacked. cbs's jonathan vigliotti is in san francisco with all the new details. >> reporter: chilling new details about tech pioneer bob lee's final moments. >> he was holding his side. >> reporter: reporter jonah lamb saw surveillance videos that trace lee's steps after he was
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stabbed. it was early tuesday, about 2:30 in the morning. >> there's been a stabbing. >> reporter: near the crime scene, security cameras are everywhere. >> he approaches a white sedan camry, lifts his shirt as if to ask for help. the car drives away. he falls down. >> reporter: for more than two days, authorities had remained silent about the case. late this afternoon, san francisco's police chief spoke out for the first time. >> we'll put the information out, but we don't want to do anything to compromise this investigation. >> reporter: but fear is rising in the city. several tech executives, notably twitter's elon musk, have posted concerns about the rising crime rate. residents here in san francisco have this image, this perception of the city has being unsafe. >> every day we have made strides towards making san francisco more safe. >> reporter: the data tells a mixed story. overall, crime in san francisco is down, but murder and robbery rates are up, all as the tech world continues to mourn bob
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lee. as those closest to lee demand answers, the d.a. is asking for patience. >> i would just caution anyone, right now we don't know whether this was a random or a targeted attack. >> reporter: and while the motive is unclear, the d.a. tells me lee was found with his cell phone on him. this neighborhood is patrolled normally 24 hours a day, but at the time of this deadly attack, there was no security on this street, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. democrats tonight are calling for stricter ethics rules for supreme court justices following a report that shows justice clarence thomas accepted millions of dollars' worth of luxury vacations over several decades from a republican mega donor. cbs's jan crawford reports supreme court justices are not necessarily covered by current ethics rules. >> reporter: the report by propublica details luxury vacations taken by justice clarence thomas and his wife, ginni, around the world to indonesia, new zealand, and
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closer to home, from california to georgia. the tab was covered by his longtime close friend, wealthy republican donor harlan crow. democrats who are pushing for investigation nooz ginni thomas' political activities and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, say thomas should have disclosed the travel as a gift. >> the highest court has the lowest standards, indeed only the standards which each justice, in his or her own unreviewable caprice, chooses to impose on themselves. >> reporter: but legal experts say those rules did not clearly require thomas to disclose his travel, including on crow's luxury jet, because the hospitality was paid for by a friend who had no cases before the court. crow said in a statement he's been friends with the thomases nearly 30 years, and his hospitality was no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends. but going forward, the rules are
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different. just last month, under pressure from senate democrats, the rules were changed to make clear this kind of personal travel should be disclosed. >> i think everybody should err on the side of disclosure, even when there are ambiguities. i mean these rules are there for a reason. >> reporter: but chief justice john roberts, like his predecessor, has suggested that these outside committees or other branches of government can't set rules for the supreme court, and that's why you're hearing increasing calls for the court to adopt its own code of conduct. norah. >> jan crawford, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." ♪♪ let's go dove. ♪♪ it dries instantly. hmm, and it's dry already! see anything? i don't.
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surgery. >> reporter: she's a fellow working under fiedler at ucsf medical center in california, and they are among just a handful of women in their field. >> i get mistaken for a nurse. i get mistaken for a physical therapist, one time for food service. i mean pretty much anything other than being the cardiac surgeon. >> reporter: a recent study shows that women were 32% more likely to die if treated by a male surgeon rather than a female one. men were also more likely to die in the hands of male surgeons. >> even just to have one person to look up to can make all the difference for some people. >> reporter: they say getting more women in leadership at hospitals can lead to better family leave policies and more opportunities for female physicians. patients can help by requesting female doctors. >> we're thinking about and trying to figure out how we can get more women, get more people of color, get more diversity at the higher ends of academic leadership. >> we need more women.
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we need more black and brown people to come into medicine. >> reporter: dr. charlene blake was the cardiac anesthesiologist on this team that made history in december, believed to be the first all-female heart transplant team. their group photo calling attention to the lack of diversity in medicine. >> i had to look around the room. it was like, oh, my, we were. look at that. we're all women here. this is incredible. i haven't seen this before. >> every single person in that room that day that we did that heart transplant deserved to be there and is a high performer, and was providing the absolute best care to that patient. and i think that's really inspiring. >> and that's why we're raising awareness about the need for more women in science and medicine. all right. the outbreak of dangerous weather is not letting up. we'll tell you where the storms we'll tell you where the storms are headed next.
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in another sure sign of the spring, the masters got under way this morning in augusta, georgia. tiger woods, rory mcilroy, and 86 other players teed off in golf's first major of the year. cbs's jim axelrod is there, where the weather could impact this year's leaderboard. >> reporter: conditions were ideal when jack nicklaus kicked off the masters with his ceremonial tee shot, weather that's not in the forecast much longer. >> this is going to be an interesting finish to the tournament with the weather coming in. >> reporter: which is why the golfers wanted to get off to a fast start. tiger woods did not, shooting 2 over par. >> today was the opportune time to get the round under par, and i didn't do that. >> reporter: and norwegian viktor hovland did. >> it was very fun today.
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obviously getting off to a nice start is key this week >> reporter: as well as spain's jon rahm. >> i think it's a pretty good start. >> reporter: so, too, a couple of golfers from the saudi-backed liv tour, the pga tour's controversial new competitor. >> if a liv guy wins, that's going to be a huge deal in this narrative. >> reporter: which has the focus of golf writer alan shipnuck's sharp eye. >> high stakes, especially for liv, because they're playing for the credibility. >> reporter: if heavy rains do come, a special system built underneath the greens here to suck away water will be put to a high-pressure test. riley hale is chief meteorologist at cbs affiliate wrdw. >> a lot of people would be upset with me this week if we have to stop play. you think about people wait their entire lives to come to this tournament, it's not great. >> reporter: just about everyone here is hoping riley is wrong, and he wouldn't exactly mind either. jim axelrod, cbs news, augusta. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news
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continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the tennessee house voted to expel two lawmakers thursday night for their role in gun violence protests that interrupted proceedings last week. a vote to expel a third representative who also took part in the protests narrowly failed. the irs has unveiled a new $80 billion plan to overhaul the way it collects taxes. areas of focus include improved customer service and expanded audits of wealthy taxpayers. and the lsu women's basketball team will accept an invitation to the white house. star forward angel reese previously suggested her team shouldn't go after first lady
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jill biden said runner-up iowa should also be invited. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, april 7th. this is the "cbs morning news." lawmakers expelled. the tennessee house votes to kick out two democrats for their roles in a gun-control protest. why the rare move is drawing accusations of racism. suspected shooting plot. a colorado teen is in jail for allegedly planning to attack schools and churches. how police were tipped off. luxury trips. why supreme court justice clarence thomas is facing questions about vacations with his wife. good morning. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. we begin with an emotionally charged vote in tennessee
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