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5:00. we'll see you back here in 30 minutes. >> the cbs news is up next. news updates are always on kpix.com. tonight, new fallout from the leak of some of america's top military secrets. president biden returns from ireland with the u.s. in damage control. new details about what intelligence was revealed and the suspected leaker. the president also facing new questions about his political future. >> i told you my plan is to run again. also tonight,j japan's prime minister is rushed to safety after a smoke bomb is thrown at him. >> heads up! mistaken shooting. new mexico police release new body cam video after officers
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kill a man when responding to the wrong house. the big melt. after a record season of snow, some western states brace for the water rush and disaster. and later, phantom bows out on broadway. ♪ the phantom of the opera is here ♪ >> after a record run, a musical theater institution ends sunday, and so does a love affair for stage workers and performers. >> i thought it would run forever, and i'm sad about it. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin tonight with new details on the leak of classified pentagon documents. the suspected leaker, a 21-year-old junior air national
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guardsman from massachusetts, remains jailed this weekend, his next court appearance wednesday. the pentagon describes the leak as a serious risk to national security, but president biden says he is, quote, not concerned about what was leaked but rather that it happened. he returned home to delaware earlier this morning after a trip to the republic of ireland and northern ireland. cbs is at the white house with the latest. wllie? >> reporter: good evening to you. before he left ireland the president told reporters he expects the investigation to wrap up quickly as we learn new details about what was in those documents. >> i don't think it's going to take very long. >> reporter: president biden wants the pentagon to find out how it happened. >> i've instructed the department to make sure they get to the root of why he had access in the first place, number one. and number two, to focus extensively on the extent to which it all occurred. >> reporter: 21-year-old air national guardsman jack teixeira appeared before a federal judge friday, but he did not enter a plea to the espionage act
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violations against him. the leak of classified documents apparently went undetected for months. the incident has put the biden administration in damage control, restricting access to the nation's most guarded secrets. they appear to reveal u.s. surveillance of enemies and allies. "the washington post" reports some of the leaked pages included intelligence on at least four more chinese spy balloons. >> i believe the pentagon is going to be on the hot seat in congress. they're going to have to answer to how this breakdown occurred. >> reporter: today in vietnam secretary of state antony blinken insisted relations with allies have be the leak. >> i have not -- not heard anything that would affect our cooperation with allies and partners. turning now to politics. willie, what's the latest on the president's re-election plans? >> reporter: adrianna, last night president biden announced he'd announce his plan to run for president, quote, relatively soon.
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he also said it has been his plan to run again, but at the same time the president has yet to officially announce another bid for the white house. >> willie james, thank you. also in vietnam today secretary of state antony blinken spoke out about detained "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. he was arrested by russian authorities last month, as you may remember, and charged with spying. >> we continue to call for his immediate release, and certainly we need to see consular access now. >> in a handwritten letter sent to his family, gershkovich says he's, quote, not losing hope. today in sudan, fierce fighting on the streets of the country's capital. at least 26 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured in the violence that erupted between rival factions of the military on the ground and in the air. it is the latest in an ongoing power struggle for control of government following the military coup in 2021. and the street battles have ranged from the city's airport
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to the presidential palace. now to japan. new security concerns for the country's leadership. today, an explosive device was thrown near the country's prime minister. it happened in the city of wakayama, 350 miles southwest of tokyo. cbs's ramy inocencio has the latest. >> reporter: an object hits the ground behind japan's prime minister fumio kishida. then panicked bystanders wrestle someone down as the premier is rushed away. a peaceful political rally descended into theychaos in wes japan. the suspect, a 24-year-old man, who allegedly threw this smoke device believed to be a pipe bomb or smoke bomb. >> translator: the prime minister escaped apologizing for concern, then encouraged people to vote in upcoming elections.
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today's turmoil recalled the assassination just nine months ago of former prime minister shinzo abe. a man fired a homemade gun in a nation where such violence while common in the u.s. is exceptionally rare. the resort town plays host to a g7 ministers meeting starting tomorrow. >> translator: i was shocked that something like this happened again, said this woman. despite today's incident japan's government says there'll be no change to security plans. japan hosts the g7 summit next month in hiroshima with president biden attending. ramy inocencio, cbs news, london. today another train derailment, this time in rural maine. three cpkc locomotives and six cars came off the rails sparking a fire. the company says no hazardous materials were involved and no threat to the public. today, boston marked ten years since the deadly bombings during the city's marathon. the victims were honored at a ceremony at the race's finish line.
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three people were killed and more than 260 others injured that day. and later, church bells today tolled across the city. runners will gather monday for the 127th boston marathon. new mexico police have released body cam footage showing what happened when three officers responded to a call and showed up at the wrong address. the homeowner was shot dead. cbs' michael george has more. and a warning, the video is disturbing. >> reporter: a knock on the wrong door ended with deadly consequences. >> police. >> hey, hands up! [ gunshots ] >> reporter: it happened april 5th when dispatchers in farmingten, new mexico, got a call about a domestic disturbance. someone on the call clearly states the address. but farmingten officers go to 5305 valley view instead. body camera footage show the officers knock and identify themselves, but then they
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question whether they're at the right home. >> 5308 valley view avenue. >> they told me the wrong -- >> reporter: seconds later the homeowner opens the door. >> hands up! >> reporter: farmington police say all three officers opened fire, killing 52-year-old robert dodson. his teenage daughter called 911 likely not realizing her dad was shot by officers themselves. >> gunshots in the house, and my dad is shot. >> reporter: farmington's police chief said dodson pointed the gun at an officer before they fired. >> it starts with us not getting off to a good start and making a mistake and going to the wrong address, but it ends honestly with something you don't see very often, with mr. dodson coming out with a gun and then pointing it at the officers. >> reporter: neighbors call it a tragedy. >> it could have been any of us doing the exact same thing trying to protect our family. >> reporter: the state police are now investigating. >> i'm extremely remorseful over
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the whole event, and i extend nothing but my deepest condolences to the dodson family. >> reporter: now, farmington police are not releasing the names of the three officers. they've been placed on paid leave. and "the washington post" data shows fatal police shootings in the u.s. actually reached a record high last year with 1,096 reported. adriana? >> that is quite a statistic. michael george, thank you. to the weekend weather now. the national weather service has issued a tornado watch for portions of missouri and illinois and most of arkansas and central missouri are under severe thunderstorm watches. further east near the new jersey/pennsylvania border storms are causing flash flooding. tonight, there's growing concern in some western states after a season of record snow. nearly 900 inches fell in utah's cottonwood canyon outside salt lake city. that's roughly the height of a six-story building. mammoth, california, got nearly as much.
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cbs' elise preston joins us with more on the threat ahead. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. here in l.a. and other parts of the west, temperatures are in the low 70s. that's warm enough to melt the snow pack, but the ground can't absorb it all. communities are going from freezing to flooding. >> look at that. 5 inches of snow. >> reporter: snow is falling near colorado springs today even as the mercury rises this spring. the big melt is now threatening several western states with severe flooding after a season of record snow. >> there's just too much snow melt to be accommodated in our rivers and channels. >> reporter: in arizona, the intense water flow washed out roads and forced rescues. in utah, which saw historic snow levels, residents are bracing for more flooding after a series of avalanches, mudslides and sinkholes. >> just this amount of water
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flow that we're seeing right here is strong enough to knock you off your feet. >> reporter: the rush of water is helping rivers dire predictions for utah's great salt lake. the country's largest saultdwater lake is rapidly rising after reaching a historic low in november. in northern california, now full reservoirs are releasing water to make room for the runoff, a dramatic shift after being drained by three years of extreme drought. >> there are something like 30 million acre feet of water stored as snow in the sierras. >> reporter: the thick snow there is also forcing bears out of the woods and into neighborhoods to hunt for food. >> oh, my god, there's two of you. get out! get! go away! >> reporter: now the storms have been a boom for california's water supply. less than 9% of the state is under drought. it was 99% just six months ago. adriana? >> elise preston, thank you. while it is april 15th, tax day, take a breath. you've got until tuesday this
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we go underground. >> reporter: the lincoln memorial is a towering monument to a towering figure in u.s. history and lures 8 million st families, and a stage for major protests, speeches, and prayer services. >> amen. >> reporter: including pastor mark battersn's annual easter gathering. does it feel like a nonpolitical place? >> it does. it feels like this is bigger than some of the polarizations that we're experiencing, some of the tensions that we feel. >> most people don't imagine this is under here. >> reporter: beginning this summer, the national park service begins a major remember j renovation below the 19 foot, 175-ton statue of america's 16th president. it's a face-lift to the foundation. this is how it looked in 1922? >> exactly, right. this is after they completed the construction. >> reporter: they'll transform this massive hidden underground space into a 15,000 square foot interactive museum. it's a nearly $7 million project much of it funded by charitable
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curole described it as, quote, a spectacle of darkness and light. tonight, we're shown it hasn't just been a love affair for audiences, but for those on stage and in the wings. ♪ >> reporter: when "phantom of the oprah" debuted at broadway's majestic theater in 1988, audiences had never seen anything like it. with a soaring score by andrew lloyd weber and gloriously gothic staging the story centers on a disfigured mask wearing musical genius living in the paris opera house who becomes dangerously obsessed with a young soprano. andum feldman is a long time critic. >> it's a very lavish sold out production with huge orchestra, huge cast, huge costumes and set. as an audience coming into it even if you didn't necessarily speak the language you could
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still get a wonderful theatrical experience out it of. >> reporter: the show won seven tony awards including best musical. >> i thought it would go on forever and i'm sad about it. >> reporter: howard mcgillen performed as the phantom longer than any other actor in the show's history, over 2,500 performances over the course of ten years. ♪ the darkness of the music of the night ♪ >> it's a challenge to play this role because it's physically and emotionally very, very intense. and there's a lot of physical climbing of ladders backstage and dropping through trapdoors, but then there's emotional intensity of role that is exhausting but thrilling at the same time. >> reporter: that intensity mesmerized theater goers. in its 35-year new york run phantom sold some 20 million tickets earning more than a billion dollars.
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but when the pandemic shut broadway down the show never fully recovered. after its reopening in 2021, ticket sales waned. that along with rising production costs prompted the producers to announce its closure. ever since fans have flocked to shows like 19-year-old erika jacobson for whom the bad guy is in the eye of the beholder. >> the phantom should have got her and it's a heart breaking story. everyone is in love with all of them. romance all around. >> this has kind of been my home away from home. >> reporter: it's a bittersweet moment for adam who fell in love with phantom more than 3 1/2 decades ago. he's the production's head electrician and has kept a close watch on the lights and i effects from day one, through more than 13,000 shows six days a week. after all these years how do you feel seeing the production? >> it's sad. it's sad to see it go. it's been such a big part of my life.
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>> reporter: what do you think you're going to miss the most? >> taking care of the show. it really is a fine piece of art, and i've been blessed to have it under -- in my hands for all these years. >> reporter: grief and gratitude at having played a role in broadway history. >> it changed my life, it changed my career. i'll forever have this as a part of my little legacy on broadway. >> reporter: cbs news, new york. >> such amazing art both on and off the stage. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. first thing tomorrow on cbs sunday morning it's the annual money issue, one of my favorites. then on "face the nation" the guests include arizona senator mark kelly, president of the european central bank christine luguard, and chair of the house congressman mike turner. for now i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.
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senator nt calls for senator more than two decades. >> and she has been incredible. intelligence experts are assessing the fallout from the leak of classified documents by the air national guard. christian bienvenides with the charges. >> i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. there has been an outcry for more police
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patrols in san francisco but the police department says it doesn't have enough officers. >> da lin reports from a job fair at city hall today. >> reporter: almost every city department is hiring. the police department is down by roughly 550 officers. from fire fighting to transportation. >> it will have all the jobs listed. >> reporter: every city agency set upshot and was ready to chat. for this college student, he set his eyes on one specific booth. the san francisco police department. >> i was just kind of asking little questions about internships but she also asked me if i was interested in applying in becoming a police officer. i said yes. >> reporter: eric mai is set to graduate from cal poly san louis obispo. he says though he is an engineering student his heart is in law enforcement. >>
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