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recycled because it's made from oil and gas and comes in thousands of chemically distinct varieties that cannot be mixed together. but in its lab in new hampshire, cyclix says it figured out a way to sort and break down plastic waste into pellets that can then be sent for recycling. but you acknowledge you have never done this at scale. >> correct. this is the first facility. >> reporter: it's partly funded by exxonmobil, one of the biggest plastic makers on the planet. in houston, they plan to feed the pelt pellets into a process exxon calls advanced recycling. >> it shows the new recycling. >> reporter: ray manages the effort, which is the industry's response to the growing crisis of plastics waste. >> it hopefully allows us to take the wide range of plastic waste that doesn't have a home today and repurpose them. >> reporter: the process uses heat to break down plastic to its molecular level. a small amount is turned into new plastic, but much of it becomes fuel that is burned,
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creating planet-warming emissions. exxon says so far it has processed 60 million pounds of plastic waste, but none from houston households, and it's a fraction of the plastic the company produces each year. >> that's something we're extremely proud of. we also recognize it's a first step. >> reporter: plastic makers have touted advanced recycling for decades but never made it commercially viable. exxon competitor shell oil backed away from its plans calling them unfeasible. >> america's plastic makers are investing billions of dollars. >> reporter: the industry is still waging a multimillion dollar ad campaign to convince consumers plastic recycling works. is this just your industry trying to make consumers believe that plastic is recyclable so they keep buying plastic? >> i go back to advanced recycling is real. it's happening, we're doing it. >> reporter: when exxon told us their process, they told us this
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truck was feeding plastic waste into its advanced recycling system. exxon later admitted the truck was empty due to a malfunction. they invited us back to watch it all again, including what the recycled plastic looks like at the end of the process. with all due respect, should we trust a company that makes money off of making and selling plastic to tell us there's a solution to the plastic waste problem? >> that's challenging the integrity of who we are. this is just the starting point. we are in it for the long haul. >> now here in california, the attorney general is currently investigating exxon. in a statement to cbs news, he accuses the industry of a, quote, decades-long campaign of deception perpetuating the myth that recycling can solve the plastics crisis. now, the attorney general will soon decide if he will sue exxon. >> that was ben tracy on climate patrol. stay with us, you're watching at his best...ds to be
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more historic battlegrounds than battleground virginia. like culpeper, older than the country itself, the charming town's square is where you find the frost cafe filled with regulars like ed jones. >> i enjoy it here. i enjoy the people. >> reporter: there's no debate about the coffee here in this conservative stronghold that donald trump carried twice, and this fall jones thinks former president trump is the man to get the job done. >> we need someone in our presidency to make this america work for the working man. it's really looking critical right now. i don't know if our grand children are going to have a future with this country. >> reporter: some of these big breakfasts of omelettes and pancakes can cost less than ten bucks, and that's what brings in alison who worried about inflation. >> groceries that i spent 2 or -- $200 four or five years ago,
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i'm spending $500 now. that's going to be my big deciding factor. give me your answers and solutions. i don't want promises, not broken promises. >> reporter: he has something bigger on mind when it comes to vote. >> we need to stop looking at what side of the fence you're on whoever you're supporting and realize as a people that we're all still american at the end of the day. >> when you look at the elections, what are the things that worry you, keep you up at night? >> i worry that we're getting very divided, and i'm worried that there's a lot of hate going around. >> reporter: sara campbell is a librarian and her husband is a high school teacher with school-aged kids. >> it really bothers me when people act like bullies, and our school works very hard to get everyone to be respectful, and i need to see people who model that behavior for our students. our teachers do. >> reporter: now we are very caffeinated and headed to our next stop.
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lunch in loudoun county, virginia, 90 minutes away. all along the way we go through some of the battleground parts of the commonwealth, areas where te election can be won or lost. loudoun county is the wealthiest county in the country, fueled by a booming wine industry, huge wheat growing land, and a high-tech hub. at the leesburg diner, this retiree says the rueben is his go-to. that's where his decisiveness ends. he's not sure who to vote for this fall. >> everything has risen. the cost of living. that includes homes, if you're going out to dinner. whoever can bring policy changes to that in order to make that a little easier, i think, is going to be the biggest interest for me. >> reporter: at a nearby table we found these high school friends home from college voting
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for the first time. >> who's excited to vote this year? all five of you. >> reporter: still teens they're already concerned about the cost of housing. >> owning a home is really important for the bulk of america. it's something you can leave to your grandchildren. it's like a legacy. >> you can't afford to live where your parents live. >> well, yeah. things have changed so much in terms of the cost of housing. >> reporter: this group split the diner's ice cream special, but like a lot of virginians we spoke with, they say politics don't have to be so divided. >> people can tone it down a little bit truly for bettering the country. >> sounds like you all are starving for it to cool off. >> exactly. >> yeah. ♪ as we drive south to richmond, virginia, we're headed to the state capital of a state filled with state government workers, students at universities, colleges and democrats.
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this is a must-win for the commonwealth. we headed to mama j's kitchen, a soul food restaurant where fried catfish, whipped sweet potatoes, and cornbread dominate diners' plates. we found ricky waiting for his takeout order. >> what are you looking for when you're looking for a leader to vote for? >> someone that's fair, someone that's consistent. >> reporter: this army veteran says he's worried about safety here at home. >> i think crime, you know, that kind of keeps me up at night. the drugs, the crime. got to police that up. >> reporter: the 23-year-old server said she's excited to vote for harris, a candidate she says looks like her, and says a very personal issue is causing her to cast her ballot for the first time. >> reproductive rights. >> that's your top issue. >> top issue for me. i feel like some women are
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put in a predicament where this can't financially keep a sudden baby, so they need to have the freedom to to whatever they want to do with their body. >> reporter: virginia is the only state in the south that has not enacted more restrictive abortion policies or a waiting period following the supreme court's overturning of roe versus wade. are you feeling like that's driving other young people too? >> it's definitely a big concern and always has been, but it's never been like your rights are about to be taken from you. i feel like that's taking us backward and not forward. >> reporter: virginia has a history of being unpredictable. in 2008 and 2020, they voted for democratic presidents and turned around and elected republican governors. in a state where the slogan is virginia is for lovers, they would like to see more civility in politics. >> that was scott macfarlane eating good in virginia. early voting there begins
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you know the phrase, never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes. well, what if they have no shoes? steve hartman found this heartwarming story on the road. >> reporter: nothing gets past minneapolis bus driver jayne arendt-verhelst. tire pressure, seats clean, all systems go. but recently jayne noticed a problem outside her bus. it was about a month ago.
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she was approaching this intersection when she saw a woman standing in the middle of the road. >> i opened up the door and i really saw her. i saw her from head to toe and i was, like, wow. >> reporter: the woman, who appeared to be homeless, wasn't wearing any shoes. >> i can't imagine what it's like walking around in bare feet on the hot pavement and just nobody sees you. she is invisible, you know? she doesn't have any shoes. >> reporter: but not to jayne. she immediately took the shoes off her own feet and gave them to her. >> here's one, here's another. no, she's getting my shoes. >> i knew that you are not supposed to drive in your socks. it's a big no-no. but i couldn't help it. >> come on. >> reporter: several riders witnessed that moment, but perhaps no one was more touched by it than this woman. sarah seldon had been homeless
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before. she knows how meaningful a simple kindness can be. >> it really affected me because, like, it was, like, oh my gosh, she sees this woman. >> reporter: we are often told to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. but in certain moments it's almost more important to let that someone stand in ours. >> that was steve hartman on the road. and that's the "cbs news roundup." for some the news continues, for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul.
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♪ hello and thanks so much for watching, i'm shanelle kaul in new york and here's some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." federal prosecutors have filed a revised indictment against donald trump for interfering in the 2020 election. the presidential campaigns square off over the economy while a deal may be in place for the debate. relief in israel as a hostage comes home. a new indictment against donald trump. he still faces the same four charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election. but the new, shorter indictment narrows down the accusations
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against him. this comes after the supreme court ruled last month that trump is entitled to immunity from prosecution for official acts. robert costa. >> reporter: the new indictment over donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election suddenly brings his conduct around the capitol attack back to the fore of the intensifying race for the white house. the slimmed down indictment, from 45 to 36 cases still alleges that trump engaged in a conspiracy to hold on to power in the wake of the supreme court saying presidents have wide i immunity, it removes his efforts with the justice department. jef jeffrey clark has been taken out of the indictment.
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trump has long claimed he did nothing wrong. >> this was a percent cushion of a political opponent, not supposed to happen in america. >> reporter: but the indictment is he was engaged in a conspiracy against the right to vote and have one's vote counted. in congress and states to help him, including georgia's republican secretary of tate, brett raffensperger after he left the state. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: raffensperger spoke in 2021. sf he was asking us to recalibrate and get another answer. >> reporter: his lawyers are expected to fight this. >> they're going to say no indictment doesn't involve official action because president trump was in office at
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the time. >> reporter: this was quote, not a surprise. this is what the government is supposed to do based on what the supreme court did. it doesn't change our position that we believe the case is flawed and should be dismissed. trump's lawyers will soon ask for more time to brief his case and could put off a start to the trial if the judge aagrees. robert costa, cbs news, washington. on the campaign trail, the focus is on the economy and a potential debate next month. skyler henry has more. >> reporter: republican vice presidential candidate jd vance rallied in michigan. >> michigan is going red. >> reporter: vance focused on the economy and inflation. >> young people can't afford to buy a home in their own country. turning the generation into permanent debtors. >> reporter: and vice president kamala harris is also talking about the economy with a new ad.
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>> my mother saved well over a decade to buy a home. i was a teenager when the day finally came and i remember how excited she was. >> reporter: her plan is building 3 million housing units in four years with new tax credits for first-time home buyers and credits for the buyers. harris has been off the campaign trail and reportedly using the time to prepare for the presidential debate. >> i want to do a debate. >> reporter: former president trump says he's ready for the debate and says he's come to an agreement on the rules for the debate. he says the same as the previous trump/biden debate. the harris campaign wanted the mics open all the time as opposed to only when the candidate is speaking.
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israel's military has rescued one of the hostages abducted in the attack from hamas sprawling tunnels in gaza. imtiaz tyab has more. >> reporter: they greeted him moments after he was rescued. the 52-year-old father of 11, reportedly found alone without guards in an underground hamas tunnel, was taken by army helicopter to a hospital in israel. he was among 250 people abducted october 7th when he was working as a security guard at a kibbutz in southern israel. he lost weight but says he's healthy. his son had been allowed to see him and he emerged. we asked him how his father is doing. thank god, he says, he's doing
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fine. as his loved ones gather waiting to be reunited with him in gaza, in cairo, negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release agreement remains stuck. talks aimed at bringing some of the 100 remaining hostages still in hamas custody home and bring a temporary end to israel's devastating assault on gaza. the last four days alone, health officials say 130 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes, hundreds more wounded, including many children. children who are also increasingly at risk of disease. aid agencies have now recorded the first case of polio in gaza in 25 years. our cbs news team traveled to a central city, raw sewage was everywhere. in this makeshift tent we met her and her nine children.
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her little one at 11 months old was the first palestinian child to be diagnosed with polio. his mother tells us his left leg is now paralyzed. he was supposed to get his polio vaccination on the first day of the war, she says, please someone have mercy on my son. i wish he could move like before. i pray no other child gets this virus. more than 1.2 million doses of the polio vaccine have arrived to inoculate 640,000 children. the u.n. wants a pause in fighting to vaccine as many kids as they can, something neither israel nor hamas have afwreed to. a small town on the coast of a small town on the coast of alaska braces for more bad small businesses are
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this is "cbs news roundup," i'm shanelle kaul in new york. moscow says the u.s. and its allies are risking world war iii if they allow ukraine to use weapons to strike deep into russia. they control about 500 square miles and have been launching strikes on airfields, ammunition storage sites. russia has unleashed a massage barrage of missiles, drones and so-called bombs. holly williams has more. >> reporter: in the city of kryvyi rih, they worked to pull survivors through the night.
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for the second day in a row, russia launched swarms of drones and waves of milwaukee, wisconsin,s across ukraine. many targeting the energy grid, others killing civilians. in a village in southern ukraine, a man's brother was killed in his own home. there was black dust everywhere, she said. he was unrecognizable. a strike on a hotel in eastern ukraine on saturday night injured two journalists and killed their security adviser, ryan evans, a former british soldier. with their country under bombardment, many in ukraine's capital, kyiv, have again taken shelter in the subway. some kept their spirits up by singing the city's anthem. "i will dream and live" go the lyrics "on the wings of my hopes." the massive wave of russian strikes comes three weeks after ukraine launched an offensive
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into southern russia, where it says it now holds over 400 miles square miles of territory and is sill advancing. it's the biggest foreign incursion into russia since world war ii, humiliating president vladimir putin and potentially giving ukraine leverage in any future negotiations. some believe russia's latest assault is revenge. i'm holly williams in london. people who live in ketchikan, alaska, are bracing for the worse. it comes after days of heavy rains and more slides could strike at any time along the southwestern coast. a devastating landslide slammed ketchikan, killing one,
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injuring several others. leaving piles of debris and slamming some homes into each other. >> into other homes. >> reporter: now there are fears of another slide. what are the odds based on what you're seeing? >> we're concerned that the ground has been weakened in that area and significantly increased chances of an additional slide. >> reporter: 60 homes were ordered to evacuate in the city, a popular cruise ship stop. >> in the amount of time i've lived here, several decades, i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: some residents have been allowed to return home, others remain under evacuation orders until geologists can
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size of golf balls to some parts of new york and new england, winds buffeted the midwest, and searing heat causes school districts to let students go home early and cancel afterschool activities. high temperatures are creating dangerous conditions for student athletes across the country. elaine quijano has more. >> among the most dangerous heat illnesses is called exertional heat stroke, also called ehs. it can become fatal unless treated right away. we visited one school where preventing ehs is a top priority. >> reporter: it's time for football practice at this high school in new jersey. roaming the sidelines is certified athletics trainer christina emerick. >> if you recognize it in treatment, external heat stroke is 100% survivable.
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>> reporter: among the tools she uses to protect students, this device, which measures the temperature and tells emerick how much heat stress athletes may be experiencing. >> when you look at exertional heat stroke, how big of a problem is this in high school? >> it's one of the three leading causes of death in high school sports in america. >> reporter: doug casa is the ceo at the korey striker institute, named after the minnesota vike player who died in 1991. it's helping rehabilitate athletes. among them, ryan swoboda. >> i remember i got there and wanted to prove myself. >> reporter: in july 2017 in his third day of practice as a freshman on uva's football team, swoboda collapsed. his core temperature had shot up to a life-threatening 109 degrees. he spent three weeks in the hospital and more than a year in
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rehabilitation. >> i had damage to a lot of my organs. >> reporter: but he recovered and went on to play professionally in the nfl. the institute recommends schools have athletes get acclimated to the heat before practicing in full uniform, take mandatory water breaks, and have a cooling tub to treat overheated players. also key? >> make sure their high school has an athletic trainer. they don't want to rely on a coach their child is going to die or live when they have an medical emergency. >> it is a more accurate measure of what athletes experience because it takes into can't ambient takes into account ambient temperature, wind speed, and radiation from the sun. radiation from the sun. wounded warrior project empowers post-9/11 veterans and their families with life-changing programs and services. i faced my ptsd, and i'm a better husband and father because of it. we help warriors get the expert care
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>> reporter: ben rivera is the ceo of leatherman, a company that specializes in designing multi-tools. foldable jacks of many trades and many blades. >> we are trying to squeeze every ounce of performance in every inch of space out of the tool to make it so compact and high-performing as possible. >> reporter: leatherman has been making versions of these handheld hardware stores for 40 years. they claim one in 11 americans owns one, ranging in price from $50 to $230, some models are souped up, some are stripped down, some are personalized, but all are a assembled by hand and stamped with the founder's name. i did not know that leatherman is a man, that it's you? >> lots of people are surprised that leatherman isn't a 100-year-old company that was originally started in the leather working business. >> reporter: in 1975, tim leatherman was driving across europe with his wife in a $300
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fooe fiat that needed frequent repairs. >> i was carrying a pocket knife but there are oftentimes i needed a pair of pliers. particularly with we stayed in a cheap hotel and the bathroom plumbing needed fixing. >> reporter: once the leathermans returned to the u.s., tim decided put his engineering degree to use and see if he could somehow combine a pocket knife with pliers. with his wife's blessing, he started tinkering. >> she went to work to support us and i went to the garage and picked up a file and a hacksaw and started trying to build what was in my mind. >> reporter: after several iterations, leatherman eventually came up with something that looked like this. >> you have a pair of needle-nosed pliers. >> reporter: turned out the real challenge was getting other people to buy into his idea. >> i went to the knife company and they said, sorry, it's not a knife, it's a tool. i went to the tool companies. they said, sorry, it's not a tool, it's a gadget. gadgets don't sell. >> reporter: after years of perseverance, leatherman managed to sell his first 500 units to outdoor retailer cabela's.
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>> you can't believe how happy i was. finally after eight years, finally an order. >> reporter: the orders soon started to snowball. in his first full year in business, leatherman sold 30,000 of what he ultimately called his pocket survival tool. today, the company can churn out 10,000 a day. everything is still made in portland. they created dozens of different models and spawned a slew of imitators, including the leather buddy seen on "the simpsons." >> cool. >> reporter: testing the limits of what people might do with a leatherman is part of the design process. this is surprising to find a seatbelt here. >> it's used so often for extracting people from a crashed vehicle, we test it. >> reporter: wow. >> it's been
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