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mber store. good morning. it is wednesday, april 15th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." an arizona police officer slams into an armed suspect with a squad car. was it excessive force or a life-saving move. president obama backs down to have a nuclear deal with iran. >> we'll introduce you to mattie and tay who told country star music you do not treat women right. but we begin with a look at "today's" "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> oh jesus christ man down. an arizona police officer rams a suicidal suspect.
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>> the suspect was involved in a sears series of robberies. >> the officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing and will resume duty. >> protesters on police brie tault take to the streets. >> this is the first step in normalizing relations with cuba. obama ordering that by taken off the state-sponsored terrorist list. >> paid for by a drug lord. >> throws glass at her, there's blood all over the place around they're still employed at the dea? >> a massive dust storm in northern utah has led to a deadly pileup. one man dead 20 injured. >> how do you pull a popcorn prank on an nba rookie who doesn't own a car. >> his house.
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pursy sledge known for his 1966 hit. ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪ >> -- and all that matters rsh. >> hillary clinton is on the road. >> the scooby vehicle is running up. >> it's 2015, they already chasing her van around as if it's an ice cream truck. >> justin bieber is put in a choke hold. more people are excited about him being put in a choke hold than marco rubio running. >> that means marco rubio had better choke justin bieber. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." there are new questions why a police officer used a squad car to take down a gunman in
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arizona. dash cam video shows the officer slamming his cruiser into the suspect. it happened in february. the marana police released the video yesterday. >> police say mario valencia stole the rifle from a walmart. we have more. >> good morning. she says her client was in crisis on february 19th. he was armed and holding a gun to his own head when encountered by marana police. the police car that hit him they estimate was going around 40 miles an hour. the violent crash sent cinderblocks and the suspect flying over the hood of the police cruiser. >> jesus christ man down. >> reporter: he was taken to the university medical center for serious condition for a blunt trauma. then he was transferred to a
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county jail. >> quite honestly it's miraculous he didn't die. >> he faces several felony charges including armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and arson. police say valencia stole the weapon and an ammunition from a walmart less than a mile away. he threatened suicide when threatened by police. >> you don't want to do this. you don't want to do this. all right. one round went out. >> reporter: two police cars follow valencia as he walks near a an industrial park. officer michael rapiejko drives around the police car and hits valencia. he ended up saving lives. >> that's a tough, tough, tough decision but he made it. >> reporter: the marana police department cleared officer
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rapiejko of any charges. >> this is policing as it is. >> but his attorney says the police are out of line. >> they say they saved his life. i find it a strange statement to use deadly force against that person by almost killing them by plowing into them with your vehicle. >> reporter: maana say they treated this kaz the same way they would in an officer-involved shooting. he's back at work and the didn't is now conducting an internal review. gayle? >> thanks elaine. there are new charges in tulsa after an unarmed mans with shot during his arrest. people chanted and marched for eric harris earlier this week. he was killed during a sting operation.
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the tulsa shooting and other cases of police brutality led yesterday to a national day of action. hundreds marched across the brooklyn bridge in new york and blocked traffic. police arrested some of the protesters. an off-duty officer was assaulted. protesters held posters of unarmed black men killed by police as they walked through the city. about 100 people in san francisco took over the streets. police marched alongside them to keep the peace. and some demonstrators in los angeles were arrested after they blocked a train during the evening rush. >> in washington leaders of both parties are backing a plan to sign a nuclear agreement with iran. the senate foreign relations committee worked out a deal with the white house on tuesday avoiding a potential veto from president obama. major garrett is at the white house with details of the compromise. major, good morning. >> good morning. the white house fought this to the bitter end. they lobbied senators in a classified briefing all yesterday morning in a futile
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attempt to keep congress of the final approval process in a nuclear deal with iran facing a defeat large enough the white house caved and now congress is in the iran nuclear gain. the senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved the legislation allowing the senate with a 60-vote super majority to reject a final deal to design a flawed access to a nuclear weapon. secretary of state kerry privately fought the bill chaired by bob corker. >> the administration saw where this was going and that was a railroad toward strong support on both. >> reporter: he said they did the negotiator as favor. >> not only are they going to have them look over their shoulder fwu other countries will hold a firmer line.
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>> reporter: the next big test keeping the bipartisan bill on the floor. >> if this is a one-time opportunity to deal with a crisis, i will use every tool at my disposal to stop that from happening r for weeks the president vowed to veto any move. when kerry saw the bill would attract as many as 70 votes, the white house sought minor modifications and dropped the threat. >> we've gone from a peaceful legislation that the president would veto to a peaceful legislation that has undergone a substantial provision that is now in a formal compromise that the president would be willing to sign. >> tim kaine said the white house had no choice. >> everything in the last two months, i mean everything shows that this is an important enough matter that congress is going to weigh in. when the deal is done we have a po-day period to review it and
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then an agreed upon proceed for voting. >> they agreed to drop language. it also shortened the review period from 60 days to 30 days. that clock starts ticking when they present the deal in full. of course, they have to reach that final deal by june 30th. norah? >> thank you. in our next hour we're going to talk with missouri senator clair mke mccaskill. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." cuban government is praising president obama for taking cuba off a lit of terrorist sponsor. this follows the president's recent meeting. president obama sent a message to congress tuesday confirming the move. it takes effect in 45 days. this declaration is an important step in normalizing cuban relations. the chairman of the house says this morning the head of the drug enforcement association
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should quit or be fired on counts that dea agents partied with prostitutes paid for by cartels. they blasted leonhardt for not firing any agents for wrongdoing. >> what the hell do you get to do? >> you're powerful. >> this is nuts. >> i'm offended by the conduct, their behavior. >> i don't see it though. >> i'm trying to fix the system. i can't fire. i'm trying to fix a system. >> how about naming them? name and shame? >> the committee released a port claiming dea sexual misconduct went on for nearly a decade. "the new york times" reports that congressional getters asked clinton two years ago if she used a private e-mail at the state department. she never responded. she opens her campaign today in
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iowa. she spoke to students and educators on tuesday. they found her eating with local supporters last night at a restaurant near cedar rapids. as she left she signed a few photos and told us her first day of campaigning was great. breaking news on google. they accused the tech giant of cheating. it's the next step in efforts to change the way that google does business in europe. the search giant could face more than $6 billion in fines. they plan to investigate android, the company's mobile software. jars of baby food recalled due to pieces of glass. more than 1,900 pounds of sweet potato and baby food contaminate
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contaminated contaminated. everybody check your shelves. >> parts of utah are facing damaging winds achlt dust storm with gusts topping 80 miles an hour created havoc on the roads tuesday. a chain reaction crash killed one person. more than two dozen were hurt. the collision smashed cars and ripped big rigs apart. in california heavy winds and dust triggered a 70-car pileup in fresno. >> an atlanta judge sentenced to each of them as many as seven years in prison for fabricating standardized test scores.
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jericka duncan has more. >> they say defendants faked test scores that robbed thousands in atlanta of remedial education. >> all i want from any of these people is just to take some respondent, but they refused. they refused. >> judge jerry baxter threw the book at the defendants. many in the courtroom were shocked by the prison sentences. >> you sit down or i'm going to put you in jail. if you yell at me point at me -- >> reporter: lawyers for teacher miss buckner web argued. >> she's a good mother a good person. at the end of the day, a conviction for changing answers on the test is not an offense that should send miss buckner webb to prison. >> it's like the sickest thing that's ever happened to this town. >> reporter: still the judge sentenced her and four others to serve a year in prison.
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three others considered at the top of the food chain of the scandal received a minimum of seven years behind bars. all turned down plea deals that called on them to admit guilt and turn down appeals. >> i don't want an apology. i want the community to have the apology. and i want the children who were short-changed and cheated to have the apology. >> earlier this month 11 daytonas were found guilty of inflating scores. in some cases educators changed wrong answers to correct ones. they were convicted under the state's racketeering laws. >> i don't know whether it set as precedent but i hope people stop and loot a what happened here. >> they believe they were unfairly prosecuted. prosecutor scott smith. >> true rack tears, mobster, gangsters.
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>> reporter: and late last night those defendants were released on bond pending appeals. the two that took plea deals did receive leniency and one former teacher who was not in court yesterday because she just delivered a baby over the weekend. she will be sentenced at a later time. norah? >> all right jericka. thank you so much. this morning music fans are remembering soul singer percy sledge who died tuesday. ♪ when a manner loves a woman he spends his every last dime ♪ >> his 1966 recording of "when a man loves a woman" was a classic hit. he picked cotton and was a hospital orderly. in 2005 he was inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame. percy sledge was 74.
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>> how many times do you think that song was covered? >> more than once. >> michael bolton. >> he's singing with such aim. >> such passion. it gives you goose bumps. we return to the anniversary of the boston marathon. jurors have been told not to watch or attend this year's mare thon. sentencing for dzhokhar tsarnaev will begin in days. a new cbs news poll this morning shows 60% of americans favor the death penalty for tsarnaev 30% oppose it. don dahler is at the marathon finish line with the lasting impact of that day. don, good morning. >> good morning. the first bomb went off at the finish line which you see behind me. the second bam happened a little further up boylston street. killing two peerjs killing more than 160 others. now that the city awaiting the
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fate of the convicted bomber survivors are waiting for a pivotal remember. how to remember and how to move forward. >> kevin cowan seems to remember just about everyone in town. >> before i met you, i saw the guys from engine 7 right around the corner at broadway. >> but cowen can never forget the people from that scene on monday. >> 30 years on the streets, on the job. i mean have you ever had to deal with this something like this? >> no. and i hope i don't have to again. they were ordinary people. the college kid named rob wheeler who just finished the race and he saw ron lying there bleeding out and he literally took the shirt off his back and tied his leg and saved his life. that's the stuff that choked me up when i thought about it late at night. >> collins has spent the last two years reporting on that day and the aftermath. >> it's not a sad moment. the people who survived. i don't think there's any sadness to attached to that
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because the strength they showed the way they're getting on with their lives and how they're still dealing with their injuries. >> sometimes it seems like two years, other times like yesterday. >> rebekah gregory had traveled to washington to watch the race with her son noah. that morning they were standing ten feet from where the first bomb exploded. >> when the tv crews go away and you don't see it on the news that doesn't mean it's gone for those people. that means it's very much real and a part of it. >> the explosion destroyed her left leg. over 19 months she had 17 surgeries. last month gregory decided to have her leg amputated. >> i'm doing norm aal things again today. i took my son to the movies walked through the airport without a wheelchair. those things are amazing. >> then gregory made a journey that terrified and consoled her.
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last month she walked into the boston courthouse and along with others she testified against dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> we don't have closure because there is no end to it. i have two choices. i can be mad this happened to me or be blessed i have a daily reminder life is short and i'm still here. >> gregory will return to boston soon. she plans on running the last three miles of the marathon next monday. norah. >> that's good to hear. that will be a very emotional moment running the end of the marathon there. actress rita wilson says a skoonld opinion about a cancer diagnosis saved her life.
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ahead, a ceo is setting aside $70 good morning everyone i'm ukee washington. it will be a nice day don't take it from me and indeed, i love delivering news like this to you on beautiful days like this we are starting off cool but we will even up with a nice comfortable afternoon with that nice, stronger april sun angle. that is helping to warm things up here. high pressure on our side too. while we are left with handful of residual clouds those are thinning out nicely. blue skies returning. they will be in full we'll affect today with that sun again helping to warm things up. while we are starting in the 40's in most spots bright sunshine allows us to heat up to 07 degrees. so comfortable. we will drop down to four's and very quick check on the seven day overall not bad. a few showers friday. next shot for heavier rain on
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monday vittoria. >> good morning everyone. katie has all of the good news i have the bad news. traveling, rush hour that is what you'll fine low speed for sure except on the vine street expressway. vine looks nice, westbound approaching the the schuylkill eastbound down toward i-95 the camera shot to show you i-95 southbound is a crawl out of the northeast to the vine street expressway. speed sensors in the teens i-95 schuylkill, westbound turnpike around willow grove no major delays for mass transit, ukee. next update 7:55. up next this morning are u.s. and russia aheaded toward another cold war. for more local news weather traffic and sports we're on the cw philly and find us on these channels, good morning.
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. and liftoff. the falcon soars from its perch toward the international space station, carrying dragon -- spacex successfully launch add resupply mission to the international space station yesterday. the rocket carrying more than 4,000 pounds of food and equipment blasted off from cape canaveral, florida. it's carries the first espresso maker. >> i guess that's good. >> absolutely. >> an attempt to land the rocket on the barge in the ocean failed. it landed too hard. they hope to successfully use rockets to save on launch costs. so you believe they should have espresso makers?
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>> why not. especially if it's italian. coming up actress rita wilson is sharing her story. watching and waiting is like playing russian roulette. and the largest scam in history. a senate wants to know what's being done to stop it. why one lawmaker says the justice department isn't taking the threat seriously. we've gottet that story ahead. "the new york times" looks at china. they're losing momentum. gross domestic product grew 7% in 2015. this is the slowest first quarter growth in six years. they blamed an industrial slowdown and a weak housing market. the "washington post" says president obama ushered in a new chapter of relations with iraq that's expected to be complicated. he met with iraqi prime minister in washington yesterday.
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president obama pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid to iraq. he credited with turning the tide toward fighting isis. the district attorney's office is re-examining a case of awn alleged groping scheme at the denver international airport. this is after an investigation. the case allegedly involved transportation security administration workers. now, according to police reports obtained by the station. male passengers considereded attraction tick were given an intimate pat-down by the employee. two workers were fired. the drug administration says at least four kind bars do not meet the requirements to be called healthy. they have more than double saturated. they're saying quote, we're taking it upon ourselves to conduct a thundershower row
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review of our snack food and making sure they're compliant. >> it's ironic that it's called kind. that's the name of the snack bar. the "los angeles times" shows us the big win over her court's wiv er court's. she must return $2.6 million. former clippers owner donald sterling showered her with expensive gifts. among them a ferrari, a bentley, and a home worked $1.8 million. >> what do we call that? >> a bunny. >> a good friend. >> there you go. this morning, the convoy entered the english channel without permission or notification. on tuesday the royal air force scrambled jets. two bombers buzzed the edge of british airspace. nato war games are taking place
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in nearby scotland. charlie d'agata is outside london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we reached out to the russian embassy this morning. we just got this response. this is a panicked reaction to a routine russian navy ship passing through the channel and proves that some people are disconnected from reality. the royal air force scrambled two typhoon fighter jets like these as britain found themselves rushing to close encounters on two fronts. hours before a heavily armed russian destroyer and two support ships sailed from the mediterranean to the english channel. the british navy deployed a warship off the coast of plymouth to monitor the russian ships as they passed. both incidents came as british hosts more than 50 ships.
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there's little doubt that provocation comes out of the play book of russian activist vladimir putin. >> he likes to fly these old bombers over western europe again, to rattle cases, to make people worry, to make people worry that he might undermine west european and central european stability in some way, so it's really an exercise ominousle flexing more than anything else. >> for putin flexing muscle military or otherwise, proves a strategy while at home. when they were skralabled in a similar since accident russians showed the view. earlier this month the u.s. reconnaissance plain was intercepted by a russian jet north of poland in what the pentagon called unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers, a reminder if not a serious
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military threat that in putin's world, russia is still a global super power with global reach. >> i think this is going to be standard operating procedure for russia as long as he's around, and he's not going anywhere. >> in january britain had to summon the russian ambassador and explain why russian bombers were flying over the english channel. they had to reroute traffic to avoid the potential of a problem. the wife of tom hanks say as second opinion helped spot her breast cancer early., right here in new york city. good to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> rita has done a big story and she's sounding the alarm. you've got to get a second opinion. the main thing she's stressing is getting a second opinion from a pathologist. is this good advice?
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>> i think it's excellent advice. breast pathology is a very complicated field and while people get second opinions about their surgeons there's a whole team of people behind that surgeon that form the surgeon's team and the team is only as strong as the weakest link and the pathology is the person who looks at the tissue under the microscope and feeds the surgeon the information, that will tell them. >> i think that's really important to hear that. i hadn't thought about that. >> i had. either. >> she said a friend recommended get a second opinion and she trusted her gut feeling on this. how important is this? >> i think women do have to feel comfortable with their doctors. in today's day and age there are many options. there are centers of excellent all throughout the country. it's important to know it's not
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important an emergency when you're diagnosed. take that time if something doesn't feel right and particularly in those in between-type entities. there's clear-cut normal which no one would miss and clear-cut cancer that no one would miss but then there's a whole spectrum in between that's subject to interpretation and for women that's a bit of a red flag. >> in some cases doctors get a second opinion, don't they? if there's a question? >> absolutely. i think the point you bring up, charlie, is that even among experts there are certain things that they may not agree and it's important to have all that information before doing anything specific. >> the type of cancer she has, is that sew aggressive that it requires a mastectomy? >> no. invasive is no better no worse
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than the most common kind basil ductal. it's less common but no more aggressive. i think there are very few cases where you have to act immediately and lob u lar does not make it so. >> brave of her to share her story. >> 100%. >> we wish her well today. >> thanks for having me. on this tax day, lawmakers are trying to stop the largest scam in irs history. only on "cbs this morning" we interview the lawmaker who's heading that investigation. that's ahead. if you're heading off to work set your dvr so you can watch "cbs this morning" any time you like. we'll be right back. whether you need a warm up before the big race... or a healthy start before the big meeting there's a choice hotel that's waiting for you. this spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price at 1,500 hotels. book now at choicehotels.com
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involving irs agents. chip reid is outside the justice department following the story. chip, good morning. >> good morning. when we last spoke with pastor he told us he was telling his story so that others wouldn't make the same mistake he made. an influential senator saw that story on "cbs this morning" and now she wants to know why the justice department sing doing more to stop the scam. >> this woman who gave me her name and her badge number said that she was informing me that they were filing a warrant for my arrest. >> warrant for your arrest. >> yes. for tax fraud. >> pastor al caydenhead told "cbs this morning" what it was like to get this angry call from someone claiming to be from the irs. was your heart pounding? >> it was racing. it was racing.
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i'm very afraid at that point. >> our report caught the attention of senator susan collins, chair of the special senate committee on aging. >> i so admire those victims who have been willing to come forward and tell their stories. >> reporter: later today collins will hold a hearing on what is the largest impursenation scam on irs history and caydenhead will be the star witness. he'll tell congress what he told us that he didn't believe he had done anything wrong but was too fearful to fight back. >> i'm retiring in a few months. this is not how i want to be remembereding being arrested. >> reporter: he said he did what he was told, bought cards from the drugstore and gave p.i.n. numbers to what he thought were irs agents and turned out to be scammers. in all he gave $16,000 in one day. so how did you feel when you realized you had been scammed? >> very embarrassed.
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>> reporter: two will also testify. despite a written invitation, the justice department has refused and that has senator collins steaming mad. what will yours be. >> i'm going to chastise the department for failure to cooperate in a investigation and lax attitude ta toward a scam that's affecting thousands of american citizens. it's outrageous and inclusive that the department is not taking this more seriously and won't even send a witness to testify. >> collins says this scam which has targeted more than 400,000 americans and over 300,000 people of a total of $15.5 million is too big for the justice department to ignore. so far there have been only two prosecutions tar getting very low level operators. >> the scam will not stop until people start going to jail.
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>> reporter: senator collins says she wants to use today's hearing to embarrass the justice department into taking action. we did ask the didn't for a comment and they said they are taking this scam seriously. they're committed to firing it. they gave two long briefings to senate staff but obviously that was not nearly enough. gayle? >> thank you chip. it was, how shall you say a less than majestic moment for one of the queen's guards. see what might have caused this very public slip-up in
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century palace with a changing of the guard ceremony. hundreds saw it. his face appeared as red as his uniform, they say. but the hand-off continued without missing a beat. they say he might have slipped. the face i want to see is the guy facing him on the other side. whats he ee doing. >> nothing like having that captured on camera for the world to see. >> i can't see hmm without thinking of john cleve. >> more. claire mccaskill up next. this spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price at 1,500 hotels. book now at choicehotels.com body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-this- all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain tries to stop you, there's motrin.
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good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. check in right new with katie and hey we had rain yesterday we are getting pay back today, good news. >> big time yes,er contact we have had a lot of the every other day kind of a scenario where one day is beautiful next day not so much and new we are back in the beautiful sunshine again. we have a couple of cloud this morning but taking you out to storm scan three those have quickly begun to thin. we will see more sun then anything and because of that sun we will end up warming up nicely. currently finding temperatures at 52 degrees reported from palmyra cove nature park overlooking center sit a cross the delaware river here. with that sunshine it is a nice day, breezy but we will take it. sixty-six under some sunshine tomorrow and next round of scattered showers comes along
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friday vittoria. good morning it is a full blown rush hour so all of the usual culprits 95 schuylkill expressway, pennsylvania turnpike, 42 freeway it is all swell. looking at i-95 southbound heading in to center city philadelphia delayed academy through vine street expressway. we have delays north bound in delaware county a as well. forty-two freeway slow go approaching 295 through walt whitman bridge, affecting 55 and 295 in the 42 freeway and in delays for mass transit, erika. next update 8:25. next up this morning missouri senator claire mccastkill. your local news weather and traffic continues with us on the cw on these channels. i'm erika von tiehl.
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it is wednesday, april 15 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there's more real conversation from claire mccaskill. she talks about iran and her campaign. first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> he was arm and holding a gun to his own held when encountered by marana police. >> the white house fought this to the bitter end. now congress is in the iranian super game. >> he's she was found eating with local supporters and she told us her first day of campaigning was great. the former educators
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received sentences similar to those involved in violent crimes. >> survivors are facing a pivotal moment. how to remember and also how to move forward. >> quoting the russian ambassador, this is a panicked reaction and proves that some people are disconnected from reality. >> you know, there's clear-cut normal which know one would miss and clear-cut cancer that no one would miss. and then there's a whole sector of in between that is subject to interpretation. >> they have announced they're providing tablet computers at every table. the next ambition plan is providing italian food at every olive garden. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell, sources compare it to the recent online posting of military families' names and addresses. >> the newest incident targets
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39 current and former senior officials. investigators first became aware of this yesterday. they suspect a right wing group put the officials' names and addresses online. the white house says president obama is ready to sign a compromised bill letting congress vote on a final nuclear deal with iran. the president backed down on tuesday after supporters showed they had the vote to override a veto. the white house did make some changes in the bill. the senate foreign relations committee approved it. the full senate is expected to consider it next week. >> a new poll shows more than two-thirds of american congress should have a role in deciding whether the united states supports a deal with iran. senator claire mccaskill is with us. she's a leading democrat on the around services committee. good morning. >> good morning. >> help us understand what new power this gives congress and whether we would be having this question if there was not
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concern not only among republicans but also democrats about the iran deal. >> well, first of all, this bill is about a process. and the white house was engaged helping forge this compromise. it really now is just going to allow a super majority of the senate to reject the deal not a simple majority not even 60 votes. >> 67. >> 67. keep in mind we have 46 democrats. so part of me the cynical part of me thinks maybe the republicans ka pit late on this because they understand the alternative to no deal is a very dangerous proposition, especially if you understand the parameters of this deal that has been agreed to by not just the united states and i rehab but by russia, france china, germany the united kingdom. so i do think as we move forward and hopefully as the deal gets flushed out in the coming weeks
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americans will get to understand what the alternative is to rejecting this deal. and i think it frankly is much more dangerous in terms of iran getting a nuclear weapon than us, in fact, potentially embracing this deal at the end of the day. >> but senator why shouldn't cob have more oversight and more say in the ability to reject this? i mean when sanctions are phased out, they'll gain billions more in oil revenue and there's no doubt they supports he bow la s hes he s hes he hezbollah. >> this isn't about trusting iran. it's about having an agreement where we can verify 24/7 whether or not they have violated this agreement. and so this is not about trust. wi don't trust iran. we never trust iran. and we're keeping all options on the table. and i do think that congress
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should have a role. i this i the reason the white house pushed back in the beginning, the way the bill was drakted was going to provide congress more authority than they should have and i think now with the compromises that have occurred that's why i think you're going to see a near unanimous vote. i think we all agree including the white house that this is important. >> senator, two things. how are things between you and hillary clinton? there seemed to be bruised feelings from back in 2008 and what do you make of her low key campaign, road trip to iowa and scooby and meeting with people face-to-face? >> well, first of all, we're great. i've had several conversations with secretary clinton, and she seems relaxed, she seems determined strong and she's doing this because this is the way she wants to do this. no matter how she rolled out, the hillary hearts would be out in force.
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she would be criticized no matter what she did. i think she is doing this her way, which is listening, trying to keep it low key, making people understand that she gets that she's got to earn -- she's got to earn the respect and confidence of american people and at the end of the day, they have to vote on whether hillary clinton is going to fight for them or whether the republicans is really a good choice for most of america and i think she's going to come out on top in that equation. >> senator, could i raise a question of your tweeting life? you know -- >> yes, you may. >> you know i went to duke sfloo i know you did, charlie. >> and you cast as spurgss on those fine young men at duke who happened to play basketball very well and maybe embarking on a lucrative career in the nba. >> right. listen. this isn't about those young men. this is about a system that the
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grown ups have allowed where a coach is make 10g million a year and these players can't afford to go home and visit their families. by the way, i've got no problem with the nba. let's not call this students because we're now recruiting these kids for an nba tryout not to go to college. so i really think this is about reforming a system. you know listen. whether it's kentucky or whether it's duke or another school i think one and done is not good for college basketball. it may be good for the nba. >> what would you change? >> i think we can do one of twho things. we can either say let's stop the art fast of pretending. he's not recruiting kids to go to college. he's saying do one and done at my school because more players go to the nba. i say go straight from high school if you want to go. on the other hand if you're not going to go straight from high school and you're going to be in college, let's make sure these
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kids at least have a study penld so they're not having to break the rules to have enough money to go out for pizza. and the thing that's heartbreaking for me, charlie, so many of these kids traveling. we're making billions off of this ncaa college basketball. their families ought to be able to come and see them play if their coach can make $10 million. >> you need to change it. >> i'm trying, i'm trying. >> you're listening. >> a lot of people agree with you, senator. there you go. basketball iran and hillary clinton. you've covered it all. thank you. >> that's a three-pointer, senator mccaskill. >> swosh, swosh. she's a basketball fan. like it. dr. tara that ru narula is
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two of country's brightest stars are giving stereotypes the boot. >> what are some. >> cut-off jeans. >> trucks. >> tailgate. >> slide on over. can mr. be athere be a please somewhere. >> please slide on over. >> ahead what led them to challenge some of nashville's biggest hit-makers. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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conclusion. they looked at records of 300,000 children followed them for an average of five years and then look back at the health of mother. divided them into three categories. what they found is women who developed gestational diabetes before 26 weeks were at a 42% increased risk of having a child with autistic disorder. >> 42%, wow. >> what's the possible connection? >> that's what everybody wants to know. we know it's been associated with other long-term issues like obesity and other metabolic disorders. what this study suggests is there's a possible window of time during which if exposed to high levels of blood sure it could affect the oxygenation, cord or blood flow or threaten something called epigenetics.
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>> it's elevated blood sugar. usually developed late during pregnancy and usually screened around 24 to 28 weeks. >> just from gaining a lot of week during pregnancy. >> no it's not always associated with weight gain. not at all. >> what it's done is add to the body of evidence that says autism and the brain changes that occur early on in development before the baby's ever born. >> so what's the message if you're pregnant? >> the big message is not to panic because of this billion really to use the opportunity to get your health in as tight control as possible. exercise, keep your weight in check. get a healthy diet. prenatal care and monitoring and we need future research and tell us if screening for early gestational diabetes or kids will translate into any benefit. we don't know that yet. >> yeah. dr. tara narula. thank you. >> all right. his employee may consider him
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i've bet you've heard the saying money doesn't buy happy finance but you won't hear that here. one employee's wages will increase to $70,000 in stages. a boss who took a pay cut. i love this story. good morning. >> good morning. big companies like mcdonald's and walmart have raised their prices but nothing like what dan has done. he wants to confront income inequality in america so he slashed his own paycheck and raised the minimum wage at his company to $70,000. ceo dan price made the announcement at his company's quarterly meeting. >> we're going to have a minimum $70,000 pay raise for everyone that works here. >> the minimum salary at the credit card processing company will immediately jump to $50,000
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and rise to $70,000 within three years. >> i realized that people are making less than that there's an emotional cost they have every single day and you only get to live once and so those are days that are lost in terms of being abe to live a really full life, so getting there was really based on that research that princeton did in 2010. >> that princeton study concluded that a human being's emotional well being rises as their income rises. the reaction went from subdued shock to standing occasionhvationovation. melissa is a 21-year-old single mother who works in customer service. overnight her annual salary jumped from $37,000 to $50,000. >> it gives you confidence to go about your daynd and not going from paycheck to paycheck. >> maybe i cried when i called
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my mom. >> reporter: he has $54,000 in student debt. now those loans will be easier to pay off. >> i think it's life-changing for everybody in various ways. >> it's potentially life-changing for price as well. >> so i'm reducing my salary from a million a year to about $70,000. >> but not even in corporate america can afford to make drastic changes. >> it doesn't make economic sense for large companies that have a lot of people like that to give huge raises like this. it can tip them from being profitable to unprofitable which is why we're not going to see a huge stampede of companies doing this. >> it's not about pay but developing people and giving them a chance to thrive and show what i that can do. >> reporter: dan admits the salary increases will cut his forecasts in near term but having happier more productive employees he believes will pay off in the long term. >> you know, i want to be a part
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of the solution of inequality in this country, and so if corporate america also wants to be a part of that solution that would make me really happy. >> 30 employees will see their salaries double under this movie. price insists he's not trying to make a political statement but word is getting around. the company got more than 500 new resumes. >> he did a story. >> great. >> employees everywhere are sending your story to their bosses today. >> it's one of the highest e-mailstores right now. >> go dan price. thank you, anthony. former general electric ceo jack welch and his wife suzie made headlines from the moment they met. our candid conversation with them on life, love, and this is too. up next, your local news.
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in the news philadelphia police have someone in custody suspect offsetting a fire in the ogontz neighborhood that left a man in critical condition. fire department responded just before 2:00 a.m. to the 1600 block of west nedrow avenue where fire started in the back of the home. police say that the suspect is a five two-year old man who lives in the building the victim is also a man in the 50's. >> katie has your forecast in the weather center good morning. >> we have gotten rid of the it but clouds are getting ready. sun will shine brightly all day. just a nice start effort to day. storm scan does look like we have more cloud then anything. it isn't relaying all that much when we look at the
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window. we have more blue sky and sunlight then anything. and it end up being a beautiful day. 70 degrees, high bind of the breeze out of the north but still very very pleasant. nothing more a handful of cloud tonight and tomorrow and looking quiet. we will keep temperatures in the mid 60's but still over achieving by a degree or two, friday brings in the next round of scattered showers and then saturday, another surge on the thermometer, vittoria. >> thanks very much, good morning. if you are traveling, excuse me on the schuylkill expressway, we are starting to loosen up around conshohocken but it is not every where, we will hit that west wound pocket of city avenue that feels like you are not ever going to get any where. if you are traveling on the westbound side of the schuylkill at that point because it is so saturated you'll fine delays on the southbound side of the boulevard and then traveling on i-95 usual rush hour volume. also traveling on the ben franklin bridge, it is definitely slow from new jersey into philadelphia, down toward eighth and vine sun glare playing a factor in your commute today but no delays for mass transit, is there your sunny spots now back to the desk.
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♪ squeeze her, tease her don't ever leave her ♪ ♪ a little tenderness ♪ ♪ you've got to love her, tease her don't squeeze her ♪ james corder and him are. he's got moves. >> i love it that he has all these great skits. >> me too. and he's comes to the table sooner than later. i can't wait for that. coming up in this half hour former ceo jack welch and his
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wife talks to one million people and they show us how to make your career and relationships last and whether you should start hanging out with the boss. >> jan crawford meets maddie & tae. they're opening up to their voices of change. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the detroit news" looking at a possible link between shrinking airlines seating and health problems. >> it's gone down from about 19 inches to 17. last summer flyers were squeezed into the least amount of personal space in the history of flying. the flyers say the closely packed assets could make it harder to evacuate a plane. let me tell you, not 30 minutes ago charlie was saying how small the seats are. >> sitting in the back. >> and you're 6'3". >> exactly. >> i was going what are you doing sit back there? that's what i want to know.
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>> took you to place you've never been hasn't it? >> tee hee hee. >> they're searching for a cat burglar caught on cat camera. a new york city woman installed her camera. it caught a suspected thief breaking in through the window. somebody knows this guy. it's believed that he climbed up the scaffolding. he didn't steal the cats but he allegedly took an ipad a laptop, jewelry and digital cap rah before walk out the door. >> who knew that people had cat cameras. >> she set that up. her friends thought she was crazy. now her friends say not so crazy. >> the reason is to watch the cat? >> she's curious to see what the cats were doing while she was gone. you could do that with barkley you could. are you curious about what barkley is doing? >> no, no. i get up verierly when he's
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asleep. i know what he's doing. an home repair that turned into an incredible archaeological dilg. a homeowner wants to fix a toilet. ek ka vagss unearthed ancient rooms and really licks that predate jesus. the family discovered treasures from the roman era plus hidden jewelry and fresh co-s. >> also a broken toilet. >> yes. >> a lot of stuff comes out of there, doesn't it. best selling authors jack and suzie welch are back on the book shelves with their second collaboration. the one-time general electric ceo and his wife who's a former editor with the harvard business review explore what it takes to be a successful leader. they talk about their relationship in both business and marriage. >> what do you like to do that tickles you both that you say that's a good day in the life of jack and suedy welch?
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>> they're all good days. >> it's tough to differentiate. we have a blast every day. we for example read five papers in the morning and we'll each find something in there and say read this read this. and we're fighting to read what the other read. >> and writing a book was fun. we enjoyed it. >> you talk to a lot of people suzie, for this book. >> we traveled the world for the last 10, 12 years and we did a calculation that came out to a million people that we've been meeting of all different sizes. >> what was the thing that stood out to you. a million people. that's a lot of people. >> one is the grind continue. since 2008 business, the fun has been sucked out of business and people are trying to find ways to grow. we also continue to be shocked by the fact that people do not know where they stand at work. >> why do you think it's
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important that people know where they stand? >> look. the team that fields the best players wins the game. that's true in football. that's true in baseball. that's true in any sport. it's true in business. and so people have to know where they stand so they can improve, so they can be coached. so they can be brought along. >> in the book you say it's okay for employers to be friends with the employees. i thought that was such a different philosophy from most people. >> i have felt that way for 50 years. why the hell would you want to go to work with people you didn't want to hang out with? >> because you might have to fire them at some point, jack. doesn't that make it harder to fire them? >> now we're back to where you stand. as long as they know they've got your back and they know where they stand. if they can't do the job, they'll know it. i want to have a beer with it. >> i can like you and not be your fren at work. we can have mutual respeck and
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admiration, but we don't have to hang out together. >> it's nice when you do. >> is this a new jack welch? listen jack. when people think about jack it was neutron jack ruthless abrasive. now you're saying love people out the door it's good to have fun at work. is this a new jack welch or is this how you've been all along and no one had seen it. >> if you ask my associates, they'll tell you that. >> do you agree, suzie? >> i think the people that work with jack have always known this side of him. it's a wonderful caricature, a catchy phrase. when i was an editor i probably used it myself to describe him. this is the real jack. i don't think he's changed. >> you've also been described a one of the best ceos in the world. bold dynamic. listen.
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g.e.'s in the news recently they they're tearing down the building that jack built. >> yeah. >> when you read that what do you think about that? agree or disagree? >> thank god they're making changes. the world has changed. >> it doesn't hurt your feelings to say i built it this way? >> we talk about change every day. the game changed in 2008. dodd/frank came in changed the rules for financial entitities and we became a city which is a significant issue for financial services company. it became a less attractive businesses. thank got they jumped on it. that's why geo's still in the dow jones. >> on page 221 you say technically we both retired in 2001. okay. one of us retire. the other got fired for running off with the retired. who was that suzie? because at the big time that was
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a big scandal. no one every thought that would lead to a love connection. how did that happen? >> i thought no wonder everybody loves jack welch. he's amazing. i thought he seemed awfully curious about my personal life. >> he was married at the time. >> he was. i was not. he asked if i had a boyfriend. we liked each other a lot. we had an immediate love connection. >> what did you see, . >> i think the package is there. >> you had a package at home . >> we had long since personally grown apart and it didn't work. and so this was just perfect.
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>> why does it work so well for you? you've been married now 11 years. >> 11 years. >> i know i know. >> who said it wouldn't last. >> we were right too. we knew it with us going to last forever. >> you knew? >> there was -- >> we were crazy about each other. >> we loved each other and we knew it was going to last. >> and we have a blast together. i'm a big supporter of having similar values similar beliefs, similar things. i think the opposites attract game -- i've tried that. that didn't work so well. >> what a great interview. >> it was good. >> this is the thing. they're so happy their dog is named happy, the rescue dog that they've rescued. he says he's 79. he feels like he's in his 50s. she's 55. it works out for them both. >> he has said if they're fired and you're surprised, you're wrong. >> that's what he said.
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maddy and tay are being praised for bringing a new voice to the vocal music. they're going to be honoret at the country music awards but why they want some of their fellow stars to sound more respectful. >> reporter: maddy marleau and tailor dye could be any other duo trying to make it in country music. they have the look and the talent. but these 19-year-olds aren't just another new group because of this song. their first single "girl in a country song" went straight to the top. >> but it's the message that
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makes them breakout stores and puts nashville on notice. >> you guys are taking on what's big in nashville. two teenagers. >> go big or go home. >> go big or go home. >> that's definitely the motto. >> you're calling only sought of the biggest names in music. >> we're calling out the trend rather than the artist. >> what they call unrealistic and irresponsible covers much of today's country music. a sound called rogue country. tight main game in town with songs that glorify big trucks beer and beautiful women. >> we're huge country fans but
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we're so sick and tired of how women are portrayed in songs. the girls are supposed to sit there, be perfect, not talk no personality. we would listen to the radio day after day and say where did the value and character go. so we went to a songwriting session and we made a check list of all the cliches. >> like what are they. >> dirt road long tan legged. >> bare feet. >> cut off trucks. >> tailgate. >> slide on over. i'm like could there be a please ♪ your hot self over here girl, hand me another beer ♪ >> maddie & tae take on the brogue summaries and come back. >> i wish i had shoes on my two bare feet. >> mocking the way they dress. >> i hate the way bikini top fits, do i have to wear it all day. >> and setting straight how it should see them.
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♪ tell me one more time how you want to get you some of that ♪ >> their backlash that made history. maddie & tae became the first two in nearly a decade whose very first song hit number one. the country music hall of fame came call snag and these are going to go downstairs in our brand-new gallery. >> reporter: we were with maddyie & tae as they donated their songs from the song's video. >> i remember getting a call and they said do you still have your outfitting. we want to put them in the hall of fame. >> they're doing more than stirring the pot. they're saying country music was ignoring the perspective of young women. >> we had no voice. we realize when we see little girls singing we're giving them a voice. we're like we can sing and give you a voice and make you be known.
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>> if you're wondering what's behind their confidence they point to their upbringing. >> maddy was raised in texas by a mother who worked in the oil and gas industry. tay grew up in oklahoma with older brothers. both took voice lessons in dallas where their teachers introduced them. they joined forces and made a big move together. >> we were 17 years old. moved to nashville completely on our own, trying to figure out how to pay bills and fix a broken ac unit. >> what to to whelp your apartment floods. >> exactly. all these grown-up things. it was hard. we're trying to make a name forourselves in nashville, which is not easy. >> that experience inspired their second single "fly." an uplifting song that encourages people to hold on through the tough times. ♪ so keep on climbing ♪ >> there's a lot of pressure because you came out with this
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huge hit and now what? >> for us it's about getting to tell our stories and if we can release a song that is true to us and our fans relate and maybe it doesn't get high on the charts, that's really not important. >> it's a hit to us. >> as long as we get to say what we want to say as long as it's passionate, that's all that matters. >> reporter: another message they hope empowers to resonate. for "cbs this morning," jan crawford, nashville. >> gayle, i know what i'm downloading today. >> i'm putting it on my ipod. coming a long way from "my wife just sleft with my best friend and i sure
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. good morning i'm erika von tiehl. philadelphia police make progress in one of the two hit and runs, under investigation right now. investigators say that they have recover the suv wanted in connection, in the the death of four year-old abdul wilson. he was struck and killed monday evening, along 57th street, and an attorney for person of interest has been talking with police and we're told the driver could surrender to police today. right now lets check with katie and have after yesterday's rain we deserve some sunshine what do you say. >> it is looking like the mother nature will deliver for us and we will expect to see milder temperatures as well expect to go get hit to 70 degrees here in philadelphia it is a nice day. even despite from storm scan shows looks can be deceiving.
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cloudy day if you believe storm scan, alone but look out the window, we have blue skies, we have got sunshine and plenty of it for the day a head. nice afternoon. tonight pair of four's, cool, not as breezy as what we will find this afternoon. next couple of days right through this seven day we will keep it at least in the mid 60's, so definitely seasonal or better for friday, bring scattered showers and then come monday, we will bring our next round of steady or heavier rain vittoria. >> thanks, katie. good morning everyone. traveling on i-95 around philadelphia international airport we have an accident situation, not causing too much of a problem but it is out there. if you are traveling i-95 at the era port you will notice accident split on both shoulders. just some slight delays there but not as heavy a as ben franklin bridge. traveling from new jersey down toward eighth and vine, once you get through will find volume as well on the rine as you make your way from eighth street through to the schuylkill i-95 traveling on the schuylkill itself you'll
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fine big time volume, we have speed sensors in the teens and of course, we have that red on i-95 schuylkill, boulevard, blue route turnpike, give yourself some more time mass transit is in the the clear erika. >> that is "eyewitness news" for now, talk philly coming up at noon on cbs-3. i'm erika von tieh did ya know? fresh step extreme lightweight litter isn't just light. it's also the best lightweight for eliminating odors. amazing, right? for superior odor elimination try
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