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spreading anger in the death of a man in the custody of police. problems across the country while new reports say freddie gray may have been trying to injury himself in the back of a police van. >> i could see him with the gun pull it to his chest. >> more dramatic testimony in the trial of james holmes the terrifying aftermath in the movie theater were 12 were killed and dozened wounded. >> genter equality and the scandal. >> fake autographs for fake fans. you have to make the best of it thchlt is unchartered territory, never happened before. the unrest in baltimore
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drives the orioles to freeze fans out of wednesday's game. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, april 30th, 2015. good morning i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. it's been another quiet night in baltimore. protests over the death of freddie gray ends peacefully for the most part as the second night of curfew begins. tomorrow, police are expected to turn their report over to the city's attorneys. they are protesting gray's death across the country. in new york city more than 60 people were arrested. there were demonstrations outside the white house, boston houston and denver protesters clashed with police. there were protests in seattle and elsewhere. edward wardward lawrence is in baltimore. good morning. >> this has been the focal
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point. this message says love and unity. this has a peace sign and says freddie gray. there were minor calls for people breaking curfew but no major problems in baltimore. police were looking for anyone breaking curfew. community leaders took the lead in clearing protesters off the streets. they were joined by alie ja cummings. fed freddie died after being in police custody. >> there was an issue that he did not get. >> reporter: what happened inside the police van remains a mystery. a report claims a prisoner who was in the same vehicle as gray could not hear him, but saw him banging against the walls. it cites a document where he
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believes gray was intentionally trying to injure himself. in response gray's family's attorney says we disagree that he severaled his own spinal cord. protests over gray's death have taken a more peaceful tone. >> it's so that everyone has our back. i feel like i can go to a city say i'm from baltimore and they will welcome me in. >> reporter: 60 were arrested. the difference that i have seen between ferguson and baltimore is community leaders. the community leaders here have been able to keep the young people from committed violence since monday. >> thank you. a police officer charged in the fatal shooting of two unarmed suspects. timothy russell and melissa
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williams were shot in 2012 after a police chase. police officers fired 137 shots into their car. officer michael brelow was the only one charged. the case was decided by john p. o'donnell. >> they need to be thoughtful. they need to be non-violent and they need to do it in a way that brings about the peace and justice that they desire. >> community leaders and city officials are focused on preparing for the verdict and maintaining law and order. a just released survey find young people don't have much faith in the justice system. millenials, 18 to 29-year-olds have little or no confidence in the justices. 39% believe the protests will bring about meaningful change. coming up on "cbs this
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morning," the mayor of baltimore, stephanie rollins rollins-blake. more than two days there are miracles. the dramatic rescue in kathmandu this morning. seth, good morning. >> good morning to you. yes, absolutely a remarkable day. we were there through the entire search and rescue as these teams pulled out a 17-year-old boy who was trapped for 120 hours inside the guest house where he had worked. you can see all these multistory buildings around him, one of them collapsed. rescue workers told us he was almost in tomb. he was below the rubble and he's in a pocket of air. he remarkably managed to survive 120 hours. it started in a routine day.
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we were with a team usaid disaster team. firefighters from los angeles county and fair fax county virginia. we were surveying another scene not too far from where the rescue happened. we got the call that a voice had been heard and we went running. it was the type of call these guys train for for years to get the call of a voice heard against the odds. in the rubble it took several hours. chilling, almost remarkable when he was pulled out alive. >> it is a remarkable miraculous thing. is there hope there might be other survivors? >> reporter: absolutely. every good news story does give home to people who are working so hard. this is a country that has been devastated. thousands of deaths. so, this goes a long way.
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they did admit, even though they understand you can live if you have some access usually to food or water and in a place, you can live for a week or up to two, we were told they did admit it was a bit of a miracle. >> seth doane in kathmandu, thank you so much. in hawaii part of the shoreline is off limits after a deadly shark attack. a 65-year-old woman was attacked. snorkelors found her. >> waited for the medics and continued upon the arrival. but, we succumbed to her injuries. >> crews closed the water to swimmers and divers. it was hawaii's first deadly
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attack. first responders describe a harrowing scene in a movie theater where 12 were gunned down. officers were among those who testified against james holmes. >> i can see him with the gun, pulls to the chest. >> when the shooting started, josh knelt down to shield a friend. >> my thought process was that he was searching for other people and he was going to start going robi row. >> 911, where's your emergency? [ gunfire ] >> reporter: above him, an assault rifle firing. a sound he imitated with his hand. first responders walked into chaos, screaming people the burn of tear gas thrown by the gunman. the dead and dying strewn throughout theater nine.
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when sergeant gerald spotted holmes dressed in body armor, he thought the killer was a s.w.a.t. team member. holmes was quickly arrested. inside he personally checked every body for a sign of life. >> i checked for a pulse. there was no pulse. >> this 6-year-old was shot in the abdomen. the youngest person killed. he told an officer to carry her body outside. >> i wanted her triaged, out of here. i wasn't keeping a child in the crime scene. >> reporter: dead bodies lay inside the theater. for hours, cell phone that is were left behind were going off, one by one. mark strassman cbs news, centennial colorado. coming up on the morning news, the pope takes on a feminist cause. he's giving his blessing for equal pay. the apple watch a glitch
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>> reporter: congressman jason chapen put that request to northern command, which track aircraft on radar. >> you have a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air covering 30 plus miles of restricts air space. >> that is my responsibility. i'm accountable for that. >> why didn't it happen? >> because we are working against physics, sir. >> reporter: they claim the 250 pound gyrocopter was indistinguishable on the radar from flocks of birds or kites as it flew in from gettysburg pennsylvania. still, douglas hughes shared his plan with the tampa bay times. they testified someone from the paper called his command center 23 minutes before hughes landed to inform them hughes was live streaming the flight. >> why weren't you able to see it when the others were?
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>> clearly the media knew about it ahead of time. >> reporter: they pointed the finger at the news paper. >> if the tampa bay times informed us prior to departure of this aircraft we could have had a response team at gettysburg. >> reporter: lawmakers wanted to know why an alert system failed. >> we never heard a thing. >> notification should have got out. we assure you, it will not happen again. >> reporter: some lawmakers say hughes should have been shot down to discourage would be terrorists from trying the same thing. officials testify that officers only saw him a few seconds before he landed. nancy cordes cbs news capitol hill. when we return fanless ballpark. the white sox and orioles play ball in rows and rows of empty seats. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are thankful for many things.
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here is a look at today's
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forecast in some cities around the country. it was a sight baseball fans had never seen before. a major league game played in front of a paid attendance of zero spectators. camden yard was closed out of safety concerns stemming from the protests. caleb joseph trying to make the best out of a strange situation. he pretends to sign autographs. some fans were having a look in from outside the locked gate. >> reminds me of the times in high school and college and your friends don't want to pay the $4 or $5 to get in the game they get in the back of the truck and drive to the outfield to cheer you on. >> foul balls went under trees.
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a home run received cheers. baltimore topped the white sox 8-2. the memphis grizzlies are moving on to the playoffs. a 99-93 win over portland. the grizzlies close out the round series in five games. they face the top seated golden state warriors in the next round. atlanta try to finish off the nets tomorrow night. 107-97. they lead the series three games to two. in nhl, tampa bay sent detroit home for the summer. braydon gets a shot. they win 7-0. they will face montreal in the next round. coming up an inside look at the nfl draft. i'm alison harmelin with the "cbs morning news."
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today marks the 40th an verry of the fall of saigon and the end of military involvement in the vietnam war. barry petersen traveled back. >> reporter: on hill 52 larry's battlefield memories flooded back ott marine first lieutenant on a hill thick with dust turned up by helicopters. >> you know we had a job to do. that's the way we looked at it. we did our job. the toll it took on the people of this country was pretty severe. yeah, it's that mountain. >> reporter: he is visiting with a group of fellow vietnam veterans. being here helps him write an end to a sering chapter in his
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life. >> i thought if i could see it in a different time frame, it would make me feel better. >> did it? >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> hard working people at the end of the day. that's what you hope to see. >> this was the only access going down the highway and coming in again. >> reporter: vietnam veteran dave led the tour. he volunteered knowing he would be sent here. >> absolutely. they share the maps. my brother served here. it makes the whole trip worthwhile. >> five rounds for effect. >> reporter: much of the war in this area was directed from the combat base. jerry mcmullin served here. his job was trying to convince civilians to support the u.s. as he explained to his son, who came back with him, one day when he was off the base a bomb
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destroyed his hut. he would have been killed. how does it feel to be standing here? >> of course it feels good to be alive. there was a lot of sacrifice made. that part is painful. that's the ugly part of war. >> reporter: the war prompted massive antiwar demonstrations and took a toll on a generation. >> would i do anything different? probably not. >> reporter: really? you would still do it again? >> i would. >> reporter: because these men still believe, then as now, that is what you do when your country calls. barry petersen cbs news combat base, vietnam. coming up news on "cbs this morning," more on the protest over the death of freddie gray. we'll speak to baltimore mayor,
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stephanie recallawlings-blake. why mcdonald's is cutting their men knew. i'm alison harmelin. have a great day.
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breaking news in the the hit and run involving a temple university student "eyewitness news" has learned the victim's identity and a major development police recovered the car. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan at temple hospital where she just spoke to that rick tim's family, jan. >> reporter: more information on the striking vehicle new development this morning in just a minute but difficult just speak to the young woman's father who has been by her bedside all night and tell me she is in very bad shape. he was too shaken up to go on camera this morning but pleading for public's help so police can track down people responsible in this serious hit and run. take a look at rachel hall, a 22-year old criminal justice student here at temple. her father tells me she was riding her b

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