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>> axelrod: the death toll climbs again after record floods in texas and oklahoma. rivers are still rising and more storms are in the forecast. former house speaker dennis hastert says "i'm a victim too." amid allegations of sexual misconduct when he was a teacher. a heat wave overseas claims more than 2,000 lives. lives. new technology to keep u.s. borders safer. talk about a cliffside retreat-- the delicate operation to rescue a lighthouse from its perilous perch. >> if enough of the bricks cracked, it would be catastrophic. it could come tumbling down. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod.
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the nation's deadliest natural disaster so far this year is not over yet. the floods in texas and oklahoma are now blamed for at least 28 deaths and sadly it probably won't stop there because 11 more people have been missing for a week in wimberly, texas, near austin. today a slow-moving storm threatened to dump as much as five more inches of rain on central and south texas where rivers are still rising. we begin tonight with don dahler who's in carrolton, texas. >> reporter: for the second day, dallas-area residents woke up to storms. for the second day floodwaters surged on to roadways and into homes. and for the second day people had to be helped to reach dry land. >> the 100-year flood i've heard it all my life. >> reporter: residents were evacuated from this trailer park north of dallas this afternoon. it's been an exhausting two days for first responders. yesterday, hundreds of people had to be saved from the rapidly rising waters. a police officer was blocking a
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flooded road when his s.u.v. became trap. >> so many things can go wrong and it's just like with the power wires overhead, there was still pretty breezy. there's, obviously, a lot of trees in the area. they did get him pretty high off the ground, you know, at the end of that cable as they carried hip over. so for him, looking down and just dangling off that thing not exactly a comfortable moment. >> reporter: the wylie fire department launched their hovercraft to take a woman from the top of her rapidly disappearing car. the hovercraft ride on a cushion of air, but the operation was not without its risks. travis was on board. >> getting to her was kind of difficult because of the barbed wire fences everywhere about four foot, five foot deep in most places and getting over the barbed wire fence of the main task. >> reporter: further south this week along the blanco river, searchers used new
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technology-- drones, and thermal imagery. >> if there was a person in there, they would stand out because their body temperature would be different from the surrounding vegetation. >> right. if there's something to be seen, we'll catch it. >> reporter: but with people still missing almost a week after a flood devastated the kimberly area including the other two members of the macomb family swept away in their vacation home, searchers are falling back on old technology as well-- canine search teams. and local volunteers combing the river banks in a traditionally texas fashion. the forecast for this area is finally predicting drier weather, but, jim it's still going to take days for the water to recede from the overflowing rivers creeks and these low-lying areas. >> axelrod: don dahler in carrolton, texas. don, thank you. former house speaker dennis hastert has yet to respond publicly to allegations that he paid hush money to keep old sex abuse claims secret. but our cbs station in chicago, wbbm, is reporting that hastert
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has told friends "i'm a victim too." julianna goldman has more. >> reporter: federal law enforcement sources tell cbs news the allegations of sexual misconduct involve a male student and date back more than 30 years to when hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach in illinois. prosecutors allege hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to the former student identified in court documents as "individual a." over a four-year period, hastert withdrew a total of $1.7 million to conceal the alleged abuse. beginning in 2010 hastert made 15 withdrawals of $50,000. when the bank questioned him about it in 2012, he started withdrawing cash in incremes just under $10,000, allegedly to avoid further scrutiny. when the f.b.i. questioned him in 2014 hastert said he was storing cash "because he did not feel safe with the banking system." it was hastert's clean image that led republicans to elect
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him speaker in 1999, but he lost his gavel when republicans lost control of the house in 2006 in part due to another scandal involving former congressman mark foley who sent sexually explicit messages to house pages. an ethics investigation concluded that hastert and his top aides knew for months about foley's behavior and didn't stop it. the 2006 report said there was a pattern among many individuals, "to remain willfully ignorant of the potential consequences" of foley's behavior. democratic senator richard durbin: >> we have had so many of our political figures in both political parties, state and federal level who have been accused and prosecuted for their deeds in office, it's embarrassing. >> reporter: the indictment could raise new questions about hastert's actions in 2006. one former lawmaker who was a member of that ethics panel told cbs news they've been asking themselves that very question.
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but, jim, the charges are not related to the allegations of sexual misconduct and hastert could appear in court for his arraignment as early as next week. >> axelrod: julianna goldman in our washington newsroom tonight. juliana, thank you. hillary clinton has some more competition for her party's nomination for president. former maryland governor martin o'malley is now running as well. o'malley made the announcement this morning in baltimore, trying to position himself as an outsider as opposed to mrs. clinton and republican jeb bush. >> the presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. it is a sacred trust to be earned from the american people an exercise on behalf of the people of these united states. >> axelrod: speaking to bob schieffer today for "face the nation," mr. bush addressed the challenges his family's history might present if, as expected he does run for president. >> i've talked to your brother a couple of times over the last
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year, and he's very candid. he says one of the problems that you're going to have is him, and he says cannot let the campaign babout him. >> right. >> do you think he's your main challenge? >> no, i don't. this is hard for me, to be honest with you to-- i have to do the heisman on to my brother they love. this is not something i'm comfortable doing. but i'm my own person, you know. i have my own life experience. >> axelrod: and you can see more of that interview with jeb bush tomorrow morning on bob's final broadcast as anchor of "face the nation." senator rand paul has vowed to prevent the renewal of the patriot act. that's the homeland security law that went into effect after the 9/11 attacks. senator paul has been delaying votes on a measure to renew the law this month, and it will expire if there is no vote by midnight tomorrow. the obama administration says that will make americans less safe. senator paul says the n.s.a. surveillance programs associated with the act are a violation of
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civil liberties. now to a deadly heat wave in india. at last count, more than 2,000 people have died from the extreme heat since last week. as allen pizzey reports, the rains are coming, but not soon enough. >> reporter: the thermometer hit 118 degrees a few days ago. that's high enough to melt the pavement on the road never mind fry an egg on it. and for uncounted millions sweltering in the heat wave, that's been only marginal relief from minor showers. the obvious advice is to try to stay out of the sun but many indians survive literally on a day-to-day basis which leaves them no options. "we have to work whether it's hot, it's raining or there's a sanded storm or cyclone," sonu solanki says. "we have to feed our families so we do whatever work we can find." the problem is compounded by acute shortages of clean drinking water, which leads to gastrointestinal illnesses. children are especially
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vulnerable in a situation indian meteorological experptz have classed as severe. even animals like this rare white bengal tiger are at risk from heatstroke and shock so zoo keepers have to hose them down, which seems to be a welcome relief. hospitals have reported an influx flux of patients affected by the extreme conditions with dehydration and heatstroke high on the list of problems. the monsoon rains are forecast to hit in the next few days and slowly move north through it the worst-hit areas. when they do, it's unlikely anyone will complain about the weather. allen pizzey, cbs news, rome. >> axelrod: the president of soccer's international governing body lashed out at his critics today. his name is sepp blatter and the organization he runs, fifa, is now mired in a corruption scandal, but as jericka dunk an reports, that didn't stop blatter from winning a fifth term as fifa's head. >> reporter: the timing of fifa's worst corruption scandal
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didn't hurt the organization's 16-year president, sepp sepp blatter. >> congress, they are of their opinion that i am still the man to go into this problems and to solve this problems. >> reporter: the problems include wednesday's endynamite of blatter's seven top lieutenants by u.s. prosecutors. >> i forgive but i don't forget when it comes to persons. >> reporter: blatter claims the arrests this week were an attempt to interfere with fifa's elections and said "i am not certain, but it doesn't smell good." the 79-year-old also denied being the high-ranking fifa official the department of justice mentioned in the indictment. that official allegedly bribed north american organizers by wiring them $10 million so they would vote in favor of hosting the men's 2010 world cup in south africa. england's football association chairman greg dyke. >> there is a problem with fev abut i don't think this is the end of it. i will put money that
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mr. blatter isn't there in four years' time. >> reporter: so far 14 people have been arrested in cases involving more than $150 million in bribes and money laundering schemes fanning a 24-year period. some of the arrests included marketing and soccer officials. fifa's women's world cup begins next week. team u.s.a. goalie hope solo says the negative attention will not impact the team. >> it doesn't change our ultimate goal. at the end of day i'm here to perform and i'm here to be the best goalkeeper and teammate that i can possibly be. >> reporter: officials with the department of justice say more indictments could come down jim. some soccer association have threatened to boycott the next men's world cup in russia. >> axelrod: jericka, thank you. b.b. king was laid to rest today in the place he always considered home. >> and he shall elsewhere. >> axelrod: indianola, mississippi, where the great blues guitarist spent his childhood. are they proud of their native
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son? well the service was held at the bell grove mission baptist church located on b.b. king road next to lucille street named for king's beloved guitar. up next, we'll tell you how border agents are facing security threats with technology that recognizes faces of security threats. and the world record for a sore core and an absurdly strongco stomach whether the cbs evening news continues. addi crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor all medicines you take. call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. i'm down with crestor! make your move. ask your doctor about crestor.
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doing real-world testing of advanced facial recognition technology aimed at catching people trying to enter the country using someone else's passport. how long does the process take from taking picture to checking it. >> it takes 5-7 seconds. >> it has an algorithm that will give them a confidence factor and they can use that to make the decision whether it's the true bearer of the airport. >> reporter: more than 19,000 people clear customs at dulles daily. at least awify times a year here someone is not who they claim. the technology compares the photo embedded in a passport with one taken on the spot. how did i do? >> 1. >> reporter: 1% match? privacy advocates worry the technology could be used to track law-abiding citizens. >> the government has a very mixed record when it comes to privacy significants the real concern is not so much this particular pilot program.
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it is that this particular pilot program is a step towards a larger program, not just in port of entry, but also in public places and mass transit systems throughout the domestic united states. >> reporter: the three-month pilot project at dulles is part of a larger test of biometric technology. this fall, customs will begin collecting face and iris scans from people leaving mexico on foot. >> when we do our database checks and watchlist checks we want to make sure we're check the right before with the right identity through those systems. >> reporter: the pictures will not be shared and are only being stored while the agency uses the field testing. if it is deemed a, is the cameras could be added to airports nationwide. kris van cleave, cbs news, dulles airport virginia. >> axelrod: an exmarine in california has set a new world record. the category? exercise. holding an abdominal plank for the longest duration ever. that's an exercise that tests
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>> axelrod: tomorrow morning marks the end of an era here at cbs news. after 46 years at cbs the last 24 years hosting sunday morning broadcast "face the nation," bob schieffer is calling it a career. to say bob's had a good run here is quite the understatement. >> next on the texas news. >> texas news. >> bob schieffer, cbs news, at the national putt championships in rockville maryland. the question of nixon versus johnson. the president has been complaining he doesn't know where jimmy carter stands on the issues. this is the cbs evening news with bob schieffer substituting for walter cronkite. that's the news on this 186th day of captivity for the american hostages in iran. this is the cbs evening news with bob schieffer in niit
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jeeria. >> who wants more pizazz in the stand-up. this is the last take, good take, five four, three two one. today mark myself official debut, as it were as moderator of "face the nation." >> can you bring that? >> yes, i can because we have been working incessantly over a year. >> you don't think mr. star is a reputable person? >> no, i didn't say that, i said that was your characterization. >> showing off in front of the cameras right now. >> it's a pretty good life for a dog when you come down to it. is it what you thought it would be? >> campaigning and governance are two different things. >> florida governor jeb bush is stand buying. governor, thank you for coming by. >> it was a joy to be with you. >> it's a thrill to meet you. you know, i watch "face the nation" every week. >> you're one of the wonders of the world. >> let me just begin by publicly congratulating you on 46 extraordinary years. >> bob schieffer, cbs news, new delhi. that's the news, i'm bob schieffer, cbs news, new york. that's it from us. we'll see you right here next
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a a section of the bridge's fencing broke off last year under the additional weight, so monday the locks will be cut off. and finally tonight a moving story from martha's vineyard where they're making history by saving history. this is the question of the day facing a team of expert movers on martha's vineyard-- how do you move an iconic 160-year-old, 400-ton national treasure? >> all right we're actually starting to move now. >> axelrod: very carefully, and very slowly, just about a foot each minute. the man in charge of relocating the gay head lighthouse, len butler, the one on the right, says the speed-- or rather, the distinct lack of it-- is fair reason. >> if one of the bricks cracked it could be catastrophic. it could come tumbling down. >> axelrod: the lighthouse sits six feet off the ground and is being pushed by two hydraulic pistons.
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it's all being done under the watchful eye of richard skidmore, who has been the lighthouse keeper for 25 years. >> i have to say it is a gratifying moment to have the reality of the care for this building manifested. >> move the light along just incrementally. >> axelrod: we first met skidmore in 2013. the lighthouse was then just 46 feet away from the fragile cliff's eroding edge. at the time, he made a dire prediction. >> we've put a date of 2015 that this light has to be moved by that year. >> axelrod: or what? >> or it would tumble into the sea. >> axelrod: so here they are, in 2015, having raised almost $3.5 million to pay for the move and restoration. there has been a lighthouse at this location since 1799. this one was built inine 56 at a time when the channel berow was the busiest shipping lane in the country and the boats were guided by the beacon on the
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hill. the new location about 130 feet inland, should be far enough back to protect it from future erosion for at least another century, or hopefully, long beyond that. >> it's amazingly gratifying to see the love for this monument, which i see as being a love for the history of this place. this is the emblem of our shared past. >> axelrod: mr. skidmore, lighthouse keeper, says the lighthouse should be open to the public some time in july. and that's cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs "48 hours." for now i'm jim axelrod in new york, and for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us, and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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