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captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ♪ ♪ >> weighing the response to north korea. hours after the north failed missile launch. claiming the confrontation cannot continue. >> formal services from the vatican to the holy land to the marshmallow drop in detroit. >> the latest, 70 years after jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier, the hall of famer is honored with another statue. >> this year's 42. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> quijano: good evening, i'm
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elaine quijano. president trump's national security advisor says the u.s. and china are working on a range of options. vice president mike pence on south korea this sunday, called the misfire a provocation. told of the risks they face in the peninsula, ben kingsley. in pyongyang. >> north korea has launched five ballistic missiles this year, including four in march. but the latest was a failier. medium range blisk ill missile schoad about five seconds after it left the ground. it's an embarrassing failure for north korean leader, kim jong-un. it was intended to show strength
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just as a u.s. naval strike group nears the peninsula, to dissuade the north from launching more missiles and conducting more tests. today, vp mike pence arrived, to reassure the u.s.'s allies. >> our resolve has never been stronger. our commitment with in historic alliance with the courageous people of south korea has never been stronger. with your help and god's help, freedom will ever prevail on this peninsula. >> in pyongyang, our government guided tour of the north korean capital,. >> water park an we are apparently also going to a flower show. >> there is a lot of lillies. >> many people in north korea will never know what happened.
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missile failures are never acknowledged by the government. >> i can't believe it. >> you can't believe it? do you think it will be on tv later? >> i don't think it is true. >> launching a mix is less fro vok stiff thank had north korea conducted another nuclear test. a white house official said had they done that the u.s. would have taken, quote, other actions. ee lairnl. >> quijano: ben kingsley, in north korea thank you. president trump spent the weekend with his family in mar a lago. >> president trump and first lady melania trump spent easter morning at the same church where they were married. while the commander in chief did tweet easter wishes, he sided his electoral majority and wrote, someone should look into who fade for the small organized
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rallyless yesterday, the election is over. mr. trump also explained why he's walking back a pledge to label china a currency manipulator, why would i when they're working on the north korean problem? >> i think there's a national consensus now, including the chinese and the chinese leadership that this is a situation that just can't continue. >> national security advisory h.r. mcmaster underscored the importance of a. >> develop a range of options. >> it needs a much stronger state department. >> senator jack reed, the ranking democrat on the armed services committee, supports a tone on china and once more diplomacy. >> so if china can be brought to a point where they are putting pressure constantly on north korea there is an opportunity i think to try to freeze their systems and then roll them back.
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>> now on monday the annual white house easter egg roll will be attended by more than 21,000 invited guests which is smaller than usual. but trump officials say this is in order to provide a less crowded more thoughtful experience for attending children. elaine. >> errol barnett, thanks. president trump said last week he wants to repeal and replace the affordable care act without moving on to other priorities but with rebels in congress struggling with a new health care law, president trump will have to decide whether to leave it in its current state or move on. chip reid. >> let obamacare explode, it is exploding thousand. >> that's what president trump said after republicans scrapped their health care bill last month but larry levitt session the president is wrong. >> there is really no sign that obamacare is exploding on its
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own. >> levitt says the obamacare exchanges are teetering in some states including tennessee, north carolina, georgia, nebraska and arizona. >> but by and large the insurance program is stable under the affordable care act. >> he concedes that could easily change and the power is in the president's hands. >> there are several big steps the trump administration could take to cause the affordable care act to collapse. >> for example they could end cost sharing payments to insurance companies or stop advertising or other efforts to encourage people to sign up for obamacare. >> if this were stable he wouldn't be able to destroy it. >> bob leshefsky has a different take. it's already in such bad shape it's unsustainable. >> it is holdings on by the skin of its teeth in many markets. >> they have to decide right now
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if they're going to stabilize this market or contribute to its blowing up because they can do both right now. >> they really could, they could make it blow up? >> yes, absolutely. >> both men had he say that would be catastrophic. >> we could easily see millions of people losing insurance. >> he says there is only one way out. >> the republicans have to deal with it. they won the election so the notion they're going to sit back and let it explode and millions of people are going to get hurt is not acceptable. they can't walk away from this. >> but the president says he may have no choice but to walk away with it. in a recently interview with the wall street journal, he said obamacare would die immediately. chip reid, abc news washington. >> quijano: there are emotional 2 billion christians around the world, many of whom of catholic.
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celebrate the resurrection of jesus, according to scripture. here is tony dokopul. >> condemning the latest violent attack on syria. helping alt migrants share bread and hope on their journey. in england, queen elizabeth journeyed to mass in a jaunty hat. >> we must do more to stand up for the freedom of people of all religions. >> in egypt, a week after 45 people died on murderous attacks on coptic churches, easter services were held under candlelight ceremony. where crirchghts believe jeefs is buried and reborn. in greece, worshipers welcomed
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easter with fire crackers and floating lanterns. here in the u.s. there were festive celebrations including an easter egg hunt at portland zoo and a marshmallow hunt. >> i got a bag of them. thousands marched on fifth avenue in the spring weather in their sunday best, elaine, americans were expected to spend $18 billion this holiday, that would be a record. >> happy easter. >> quijano: tony, thanks thanks.opposition parties are already disputing results and calling for a recount. turkey is a key yo anyway nato . >> president reement erdogan, he
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has already been turkey's most powerful man for 14 years. he argued the constitution needed to change, to ensure stability. rocked by a series of deadly bombings over the last two years, as well as an attempted military coup last jurl that came close to ousting the president from power. he argued that the constitution removed checks and balance he from his power. many who oppose erdogan here in turkey say he is trying to impose his own islamic views on the country, whereas many people it should be a western country. arresting not just the renegade military officers behind it but anyone it perceives as an enemy around 50,000 people so far
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including judges prosecutors, university professors and doctors. the referendum has been marred by reports of campaigners of a no vote being threatened and harassed, voting no with supporting terrorism during the campaign. ee labour. >> quijano: holly, thanks. coming up, japan addresses an alarming health crisis. employees working themselves to death. [ music stops suddenly ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. ♪ come on everybody. you can't quit, neither should your pain reliever. stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve.
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most grueling hours in the world but all of those overtime hours are killing workers. in fact death by overwork is so common mere it has a name, korosi. a manager at a cement factory committed suicide in 2010 after working 109 hours of overtime one month. the government ruled he had been worked to death. i blame myself, his father told us. if he'd been honest with us i would have told him to quit. years later, his father can hardly bring himself to sort through his son's belongings. in 2015 there were more than 2100 suicides related to work, according to the first ever government survey. 96 died of a heart attack or stroke. and nearly a quarter of companies said employees work more than 80 hours of overtime a month. one company, densu, cuts the lights at 10:00 p.m. to
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encourage employees to go home. after 24-year-olds matsuri takahashi killed herself and left tweets about her punishings hours. she wrote wx as long as the japanese have this warped idea of what's virtuous, her father said, we'll have more victims. adrianna diaz cbs news, tokyo. >> still ahead, 70 years after he broke baseball's color barrier, jackie robinson is honored with a new statue at yankee stadium. so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day?
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statue much the baseball great. >> jackie robinson is one of my heroes. >> technologically home can point of no return. -- stealing home, the point of no return. >> the focus, the courage, the presize timing that's required at that point in time. and i think those qualities are also present in breaking color line. >> jackie robinson was the fir african american player to sign with a major league baseball team, making his debut on april 14th, 1947 at first base for the brooklyn dodgers. >> we don't have any outstanding players on the ball club. >> his ten years mlb career included a world championship with the dodgers in 19 certify. years later he was inducted in the baseball hall of fame. >> i want to thank everyone who were so wonderful during those trying days. >> those trying days were laced
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with racism and segregation. >> magic johnson. >> i couldn't be an owner of the dodgers without jackie breaking the color barrier. >> a piece of history is now in the hands of thousands of fans. >> i'm just proud that jackie robinson is one of us. >> vin scully explaining why the entire league uses april 15th to honor jackie robinson. >> the man who wore it gave them the one thing that no man on earth could have done, he gave them equality and he gave them opportunity. >> mireya villareal, cbs news. >> up next, the bible to reach all generations.
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>> we are called to be tricialght baptist with high liturgy, to receive an intellectual and spiritual worship service can do so in a timely manner. >> this congregation has grown to what size? >> from 25 to just south of 7,000 in eight years. >> while mainltsing the ceer adult membership, alpha street baptist does that. he believes his age, trowr, and his lineage are keys to his effectiveness. >> i'm raised in the era of hip hop, i respect hip hom, i know '90s language and i can use analysis and metaphors that address all generations. >> in the words of my favorite poet sean carter, for those over
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45 that's jayz. sean carter argues that a couple dollars shut up our holler. >> his style and substance has ascertainable attracted 15-year-old madison. >> he has you involved in wanting to be at church and theatsing something i really like about pastor wesley. >> his most well received sermons mix contemporary message with biblical topics. >> in one sainlt said i'm outraged. >> he wore a hoodie when addressing the trayvon martin shooting. >> it's hard to hear the voice of god. >> grammy winning lemonade. >> i preac didn't come to preach
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beyonce, i came to breach piebl. you can't get out of the first book of the bible without being introduced to a brother who's got a ph.d. in lemonade. his name was joseph. >> we knew his preexg was good, we didn't know at that time how good his teaching was. >> led the committee that hired dr. wesley eight years ago. >> how many applicants did you get? >> 108. >> 108 applicants? >> yes. >> hiring dr. wesley wasn't without his challenges. he turned downtown the job. but he came to alpha street to personally ask the congregation to reconsider him. >> they gave me a list of things they thought the congregation was going to ask about and after getting up -- in humility, soon
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i made the mistake, nub of those questions were asked. not one. i think that that transparency along with that vulnerability, is what attracts people to be part of the church. >> whatever you do i'll still be strong. >> alpha street and pastor wesley have grown together. in 2015, the church donated $1 million to the new african american museum in washington, d.c. in the last two years, it has become the church of choice for the former first family on easter. >> what are you planning for easeaster,. >> i want to welcome the president at all times but that homeless person on the street many for a fream of faith to put their arms around. >> james brown, cbs news, alexandria, virginia. >> that is the cbs news for this sunday. later on, 60
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