learn the signs at autismspeaks.org. j . the decision by fox news to fire bill o'reilly may not be enough, according to some. anne werner is following this. >> the board met inside fox news headquarters today, while outside the national organization for women declared the ouster of host bill o'reilly is not enough. >> we thought it was really important to come out and shame the 13 members of the board of directors of 21st century fox who have allowed this culture to flourish. >> federal prosecutors have questions, too.

a lawyer representing former fox news cohost andrea tantaros, who is suing former fox news chairman roger ailes, says the u.s. attorney has subpoenaed one of his other clients. >> i want to be clear that i don't know what the nature of the investigation is. >> reporter: but attorney judd burrsteen said the subpoena suggests the investigation by the securities fraud division relates to the method by which the settlements were paid. >> i do know that when fox news fought to settle with andrea tantaros, they wanted to pay the settlement out as salary. the inference i draw from that is that there may have been a studied effort to hide the fact that there were all these settlements being paid out by disguising them as salary. >> reporter: tucker carlson will replace o'reilly, but of the 50 or so companies that yanked ads from the show, most told us today they have not decided whether to move their ads back to the time slot. viewership has remained steady. public relations specialist howard bregman: >> viewers are not their problems. advertisers, yes. they have to go and look at

their advertisers, the people that pay for their network, where the profits come from, and say, "here's the changes we've made, and here's why we're a safe place for to you put your money." >> reporter: fox news did not respond today to our questions about the u.s. attorney's investigation. o'reilly called the allegations against him "unfounded" yesterday, and roger ailes has denied the allegations against him in the past. scott. >> pelley: anna werner, thanks. well, as you just saw, members of the national organization for women protested outside fox news headquarters, demanding that the company fire executives who were aware of sexual harassment but did nothing. america's perception of workplace harassment has been evolving over these years, and alex wagner has more on this. >> fire bill o'reilly. >> reporter: intense public outcry over the latest sexual harassment allegations against bill o'reilly ultimately brought down one of the most powerful people in cable news. >> professor, do you swear to tell the whole truth?

>> reporter: but the reaction 26 years ago was much different when anita hill accused supreme court nominee clarence thomas of harassment. >> of his own sexual prowess. >> reporter: last october, hill told cbs news that the focus of the issue has to change. >> starting, really, how are we going to measure punishment from the point of view of the person who has been harmed? >> companies are going to be held to account. >> reporter: fatima goss graves, incoming president at the national women's law center, says that may be happening. >> so we are at, really, a tipping point of public attention, public awareness, and transparency on the issue of harassment. >> reporter: according to a cbs news poll conducted last september, 78% of women and 71% of men believe sexual harassment exists in the workplace. but just 37% of victims report it to a supervisor. >> most women never report harassment at all. because they fear retaliation, because they believe that they

won't be believed, because they think they'll be discounted. and that has been true for a long time. >> fox news. >> reporter: graves says while the ouster of o'reilly and former fox chairman roger ailes could signal a sea change, other examples show there's more work to do. >> i might haved on her and i failed. i'll admit it. because she was married. reporter: she says last fall's leaked "access hollywood" tape of then-presidential candidate donald trump is one of them. >> unfortunately, the lesson that we learned after the election was that sometimes harassers are rewarded. >> reporter: the equal employment opportunity office, which tracks harassment allegations, reports that in the last three years, some 36,000 people have filed federal complaints, receiving $110 million in settlements. but, scott, fatima graves says because harassment is under-reported, that is just the tip of the iceberg. >> pelley: alex wagner with us tonight. alex, thank you.

surveillance video has just been released from the tragic shooting incident last summer. police in punta gorda, florida, were conducting a training exercise with members of the community, and 73-year-old mary knowlton was playing a cop. officer lee cole was playing the suspect. he fired, not knowing that his gun was loaded with live rounds. knowlton was killed. cole was fired and faces felony manslaughter charges. police chief tom lewis is charged with misdemeanor negligence. a 15-year-old tennessee girl is on her way home tonight after being rescued near a cabin in northern california. she disappeared more than a month ago with her teacher. police say 50-year-old tad cummins surrendered without incident, and was arrested. he faces multiple charges, including aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," support for legalized pot has never been higher. and later, a possible new danger

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for recreational use in eight states, plus d.c. barry petersen reports they may be headed for a clash with the federal government. >> reporter: they lit up in d.c. and san francisco, and rocked in denver. but at this year's 4/20 celebrations, anxiety is also in the air after statements from the trump administration. homeland security secretary john kelly recently warned of a possible crackdown in states that have legalized pot. >> its use and possession is against federal law, and until the law is changed by the united states congress, we in d.h.s., along with the rest of the federal government, are sworn to uphold all the laws that are on the books. >> reporter: john hickenlooper is governor of colorado, the first state where legal recreational marijuana went on sale in 2014. do you think you or other states will go to court and fight this? >> well, we'll certainly explore every option. we should communicate and collaborate and not make a snap

decision. >> reporter: in colorado, medical and recreational marijuana are now a $1.3 billion industry. shutting it down, says the governor, will drive people to the dangerous black market. >> there's just going to be a vacuum to fill, and it's all going to be cash and guns. drug dealers don't care who they sell it to. >> reporter: there are also concerns that not enough studies have been conducted on pot's effect, especially on unborn babies or teenagers, whose brains are still developing. and pot shop owner sally vanderveer of medicine man, worries a crackdown will put thousands in this industry out of work. these are good jobs. these are full-time jobs. >> these are full-time jobs. our average salary is probably about $35,000 a year. these are people paying taxes. >> reporter: as you can see and you will occasionally hear, scott, the party is still going on in denver. now, our poll shows 71% of americans oppose any federal action in states that have

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>> yeah, i prefer diet because i just think it tastes better. >> reporter: the researchers analyzed 10 years of data where people gave detailed information about their eating and drinking habits. over that decade, 5% developed dementia. drinking at least one artificially sweetened beverage a day more than doubled the risk of dementia. but researchers found that other causes, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or high cholesterol, might be to blame. matthew pase is an investigator with the framingham heart study and was the lead author on today's report. this can be confusing to people. can you help make this more clear to people? >> sure. it might be that those who consume diet sodas may have an increased risk of getting diabetes or becoming overweight, and this might be associated with an increased risk of dementia. >> reporter: what are you telling your friends who are asking you for advice? >> well, since diet soda and regular soda have no real nutritional benefits, i suggest that people avoid them and drink water instead. >> reporter: that's your water cooler advice? >> that's my water cooler advice.

>> reporter: this kind of study cannot prove cause and effect. people who start drinking diet soda may already be at increased risk for dementia. for example, scott, because they're overweight or have diabetes. >> pelley: jon, thanks very much. coming up, we will save the cheetahs.

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>> pelley: the fastest animal on earth can't outrun the threats in a changing world, but can scientists help slow things down? here's chip reid. >> reporter: oh, my god! five little cheetah cubs. at just three weeks old, the newest residents of the smithsonian's cheetah science facility are getting a checkup. >> this is where it's hard because they don't like to sit still. 1.75 kilos. >> reporter: that's just under four pounds. do they have personalities at this young age? >> some of them are a little more feisty. some are a little bit more laid back. >> reporter: they sound like they're purring. is that purring? >> no, they're actually growling. >> reporter: they're growling! because they're not happy. that's a growl, huh? the smithsonian conservation biology institute in virginia

had a baby cheetah boom at the end of march, two litters in a week, 10 cubs in all. biologist adrienne crosier runs the breeding program. >> part of what i do is make the best genetic matches but also the best matches based on individual temperament. >> reporter: so you are cupid for cheetahs? >> yes, i try. >> reporter: while cheetahs are thriving here, they're disappearing in the wild. they're in such peril, some scientists are calling for them to be moved to the endangered species list. why are they vulnerable? >> mostly loss of habitats. the areas that they occupy in africa have been reduced dramatically. there are only 7,500 cheetahs left in the wild. >> reporter: 7,500, and that's down from what? >> when i first started working on cheetahs 15 years ago, they thought there were about 10,000 to 12,000. >> reporter: with a top speed of 60 miles an hour, it's been said that nothing can outrun a cheetah except, perhaps, extinction. but these little guys are doing their best to leave extinction in their dust. chip reid, cbs news, front

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this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. president trump faced reporters at the white house as several global hot spots test his leadership as commander in chief. the president held a meeting with the prime minister of italy. yesterday's meeting came as the muscles were flexed. this week, the mother of all bombs were dropped against isis in afghanistan and sent war ships to korea to deter a nuclear threat. and those are not the only foreign policy issues on the radar. here is some of what the president had to say. >> italy is also a key partner in the fight against terrorism. italy is now the second largest

contributor of troops to the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. i would also like to thank you, prime minister, for your leadership on seeking stabilization in libya, and for your crucial efforts to deny isis a foothold in the mediterranean. you fought hard. the anti-isis campaign. all nations must condemn this barbaric enemy and support the effort to achieve its total and complete destruction. our condolences from our country to the people of france, again, it's happening it seems. i just saw it when i was walking in. it's a very, very terrible thing going on in the world today but it looks like another terror attack. and what can you say?

just never ends. we have to be strong and vigilant and i have been saying it for a long time. as far as north korea is concerned we are in very good shape. we're building our military quickly. a lot of things have happened over the last short period of time. i've been here for approximately 91 days. we're doing a lot of work and are in very good position. we're going to see what happens. i can't answer your question on stability. i hope the answer is a positive one, not a negative one. but hopefully that will be something that gets taken care of. i have great respect for the president of china. as you know, we had a great summit in florida. and palm beach. and got to know each other and i think like each other. i can say from my standpoint i like him very much and respect him very much. i think he is working very hard. all the pundits are saying they

have never seen china work like they are working now. many coal ships are sent back, some very unusual moves have been made over the last two or three hours and i really have confidence that the president will try very hard. we don't know whether or not they're able to do that but i have absolute confidence that he will be trying very, very hard. and one of the reasons that we're talking about trade deals and we're talking about all of the different things, but we're slowing up a little bit. i actually told him. i said you will make a much better deal on trade if you get rid of this menace, or do something about this menace in north korea, because it's a real concern. as far as iran is concerned i think they're doing a tremendous disservice to the agreement that was signed. it was a terrible agreement, it was negotiated, it should not

have been negotiated. i'm all for agreements but it should never have been negotiated. they are not living up to the spirit of the agreement. i can tell you that. and we're analyzing it very, very carefully and will have something to say about it in the near future. but iran has not lived up to the spirit of the agreement and they have to do that. they have to do that. so we will see what happens. a strong europe is very, very important to me as president of the united states. and it's also, in my opinion, in my very strong opinion, important for the united states. we want to see it. we will help it be strong. and it's very much to everybody's advantage and i look very much forward to meeting the pope. i do not see a role in libya. i think the united states has right now enough roles. we're in a role everywhere. so i do not see that.

i do see a role in getting rid of isis. we're being very effective in that regard. we are doing a job with respect to isis that has not been done anywhere near the numbers that we're producing right now. it's a -- it's a very effective force we have. we have no choice. it's a horrible thing to say but we have no choice. and we are effectively ridding the world of isis. i see that as a primary role and that is what we're going to do whether it's in iraq or in libya. or anywhere else. and that role will come to an end at a certain point. and we'll be able to go back home and rebuild our country which is what i want to do. >> some people on capitol hill believe you can get one of two things next week, a vote on health care or a vote on a government funding bill. so my question is which one is more important to you to have? a vote on health care or a vote on the bill to keep the government open? >> okay, i want to get both.

are you shocked to hear that? and we're doing very well on health care. we'll see what happens. but this is a great bill. a great plan. and this will be great health care. it's evolving. you know, there was never a give-up. the press sort of reported there was like a give-up. there is no give h-up. remember, it took obamacare 17 months, i've really been negotiating it two months, maybe even less than that. we had a 30-day period where we did lots of other things, this has really been two months. this is a continuation, and the plan gets better and better and it's gotten really, really good. a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i would like to say next week. but i believe we'll get it. and whether it's next week or shortly thereafter, as far as keeping the government open i think we want to keep the government open, don't you agree? so yeah, i think we'll get both.

>> the cbs overnight news will be right back.

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marijuana users across the country celebrated 4/20 yesterday, a day known as america's official weed day. a new poll shows more americans than ever favor legalizing marijuana. 61% of people believe it should be legal. eight states plus the district of columbia allow marijuana for recreational purposes. barry peterson is at a marijuana dispensary in denver, with how colorado is handling the weed sales. >> the plants in this room are worth half a million dollars, part of colorado's pot industry, $1.3 billion in sales last year. and it turns out good pot business is good news for cash-strapped cities and even

college kids. a small denver suburb of flags and front porches, edgedwater is all-american. and oh, by the way, it has six pot shops drawing big business from nearby cities who opted not to allow marijuana sales. this town of 5,300 is generating $1.4 million in sales tax revenue from pot. that is 20% of its annual budget. money for repaving 12 miles of streets. and the old city hall will soon be replaced by a new $10 million complex that will include the police station and library to be finished by 2018. >> how much of that is going to be pot money? >> if it remains legal, all of it. >> wow. >> h.j.stolff is city manager. does anybody ever jump up and say it's great to have all that money but it's kind of sin city, it's a drug operation that is

paying for all of this? >> i would say there are probably a few people in town that feel that way but it's not commonly discussed. >> reporter: denver marijuana shop owner tim cullen wanted to give back to the community by donating $200,000 to a nonprofit. several said thanks but no, thanks. he believed it was the stigma of pot money. >> i was shocked, honestly i was shocked. it was more difficult than i thought it would be. >> reporter: he took us to a denver park where the city accepted his donation as part of a private public project to build a pavilion for free concerts. does the day come when you make a donation like this and nobody pays attention? i mean, you could be the pot shop or the corner grocery store? >> maybe, maybe, i think so. i mean, i think we're years away from that being the case. >> reporter: about 110 miles south of denver, pueblo county is also benefitting from marijuana taxes. the county gets its sales taxes

when marijuana is harvested and sold to pot shops statewide. money, now giving college kids a first in american history pot-funded scholarships. now, are you comfortable with the fact that this is sales tax but it's from marijuana? >> yeah, because it's helping me continue my education. >> reporter: freshman janet diaz wants to be a teacher. she is getting a thousand dollars a semester at colorado state university in pueblo. >> i don't think without the scholarship i would be able to get through college without taking out loans and worrying how i'm going to pay them back. >> reporter: and this coming spring, every graduating high school student in pueblo county will qualify for a pot scholarship to be used at local colleges. those scholarships and the help for the cities will really be hurt if the trump administration bans the sale of legal recreational pot, even if it

still allows sales for medical services. pot advocates say they still will buy pot for medical use but the cities and states will get zero sales tax up from the black market. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back. nobody does underwater stunts, sylvia. except me, of course. this is my stop. adios! ♪ if you're a stuntman, you cheat death. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. número uno! clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. wow! but what other teen problems can it fix fast? will clearasil act fast to help this teen concentrate on his math test? darn! it only worked on the acne. can it hel... nope. no. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne,

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few experiences may be more profound than the moment a blind person can see again. blindness and partial blindness are not widespread in the u.s.,

but they're an epidemic in other parts of the world. an unusual partnership from two doctors will change that. one is an adrenalin junky from the u.s., the other is a doctor from nepal, together, sthey hav restored sight to many. bill whittaker went to see them in a series from "60 minutes". >> reporter: one moment, and the world comes back into focus, you are witnessing the moment when the people in this room realize they can see for the first time in years. >> can you see my fingers? >> reporter: their eyes and faces begin to light up with a quiet sort of joy and wonder at the gift of sight. as they look around, they see who changed their world. with an operation the day before that took just minutes. >> beautiful. >> reporter: doctors jeff

tateman and sanduk ruit are eye surgeons and now life savers. to hear the doctors speak, they are the beneficiaries. >> what is it like to have the bandage taken off and that prson sees for the first time? >> i have seen it thousands of times but every time there is a new tickle there. and it's like my battery has been recharged. >> i still get such a thrill when people have their sight restored. and the transformation, when they see, the hesitation, and then the smile. >> reporter: mintoo had not seen for years. others here had been blind for decades. they all had cataracts. a milky white build-up of protein that clouds the lens in the eye.

in the u.s., they mainly afflict the elderly. but here in burma, also known as myanmar, cataracts go untreated and blindness is a way of life. >> it's a buddhist population, there is an acceptance that as you get older, your hair and eyes turn white and then you die. and the idea that you can actually have your sight restored has not really gotten into the society. it's a place where we can make a difference. >> reporter: pburma is one of te poorest countries in asia, slowly coming out of the darkness of dictatorship. after years of trying, the two doctors were finally able to bring their treatment here.

we met them in the capital of burma, through word of conversation, word of the doctors' visits spread. hundreds who lost their sight found their way to the city, many treking for days. here, cataracts are not just the malady of old age. they take the sight of the young, too, caused by infections and malnutrition. by the time the doctors scrubbed in, the corridors were choked with people hoping to have their sight restored. >> is it ever daunting? i mean, you look out there and see the line of people. they need this surgery. >> it's daunting on a worldwide basis, there may be a long line, but there is an individual person that i'm going to give the very best care i can. >> reporter: doctor sanduk ruit set a quick pace, he repaired an eye, the next patient sat down,

the other got up, just minutes for an eye and then on to the next. dr. tabin performed the delicate surgery just feet away. >> want to take a look? nice and clear, that was maybe four or five minutes going from total blindness to great vision. >> reporter: they kept up this pace until 7:00 p.m. >> also almost like an assembly line. but assembly line sounds too mechanical. i mean, this is people's eyes. you are dealing with -- >> people's eyes, once somebody goes blind in the developing world, their life expectancy is about one third. and for a blind child, the life expectancy is five years. also in the developing world it takes often out of the work force, or a child out of school to help the blind person. so when we restore sight to a blind person, we're restoring

their way of life. >> among others who had their life restored, we found konchi. her son, a farmer, had been a devoted caretaker since cataracts took her sight. 15-year-old yanu had been blind since age seven. he was overwhelmed but grateful. thank you, he said. doctors ruit and tabin heard that a lot. in four days in tonji with the help of local doctors they were training they performed 503 cataract surgeries. her eyes now bandaged, kanji waited with her son. >> we're going to perform as many as a hospital does normally in a year. >> we're basically here to ignite fire. ignite fire of the possibility of doing high quality, high volume cataract surgery. it is still possible.

>> you want to ignite a fire. >> ignite a fire, yeah. >> as long as he can remember, sanduk ruit has been burning to change the world around him. he grew up desperately poor in this village with no electricity or running water high in the himalayas of nepal, the nearest school was miles away. his parents saw the way out with education, but the grip of poverty was too strong to escape. his younger sister, with whom he was very close, died of tuberculosis. >> i saw her pass away in front of me. and then -- it was a very strong determination from inside that maybe this is the profession that i should take and make health care at a level for my countrymen. >> reporter: that determination took him to medical school in india. he came back to nepal an eye

doctor, committed to bringing care to remote mountain villages. the documentary "out of the darkness" showed them carrying equipment on their backs. his team hiked for days. his goal, as revolutionary as it was simple. to cure blindness in the third world with a cheap technique to remove cataracts. soon, the medical world took notice and so did a young jeff tabin. >> i improved myself. sanduk ruit and i came to work in nepal. >> what did you think of him when he first showed up? >> you know, i was a bit scared of him in the beginning. he had tremendous managenergy, never got tired, energy in drinking, eating and talking. >> and to see bill whitker's

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cheetahs are the fastest animals on four legs but the threat of extinction is catching up with them. fewer than 4,000 of them are in the world, researchers are working to help save the species. this morning, they celebrated success after the arrival of ten new cheetah cubs in virginia. >> reporter: these tiny cubs are just three weeks old and steadily gaining weight, brothers and sisters to 7-year-old mitchi. scrubs are required to reduce exposure to disease and the human scent in the den, which would upset the mother. she is the manager of the research program and checks in on the young cubs and weighs

them about twice a week. >> does this every get old? >> no, it's always fun to have cubs. >> reporter: the scientists here hope for at least one cheetah litter a year and this year they got two. 12 cubs total, while two babies didn't survive having this many cubs born so close together is a virtual population explosion. >> every day that they make it through, we just have a better chance of them surviving to adulthood. >> cheetahs are listed as vulnerable, and some scientists have been calling for the fast cat to be moved to the endangerment species list. why are they vulnerable? >> mostly loss of habitats, the areas that they occupy in africa have been reduced dramatically. >> cheetahs have disappeared from an estimated 76% of their natural range. today they are mostly found in southern africa, especially

namibia. but the expert and her team are helping them survive. >> i hear you have been called the cheetah cupid. >> yes, we try to make as many good matches a year as we can. >> scientists refer to the enclosure as lover's lane. >> often times we will let the males meet the females on the fence. >> so far, they are working to prevent the world's fastest land animal from disappearing forever. >> just us having these two litters in the last two weeks just gives us huge hope. very optimistic about the populations we manage under our care and linking more with the populations in the wild. >> so the cheetah is here to stay? >> the cheetah is here to stay. >> and that is the overnight news for this friday, for some of you the news continues, for others check back a little bit later with the morning news, from the broadcast center in new

york city. it's friday, april 21st, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight. with time running out before a lethal drug expires, arkansas executed its first inmate in more than a decade. terror in paris. overnight police raided the home of the suspect killed by the police in the deadly attack on the city's iconic champs-elysees. this morning isis claims responsibility that left one dead and two others