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learn how you can help at girlup.org. this is the cbs overnight news. >> north korea was not the only target of the press's tough talk during his working vacation, he took aim at a member of his own party. here's chief white house correspondent major garrett. >> i'm very disappointed in mitch. >> reporter: president trump used two separate appearances at his private golf club to express frustration with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell for republicans' failure to repeal and replace obamacare. the two men spoke by phone yesterday. >> but i said, "mitch, get to work, and let's get it done. they should have had this last one done. they lost by one vote. for a thing like that to happen is a disgrace. and, frankly, it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: earlier this week, mcconnell portrayed the
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president as an amateur who set counter-productive deadlines. >> now, our new president has, of course, not been in this line of work before, and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process. >> reporter: the president would not say his most important republican ally should step down, but he didn't rule it out, either. >> if he doesn't get repeal and replace done, and if he doesn't get taxes done-- meaning cuts and reform-- and if he doesn't get a very easy one to get done-- infrastructure-- if he doesn't get them done, then you can ask me that question. >> reporter: mr. trump also reacted for the first time to the f.b.i. raid on the home of former campaign chairman paul manafort as part of special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i thought it was a very, very strong signal, or whatever. they do that very seldom, so i
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was surprised to see it. i was very, very surprised to see it. >> reporter: but the president dismissed reports he was considering firing mueller. >> i haven't given it any thought. i'm not dismissing anybody. >> reporter: the president also reacted to russian president vladimir putin's decision to expel hundreds of diplomatic workers from the u.s. embassy in russia. >> i want to thank him, because we're trying to cut down on payroll, and as far as i'm concerned, i'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll. there's no real reason for them to go back. >> reporter: the president also said his relationship with attorney general jeff sessions is fine, and that he is most concerned about leaks coming from the intelligence community, not those from rival factions within the white house trying to demonstrate their "love for him." anthony. >> mason: major garrett, thanks. now to one of the stranger stories we've seen in a while.
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u.s. diplomats serving in cuba experiencing health problems and the cause is a mystery. julianna goldman has the latest on this story, which was broken by cbs news radio correspondent steve dorsey. >> reporter: it began last year in havana. more than a dozen staffers at the u.s. embassy experienced unexplained ailments. symptoms including headaches and sleeplessness. sources say some suffered permanent hearing damage and some had to return home. state department spokeswoman heather nauert: >> we don't know exactly where this came from, okay. we can't blame any ne individual or a country at this point yet. >> reporter: but so far, the investigation has shown that the culprit is likely a high-tech sonic device that can't be heard by humans but, clearly, can be harmful. officials believe it was operating in or near the homes of embassy workers. the question: who put it there, and why? >> it's audio, but it's beyond the range of our ears. >> reporter: vince houghton is an intelligence historian and
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curator at the international spy museum. he says cuba, or even the russians, could have been carrying out an intelligence operation that went south. but houghton and other intelligence experts say it could also have been a routine intimidation campaign, taken to another level. >> so this could be new technology that has had a side effect that no one expected. on the other hand, it could have been designed to harass, to make people feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: to retaliate, the u.s. kicked out two cuban diplomats in may. last night on state television, the cuban government called the expulsions "unjustified and baseless," saying, "it has never, nor would it ever allow the cuban territory to be used for any action against accredited diplomatic officials or their families." there are indications that diplomats are still being affected, and it's not just the u.s. canada says at least one of its diplomats has also suffered hearing loss. the f.b.i. and the state department continue to investigate. anthony. >> mason: julianna goldman with a health mystery in havana. thanks. the software engineer fired by
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google this week is speaking out about it. he'd written a memo criticizing the company's diversity policies. john blackstone is at google headquarters in mountain view, california. >> reporter: at google silicon valley campus, the work schedule today called for a company-wide town hall meeting where c.e.o. sundar pichai would address the controversial memo written by the now-fired software engineer james damore. damore defended himself in an interview with bloomberg news. >> the whole point of my memo was actually to improve google and google's culture, and they just punished me and shamed me for doing it. >> reporter: the memo criticized google's efforts to hire more women, suggesting "biological causes may explain why we don't see equal representation. women, on average, have more neuroticism," damore wrote. >> it's largely because of the differing interests in people versus things, which is linked to prenatal testosterone.
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>> it is profoundly demoralizing to come up against this prejudice over and over again. >> reporter: kim scott is a silicon valley veteran who rose to management at google. she is now an author whose book, "radical candor," offers advice to managers. she agrees with damore's argument that it is hard to express conservative opinions in silicon valley, but says he went too far. >> i think he raises some good points there, but i'm not eager to talk to somebody who thinks that i am stupid or more neurotic than he is because i happen to be a woman. >> reporter: damore has filed a complaint with the national labor relations board, claiming he was treated unfairly by google. >> what james said clearly contributed to a hostile work environment. i don't think google had any choice but to fire james. >> reporter: we've just learned that google has now canceled the town hall meeting that was planned for this afternoon. the company claims it's in favor of diversity there's a class
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action lawsuit sager they are being paid unequally. >> mason: john blackstone at google headquarters. thank you, john. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," taylor swift testifies that a d.j. groped her. she's suing him. and later, college buds helping their neighborhood get a bigger slice of the pie. ♪ susie got all germy ♪ a cold, a bug, a flu ♪ when school was back in session ♪ ♪ those germs were shared with you ♪ back to school means back to germs. and every year kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. but lysol spray and wipes kill 99.9% of germs... including common cold and flu viruses... to help protect your home and family. and now that lysol is the only disinfectant with box tops, you earn cash for your school, every time you lysol that.
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>> mason: in denver today, taylor swift testified that a former radio host groped her while they were posing for a photo. he lost his job and sued the pop star. she counter-sued. david begnaud is at the courthouse. >> reporter: swift and furious-- the singer insists this photo shows her being groped by former radio d.j. david mueller back in 2013. she was 23. he was 51. today on the stand in federal court, taylor said what happened was "despicable, horrifying and shocking." "i felt him grab on to my ass cheek under my skirt. the first couple of milliseconds i thought it was a mistake so i moved to the side very quickly so his hand would be removed from my ass." swift was combative at time with mueller's lawyer who pressed her: swift said she would not allow mueller's attorney to make her feel as if it's her fault.
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mueller was fired two days after the incident. he testified that the photo was weird and awkward, but insisted he touched swift's ribs, not her rear. shake it off, i shake it off >> reporter: mueller is suing swift for $3 million in damages. karen steinhouser is a law professor at the university of denver. taylor swift is counter-suing for $1. how do you think that is going to sway the jury? >> this case is about credibility. who do the jurors believe? do they believe someone who isn't trying to get financial gain or do they believe the person who is trying to get money from a celebrity? >> reporter: so, after the alleged incident, swift's security team confronted the d.j., who said, "hey, call the police, i didn't do anything." but swift's mother testified, they didn't call the police because they didn't want the publicity-- which they are now getting plenty of, from all over the world. anthony. >> mason: they sure are. david begnaud at the courthouse in denver, thanks. coming up, why could there soon be a big market for this little
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not so much on other teen things. >> mason: there was a twist today in the hazing death of a fraternity pledge at penn state. the lead detective suggested video from the frat house basement was deleted on purpose. that's where tim piazza was found unresponsive after falling down a flight of stairs during a night of drinking in february. a judge is holding hearings to
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determine whether 16 frat brothers should face trial in his death. researchers in massachusetts have created piglets that might one day provide livers, hearts, and other organs for humans. they used a gene-editing technology called crispr to remove viruses from pigs that could cause diseases in humans. they say pig-to-human transplants could happen within two years. in st. louis last night, the cardinals had the bases loaded in the sixth. cue the rally cat. around it ran, all over the outfield. a groundskeeper scooped it up, and was bitten repeatedly. but when play resumed, yadier molina hit a grand slam on the first pitch. the cards beat the royals 8-5. the groundskeeper is fine, just a few cuts. the cat is on the loose. here's hoping the mets find him. up next, three friends bringing their neighborhood a new era of pizza and prosperity.
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his college roommates derrick moore and clint gray, former football players at tennessee state, are the huskies. >> we invested about $1,000 a piece. back then, that's all we had. >> reporter: that was it? >> i don't even know if it was $1,000 a piece. two of us probably had about $800. >> we're standing at the original mad pizza science lab. >> reporter: they turned this former garage into a pizza-making lab where they developed their unique recipes. they thought selling 300 pizzas a day would be great. but since opening in march, they do nearly 1,000. for them, building a booming business isn't only about doing well. it's also about doing good. >> what better place to create change and be an example than in our own neighborhood? >> reporter: their neighborhood is north nashville. citywide, 17% of people live in poverty. here, it's 40%. unemployment is more than three times the rest of the city.
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>> we see a lot of times that a lot of guys that we grew up with, they don't come back because a lot of times they don't see the opportunity that's here for african americans in nashville. and-- but we're about creating opportunities. >> thank you! >> reporter: slim and husky's also provides something that's been almost impossible for folks from this neighborhood to find: a job they can walk to. >> no matter what you look like or where you come from, you know, if you work together, you can create a community that continues to build. >> we 100% believe in it. >> reporter: belief, the too-often missing ingredient when it comes to revitalizing neighborhoods. at this pizza place it's pairing nicely with the cheese, sauce, and crust to get the job done. jim axelrod, cbs news, nashville. that's the overnight news, for some the news continues for
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others check back for the morning news. for the broadcast center in new york city i'm anthony mason. thanks for watching. this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. >> president trump unleashed another verbal assault in his war of words with north korea leaders kim jong-un, saying his threat to fire and fury wasn't tough enough and he pressed china to do a lot more to reign in the north korea program and meanwhile guam in the cross hairs of the show down. david martin has the latest. >> i maybe wasn't tough enough they've been doing this to our country for a long time. for many years, it's about time
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someone stuck up for this country and for the people of other countries. >> north korea already denounced his fire and furry statement as a load of nonsense. speaking to reporters for the second time this afternoon, president trump is upset with some of the things that kimbrel jong un and his spokesman has said as he is about the nuclear weapons program. >> he's disrespected our country and said things horrific. and with me, he's not getting away with it. he got away with it for a long time, between him and his family. he's not getting away with it. this is a whole new ballgame. >> reporter: the head of north korea's rocket forces announced plans to target american military bases in guam with a salvo of four missiles that would land within 25 miles of the island as a crucial warning to the u.s. four missiles would apparently be intended to overwhelm the thaad missile defense system on guam, but pentagon officials said there were no plans to rush additional interceptors to the island, and defense secretary mattis told reporters residents of guam should not be worried.
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the president said it is north korea who should be worried. >> he does something in guam, it will be an event, the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in north korea. >> reporter: he seemed to hold out little hope negotiations could resolve the standoff, and doubted economic sanctions would be effective enough to pressure north korea into giving up its nuclear weapons. at the beginning of this administration, officials said they would give economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure about 12 to 15 months to work before turning seriously to military options. but it seems the commander in chief has already run out of patience. the heated rhetoric out of washington is rattling nerves throughout asia. former cia director in tokyo discussed the situation with anthony mason. >> the president said his fire
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and fury warning wasn't tough enough from your vantage point in tokyo what do you think? >> i think the president's statements of the last two days are reckless for two reasons one is that kim jong-un has been shown to be provokable, and so this playground game of "dare-double dare" is dangerous. the second reason that-- is that statements such as this box the president in, from a policy perspective. at a time when he should be trying to maximize policy options, he's narrowing them. he's at risk of making the same mistake here that president obama made on the syria red line. so i don't think the statements are helpful to-- to u.s. interests. >> mason: at the same time, secretary of state tillerson appears to be trying to calm things down. are mixed signals damaging u.s. credibility, though? >> anthony, clarity in foreign policy is one of the keys to
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1k success. and right now, we have three voices. we have the president's very tough rhetoric that's being read as possible u.s. preemptive action. you've got secretary tillerson's statements, which walk back significantly. and then you've got secretary of defense mattis' statements that are tough, but they talk about a u.s. response to a first step by north korea. one of the great frustrations here in east asia is, they don't know what u.s. policy is, and they're asking, "what is u.s. strategy?" >> mason: michael morell in tokyo. thanks very much for being with us. >> you're welcome. in other news, it was 40 years ago yesterday that a nightmare ended for the people of new york city. a serial killer called son of sam was captured, he killed six, wounded seven others in a reign of terror that had the entire city on edge, he was sentenced
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to more than 300 years in prison. he agrees to speak with us here's a preview. >> people will never understand where i came from. no matter how much i try to explain it. they wouldn't understand what it -- what it was to walk in darkness. >> it was 1977. new york lost its mind. we had a blackout. in which 3,000 people were arrested. you know, it was a very, very different time. people were afraid to walk around. >> the city is preoccupied with a killer in one note signed himself the son of sam. >> most victims are young women shoulder length dark brown here gunned down in queens. >> i got there and she was dead in the street. my daughter was 18 years old that's what he took out of my heart 18 years. >> struck again on brooklyn's lovers lane, the killer's six
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victim, wounded seven others. >> oh, my god we've been shot. i should have been dead. >> what do you remember from the shooting it is efl? >> the bullet totally destroyed the left eye and most of the right eye. where the bullet struck me right in the head i never felt anything. it just hit me directly in the head and travelled right across to the right side of my head. >> the only substantial includes have been two letters, one mailed to the new york daily news. >> writing about a dog that gave him orderers to kill. >> serial killer is about to walk in here and talk to us. it looked like him, right? >> god bless you. >> maurice. >> honor to meet you.
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>> thank you for talking with us. >> it's a big step. i had my misgivings and nervousness, other things. >> sure. understood. >> is this a special place for you. >> yeah it is a place of refuge. i've been locked up since the time of my arrest just under 40 years. >> you just turnnd 64. >> yeah. >> what would you tell david burkwits today. >> turn around before it is too late because destruction is coming. far as i'm concerned that was not me. that was not me. even that name, i hate that name. i despise that name, the moniker son of sam. that was a demon. >> you can see the full report tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. the overnight news be right back.
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this is the "cbs overnight news". report from centers of disease control says suicide is growing for teens up 28% since 2000 with average of 5 deaths a day. for girls age 15 to 19 has reached a 40-year high. we look behind the rising toll. >> he was an athlete. >> her 17-year-old son seemed fine last thanksgiving. >> the next day i got woken up by the police knocking on my door saying i needed to come with them right away.
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i found out then that he shot himself in the head. >> new cdc data show suicide rate for boys age 15 to 19 increase more than 30%. three years ago conrad rory died in this truck from carbon monoxide poisoning after his friend encouraged him through text messages, we found out both teens suffered from meantal illness. teenage suicide rate for girls up a 40 year high. the role of cyber bullying is becoming more prevalent. in june 12-year-old malry grossman took her own life. her mother said it was because she was harassed on text, on snapchat and instagram. >> in the beginning it was teasing, name calling, exclusion was rnt positive part, you are not welcome here. >> professor at san diego state university.
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>> teens are much more likely now than just five or seven years ago to sy that they are anxious and depressed and thinking about suicide. >> in a provocative new artical there's a correlation between popularity of smart phones and increased rates of suicide and depression among young people. >> teens who use electronic devices more hours a day are more likery to be at risk for suicide. >> the so called smart phone generation is less likely to have face to face interaction with friends which she says is crucial for mental health and building social skill. some people in waiting to see if their homes are in danger of being swallowed up by a giant sinkhole has already gobbled two houses and five others condemned.
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>> this is as close as authorities will let us get to the sinkhole and to all of the work being done in this area. frlgz you can see there's a lot of activities right now. only allowing us this close for security reasons. we can show you what it looked like earlier this morning. it was widened by another 30 feet since last week. no deaths or injuries have been reported. the crews have not finished clearing the debris. >> officials described this mammoth sinkhole now filled with water as the largest in the county in 30 years. it swallowed two home it's in this tampa suburb when it suddenly appeared july 14th. after it widened again over the weekend five more houses were condemned and more families displaced. >> the news we are not going to be able to go back in ever to
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the house is sad but it offers closure. >> it's not safe to live in. >> the county found cracked walls or unstable foundation in the houses it wants demolished. >> this is catastrophic financial event for people, these are people's nest eggs, their homes sometimes is the biggest investment they may have. >> officials don't know if the sinkhole is still growing or if it aggravated existing depressions near by. >> that area was a lake before, who knows may become a lake in the future. >> part of the first phase 125 truck loads of uncrushed lime rock to keep the edge from collapsing and waste trucks will remove water and back hoe will had remove debris from the center of the sinkhole. residents remain unconvinced. >> keep putting dirt in it. and the dirt is going to keep moving. >> the county contractor expects
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no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. lysol. what it takes to protect. rice farmers are up in arms over the new competition they're facing from cauliflower. that's right. it gets chopped up and sold as riced cauliflower and is selling like hot cakes. john blackstone got a taste of
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the grocery battle stewing. >> in the rich farm land of salinas valley, california, under rated vegetable is hot under the son. >> cauliflower you can use as a main dish, a side dish. >> can be barbecued. baked. stir fried now green giant is shredding it into tiny bits to create popular rice substitute with 15 less carbs. >> end of the day consumers want to eat healthier. >> it is now at the center of controversy in a tale of rice and men. described it as ad and this ad challenged the rice industry to get out of its way. >> do we need to call cauliflower rice? >> rice farmer has no intention
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of moving over. >> riced cauliflower. why even call it riced cauliflower. could call it bits of cauliflower. or cauliflower crumbles. seondly when did riced become a verb. >> for three generations his family has been growing rice in wetty fields north of sacramento. >> isn't it beautiful. >> convinced americans should know more where their food comes from. he wants rice farming tv. >> we're about to fly the rice seed on this field right about now. he worried riced cauliflower is con fusing consumers. do you think somebody calling cauliflower rice is going to have an impact on your sales? >> i think will. >> and he's not alone. these days even rice farmers have washington lobbyists
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they're asking the food and drug administration to define rice so not everyone can use the name. >> cauliflower crumbles, whatever you want to call it. keep it out of the rice aisle. >> the rice people are a little upset about you using that name. >> we feel we're being very clear with what we're offering which is rice vegetables. >> the popularity is spreading this market in los angeles makes their own cauliflower rice and consumer demand made it a best seller. >> instead of rice and chicken it's cauliflower and chicken. >> you know what we have in common with this little guy? the desire to survive. >> even a rice farmer admits he can't live by rice alone. >> i'll be open with you, there's cauliflower in our refrigerator it's just a head of cauliflower. i'll eat that. i'm not too excited about it but i'll eat it. >> what he won't do is call it rice. for this farmer that simply goes against the grain. john blackstone, california. if you're the type of person
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who likes to camp you know the campgrounds are more and more crowded every year. the largest company in the u.s. reports sales are higher for record six years in a row. we have the story from campground in up state new york. >> camping has historically been a great barometer of american economy. low unemployment leads to more spending for things like camping and this week campgrounds will be full. what's surprising is how many millenials are now investing in the great outdoors. images of millenials on road trips and outdoor adventures have filled social media, all summer long #camping posts on instagram now over 14 million. popular trend is keeping employees at this factory in indiana working at a record pace to
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produce more than 70,000 recreational vehicles by the end of the year. >> in this one plant how many today. >> 42 today. >> this is the president of keystone rv, subsidiary of world's largest manufacturer. >> the number of your sales year over year up 20%. >> and we expect it to be as high if not higher. next year. >> best sellers are lower cost models they are marketing to millenials. >> this is home sweet home. >> the newest generation is buying at all price points. amenities in this rv include an electric fireplace and retractable tv. >> all of the comforts of home. >> right here. >> he and his wife moved from nebraska to a koa campground in mystic, connecticut, close to her job as a traveling nurse. >> affordable for you. >> super affordable. >> how much des this sell for? >> probably 40,000, 50,000
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roughly. >> you can advertise it over long period of time. >> exactly can get your payments down to $170 a month. >> with a ten-year bank loan payments could be under $200 a month and with cost of camp site you can live just about anywhere. for millenials driving rv sales that's the point. >> they are just getting into the workforce for the first time rv is great way to travel decide where you want to set up your life from there. >> aliceon was raised camping and now works with her husband at koa in mystic where she's the general manager. >> there's 75 million campers and 38% are millenials. we're catching on. it's something becoming more popular with us. >> this one is actually designed around the millennial buyer.
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>> manufacturers are doing their best to keep up. providing modern finishes. stainless steel and must haves like solar and wifi. >> a lot of people are traveling and working from their rv. they want that wifi so they can hook up to a camper and travel the country but still be able to run their business from a remote place. >> with more buyers and more people out there that lifestyle is just taking off. we're coming back strong. >> and strong rv sales means more jobs a big deal in part of the country where unemployment was at 15% in the last recession. >> we're above full employment. >> what's the unem employment. >> it's below 3% in the county. in 2009 we were leading the country for unemployment rate. >> it's not just full employment it is full production. all of the rvs on the line have been sold.
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we end with a story of a young boy on a mission to make you smile. steve hartman found him on the road. >> it's every kid's worst nightmare and jaden hayes has lived it twice. first lost his dad when he was four. not long after his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep. >> i tried and tried to get her awake. couldn't. >> jaden was understandably heartbroken. >> anybody can die. anybody. >> but as we first reported in 2015 there was another side to his grief. a side he shared with his temporary guardian after the second funeral. told her he was getting tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. >> that's the beginning, where the adventure began.
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>> asked her to bring bunch of toys to downtown georgia where he lived. >> thank you. you want me to have it. >> thank you, man. >> trying to make people smile. rubber duckies. dinosaurs. >> because those are the things that make people smile. >> yeah. >> what happens to their face. >> really. he targeted people that weren't already smiling and tried to turn their day around and it worked. >> it's to make you smile. >> even if it wasn't always quite the reaction he was hoping for. it was so overwhelming to people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy and expected nothing in return. except a smile. he was paid handsomely in hugs. he says those did help. >> but i'm still sad that my mom died. >> i bet you are.
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>> in the smiles he made he clearly found a purpose. >> i'm counting on it to be 33,000. >> 33,000? that's a pretty big goal. >> uh-huh. >> you think you can make that goal? >> i think i can. >> it's been two years now since we first met jaden. today he lives in winlterville, georgia with scott and diane howers, his aunt and uncle. he still thinks of his mom and dad a lot. >> how you doing. >> doing good. >> he says he's in a happier place now. >> who you do you get from sad place to happy place. >> time. >> as for his smile project he'd like to return to that mission some day. until then he's focusing on more age-appropriate goals. >> what do you want to be? >> famous basketball player and famous baseball player. >> and there's the only smile that matters. steve hartman on the road, in winterville, georgia.
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>> that's the overnight if new for this friday. from the broadcast center in new york city. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 11, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump ramped up his tough talk against north korea. >> he's disrespected our country greatly. he has said things that are horrific. and with me, he's not getting away with it. >> but the defense secretary is stressing diplomacy. and mr. trump takes aim at senate republican leader mitch mcconnell telling him to get back to work. plus a car plunges seven stories from a sparking garage with the driver inside.
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