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tiers under the tent as pastor frank pom roy talked about the 26 victims, one of them his 14-year-old daughter, annabelle. a makeshift memorial with flowers and 26 crosses was placed outside the tents where the service was held. the sanctuary where the shooting happened was turned into a place of heeling. a memorial was set up inside. 26 chairs were placed and a rose and their names were placed on the chairs.
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bullet holes were patched up, and the inside was painted white, where friends and family will be alouned to mourn those who lost their lives last week. members of the church are trying to move forward. the church's foot pantry reopened this weekend. >> these people are still hungary. they have to eat. >> donna relied on the food pantry at the first pap baptist church when she needed help getting by. now a volunteer there, she said she'll miss seeing another volunteer. >> she had medical problems, but she was here every week. and she was always happy. always happy. >> while in the air force, the shooter pleaded guilty to assaulting his then wife and step son, but the air force failed to notify the fbi of that conviction, and that could have prevented him from buying the guns he used in the church shooting. texas senator john cornyn said he plans to introduce
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in the summer of 2016, the world renowned mayo clinic in rocheste rochester, mov minnesota performed its first face transplant. a widow donated her husband's face to a man in need. we have the moment when they finally came face to face. >> reporter: lily ross worried about this moment. her first meeting with the man who received the face of her late husband in a ground breaking transplant at the mayo clink. >> i don't know how everything happened because it just -- everything happened so fast. >> reporter: it wasn't easy for andy, either. the oil worker from wyoming who
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received the face in a 56-hour surgery more than a year ago. >> you basically have an obligation now to show them that this has given you everything you wanted. >> reporter: but after gathering last month in the library of the clinic, lily and andy shared a peace after separate tragedies. >> it has finally given me closer. >> i couldn't ask for a better outcome. >> reporter: lily's husband shot himself last year, just as andy ha h done a decade earlier, destroying his face. but out of that tragedy lily feels new growth. >> he's pretty much -- since everything has happened, he's family. >> reporter: and andy now has a life he's enjoying. >> now i'm able to chew food, sit down in restaurants. it's been unbelievable. >> tony dokoupie, cbs news new york. the man behind the lens of the obama years on the contrast between his portraits and those of the trump presidency.
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pete souza, the chief official white house photographer for ronald reagan and barack obama. he had top security clearance to allow him to be a photographic fly on the wall during historic meetings and moments. he has a new book, "obama an intimate portrait" we have a snapshot of the man behind the lens. >> how many pictures did you take of president obama?
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>> it was about 1.9 million. that's why this finger is sort. >> as chief white house photographer, pete souza was practically part of the first family. >> i think it was around the three-month period where he realized i was not going away and i was always going to be there. >> there he was with top security clearance he had access to the most sensitive white house moments like when the president watched the capture of osama bin laden. an imagine now on display in new pyork. >> as soon as the president walked in, the brigadier general stood up to give up that chair, and the president said, no, you stay right there. i'll pull up a chair next to you. that's why he's not seated at the head of the table. >> he said the president's days were marked by highs and lows, which required a quiet presence. in 2012 he was steps away as homeland security advisor, john brennan delivered unimaginable news.
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>> john is telling him that 20 first graders had been shot to death. and i think part of it was not only reacting as president, but as a parent. >> reporter: there may be a new administration now, but souza keeps the old one alive on social media. attracting more than 1.6 million followers on instagram. when president trump signed his first immigration ban, he showed mr. obama meeting a young syrian refug refugee. >> when mr. trump lopped rolls of paper towels in hurricane survivors, he showed mr. obama meeting puerto ricans. >> reporter: are you trying to send a message? >> i'll let you interpret it however you want. >> reporter: i think people are interpreting it about reminding people of the differences that we're seeing from one administration to another.
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>> i think it's pretty obvious what i'm doing. i think if you look at my instagram feed, you can judge for yourself. >> reporter: perhaps looking to the past as they become accustomed to the present. up next, the writings and doodlings of american soldiers and marines heading off to war.
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we end tonight, this veterans day weekend, with the hopes, fears and humor of young american soldiers and marines heading off to the vietnam war. graffiti scrawled on the bunks of an old navy transport ship are now on display. we're shown the messages and drawings are awash of history and emotions. >> half a century ago, young men, some still in their teams, boarded transport ships and set sail for vietnam. jerry barker remembers the trip like it was yesterday. >> what was the journey on the walker like for you? >> long. long and boring, i remember. you stayed up on the deck and played cards. i played gin rummy. >> during the 20 days on board the walker, they forged life-long friendships, thought about the war ahead and the life left
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behind. snippets of history almost lost forever, until they were saved from the scrap heap. they were historians on a film shoot. and visited the walker before it was dismantled. >> i saw the underside had all this wonderful graffiti, we went to brownsville, texas and negotiated with the scrap yard owner and he allowed us to pull them. >> they're part of the new york historical society where some of the surviving veterans recently fathered. >> i was a kansas cowboy. i actually wrote on my canvas, kansas cowboy and put a heart, thomas gail, married 27 august '66 got to vietnam 27 august '67. >> reporter: as they arrived in the harbor, the night sky lit up with incoming rockets. >> that's when i went and wrote
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on my canvas to make sure that -- i guess to have my mark there. >> reporter: in case you didn't come back? >> yes. >> these men shared a time in hell together yet it was doodles on bunks that brought back strong emotions. tom faye hadn't seen the one he dedicated to his young wife for over 50 years. >> there's one canvas in particular that was salvaged from that little trip, and i think you might recognize it. >> holy moly. >> there's the one you wrote on, brother, in vietnam. welcome home, brother. >> 51 years together, by golly. she's still my sweetheart. what can i say? thanks. >> reporter: they fought for their country, they fought for each other, but mainly they fought to come back home. don daylor, cbs news, new york. >> that's overnight news for
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this monday, from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news i'm elaine quijano. today president trump held a meetings with one of the world's most controversial leaders on the last stop of his trip to asia. he arrived in the philippines yesterday, where he was welcomed by president rodrigo duerte. since taking power last year, president duterte has unleashed a brutal war on drugs in his country. the 72-year-old is known for bragging about his violent methods. he told an audience he murdered someone when he was a teenager. we'll have more on that in a moment. but first president trump also faced several key issues in his travel, the ongoing nuclear stand off with north korea, and lingering questions about
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russian interference in the 2016 election. major garrett is traveling with the president. >> we want progress, not provocation. we have been provoked. >> reporter: president trump talking about north korean nuclear and missile tests did some provoking of his own on twitter. after the north korean dictator called him a, quote, old lunatic. why would kim jong-un insult me by calling me old, he tweeted, when i would never call him short and fat. mr. trump was asked if belligerence could be replaced by friendship. >> i think anything's a possibility. strange things happen in life. that might be a strange thing to happen. >> reporter: after brief encounters a day earlier with russian president, vladimir putin, the president said he believed putin's claim they did not meddle in the 2016 election. today mr. trump tried to clarify. >> i believe he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the elections.
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as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agencies. >> reporter: only yesterday the president cast doubt on the intelligen community saying russia applied cyber pressure on the election. then he explained why he did not press the point with putin. >> i'm not looking to stand and start arguing with somebody when there's reporters all around and recording and seeing our conversation. having russia in a friendly posture as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world. >> reporter: he was welcomed at another global summit and shared a handshake with philippine president, rodrigo duerte. >> today many will be watching if president trump addresses the drug war in the philippines while meeting with president duterte. the fill fephilippine leader is following through on a promise to purge his country of drug use. the crack down has caused the death of both dealers and users,
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it's causing a concern for human rights. >> reporter: it's almost 3:00 in the morning here in manila, we're seeing the results of duterte's war on drugs. police are responding to the murder of a drug user and we're going to go see the scene. >> when there's something happen here, then you see them to watch and see who's dead. >> reporter: they're waiting here to see who died? >> yes. >> reporter: who was killed. we're told there was one person who was killed and that he was killed by policeman. >> reporter: the man was an alleged drug user. they said they shot him in self-defense. it was one of nine killings across manila that night. a new reality since duterte's election. a president vowing to rid the country of 3 million drug addicts by any means necessary. this is what makes the
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philippine's drug war different. former police officers say when he was mayor, he paid death squads to kill both dealers and users. several residents introduced us to a hit man, he said his cash for murder practice continues. we didn't know it but he came to the interview with a gun in his satchel. what's in your bag? it's engraved, the enforcer. for every murder with that gun, he says the police pay him and his partner $400. >> so it's the government paying you? >> yes, ma'am. >> from duterte? >> this is from the president. >> reporter: the philippines recently experienced the bloodiest period in its war on
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drugs. 58 dead in just three days this summer. but crime was down in duterte's first year by 9%. >> there's less crime happening in the philippines, there's a bet every crime environment, and this is a result -- this is a consequence of the campaign against illegal drugs. >> carlos is the spokesperson for the philippine national police. despite duterte's public comments endorsing the killing of drug users, carlos says the police follow the rule of law and they are not hiring hit men. >> people out in the communities here say that there are rogue hit men who are killing drug users and they're backed by the police. what do you say to that? >> these are all allegations. they have to prove that. we are conducting investigation when there is a death. >> are the hit men who are wearing masks and out killing people -- are they lying when they say they're backed by the police? >> we don't -- we don't employ.
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we do not use masked men or vigilante group. >> on the whole, do you think this effort has been successful? >> we are looking at the two main objectives. have we reduced the number of drug personalities or drug users and lessened the demands? have we accomplished our target? yes, we did. >> we embedded with the police on a daily drug operation, going house to house rounding up drug users. >> we are going to convince them to surrender. >> fearful faces line the streets as the police shuffle through. at our third stop a child cried as the police took away her father for drug testing. this is how far duterte's drug war reaches. the man had not been caught with
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drugs he was on a list of suspected users created by local leaders. minutes later the police announced the round was doe. it appeared to us the operation was cut short because they didn't want us to see the turmoil that followed their raid. >> you said we were going to 20 houses, we only went to four. we need to finish the houses on the list. >> we pass by the house. >> i didn't see you go to any other houses, except three. because i don't want you to cut this short because we're with you, and it seems that that's what you're doing. >> we have so many house. it's already -- >> you told me 20 houses. we went to three or four. we didn't go to the whole list. his whole list. you see? when does this end? >> we want to end it by having no demand and no supply in the country. if that's reached that's 100%.
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this is the cbs "overnight news." the creator of the hit broadway musical about a founding father is using his fame to make sure a devastated part of the country is not forgotten. >> hamilton star lin-manuel miranda is shining a light on puerto rico. david begno shows us why the island's recovery has become miranda's next act. >> reporter: as the creator and star of hamilton, lin-manuel miranda is used to getting mopped by adoring crowds. but the crowds that greet ed him a few days ago in puerto rico were different. they weren't here to just
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applaud him, they wanted to thank him. what's your biggest concern for the island? >> it's still the immediate needs of the hardest hit towns, the towns in the mountains and the hardest hit towns that we're still struggling to get aid to. >> reporter: in the aftermath of hurricane maria, puerto rico is still reeling, 53 days later much of the island remains without power. >> i feel proud to support hispanic federation, because your money is going to puerto rico -- >> reporter: since the storm, the 37-year-old miranda has been using his voice and his fame to sound the alarm. >> what is expected of you as a puerto rican? >> it's complicated because i didn't grow up here. so it's this weird mix of i will do anything to support the island, but i also don't for a second pretend i know what's
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best for the island, because i don't live here. my job is to amplify the concerns of puerto rico. i remember when my grandfather was building this house. >> reporter: while miranda wasn't born here, his parents were. and lin-manuel miranda spent summers as a child visiting his grandparents outside san juan. >> my grandfather built around the porch. >> reporter: here as with much of the island, there is little left. >> they bought this property, the only thing was a porch, and they built the house around that. >> the porch is still here. >> the porch has survived them and this hurricane and survived everything. >> reporter: the day after the hurricane hit, miranda did what he does best. he wrote a song, "almost like praying," inspired by "west side stories" maria, to help the devastated island get back on its feet.
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♪ puerto rico, puerto rico >> he rounded up some of the world's biggest latino stars. >> how much money has been raised? >> through the hispanic federation, not even including "almost like praying," almost 20 million dollar. >> how much has the song brought in. >> i don't know yet. we sold over 150,000 copies on i tunes, and that's $1.50 each, so that's a minimum of 150,000 >> but as he was finishing a song he got caught up in a controversy on twitter with donald trump. >> when the president tweeted the mayor of san juan who was very complimentary only a few days ago was now told by the democrats that you must be nasty to trump. and you tweeted, you're going straight to hell, really donald trump, no long lines for you.
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they'll say right this way, sir, they'll clear a path. any regrets? >> no. those are the words i had on the occasion. disasters are where leaders unite us. they're no one's fault. he starts attacking people on the front lines. >> reporter: last week we hopscotched the island with miranda. he made sandwiches at a relief kitchen. and then visited an aid distribution center in san juan where he met with the mayor. >> it's a boost and it brings joy to people's hearts. >> i'm jumping back in -- >> reporter: when he wasn't making friends, he was making headlines. announcing he will return in the lead role of "hamilton" for a run at the university of puerto rico in january 2019. >> it's weird, yesterday the smithsonian announced that i donated my costume. i'm going to need it back.
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>> reporter: thousands of tickets will be sold for $10. though, more expensive travel packages will be offered to help bring tourism back to the island. >> let's make them crazy jealous. >> reporter: celebrated for his musical about the immigrant who became a founding father. lin-manuel miranda has found his next act. >> i have nothing but faith in the character and resilience of the puerto rican people. if they're given a fair shot to come back we'll have a better puerto rico than before. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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about, it's been named one of america's top ten new restaurants. rooster soup is also doing well in another way. it gives away every penny of its profits. >> someone might say you are doing this for good press. >> i think there are probably easier ways to get press. opening a restaurant with 100% of the profit going to someone else is a crazy thing. chef mike and his business partner, steve run rooster soup and a small empire of restaurants in philadelphia. their kind of crazy fit in with the radical mission of broad street ministry, where the money is going. >> we like to say we exercise radical hospitality. >> what does that mean? >> for me, radical hospitality means, in this space, everyone is welcome just the way they are. >> mike doll is the executive director, located in a 100-year-old presbyterian church in the heart of philadelphia. one of the poorest big cities in america. broad street has delivered radical hospitality to philly's
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most needy since 2008, by providing shelter when it's cold and hot meals for the hungry. >> seven times a week we open our doors to the most vulnerable populations in philadelphia. we welcome them in and provide them with a warm and nutritious meal and it's served at the table with linen and china, by volunteers who are going to treat the guests like you want to be treated, with dignity, respect and care. >> reporter: the guests as they're called at broad street may be homeless, drug addicted or just lonely. it doesn't matter. >> there's no judgment? >> no judgment. like they say, if you here, you belong here. like the sign outside. >> that's beautiful. >> they don't care how bad you look, how bad you smell, everybody gets treated the same. >> you don't feel like you're going to a soup kitchen. you almost feel like you're
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going to a restaurant, they serve you. the food is outstanding, their services here are ridiculously good. >> reporter: ridiculously good service? that may be because many of the waiters and waitresses doing the serving are professionals. so inspired by broad street's hospitality they're working for free, just like rooster soup's steve cook did when he first volunteered at broad street four years ago and got inspired himself. >> so i came back pretty charged up from that first experience and, you know, mike and i talked about it and i said we ought to bring our staff here. >> reporter: charging up the staff wasn't very hard. witness how the crew at their four-star israeli-american restaurant often start their shifts. >> we have to get people charged and excited and sometimes that requires disco dancing. >> reporter: when he's not doing
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splits, mike mans the oven. >> what do you make back here? >> i make all the bread. this is an iraqi style -- >> called what? >> laffa -- >> reporter: mike's bread and hummus, and the rest of his menu, have earned him four james beard awards. he was named outstanding chef in america just this may. >> it's an amazing success this restaurant but it could have very easily gone a different way. mike, you quote yourself as saying, nobody expects someone like me to be a recovering crack head. how is that you? how did that happen? >> after my younger brother was killed in action in the israeli military, the way i thought i was coping was to use and abuse substances. >> reporter: mike was using not just crack but heroin.
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when steve found out about it back in 2008, the first year of business. >> it was a really difficult year. i leaned on steve tremendously. i feel like steve is a drug counselor at this point. >> that's incredible friendship. >> the first thing steve said was we know you have a problem and we want to -- we want to help you and we want to take you to detox. >> some of the people that are benefitting from broad street aren't as lucky as you were. >> there are people that are just like me, right, that didn't have support that are now living on the street and unfortunately none of us are really immune to that. >> reporter: these two give philly's brotherly love nickname some real meaning. >> the first week we were open, it was probably enough to serve hundreds of people. so it's that sort of tangible. >> reporter: all that money they're raising at rooster soup is changing lives at broad street.
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>> they basically saved my life. like for real, i was thinking of just ending it. >> i've had so many times where people have said, this place saved my life. look, we're so grateful for the money that comes across to help our mission. but i think the promise of rooster soup is so much more than that. >> it's a model that should be all over the country. >> that would be a great thing. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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we end tonight on this veterans day weekend with the hopes, fears and humor of young american soldiers and marines heading off to the vietnam war. graffiti scrawled on the bunks of an old navy transport ship are now on display. >> reporter: half a century ago, young men, some still in their teens, boarded transport ships like the walker and set sail for vietnam. jerry barker remembers the trip like it was yesterday. >> what was the journey on the walker like for you? >> long. it was long and boring, i remember. you stayed up on the deck and played cards. >> during the 20 days on the walker, they forged life-long friendships,
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thought about the war ahead and the lives left behind. snippets nearly lost forever until they were saved from the sk scrape heap by historians. >> as soon as i saw the underside of the bunks had this wonderful graffiti it blew me away. we went to brownsville, texas and negotiated with the scrap yard owner. he allowed us to pull them. >> the canvass are part of the display at the new york historical society where some of the surviving veterans recently gathered, like tom fay. >> i was a kansas cowboy. i wrote on mine, kansas cowboy and put a heart and tom and gay, married 27 august '66, got to vietnam, 27 august '67. >> the fay's hadn't been married more than a year before he shipped out. as they arrived, the night sky lit up with incoming rockets.
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>> that's when i went down and wrote on my canvas to make sure that -- i guess to have my mark there. >> if you didn't come back. >> yeah. >> reporter: these men shared hell together but it was doodles on old bung bunks that brought back long hidden emotions. >> there's one canvas in particular that was salvaged from that little trip, and i think you might recognize it. so there is the one that you wrote on, brother, in vietnam. >> wow. >> welcome home, brother. >> 51 years together, by golly. she's still my sweetheart. what can i say, but thanks. >> reporter: they fought for their country, they fought for each other, but mainly they fought to come back home. krbs cbs news, new york. that's the overnight news for this monday.
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