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growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. "i thought all asians were good at math." "you all look the same to me." "no, where are you really from?" "9/11 was your fault." "how do you see out of such small eyes?" "go back to your country." i guess i wish that people knew... we are not all the same. we are not all the same. we are not all the same.
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the president does have five days to decide whether to make public a classified memo on the russia investigation. the republican majority on the house intelligence committee voted yesterday to release it. the memo written by republicans and based on classified intelligence, alleges the fbi and the justice department, engaged in surveillance abuses against members of the trump campaign. more on this now from jeff pegues. >> there may have been malfeasance by people at the fbi. >> today house speaker paul ryan brushed off question as the but whether republicans are intentionally railroading the investigation. >> there are legitimate
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questions whether american -- >> democrats responded angrily. >> i've don't know if this is some kind of sick game. >> for now the bitter partisan divide is threatened to side track the committee's investigation into whether the trump campaign coordinated with russian operatives during the 2016 election. >> russia, if you are listening. >> the four-page classified republican memo was voted out of the house intelligence committee along party lines. the document alleges surveillance abuses by the fbi on members of the trump campaign in 2016. democrats have written their own 10-page memo to counter house republicans claims. >> isn't transparency a good thing. >> transparency is a good thing. this is a document hiding underlying materials. >> ranking democart on the committee says republicans are trying to undermine the special
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counsel russia probe. >> there is a real fear as mueller gets closer to inner circle of the white house they throw up more and more by way of distraction. >> the president has five days to review the document. already white house officials have signaled that mr. trump wants it released. and there are concerns that could jeopardize national security by exposing sources and methods. last week the justice department warned that making that document public, would be extraordinarily reckless. jeff. >> jeff pegues with the latest on the memo. jeff, thank you. the audience in the house gallery women clued a school teacher, guest of new mexico senator, and a dreamer brought to the u.s. illegally as a child. and manuel bojorquez visited her classroom in albuquerque. >> what makes an ideal community member? >> reporter: this 27-year-old teaches at the high school in albuquerque. >> hey. >> recently named new mexico's teacher of the year. but was brought into the country
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illegally by her parents from mexico when she was 123 a daca recipient one of 9,000 undocumented teachers working across the united states. talking about immigration is sometimes part of the lesson plan. how often are the conversations happening? >> you know, most of what we do in the classroom is very academic. it is not an everyday thing. but, when they do happen, i like to make sure that, that we do have a safe space. where students can express all of the things that they're carrying in their hearts. >> we joined her sixth period class to see what that looks like? >> we are going to focus on the topic of immigration in our community. how does it affect your every day life? what does it look like for you personally?
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>> when i was younger, i didn't recognize immigration as a big issue. black and white. just illegal. >> i am an immigrant myself. next month i have to miss school for like i don't know how long because i am in the process of beg a citizen. i have to go to mexico and do an interview and stuff. i basically have to wait there until they approve so i can come back. >> it is really -- stressful. because, i consider my friends as family. and knowing that they can be taken from school or home, like, scares me. >> my mom and my dad were being threatened of getting deported. i remember my mom she came up to me and said, um, could you write a letter on the back of this saying how much -- you want us to be a family. at the time i didn't know what it was going to be used for.
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i did it anyway. but, no, it was like -- it was for court. she wanted to show it to the court to be like, please don't break up my family. now, that i look back on it. it's really hard thinking of how close it could have been. to losing both of my parents. >> around this time last year my own father was deported. it was -- the worst thing in the world to see. to be at the airport when he had to leave. he now lives in -- i'm sorry, he lives in monterey with his parents and haven't been able to see them in two years. it's just really hard to know that other people around me can be taken as easily as he was. especially my own teacher. >> i just want to say that the space you guys have created in this class, i just so appreciate
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it. >> reporter: what about parents out there who see this and think, you're injecting politics into the classroom? >> the parents here at my school have been incredibly supportive. often teachers are, are, seen as people who should be, objective and only here for the academics, right? my classroom is a space where students can freely express themselves and also, explore all of these really hot topic issues. >> but people will are gu that some immigrants might not be -- in the best interest of the country. and that extending legal status to some one like you is essentially saying, hey, come in, legally or not. >> most people that are here working as immigrants, you know they're just, really contributing to their communities. we are teachers. we are doctors. we are the people that, are
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giving back to our communities every single day. >> manuel bojorquez is albuquerque tonight. the daca status expires in less than a year if if the isn't extended she likely will not be able to continue teaching. now, our evening news feed. texas governor, ordered a criminal investigation to dave into claims that former dr. larry nassar abused gymnasts at the ranch near houston. owned by bela and marta karolyi. and once hosted training camps. >> more fallout from the mistaken missal letter that caused panic in hype high. state emergency management administrator resigned. the worker who sent out the false alarm was fired. he told federal investigator he's did not hear the words exercise, exercise on a recording announcing the drill. so he thought it was the real thing. >> fema will end food and water aid for puerto rico tomorrow. in the four months, the agency provided more than 17 million gallons of bottled walter and nearly 60 million meals. 20% of the island remains without power.
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this could shake up the health insurance industry in a big way. three high profile companies, amazon, berkshire hathaway, jp morgan chase joining forces to provide health care to employees. cbs news bill analyst is following this, why are they doing this? >> with health care take up an increasing portion of company benefits. businesses have a vested interest in keeping costs down and keeping their employees healthy. health care spending accounts for 1% of the economy. up from 7%, 46 years age out of pocket costs nearly doubled during that time. and, health insurance premium increases have far outpaced wage growth. the three companies will try to contain costs. in essence try to kill off what warren buffett called the hungry tapeworm on the american
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economy. >> the big question, jill, how exactly do you do this? >> there are scant details. but they point to leveraging technology and the power of their one million employees to provide simplified health care at reasonable cost. and this new health care come of pane would run as a service to employees without the need to generate a profit. that would be bad news for pharmacy benefit managers, big chains, drug distributors and health insurance come faenz which plunged 3 to nearly 7% on the announcement. clearly investors are worried amazon is about to disrupt yet another business. >> with what could be a huge change in the future of health care. thanks. >> sure. >> still ahead here tonight, a would-be passenger runs afoul of an airline. make every day va'y with k-y yours and mine. blue for him. purple for her. two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together.
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finally tonight the moon is about to put on a show. the likes of which have not been seen in well over a century. here is john black stone. >> reporter: a full moon often a sight to behold.
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early tomorrow morning, lunar events last seen in the united states in 166. >> the big show is to watch the shadow of the earth advancing across the surface of the full moon. >> but that lunar eclipse is part of the show. the moon will pass closely to earth. appearing both bigger and brighter. called a super moon. it is also a blue moon. the second full moon of the month. >> this blue moon is going to be red. just to make things interesting. >> red because the earth's shadow will turn the moon a rust color called the blood moon. together it is a grand slam, known as the a super blue blood moon. >> ultimate lineup. right. you got a whole planet leaned up with it. >> photographer tim mcmannis can seem obsessed. >> you are stalking the moon? >> pretty much. >> he waits to capture the moon near a san francisco landmark.
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he has a situation in mind. >> there will be san francisco iconic imagines in it. >> something for everyone in the super blue blood moon. scientists will measure what happens when the earth's shadow blocks the sun. the temperature on the moon's surface drops suddenly. >> by watching the temperature changes. we can actually make some assessment of the different types of material that well have in different areas of the moon. >> reporter: in the united states, only those in the west will see the super blue blood moon. but for everyone else, tim mcmannis photographs to show any full moon almost as magical. >> that's the "overnight news" for wednesday. for some the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from our nation's capital, i'm jeff glor.
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hi, welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. upbeat president trump went before a joint session of congress to deliver his first state of the union addressed. touting the first year in office, falling unemployment rate and soaring stock market. laid out an ambitious agenda for the year ahead. here's some of what the president had to say. >> less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes, and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action.
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a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land. each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission. to make america great again for all americans. tonight, i want to talk about what kind of future we are going to have and what kind of a nation we are going to be. all of us together as one team, one people, and one american family, can do anything. we all share the same home, the same heart, the same destiny, and the same great american flag. we have ended the war on american energy and we have ended the war on beautiful,
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clean coal. one of my greatest priorities is to reduce the price of prescription drugs. tonight i am calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion dollars for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs. every federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with state and local governments and where appropriate, tapping into private sector investment to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit. we can do it. over the next few weeks, the house and senate will be voting on an immigration reform package.
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in recent months, my administration has met extensively with both democrats and republicans to craft a bipartisan approach to immigration reform. based on these discussions, we presented congress with a detailed proposal that should be supported by both parties as a fair compromise. one where nobody gets everything they want but where our country gets the critical reforms it needs and must have. the first pillar of our framework generously offers a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who were brought here by their parents at a young age. that covers almost three times more people than the previous administration covered. the second pillar fully secured the border.
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that means building a great wall on the southern border and means hiring more heroes like cj to keep our communities safe. crucially our plan closes the terrible loopholes exploited buy criminals and terrorists who enter our country and it finally ends the horrible and dangerous practice of catch and release. the third pillar ends the visa lottery, a program that randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit or the safety of american people. it's time to begin moving toward a merit based immigration system. one that admits people who are skilled, who want to work, who will contribute to our society and who will love and respect our country.
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the fourth and final pillar protects the nuclear family by ending chain migration. under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. under our plan, we focus on the immediate family, by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. as we rebuild america's strength and confidence at home, we are also restoring our strength and standing abroad. around the world, we face rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and rivals like china and russia, that challenge our interests, our economy, and our values. in confronting these horrible
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dangers, we know that weakness is the surest path to conflict. and unmatched power is the surest means to our true and great defense. for this reason, i am asking congress to end the dangerous defense sequester and fully fund our great military. terrorist whose do things like place bombs in civilian hospitals are evil. when possible, we have no choice but to annihilate them. we must be able to detain and question them. we must be clear, terrorists are not merely criminals, they are unlawful enemy combatants. so today i am keeping another promise. i just signed, prior to walking in, an order directing secretary mattis to re-examine our military detention policy and to
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keep open the detention facilities in guantanamo bay. the people dreamed this country. the people built this country. and it is the people who are making america great again. our families will thrive. our people will prosper. and our nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and free. thank you. and god bless america. good night. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. 50 years ago today the war
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50 years ago today the war in vietnam took a turn with the start of the tet offensive. soldiers used the local new year to launch attacks on cities and towns throughout south vietnam. the center of the offensive was a front line city. david martin picks up the tale. >> reporter: the 26-day battle was fought street by street, house by house, room by room. 216 american troops were killed. and another 1300 wounded. >> many are hurting real bad right now. we lost second platoon. and we lost a lot of people.
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>> 10,000 north vietnamese and viet cong seized it at the start of the tet offensive. >> one tin roof stick up. >> if there is anything close to hell -- it had to be wei. >> that's the voice of sergeant bob toms, wounded six times, but still alive today. in this photo he is leading an assault on a tower then me was using to shoot down on american troops. the night before he had joined his marines in prayer. >> everybody held hand. this was our prayer. good we know we are about to see you in person. if we have got to die in this tower, let us die like men, marines, don't embarrass ourselves or families or marine corps.
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amen. >> one of the images in the exhibit are the first 12 men that went up the tower. and -- within, within, 30 second, five of them were injured. >> john olsen, a 20-year-old army photographer took the extra ordinary photos including this sequence. a wounded marine is in agony. wrapped in a blanket. he whispers the lrd's prayer as his life slips away. another wound mad reason stand guard. later, a chaplain administers last rites. >> it was a totally new combat experience for all the men. they had never been in the house to house fighting before. olsen's photos are on exhibit at washington, d.c. to mark the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive. if you had to choose the most important event of the vietnam war, it certainly would be the tet offensive. it changed how people looked at the war and doing so it changed the war itself. >> walter cronkite, america's most frused news man went to wey, longest, bloodiest battle of tet. awe haufg to undergo, small
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arms, mortar fires. >> came become to tell the public the war could not be one. >> for it seems now more certain that ever, the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stale mate. >> nothing delivered that message more vividly than olsen's photo of wounded marines being carried out of wei on a tank. what i see when i look at the photo today -- are seven, 18, 19, 20-year-old kids. badly wounded. it's painful to look at. >> the shirtless figure is an 18-year-old marine shot through the chest. a symbol of american innocence shredded by the reality of vietnam. i remember, well. >> his name is a.b. grantham, now 68 years old having come as
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close to death as possible to come. >> it was, what we call a sunken chest wound. hilt the breast bone. went through the right side. and exited under my shoulder blade. >> was it painful? >> very much. very hot. >> how did they stop the bleeding? >> bleeding was not the main problem to begin with. it was the breathing. i couldn't breathe because the i had a holen my chest. >> how close did you come? >> didn't thing it could have gotten any closer. they've had, zipped me up into a body bag. and, and, i remember, somebody saying, this one is not dead yet. and lo and behold. they got me out. and i made it. >> none of the marines on the tank were identified and that was fine with grantham who didn't want people to know he had been to hell and back. >> tried to hide back into society. and just fade away. you know? and be -- be look everybody else.
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and have a -- a nice, normal life. but it didn't, it didn't last. the war has a way of -- rearing its ugly head from time to time. once you, once you, once you learned something, it's hard to unlearn it. >> what did you learn? >> i learned, that, that, humanity can be very cruel to each other. >> diagnosed with severe and chronic ptsd, for 29 of 50 years has been in therapy and doesn't go anywhere without his service dog, bo. >> there was a lot of memories. nightmares, a lot of resentment to, to, to, what had happened to us. what, what, we were put through. >> the vietnam war still rears its ugly head.
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but he is hiding no longer. >> dr. katz. >> 50 years after teteu. marine on the tank says team to see the war more clearly. >> i'm hoping that, that the public can embrace the war now. and they can learn exactly what happened and what went on and -- and that -- that we had many, many, many heroes. that didn't come back with us. from over there alive. and black clothes from white marks still with 48 hour sweat protection. try degree ultraclear black + white it won't let you down a little to the left.
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latest fitness trend involves barnyard animals. goat yoga. >> typical sunday at laughing frog yoga studio in santa monica, california. yoga enthusiasts are lined up. mats in hand, ready to go. >> good to go. >> but this particular class can't start until 2 of the most adorable participants show up. come on, guys. >> floyd and rosco. >> want to do yoga. >> really funny creatures. they're affection that. social. >> but the thing that, that is really neat about goats. is that they, they seem to bring out the best in people. >> tap the toes.
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>> michelle trenton is floyd and rosco's mom. >> people have a good time with them. they say things like this is the best day of my livment can't remember the last time i smiled this big. it is look they make people feel good. >> the goats have no boundaries. they'll do anything. >> and, she means anything. >> yes, yes, i believe is very lucky. so hopefully going to win the lottery this week. and just, something good is going to happen. >> if yoga is all about breathing, then, goat yoga might be all about laughter. now, goat yoga seem look something they would have invented in southern california. but it actually got its start in 2016, all most a thousand miles to the north. so this is where the magic happens as they say? >> it is. >> in the central oregon town of albany. >> i had been at a point in my life where, it was really a mess.
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going through a divorce. got diagnosed with the disease. i would come home every day. spend time with the goats. and it is impossible to be sad and depressed when you have boats around you. >> hi, guys. >> lany morris started offering this goat therapy to others. hosting gold happy hours where people could come, hang out with the goats. that, that led to a conversation with a friend. who, it just so happens, is a yoga instructor. >> the goats are all around us. she is look you should really let me have a yoga class out here. i said okay, the goats are going to be all over the humans. you know this, right. she was like, cool. >> the idea took off immediately. >> thousand of people were, lining up to do these classes. and, you know at the end. i had like 2400 people on this wait list to do goat yoga.
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>> in fact it proved so popular. that morse quit her marketing job to run goat yoga full time. >> i have big and small, old, young. people who have never tried yoga before coming to the classes. >> there is no denying, that, more and more people, are seeing goats less and less. as just live stock. and goats looking cute. making silly sound. >> yeah. >> seem to be popping up everywhere. from the country music award. >> look everybody else in nashville. caught up in the biggest workout craze this year. >> get yoga. >> to youtube. >> look at that body. >> front and center. thanks in part -- to leeann lauracella. working as a corporate event planner. got two baby goats on a win. >> ansel, the king. queen of the herd. first two rescues. what surprised me about being a goat owner was how much i liked it.
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working outside. with, with, goat poop and hay and straw and the more time that i spent cleaning stalls, the less that i wanted to go back to the city and go to work. so i took the plunge. and, quit my job with, with zero plans. on my first day of unemployment, instagram featured one of my photos on their home page. i got like 30,000 followers within a few hours. i took it as a sign i was on the right track. >> today, her full time job is caring for the goats of an arcy. her instagram famous herd of mostly disabled goats. from her home, in rural new jersey. >> luckily because of social media, people are finding out there is crazy goat lady. in new jersey that will take your, your, goat with no legs. >> are you okay with us putting that message out on cbs. there is a crazy goat lady in new jersey that will take your special needs goat. >> sure. >> if there is an especially
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legendary goat. sort of the kim kardashian, it would have to be poly, a blind goat according to her, suffered from anxiety attacks. unless it was wearing a duck costume. yes, polly's story ises subject of a kid's book. and it took her a while but even lauracella embraced goat yoga at her farm. at least her version of it. >> we use full sized goats. we don't use baby goats. this is yoga at your own risk. >> a risk i was willing to take. >> open through the heart space. lift the tail bone. shift forward. in the barn that started it all in albany, oregon. >> kiss your goat. >> ha-ha. >> it was fun. and, actually, a little harder than it looks. but with all of the adorable distractions. take a goat break. >> take a goat break. and reach the arms up overhead. the petting break over got back to the session. before wrapping things up in the
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we end this half-hour with a story of undying love. that steve hartman found on the road. six days a week, for years, retired mechanic, clarence pervis had lunch with his wife in reidsville, georgia. we are here today because he still does. although, caroline died four years ago. she remains his lunch date. >> she is a perfect wife. if there had ever been one. no one loved one another more than we loved one another. everybody said that. >> they were unbelievable. you could tell they adrd each other. >> nice seeing you too. >> restaurant owner, joyce james wasn't surprised in the least when clarence started showing up with the picture. which is really just a small part of his all day devotion. each morning begins with the trip to the cemetery. >> hey, baby. back again.
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>> where at ripe old age of 93, clarence gets down on bended knee to give his wife her morning kiss. >> baby i wish you could go home with me. you know, trade places with you. lord willing, wouldn't he. >> before the sun sets he will be back here again at least four more times. >> i'll be back. >> just to check on her. >> in between visits he basks in the memories of their 64 year marriage. >> posters. his house like a monument to their love. complete with an eternal flame of sorts. >> that light turned on. ain't never been turned off. whenever, we will be. >> outside of the taj mahal you will not find ape more convincing testament to true love than this home. outside of a shakespeare sonnet you won't hear a love pole than her picture on her pillow. can't figure out if this is a really sad story or really happy story.
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>> happy story. >> tell me why? >> how many people in this world have that much love this day and time. you know. >> she was sweet, still sweet. >> had to agree with joyce. he is happiest when he is talking to her or about her. >> going to give you something. >> whiches why you can't make it to the shrine. he will bring the shine to you. >> never been turned off, since my wife died. keep that. okay. >> today, not a resident in reidville who hasn't been offered a picture of lamp or tombstone stone. not a passer why who doesn't know whatthey missed. >> ain't no other girl for me than her. obviously. no one ever wants to suffer a loss like his. but clarence does offer us something to strive for. the ability to love this. deeply. steve hartman on the road in reidsville, georgia. >> unforgettable love there. the "overnight news" for wednesday. for some the news continues. for others you can check back with us later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco morgan. this is the cbs "overnight news." with jeff glor reporting from the rotunda of the u.s. capitol.
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captioning funded by cbs . it's wednesday, january 31st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. president trump calls for unity in his first state union address. plus it turns out the erroneous missile alert that went out all over hawaii was no

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