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powered lift-away. >> i love this vacuum. >> announcer: and now, through this very special television offer direct from shark, you can own the rotator powered lift-away for just six payments of $49.95. but hold on. call or go online right now, and we'll make one payment for you. that's right. the new shark rotator powered lift-away can be yours for just five payments of only $49.95. when you order, you'll also receive the dusting brush, 12-inch crevice tool, and the pet upholstery tool. but wait, because this deal gets even better. >> i know you're going to love my revolutionary shark rotator powered lift-away, but if you're not happy for any reason, just send it back, and i'll even pay the return shipping. but if you order direct from shark today, i'm going to take my incredible five-year v.i.p. service guarantee and upgrade it, at no charge, to an industry-first lifetime v.i.p. service guarantee. if anything goes wrong for as long as you own the rotator,
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even the shipping costs both ways. you pay absolutely nothing, guaranteed. >> announcer: plus, be one of the first 500 to order, and shark will also give you the rotator canister conversion kit. it transforms the ultimate upright vacuum with lift-away portability into a complete powered canister vacuum for incredible convenience. it's like having three vacuums in one. the canister conversion kit is a $50 value. it's yours free, but only if you're one of the first 500 to order. could this deal get any better? yes! order within the next 16 minutes and you'll also get shark's incredible under appliance wand for getting impossible places incredibly clean. it's the easiest way to tackle the toughest cleaning jobs in your kitchen. but you must act now. >> it just goes right underneath. it fits perfectly. >> that is a cool feature. >> but if that's not enough to convince you, today, i'm also giving away my best-selling shark steam mop for free just for trying my revolutionary
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shark rotator powered lift-away. >> announcer: you get all this, including the lifetime v.i.p. in-home service guarantee, plus the free steam mop. and remember, you get to keep the $100 steam mop even if you return the rotator powered lift-away. shark will even pay the return shipping. with a full 60-day money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose. that's a total value of $520, all yours for just five payments of $49.95. >> and if you're a pet owner, be sure to ask about my true pet model. it comes with a unique cleaning head designed specifically for cleaning up pet hair and dander. you'll also receive the true pet mini motorized brush and the hard floor genie. so if you have a pet, my true pet model is for you. >> announcer: the true pet model also includes the dust-eliminator kit. it's the ultimate set of tools for reaching everywhere pet hair, dander, and mess hides. you'll get the amazing multi-angle dusting brush. and, for those delicate items and fine wood, shark includes the ingenious dusting crevice tool.
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be sure to ask about the true pet model when you call. more reach, more versatility, more performance, more cleaning power. call now. >> something you'll truly love about the new shark rotator powered lift-away is simply this -- what goes inside the rotator stays inside the rotator. >> that's right, amy. the shark rotator powered lift-away's anti-allergen complete seal technology locks in 99.99% of dust and allergens, keeping them in the vacuum and out of the air you and your family breathe. >> and for those people who own pets or have allergies or asthma, especially parents with young children, this is great news. >> because our family has allergies, the most important thing when we have a cleaning system is to make sure that it's
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not kicking out the pollutants back out of the back of the machine. >> it's a very important feature of the shark to be able to am sucking up. my oldest child has allergies, and to be able to get fully underneath her bed, i know she'll be able to sleep better at night. >> announcer: to prove that shark's amazing, patented anti-allergen complete seal technology locks in fine dirt and allergens, we asked everyday people to bring us their own vacuums and let them watch as we ran them through the black-light emissions test. >> i'm a little nervous. >> i'm hoping that my vacuum is actually doing its job. >> oh! what? >> everything that he's vacuuming is pretty much going right in one end and out the other. >> [ gasps ] oh, my god! this is telling me that i have not been removing any dust out of my house at all. >> you know, now, when i think about it, after i would vacuum, i always would sneeze afterwards. this -- this kind of makes sense now. >> for somebody with allergies, i mean, this is horrific.
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these folks the shark rotator powered lift-away with its anti-allergen complete seal technology taking this very same test. >> absolutely nothing's coming out. >> i don't see anything. >> wow. i mean, it's completely encapsulated in the dust cup. >> there's no smoke and mirrors here. we're seeing the real deal. it's -- that is absolutely wonderful. >> there's no doubt in my mind that the shark vacuum -- it does what it says. >> having an excellent vacuum such as one with powerful suction, hepa filtration, and a completely sealed unit absolutely contributes to a healthier indoor environment for one's family. >> announcer: the rotator powered lift-away is a must-have for anyone with allergies, asthma, young children, or pets. and no pet mess is too tough for the shark rotator powered lift-away. with the powered lift-away, you can have motorized brush-rolled cleaning power
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other hand tools are driven only by air and can slow down or even stop under the pressure of cleaning. but the shark mini motorized brush has actual power driving the roller brush, combined with shark's huge suction to pull out the deep-down mess, making the shark rotator powered lift-away the ultimate pet vacuum. >> the suction on the motorized brush is amazing. it takes all the pet hair off. owner. >> this mini motorized brush is fantastic. this is really picking up all the dog hair. can't even see a speck of hair. >> the shark rotator absolutely is the ultimate pet vacuum. >> announcer: there's never been a vacuum that can do what the can do. call or go online right now and the shark rotator powered lift-away can be yours for just five payments of only $49.95. you'll also receive the dusting
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brush, 12-inch crevice tool, and the pet upholstery tool. but wait, because this deal gets even better. when you order, we'll also include a lifetime v.i.p. service guarantee. if anything goes wrong, shark will take care of everything, including any shipping costs both ways. guaranteed. be one of the first 500 to order today, and you'll also get shark's canister conversion kit to turn your rotator powered lift-away into a complete canister vacuum for ultra-convenience. a $50 value, it's yours free if you're one of the first 500 to order today, so don't wait. order within the next 10 minutes, and you'll also get the under appliance wand for getting impossible places incredibly clean. it's free! and if that's not enough to convince you, order right now and shark will also include their best selling steam mop, a $100 value, and it's yours free just for trying the shark rotator powered lift-away. you get all this, including the lifetime v.i.p. in-home service
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guarantee plus the free steam mop. and remember, you get to keep the $100 steam mop even if you return the rotator powered lift-away. shark will even pay the return shipping. with a full 60-day money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose. that's a total value of $520, all yours for just five payments of $49.95. and if you're a pet owner, don't forget to ask about the true pet model that includes the mini motorized brush, the hard floor genie, and the dust-eliminator kit for easy cleanup no matter where pet mess hides. more reach, more versatility, more performance, more cleaning power. call now. >> there is nothing available that can do what my hard floor genie does. it cleans in two ways. first is the straight suction up
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particle pickup, followed by the microfiber pad that literally wipes the floor to remove the finest dust and stuck-on dirt. plus, it's washable, and that saves you money. >> the hard floor genie picked up things immediately. and not only picked it up, it dusted the floor and cleaned the floor at the same time. >> i was able to go around my table, i was able to get up all the dog hair and crumbs. >> i've got the power of a full-size, powerful vacuum, and then i've got that head that is 10 times better than those little swiffer vac, and a pad that can be washed. >> this will basically cut my vacuuming time and my dusting time by half. this is really phenomenal. it's exactly what we need for wood floors. >> announcer: do you ever wonder what the folks who appear on commercials tell their friends after the cameras are turned off? just ask mimi from scottsdale, arizona, who tried the shark rotator a year ago. >> lots of people asked me about the commercial, and really want to know, "did you really mean everything you said?"
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and it's just comforting to know that i can tell my friends, "yeah, this is the vacuum that you want." one friend in particular was my friend michelle. >> so, i got a text from my friend mimi, and she said, "you have to try this new vacuum, and it's the rotator." >> michelle has a very similar family to mine. she has three kids, and she's incredibly busy. >> so i said, "okay, let's give it a try." [ vacuum whirring ] so, the first time i turned on the power lift-away, it was so easy to use and so lightweight, and i love the swivel of the head. and the power of the suction with the vacuum is quite impressive. >> [ laughs ] >> we have a handful of pets. we have three cats. >> she has a small petting zoo. >> thank you. we do. >> three cats, a dog, and two hamsters. so the upkeep, obviously, having a lot of animals, is all the pet hair. one of my favorite attachments is the hard floor genie. i love how the head pivots so it's super easy to get around all the furniture. >> the versatility is what really just blows you out of the
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water. >> it does. >> it's just absolutely amazing. >> it's so impressive. completely changes your view of vacuums. so, as i'm vacuuming my cat tower, it has got caked-on cat hair. and with the rotator, i can put on the motorized brush and all the hair is completely picked up. this rotator is the ultimate pet vacuum. >> what i like about it is that i can feel really, really good about recommending this kind of product. >> it totally exceeded my expectations. now that i have the shark rotator in my life, i could never go back to the old vacuums that i used to use. >> anybody ever asks what kind of vacuum do you have and what should you use, it's... >> oh, yeah. shark. >> it's like, "shark." >> yeah. >> announcer: when it comes to your home's most difficult cleaning challenges, no one listens to their customers more than shark. and shark rises to the challenge with innovative solutions. the under appliance wand, for getting where brooms and traditional attachments can't reach. >> i love the appliance wand. i was never able to get under my stove before.
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>> announcer: the multi-angle dusting brush, for cleaning surfaces high and low. >> well, i'm not pushing any of the dust around. it's getting sucked up by the vacuum. this is working amazing. >> announcer: the pet upholstery tool, for pulling hair, dirt, dander, and dust out of lampshades and fabrics. >> i never though that i could use a vacuum cleaning my curtains. >> announcer: when a vacuum can totally change the way you clean your home, it's easy to see why these shark rotator powered lift-away owners would never want to use anything else. >> you can take my old vacuum. i won't go back. >> this is the new standard for me. >> it's amazing how simple it made cleaning. >> there's no way i could go back to my other vacuum after trying this vacuum. >> i would never go back to a regular vacuum. the shark rotator has definitely exceeded my expectations. it's easy to use, the tools are awesome, it's lightweight. i'm able to get in places that i've never been able to get into before. i want to be able to clean every surface of this house so that
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my kids, and the shark rotator has allowed me to do that. >> announcer: the shark rotator powered lift-away is the total transformation of the upright vacuum, delivering incredible deep-carpet cleaning, and now even more suction at the hose than dyson's top-of-the-line cinetic big ball, plus the ability to go places the big ball can't, all at less than half the price. once people experience cleaning with the rotator powered lift-away, no other vacuum will do. >> the shark rotator has changed the way i clean my home. there's no way i'd go back. >> i can't see using anything else. >> i cannot imagine going back to a vacuum that doesn't have powered lift-away. >> i love this vacuum. >> announcer: and now, through this very special television offer direct from shark, you can own the rotator powered lift-away for just six payments of $49.95. but hold on. call or go online right now, and we'll make one payment for you. that's right. the new shark rotator powered lift-away can be yours for just five payments of only $49.95. when you order, you'll also
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receive the dusting brush, 12-inch crevice tool, and the pet upholstery tool. but wait, because this deal gets even better. >> i know you're going to love my revolutionary shark rotator powered lift-away, but if you're not happy for any reason, just send it back, and i'll even pay the return shipping. but if you order direct from shark today, i'm going to take my incredible five-year v.i.p. service guarantee and upgrade it, at no charge, to an industry-first lifetime v.i.p. service guarantee. if anything goes wrong for as long as you own the rotator, we'll take care of everything, even the shipping costs both ways. you pay absolutely nothing, guaranteed. >> announcer: plus, be one of the first 500 to order, and shark will also give you the rotator canister conversion kit. it transforms the ultimate upright vacuum with lift-away portability into a complete powered canister vacuum for incredible convenience. in one. the canister conversion kit is
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a $50 value. it's yours free, but only if order. could this deal get any better? yes! order within the next 4 minutes and you'll also get shark's incredible under appliance wand for getting impossible places incredibly clean. it's the easiest way to tackle the toughest cleaning jobs in your kitchen. but you must act now. >> it just goes right underneath. it fits perfectly. >> that is a cool feature. >> but if that's not enough to convince you, today, i'm also giving away my best-selling shark steam mop for free just for trying my revolutionary shark rotator powered lift-away. >> announcer: you get all this, including the lifetime v.i.p. in-home service guarantee, plus the free steam mop. and remember, you get to keep the $100 steam mop even if you return the rotator powered lift-away. shark will even pay the return shipping. with a full 60-day money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose. that's a total value of $520, all yours for just five payments
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of $49.95. >> and if you're a pet owner, be sure to ask about my true pet model. it comes with a unique cleaning head designed specifically for cleaning up pet hair and dander. you'll also receive the true pet mini motorized brush and the hard floor genie. so if you have a pet, my true pet model is for you. >> announcer: the true pet model also includes the dust-eliminator kit. it's the ultimate set of tools for reaching everywhere pet hair, dander, and mess hides. you'll get the amazing multi-angle dusting brush. and, for those delicate items and fine wood, shark includes the ingenious dusting crevice tool. be sure to ask about the true pet model when you call. more reach, more versatility, more performance, more cleaning power.
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her flag, her culture and her ideals. >> translator: the trip will be part of his artistic record forever. >> reporter: for decade the musicians were little known outside cuba. until the 1990s when the buen vista social club album made them a worldwide sensation. that inspired an academy award nominated documentary. and soon many band members had found fame in their 70s and 80s. >> i look to sing. >> reporter: they see hope in the thaw between two cold war foes. do you think that relations between the u.s. and cuba are getting better? >> a day will come when everyone will be able to sit down and eat at the same table. that gets a laugh from omara who says her band mate speaks the
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their final song was the spanish version of "perhaps, perhaps, perhaps" a song made popular by nat king cole. >> i knew nat king cole? >> you knew him? >> yes, in cuba. we sang with nat king cole and other singers. he sang in cuba "perhaps, perhaps, perhaps." perhaps, perhaps -- i can't hear you >> reporter: and perhaps has never been promising. perhaps, perhaps margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning
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york city, i'm scott pelley. welcome to the "cbs overnight news." a woman charged with beater her son to death inside a church in upstate new york claims she was powerless to stop the attack. the lawyer for deborah leonard said it started as an out of control. six members of the word of life christian church remain behind bars. the mother and father charged with manslaughter. michelle miller reports from outside the church in chadwiks, new york. >> reporter: people around here say church members mostly kept to themselves, were secretive,
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well investigators say the sunday's deadly assault began when the two brothers met with other church members for what was described as a "counseling session." photos taken inside the church the day after the deadly beating offer a rare glimpse inside the guarded building. police say on sunday night, 19-year-old lucas leonard and 17-year-old brother christopher sat down for a spiritual counseling session at the word of life christian church. at some point, the meeting became physical. >> both brothers were continually subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours. in the hopes each would confess their prior sins and ask for forgiveness. >> reporter: monday, lucas' family drove him to the hospital when they realized he wasn't breathing.
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he died that afternoon. investigators later found his younger brother, still inside the church. he was taken to the hospital. police say both brothers suffered blunt force trauma and had injuries to their stomachs, backs, thighs and genitals. during the church. investigators also found several other children who appear to be unharmed. the boys' parents. bruce and deborah leopard are faces charges of first degree manslaughter. four additional people including the victims' sister ear charged with second degree assault. devin garrimore is deborah leonard's attorney. >> apparently part of a church-related discipline being imposed on her two boys. i don't think it was her idea. >> reporter: what were they being disciplined for? >> that i can't say. >> you can't see in. only see lights on. all the windows are all boarded up. >> neighbors say church members tried to recruit them in the past. >> we always joked around and said they were a cult. which now we are believing that they probably were.
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next door for ten years. she says congregation members were nice but strange. the men wore long dark cloak and she would hear chanting. >> i don't know itch they were speaking in tongues. i'm not sure. it was not english. not any reconizable language that i could distinguish. >> reporter: the group's secrecy raised eyebrows in the tight-knit community. >> no one was every loud in you just couldn't get. in zimbabwe, a postponement in the trial of the man who led he could face ten years in prison for allegedly luring cecil out of a protected park where she was shot with a cross bow. cecil ran away, found the next
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deborah patta had the story. >> tourists flock to victoria falls. one man missing today at the magistrate court, walter palmer, the minnesota dentist who shot and killed cecil the lion. all charges have been dropped against him. but the man who led the hunt is still being prosecuted. hiding behind dark glasses and a cap, theo arrived at the court and sat in his car anxiously awaiting for proceedings to begin. turning his head from the camera he told us he had done nothing wrong. he claims he had a legal permit and would be vindicated in court. >> well i guess i shot a famous lion. >> reporter: the famous lion the iconic star attraction up the national park. the rare, black maned cecil. he believes he is the fall guy. >> there are many lions shot every year. as the far as my way, there were five shot this year alone. >> reporter: he broke down as he told us his life had been
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>> will it destroyed us, eh. it destroyed the family. my business. you know, we employ a lot of people. and they are all on halftime now. i guess each families say porting six or more dependents. >> reporter: zimbabwean officials insist it was unlawful. illegal hunting is not often prosecuted. but collared cecil as part of an oxford study. was convinced because of the international outrage surrounding the case it would be different this time. like many here, surprised charges were dropped against palmer. >> i really thought this was going to be an example to other people that have done this before who would do it in the future. so very disappointed we are not going to see justice. >> reporter: he said that the charges were dropped against palmer proves his innocence. he will have to wait longer to have his day in court. his case has been postponed yet again until next week. former pro basketball player and reality tv star, lamar odom remains on life support in a nevada hospital. found unconscious in a brothel over the weekend.
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kevin frasier has the latest. >> reporter: according to a source inside the hospital close to the family that i spoke with yesterday, there were small improvements for lamar odom. he squeezed kim kardashian's hand. briefly opened his eyes. understand this he is a long way from being out of the wood and heap is fighting for his life. >> reporter: the first 911 call came in around 3:15 p.m. nevada time, tuesday. from a female employee of the love ranch. where lamar odom had been a guest since saturday. another male caller told operators about drugs he says odom had been taking. >> apparently had cocaine on
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him. pretty much, he did this on saturday. >> as far as you know there is no cocaine since saturday. >> that is correct. >> reporter: the caller said odom was taking large amounts of reload, sexual enhancement drug, the fda warns could be dangerous medications. the owner of the love ranch. >> they said roll him on his he started throwing up a lot. allowed into the room at the brothel where odom was discovered. >> the police looked through this things. they didn't tell us they found anything. >> reporter: the nye county sheriff confirms a search warpt was executed for a sample of former lacquer teammates. kobe bryant and trevor ariza family and friend have kept a constant vigil and check on lamar. one thing they're hold. talk to him. he can hear you. come out of the coma.
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it's what you do. there is new video tonight of perhaps the greatest prison break in modern times. notorious drug kingpin el chapo joaquin g of the -- guzman. under his cell. the new video shows guzman turning up the sound on his tv before loud jack hammers heard in the background i was his men chiseling away through the floor of his shower. none of the guard paid any attention. minutes later, guzman was gone. bill whitaker took a look at the escape for "60 minutes." >> gets arrested for the second time. knowing he escaped once before. goes to prison and is able to escape a second time.
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that's something like, no other criminal in history you will be able to find. >> reporter: until he retired last year, jim dinkins was head of homeland security investigations. part of the international manhunt for el chapo more than a decade. >> he was literally in a well-fortified, constructed prison, designed to prevent such an escape. >> maximum security prison in mexico. >> designed to penetrate people from coming frumg air or land. they didn't anticipate underground. >> reporter: that's exactly what he did. almost from the moment he was delivered here to altiplano prison in february, 2014. a construction crew from his cartel began digging a tunnel to free him. the wall here are as much as 3 feet thick. the airspace above is restricted. cell phones, prison officials say they're jammed for miles around. but none of that made a difference. from all most a mile away,
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cinder block structure in a farmer's field, chapo's men dug down three stories. and then they burrowed 4,921 feet straight toward altiplano. a massive construction project have masked the is not of the underground activity. the tunnel went under the prison wall and beneath the plumbing and with pinpoint accuracy, it emerged directly into the shower stall of guzman's ground level cell. >> very difficult to navigate underground. point a to point b with minor deviations if any. and that is an engineering marvel. >> how difficult? >> very, very difficult. when the boss is behind prison. put your best team and foot forward. they did. >> at 8:52, saturday july 11th. he ducks into a shower cell
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the only place hidden from security cameras. and then he disappears. he climbed down into the tunnel, and climbed atop ape motorcycle. especially rigged on rail tracks to speed him to freedom. by the time the alarm sounded and a search began, guzman had vanished into the night. when mexican agents located the cinder block structure where the escape tunnel began. the construction crew was also long gone. leaving behind tools. jen rater, oxygen tanks. jig saw and car batteries. >> what was your reaction when you heard el chappo escaped? >> disappointed not shocked. >> chuck rosen becker is head of the u.s. drug enforcement administration. >> he was in a maximum security prison? >> escaped previously in 2001. it had happened before. we knew, we knew, he had
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intended to dupe it again. >> you knew he was planning to do it again? >> we knew he and his folks wanted to break him out we had general chatter, a year before he broke out a second time. what they hoped to do. there was nothing in that information we had. about tunnels. >> he is a notorious tunnel manufacturer. >> tunnel king. >> the tunnel king. >> he is responsible for more sophisticated tunnels. any body in the history of drug trafficking in mexico. some what ironic he was able to escape using one of the techniques he perfected over the last decade plus. >> reporter: ironic, but not terribly surprising. during the last manhunt for el chapo, pursuers discovered this. >> the tub.
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>> tunnel entrance in the plumbing. in this case beneath the tub. >> that's amazing. >> reporter: chapo devised smuggling methods. he packed drugs into fake cucumbers and bananas and mixed them with real shipments of produce. the thing he worked hardest on was making sure he could always get away. guzman was the first mexican drug trafficker to hierarch tekts and mining engineers to build elaborate super tunnels. complete with vent lax system. electricity and railways to ferry drugs under the u.s./mexico border. mexican authorities led us to a tunnel they found unfinished and just short of the border fence in tijuana. this tunnel was discovered just
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a couple weeks after the great escape. his cartel wasn't just focused on building his escape tunnel. continued building the drug tunnels at the same time. the border between san diego and tijuana is one of the busiest international commercial jones in the world. you've will see ate staetd streams passing north and south. what you can't see is that beneath one four mile stretch of this border it is crisscrossed with dozens of smuggling tunnels. why? because this industrial part of tijuana is across the fence of acres of warehouses in the u.s. drug smugglers, dig down in a building over here. pop up in a warehouse inthe u.s. couple of hundred yard away. this is where el chapo's cartel, honed its tunnelling technique. >> when did el chapo first start digging tunnels here in the area. on record the first tunnel in 2010. >> gentlemen dimigglio., chief of the san diego task forcing, made up of agents from homeland security. border patrol. and dea. the task force was established
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threat to national security. >> down this road, there has been multiple tunnels found in warehouses here. >> how far is this? >> 1,400 feet. >> most tunnels are twice that length. >> what makes the area so appealing to them? >> just the infrastructure on beth side of the border. you know, and, in tijuana. you have all the commercial businesses there. import. export. just the warehouses there doing legitimate business. it is easy to conceal an illegitimate business within the warehouses. like looking for a needle in a hey stack. >> how much does it cost them off to build one of the tunnels? >> estimate the it costs the cartel $1 million to $2 million. if they have one successful push through of narcotics they paid for the tunnel and then some. >> one load gets through.
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not just one kilo. talking tons of narcotics going through. >> led of marijuana for example could be worth as much as $5 million to $6 million. smugglers use the tunnels to move ware na, because it is too to transport over land. >> the team took us down into one of el chapo's closed subterranean passage ways. dug through the clay-like soil >> you can see bill's full
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phillipe petit, redefined the high wire act in 1974 in the sky above new york city. his death defying stroll between the world trade center towers is dramatized in the new movie the walk. phillipe petit sat down to discuss the day with anthony mason. >> welcome to new york. anything to declare. >> i will hang a high wire between the two towers of the world trade center and walk on it. >> good luck. >> reporter: but that is exactly what felipe petite did on an otherwise ordinary day in 1974. >> there is somebody out there on a tightrope between the
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at the tippy top. >> reporter: for nearly an hour, quarter mile above manhattan, the 24-year-old frenchman, walked, even danced on a steel cable, strung between the twin towers of the newly constructed world trade center. >> please tell me for a moment you were nervous that morning? >> i am never nervous before a performance. first i cannot afford to be the i always put myself on the wire, departure, with a feeling that is both mental and physical. the feeling of -- >> petite planned the caper more than six years and made a trial walk some years before. sneaking a cable between the spiers of the cathedral of notre dame in paris. but the tower walk was such an audacious feat that even the police who tried to coax him off the wire, were captivated. >> i personally figured i was watching something that somebody would never see again in the world. >> reporter: a consultant on the
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gordon leavitt in the art of wire walking the film's achievement is re-creating through 3-d and cgi an event only captured in still images that day. >> the viewer in the film gets to look at everything around them. were you seeing all of that? >> no, no. and there is a beautiful scene, beautiful treatment of the moment. by the director just as i am step on the wire. the whole world does not exist. only a wire was there in my mind. he managed to show that by having fog invade the screen then we see a wire, walking into infinity, when i step on it, the fog diminishes and we wake up in new york on the wire. in the beginning it was simplistic, block the world and
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so this is a lifetime of trying to find what i call the open focus that is completely closed and completely open. >> that's very interesting. you sort of have to be both in a way. >> i have to be both. >> after the tower walk petite continue to perform, above the ground and on it. here, juggling for tips back in 1984. now 66, petite occasionally walks the wire. at new york's cathedral of st. john the divine. he holds frequent creativity >> i want to try to share with possible. speaker. >> improvization is empowering. it welcomes the unknown. >> his legacy will forever be linked to that one bold act. made all the more resonant by the absence of his partners in crime, the twin towers. >> my life, when i look over my shoulder, though i am not at the end of the line. 66 years old. not in the middle either the i
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some businesses in an upscale washington, d.c. neighborhood are accused of racial profiling through a mobile app. shop keepers using a messaging service to alert each other and the police about people who are acting suspiciously. but the vast majority of the reports are about black customers. the report from georgetown. >> reporter: in trendy georgetown, store owners will tell you shoplifting is part of the cost of doing business. keisha green works at elite. >> the people that are like a shoplifter they come in all the time. go to the same item. get the feel of the store. >> reporter: in 60 day as loan, police recorded more than 120
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theft in the heart of georgetown. to counter crime businesses are using an app, groupme. works look a private chat room. 380 members include merchants, employees, community leaders and on duty police officers send descriptions and pictures of customers acting suspiciously. recent posts include african-american female, late 20. just stole from lacoste, need some one asap. person walking out, black male. >> we are all pretty alarmed by it. >> reporter: peter murray, reporter for the georgetowner newspaper was unsettled by what he saw. >> a glance at the app you see rashl bias. >> reporter: murray found from march 1 to july 5 of this year, 330 people were identified in messages warning of suspicious or criminal activity. of those, 72% were described as african-americans. >> not only was there this jump to conclusion somebody has committed a crime because they're suspicious or wearing a
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certain thing or have a certain hair style. but also the people who are texting each other are sort of reveling in this game of following people around and saying they're suspicious. >> any idea what percentage of those identified as african-american are arrested? >> i would say very small percentage. less than 5%. >> reporter: joe sternly runs georgetown business improvement district which started the neighborhood groupme. he pushes back at the notion it is profiling. >> somebody posts something that is inappropriate, the group, our staff goes out, meets with the person, retrains them, makes sure they're comfortable with the rules and can abide. if they don't. we kick them off. >> one or two people have been kicked out of the group for racial profiling. originally, police here endorsed the use of the app. but yesterday when we asked metropolitan, pd, would not comment. groupme wouldn't comment either. that's the "cbs overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning.
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