coming up tonight on cbs 2 news at 11. have you ever let a utility bill go unpaid? >> i didn't know what to think. i was in shock. >> a local woman in tears after a bill bombshell changed her life forever. her story tonight on cbs 2 news at 11. >> plus up next on the "cbs evening news with scott pelley," authorities announce the first criminal charges in the water contamination crisis in flint, michigan. thanks for joining us here at 6:00. see you at 11. have a good evening. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: flint's water contamination is now a criminal case. three officials are charged with felonies. >> they had a duty to protect the health of families and citizens of flint. they failed. >> pelley: also tonight, the front-runners look forward to the finish line. >> we don't have much of a race

>> and victory is in sight. >> pelley: uncle sam says you have some change coming as women's history gains currency. and the tiny island that is out to save the world. they're not just tilting at windmills. >> definite king of the world moment. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today the first criminal charges were filed in the water debacle in flint, michigan. a poor, mostly black city of 100,000.md\b contaminated drinking water has poisoned children and many others with dangerously high levels of lead. now two state regulators and one city employee have been charged with lying about what they knew. dean reynolds tells us the investigation is not nearly over. >> will you please tell us your name. >> reporter: with the charging of a low level official, flint's water crisis has now turned from

attorney general. >> they failed in their responsibilities to protect the health and safety of families of flint. they failed michigan families. indeed, they failed us all. >> reporter: stephen busch and prysby of the at the present time department of environmental quality and michael prysby glasgow of -- a flint water supervisor, are charged with misconduct and tampering with evidence, allegedly claiming flint's water was safe when they knew it was hazardous. busch and prysby allegedly failed the use the right amount of corrosion controls to keep pipes from leeching lead into flint's water, refusing after they saw lead levels spike, and they're accused of rigging test results by sampling water only after they told residents to run their taps for five minutes or more. glasgow is accused of changing test results to show less lead than was actually found in the water. when it's in the bloodstream,

behavioral problems. as you poured over the evidence against these individuals, did you yourself wonder how they could have done this to other human beings? >> it caused me despair. it causes me anger. i think it causes most people anger and despair. >> reporter: the trouble is tied to flint's money-saving decision the draw water from its local river starting in 2014 instead of the cleaner but more expensive source it had long tapped from detroit. melissa mays lives in flint. how do your children react to this? >> i told them -- their first question was, is it governor snyder. i said, no, he's not on the list. they said, not enough. >> reporter: the attorney general said there will be more charges and in one has been ruled out, not even the governor, who this week pledged to drink water for next 30 days from a flint household to show that when filtered the water is

two of the three facing charges pleaded not guilty this afternoon. the third did not appear in court and is now on administrative leave from his city job. scott, if convicted, they could spend four to 18 years behind bars. >> pelley: dean reynolds reporting tonight. dean, thank you. as you just heard, lead poisoning can damage the brain for life. courts have recognized this by approving settlements that pay out over decades. but tonight in a cbs news investigation, anna werner looks at whether some finance companies have targeted the victims of lead poisoning and left them penniless. >> reporter: 31-year-old crystal linton was exposed to deteriorating lead paint starting at age three. she now suffers from irreversible brain damage. >> i was there for a few years and trouble reading, writing.

>> reporter: a psychologist found she was left functionally illiterate with a fourth grade reading level. her family sued two landlords, eventually settling for $630,000. saul kerpelman was their attorney. >> the reason we're getting a settlement in the first place is they have mental disabilities. >> reporter: so in terms of managing money... >> they're just not competent to do it. >> reporter: to protect her future, the $630,000 was put into something called a structured settlement, where she would get monthly payments over the next 40 years, but then she started getting flyers like these in the mail, offering quick cash from companies including stone street capital of bethesda, maryland. all she had to do was sign some papers and tell a judge why she wanted the money. over the next year and a half, she sold her payments, then valued at $408,000, for $66,000, most of it to stone street

do you feel like you understood -- >> no. report how it worked? >> no. >> reporter: you don't know how you signed away your money essentially? >> no. >> reporter: and just like, that her money was gone. >> it hurts. it hurts. >> it's impossible that she was able to read and understand the documents that were given to her. >> reporter: you're saying literally impossible. >> literally impossible. >> reporter: cbs news spoke to two dozen lead poisoning victims in baltimore who sold their settlements to similar companies. attorney earl nesbitt is with the national association of settlement purchasers and represents some of those companies in court. do you think these people really understand what it is they're doing and what they're getting into? >> i do. i absolutely do. >> reporter: he says people often use larger amounts of money quickly. >> maybe they want to send a kid to college or buy a home, put a

>> reporter: we asked him about crystal linton's case. here's a woman who in her psychological exam literally did not know which direction the sun rises. does that case sound like essentially problematic case to you? >> yes, very problematic. no doubt about it. >> reporter: so if you had met with this woman... >> i would advise my client, we can't continue with this transaction. >> reporter: but we found the company that did that transaction, stone street capital, is one nesbitt actually represents in texas. that was your company. >> all i can tell you, that should not have happened. >> reporter: now stone street told us they disclosed all the terms, that linton testified she needed the money to keep her car and apartment and the court approved the sale. scott, crystal linton says she now has no money and may soon be homeless. >> pelley: anna werner with our investigation tonight. unanimous, thank you. well, after twin landslide wins in new york last night, the presidential front-runners are sounding more like nominees. major garrett is with the republicans.

night's blowout win in new york -- >> we had a great evening, really a great evening. >> reporter: -- donald trump today declared the race for the g.o.p. nomination virtually over. >> i'm about 300 delegates ahead of lying ted. >> reporter: trump's convention manager paul manafort told us he's just about finished assembling his new campaign team and predicted trump would not only win the nomination and do so with delegates to spare. trump is now the only candidate who could pathmatically secure the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the nomination outright. ted cruz said today he would stop that from happening and force a contested convention. >> i'm not going the reach 1,237, and donald trump is not going the reach 1,237. >> reporter: cruz also called john kasich a spoiler who might be auditioning to be trump's running mate. kasich told us he would never join a trump ticket and was not dropping out. >> we're very upbeat here in the kasich camp. we're looking forward to moving

>> reporter: rnc chairman reince priebus called donald trump on his new york victory, a courtesy extended to every primary victory. reportedly the two were unable to smooth over differences between rnc rules or decide if there will be any more presidential debates. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. so how does this change the race? joining us now from washington, john dickerson, our cbs news political director and anchor of "face the nation." john, how does the delegate map shape up for trump now after new york? >> well, so far donald trump has 844 delegates. to lock in the nomination at 1,2337 delegates, that's a majority, he'll need to get 52% of the remaining delegates in contests coming up. some of them are quite favorable to him in states like connecticut, maryland, pennsylvania, rhode island and new jersey. but he's going to have to perform at the top of his game if he's going to clear that 1,237 pledge delegate threshold.

about 1,237 being the number, but it could be less than that. he could clinch with less than that. >> there is some wiggle room. there will be about 100, a little more than 100 unpledged delegates who will go to the convention in cleveland with no allegiance to anyone. if donald trump is short of that 1,237 mark, he could convince some of those unpledged delegates to come his way and give him the majority on the first ballot. it's also possible that there could be some credentials challenges that take delegates away from his total, though, so the wiggle room could go either way. >> pelley: a lot of horse trading yet to do. what about the democrats? >> hillary clinton has 1,425 pledged delegates. and if you add her lead with the pledged delegates to those superdelegates, where she has 502 to bernie sanders' 38, she would only need to win 27% of the remaining delegates to reach the democrats' magic number, which is 2,383.

number, he would need 73% of the remaining delegates. >> pelley: last primary is june 7th. john dickerson, we'll be watching you on "face the nation" sunday. thanks. so, do the police have the right to order you to take a blood alcohol test? the supreme court took up that question today and jan crawford is there. >> reporter: blood and breath tests have become a key tool in fighting drunk driving. but are police now going too far? typically the government can suspend a suspected drunk driver's license for refusing to take a blood-alcohol test. but 14 states now impose harsher criminal penalties. police can perform the test without a warrant and lock up those who refuse. government attorney kathy keena. >> especially in those smaller jurisdictions where there are only one or two officers and you're requiring them now to get a warrant in every situation, not only is the public safety on

but just public safety in general. >> reporter: some justices were sympathetic. justice samuel alito, "the reason why people don't want to submit to a blood alcohol test is they don't want their blood alcohol measured," but other justices clearly were troubled, especially by laws that can force someone to take a blood test. justice sonia sotomayor called the laws a very drastic change. "do we dispense with a very important reqierl in our law that before you search, particularly the inside of a person with a needle or in an intrusive way, that you get a warrant?" now, critics of these laws say that is pure government overreach, scott, and police could get a warrant when they're transporting the drunk driving suspect to the hospital for the blood test. >> pelley: jan crawford at the court. thanks. president obama met for two hours today with saudi arabia's new king at a time when the friendship between our nations

margaret brennan is there for us tonight in riyadh. margaret? >> reporter: well, scott, president obama was met by a small delegation, not the usual pomp and ceremony often given to visiting world leaders. his arrival wasn't even broadcast on saudi tv. senior saudi officials have made clear that the relationship with the u.s. will only improve after president obama leaves office. the saudis are particularly angry about that nuclear deal with iran, and they believe that only the next president, whether it's hillary clinton or even donald trump, will be able to restore saudi arabia's stalt us the as america's key ally in the mideast. saudi leaders also flatly reject president obama's description of them as "free riders," too reliant on american military might, most importantly, scots, because they say the u.s. needs saudi arabia to help defeat isis and al qaeda. >> pelley: margaret brennan traveling with the president in the kingdom tonight. margaret, thank you.

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join alexander hamilton on the $10. but a broadway hit about the founding father and first treasury secretary meant newfound fans rallying around not a woman but hamilton himself. you're not denying that "hamilton" the musical played decision. >> i wouldn't exaggerate it. when i saw the show in august, i already at that point told the people i talked to, i don't think this is going any place that you read about because it's more complicated than that. it's bigger than that. >> reporter: so we went bigger, minting women's place in history on the $20, the $10 and the $5. the back of the new $10 will hon nofer suffragettes like susan b. anthony and the redesigned $5 will feature eleanor roosevelt and showcase historic events at the lincoln memorial like martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. the design for all three bills will be unveiled in 2020, the 100th anniversary of women getting the right the vote.

the years following. barbara howard has been pushing to get a woman on the $20. >> the $10 will be distributed in early 2021, and we'd like the hear that same commitment for the new $20. >> reporter: the issue is security and making sure the money can't be counterfeited. ultimately it's up to the federal reserve to decide when the money goes into circulation. lew tells us he's asking the fed to expedite that process. very much. today we came across a treasure of the golden age of jazz. long-lost film of louis armstrong. nobody, not a soul this is the only known footage of armstrong in a recording studio. here he's working on his 1959 album "satchmo plays king oliver". oliver was his mentor.

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>> pelley: we close tonight on a tiny windswept island in denmark, formerly a launching point for viking invasions. now it's the perfect conquest for mark phillips continuing series "the climate diaries." off-the-beaten-track place. but a warming trend is beating a path to samso's door. this place has already managed to get its greenhouse gas emissions virtually down to zero. new technology. instead it's the old reliable renewables, wind and sun to make

produce heat, but it's not what samso has con, it's how it has done it that has caught the world's attention. >> i'll follow you up. >> reporter: climb with soren hermanesen, a leader in samso's rise the environmental fame, and you've got to go a long way up to understand how it works. these wind turbines weren't put up by some big conglomerate in search of government subsidies and profit. they were erected by local farmers and shareholders who saw that the island's economy could be improved and that they could cash in by investing in the environmental action. things look different when you can do well by doing good. >> a definite account king of the world" moment. >> we like the turbines better because we own them. we don't have the discussion about the ugly and the landscape. we don't have noise problems and the birds for some reason don't die around these turbines. >> reporter: jorgen tranberg earns as much by selling wind

cattle and crops. >> that helps. >> reporter: that turbine has repaid itself two or three times over? >> yes. >> it's a very good feeling. >> reporter: the good-news samso story has brought us here once before. when we first visited here nine years ago, we found despite the lack of fossil fuels, the morning shower was hot, and it's still hot, but much has changed here, including the shower curtain color. samso, which was one considered to be at the radical edge of the response the climate change is now considered the model of how it should be done. now at the energy academy here, politicians and environmentalists from around the world come to study the samso way. >> in japan they call it viking leadership. i don't know what they... >> viking lead centers >> viking leaders. >> reporter: and there's more. they're working on another scheme now to stop running the

convert it to the methane that comes out of the back of the island's pigs. they're not finished here yet. mark phillips, cbs news, samso. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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