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. ? ? today health officials in florida said two more people have been infected with zika virus. that makes 35 now infected by local mosquitos. crews have been saturating the so-called zika zone with insecticide hoping to contain the defects. today donald trump took his campaign to a battle ground state he cannot afford to lose. >> reporter: donald trump on a visit this afternoon with police in north carolina. where he said his campaign is in good shape. >> looks like it's going very well. i guess they got very good numbers announced in north caroli carolina. >> reporter: but it was unclear
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to since the latest public surveys show he is lagging in a state which has voted democrat in a presidential election once in 40 years. and the north carolina trump campaign said in a statement today we will have all the staff and resources needed to win here. north carolina is the latest in a series of hugely important states trump has visited in the past two wisconsin, michigan, florida, pennsylvania, and ohio. all currently uphill battles for trump. >> it's time for rule by the people, not rule for the special interests. >> reporter: it's a daunting political predicament with 82 days to go and one that gave rise to his latest campaign leadership upheaval this week. kellyanne conway is the new campaign manager who spoke to
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>> we look at it as an expansion during a busy time in the campaign. when it comes to staff, more is more. >> reporter: starting tomorrow, the trump campaign will with gin airing their first political ads of the election. they'll be running in florida, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, as well as here in north carolina. >> clinton's already been running ads for weeks. thanks very much. today for the first time the state department acknowledged there was a link between a $400 million cash payment to iran and the release of four american prisoners. republicans call that ransom. but the administration denies it. margaret brennan, our state department correspondent. >> well, the administration admits they held on to the cash that it was clear that the prisoners had left iran. but u.s. officials still deny it
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owed to iran as the are esult of a failed arms deal 35 years ago. a plane took off at the same time that a plane carrying the prisoners departed teheran. they criss crossed in the sky. they said they wanted maximum leverage, fearing iran would reneg. and they say that's clearly a sponsor of terrorism. >> and all of this was a side deal to the nuclear agreement as well. thank you very much. now, have a look at this boy. for the four years he has been on this earth he has known nothing but war. he has become the new face of syria's civil war, which has claimed the lives of more than
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here's holly williams. >> reporter: for a 4-year-old who just survived an air strike, you may think that omra omran daqneesh seems unusually calm. but in aleppo, there is no child hood. he only had minor head injuries and his other two sisters and parents all survived the strike. many other children have been the syrian regime and its backers in russia try to claw back control of the city. this little boy was pulled from the rubble two days ago. bloody but apparently still alive. "god is great" shouted his rescuers, but the truth is aleppo is god forsaken. this appears to show a boy who's just lost his brother in an air strike.
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another child robbed of his innocence. the united states is trying to avoid being drawn deeper into this conflict. in the meantime, the syrian regime is bombing its own people with near impunity. they've even targeted hospitals. this security camera vid yesheo as strike on omar been abdul aziz hospital in week. last week 16 syrian doctors still working in rebel held aleppo wrote a letter to president obama telling him about four newborn babies who they said were suffocated to death after the blast cut the oxygen supply to their incubators and they demanded american do more to stop the carnage.
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struggling to negotiate even a 48-hour ceasefire in order to deliver humanitarian aid. >> holly, thank you. coming up, seven chicago police officers could be fired for an alleged cover up and some popular hair care products are being investigated. our bacteria family's been on this cushion for generations. alright kiddos! everybody off the backpack, we made it to the ottoman. i like to watch them clean, finally there's a disinfectant mist designed for sofas, mattresses and more. introducing new lysol max cover. its innovative cap has a 2x wider spray that kills 99.9% of bacteria. max cover is another great way to lysol that. >> important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance
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police officers face firing for allegedly covering up the truth. in the shooting of a black teenager. here's don dahler. >> reporter: today officer jason van dyke who is accused of first degree murder for teenager mcdonald. and eddie said seven officers at the scene should be fired, namely because their are police reports. johnson said. sfwlr >> reporter: chicago's inspector general determined they did not tell the truth. it stated the knife wielding teenager made a threatening move towards officer van dyke before he shot.
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>> reporter: but police dash cam video released more than a year later showed mcdonald was moving away from officers when van dyke opened fire and continued firing even as the young man lay on the ground. that ignited prolonged protests and a u.s. justice department investigation into chicago police conduct. community >> nothing would have happened with these individuals who clearically lied about what encounter happened that evening, then i don't think he would have had any chance of rebuilding trust within the community. >> reporter: the superintendent can recommend firing but the still unnamed officers must first go through a review board. three more were recommended from firing but two had already retired. and not sufficient evidence for
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of 11-year-old ilana lawrence two years ago. her mother miriam says she went nearly bald after using a wen by chaz dean hair care product. it has celebrity endorsements and boasts of stronger, fuller hair. but not for ilana, says her mom. >> i noticed her hair brush was over flowing with hair. >> reporter: the fda began investigating after reports of hair loss, bal last month the agency took the rare step of issuing a safety alert after learning the company had received 21,000 complaints. the company tells cbs news, it is cooperating and its products are safe.
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address safety concerns related to hair loss. we need to know if the company has other safety data and we do not have the legal authority to require a cosmetics firm to provide product safety information. because under a law that's been in effect since 1938, the fda has limited power to regulate the cosmetics industry. >> baby wipes, tooth paste, deodorant, there's no legal requirement that a company makes sure the product is safe before they sell it. fda has no access to safety records. only congress can give them that power. >> reporter: mel, wen products remain on the shelf. >> reporter: as for the lawrences, they are now part of a class action lawsuit.
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? notes . a full moon shown last night over the olympic stadium in rio. but jaime yuccas found something even brighter there -- six feet of sunshine. >> blocked. it's over. the united states has won the bronze. >> reporter: she has three gold medals from the last four olympics and five shoulder
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april walsh is walsh jennings' partner. does she need an action figure? >> yes, she's got super powers. sglr >> reporter: kerri walsh jennings has a nickname, six feet of sunshine. >> she's not six feet of sunshine when she's on the court. make no mistake, no one wants to win more than her. >> reporter: fans point to her matury beach volleyball history. and her biggest job might be mom to her three children ages seven and under. >> say i love you. i miss you. >> reporter: during the london games, she was five weeks pregnant with her youngest as she bab came arguably one of the most dominate olympic athletes ever. she said being a mom came in handy during her training.
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year to try and be a morning person. that's not who i am. but i'm a mommy and you wake me up at 4:00 in the morning i'm ready to play. >> reporter: after 26 straight wins, she lost to host country, brazil. she refused to speculate on whether this would be her last. "i focus on the present" she said. and that's the overnight news for this for some of you the news continues, for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new
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? ? this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. twin disasters, fire and flood continue to keep 10s of thousands of americans from their homes. in southern california, the blue more than 60 square miles. and in louisiana, historic flood waters finally begin to receipt. at least 1/3 of the state has been declared a disaster area. omar villafranca. >> reporter: thousands of otherer residents haven't had electricity in days. 40,000 homes were damaged in the
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the same. days after record rain triggered catastrophic flooding, parts of southern louisiana are still inundated with water. wednesday emergency teams continued search and rescue missions. parts of livingston perish are only accessible by boat. we road along with national guard troops checking on people still hunkered down in their things, barking dog and boats. people here don't leave their dogs behind and if there's a boat tied to the house, chances are they're still inside. around 3/4s of the homes here are a total loss. overall, an estimated 40,000 are damaged and clean up could be costly. less than 21% of residential properties have flood insurance.
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came here and 10 years later lost everything again. >> reporter: from the ground and from the air, sand bags are being piled up as areas prepare for the possibility of more flooding from over flowing canals. scorching temperatures and bone dry conditions are fuelling the massive blue cut fire between the san bernardino and san gabriel forced to evacuate. >> reporter: there are 1500 firefighters on scene and 178 engines and 10 tank. >> reporter: one look at the huge walls of flame in san bernardino county and the fro frustration becomes clear. >> we had to continually retreat
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fire and that's something i haven't witnessed in this area ever. lives also include firefighters lives and we can't stand in front of the 80 foot wall of fire. >> reporter: the fire tore through neighborhoods with home after home going up in flames. it was only after smoke cleared wednesday that we could see the full extent of the devastation. >> i can tell you this fire came out screaming through this section of the burn >> reporter: the fire fight continues on the ground and from the air. this wild fire now stretches more than 17 miles. which remains under mandatory evacuation orders. on the presidential campaign trail, hillary clinton is warning her supporters naot to get complacent. in colorado, clinton is up by 10 points, pennsylvania, 10.
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with an 11 point lead in indiana. >> reporter: leading by a lot in the polls comes with its own set of challenges. how do you keep your supporters and donors from assuming the race is over? >> don't be complacent, my friends. >> reporter: one way to do is by insisting that races are a lot closer than they think. it's a tough case to make now that clinton is leading in most of the most polls show her up by 11 in virginia. >> ask everybody you know to register. >> we have packets for you at the door so you can also canvas. >> reporter: and it is true that anything can happen. in 1988, one poll showed michael dukakis leading george h.w. bush
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in this election. >> reporter: as clinton counts down the days, she has not an official press conference in 258 days and her answering questions about her emails. her running mate was asked about his assertion in 2002 resigned following the monica lewinsky scandal. >> i was disappointed but there's no reason to litigate problems of 20 years ago when americans want to talk about what are we doing today and tomorrow. >> reporter: she was leading in michigan by 20 points before that primary earlier this year but ended up losing. because some of her supporters may have felt she didn't need
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ohio, pennsylvania will be seeing a lot more of donald trump. his campaign is spending about $5 million on tv ads starting today. and hillary clinton has spent more than 75 million on commercials since the democratic convention. and trump unveiled his new team at a round table for his first national security briefing. >> reporter: giving a first glimpse of his campaign under new management. kellyanne conway sat next to his second, paul manafort. >> you need to add talent, more people. it's just a very busy team getting to the last 12 weeks of the campaign. >> reporter: providing a voice on politics he respects. something missing since he sacked his first campaign manager, cory liewandowlewandow.
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ground since the gop convention. conway denied those claims. >> paul has the exact same title he has today as he did yesterday. >> reporter: in a memo obtained by cbs news, manafort said he will continue to provide the big picture, long-range campaign vision. but cbs news has learned the state organizations are only now developing and many lack the resources and guidance to compete in the fall. despite the corporate title, new ceo bannon was once called the most dangerous political operative in america. his expertise is brass knuckled conservative advocacy which he honed at breitbart news. this june interview with trump is but one example. >> over the weekend, she would
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donald trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort is at the center of corruption scandal in ukrain. he helped a pro-russian political party secretly send $2 million to political lobbyists. and his name sho written ledger showing he received thousands in cash. >> reporter: more than two years ago this independent square was in chaos, the president over thrown in the corruption investigation that followed, paul manafort's name surfaces. and ofilthss want to know why. it shows $5 billion in
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paul manafort. deputy prosecutor is in charge of the investigation. are you investigating paul manafort? >> we are investigating all this black ledger, including his name, paul manafort in this case. we have a lot of questions. where is this money for paid for and taxes and so on. >> reporter: the prosecutor confirmed that his name appears 12 entries are totalling $12.7 million between 2007 and 2012. manafort has denied receiving any cash payments and it's not his signature on the ledger. the ledger itself is at the anticorruption bureau. we weren't allowed to film the pages because of the ongoing investigation but a source
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an october fifth, 2012, does uginated for exit polling. this is the last registered address for manafort's company here in downtown kiev. but they say it's been empty for more than two years. before right-hand man, he spent his name with yanakovic. and he's now exiled in russia. prosecutors told us it will consider bringing criminal charges against paul manafort, just like every other name on that list if they believe there's any wrong doing.
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new roll on cbs this morning. >> are you going to be doing in terms of the organization, each state or managing the candidate? >> a little bit of beth. i think it's important to make sure our infrafructure is sound and that includes our data operation, and our ground game. i'm a big believer of retail politics and donald trump is a >> when he doesn't get in front of his own message. >> we started monday with a very muscular speech about radical islamic terrorism. how to fight it, what it is, why it it matters. many feel we've been at war for 15 years against an enemy we can't see or name. a majority of americans feel that things can get better economically. so, we would like to taken a
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centric message directly to the american people. >> how is this not a campaign in trouble from outsiders looking in? >> i see it as a campaign expanding. because with 12 weeks left to go -- who's counting? we look at it as an expansion at a critical and busy time for the campaign. when it comes to senior level staff, more is more. i mean the more big minds and inside the door. paul manafort retains his title and paul and stephen bannon and i yesterday were together. >> but now you have three leaders, it appears. somebody has to making the call. >> i'd say it's a combination of us and donald trump has made it very clear who it is. i respect him tremendously. he's the candidate. i would never have the fire in
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to do what he has done, which is build a movement. >> paul manafort famously said if this campaign becomes a referendum on donald trump, it has failed. it it has been a referendum on donald trump. >> i agree with you and i made similar remarks during the democratic convention last month because i noticed the democrats -- when hillary clinton and her supporters are asked tell us what you're going to do they talk about donald trump. so, hillary clinton wants to talk about donald trump. we want to talk directly to the american people. that's the difference. >> and you want to talk to women in particular. you were talking about having a good messaging week. donald trump said "she lacks the physical stamina to take on isis and all the many adversaries we face. he said she doesn't look
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saying things like that? >> the fact is -- >> that would alienate a lot of people. >> you just showed something i find to be unbecoming for somebody who wants to be commander and chief. she said well, they can get him to read words from a teleprompter. there's not aing isingle unins american who gets health care because of this nastiness. the way to speak to women and all we have to get away from this content-free campaign. how do they protect that? >> but you're confident you can keep your candidate on message? because it's that exact problem which has complicated what you say you want to redirect it to. >> i'm glad that he relishes being out with the crowd and
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with the individuals and what you don't see is the meetings with fam aelgilies and other fo. so, i'm confident he can stay on message and it has to be about substance and issues. i'd rather lose a campaign where we put it on the table substntively. than winning it on style. if this is about i think it also needs to be about facts and figures. >> speaking of facts and figures. he's received an intelligence report. did he believe it? >> i can't disclose it. i can say he took it very seriously. >> you can't disclose whether he believed it or not? >> no, about the details. >> i didn't ask details.
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report that the cia prepared for him? >> yes, when you say believe, he is certainly taking it seriously. nobody looks at something that complicated in one sitting. >> so, he's not saying i'm not believing what they're reporting because they don't know what they're doing? >> no, he didn't say that in my presence before or after the briefing. and we sat at a round table with congma national security experts. it was a very, very great conversation and i would call it very interactive. his questions are one of somebody who wants to be commander and chief and wants to do well by our armed forces, our allies abroad and i was happy to sit in that round table because i think it's symptomatic of the types of events we don't see as
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>> reporter: the olympics often look like an endless sprint to the finish. a blur of non-stop action. but that can also look like this. a singular moment frozen in time. a full story in one frame. >> an image is going to last a lot longer. it imprints itself in your mind and when something stands out because it's different, spectacular, you remember this photo. >> reporter: he's been creating these photos for the last 12 olympic games. he's now deputy director of photography for the associated pres with a team of 61 photographers in rio. their work is used by news outlets around the world. >> we're sending on average 3,500 photos from these olympics. >> 3,500 -- >> per day.
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photos. >> i can barely keep up looking at all of them. >> reporter: what are you looking for? this is david goldman's third olympics. >> i'm seeing this woman walking with a flag, holding it up. this is a nice graphic element. i might run underneath and shoot with a wide angle and her arm stretched out. got the rings and focus on the shadow. i have shot probably number in the hundreds and thousands. >> reporter: do these olympic rings haunt you? >> yeah. they do. i go to bed sometimes with not visions of sheep, i'm counting rings. >> reporter: but now they have some help in getting those extra special shots in hard to reach places. >> these cameras are put into positions where photographers can't be. there's no physical way for them to be here.
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eight robotic cameras and dozens of remotely controlled ones in every corner of the olympic venues. they're in the rafters and sunk in the pool for unique underwater, underbody perspectives. it's out to the world in how many seconds? >> out to the network in two minutes from the time it's shot. >> reporter: if it captures just the right moment, forever. >> when you get that image, it's the greatest reward. >> reporter: these photographers sometimes find themselves capturing a moment they didn't quite expect. during the winter olympics, david goldman was in a vip room with russian president vladimir putin. he took this picture of him checking his nails at the same time one of the snowflakes did
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the longest aircraft in the world has taken its maiden voyage. >> reporter: on an air field just north of london, the world's longest aircraft spreads its tiny wings and takes to the sky. measuring in around the width and length of a football field, the airlander 10 is not what you'd call conventional. up close, it looks even stranger. >> this is the flight deck. >> reporter: but chief test pilot, david burns, who was at the controls for the maiden flight, says you need to look beyond the shape of the hull, which has been the but of some jokes, to appreciate the very modern flying machine. >> any pilot would feel right at
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airlander taking the shape and lift benefits of a blimp and combining them with the maneuverability of a helicopter and a cargo capacity of a small cargo plane. and they claim the air kraccraf super efficient. >> essentially the engines of four suv's propel this thing. >> reporter: that's not a lot. it can helicopters when it comes to speed. how fast can you go? >> top speed, 65 knots, about 73 miles per hour. >> reporter: spokesman cris hri daniels say it can be used to deliver humanitarian aid. >> it can land on desert, ice, you name it. >> reporter: it doesn't need an airport or to be tethered to the
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the u.s. army is whom it was originally developed, before the was drawn because of budget cuts and troop draw downs. this allowed them to developing the aircraft for civilian usess. >> we can riddle that hull with bullets. the helium is under such low pressure that it would gradually seep out. of transport. >> reporter: there's already competition in the industry. lockheed martin is developing its own model. >> i think it's good for the industry. the market is plenty big enough for two people to be in there competing. >> reporter: and despite the considerable size, the sky is plenty big enough too. london. and that's the overnight news for this friday.
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back a little later for thehehet captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." american swimmers are facing possible charges in brazil this morning, caught lying about overnight, u.s. olympic officials blast ryan lochte and his teammates and new surveillance video shows what really happened in rio. believe it or not, i regret it. >> donald trump's change of heart. he expressed regret at a rally but stopped short of apologizing to anyone in particular. there are two new cases of zika in miami-dade county this morning. the mayor of miami beach won't

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