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standards for quality and puri . 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 news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, february 26th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." targeted at random. a gunman opens fire at his workplace killing at least three people before he is brought down by a hero cop. >> do you know where donald is now? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: donald trump fender off closest attacks from fell
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ing insult to injury. passengers cheer as a father and boy, when they are removed from a flight. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. this morning, at least ten people are in critical condition following a deadly mass shooting in kansas. three people were killed and 14 more wounded. police say the gunman identified as cedric ford shows his victims at random. the shootings took place across two towns about 35 miles north of wichita. the victims were hit by gunfire at two separate locations. 150 people were at work at excel plant. hanna davis of our wichita affiliate is there. >> reporter: meg, this morning, law enforcement official are calling this an active workplace violence.
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parent at excel industries and this is where all of the fatalities occurred but it spread well beyond this business. fear and a woman who reunites with her husband who worked inside the plant. employees are familiar with the gunman. their coworker cedric ford often posted pictures of himself on facebook at work. >> he was a nice guy. when i worked with him on my second shift, we hung out. everything was hunky-dory. he didn't seem like this kind of guy. >> reporter: the shooting started near the plant. they say ford was firing from a vehicle at other cars. at one point he car-jacked a car and shooting the driver. ford, armed with a rifle and handgun shot 15 people at excel industries. >> we heard gunshots and people were just running saying
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thing you know, i felt i got hit in the leg and that is when i turned and started running. >> the shooter was actively firing on any target that came across his sights. >> reporter: the shooting only stopped when the first law enforcement officer on the scene shot ford to death. >> he took fire. he went inside of that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. a hero, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: it's unclear ford was still employed at excel shooting. just a few days ago he posted video to his facebook showing him firing what appears to be an assault rifle into an empty field. meg, as of this morning, investigators have not determined a motive but they say this is not an act of terrorism. the fbi will be helping with this investigation. >> thank you, hanna. in the meantime, the final republican debate before next week's super tuesday was a hold nothing back attack on
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running out of time to take trump down, both marco rubio and ted cruz ripped trump on everything, from immigration to his business practices. on tuesday, 155 of the 595 delegates are up for grabs at cruz's home state in texas where a new poll shows cruz leading trump but in florida, trump holds a substantial lead. a night of back and forth charges and trump joined the fireworks. >> this guy is a joke artist and this guy is a liar. >> omar villafranca has our report from houston. >> reporter: the candidates took swings at each other over immigration, foreign policy, and the supreme court. front-runner donald trump, at times, got into some heated exchanges with both ted cruz and marco rubio. republican presidential front-runner donald trump was the target of most of the punches in last night's debate. many coming from marco rubio.
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care was the most tweeted moment of the night. >> the biggest thing we have got and the reason we have no competition is because we have lines around the state. >> that is the only part of the plan? just the lines? interstate competition? >> the nice part you have many different plans. you'll have competition. you'll have so many different plans. >> now he is repeating himself! >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: the attacks between trump and ted cruz got personal. >> look. donald, donald, relax. >> go ahead. i'm relaxed. you're a basket case. >> reporter: trump also took hits from people off stage. the billionaire candidate said he hasn't released his tax returns because he is being audited. but former republican candidate mitt romney questioned it. >> he is going to support marco rubio. >> reporter: the top three contenders went head-to-head, the two lower polling candidates john kasich and ben carson struggled to gain the spotlight.
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the questions. >> reporter: the ohio governor appeared more optimistic. >> i think i penetrated and sent a message to people around the country about the fact that i'm qualified to be president of the united states. >> reporter: close to 600 delegates are up for grab in contest. no rest for the candidates. they will start crisscrossing morning. in houston, omar villafranca, cbs news. we will talk with senator marco rubio about last night's debate and what comes next, ahead on "cbs this morning." the battle between apple and the fbi came up in the gop debate. apple has now officially asked a federal judge to reverse her order that it helped the fbi hack into a phone used in the san bernardino shootings. both ted cruz and marco rubio said apple should imply. >> all they are asking them to do is disable the self-destruct mode or auto erase mode on one
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apple doesn't want to do it because they think it hurts their brand. their brand is not security to the national security of the united states of america. >> the apple appeal accuses of it getting dangerous power. lindsey graham did not mince words last night. >> if you kill ted cruz on on the floor of the senate and the trial is in the senate, nobody can convict you. >> graham employed the press to ask donald trump harder questions, saying trump does not understand what makes america great. back to last night's gop debate. donald trump was questioned about his plans to build a wall on the border with mexico and have mexico pay for it. yesterday, former mexican president vicente fox said mexico will never pay for a wall. >> how are you going to make them pay for the wall?
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ten feet taller, believe me. it just got ten feet taller. >> vice president joe biden called all of the campaign rhetoric about mexico and immigrants dangerous and damaging and ill-advised and does not represent the view of most america. the democratic primary in south carolina is tomorrow. hillary clinton court the vote there yesterday. a majority of voters in south carolina are african-americans. bernie sanders focused on minorities as well during a visit to flint, michigan, where he told residents fixing their water crisis was a top priority. >> any silver lining out of this tragedy is it is my hope that people in america will look at flint and say never again can we this. >> the minority vote will play a big role on super tuesday. neither candidate can win the delegate rich states without their vote.
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sandoval says he is not interested in being considered for the supreme court. word had leaked that the white house was considering sandoval, a moderate republican, to replace antonin scalia. sandoval gave no reason for his decision. coming up on the "morning news." seaworld spies. the marine theme park admits to infiltrating animal welfare groups. later, mark zuckerberg says stop defacing a black lives matter logo on a wall. this is the "cbs morning news." because when i got ...i started taking claritin every day. when your allergy symptoms start, doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. 23 days relief from sneezing... ...and runny nose. claritin is powerful, lasts 24 hours... get the number one doctor recommended... ...non-drowsy allergy brand. live claritin clear. every day. "name your price" tool.
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>> sweet little boy. the airline apologized and booked the family on another flight from washington state back home to phoenix. seaworld admits to spying on animal rights activists. the girl scouts face poopgs opposition from the arch bishop of st. louis. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the arch bishop of st. louis says the scouts back gay rights and other stances at odds with the church. a scout leader says he is misrepresenting the group's positions. the scouts are just starting their cookie drive. the daily beast is reporting on a cover-up. saying bbc knew of the late jimmy savile crimes and did nothing. they say he assaulted 72 children and women while working for the bbc. his youngest victim was 8 years old.
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is setting his aside his defamation suit against beverly johnson. they will refile the suit after he stands trial for sexual assault in pennsylvania. the columbia daily tribune reports of the firing of an assistant professor who confronted a student journalist. >> can i talk to you? >> no! you need to get out! >> reporter: melissa click called for a muscle to remove a reporter. university of most of says she will not get severance. brown's quarterback johnny manziel is accused of attacking his girlfriend last month in dallas. it's a misdemeanor charge. he has not been arrested. the orlando sentinel reports that seaworld admits spying on its critics. the company says workers posed at animal welfare activists to get information and that confirms what peta said months
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facebook ceo mark zuckerberg condemned anti-black lives matters vandalism at facebook headquarters. whenever black lives matter go up on company walls, someone changes them to all lives matter. this has been going on for jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and much more. good morning, jill. >> reporter: higher oil prices and encouraged news on manufactured goods. dow finished 212 points higher and s&p gained 21 points and nasdaq rose 39. the oil well drilling services company halliburton is cutting 5,000 more jobs, about 8% of its work force. they say slumping oil prices are forcing its hand and oil prices have dropped about 70% since their high in 2014.
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of the robots on its assembly line with humans. turns out the robots can't keep up with the custom options that mercedes opposite. a choice for cup holders. mercedes says the variety is too much for the machines. a federal court in california is considering the colin scheduling system at victoria secret stores. at issue whether victoria's secret workers phones are canceled often with starting time be paid. the california law requires workers sent home early be paid. victoria's secret argues that law only applies to people who physically show up, according to buzzfeed. fuller house debuted last night. most of the original cast members repris ced their roles in the tanner household. the focus is on the recently widowed d.j. tanner who enlists friends to help raise her three sons.
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been 21 years since "full house" went off the air. >> they all look so good, right? >> they do. they are not aging at all. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. still to come, scoring a big souvenir. a boy gets a big gift from one of the world's biggest soccer
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nba history for steph curry. the golden state warriors guard sinks a three-pointer in 128 consecutive games. the night gets even better for the reigning mvp. look at this. he finishes with 51 points and the warriors top orlando. golden state is an nba best 52-5. the young afghan boy is one step closer to having his dreams come true. the 7-year-old broke hearts around the world when photos of him wearing a make-shift lionel messi jersey went viral. now instead of a jersey made of plastic bags, the boy is supporting the real thing donated and signed by his footballer and sometime in the face-to-face. five days and one wake-up is space.
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last days for the international space station. thursday he gave his last interview on board the iss. >> it's not necessarily uncomfortable, but it is a harsh environment, you know, for water. it's kind of like i've been in the woods camping for a year with regards to, like, hygiene. >> he says he misses the companionship more than anything else. kelly comes back to earth on tuesday after his year-long stay in space. cuban media is reporting this morning the rolling stones are set to perform in the island nation for the first time ever. according to the report, the legendary rockers will wrap their south havana tour in march cuba. here are the stones playing last you're watching the "cbs morning
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