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before we go, a big congrats to my girl her own emoji app today. it's called emoji exploji and it's awesome, of course. we'll see you tomorrow, bye. next "extra" no superstar is slaying it like britney. >> from carpooling with corden to her super hype return to the vma stage and they're going several rounds with usher.
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indiana governor and vice presidential candidate, mike pence left for coke amow, slammed by tornados. one was an ef 3 with winds of more than 150 miles per hour. remarkably, >> the gentleman pushed me down and he's like get down and put his arm around me to shield me. >> reporter: hannah harris was in this starbucks when a manager told everyone to head to the bathroom because a tornado was headed their way. >> he saw the funnel and shut the door and told everyone, close the door, it's coming. >> reporter: she says about 20 people were huddled in the
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collapsed the building around them. >> it was devastating but also just a relief to know that i came out alive in that. and really, really i shouldn't have. >> reporter: as many as 15 tornados touched down around indiana wednesday, leaving behind a trail of damaged cars, broken windows and entire neighborhoods in shreds. >> neighbors found my dog. she's alive. th >> reporter: this is all that's left of 54-year-old becky sweeney's home, where she's lived the past 16 years. >> it is overwhelming. but you got to do what you got to do. you can't just lay down and die. god let you live through it for a reason. >> reporter: hannah harris told me she had a guardian angel inside that starbucks with her, her father who died a year ago and she gained another one.
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many others, his name is angel. >> jurika duncan in cocomo. milan is not lowering the price but will provide more financial assistance to some patients. >> look, no one's more frustrated than me. >> reporter: in an interview, mylan ce a broken health care system is the reason for the rocketing cost. >> it's no different from the mortgage financial crisis in 2007. >> reporter: but in a filing, a webcast transcript shows that in
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>> reporter: when mylan bought epipen it was $99. they enjoy a near monopoly in the autoinjecter market. the main competitor was pulled from the market. today celebrity endorsers, sarah jessica parker left the company saying "i'm left disappointed, saddened and concerned by mylan's a wells fargo analyst. is it rare to see a drug increase this much? >> there are rare products that go up that much. increased by 30% or more a year is picking off free money. >> reporter: since 2007, her salary increased from 2.5
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about $3. >> thank you so much. today ohio released a troubling report on drug-related deaths. more than 3,000 people died from accidental over doses. more than a third involve fenytenol. and an even more dangerous drug is hitting the streets in ohio. >> almost a month this time. >> reporter: long-time addict took what he thought was heroin earlier this month and almost died. you have tears in your eyes. why? >> because i'm alive and shouldn't be. >> reporter: addicts don't often know what's mixed in the heroin they get from dealers.
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carfentanil. it's typically used to tranquilize large animals like elephants. it's 100 more times potent than the similar drug prescribed for humans, fentanyl and 10 times str stronger -- dr. nick is with akron general hospital. is this the most powerful drug you've seen people >> absolutely. >> reporter: the treatment drug, narcan can be used for people who take, if they get enough. how much do you need to give it to them? >> it starts as five times the amount. >> starts at? >> starts at. >> reporter: keith martin heads the local office of the d.e.a. >> we were able to get a quote
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it was $400. >> reporter: for an amount that would kill -- >> thousands of people. >> reporter: he's been sober since his over dose. what do you want to tell addicts? >> it's going to kill you. >> reporter: this drug is so dangerous that first responders are being told to wear protective gear and not test it out ie they say any accidental exposure could prove deadly. >> thanks, ana. coming up next. nones go to the beach in their habits. so why has france banned the burkini. and later, a hollywood star is targeted by computer hackers. affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me.
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a french court is expected to rule tomorro the full body bathing suit worn by some muslim women. calling it a religious display not compatible with french values. >> reporter: the glamorous french riviera. the place to see and be seen, but not for italian tourist. she took snap shots from the promenade instead of the beach.
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burkini. "i can't go to the beach with my children, she said. i'm by the sea but i can't go in it" she said. this after an attack inspired by isis. and police surrounded a woman here and ordered her to remove her tunic. deputy may provoca provocation. how is banning the burkini make nice more secure and safe? >> the feeling of the people is very important. if you see like that, or someone looking like islamist on the beach, on the streets everywhere, you don't feel safe and so we have rules. >> reporter: he claims the ban has overwhelming support but
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all about. would you feel scared if someone sat next to you wearing a burkini? her muslim friend said she still feels targeted by the ban. "i think people should be free to do what they want," she said "i don't see why it should bother anyone." when we were watching the police and these women arrived, they the french municipalities had banned the burkini say it opresses women and as a religious symbol have no place in the secular country. and they'll rule next week on whether the ban is legal. up next, hackers take aim at a movie star.
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these experiences all the time. especially when you take political stance. if you are a feminist. >> reporter: for a month now lesley jones has been inundated by online attacks by a hero of the white nationalest movement and writer of and his offensive tweets whipped up many of his 300,000 followers into a frenzy. as a result, he was banned from twitter. >> hate speech and freedom of speech, two different things. >> reporter: after the latest attack, people like katy perry rushed to jones' defense. on his facebook page, he said he
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? ? we end tonight with a priceless feature and treasure. you can help yourself to it, take as much as you like and anytime you want. t's our national park system and the agency that runs it celebrated a milestone today. here's chip reed. >> reporter: in 1872, thomas moran's spectacular paintings of a fantasy-like yellow stone
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years ago today, that the na national park service was created to keep the natural wonders from development. it includes 59 major national parks covering 84 million acres. from the smokey mountains to the grand canyons and the newest edition, national maine. mike reynolds is deputy director of the national park service. >> if you were a science person, you can go to edison's lab as if he never left. if you're a mountain climber, you can climb. >> reporter: decades ago, they wanted to turn this into a highway. but nature lovers prevail.
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historical park, 185 miles from west virginia to washington d.c. and it gets almost 5 million visitors a year, including this family whose frequent visits have made 9-year-oldast -- wild about wildlife. there's a $12 billion ma and entrance fees from 300 million visitors do help but this weekend there will be no charge, giving all americans a chance to experience a national treasure for free. chip reed, cbs news, washington. that's the overnight news for this friday. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this
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? ? this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. strong aftershocks continue to rumble through central italy and the death toll continues to climb in the wak w massive earthquake. at least 250 bodies have been pulled out of the rubble outside of rome. and accumoli, where hope of finding new survives is fading. >> reporter: the number of visitors swells in summer. the population in this town nearly doubles, but that means the death toll is higher too.
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we go to people who came home to salvage what they could. she was sad and with so many aftershocks, scared too. those with no homes, camped out. people are half nervous and half desperate as they've lost everything. the work of an entire life, this volunteer said. overnight the search for survivors continued. though hopes dimmed as more bodies were recovered f rubble. rescue workers tried to resuscitate a new born but were unsuccessful. these are the moments that keep these rescue workers going. this elderly woman was saved from under debris. from above, the random nature of the quake was cleared. some towns were flattened and
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for centuries were reduced to rubble in seconds. the clock tower stands alone. tourists replaced by rescue workers. many of these villages have become ghost towns. aftershocks continue to rattle this region, so even where homes are still standing, many are deemed too unsafe to return home to. closer to home, a massive clean up is underway eight twisters touched down, destroying dozens of homes and businesses. luckily no deaths or serious injuries were reported. governor mike pence went to visit the hard hit town of kokomo. >> reporter: you can see this tornado practically flattened this starbucks. it was an ef 3, so maximum winds up to 165 miles per hour.
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terror people inside must have felt when they realized the tornado was headed their way. a violent outbreak of tornados tore through the midwest wednesday, injuring more than a dozen people, ripping the roofs off of homes and leaving behind a wide-spread path of destruction. >> i heard thunder and rain and looked down and went, oh, my. >> reporter: a massive twister barrelled through the town of kokomo, indiana. powerful winds levelled a starbucks. no one inside was seriously hurt. >> all the sudden i heard a loud bang and i looked at my ceiling and it actually caved in. >> reporter: it took just seconds to tear apart this apartment complex.
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i was just so scared. >> reporter: hundreds of people were forced out of their homes in howard county and more than 35,000 people were reported without power across the states. >> we'll be here as long as we need to be. >> reporter: stepping away from the campaign trail, vice presidential nominee, mike pence said it was remarkable no one was seriously hurt. >> hoosiers are breathing a sigh of relief after a ver families out there and i encourage every hoosier to remember these communities in their prayers. history is being made off the waters in long island, new york. they say they found the first known birthing site for great white sharks in the atlantic. more than a dozen have been caught and fitted with tracking
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they've made. a birthing site. it is not easy work. the team can go days without finding one shark. on this trip, they seem to be everywhere. >> it's a baby white. yeah. >> reporter: as soon as a shark is steered on to a hydraulic lift, scientists and researchers rush in. by now, the process of tagging is routine for o search. but the goal of this trip is different. >> it's kind of like step two in the science, right? >> reporter: chris fisher was the expedition leader. >> the real question was where are the great whites giving birth? because that's where they're most vulnerable. >> reporter: it can lead to better protection policies. and far more scientific knowledge. why is this work in this spot so important for you? >> because this is a really
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a life stage that really hasn't been studied very much. >> reporter: a veterinary pathologist with the wildlife conservation society. >> this is an incredibly rare opportunity. this is my first time seeing a great white shark ever. very exciting. >> reporter: and you've been st studying them for how long? >> 16 years and the first one >> reporter: among the other work being done, a muscle bi biopsy. and the goal is to have the shark on and off the lift inside of 15 minutes. >> we found it. >> reporter: you think you found the birthing site? >> yes. likely the nursy but maybe the birthing site. >> reporter: and they'll determine if any of these are
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>> when you get one on a female, 18 months later, she should leave you to the holy grail, the birthing site. sgl . >> reporter: cbs was there when genie became the first successfully spot tagged in the north atlantic. >> if we thought we were hurting the animals, we wouldn't do what we're doing. we don't learn if the fact of the matter is we have to get track dg vices on a handful of animals so we can help them all thrive. >> reporter: this week they've tagged and released nine great white sharks. including a female, aptly named, gratitude. she was anxious to get off? >> she was and she's gone but now everybody can follow her. >> reporter: they're activated
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? u.s. women's soccer team came home from the rio olympics without a medal and now they'll be looking for a new goal keeper as well. they suspended hope solo's contract because she insulted of the olympics. >> reporter: hope solo has been an irreplaceable force on the net since she burst onto the scene in 2005. but this latest hick up might be a signal they're ready to move on. after the american women were shockingly bounced out of the rio olympics, u.s. goal keeper, hope solo took her own shot at
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cowards. the best team did not win today. >> hope solo needs to grow up. >> ridiculous and classless. >> what concerns me not that she said that, but the reaction of her teammates. >> reporter: her long time teammate, meagan also expressed her own disappointment. >> that's not our team. that's not what this team will be in the future. >> reporter: and the u.s. soccer ra in a statement, solo said i am saddened by the federation's decision to terminate my contract. i could not be the player i am without being the person i am, even when i haven't made the best choices or said the right things." her checkered off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, she was arrested on assault charges for allegedly
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days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues when they came to this decision. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association believes it's excessive and in violation of solo's first and question whether this action would be taken against a male player. and it says solo will get three months severance play. they plan to appeal the ruling. uber has already revolutionized how people get place to place. now they're bought a company designing driveless tractor trailers.
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big as this one is now learning to drive itself. a sillicon valley start up called otto has just been bought by uber with a plan of buttputta self-driving flight on the road within two years. at 55 miles per hour with no one behind the wheel, otto has tested its technology on closed took on a busy freeway. a safety driver sits behind the wheel just in case. your hands are now close to the wheel but not on the wheel. i'm not really scared at all, actually. this is the co founder of otto. your goal is to built equipment
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we want to make every truck a self-driving trucks. our approach is let's approach those trucks today with kits to get them to be self-driving. >> reporter: the announcement last week that uber bought them for an estimated $68 billion, gives the ride sharing giant access to their ride share technology, to further their own push into self-driving vehicles. >> the key to all accelerating the future. and bringing the best minds from our team and the uber team and it will allow us to get to the future sooner than later. >> reporter: that future is arriving in pittsburgh where uber is introducing a fleet of new cars equipped to drive themselves. for now, they will have a safety driver, but more than a million uber drivers around the world may be seeing a future where they are no longer needed.
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see uber and otto as a big threat to their jobs? >> it's going to take many, many years for that to happen and at the end, we'll see the economy shift to a slightly different model. >> this will be a way to cut their dependency on the amount of humans they would employ. >> reporter: uber is only one company racing towards a self-driving future. lyft, uber's competitor is working with ford. >> i think it will be similar to smart phone technology. meaning it's going to show up quickly and change things dramatically in a relatively short amount of time. >> reporter: truck drivers will be needed for everything off the
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this pimple's gonna last forever. aw com'on. clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. and acne won't last forever. just like your mom won't walk in on you... forever. let's be clear. clearasil works fast. 100th anniversary of the u.s. national park system. there are 59 national parks in all and each created by congress. the first signed into law by ulyssess. grant. >> reporter: few places make you
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stone. its timelessness spread to the horizon. here is where the bear and the antelope play, but the bison dominate. you're looking at what may be the last free ranging, pure bread herd of wild bison in north america. >> look at the valley full of bison. it's primitive america. it's probably as close you can get to what this area l 1800s and it's a treasure. >> reporter: dan wank is the superintendent of the yellow stone national park. an area near lae as big as rhode island and delaware combined. but little about scale impresses america's largest land animal. a mature bison bull stands more
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so imposing and yet they almost disappear. how dire did it get? >> in yellow stone national park, there were less than 25 animals. it's the greatest conservation stories in the history of the united states. >> reporter: in the 1800s, as many as 60 million bison were hunted nearly into extinction. they were targets in side of how the west was won. the symbol of the great plains, once roamed from nevada to mississippi but in the 1800s pioneers pushed west. bison were in the way. 10s of millions were killed by cattle ranchers and u.s. troops. sport hunters shot bison from moving trains. as the animal disappeared, so did the native american tribes
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shelter and tools stools. >> we don't call them bison, we call them buffalo. >> reporter: because? >> we think of bison as a white man term. >> reporter: he belongs to the blackfeet tribe and representing 60 tribes who believe bison also have great spiritual significance. >> we survive and they took care buffalo slaughter really all about to you? >> if you got rid of the buffalo, then consequently you'd get rid of the indian. >> reporter: by 1883, nearly all were gone. and they sent people to yellow stone to protect the final survivors. conservationists like teddy
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the population. nearly 5,000 live in yellow stone today. >> it was really the first effort to restore what could have been an endangered species. >> reporter: the chief park biologist overseas a unique herd. most are managed as domestic livestock. many have cross bread with cattle. not yellow >> they probably represent one of the only populations that have all the ecological and revolutionary drivers that create the species. this is as good as it gets. >> reporter: this is also the calving sooeason. when the bison my grigrate outs the park, ranchers have killed them. saying they're worried they'll
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pregnant cattle. inside the park has grazing limits. under the federal state agreement, every year the herd has to be reduced by about 10%. several hundred get sent for processing to tribes which distribute the hides and meat. when you see these guys, make you feel good? >> it does. >> reporter: but the current approach seems to satisfy no one, including earl inside and outside the park or be returned to what he calls indian country. >> they're wildlife. they belong on the land. they belong to the land. they're part of the land. >> reporter: they're also part of yellowstone's future. >> i think there is a middle grountd. we can get more bison on the landscape and begin to diminish the fear of the disease and honor the cultural significance
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scientists claimed they discovered an earth-like planet only one solar system away. it's the closest potentially habitable world outside our solar system. it would take our fastest spacecraft about 70,000 years to get there. find life on other planets, astronomers say there are two deal breakers. there has to be that, the star that acts like the sun. they think this planet has both and it's been sitting under their noses all along. turns out the next star over in our privileged little corner of the galaxy, has a planet that looks a lot like ours.
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astrological doorstep. just asked theoretical physicist. >> this is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a doppal ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive than only about 11 days. their star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler than ours. and smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist on the team.
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world. >> reporter: like ours? >> yes. perhaps more water. >> reporter: there are other earth-like planets out there but no so tantalizingly close. but it would take our fastest space ship 10s of thousands of years to get there. but this significantly ups the odds of life forms farther away. >> you really begin to wonder, are they really out there? and if so, why landed on the white house lawn? it makes you wonder. >> reporter: the race is on to reach that star system. the likes of mark zuckerberg and professor stephen hawking are building a space ship that might do it in less than 20 years, the problem is it's less than the size of this quarter. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs
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? ? the race turns to race. >> there has been a steady stream of bigotry coming from him. >> it's the oldest play in the democratic playbook. you're racist, you're racist, argument also tonight, surviving a tornado. >> he told everyone close the door, it's coming. a drug so powerful it's used to tranquilize elephants. >> you've got tears in your eyes? >> yes. >> because? >> because i'm here and alive and i shouldn't be.
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and theings national park service turns 100. >> we really like watching the wilderness and the animals and yeah, it's fun. ? ? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." the presidential campaign may have hit a low point yesterday and there are still 74 days to go. the two major party candidates, hillary clinton and donald trump we have two reports, including with major garret covering the trump campaign. >> reporter: donald trump met with many minority supporters, many brought by the republican campaign. continuing a pattern of taking a minority outreach message to mostly white audiences, he went to new hampshire. >> when democratic policies
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this one tired argument. you're racist, you're racist. >> reporter: it was an attempt to preempt hillary clinton's attack today that trump's campaign plays on racist themes. >> she's not just attacking me. she's attacking all of the december pt people of all backgrounds. >> reporter: and he tries to deflect attention from this comment in mississippi last t. >> reporter: kellyanne conway offered this explanation. >> have you seen what he is called by her and others on a daily basis? >> reporter: and pastor ira said trump's what have you got to lose speech insulting. >> it was ridiculous to think he could appeal to the african-american vote by talking in a condescending way. >> reporter: trump supporter
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race. >> if you can talk money, you can relate to donald trump. conway said he's speaking to mostly white audiences because h it can't change. >> major garret, thank you so much. now to what hillary clinton said today and nancy cortes is covering her campaign. >> he is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. >> reporter: clinton sought to tie trump not to the white, but to the alt-white, a white nationation natio nationalest movement flourishing online. >> this is not conservatism as
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>> reporter: she argued there are alt-right echoes in his ban on muslim immigrants. >> they'll be out of there so fast your head will spin. >> reporter: and she sited his recent hiring of breitbart chairman, stephen bannon who has described it as a platform for the alt-right. >> to give you a flavor of his work, here are a few headlines they've published "birth control makewo crazy." "hoist it high and proud, the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage." his latest paranoid fever dream is about my health. and all i can say is donald, dream on . >> reporter: trump and his campaign manager accuse hillary
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here, but don't say how. and say it's a way deflect from when she was secretary of state. in italy, the search for survivors continues in three tiny resort villages flattened by yesterday's magnitude 6.2 earthquake. it's been slowed by hundreds of aftershocks. at least 250 people were >> reporter: the extent of the devastation in pescara del tronto is seen from above. centuries of history collapsed. in nearby accumoli we joined the few who have a home to return home to. authorities allowed residents a quick trip to salvage what they
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francesca dibastiani came to get medicine to help her dad. "i'm frightened but hope to live here again." this afternoon, a strong 4.3 tremor in amatrice stirred up dust and the number of aftershocks is slowing the rescue and recovery effort. each time there's a significant after shock, they have to stop, wait and assess the damage before moving forward. areas called "red zones" are off limits due to the perils state of the structures. you're scared.
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? indiana governor, and vice presidential candidate, mike pence left the campaign today to visit kokomo, which was slammed yesterday by tornados. at least one was an ef 3 with winds of more than 150 miles per hour. remarkably, no one was j jericka duncan is in coke no. sfwlrks >> reporter: a manager told them to run into the bathroom because a tornado was headed their way. >> he saw the funnel and then she shut the door in the bathroom and told everyone, shut the door, it's coming. >> reporter: 21 people were
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around them. >> it was devastating and also a relief to know that i came out alive in that. and really, really i shouldn't have. sfwl >> reporter: as many as 15 tornados touched down across indiana yesterday leaving behind a trail of damaged cars, broken windows and entire neighborhood in shreds. >> neighbors found my dog. she's alive. that's all you can ask >> reporter: this is all that's left of 54-year-old becki sweeney's home where she's lived the past 16 years. >> it is overwhelming but you got to do what you got to do. you can't just lay down and die. god let you live through it for a reason. >> reporter: hannah harris told me she had a guardian angel inside that starbucks with her, her father who died a year ago and she gained another one.
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manager, his name is angel. >> jericka duncan in kokomo. today the makers of the epipen responded to the out cry of the soaring price of allergy treatment. it said it will provide more financial assistancepatients. >> look, no one's more frustrated than me. >> reporter:yl broken health care seystem is te reason. >> our health care system is in a crisis. it's no different than the mortgage financial crisis. >> reporter: a webcast transcript shows in may 2016, she said "i think you'll see opportunities for us to have that price per pen increase." when she bought it the it price
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and in 2016, increased to $606. the fda rejected a generic and the main competitor was pulled from the market. today celebrity endorser, sarah jessica parker ended her relationship with the company saying "i'm left disappointed, saddened and concerned by mylan's actions." >> seems like a lot of talk, not that sfwl >> reporter: is it normal? >> there are very few products that go up 30% a year. >> reporter: so this to them was a great drug? >> their single biggest drug is their single biggest profit driver. >> reporter: since 2007, her salary increased from 2.5
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year. the cost of epinephrine in each injecter is about $3. today ohio released a troubling report on drug related deaths. more than 3,000 people died in the state last year from accidental over doses. more than a 1/3 involve fentanyl, a powerful opioid often mixed with heroin. and an even more dangerous drug is now hitting the streets in hoy hi. how long have you b >> reporter: long time addict, adam mckuchen took what he thought was heroin and almost died. addicts often don't know what's mixed into the heroin they get from dealers but he believes the
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prescribed to humans. it's 100 times more potent than the similar drug prescribed for humans, fentanyl. but carfentanil abuse is spreading. and at least 30 have died in the akron area since the july 4th weekend. dr. nick jouriles is w the treatment drug narcan can be used to save those over doesh if they get enough? >> it starts at five times the amount. >> reporter: start at? >> starts at. >> reporter: keith martin heads the local office of the d.e.a. >> just this morning we were able to go on the internet and
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carfentanil. and that was $400. >> reporter: $400 for an amount that would -- >> it would kill 10s of thousands of people. >> reporter: he's been sober his since over dose. what do you want to tell addicts? >> it's going to kill you. >> reporter: first responders are being told to wear protective gear and not toes they say any accidental exposure could prove deadly. coming up next, nones go to the beach in their habits. so, why is france banned the burkini? and later, a hollywood star
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a french court is expected to r t the full body bathing suit worn by some muslim weomwomen, callit a religious display not compatible with french values. >> reporter: the place to see and be seen, the french riviera, but not for tourist, imal. she took pictures from the promenade instead of on the beach.
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child children. i'm by the sea but can't go in it." nice banned the burkini after last month's terror attack by an isis-inspired militant. police can find any woman wearing a burkini or force them to disrobe which is what happened earlier this week when they ordered her to remove her tunic. deputy mayor says wearing a how is banning the burkini going to make nice more secure and safe? >> the feeling of the people is very important. if you see like that, islamist or something looking like islamist, on the beach, everywhere, you don't feel safe. and so we have rules. >> reporter: he claims the ban has overwhelming support but
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about. would you feel scared if someone sat next to you wearing a burkini? >> no. >> reporter: her muslim friend who chooses not to cover up says she still feels targeted by the ban. "i think people should be free to do what they want" she said "i don't see why it should bother anyone." it's sparked huge which is probably why the police, when we were watching and these women arrived, did nothing. they said as a religious symbol has no place in this religiously secular country. up next, hackers take aim at a movie star. loves omega-3s.
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but black women online have these riences all the time, especially if you take a political stance, if you are a feminist. >> reporter: for months now she has been inundated by online attacks by a hero of the white nationalist movement, alt-right and writer for breitbart news. he disproved of the all-female cast in the remake. his offensive tweets whipped up many of his 300,000 followers into a frenzy and as a result was banned from twitter. >> hate speech and freedom of speech, two different things. >> reporter: after this latest attack, celebrities like katy perry rushed to jones' defense. neither jones or ian opilous
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? ? we end tonight with a priceless feature and treasure. you can help yourself to it. take as much as you like and anytime that you want. it's our national park system and the agency that runs it celebrated a milestone today. >> reporter: in 1872, thomas moran's spectacular paintings of a fantasy-like yellowstone helped lead to the creation of
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but it wasn't until 1916, 100 years ago today, that the national park service was created to protect the natural wonders from development. today it oversees 413 sites including 59 major national parks, covering 84 million acres, from great smokey mountains -- the to the grand canyon, the everglades, and the newest addition, katahdin woods and waters national monument in maine designated by president obama. >> if you're a science person, you can go to edison and be in his lab, as if he had never left. if you're a rock climber, you can hang upside down on yosemite
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can walk through the steps of jackson and lee in the civil war. >> reporter: decades ago, some politicians wanted to turn this old towpath and canal in maryland into a highway. but nature lovers prevailed. today it's the c&o canal national historic park. it runs 185 miles, all the way from west virginia to washington, d.c. and it gets almost five million visitors a year, including the determan family, whose frequent visits have made nine-year-old astrid wild about wildlife. >> we love to see the animals, the turtles, the salamanders, the egrets. we really love nature. >> reporter: but keeping the parks in pristine condition is a struggle. there is a $12 billion maintenance backlog. congress did increase the budget this year, and entrance es from about 300 million visitors a year do help. but this weekend, there will be no charge for admission, giving all americans a chance to experience a national treasure for free. chip reid, cbs news, washington. that's the overnight news for this friday. and 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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? ? this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. strong aftershocks continue to rumble through central italy and the death toll continues to rise in the wake massive earth quake. at least 250 bodies have been pulled out of the rubble. and the devastated town of accumoli where hope of finding more survives is fading. sfwl >> reporter: they're popular vacation destination and that means the death toll is higher too.
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we join those who returned home to salvage what they could. this woman said she was sad and with so many aftershocks, scared too. those with no homes or couldn't return to them, camped out. the work of an entire life, this volunteer said. overnight the search for survivors continued, though hopes dimmed as more bodies were recovered from the ru rescue workers tried to presuscitate a newborn but were unsuccessful. these are the moments that keep these rescue workers going. this elderly woman was saved from under debris. from above the random nature of the quake was clear. some towns were flattened while others were spared. the ancient architecture in places like amatrice draw
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they were reduced to rubble in seconds. the clock tower stands alone. tourists replaced by rescue workers. many of these villages have become ghost towns. aftershocks continue to rattle this region. so, even where homes are still standing, many are deemed too unsafe to return to. >> closer to home. massive clean up effort in parts of a trail of tornados touched down. luckily no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. indiana governor mike pence left the campaign trail to go to the hard hit town of kokomo. >> reporter: you can see this tornado practically flattened this starbucks. it was an ef 3, so maximum winds
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so, you can imagine the tear they felt when they realized the tornado was headed their way. a violent outbreak of tornados tore through the midwest, injuring more than a dozen people and leaving a widespread path of destruction. >> i just heard thunder and rain and didn't know what was going on. i looked down and went, oh, my. >> reporter: a massive kok kokomo, indiana. frightened customers watched as the powerful winds levelled a starbucks. no one inside was seriously hurt. >> all the sudden i heard a loud bang and i looked at my ceiling and it had actually caved in. >> reporter: witnesses say it took seconds to rip apart this apartment complex. kathleen marsh took cover in her
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that was it, i ran down stairs, i was just so scared. >> reporter: hundreds of people forced out of their homes in howard county and more than 35,000 reported without power across the state. >> we'll be here as long as we need to be. >> reporter: stepping away from the campaign trail, indiana governor, and republican vice presidential nominee, mike pence, said it's remarkable no one was seriously hurt. >> hoosiers areat tough weather. and there are a lot of hurting families. i urge every hoosher to remember these communities in their prayers. a group of scientist its and fisherman called osearch say they found the first birthing site for great white sharks in the mid-atlantic. >> reporter: research says after 26 expeditions, this is the most
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made. it includes the famed islands off montak long island. on this trip, they seem to be everywhere. >> it's a baby white. >> reporter: as soon as a shark is steered on to a hydraulic lift, researchers and volunteers rush in. the particular goal of this trip is not routine. >> i the science, right? >> chris fisher is the expedition leader. >> you were there in 2012 and 2013. the real question was where are the great whites giving birth because that's where they're most vulnerable. >> reporter: for many it can lead to better protection policies and far more scientific knowledge. why is this work in this spot so important for you? >> because this is a really
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it's a life stage that really hasn't been studied very much. >> reporter: harley newton is a veterinary pathologist for the wildlife conservation. >> this is an incredibly rare opportunity. this is my first time seeing a great white shark ever. >> reporter: and you've been studying them for how long? >> 16 years. them have been exciting. >> reporter: among the upother work, muscle biopsy and the all important tags are being applied. the goal is to have the shark on and off the lift inside of 15 minutes. >> we found it. definitely the nursy, likely the birthing site. likely the most significant discovery we've ever made on the ocean. >> reporter: and they'll see if
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>> reporter: you get one on a female and 18 months later, she should lead you to the holy grail, the birthing site. >> reporter: in 2012, cbs was there when a 2000 pound female named genie was tagged. >> if we thought we were hurting the animals, we wouldn't do what we were them go in good shape. the fact of the matter is we need get tracking devices so we can help them all thrive. >> reporter: they have tagged and released nine, including a female aptly named gratitude. >> she's gone but now everybody can follow her. >> reporter: the gps locaters are activated when the dorsal fin breaks the surface.
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? ? u.s. women's soccer team came home from the rio olympics without a medal and now the world cup champions will be looking for a new goal keeper as well. they suspended hope solo for six months and canceled her decorated american women players in history. since she burst on to the scene in 2005, but this latest hiccup might be a sign that the team is moving on. after the american women were shockingly bounced out of the rio olympics, u.s. goal keeper, hope solo took her own shot at the sweetish team, telling
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the best team did not win today. >> hope solo needs to grow up. >> it's ridiculous and classless. >> what concerns me is not just that hope solo said this, but the reaction of her teammates. >> reporter: solo's long-time teammate, meagan rupinot also expressed her own disappointment. >> that's not our team. that's not what this team will be in the federation agreed, suspending her for six months. >> reporter: despite solo's on the field success, her checkered, off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, solo was arrested on assault charges for allegedly
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for 30 days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association says it believes the discipline is excessive and in violation of her first amendment would be taken against a male player. we received a copy of the termination letter which says she'll get three months severance pay. uber has already revolutionized how people get place to place, now they've purchased a company making ought onmous big rigs.
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as big as this one is now learning to drive itself. the sillicon valley start up called otto, has just been bought by uber with a goal of putting self-driving trucks on the nation's highways in as little as two years. we were invited along for an exclusive test drive. at 55 miles per hour with no one behind the wheel, otto has roads. for test runs like the one we took on a busy freeway, a safety driver sits behind the wheel just in case. your hands are close to the wheel but not on the wheel. i'm not really scared at all. >> reporter: this is the co founder of otto. your goal is to make any truck a
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we want to make every truck a self-driving truck, so let's equip those trucks today with kits that are basically upgrading them to be self drivable. >> reporter: the announcement last week that uber is buying otto for an estimated $68 million to further its own push into self-driving vehicles. >> the future. and brings the best minds on otto team and uber team and allow us to get to the future sooner than later. >> reporter: that future is arriving in cleveland. for now, they will have a safety driver, but more than a million uber drivers around the world, may be seeing a future where they are no longer needed. what would you say to
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uber, may see otto as a big threat? >> it's a gradual -- it will take many years and at the end of the transition, we'll see the economy shift to a slightly different model. >> you can't get away the fact that this is a way for them to cutback on the amount of humans they would employ. >> reporter: uber's competitor, lyft is teaming with ford and other major car companies are also pursuing the technology. >> i think it will be similar to smart phone technology of the last 10 years. meaning it's going to show up quickly and change things dramatically in a relatively short amount of time. >> reporter: truck drivers will be needed for everything off the highway.
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yellowstone. its timelessness spreads to the horizon. here is where the bear and the antelope play, but the bison dominate. you're looking at what may be the last free ranging, pure bred herd of wild bison in north america. >> it's probably as close as you can get to what this part of the 1700s and 1800s and it's a treasure. >> reporter: dan wank is the superintendent at yellowstone national park. 2.2 million acres, almost as big as rhode island and delaware combined. but little about scale impresses america's largest land animal. a mature bison bull stands 6 feet tall and can weigh more
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aproetch ap approach that line. >> reporter: so imposing and yet they almost disappeared. >> in yellowstone national park there were 25 animals. it is the greatest conservation story. >> reporter: in the 1800s, as many as 60 million bison were hunted nearly into extinction. they were targets in the ugly the american bison, the symbol of the great plains, once roamed from nevada to mississippi but in the 1800s, pioneers pushed west. bison were in the way. 10s of millions were killed by cattle ranches, homesteaders and u.s. troops. sport hunters shot them from moving trains. and as they disappeared, so did the native american tribes who,
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bison for food, clothing, shelter and tools. >> we don't call them bison. we call them buffalo. >> reporter: because? >> we think of bison as a white man's term. >> reporter: he belongs to the blackfeet tribe and representing 60 tribes who believe bison also have great spiritual significance. >> buffalo were everything to tribes. we survived on them. >> reporter: what was the great buffalo slaughter really all about to you? >> if you got rid of the buffalo, then consequently, you would get rid of the indians. congress sent soldiers to yellowstone to protect the final survivors from poachers. conservationists including teddy roosevelt intervened to protect the population.
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yellowstone today. >> reporter: this comeback story, how improbable was it? >> it was the first effort to restore what could have been an endangered species. you can't see this kind of abundance anywhere else. >> reporter: most america's roughly half million bison are managed as domestic livestock. many have cross bred with cattle. not yellowstone's herd. t of the only populations that truly have all of the ecological and evolutionary drivers that shape the species. this is as good as it gets. >> reporter: and this is also their calving season, which brings us to the current bison challenge and controversy. when they migrate outside the park, neighboring ranchers have killed them, worried they'll
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inside the park has grazing limits. under a federal state agreement, every year the herd has to be reduced by about 10%. several hundred get sent for processing to tribes who distribute the hides and meat. when you see these guys, make you feel good? >> it does. >> reporter: but the current approach seems to satisfy no one, including irvin carlson who also belongs to the he says they should live free inside and outside the park or be returned to what he called "indian country." >> they belong to the land, they're part of the land. >> reporter: they're also part of yellowstone's future. >> we can get more bison on the landscape, diminish to eliminate the fear of the spread of the disease and we can honor the
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scientists claim they discovered an earth-like planet only one solar system away. here's an image of what it may look like. this is the closest habitable world. it would take our fastest spacecraft about 70,000 yearso find life on other planets, astronomers say there are two deal breakers. there has to be the star that acts like the sun and this. they believe it has both. it turns out the next star over has a planet that look as lot
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proxima b is sith right on our doorstep. >> astronomers have hit the jackpot. this is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a dopple ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive on earth and a year i that's because it's a lot closer to its sun but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler, which means surface temperatures likely to fall between freezing and boiling. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist jordy nelson was on the team that discovered it.
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ocean world or water plan. >> reporter: like ours? >> yes, perhaps more so. >> reporter: it would take our fast fastest space shift 10s of thousands of years to get there. but it significantly upped the odds of life forms. >> you really begin to wonder are they out ther landed on the white house lawn? it makes you wonder. >> reporter: now difficulties aside, the race is on to reach that star system, the likes of mark zuckerberg and proofeser stephen hawkings are building a space ship that might do it in 20 years but the problem is it's the size of this quarter.
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captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 26th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." he is taking hate grou mainstream. >> the war of word heats up between donald trump and hillary clinton. clinton trump as a racist while trump doubles down on his claim that clinton is a bigot. >> her policies are bigoted because she knows they will not work. two days after a devastating earthquake, search teams are still looking for signs of life in italy. this morning, the nun who became
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