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a moment ago we reported on the colin powell e-mail hack. director of the cia told us russian lacquers have been breaking into u.s. political web sites for years. john brennan spoke to jeff pegue. s, what did he say? >> rep director this week. among topics. the cyberattack on state election systems and democratic national committee. brennan did not blame russia but did point to russia's history of elect, meddling in other controez. he also told us he expects more breached information to be released by hackers. >> do you expect more cyberattacks, more releases, before the election? >> well i certainly wouldn't be
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out. i think there are capabilities a number of adversaries have. not just nation states or countries. talking about individuals who may want to, demonstrate that they're able to hack into systems and release things for whatever their agenda might be. political agenda, or one that its just trying to undermine our system of democracy here. >> well, brennan did not blame russia for the hack, scott, multiple law enforcement sources tell us, the evidence they are seeing points to russia >> jeff pegues with the interview. thank you. >> despite the hacks, the u.s. and russia are cooperating on syria. today, the cease-fire worked out by both, gave us a rare look at the remains of aleppo, syria's largest city. with no bombs falling for a second day, children ventured into the street. but 275,000 residents are in
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elizabeth palmer is there. >> reporter: here's the sound of a cease-fire working. for the second evening in a row, aleppo was largely quiet. and monitors confirmed they have recorded no deaths anywhere in seyria in the past 48 hours. what a contrast the last week. when russian and syrian planes were dropping bombs on rebel held aleppo. we drove into the government side of the city today through suburbs shattered by fighting. and heard the occasional rumble of artillery in the distance. this cease-fire is not perfect. but it is good enough that we found repair crews already out on the job, tackling the huge task of restoring power. and on both side of this divided city, the playgrounds were full
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the turkish government sent a couple of aid trucks, a short distance into syria. but there has been nothing like this where it is most needed in rebel-held aleppo where there were demonstration tuesday. opposition fighters and some local people making the point that they don't want aid handouts. they want the siege of their neighborhoods lifted. the united nations does have the first aid convoys there is now a plan in the works supported by the u.s. and russia to have all of the armed parties including the syrian army pull back from the main highway into aleppo to let the trucks through. >> elizabeth palmer with rare reporting from aleppo. thank you, liz. super typhoon, most powerful anywhere in 2016 blowing 200 miles an hour when it hit taiwan today. have a look at this.
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but he survived. the storm is hammering china tonight. tropical storm julia is churning off the southeast coast of the united states. expected to gain strength and dump rain on georgia and the carolinas. david begnaud is in charleston, south carolina. david. >> scott, right now along charleston's battery, wind gusting. 25-30 miles an hour. national hurricane center says tropical storm julia is moving slowly and erratically. julia formed last night over last west of jacksonville, florida. the first time that happened in the state of florida and unusual for a storm to form over land. it was two weeks ago tropical storm hermine, dumped nearly a foot of rain in some of the same southeastern u.s. areas that are now feeling the effects of tropical storm julia. scott, national hurricane center says jewel gentleman will remain
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on average, eight kids are killed each year off a school bus. now, drivers who ignore the flashing light and stop signs are being caught in 15 states by cameras on the bus. mark strassmann takes us to school. >> when the school bus in austin stopped two weeks ago, miles mcfadden got off. a pickup truck barreled into the 7th grader. >> i see this truck coming. i expect him to stop. he doesn't. and everything just goes into a blur.
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otherwise fine. amy mcfadden is miles' mother. >> just your heart drops into your feet. and you just can barely breathe when you are watching that. >> reporter: the very next day. a driver in austin plowed into a high school junior getting off a school bus. amazingly he was also fine. by one estimate, american drivers illegally pass school buses with their stop signs out more than 14 million times last year. in february, austin mounted buss. when the bus stop signs come out. five cameras start recording. >> the bus stop sign is out. every day austin school police review dozen of videos and find violators like this one, $300. >> that's quick. >> chief eric mendez. >> reporter: you would think the stop stein would beep hard to miss. >> you would think that the big 30-foot line, bright yellow school bus would be hard to
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citations to 6,600 motorists. >> lot of violators. >> those citationed generated $2 million in fines. but texas state senator, don hufeins would rather invest in safety features school systems have adopted like these six-foot extenders that block traffic from passing buses. >> need to focus on what works to prevent accidents before they occur. >> reporter: austin school in the first week of the new school year, scott, these cameras recorded another 900 drivers going past buses that were letting kids on and off. >> mark strassmann. thank you very much. coming up. what's causing smartphone batteries to catch fire? ?
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coming under skroout scrutiny. the rechargeable batteries are unique, lithium ions move from one side to another. ions from the positive side are separated by an electrolyte layer that make their way to the negative side when charging. during use, the flow reverses. samsung tells cbs news, the positive and negative side came into contact with each other causing the manufacturing process error. >> that means there was a short circuit. vault this would be a flaw in the manufacturing process that wasn't caught during the quality control measurements. >> reporter: lithium ion batteries are popular they're lightweight and can store energy powering electronics like lap tops and hoverboards. last week, this jeep caught fire after the owner left his new phone inside the vehicle to charge. >> how likely is something like that to happen with other
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ion battery designs are one out of 10 million, 20 million. >> reporter: samsung reports 35 confirmed cases of the galaxy 7 catching fire. scott, for privacy reasons, the company will not disclose where those faulty batteries were made. >> jericka duncan, thank you. the america has a new top librarian. carla hayden, and chief justice john roberts swore her in librarian of congress. the first woman. and first african-american to hold the position since it was created by thomas jefferson in 1802. hayden said "it its a wonderful way to show how much the country has grown." we'll close the book on this broadcast tonight with a happy reunion. flood victims and the man who
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give me a knife. 27-year-old david phung jumped into the raging waters in baton rouge, to rescue a woman in this red car, sinking to her certain death. >> she had got into a deep part of the water. that's where you see that car started to sink. >> get my dog. get my dog. >> she was in real trouble. >> reporter: in the chaos, phung pulled 53-year-old haley brouilette to safety. >> get my dog. >> i can't get your dog. >> i took one deep breath. gave it one last try. was able to retrieve the dog. >> i got your dog. >> oh! >> oh, my god. >> she had just gotten out of the hospital after kidney surgery on the way to pick up medication when she drove into the floodwaters with her trusted dog, sassy. >> i was more scared for her
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brush with death, brouilette is still homeless. >> it is hard to start over. you don't know what it is doing. >> hopefully. >> oh. >> you are so sweet. >> this week, she was reunited with the stranger who rescued her. he brought her supplies, and dog treats for sassy. >> i think it is divine intervention. i believe that in my heart and my soul. >> reporter: proving the only thing that can match mother nature's worth is human nature's best. >> it is who we are in louisiana, we help people in times of need. and i was put in that place to help her out. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, denim springs, louisiana. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us 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." warm welcome to the overnight news. i'm errol barnett. retired four star general and former sec stare of state colin powell its the latest figure to have his private e-mails hacked russia. powell confirms the leaked e-mails are authentic. in them he holds nothing back on describing the current presidential candidates. powell describes fellow republican donald trump as a national disgrace and an international pariah. as for hillary clinton, powell wrote "i would rather not have to vote for her although she is a friend i respect." a person with a long track record, unbridled ambition,
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powell's g-mail account. posted by an anonymously run website, called dc leaks, suspected of having ties to russian intelligence. his e-mails to friend, colleagues and reporters, show that he was deeply resentful that clinton and her supporters were comparing her use of a private account as secretary of state to his. the hacked e-mails reveal deep tensions between powell and the clinton campaign. in them, powell says discuss burying the e-mail flap. sad thing, powell writes. clinton could have killed this two years ago by telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me to it. i told her staff, three times, not to dry that gambit. had to throw a minitantrum at a hampton's party to get their attention. in an e-mail, a year earlier, powell tells a business associate. i told you about the speaking gig i lost at a university
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she kind of screws up with hubris. >> baseless republican accusations. clinton's e-mails topic of discussion on capitol hill. >> i respectfully decline to answer. >> reporter: republican led hearing uncovered few details. but the congressman vowed to stay on the issue. >> if any body is under any illusion i will let go and sail into the sunset. they're ill advised. resting at her home in chappacau, she left campaigning to others. her husband spoke in her place at two fundraisers. >> i really, really, really, want to elect hillary clinton. >> reporter: president obama made his first solo appearance for her. attacking trump with gusto. philadelphia. >> i mean he wasn't going to let you on his golf course. he wasn't going to let you buy in his condo. and now, sudden leap this guy is
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investigation by the new york state attorney general. the first dealt with trump university. the new one centers on the trump foundation. main your garrett reports. >> reporter: the donald j. foundation began in 1987 as a family charity. a lengthy investigation by "washington post" revealed trump stopped donating to his charity eight years ago and made questionable purchases using donor's money and prompted a new york state investigation at the moment trump hoped to fus working parents. >> we have been concerned that the trump foundation may have engauged. >> new york attorney general, eric snyderman is suing donald ptrump over alleged fraud at trump university. on tuesday, snyderman said he now has question as but the gop nominee foundation. >> wheat have been looking into the trump foundation. to make sure it is compliant with the laws that govern charities in new york. >> reporter: recent reports
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at least 25,000 dollars of donor's money was used for an illegal political contribution. 12,000 was spent on football gear, signed by tim tebow. and $20,000 on a six-foot tall painting of trump himself. president obama seized on the portrait during a rally for clinton in pennsylvania. >> the other canned dates foundation took money other people gave to his then bought a 6 foot tall painting of himself. >> word of the inquiry spread hours before trump teamed with ivanka to unveil his plan to help working families. >> safe, affordable, high quality child care, should not be the luxury of a fortunate few. >> trump's plan would allow parents to deduct child care expenses from income tax, create savings accounts to care for dependent relatives. guarantee, six weeks of
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>> my opponent has no child care plan. she never will. >> clinton does have a child care plan. it offers 12 weeks of guaranteed leave for mothers and fathered paid for by hypertaxes on the wealthy. trump's plan is paid for by reducing waste in unemployment insurance. its wages for family leave are lower than clinton's. >> now as for the new investigation. trump's campaign denies the candidate did anything illegal partisan hack. snyderman sat done to discuss the investigation on cbs this morning. >> as member of the new york leadership council of hillary clinton's. the optics this scud appear, politically motivated. >> traffic cop, democart. he speed by me. i have to give him a tick tell the. that simple. charities have to follow the rules. you can't say i gave money to a charity not give the money to a charity. and on the forms you file with my office. you can't give money to a
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i am just following the rules as with any charity. we never had a press conference. never did it grandstanding on this. just me, doing my job. >> is this inquiry or investigation? >> not sure what the distinction. is it an investigation in the sense that we have asked for information. >> based on what? just based on the $25,000 contribution to pam bondi? >> our initial -- line of inquiry and other -- allegations have come forward. >> whistle blowers come forward all the time. we don't credit everything that we get. we look into allegations that we get. pam bondi contribution. >> let me ask you what the law is then. there are allegations trump used his foundation to pay for personal expenses, a painting of himself. would that be illegal? >> might be. certain circumstances. self-dealing regulations. understand there is a, two-level
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federal level. they may very well be conducting their own inquiry. members of congress request they'd do so. and we enforce the new york law on charity. we are looking into it as we have an on li -- have an obligation. >> have you scrutinized the cliton foundation? >> a lot of questions raise add but, access donors may have had to her while she was secretary of state. what are you looking for there? >> the issue that has been is been required to disclose donations from foreign governments. and the answer is very simply that new york state attorney general's office has never asked any nonprofit to disclose contributions from foreign governments. historically in new york concern was with expenditures of new york state, and local governments of new york state, fund. concerns about graft, corruption. working through nonprofits. so the doctors without borders,
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a man in phoenix facing is a long list of charges including attempted murder after a security camera caught him trying to run down three police officers with his car. now one of the cops suffered a broken leg. all three will be okay. police say 44-year-old mark payne was just passing through town, and now h without bail. michelle miller has this story. >> the three officers were responding to an assault call, but by the time they arrived, those suspects were gone. and as they stood in a parking lot. police say that's when the driver moved himself into position. and ran them over. >> surveillance footage shows the driver slamming into the officer standing in a gas station parking lot early tuesday morning. behind the wheel is 44-year-old
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his first day launched into the air, crashing through the store window. >> video shows the the suspect watching the officers. moving his car, couple spots in the parking lot. and running them down. >> one officer has a broken leg. the one thrown in the air, suffered a concussion. he was still able to help bring down payne seen fighting with police and was eventually subdued with a taser. >> payne faces three counts of attempted first degree murder. >> this is a violent, cowardly act, unacceptable. our phoenix police officers were targeted. >> this incident the lateest aparent attack on officers including the deadly shootings of police in dallas and baton rouge earlier this summer. >> we have all heard about officers being targeted ambushed in communities across this nation. but this happened here. these officers could have easily been killed.
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three funerals now. >> this week, marks the 300th birthday of america's first lighthouse. named a national historic landmark. mark albert paid a visit to boston lighthouse. >> jetting off into boston are bar aboard a coast guard boat we followed the currents of history. navigating to a beacon older than the republic. when we dock on little rooster island. greeted by a woman 1783. >> what is it like living on an island with a lighthouse? >> a dream come true. >> boston lighthouse has been both a dream and a vision for countless mariner throughs the centuries. three centuries in fact. >> people have been walking up this way to the base of the lighthouse for 300 years. >> absolutely. >> and snowman's job is to safe guard it for the next 300. she makes rounds twice a day. and took us along on a cloudy
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imposing granite base that its 7 1/2 feet thick. >> you are going to be touching part of the original 1716 foundation. >> right now? >> right now touching it. >> built 60 years before the american revolution. boston lighthouse has weathered countless storms. some man made. the american rebels set it on fire twice to stop it from guiding occupying british forces. george washington the order the second time. then the red coats in retreat from boston in 1776. blew up the lighthouse. the victorious americans, finally rebuilt it in 17 # 3. it has been raised in staged through the centuries. now towering over boston are bar at 89 feet tall. almost nine stories. >> as the conical walls get narrower, we reach the first ladder. >> come on up.
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turn? >> exactly. >> wow. >> it rotates 4,000 pound of brass and glass. when we look inside we see ape short little bulb or lamp. 1,000 watts. >> tiny. >> tiny. gets magnified to 2 million power. >> by all the glass. >> all the glass. >> the crystal or that saved lives. 336 unusual for a lighthouse. it rotates, counterclockwise. a light that cuts through the darkness every ten second. visible. 27 nautical miles away. awe off the the light gets reflected and refracted. into a narrow vein. and that's what we see. >> wow, this is breathtaking. oh, my gosh. there is downtown boston. >> absolutely.
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of and down the north shore, south shore. panoramic views. >> you have the best view in boston? >> absolutely. >> snowman has been keeper for 13 years. oversees a team of 90 volunteers. she took us to her favorite spot on the island. a windy search. few get to experience. >> wlen do you think of your predecessors sitting and taking in the view? >> absolutely. been up here 3,:00 in the a magical place. eechbl when it is foggy. it feels look you are close. nothing can happen to you. you are safe. >> reporter: the lighthouse. one of 371 operated by the postcard. >> claudia gilzer is captain of the port in boston. >> why does a 21st century coast guard need a 3 century old lighthouse. >> suffering the same purpose for 300 years.
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out of shoem waters, gathering them. >> mariners wanted to go to ports that had lighthouses, safer for them to navigate in and out. >> eric j.dolan is author of brilliant beacons history of the american lighthouse. he says boston lighthouse allowed its city to thrive and expand. lighth lighthouses, rolled in commerce for the nation. >> we would not be the count lighthouses and dependable keepers have provided. >> in your book you call them beacons and sentinels. >> yeah, towering symbols of welcome. and safety. >> but in an age of gps, radar, sonar. many wonder if the symbols of another era should drift into history. >> why not tear down some of the lighthouses? >> some lighthouses have been torn down.
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integrally entwined with the i dent team of the communities where they're located. if you try to tear down ate lighthouse, you are going to have a political uprising. >> just asking congress. wliel the coast guard has awed mated all its lighthouses. lawmakers decreed in 19 # 9 that boston lighthouse, the nation's first, be forever manned as a tribute. which is why sally snowman is the latest in a long line o rooster island. kept company with husband jay. >> in 300 years how many keepers? >> i'm the 70th. the first 69 were men. >> first woman deeper. >> of still making history after three centuries. >> absolutely. keep on making it. inside her front door, a sign that says we'll leave the light on for you. at boston lighthouse that isn't just a staying. an unlinking promise kept for
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sound track, hymns inspired jazz, blues, soul, led to rock 'n' roll, hip-hop draws inspiration from all styles. it didn't play by the rules. as it turns out that's exactly what america was craving. >> this is a journey into sound. >> let me tell you something. hip-hop back in the day. for me it represented everything that was community ? ? >> stroiaight out of compton. >> hip-hop is one of the only true american made musics. it's much more than just the music. music transcends language. transcends, territories, boundaries. >> reporter: this is the story of how hip-hop changed american culture.
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here, we have to take you back to where it all began. here on these streets. graffitis, gangs, beat boxing filled the air. nervous energy and simmering frustrations people were looking for a change. according to music legend. a local dj in this building at a part turntables, mixer, sampling coolest parts of the music. called the barackdown. just lick that hip-hop was born. the beats became -- called the break down. just like that hip-hop was born. >> we didn't talk about the party. we talked about things. like some times, like a jungle makes me wonder how i keep from going under.
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street poetry. ? push me because i'm close to the edge ? ? i'm trying not to lose my head ? hip-hop took off. ? don't you tell me to smile ? >> reporter: shaped by place. east coast. ? ? west coast. and it began to transcend race and class. >> we have to understand that there was some eyes and minds opened with our music. ? ?7 >> what we had to do with our music was really explain to
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mad at you. we're mad at things. and guess what? you are probably mad at the same stuff we are mad at. ? fight the power, fight the power that be ? ? not about to be the victim ? >> i think hip-hop has capability to address anything and also get through to its listener. just what are we going to use the platform for? a woman is wrong ? >> here we are almost 30 years later dealing with the same issues. >> everyone is listening. today's mcs are moguls. >> yeah. >> reporter: yesterday's controversies became successes. you might say, hip-hop had made it. >> i think the responsibility musicians have is to be the voice that laws cannot make.
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we have seen the signs. school open, drive carefully. many people don't pay attention. austin, texas for example has grown communities, putting cameras on their school buss to protect the kids. mark strassmann has the story. >> the austin school district ha one until stop signs come on front and back. the signs turn on five mounted cameras like these two. which automatically record whether nearby cars come to a stop for the kids. and all too often they don't. miles mcfadden was bruised but fine? what do you remember about that
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i expect him to stop. he doesn't. everything just goes into a blur. >> amy mcfadden, miles' mother saw the video of the collision that night. on television. >> it is just your heart drops into your feet. and you just can barely breathe when you are watching that. >> the very next day in austin, another truck hit a high school student getting off the bus. amazingly, he was fine. by one estimate, american drivers illegally pass school buses re on average, roughly eight kids a year are killed by drivers who ignore school bus stop signs. >> right down the road where everything happened. >> his daughter gabby was killed after getting off her school bus in florida in 2010. the 71-year-old driver was never charged. mayer is pushing lawmakers to allow school bus cameras to keep students safe.
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we know it is going to happen again. >> at least 15 states allow cameras to be mounted outside school buss to record motorists illegally passing. austin added the cameras last january. >> we had the bus, stop signs out. >> every day, school police review videos of violators. like this one. the fine is $300. >> that's probably $50 to 100 right there. in four months they sent citations to >> that was a significant number. >> when school bus cameras here always watching, up to drivers to recognize that stop signs really do mean stop. >> that's somebody's baby. every one of those kids is somebody's baby. it is my responsibility as a driver to make sure that every one of those kids gets home safely. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday.
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this morning. from the broadcast center here in new york city. i'm errol barnett. take care. the campaign gets physical. hillary clinton and donald trump go public with their latest medical exams. we have the details. >> also tonight, colin powell >> also tonight, colin powell is hacked off. stolen e-mails reveal his harsh word for both trump and clinton. >> the cameras on the bus goes snap, snap, snap. to catch drivers who don't stop for kids. >> i see this truck coming, i expect him to stop. he doesn't. and everything just goes into a blur.
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he is 70. she turns 69 next month. add them up, and donald trump and hillary clinton are the oldest presidential election match up in u.s. history. they have now revealed results from their latest medical checkups. clinton put out a lot of detail. but we didn't learn as much about trump. we have three reports. first nancy cordes on clinton. >> reporter: scott a two page letter from clinton's doctor. in it she says she examined the weekend and she is recovering nicely from a mild noncontagious bacterial pneumonia. overall, she says clinton its still fit to serve as president. >> reporter: the doctor's letter reveals clinton first developed a low-grade fever, congestion, and fatigue nearly two weeks ago. she was put on a short course of antibiotics, and advised to rest.
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congestion had worsened and she developed a cough. >> can i get some water. >> yeah. >> last friday, a ct scan revealed a small right middle lobe pneumonia. she was put on a ten day course of the antibiotic levaquin on top of the armor thyroid she takes to treat hypothyroidism d pressure is 100/70. her heart rate is 70. which doctors say is normal. the letter does reveal that clinton had a medical procedure earlier this year, she had a tube placed in her ear to alleviate symptoms related to sinusitis and ear infection. scott, her doctor says subsequent ct scan of clinton's brain revealed no abnormalities. >> nancy cordes in new york, thank you. now to major garrett on trump.
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stunned his senior staff when heap handed over medical records today during taping of the "dr. oz" television show. the show with detail of some record is scheduled to air tomorrow. if your health its as strong as it seems from review of systems why not share your medical record. why not? >> i really have no problem in i have it right here. should i do it? i don't care. should i do it? trump and dr. mehmet oz discussed campaign weight gain and trump's desire to lose, 10 to 15 pound. the two discussed details of from. trump's physical though declined to release data shared with dr. oz. here's what kellyanne conway said this morning about medical records when asked if they would on a tv show? dr. otz. i don't think he should. no. he was going to talk about the fact that he had a physical and what the results are or what the
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>> last december, trump's doctor release aid letter saying he would be "the healthiest individual elected to the presidency." the campaign, scott, clearly had its wires crossed led us to believe that information will be available for public scrutiny sometime this week. >> main your garrett, thank you very much. a cbs news medical contributor, dr. tara narula. you are a cardiologist what did you see in hillary we don't have to speculate. we learned she has had there mall blood work including an inr, measure of how thin the blood is important for some one on coumadin, a blood there in. the levels checked. up to date on vaccination. normal mammogram. calcium score, 0. cardiac calcium score, her risk of cardiovascular events and disease is very low as far out
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cholesterol panel. her cat scan of her brain was normal in march. >> thyroid medication? >> hypothyroidism. affecting 10% of women, over 60. basically means you have underactive thyroid gland, easily treated with medication. >> for trump, 6'2", 236 pound, technically obese. >> yes, bmi is 30. if i were his cardiologist, drop his bmi done to 25. weight loss of 30 po thank you. former secretary of state colin powell took a healthy swing at both candidates in e-mails that were stolen. and posted by a website called dcleaks. we don't know who hacked powell's g-mail account. but here again is nancy cordes. >> reporter: they're making a mistake frying to drag me in. that was one of several e-mails powell wrote expressing frustration with clinton for likening e-mail use to his.
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>> reporter: he told a friend last month. i told her staff three times, not to try that gambit. adding sad thing is that clinton could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done. powell's hacked e-mails reveal complicated relationship with clinton. on one hand called her a friend i respect. on the other, he said, everything clinton touches she kind of screws up with hubris. his comments about donald trump were even more scathing. trump its a national disgrace, and international pa rye yeah, he wrote in june. last month he said trump its at 1% with black voters and will drop. he takes us for idiots. he can never overcome what he did to obama with the search for the certificate. powell aide confirmed today that powell did write those e-mails
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after three days off the campaign trail, clinton will resume tomorrow. today, trump was in the battleground state of michigan. and we will go back to main jr. garrett. >> hillary failed. >> reporter: donald trump faltered when he attacked, hillary clinton appearing at an african-american church. the church dispensed bottled walter to residents avoiding lead in flint's water supply. >> everything she touched didn't work out. nothing. now hillary clinton -- >> mr. trump. >> okay. okay. >> not to give a political speech. >> that's good. then i will go back. thank you. >> another complication for trump. new york attorney general, eric snyderman, opened inquiry into the donald j. trump foundation. has trump used contributions of others for his own personal gain. now, scott, snyderman is worth pointing out endorsed clinton
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a moment ago we reported on the colin powell e-mail hack. director of the cia told us russian hackers have been breaking into u.s. political web sites for years. john brennan spoke to jeff pegues, what did he say? >> reporter: cbs news was granted rare access off to the the cyberattack on state election systems and democratic national committee. brennan did not blame russia but did point to russia's history of elect, meddling in other controez. he also told us he expects more breached information to be released by hackers. >> do you expect more cyberattacks, more releases, before the election? s just trying to undermine oure
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>> well, brennan did not blame russia for the hack, scott, multiple law enforcement sources tell us, the evidence they are seeing points to russia behind these attacks at some level. >> jeff pegues with the interview. thank you. >> despite the hacks, the u.s. and russia are cooperating on syria. today, the cease-fire worked out by both, gave us a rare look at the remains of aleppo, syria's largest city. with no bombs falling for a second day, children ventured into the street. but 275,000 residents are in
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elizabeth palmer is there. >> reporter: here's the sound of a cease-fire working. for the second evening in a row, aleppo was largely quiet. and monitors confirmed they have recorded no deaths anywhere in syria in the past 48 hours. what a contrast the last week. when russian and syrian planes were dropping bombs on rebel held aleppo. we drove into the government side of the city today through suburbs shattered by fighting. and heard the occasional rumble of artillery in the distance. this cease-fire is not perfect. but it is good enough that we found repair crews already out on the job, tackling the huge task of restoring power. and on both side of this divided city, the playgrounds were full of kids just being kids. the turkish government sent a
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distance into syria. but there has been nothing like this where it is most needed in rebel-held aleppo where there were demonstration tuesday. opposition fighters and some local people making the point that they don't want aid handouts. they want the siege of their neighborhoods lifted. the united nations does have the first aid convoys already to roll, scott. there is now a plan in the works to have all of the armed parties including the syrian army pull back from the main highway into aleppo to let the trucks through. >> elizabeth palmer with rare reporting from aleppo. thank you, liz. super typhoon, most powerful anywhere in 2016 blowing 200 miles an hour when it hit taiwan today. have a look at this.
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off his motor bike. but he survived. the storm is hammering china tonight. tropical storm julia is churning off the southeast coast of the united states. expected to gain strength and dump rain on georgia and the carolinas. david begnaud is in charleston, south carolina. david. >> scott, right now along charleston's battery, wind gusting. 25-30 miles an hour. national hurricane center says tropical storm julia is offshore moving slowly and erratically. julia formed last night over last west of jacksonville, florida. the first time that happened in the state of florida and unusual for a storm to form over land. it was two weeks ago tropical storm hermine, dumped nearly a foot of rain in some of the same southeastern u.s. areas that are now feeling the effects of tropical storm julia. scott, national hurricane center
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days and may strengthen. >> david begnaud on the carolina coast, david. thank you very much. come offing up next, can cameras stop drivers from blowing past school buss? >> and a hero is reunited with the flood victims he rescued. 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,
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7th grader. >> i see this truck coming. i expect him to stop. he doesn't. and everything just goes into a blur. >> reporter: he was bruised but otherwise fine. amy mcfadden is miles' mother. >> just your heart drops into your feet. and you just can barely breathe when you are watching that. >> reporter: the very next day. a driver in austin plowed into a high school junior getting off a school bus. amazingly he was also fine. by one estimate, american drivers illegally pass school buses with their stop signs out more than 14 million times last year. in february, austin mounted exterior cameras on 320 school buss. when the bus stop signs come out. five cameras start recording. >> the bus stop sign is out. every day austin school police review dozen of videos and find violators like this one, $300. >> that's quick. >> chief eric mendez.
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miss. >> you would think that the big 30-foot line, bright yellow school bus would be hard to miss. >> $50 to 100 right there. >> in four months they sent citations to 6,600 motorists. >> lot of violators. >> those citationed generated $2 million in fines. but texas state senator, don hufeins would rather invest in safety features school systems have adopted like these six-foot extenders that block traffic from passing buses. >> need to focus on what works to prevent accidents before they occur. >> reporter: austin school officials hoped publicizing cameras would be a safety alert. in the first week of the new school year, scott, these cameras recorded another 900 drivers going past buses that were letting kids on and off. >> mark strassmann. thank you very much. coming up. tteries to catch fire?one my hygienist said the most random thing.
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batteries had issues they're coming under skroout scrutiny. the rechargeable batteries are unique,lithium ions move from one side to another. ions from the positive side are separated by an electrolyte layer that make their way to the negative side when charging. during use, the flow reverses. samsung tells cbs news, the positive and negative side came into contact with each other causing the manufacturing process error. >> that means there was a short circuit. this would be a flaw in the manufacturing process that wasn't caught during the quality control measurements. >> reporter: lithium ion batteries are popular they're lightweight and can store energy powering electronics like lap tops and hoverboards. last week, this jeep caught fire after the owner left his new phone inside the vehicle to charge. >> how likely is something like
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devices? >> the failure rates for lithium ion battery designs are one out of 10 million, 20 million. >> reporter: samsung reports 35 confirmed cases of the galaxy 7 catching fire. scott, for privacy reasons, the company will not disclose where those faulty batteries were made. >> jericka duncan, thank you. the america has a new top librarian. carl al hay department. n placed her hand on lincoln's library and chief justice john roberts swore her in as librarian of congress. the first woman. and first african-american to hold the position since it was created by thomas jefferson in 1802. hayden said "it its a wonderful way to show how much the country has grown." we'll close the book on this broadcast tonight with a happy reunion.
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here is omar villafranca. >> reporter: in the middle of august, historic louisiana flood. >> give me a knife. give me a knife. 27-year-old david phung jumped into the raging waters in baton rouge, to rescue a woman in this red car, sinking to her certain death. >> she had got into a deep part of the water. that's where you see that car started to sink. >> get my dog. get my dog. >> she was in real trouble. >> reporter: in the chaos, phung pulled 53-year-old haley brouilette to safety. >> get my dog. >> i can't get your dog. >> i took one deep breath. gave it one last try. was able to retrieve the dog. >> i got your dog. >> oh! >> oh, my god. >> she had just gotten out of the hospital after kidney surgery on the way to pick up medication when she drove into the floodwaters with her trusted dog, sassy. >> i was more scared for her
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>> reporter: a month after her brush with death, brouilette is still homeless. >> it is hard to start over. you don't know what it is doing. >> hopefully. >> oh. >> you are so sweet. >> this week, she was reunited with the stranger who rescued her. he brought her supplies, and dog treats for sassy. >> i think it is divine intervention. i believe that in my heart and >> reporter: proving the only thing that can match mother nature's worth is human nature's best. >> it is who we are in louisiana, we help people in times of need. and i was put in that place to help her out. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, denim springs, louisiana. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning."
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this is the cbs "overnight news." warm welcome to the overnight news. i'm errol barnett. retired four star general and former sec stare of state colin powell its the latest figure to have his private e-mails hacked. again fingers pointing at russia. e-mails are authentic. in them he holds nothing back on describing the current presidential candidates. powell describes fellow republican donald trump as a national disgrace and an international pariah. as for hillary clinton, powell wrote "i would rather not have to vote for her although she is a friend i respect." a person with a long track record, unbridled ambition,
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nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: e-mails from powell's g-mail account. posted by an anonymously run website, called dc leaks, suspected of having ties to russian intelligence. his e-mails to friend, colleagues and reporters, show that he was deeply resentful that clinton and her supporters were comparing her use of a private account as secretary of state to his. the hacked e-mails reveal deep tensions between powell and the clinton campaign. in them, powell says he met with clinton's advisers in august to discuss burying the e-mail flap. sad thing, powell writes. clinton could have killed this two years ago by telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me to it. i told her staff, three times, not to dry that gambit.
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hampton's party to get their attention. in an e-mail, a year earlier, powell tells a business associate. i told you about the speaking gig i lost at a university because she so overcharged them. adding everything, hrc touches she kind of screws up with hubris. >> baseless republican accusations. clinton's e-mails topic of discussion on capitol hill. >> i respectfully decline to answer. >> reporter: republican led hearing uncovered few details. but the congressman vowed to stay on the issue. >> if any body is under any illusion i will let go and sail into the sunset. they're ill advised. resting at her home in chappacau, she left campaigning to others. her husband spoke in her place at two fundraisers. >> i really, really, really, want to elect hillary clinton. >> reporter: president obama made his first solo appearance for her. attacking trump with gusto.
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he wasn't going to let you buy in his condo. and now, sudden leap this guy is going to be your champion? >> donald trump faces a second investigation by the new york state attorney general. the first dealt with trump university. the new one centers on the trump foundation. main your garrett reports. >> reporter: the donald j. foundation began in 1987 as a family charity. a lengthy investigation by "washington post" revealed trump stopped donating to his charity questionable purchases using donor's money and prompted a new york state investigation at the moment trump hoped to focus on working parents. >> we have been concerned that the trump foundation may have engauged. >> new york attorney general, eric snyderman is suing donald trump over alleged fraud at trump university. on tuesday, snyderman said he now has question as but the gop nominee foundation.
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to make sure it is compliant with the laws that govern charities in new york. >> reporter: recent reports found trump's foundation repeatedly broken irs rules. at least 25,000 dollars of donor's money was used for an illegal political contribution. 12,000 was spent on football gear, signed by tim tebow. and $20,000 on a six-foot tall painting of trump himself. portrait during a rally for clinton in pennsylvania. >> the other canned dates foundation took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a 6 foot tall painting of himself. >> word of the inquiry spread hours before trump teamed with ivanka to unveil his plan to help working families. >> safe, affordable, high quality child care, should not be the luxury of a fortunate few. >> trump's plan would allow
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expenses from income tax, create savings accounts to care for dependent relatives. guarantee, six weeks of federally subsidized leave for mothers but not for fathers. >> my opponent has no child care plan. she never will. >> clinton does have a child care plan. it offers 12 weeks of guaranteed leave for mothers and fathered paid for by higher taxes on the wealthy. trump's plan is paid for by reducing waste in unemployment insurance. its wages for family leave are lower than clinton's. >> now as for the new investigation. trump's campaign denies the candidate did anything illegal and calls eric snyderman a partisan hack. snyderman sat done to discuss the investigation on cbs this morning. >> as member of the new york leadership council of hillary clinton's. the optics this scud appear, politically motivated. >> traffic cop, democart. he speed by me. that simple. charities have to follow the rules. you can't say i gave money to a charity not give the money to a charity. and on the forms you file with
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you can't give money to a political campaign from a charity. i am just following the rules as with any charity. we never had a press conference. never did it grandstanding on this. just e, doing my job. >> is this inquiry or investigation? >> not sure what the distinction. is it an investigation in the sense that we have asked for information. >> based on what? just based on the $25,000 contribution to pam bondi? >> our initial -- line of inquiry and other -- allegations have come forward. >> what allegations? >> whistle blowers come forward all the time. we don't credit everything that we get. we look into allegations that we get. pam bondi contribution. >> let me ask you what the law is then. there are allegations trump used his foundation to pay for personal expenses, a painting of himself. would that be illegal?
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certain circumstances. self-dealing regulations. understand there is a, two-level system of regulation here. the irs regulates. federal level. they may very well be conducting their own inquiry. members of congress request they'd do so. and we enforce the new york law on charity. we are looking into it as we have an on -- have an obligation. >> have you scrutinized the clinton foundation? >> a lot of questions raise add but, access donors may have had to her while she was secretary of state. what are you looking for there? >> the issue that has been raised there, why they haven't been required to disclose donations from foreign governments. and the answer is very simply that new york state attorney
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contributions from foreign governments. historically in new york concern was with expenditures of new york state, and local governments of new york state, fund. e others may receive money s, from foreign governments. never asked any one to single out the clinton foundation would be grossly unfair, changing the rules for the one foundation in the middle of the game. is different. degree dry spray. degree.
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a man in phoenix facing is a long list of charges including attempted murder after a security camera caught him trying to run down three police officers with his car. now one of the cops suffered a broken leg. all three will be okay. police say 44-year-old mark payne was just passing through town, and now he is being held without bail. michelle miller has this story. >> the three officers were responding to an assault call, but by the time they arrived, those suspects were gone. and as they stood in a parking lot. police say that's when the driver moved himself into position.
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officer standing in a gas station parking lot early tuesday morning. behind the wheel is 44-year-old mark laquan payne, rookie cop on his first day launched into the air, crashing through the store window. >> video shows the the suspect watching the officers. moving his car, couple spots in the parking lot. and running them down. >> one officer has a broken leg. the one thrown in the air, suffered a concussion. he was still able to help bring down payne seen ti subdued with a taser. >> payne faces three counts of attempted first degree murder. >> this is a violent, cowardly act, unacceptable. our phoenix police officers were targeted. >> this incident the latest apparent attack on officers. including the deadly shootings of police in dallas and baton rouge earlier this summer. >> we have all heard about officers being targeted ambushed
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but this happened here. these officers could have easily been killed. thank god we are not planning three funerals now. >> this week, marks the 300th birthday of america's first lighthouse. named a national historic landmark. mark albert paid a visit to boston lighthouse. >> reporter: jetting off into boston harbor aboard a coast guard boat we followed the currents of history. navigating to a beacon older than the republic. when we dock on little rooster greeted by a woman dressed from 1783. >> what is it like living on an island with a lighthouse? >> a dream come true. >> boston lighthouse has been both a dream and a vision for countless mariner throughs the centuries. three centuries in fact. >> people have been walking up this way to the base of the lighthouse for 300 years. >> absolutely.
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she makes rounds twice a day. and took us along on a cloudy thursday in july. starting at the lighthouse's imposing granite base that its 7 1/2 feet thick. >> you are going to be touching part of the original 1716 foundation. >> right now? >> right now touching it. >> built 60 years before the american revolution. boston lighthouse has weathered countless storms. some man made. fire twice to stop it from guiding occupying british forces. george washington himself, gave the order the second time. then the red coats in retreat from boston in 1776. blew up the lighthouse. the victorious americans, finally rebuilt it in 17 # 3. it has been raised in staged through the centuries. now towering over boston are bar at 89 feet tall.
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>> as the conical walls get narrower, we reach the first ladder. >> come on up. we are in the gear room. >> this is what makes the light turn? >> exactly. >> wow. >> it rotates 4,000 pound of brass and glass. when we look inside we see ape short little bulb or lamp. 1,000 watts. >> tiny. >> tiny. gets magnified to 2 million power. >> by all the glass. >> all the glass. >> the crystal or that saved lives. 336 prisms in a 17-foot lens. unusual r it rotates, counterclockwise. a light that cuts through the darkness every ten second. visible. 27 nautical miles away. awe off the the light gets reflected and refracted. into a narrow vein. and that's what we see. >> wow, this is breathtaking. oh, my gosh. there is downtown boston. >> absolutely.
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fireworks everywhere. of and down the north shore, south shore. panoramic views. >> you have the best view in boston? >> absolutely. >> snowman has been keeper for 13 years. oversees a team of 90 volunteers. she took us to her favorite spot on the island. a windy search. few get to experience. >> do you think of your predecessors sitting and taking been up here 3,:00 in the morning. just awesome. a magical place. it feels look you are close. nothing can happen to you. you are safe. >> reporter: the lighthouse. one of 371 operated by the postcard. >> claudia gilzer is captain of the port in boston. >> why does a 21st century coast guard need a 3 century old lighthouse. >> suffering the same purpose for 300 years.
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them. >> mariners wanted to go to ports that had lighthouses, safer for them to navigate in and out. >> eric j.dolan is author of brilliant beacons history of the american lighthouse. he says boston lighthouse allowed its city to thrive and expand. lighthouses, rolled in commerce for the nation. >> we would not be the country today without the ser stris that lighthouses and dependable keepers have provided. >> in your book you call them >> yeah, towering symbols of welcome. and safety. >> but in an age of gps, radar, sonar. many wonder if the symbols of another era should drift into history. >> why not tear down some of the lighthouses? >> some lighthouses have been
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integrally entwined with the i dent team of the communities where they're located. if you try to tear down ate lighthouse, you are going to have a political uprising. >> just asking congress. while the coast guard has automated all its lighthouses. lawmakers decreed in 1989, that boston lighthouse, the nation's first, be forever manned as a tribute. which is why sally snowman is the latest in a long line of keepers to live on little os kept company with husband jay. >> in 300 years how many keepers? >> i'm the 70th. the first 69 were men. >> first woman keeper? >> of still making history after three centuries. >> absolutely. keep on making it. inside her front door, a sign that read we will leave the light on for you. at boston lighthouse that isn't just a staying. an unlinking promise kept for centuries.
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inspiration from all styles. it never really fit a mold. it didn't play by the rules. as it turns out that's exactly what america was craving. >> this is a journey into sound. >> let me tell you something. hip-hop back in the day. that was community. ? ? >> straight out of compton. >> hip-hop is one of the only true american made musics. it's much more than just the music. music transcends language. transcends, territories, boundaries. >> reporter: this is the story of how hip-hop changed american culture. but to understand how we got
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to where it all began. here on these streets. graffitis, gangs, beat boxing filled the air. nervous energy andsimmering frustrations people were looking for a change. according to music legend. a local dj in this building at a party took two records, tu coolest parts of the music. called the breakdown. just like that, hip-hop was born. the beats became -- called the >> we didn't talk about the party. we talked about things. like some times, like a jungle makes me wonder how i keep from going under. and i was like, man.
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? push me because i'm close to the edge ? ? i'm trying not to lose my head ? hip-hop took off. ? don't you tell me to smile ? >> reporter: shaped by place. east coast. ? ? west coast. rt and it began to transcend race and class. >> we have to understand that there was some eyes and minds opened with our music. ? ? >> what we had to do with our music was really explain to white america that we are not mad at you. we're mad at things. and guess what? you are probably mad at the same stuff we are mad at.
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power that be ? ? not about to be the victim ? >> i think hip-hop has capability to address anything and also get through to its listener. just what are we going to use the platform for? ? you have to know that hitting a womais >> here we are almost 30 years later dealing with the same issues. >> everyone is listening. today's mcs are moguls. >> yeah. >> reporter: yesterday's controversies became successes. you might say, hip-hop had made it. >> i think the responsibility musicians have is to be the voice that laws cannot make. >> rap its the music.
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we have seen the signs. school open, drive carefully. many people don't pay attention. austin, texas for example has grown communities, putting cameras on their school buses to protect the kids. mark strassmann has the story. >> the austin school district has 320 buses. nothre the signs turn on five mounted cameras like these two. which automatically record whether nearby cars come to a stop for the kids. and all too often they don't. when this austin school bus stopped two weeks ago, this truck kept going and plowed into 7th grader miles mcfadden was bruised but fine? what do you remember about that day.
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>> i am just walking, i see a truck coming. i expect him to stop. he doesn't. everything just goes into a blur. >> amy mcfadden, miles' mother saw the video of the collision that night. on television. >> it is just your heart drops into your feet. and you just can barely breathe when you are watching that. >> the very next day in austin, another truck hit a high school student getting off the bus. amazingly, he was fine. by one estimate, american drivers illegally pass school buses more than 13 million times last year. on average, roughly eight kids a year are killed by drivers who ignore school bus stop signs. >> right down the road where everything happened. >> his daughter gabby was killed after getting off her school bus in florida in 2010. the 71-year-old driver was never charged. mayer is pushing lawmakers to allow school bus cameras to keep students safe. >> it is not an dent. it its preventible. not a tragedy.
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>> at least 15 states allow cameras to be mounted outside school buss to record motorists illegally passing. austin added the cameras last january. >> we had the bus, stop signs out. >> every day, school police review videos of violators. like this one. the fine is $300. >> that's probably $50 to 100 right there. in four months they sent citations to 6,600 motorists. >> that was a significant number. >> when school bus cameras here always watching, up to drivers to recognize that stop signs really do mean stop. >> that's somebody's baby. every one of those kids is somebody's baby. it is my responsibility as a driver to make sure that every
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captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, september 15th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." both candidates blink in the standoff over releasing medical information. for hillary clinton, that means a two-page letter from her doctor detailing her prescriptions and pneumonia. and donald trump, an interview with tv's dr. oz, dishing on his fast food diet. overnight, another wave of wada breaches as hackers release more medical records of american athletes cleared to take banned substances. the americans on the list and highway the world doping agency is standing by them.
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