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óoóoç?oogogo >> no justice, no peace! >> axelrod: thousands rally in baltimore following the arrest of six officers in the death of freddie gray. the hurdles facing the prosecutor proving what happened in that van caused his death. >> three years for the princess! >> axelrod: britain's new princess gets a royal reception. it's fight night in las vegas finally. the hype gives way to the most-anticipated bout of the century. and a family that lost everything in the nepal earthquake find a friend from america. of. >> how are you? >> i'm trying to make a big impact for one family. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. when organizers first planned the rally in baltimore today, it
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was billed as a protest. that was before six police spherdz were arrested yesterday in connection with the death of freddie gray and charged with a number of crimes, including murder and manslaughter. the speed of the arrests after a week of rioting in baltimore seemed to stunt city, and certainly changed the tone of the rally today to something that felt more like a celebration. we have two reports from baltimore tonight beginning with mark albert. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: the march began with hundreds and grew to a demonstration of several thousand. parents even brought their young children as police and national guard calmly watched. eugene puryear told us he is guardedly optimistic after the surprise arrest of six officers. >> we still have to go through the trield. we have to get convictions so it won't be a full victory until they bang that gaffe expel say "guilty." >> reporter: after gray's arrest police and prosecutors said officers ignored his pleas for medical help. he suffered severe spine injuries as the van drove to the
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police station. police have admitted officers violated policy when they did not put a seat belt on gray. >> that's what they do. >> reporter: reginald ross says baltimore officers had never put a seat belt on him in the many times he's been in a police van. it's known in baltimore and elsewhere as "a rough ride." >> i know to grab the seat belt. i know to hold on. >> reporter: you know to hold on to the seat belt, even though you're not wearing it? >> yeah, that's the only way to stay still. >> reporter: the only way to stay safe? >> yeah. >> reporter: dondi johnson sr became a paraplegic in a van ride and later died. after a week of demonstrations against police brutality christine forbes today brought her seven-year-old granddaughter to the intersection of the most violent clashs. you hope that this intersection, the scene of violence and demonstration-- >> become love and peace. love and peace. yeah. >> reporter: even though all
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of the demonstrations today have been peaceful, the governor has now thursday the highest number of national guard troop deployments yet 3,000 now along with another 1,000 state troopers and other police from baltimore. jim. >> axelrod: mark albert reporting for us tonight in front of baltimore's city hall. this case is the first major test for baltimore's top prosecutor who has been on the job less than four months. as wyatt andrews tells us, among her challenges is proving that what happened to freddie gray in that van amounts to murder. >> i heard your call for no justice, no peace. >> reporter: prosecutor marilyn mosby made a compelling public gais caseagainst the six baltimore officers but as she moves into court to prove the charges she will have work to do. >> i don't believe she has a slam-dunk pass to conviction. >> ben herbst says the toughest case to prove is against the officer who drove the van in which freddie gray was fatally injured.
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officer caesar goodson is charged with second-degree depraved heart murder, a charge that requires the state to show goodson injured gray on purpose with extreme disregard for gray's life. >> do we know that the officer made extra actions that showed a depraved heart? i don't believe we do at this point. >> reporter: extra actions like slamming on the brakes? >> yes. >> reporter: four of the officers including goodsoon space faceinvoluntary manslaughter charges because they did not react to his injuries. defense attorneys are likely to argue that police didn't know gray dying and can't be blamed for his death. attorney michael davey represents officer brian rice. >> no officer injured mr. gray, caused harm to mr. gray, and they are truly saddened by his death. these officers did nothing wrong. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: for the people marching in baltimore, the case against the police is a major point of discussion, including what happens if the officers are
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acquitted. this is baltimore resident louis hammonds: >> the city is going to be in an uproar. everybody is going to be irate. it doesn't matter what color you are-- black white whatever-- yellow, red-- whatever. everyone's going to be upset because everyone feels let down by the system. >> reporter: for now those charges have helped bring a relative sense of calm to baltimore because timely there's explanation of what happened. but that explanation is a long way from guilt and it's clear the police will have a strong defense. jim. >> axelrod: wyatt andrews in baltimore. wyatt, thank you. tension between police officers and african americans have dominated the headlines in many american cities for months now. take cleveland, where the city is dealing with two high-profile caseinvolving deadly police shootings. after the baltimore riots cleveland's mayor now says his city is preparing for the worst. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: cleveland police officer michael brelo is on trial for manslaughter in the
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deaths of amalissa williams and timothy russell. in 2012, their car backfired and officers said they thought the victims, who were unarmed were shooting at them. police fired 137 rounds, including 49 by brelo, who was accused of shooting even after the victims had stopped moving. last year, a justice deparment inquiry found more than 600 cases of excessive police force in cleveland from 2010-2013. >> i'm very much angry. >> samarria rice's pain is still fresh from the death of her 12-year-old son tamir, who was shot by a white officer last november. >> shots fired. male down. black male. >> reporter: a security tape showed him waving what turned out to be a toy pistol. when his 14-year-old sister went to his aid police tackled her repeatedly. an investigation of the shooting has gone on for months, but no charges have been filed. what do you think is the
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hold-up? >> i really don't know. i need an indictment immediately. it is an open-and-shut case. it's five months later. i don't know what they're waiting on. >> reporter: do you think there's a police problem or a race problem? >> it's a race problem with bad police officers. let me just say that. because all police officers are not bad. i'm aware of that. >> reporter: in the trial of officer brelo summations are set for next week. there is no jury, so a decision from the judge to either acquit or convict could come a week after that. dean reynolds, cbs news, cleveland. >> axelrod: now to news of a most-special delivery in great britain. prince william and his wife, kate the duchess of cambridge have a new baby girl. still unnamed the royal infant awayed in at eight pounds three ounces when she was born at 8:34 a.m. london time.
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meers mark phillips. >> reporter: a sleeping princess, not yet 10 hours old when she left the hospital with her parents. it may be a while before any prince charming arrives to wake her, but if she had opened her eyes she would have seen what will bake familiar site-- hundreds of people looking at her. it was a day of carefully oh, straight royal drama in so far as any natural birth can be orchestrated. the duchess had avoided the relentless eye of the world's press when she arrived just after 6:00 in the morning london time. a little over two hours later the news was out. it was the girl the family were rumored to have wanted. >> god save the queen! >> reporter: news of the birth had been tweeted first by this thoroughly modern royal family, although the traditional official notice was placed by the front gate of buckingham palace as well. by that tiernlg the whole world knew, include the new princess' big brother 21-month-old prince
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george, whose father had left his mother's side to go pick him up. it's only the third time george has been expose to the cameras himself, although he seems to have picked up some of the royal tricks of the trade. george had been sent back home by the time his little sister had her turn in front of the lenses. this princess with no name is a special prince ness a lot of ways. she's number four in line as an heir to the throne, and a new law means that no son born in future to william and kate will be able to jump ahead of her. the name game is the next mystery. the bookmakers have been making odds for months. >> alice is the red hot favorite six to four. >> reporter: the smart money isn't on diana says royal author robert hartman. >> i think the name princess diana is so emblematic of so many things it would almost be putting an unfair burden on the child if she was named that. >> the saga end here at
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kensington palace, where william, kate, and the kids will spend a couple days before heading to their country home and they hope a little piece and qiet. charlotte and alice still have the shortest odds with the bookies for whatever that means. >> axelrod: mark, thank you. it is fight night in america after months of hype, floyd mayweather jr. and manny pacquiao will finally lace up the gloves and get after it in las vegas tonight. as carter evans tells us, even in a town known for throwing big money around, the dollars involved in this fight are stunning. >> reporter: if the crowd energy at the weigh-in was any indication, the intensity of tonight's fight will be off the charts. >> reza yazei says it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. >> what else better than going to the feist century with your son. >> reporter: but like most of the fans filling the nearly 17,000-seat arena, his tickets weren't cheap. >> $10,000. >> reporter: apiece?
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close. we're in the middle level. >> reporter: you're not in the nose bleeds. >> no. >> reporter: but you paid through the nose. even before the first punch is thrown, this fight is expected to smash records says "l.a. times "sports wrierd bill dwyer. >> the amount of money being thrown around here is almost beyond anybody's comprehension but so is much of boxing. >> the match-up is supposed to generate $400 million through ticket sales spongsorship and pay-per-view buys. they're expected to split a purse of at least $300 million. if the money on tickets and merchandise isn't enough, there's always the sports book. >> mayweather say $2 favorite. what that means is you have to risk 2 of your dollars to win one of mine. >> jay road runs the m.g.m., and expects people to bet up to $80 million. do you think you'll see first-time betters. >> oh, yes. >> reporter: the fight will likely break even more. >>records
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when it comes to betting. the undefeated mayweather is the odds-on favorite and people are getting their bets in now. carter evans, cbs news, las vegas. >> axelrod: gas prices are up nationwide. this is not unusual for springtime as refiners change over to summer blendz but the hikes this year have been especially sharp. gas sup57 cents a gallon since january, according to a.a.a. jericka duncan has more. >> reporter: nationally, gas prices are up for the 18th day in a row. are new yorker vince oral uses an app to find the cheapest prices. >> i get ton the prices. they are so volatile, though. >> reporter: californians pay at least a dollar more than the national average. an explosion at a refinery in torrance and shutdowns at several other refineries are partly to blame. oil industry expert denton cinquegrana. >> outside of california, there are only a hand full of
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refineries that can make california-spec gasoline outside the united states. >> reporter: the price of a gallon is $2.61 least 20 cents higher than it was a month ago. denton cinquegrana says there is no need to panic. why are you so confident gas prices won't continue to increase like they did in 2008? >> there's plenty of crude oil to be refind. refiners are motivated to run right now. ening 2008 we had very strong demand. it's not that we don't have less cars on the road. it's just that the cars we're driving now are much more fuel efficient. >> reporter: while gas prices have gone up, keep in mind, last year, on average drivers were paying $1.07 more per gallon. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >> jim: these are trying times for a town that relies on a shut-down ice cream factory. and we'll have the results of the kentucky derby. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling.
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>> axelrod: in the same way that some texas towns rely on oil, what makes brenham, texas run is ice cream specifically, blue bell ice cream, which means brenham's got issues because blue bell's factory is now shut down after a listeria outbreak that killed three people. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: on a recent afternoon, dozens gathered at blue bell headquarters in brenham, texas to pray. affectionately called "the little creamery" blue bell's is brenham's major tourist attraction and with nearly 900 jobs, its largest private employer. dale green emotion a nearby donut shop. >> if blue bell closes up the town would close up. that's a sad statement but that's basically true. >> reporter: blue bell is also a source of pride here and one that is fiercely guard and there's a reason ice cream counters here like charlie pyle's are empty right now. why haven't you stocked this with other brands? >> because there's not another brand. there's not another brand that i'd be willing to serve. >> reporter: the texas-size
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support for blue bell here is part tradition part concern. page michel is with the chamber of commercial. >> blue bell is hugely important on to the local economy. with about a $98 million annual impact on the region. >> reporter: the company has recalled more than $100 million worth of ice cream but it does not expect to lay off any of its 3800 employees nationwide while it cleans its four plant. joe robertson is with blue bell. you have a lot of outbreaks and recalls out there, and you don't really see the amount of support that this company has received. why is that? >> when you're in a business for 108 years and you're headquartered in a small town like this, i think that's the difference. >> reporter: can blue bell bounce back from this? >> absolutely we can yeah. >> reporter: blue bell says it is implementing new testing procedures and will renew production only when it's confident the product is safe. for some here, that can't come soon enough.
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more than 170,000 people were at churchill downs. america popular music lost a giant thursday when ben e. king passed away at the it age of 76. the cowriter and performer of one of the all-time great hits "stand by me" was also as sweet and kind a man as you could ever hope to meet. ♪ don't forget who's taking you gnome ♪ singing lead for the drifters and later on his own he had a string of hits. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >> reporter: but ben e. king will always be best known for "stand by me." ♪ when the night has come ♪ >> axelrod: a top 10 hit twice. born benjamin earl nelson in henderson, north carolina, king wrote his signature song at his kitchen table at his apartment in harlem. did the words just come right into your head? did it take weeks months? >> it took-- it took-- oh it took no time at all.
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maybe a day or two. i'm not really a good songwriter, but i am quick. >> axelrod: the library of congress disagreed with his judgment about quality inducting "stand by me" into the national recording reg stee this past march. ♪ i won't cry i won't cry ♪ >> axelrod: if somebody tapped you on the shoulder more than half a century ago and told you this song you're writing is going to end up in the library of congress, what would you have said? >> i would have said there is a god. to think that my children's children's children's children would look at that one day and say, "wow, grasm did that." it's a good feeling. ♪ stand by me ♪ >> jim: that was just about six weeks ago. "stand by me" was covered more than 400 times by everyone from john lennon to otis redding to muhammad ali. still ahead a friendship forged
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picking through rubble in kathmandu. or to be calling the sankhu family his friends. >> you okay? yeah, you're lucky yes. >> he had come to climb mt. everest on a budget and bought boots from a shyshiner who invited him home. >> he introduced me to his family. they made me tea. they made me lunch. when the first quake hit i fell to the ground. i was traversing across a steep path, and, you know, i thought it was altitude messing with my head. i thought i was dizzy. >> reporter: ultimately, he was unharmed and evacuated by helicopter. on his way back to kathmandu he found himself wondering about that family who sold him those boots. he found the home he'd seen just two weeks ago flattened. >> i was shocked they were still alive to be honest. >> reporter: the shahis had not lost their hospitality and offered him tea and snacks. why were you so warm and welcoming after you had lost so
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much? "he climbed the mount and i know i'm happy he came back alive" ram kumari shahi said. "i love him. he's welcome back any time." now dickenson is starting an online campaign to help them rebuild. >> $70. i'm trying to make a big impact for one family. instead of small impacts here and there, i want to put another roof over ther head. >> reporter: a disaster that's destroyed so much creating something, too this unlikely friendship. seth doane, cbs news, kathmandu nepal. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. and for all of us here at cbs news thanks for joining us, and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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