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captioning funded by cbs good morning, it is thursday, april 21st, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump promises new campaign tactics as he focuses on a potential showdownh wit hillary clinton. the olympic flame is on its way to brazil. a country plagued by zika, pollution, and a possible presidential impeachment. first this morning, tom hank is coming back to studio 57 to talk about his new film. he spent nearly eight weeks living in north africa. we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. i love running against crooked hillary. i love that. it's so much better, better. bernie wouldn't
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>> donald trump sets his sights on hillary clinton. >> that's right, we'll fire hillary. hillary, you're fired. [ applause ] >> now clinton is talking togetherness, rolling like a nominee. and it's contested convention or bust for anybody who's not trump. president obama spent 2.5 hours meeting with saudi king salmon tackling thorny issues. >> pushing for an intensified campaign against islamic state. the longest drug tunnel ever found on the california/mexico border. e >> wedseiz over a ton of cocaine and three tons of marijuana. more rain isec forast for flood-ravaged houston this morning. >> there are still neighborhoods that look like this. historic changes to the $20 bill. abolitionist harriet tubman will reace andrew jackson. >> yeah! [ applause ] queen elizabeth is turning 90. >> she'll be celebrating all day and for the next couple of months. ♪ happy birthday espn has
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analyst curt schilling after he posted an insensitive message regarding transgender bathrooms. >> all that -- a softball gamne i virginia comes to a standstill when a dustdevil blows right through the middle of the field. back and -- the roof!pressure went through >> all that matters -- >> we are turning the empire state building the dark crimson, the red, that signifies donald trump. >> trump won in new york's most famousui blding turned dark crimson blood red. as was prophesieded. >> on "cbs this morning" -- >> we had a great night last night in new york. >> i like to imagine him in his tour looking over the city, rubbing his little hands together. >> what the shall happening? ♪ ? >> i'm winning, that's what's happening. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by --
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welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump's campaign now sees a clear path to victory in the republican presidential race. a campaign memo obtained by the "washington post" predicts he will get more than the delegates needed to win on the first ballot of the gop convention. trump is also shaking up his unconventional tactics and promising a more traditional approach. >> in an interview published yesterday, trump said his campaign is evolving and "i'm not going to blow it." his top aides meet today with party officials at an important meeting of the republican national committee. major garrett is at the meeting site in california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. speaking of the republican national committee, it and donald trump simply can't seem to make peace. the rnc chairman, reince priebus, called the gop front-runner yesterday, fulfilling his obligation to telephone every primary winner. in that conversation, the two were unable to reach a cease-fire over trump's persistent allegationsa
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resolve differences or when trump would participate in any more presidential debates. >> i walk to the voting booth, and they gave me a thing. i saw stiff, stiff, trump. >> reporter: in rallies in maryland and indiana, donald trump drew big crowds and reverted to his nasty side when referring to top rival ted cruz. >> lying ted cruz, lying ted. lies, he lies. >> reporter: that ended trump's flirtation with decorum. >> senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. >> reporter: at his new york victory party, trump knows his big fight with cruz will come in indiana where cruz's strategy to deny trump the nomination by winning most of the state's 57 delegates will be tested. >> i'm millions of vote ahead, millions. it's a rigged, crooked system that's designed so that the bosses can pick whoever they want. >> reporter: cruz conceded he can't win the delegates
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to secure the nomination. he predicted future contests in south dakota, washington, oregon, and montana will block trump's path. >> i'm not going to reach 1,237, and donald trump is not going to reach 1,237. >> reporter: for cruz, the only option is to fight trump for delegate loyalties in cleveland in july. >> what is clear today is that we are headed to a contested convention. >> reporter: trump advisers still predict an outright nomination victory and a general election showdown. ♪ >> hillary, you're fired. [ applause ] >> if she ever gets a chance to run, i think she's being protected. >> reporter: trump said a campaign against clinton would include criticism of her e-mail scandal and possibly criminal charges if he wins the white house. >> you have a six-year statute of limitations. >> right. >> and certainly this falls within that period of time. >> reporter: trump advisers will meet with rnc members tonight and show them how trump can win the nomination. cruz and john kasich made similar pitches here jed. trump's narrative will behe
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mathematics as opposed to hunches, intensions, and aspirations. >> thank you. bernie sanders tells supporters he can still win the democratic nomination, but the associated press says that hillary clinton can lose the rest of the primaries and still be the nominee. the sanders campaign says it raised $46 million in march compared to more than clinton's $29 million. both candidates spent about as much as they took in. sanders will have to keep spending with five primaries coming up on tuesday. 384 democratic delegates are at stake. nearly half are in pennsylvania where the latest poll shows that hillary clinton leads bernie sanders by 13 points. president obama is making a personal appeal to middle east allies to step up the fight against isis. the president met this morning with gulf arab leaders at a security summit hosted by saudi arabia. margaret brennan is in riyadh with why the president is facing skepticism.
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>> reporter: good morning. well, saudi leaders say they're confused by president obama's mideast policy urging them to share the neighborhood with iran, their long-time enemy, and a country that both consider to be a state sponsor of terrorism. smiles for the cameras disguised in otherwise tense -- an otherwise tense summit with gulf leaders. the meetings focused on how to counter an explosion of mideast violence that they believe is being fueled by long-time faux iran. >> it's always a pleasure -- >> reporter: the u.s.-brokered nuclear deal has also made rumors here deeply suspicious of president obama's intensions. saudi leaders in particular feel he has jeopardized their status as america's key ally in the middle east. deputy national security adviser ben rhodes -- >> we certainly understand this is their neighborhood, they're worried about iran and what its agenda is and the actions that they've taken. our point is simply that
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concern with iran should not foreclose the potential for diplomatic engagement if there's an ability to resolve problems. >> reporter: president obama's arrival on wednesday was not met with the usual pomp and ceremony given to visiting leaders. it also wasn't broadcast on state tv, u.s. officials denied that was a snub. in a two-hour-long meeting yesterday, president obama tried to clear the air. but saudi leaders are looking toward the next u.s. president, when it's hillary clinton or even donald trump. despite all of this frustration, both saudi and american officials tell me that they need each other, and they are determined, charlie, to maintain this strategic military alliance. >> thanks, margaret. before the president returns if his overseas trip, i will go to europe and interview next week in germany. you can see the conversation tuesday here on "cbs this morning." and more tuesday night on my
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>> looking ford that. southeastern texas this morning is bracing for more thunderstorms. the houston area is struggling to recover from days of historic rain that killed eight people. a traffic camera captured dramatic video of one driver who gus frerotte trapped in the rising -- who got trapped in the rising water. some homes and cars are still under water. manuel, good morning. good morning. the floodwaters are slowly starting to recede. there are so much that places like this apartment complex remain flooded with vehicles submerged. there are dozens of more vehicles in the distance behind me just like that, ruined. rain has been on and off here for the past four days, further complicating the city's rescue and recovery efforts. after another round of soaking rains, streets still look like waterways. and many homes in the houston metro area are still under water. >> i'm all the way here on the left-hand side -- >> reporter: mike moore wanted
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has been paddling his neighbors in and out for supplies. why do you feel compelled to help? >> it's community. people here are suffering. everybody's losing cars, jobs, live livelyhood. they need help. >> reporter: steven cobb's home was ravaged by floodwater. the people helping him, complete strangers. cobb is thankful. >> i wouldn't be able to do it. all this can be replaced, but we live in the greatest community, the greatest city. >> reporter: the city of houston is trying to prevent future tragedies. this video shows the moments after claudia i can't drove around the roadblock, into deep floodwaters. the 25-year-old drowned before a toll worker could reach her. >> we've got to identify every location like that and put in place a barrier system that prevents people from driving in. >> reporter: although thunderstorms are in t
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system that dumpe all this record rainfall here is now past with. with a city looking toward the weekend to dry out. >> thank you. the damage from last week's hailstorm in texas is being called the most expensive in the state's history. baseball-sized hail shattered car windows and pummelled homes. an insurance industry group estimates the cost of deficit reduction at nearly $1.4 billion. the united states has reportedly reached an agreement with volkswagen over the automaker's rigging of diesel tests. it acknowledged last year installing software in cars this misled customer business emissions. a german newspaper reports the agreement calls for each affected vw owner in the united states to receive $5,000. customers reportedly can also have their cars updated for free to comply with emissions regulations. michigan governor rick snyder calls the first criminal charges in the flint water crisis deeply troubling. two state regulators pleaded not guilty wednesday to
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evidence tampering, and violating water treatment laws. a flint city employee is also charged. >> they failed in their responsibilities to protect the health and safety of families of flint. they failed michigan families. indeed, they failed us all. i don't care where you live. >> michigan's attorney general warns this is only the beginning of the investigation. he says no one, including the governor, has been ruled out for possible prosecution. police in southern california say there are no obvious signs of foul play in the death of former wwe star chyna. she was found dead yesterday at her home in redondo beach. she emerged in the '90s to become one of the best known and popular female wrestlers in history. she often competed against the men. at one point, she was a wwe women's champion. after retiring from wrestling, she appeared in reality tv shows including "celebrity rehab." she was 46. federal investigators in
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found what could be the longest cross-border drug tunnel. they announced wednesday that the tunnel's discovery led to a massive drug bust. the tunnel apparently stretches the length of more than eight football fields, from tijuana in
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in san diego where the drugs were loaded. only about three-feet wide, the tunnel was remarkably complex. >> ten feet down in this hole, it's really a completely different story. it is equipped with a ventilation system and a commercial, large elevator that i would estimate could hold eight to ten people. >> reporter: investigators say this is the largest single seizure of cocaine related to a tunnel along the california/make border. most of the cocaine smuggled into the u.s. comes in on small boats and even makeshift submarines. we saw this firsthand when we traveled with the coast guard last year following a record $200 million drug bust in the pacific. so far, sick people including one u.s. citizen have been arrested in connection with this latest seizure, and they face drug trafficking charges. for "cbs this morning," carter evans. a teacher's aide in milwaukee is under arrest this morning after a video shows him
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manhandling a student. the video taken yesterday shows him pushing the 14-year-old student to the floor. the student was treated for minor injuries. another student in the class told our milwaukee affiliate, wdjt-tv, that the two were arguing before the attack. the supreme court is considering laws this morning that make refusing an alcohol test illegal. the eight justis heard oral argument yesterday. it's atrem in several states -- it's a crime in several state to refuse a breathalyzer or drug test. our report shows why some believe police should get a warrant first. >> reporter: good morning. the fourth amendment generally says that the government can't search you or your house without a warrant unless you give consent. it can suspend your license if you refuse a breathalyzer or a blood alcohol test. and in some states, that refusal can send you to jail. [ siren ] police across the country have relied on blood and breathalyzer tests to fight drunk driving. in 14 states, police can perform these tes
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and in some of those states, drivers who refuse could find themselves behind bars. drivers in minnesota and north dakota filed the three cases under review after they were pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving. >> the search warrant is required in every case. you're going to take more police officers off the streets. >> reporter: kathy kena is a government lawyer fighting against requiring warrants. >> the smaller jurisdictions where there are only one or two officers, and you're requiring them now get a warrant in every situation. not only is the public safety on the road going to be affected but public safety in general. >> reporter: during the 70-minute debate, some justices seemed to side with the state. justice steven briar said, "what is wrong with a breathalyzer test when it can save lots of lives and is given to people where there is probable cause?" other justices questioned when police could order a blood test for drugs and alcohol without a warrant. justice anthony kennedy, "you're asking us to make it a crime to exerci w
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of as a constitutional right." justice sonia sotomayor called the laws, "a very drastic change," ask, "did we dispense with a very important requirement in our law that before you search, particularly a person with a need or in an intrusive way, that you get a warrant?" critics say the law is pure government overreach and that police could easily get a warrant when they're transporting a drunk driving suspect to the hospital where they do the tests. a decision is expected by june. >> thank you very much. queen elizabeth ii is britain's first monarch to turn 90. [ boom ] >> boom is right. a gun salute marked the birthday beginning a series of celebrations there. mark phillips is at windsor castle, west of london, where -- [ book ] -- the queen is greeting well
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wishers. another boom. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not too many 90-year-olds get to celebrate their birthdays by taking a walk among a crowd of several thousand complete strangers, but when you're the queen, it's part of the job. normally this birthday clark is her real birthday, is an official state event celebrated in june. normally this is a private affair, just with family and friends. 90 is special. the last time she did this was on her 80th. this is part of three days of public celebration of this event. later today, she will light a big beacon bonfire here at windsor castle to be matched by similar bonfires and beacons across the country. there will be a family dinner this evening, which the princes say they will try to keep their grandmother up late. that's not likely to interfere with another event tomorrow, a lunch with president obama, at which he will likely convey the birthday greetings of the former colonies. norah? >> aw. mark phillips at windsor le
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can take a walk. she's always got her purse. you ever wonder what's in the queen's purse? >> she looks kind of like my mother. yes. >> she looks great. >> how many generations will we see there? >> there's pictures out with her grandkids, just darling. absolutely darling. you could soon ditch your cable box and still get all your favorite channels. ahead, how one cable giant is
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. new revelations about understand what in the days before a woman was killed in a texas church. >> ahead, why someone who knew missy bevers thinks somebody was after her. >> the news is back in the morning right here on "cbs this morning."
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danger that she faced? why someone who knew her does not think this crime is random. money talks and andrew jackson walks. the battle over changing our 5, 10, and 20 dollar bills is over. ahead, a look at the monumental women who will fill your wallets. time to show some of the headlines. the "washington post" reports on vice president joe biden calling on researchers to speed up progress in the fight against cancer. biden leads the cancer moonshot initiative. he urged scientists wednesday to share data and tell him what changes needed to be made. biden's son beau died of cancer last year. increased patrols by russian attack submarines triggering echoes of the cold war. this is a chilling piece. western military officials say the intensity of activity rose nearly 50% over the past year. analysts say it's a challenge to the u.s. and nato. russia has spent billions of dollars on new diesel and nuclear powered attack submarines which makes your interview
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putin even more interesting. >> yeah. "usa today" reports that comcast is loosening its grip on tv technology. the cable giant will let some customers watch or record cable tv without leasing a set-top box. oh, happy day. the xfinity partner app is initially for those with roku tvs or streaming players and 2006 samsung smart tvs. the rollout is scheduled for later this year. >> teams inevitable, doesn't it? >> it does. "bloomberg news" reports how ford opened its wallet to get a glimpse of tesla's electric technology. ford paid nearly $200,000 for one of tesla's first model-x crossover suvs, that was $55,000 more than the sticker price. automakers commonly buy new products from rivals. "new york "daily news"" reports on the firing of curt schilling for remarks on b
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he scoffed at letting people use bathrooms according to their gender identity. espn called the comments unacceptable. family members of a woman murdered at a texas church said her husband worried about her safety before her death. missy bevers taught an early morning workout class there. still no trace of the suspect. a video shows a person dressed in police gear at the church. vinita nair with details. >> reporter: good morning. there are reports that police are combing through missy bevers' emails and more. the atf visited the church with a bomb-sniffing dog. investigators still haven't said if the suspect is a man or woman. despite tips flowing in, police still can't identify this person in a helmet and police jacket days after missing befrs was killed in a texas -- bevers was killed in a texas church. >> maybe it was a crazy
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crazy. >> reporter: her mother spoke to reporters. >> her husband told her to be prepared, you know. he had worried about something like that that early in the morning. >> reporter: bevers was killed at the creekside church of christ monday morning. she arrived early for her scheduled 5:00 a.m. fitness class. surveillance video from inside shows a suspect roaming the halls before she arrived. police believe these boarded up doors are where the person broke in. >> she seemed a little more reserved. ri >> reporter: mark garcia works at jaime where bevers used to work out. he said in recent weeks, the 45-year-old didn't seem like herself. >> i don't think she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. i feel like someone was after her. >> i couldn't stand it. >> reporter: patsy macy took classes from bevers. >> i couldn't stand that somebody hurt her. >> reporter: she's hoping for justice. >> i want them to catch this person, a man or woman, whichever, and i want them to pay the uat
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>> reporter: on saturday, there public a public funeral for missy bevers. on his facebook page, her husband brandon thanked the public for their outpouring of support. >> thank you very much. a former president of the united states is being evicted from the face of the $20 bill. the u.s. treasury confirmed yesterday their former slave and iconic abolitionist, harriet tubman, will replace andrew jackson who was a slave owner. julianna goldman is at the treasury building in washington where she talked with secretary jack lew. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the changes aren't going to be happening overnight. the new designs will be revealed in 2020, and then the next 5, 10, and 20 will be going into circulation in the years after that, and they're going to look a lot different than what's inside your wallet right now. african-american opera singer marian anderson broke new ground by performing on the steps of the lincoln memorial in 1939. born into slavery, harriet tubman became one of america's most famous
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now both will make history again. >> this is bigger than just one square inch of one bill. we're talking about the 20, the 10, and the 5. >> reporter: last summer, treasury secretary jack lew said he would pick a woman to join alexander hamilton on the $10 bill. after public outcry, he decided to go bigger, putting tubman on one of america's most-used bills. >> it showed that young people, old people, at home and school were thinking about this, thinking about what democracy means to them. ♪ >> reporter: fans of the broadway smash hit "hamilton" played their part, too, rallying to keep the first treasury secretary in print. you're not denying that "hamilton the musical" played some part in this? >> i wouldn't exaggerate it. i give a lot of credit to the crew of "hamilton" for bringing american history to life for so many people. >> reporter: sweeping design changes for the renewed bills will be unveiled in
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to mark the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. the $10 will be rolled out first, featuring susan b. anthony and others like alice paul who marched for women's suffrage on the steps of the treasury in 1913. abraham lincoln will stay on the front of the new five, bout back, marian anderson, eleanor roosevelt, and martin luther king jr., commemorating historical moments at the lincoln memorial. charles ross is a descendant of tubman. >> going to keep one in my wallet as a constant reminder of where we've been and where we're going. >> reporter: when exactly you'll be able to use a cub man 20 at the tubman museum will be up to the next president. >> i'm pretty confident that will take on a life of its own. >> reporter: technically the next president could change these plans. but lew says he hopes it doesn't happen. ultimately, it's up to the federal reserve to decide when currency goes into circulation. flew
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asked the fuad expedite the process. the timing is security and making sure it can't be counterfeited. >> thank you. a lot of people very happy about the decision. >> i don't know of anybody firmly against it. >> me neither. >> i know someone in the paper said, our money is catching up with our history. it's a recognition that the country has changed. >> yeah. >> i know. they have that song, all about the benjamins. now all about the tubmans, baby. >> we like this. the tubman 20s. >> baby, give me some. >> give you a couple of tubmans. the olympic torch is lit this morning. rio is facing a discharge journey to the summer olympics. coming up, battling zika, stopping terror, and dealing with waterways compared to raw sewage. and if you're heading out, you can watch us live with the cbs all-access app on your digital device because we know this for sure -- you do not want to miss -- who's coming to the studio? >> tom hanks. >> coming back to studio 57. we
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wow! >> oh, my god! holy cow! >> holy cow is right. that's a close encounter of the wet kind, you could say, north of san diego. a paddle boarder got a little splash sunday by a playful gray whale that came up for a little air. i don't know, guys, how you stay upright after that. >> i know. strong core muscles there. >> indeed. good balance. >> good balance. this morning the olympic torch was lit in greece to kick off the countdown and relay to the summer game in brazil. the torch will not burn at a sports venue during the g
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but in downtown rio. the city is using two stadiums. how the ceremony shines light on big problems in brazil. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. about three months until the opening ceremony, and it's not uncommon for host countries to be putting the finishing touches on things. brazil has problems. political chaos, the worst recession in decades, and then there's the not-so-small problem of a virus being spread by mosquitoes. ♪ >> reporter: this video made by the brazilian government shows rr re io as a stun -- rio as a stunning and energetic city fit for the gods. nearly seven years after it was chosen to host the summer games, there's a new reality in rio. >> when brazil was awarded the games in 2009, it was a stable condition. in the interim, it's become destabilized. the president is facing impeachment. >> reporter: brazil's senate
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impeach president dilma rousseff and several other high-ranking politicians are tied to a massive corruption scandal with the state-run oil company. there are also concerns about security. brazil has multiple entry points because it shares a border with ten other countries that experts say terrorist could exploit. >> they see that there's opportunity in maybe loose border control, we governance, corruption. the islamic state and al qaeda are always looking for major venues where they can make a very powerful statement. >> reporter: then there's zika. the world health organization has declared it a global health emergency because it causes serious birth defect. u.s. soccer star hope solo is planning to attend but admitted in february she's concerned. >> at some point, i do want to start a family. i don't want to be worried. th reporter: mosquitoes aren't
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alligators have been breeding near the site of the olympic golf course. and rio's main olympic waterways are so contaminated, experts say athletes competing in the equivalent of raw sewage. one athlete believes he got flesh-eating bacteria after sailing in rio's waters. the international olympic committee says rio is on track to host the games. all but two of the venues are finished, and after a slow start, ticket sales are finally picking up. >> the 2006 theme is ready to rise to this challenge and to deliver olympic and paralympic games that will reflect the brazilian warmth, the brazilian hospitality and love for the game. [ cheers ] >> reporter: once the games begin, it is unlikely that we'll see a lot of empty seats in the stands. if they don't sell out the tickets, the government plans to give tickets away to local schools. as for the price tag for all of this, the rio
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good morning. it's thursday, april 21st, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there's more real news ahead including "time's" most 100 influential people. melissa mcccarthy and other have made the list. first, the "eye opener." >> the two were unableo t reach a cease-fire over trump's persistent allegations of a rigged rnc rule system. >> saudi leaders say they're confused by president obama's mideast policy urging hem to share the neighborhood. rain has been on and off for the past four days further complicating the city's rescue and recovery efforts. f
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breathalyzer test, in some states, it can send you to jail. not too many 90-year-olds get to celebrate theirth birday by walking amid a crowd of several thousand complete strangers. when you're the queen, it's part of the job. radio. the new designsil wl be revealed in 2020. >> all about tubman, baby. >> the tubman 20. hillary said her front-runner had a big night. >> you proved again there's no place like home. >> that's right, hillary won her home state -- no, not illinois. no, no, not arkansas. no, not the ice kingdom of arendale. new york, there you go. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. donald trump's campaign reportedly predicts he will go to the republican
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fluff to win the -- enough to win the nomination. his rivals insist they still have a chance. ted cruz and john kasich met yesterday with national committee members in florida. they're trying to sway party leaders to their cause. trump's top advisers will make his campaign case today. >> cruz admits he will not get the necessary 1,237 delegates to clinch the nomination but says donald trump won't get that many either. the front-runner tells the "wall street journal" that his campaign is evolving. trump said coming soon, our policy addresses, teleprompters, and a speech writer. he vowed to be more effective and more disciplined. you think he needs a speechwriter? >> not i don't. he could do well off the cuff. >> not necessarily on policy. >> yeah. >> that is true. that is true. all right. hillary clinton's first stop after winning the new york primary was pennsylvania. and bernie sanders will campaign there today. pennsylvania is one of five states voting on tuesday with
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it is the second-largest contest left for the democrats. 475 delegates will be awarded in california's primary in june. clinton needs 456 to clinch the nomination. that is about 27% of the rema remaining delegates. sanders needs 1,211, a little over 70%. brigham young university is gripped by protests over how sexual assaults are handled. some alleged victims say they've been investigated for possible violations of the mormon school's honor code which bans premarital sex and alcohol use. undergraduate maddie barney who says she was raped has filed a legal complaint accusing them of violating a title 9 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education and addresses sexual violence. cbs news legal expert
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clayman is here. what does this allege? >> it goes back to her facts. she says that she was raped and that it took her then four days to report it because she was so concerned that something pad would happen to her from the university. about two months later, she received a notice from the university that although she is a victim of a sexual complaint, that she is also in violation of the honor code. so -- >> help us understand that. >> yeah. exactly. >> doesn't make any sense. >> it certainly doesn't make any sense to someone who thinks that if you're a victim of a sexual assault or an alleged victim that something bad should happen to you. if you go to the police, that you should be able not tonight tell the truth, but must tell them the whole truth. >> how does she, the victim, violate the honor code? >> because the honor code at byu
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byu, may say you violate the honor code if you drink alcohol, if you do drugs. most important, if you are not chaste. if you have premarital sexual relations. they won't even tell her what her honor code violation is. she's working in a bind. she gets upset, she's having trouble with classes. they will not support her and give her rape services that they would give a victim because her lawyer tells her, correctly so, do not cooperate with the honor code violation because it may hurt your criminal case. >> does she know all this, and therefore she did not report and it took four days to report because she understood all these possibilities? >> i don't think she understood them quite in the detail that they occurred, but she understand enough to know that simply her conduct of having a man come up to her room and even engaging in the slightestd
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may be considered improper, that at that point in time she could go on probation or get kicked out of the university. you know, she's not alone here. >> explain how title 9 is part of this. >> title, we all know about it here in this room. our viewers know about it because title 9 says you will not have sexual discrimination, you will not have discrimination based on gender. and you will not have a hostile sexual environment. what normally happens in title 9 is that a school must investigate a sexual assault allegation and protect the alleged victim. they would look at the victim and the accused. here the accused is not a student. so they're only looking at the victim. it's really a mess. >> a lot of people scratching their head this morning about this. >> 100,000 signatures on her behalf almost. >> thank you very much. firefighter "cbs this morning," oscar winner tom hank returning back to studio 57. we always love when he
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he spent nearly eight weeks in one of the most remote parts of the world for his new movie. we'll talk about that and other some stuff, too.
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last week we talked about creating the hit broadway musical. >> i wasn't much of a history student as a kid. my research was in biography and then finding a connection. and an empathetic connection to hamilton and then learning all the stuff as i was writing it. i'm the teacher who's learning it a chapter ahead of his students. >> this morning, he's one of "time" magazine's 100 most influential people. ahead, "time's" editor shows who else made the cut. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪
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i read that when you were younger, it was suggested to you that you change your name to lenny williams? is that true? i thought maybe that was an urban legend story. >> it was true. i was a breakdancer at the time and had the step haircut.
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>> a breakdancer? >> yeah. >> that breakdancer is leonardo dicaprio. and he is just one of the fascinating people we've interviewed here on "cbs this morning." today he is among "time" magazine's 100 most influential people. he's featured on one of six covers celebrating the "time" 100 list. >> other influential people include singer and rapper nicki minaj, facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg and his wife, priscilla chan, and actress bee ya -- bianca chopra. >> and createdor and star of the broadway musical "hamilton" also on the list. "time" magazine's editor nancy gibbs joins us with the list. good morning. what's the most exciting thing for you in this year's list? >> we always surprise ourselves by the people that the conversation surfaces. it's amongst our journalists, past "time" 100s, people around the world, a very global list. while it always includes people that people will generally have heard of like the president or the pope or
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china, it also always includes people that may not be on the radar, in the same way, and yet are doing extraordinary things in their field. it's that chemistry -- >> who would that be? >> i don't know that most people know that air force general lori robinson is now up for senate confirmation to take over northern command which is to say the protection of the united states homeland. she'll be the first william to be a combatant -- first woman to be a combatant commander. i think people who are breaking records, steph curry has had the most extraordinary -- >> lewis hamilton on the list. >> and formula one may not be among the most watched sports, but it's not true in the rest of the world. if formula one ever becomes a big thing in the u.s., it will be because of someone like him. >> mark zuckerberg on the list with his wife. >> and we asked bill and medical and gates to write about them because even though people on the list are often rich
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something for other than what made them rich and powerful. zuckerberg is not on this year because of facebook. he's on because of the commitment that nay made to give away 99% of their facebook wealth to the chan zuckerberg initiative. which like the gates foundation, the power of private foundations and individuals to really transform philanthropy has been one of the incredible stories of our time. >> do you know what's fun about the list is that you do unusual pairings. >> yes. >> you have somebody write about somebody else. give us a couple of those that stood out in your mind that you thought were great. >> leonardo dicaprio, where you started. obviously we could have put him on for "the revenant" and his character. we had john kerry write about him, prosecute the perspective -- from the perspective of someone who speaks out on climate change. >> how about kendrick lamar? >> kendrick lamar, too, is -- >> we like that. >> and having one of the founders of the black lives
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role that his music has played in giving a different kind of voice to the debate that we've been having about race in this country. we had misty copeland write about steph curry. a ballerina and very much a role model able to write it one of the things that makes him such an extraordinary athlete. and the fact that he's only 6'3" gives hope to weekend warriors. >> and tim cook and fbi director james comb at the height of the encryption -- gyjim comey at th height of the encryption debate. >> again, cook obviously could be on because of his role as running the world's most valuable company. the arguments that he's making about encryption and where he has inserted himself in this critical debate about privacy and security really is changing the conversation and creating some unusual argument i think about initiatives. >> are you nervous because you're in the prese
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"time" 100 honoree here. >> always humbled to be in charlie's present -- >> charlie rose office that list. i love that. >> i was sweating when she interviewed me at an event not long ago. >> it's always fun to turn the tables on the great interviews. and i love the fact that you all know from experience how extraordinary many of these people are. >> yes. >> we do. >> and also we like fellow journalists getting nominated. >> congratulations. the big number in britain today is 90. queen elizabeth and the british nation celebrating a historic birthday. a look at her public and private life next. g a business, legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years we've helped one million business owners get started. visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to start and run your business. legalzoom. legal help is here. jane likes to mix things up. that's why she loves new light & fit greek non-fat yogurt mousse. so fluffy and airy it's her
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♪ britain this morning is wishing queen elizabeth happy birthday with music ceremony and personal greetings. another historic moment for a moon o who has witnessed a lot of history in her 90 -- for a monarch who has witnessed a lot of history in her 90 years. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if proof were needed that queens are not like you and me, their birthdays are a good place to start. queens get two of them. the real one which for queen elizabeth is today, and an official one with all the state trapping whis which is in june. even for queens, this is the one that counts. ♪ >> reporter: the choir sang "return to sender" as the queen back her birthday celebrations by
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elvis may be the king of rock and roll, but this monarchy definitely hasn't left the building. as the new stamps issued for the queen's 90th indicate, it will be around for a while yet. one queen and three kings in waiting. and according to the second in line, prince william, she's been the best possible teacher. >> i think the queen's duty and her service, tolerance, her commitment to others, i think that's all been incredibly important to me. it's been a real sort of guiding example of what a good monarch can be. >> reporter: a 90-year-old monarch who's been on the throne for 64 years. maybe that's why the next choir sang "glad i'm 64." the queen has witnessed so many milestones over her long life. a collection of 90
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pulled together if celebration. this is a private milestone, too. and the latest photo of the queen with her youngest grandchildren and her great grandchildren may be the most personal. that's 11-month-old princess charlotte in her arms with william and kate's other child, prince george, in the short pants just beside her. people who know her say there are two queens. the public, dutiful one, and the private one, a country girl at heart where she can be herself. and no one knows that better than margaret rhodes, who has known the queen since childhood, and still enjoys a private friendship with her. what do you call her, her majesty, or by her first name? >> i call her by her childish name. >> reporter: so -- >> lily bet. >> reporter: lily bet to you? does she still respond to lily bet? >> yes.
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>> reporter: and she's showing few signs of slowing down. other members of her family fill in at official engagements, but she does plenty of them herself. being there is what the job is all about. >> we have prime ministers by the dozen, but we have the queen who is always there. i think that gives people a sense of safety almost. and i think that she herself does all the things that she like to do like putting on a crown and opening parliament and things like that. at the same time, she likes to take her dogs for walks and talk to ponies and pull weeds. you know, she's a mixture. >> reporter: and the private/public split continues. a private dinner with the family here tonight. then tomorrow, a lunch with president obama who's convenie i
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thank you, mark phillips. when we come back, tom hank
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the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign finance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edsdwar said "no" to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. and she would ban assault weapons. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senator.
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we've all been there. you have that itch on your back that you just can't reach. guess what, it happens to lemurs, too. i love this video. a lemur gets help from two boys with an itch on its back by pointing it out. the boys help every time. the lemur demanded more. >> i'll do that. >> i love how he was like, don't stop, don't stop. >> that's nice. lem lemurs, like people, too. >> i love that. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, tom hank -- do you need any scratching? there you go. goodness. there's not enough. right there. >> teach going, keep going. keep going, keep going.
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tom hoianks needs another scrat. tom hanks, that's why we love him -- >> everybody join in. >> yes. >> his new movie it a salesman's life-changing tripoli s-- trip o saudi arabia. . time to show of the morning's headlines. "the new york times" reports donald trump's cessna jet is grounded. its registration expired january 31st. trump criss-crossed the country in the plane over the past several months. a campaign spokeswoman says the renewal process is almost complete. >> thank goodness. >> registering an aircraft cost about $5. safety ropts a warning from chinese -- reports on a warning to chinese officials that comes in a comic strip poster. it tells the story of a civil servant who dates a handsome, romantic boyfriend. he convinces her to give him internal files.
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it ends with a warning that crimes endangering national security can land someone in jail. the "los angeles times" reports on a snapchat controversy. yesterday the messaging app released a lens that alters selfies to make them look like reggae legend bob marley. critics say it amounts to a digital version of black face. some question it on 4/20 a they celebrates marijuana. they said it was created in partnership with the bob marley estate and gives people a way to appreciate his music. we help his achievements. it seems much ado about nothing. they were doing a snapchat, superimposing his face. don't read into something that isn't there, people. >> thank you. >> okay. the new york "daily news" reports how a yankee threw a blazing fastball from left field. aaron hicks gunned in the oakland runner who tried to score from third. the ball traveled 105.5 miles per hour. that's the fastest recorded throw ever by an
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the as won -- an outfielder. the as won 5-2. "time" reports on some 2,000 entries added to the miriam webster's unabridged dictionary including fomo, the fear of missing out or not being included in an interesting or enjoyable activity others are experiencing did. you know it? >> i did. >> also the british term m.x., a gender-neutral courtesy innocence of m-r or m-r-s. and nomophobia, the fear of being without a working cell phone. that is real. >> i don't like to miss nothing. >> i know. you're usually -- >> you're a fomo addict. >> i know it well. >> you're usual iii center. >> i like to play. movie star director and producer tom hank has won two oscars, four golden globes, and seven emmys, let me say this again, two oscars, four golden globes,
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delivering some of most famous lines. >> all my life i've been waiting for someone. when i find her, she's -- she's a fish. i'm not look figuriing for a mar bride. i just want someone i can have a decent conversation with. okay, but i get to be on top. all right. these are the simple rules. no barking. no growling. you will not lift your leg to anything in this house. wilson? houston, we have a problem. thee's no crying! there's no crying in baseball! look, we're all very impressed with andy's new toy. >> toy? >> t-o-y, toy. i'm a captain, not them. finding him so he can go home. that earns me a right to get back to my wife, then -- then that's my mission. my mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. you never know what you're going to
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>> wow. in his new movie, "hologram for the king," hanks plays an aging and recently divorced salesman. imagine that happening at the same time. winning an i. it contract in saudi arabia from the king. ♪ >> video -- >> i wish "a hologram for the king" were as hip as the carly ray jepsen video. that was i really, really, really like you with carly rae jepsen. >> sort of the same thing? >> somebody's heads are going to roll in the control room right now. i'm telling you -- >> we have the clip. >> i know -- you know what -- >> we have the clip. >> show it later! they're all still -- they're all still foggy from the idea that donald trump is getting speechwriters on his teleprompters which i guarantee will give him a third-place finish in all the primaries. honestly, they want to put that
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teleprompters? everybody say, let donald be donald. we need a fresh break. that's right. >> we need the spectacle of donald. >> let's get advisers in. >> let's turn it into something else. >> this is a job i do not want. position, free. teleprompter operator for donald trump. i do not want that gig. that's got to be a tough job. back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. >> you are such a history buff. what do you think history's going to say about campaign 2016? >> i am reading now william manchester's book called "the glory and the dream." it's out of print, so i'm not promoting it. it's about history from 1932 to 1 1952. i'm going to tell you, this has nothing of the 1948 election for president. it has nothing on the 1952 election for president. it's just the same thing over and over and over. except this time the president of a junior chamber of commerce looks like he could have
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delegates. dewey defeats truman. there wasn't a pollster or political hack in the country that said dewey wasn't going to be the next president of the united states. >> how about '52? >> he went to speechwriters and teleprompters, and it went write into the toilet. >> you're not ready for president trump? >> sure. look, america's going to be fine. we're the greatest, most resilient nation in the history of all of civilization. we'll be fine. we've worked ourselves out of holes many, many times over and over again. >> do you think trump will put us in a hole? >> listen, i have no powers of claire voianc anceance like yo geniuses in the nufz news media. i'm seai ing-- i'm saying we'reo have the most hilarious september and october -- you people are going to be exhausted. >> you people? >> you people. the mainstream media, it starts with some letter that is not
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>> we have the clip of "the hologram for a king." >> save a job right here. >> clip, please. >> clip, please! >> come on! >> oh, my lord. this is -- do you know what? >> answering questions here because i haven't been to saudi yet. i can't presume to know the lay of the land or the state of the king's mind. >> you've been on the bench for a while. this isn't the schwinn days. you're not selling bicycles to kids anymore. i need to know that you're on point, that you're going to close this. >> this is sales. you make estimates, and you make plans. then you get and everything changes, but you make the sale. >> you know what you do, you make the deal! you make the deal! >> the art of the deal. >> this is a dave egg aar --av
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>> he writes books that are almost surreal and subversive. they're about people in circumstance -- logic takes them there, baugh predict what's happening. and dave edgars does not need movies to be made out of his books. >> his books have often not been made into movies. >> he had the most fabulous memoir on the planet earth, "the heartbreaking work of staggering genius." i knew personally, screen writers, i got that, i know how to make that a movie. i told everyone, that book should never be turned into a it would lose all of the voice. when we met dave, i said, you're so smart to never sell your books to movie studios. but this one went great. >> set the scene for alan clay. >> alan clay is that american for whom life has been turned upside on his head. used to make the greatest bicycles in the world. schwinns. man, i never had a
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parents got me the $45 bicycle. the kids who had schwinns, they -- they're the luckiest people. he ran the schwinn bicycle company that made all the mistakes, that seemed to have been made in the last 30 years. they stopped making them in chicago. they started making them cheaper and cheaper. they went overseas, to china. now the schwinn bicycle is nothing more than a nameplate that's put on the same -- >> now this job. >>? the this job -- >> he went to saudi arabia to sell a facetime holographic to the king -- >> before we go to break, we have to say this, tom hank has a love scene in the movie. >> you trying to scare the children? >> trying to sell sticks. >> i loved it. >> in the morning, too. >> it was tender. i want to know what that was like for you. >> now before we go to break? >> okay. be -
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to put it on the teleprompter. >> we'll go to break. tom will stick around. we'll try and show more clips. who knows. coming up, a surprising thing he has in common with queen elizabeth. >> they're both 90. >> yeah. >> and very busy today.
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what could it be? >> do you recognize this? >> that's my wife! record -- >> we like this. >> self-titled c.d. she -- ♪ >> guilty of loving me. i think the original title was "i'm being punished for loving you." she monkeyed around with the lyrics. >> no. i've seen rita wilson perform. it's interesting -- on stage she says to people, i never thought i would find love. i wasn't looking for love, and then i met tom hanks. >> there you go. >> she's got it down. i wrote that for her, and she read it off a teleprompter. she's in annapolis on saturday night with her band. >> we're trying to come up with a name for her band and can't quite -- rita wilson and the -- can't figure out what that is. >> gangsters. >> i'll take that. i'll take that. >> we're going to work on that. okay. i is is another thing.
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about the movie. the director said this, tom, how do you say his last name? >> pickfer. >> he said about you, he's like a super-intelligent child who comes into a room and says, okay, what are the toys? and then, what can we do with them? working with tom is liberating because he's openminded to every single moment. >> that's true. i like to think i am. is it hyperintelligent child? i've turned into the american tradition of growing one attention deficit disorder, i've turned it into a lucrative career. and i'm not about to change the way i do things. so i will remain that intelligent child. >> and a letterman secret, too -- >> the problem is, about every 12 minutes, i need a station break. that's the way i live my life. i have to have a commercial. >> we've been talking about the >> yeah.l morning.- what do i have in common with the queen besides -- >> aha. >> people said she looks like
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yeah. it looks like bosom buddies there. >> it looks like tom hanks? >> i wouldn't sa it looks -- i would say there's -- >> a fleeting -- >> similarity. >> a fleeting similarity. >> weren't you at an event with the queen? you were -- >> i sat right next to the queen of england at a dinner. >> with the obamas. >> with the obamas. it was -- it was like you had to go out and you got a piece of national airport explained how you're supposed to dress -- piece of paper that explained how you're supposed to dress. white tie -- >> you have one of those in your closet, don't you? >> and adam miller was there, noticed this gloved hand. the queen was next to me. this gloved hand placed a tumbler of clear liquid, it just came out of nowhere. just this thing came in. i look at it and said, what is your majesty drinking this evening? this is martini. >> yeah. >> somebody on her staff -- what time is it?
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martini. >> call her your majesty? >> yes, yeah. your highness is not quite enough. your majesty like, you know, that -- >> reserved for the pope? >> is she chatted -- chat? >> totally. she's pretty good at her gig. i view my job next to her is to make sure she doesn't have to fumble too much. >> what else did you talk about? >> we talked about britain. we talked about -- david beckham was about where -- i'm here and david beckham is sitting there. i said to her majesty that david beckham fellow is -- he's a quite handsome man. oh, yes. oh, yes. >> tom hanks is turning 50 this summer. >> i am indeed. 50 years old -- 60 years old. the big 6-0. >> what would you sty your -- if you had to sit down with your 20-year-old drinking a beer, what would you say? >> oh, dear god.
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>> floss? marry well? >> start watching the blood sugars right now, you idiot. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. diabetes -- >> i would say just duncalm dow will you? you'll be okay, you'll get there. and oh, yes, at some point, you will have four kids and three grandchildren. you got to have the legs for that, man. you got to have the legs for that. >> congrats, the movie's great. i can't wait for people to see it. a sweet, tender love story. sweet, poignant. >> a movie about grown-up people doing grown-up things in desert, saudi arabia. >> thank you.
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tom's movie, "a hologram for a king" opens tomorrow. that does it for tomorrow.
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this morning." any last words, mr. hanks? >> we'll see you tomor
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you. i double as your assistant. when i come in, i say coffee, juice or tea, mr. leery. >> that is not true. >> sometimes i have to go far to get it. >> difficult job but it helps pay the bills. >> you got plans for the weekend. >> i want to thank out. much i want to hang out. i got a new bike. i am so excited. it's a way that i can gel exercise and have fun so i don't have to go to a place to burn calories. i ride my bike to brunch, with your family. >> with my family and my husband has a child seat on the back of his bike. so, it's great. what about you. what are you going to do. >> i have no idea. i have a day to thing bit. i'm looking forward to that. rio. we are on the road to rio. overnight the olympic torch was lit in at thents, greece -- athens, greece, where it started. it will travel thousands of
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miles across the globe, carried in almost every continent by torchbearers then it reaches brazil august 5th is it. >> i would like to hold that for a stretch. maybe 200 yards. >> 12,000 people are doing that. you could probably put your name in. >> like a bucket list type thing. here is something else going on. this mortgage you can dedicate -- morning you can dedicate your cup of tea to the queen of england. she turns 80 years old. royal fans including myself, i would lower to gather outside of the castle. i did that once in college. royal fans in england gathered outside of windsor castle to catch a glimpse of her majesty. usual pomp and circumstance fit for a queen with soldiers firing gun salutes in her

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