captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is thursday, may 12th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump goes to washington to meet paul ryan and other republican leaders. the meeting could have a profound impact on the future of the grand old party. disturbing video shows police repeatedly punching a suspect after a multistate chase. did officers go too far? "60 minutes" legend morely safer signs off after more than half a century at cbs news. we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. who is the leader of the republican party? >> i would say paul for the time being, and maybe for a long time. >> donald trump heads to

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welcome to "cbs this morning." republican party heavyweights will try today to heal the rift with donald trump. the presidential nominee meets this morning with house speaker paul ryan. they plan to discuss the significant policy differences between them. >> the gap is so wide that a week ago ryan announced he is not ready to support trump in the election. major garrett is at republican headquarters in washington where the two will sit down. >> reporter: good morning. house speaker paul ryan represents a lot of constituencies, among them many skeptical of donald trump. those differences will be a part of today's topics. there will be another topic far more practical also on the table, money. donald trump and the republican national committee are nearing an agreement to raise more than $1 billion for the general election, many that's crucial for trump's campaign and ryan's hopes of protecting his house republican majority. >> i think we wanted to see if

i represent a large group of people with very strong ideas and foundations. >> reporter: donald trump remained optimistic differences with house speaker paul ryan can be dealt with. >> you're going to have differences. if you agree on 70%, that's a lot. >> reporter: finding 70% agreement will be a challenge. >> they want to cut your says. i'm not cutting your social security. >> you cannot tackle the debt crisis that's coming in america if you do not fix the entitlement problem. >> we have at least 11 million people in this country that came in illegally. they will go out. >> we have to come up with a solution that doesn't involve mass deportation. >> dd onalruj. tmp is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. >> reporter: trump recently stepped back from his temporary ban on muslim immigration and named former mayor rudy giuliani head of a commission to study it. >> we have exceptions. and again, it's temporary. ultimately it's my aim to have it lifted. right now there is

>> reporter: illinois congressman adam kinsinger remains opposed to donald trump on domestic and foreign policy grounds. >> if he doesn't change his rhetoric, if he doesn't change his beliefs, if he doesn't articulate them better, there's going to be a lot of people that hold out. >> reporter: trump took new heat from 2012 republican nominee mitt romney who wrote on facebook, "it is disqualifying for trump to refuse to release his tax returns." adding, the document "would rule out hidden associations with criminal entities, organizations or unsavory groups." trump insists voters don't care and wouldn't learn much. >> a tax return you learn very little. at the right time i'd like to release them. >> reporter: trump claims he's unable to release his tax returns because they're under audit. the irs has made it absolutely clear nothing prevents an individual from releasing those tax returns that are in their possession while an audit is going on. there is history between trump and romney on the question that dates back to 2012 when trump

tax return and failure to do so initially "hurt him very badly." gayle? >> thank you very much. mitt romney has an unlikely ally criticizing donald trump for withholding those tax returns. democratic front-runner hillary clinton stepped up her attacks yesterday. she's also suggesting that donald trump may have something to hide. nancy cordes is tracking the democratic race. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the clinton camp sproints points out that even the notoriously secretive richard nixon released his taxes while being audited because it's a rite of passage for candidate dating back decades. >> my husband and i have released 33 years of tax returns. >> reporter: clinton waded into the tax flap in blackwood, new jersey. >> got to ask yourself why doesn't he want to release them. we're going to find out. >> reporter: the topic was a welcome diversion for clinton after a disappointing primary in west virginia. her campaign admits her rough

patch probably isn't over, warning donors in a memo obtained by cbs news that "a number of upcoming primary contests in may structurally favor bernie sanders, but that their outcomes will not change the trajectory of the primary." >> west virginia, thank you! >> reporter: to understand why, just look at west virginia. sanders won the state by 15 points but got just seven more pledge delegates than clinton. he's trailing by nearly 300 with just eight states left to vote. >> we have been fighting an uphill battle from day one. >> reporter: he got frustrated when asked if his long-shot campaign is hurting clinton in his fight against trump. >> please do not moan to me about hillary clinton's problems. i'm in this race to win. we're taking on the democratic establishment. [ cheers ] >> reporter: with the largest primary looming, the senator's california state director has abruptly stepped down. in a statement, he said he left because the campaign

ignore digital organizing and started focusing on tv ad buys which has led to a series of defeats." tv ads and online organizing have both been strengths for the sanders campaign. a couple of weeks ago, the staff was cut in half, and the budget for advertising has shrunk, too, which led to some tough decisions in this closing stretch. >> thanks. mark leibovich is chief national correspondent for "the new york times" magazine. he's in washington. good morning. >> good to be here. >> is this conflict more about style or content? >> as far as the democrats go? >> no, donald trump and -- >> donald trump, yes. i think it's about both. i think this story will be driven today by what brian says at the end. paul ryan is getting pressure especially from his caucus to support the presumptive nominee. at the same time, and we don't see that as clearly, he's getting pressure privately from

i assume mitt romney among them, to hold firm here. paul ryan is the front lines or last sort of line of defense for actually the never trump movement in so much as it's ever existed. >> mitt romney stepped up the heat yesterday by saying that donald trump's refusal to release any of his tax returns is disqualifying. donald trump would be breaking with four decades of pros this matter. could this be tough for him? >> i think it is. look, mitt romney is serving what i think is a precise purpose here. he is taking the role of the conscience of the republican, not so much establishment. but just the republican nominee's past. the tax issue, donald trump said that most americans don't care about this. i think that's true to a point. you know, it's arcane. i think tax returns are the things that make people's eyes glaze over immediately. at the same time, it's a nagging issue. it's gone on for a long time. it's the kind of thing that mud else the straight-ahead tone that donald trump likes to assume. in that sense, it could be prob

medical records? >> i mean, medical records also. i guess a few months ago he released that completely superlative statement from his doctor. yes, again these are two lingering spring issues that you don't want them to sort of bleed into the summer, especially in an election like this. >> he's just announced that he's going to start a fund-raising campaign. he spent a lot of time saying, look, i don't need anyone else's money. do you think supporters will care? >> i think this is less of a big issue because i think people understand that in a general election, we're probably talking to the billions, and whether donald trump has that money or would be willing to spend it or not, it's the kind of thing that most people would assume that when you have one of two candidates, you're going to sort of round up as many supporters as you can. i don't think that will be a big issue. again, it takes away the message. >> thanks, mark. >> thanks. our 24-hour streaming network, cbsn, will bring you full coverage today of trump's meeting with the republican leadership. you can watch at cbsnews.com o

the cbs news app and devices like roku, apple tv, and amazon fire. the head of the fbi confirm the probe of hillary clinton's private e-mail server is a criminal investigation. the former secretary of state's campaign calls it a security inquiry. director james comey says he doesn't know what that means. comey also says there's some urgency to the investigation. "we want to do it well, and we want to do it promptly. i feel pressure to do both of those things." investigations are underway into whether police used excessive force to a violent end -- to end a violent chase. officers trailed a man through central massachusetts yesterday. the pursuit ended in nashua, new hampshire. the helicopter video shows police repeatedly punching the suspect. anna westerner shows hue the scene escalated. >> reporter: good morning. the chase and alleged beating is under investigation in both states. "the boston globe" reports new hampshire's attorney general has opened an investigation, and the massachusetts state police are

used excessive force in apprehending the suspect. about an hour after he sped away from police wednesday afternoon, richard simone of wooster, massachusetts, was on his knees in a dead end street, facing officers, some with guns drawn. one officer seemed to lounge at him, then -- lunge at him, then land a punch. others joined in. the beating went on for more than 20 seconds. the 50-year-old suspect took over a dozen blows from officers' fists and feet. a massachusetts state police spokesperson said simone had warrants for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny, and failure to stop for police. >> he wasn't fighting them, so it was a little much, i think. >> reporter: the massachusetts state police said they will conduct two separate reviews to determine whether the level of force used was appropriate. >> this is a high-pressure situation. everyone's adrenaline is pumping. >> reporter: former boston police commissioner ed davis -- >> it does appear that he's complying with the

orders. until they move close to him, there doesn't appear to be a problem. what happened in those last seconds is going to be crucial for the investigation. clearly this is -- this is a tough video. >> reporter: the suspect reportedly sped up to 90 miles per hour during the chase and at one point struck a utility pole. police officials did not say whether simone was hurt. >> thanks. a former south carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man pleaded not guilty to federal charges. michael slager is accused of depriving walter scott of his civil rights in last year's shooting. cell phone video captured slager firing eight times, eight times as scott ran away after a traffic stop. slager also faces a state murder charge. he could get life in prison. investigators this morning say newly found debris almost certainly comes from the missing malaysian jetliner. one two of pieces is from the outside of the plane. the second is from the inside.

south africa and on a tiny island. investigators believe flight 370 went down in the indian ocean. we have more from johannesburg from debra patta. >> reporter: good morning. we have more peas of the puzzle of what is essentially -- more pieces of the puzzle of what is essentially a two-year-old airline mystery. first found, an interior panel of the cabin. the second piece found in africa is an engine calling piece with a partial logo of rolls royce inscribed on it. this brings to five the number of pieces found in the indian ocean. australia's leading a massive search, scouring an area of 120,000 kilometers. this latest confirmation bolsters investigators' belief that the plane went down somewhere in the indian ocean. at least they're looking in the right ocean. experts say the elusive answers as to why the plane vanished lie with the flight data ror

not been found. >> such a sad, sad story. thank you. lawmakers in brazil this morning voted to impeach their president. the senate voted 55-22 to take the action against president dilma rousseff. brazil's vice president will temporarily take over one of the world's largest economies. rousseff's opponents accuse her of breaking the through manipulate the country's budget. isis claims responsibility this morning for deadly new violence in iraq. two suicide bombers hit a police station on the outskirts of baghdad. the attacks come a day after a wave of bombings killed more than 90 people. the obama administration condemned the attacks. it says u.s. strategy is not changing. nearly 5,000 american troops are in iraq assisting in the fight. charlie d'agata is at a military training camp southeast of iraq's capital. >> reporter: good morning. we're at a military training camp outside of baghdad where u.s. forces are helping tora

iraqis to use old tank like these in the fight against isis. it's no exaggeration to say that some of the recruits are far younger than the tanks that they'll be using. there's a military saying that says you fight with what you've got. these will be crucial in the battle to take over cities like fallujah andmosul. 250 more american forces are on their way to iraq. they can't get here quickly enough. yesterday we were reminded of the lethal reach of isis when the militant group launched triple attacks in baghdad in some of the worst violence the city has seen this year. >> they say this is the fourth generation -- >> reporter: we spoke with one u.s. soldier who was back here in 2004 and faced some of the worst fighting in the insurgery see then. he says he's convinced that isis can be defeated. how quickly depends on how fast the iraqis can get their act together and confront the militant group on the battlefield.

iraq. severe thunderstorms hammered part of central texas. winds flipped trucks and trailers near abilene. it also snapped trees and damaged the roof of a home. in omaha, nebraska, crews are digging out after a hailstorm covered neighborhoods. up to two feet covered part of the city. piles of hail clogged storm drains causing flooding along several roads. this morning we salute the brilliant year of a cbs news legend. "60 minutes" correspondent one will retire this week. safer spent a record 46 years at "60 minutes" reporting 919 stories for that broadcast. his work for cbs news starting in 1964 showed a unique combination of reporting skill and personal style. >> behind me one of the seven wonders of the world, the great wall of china. these 20 men's ages total about

2,000 years. 2,043 if count me. >> is your wife here? >> no, she's not. >> great. what is wrong with the men? i thought "60 minutes" was a high-class show. >> the sense of time and distance needs working on. we were told that it would take six hours. we're rapidly approaching day three. got on the hill and -- seem to be pinned down snipers. one, possibly two armored personnel carriers that respeeded us -- that preceded us has been blown. one behind with us a dead trooper in it. morely safer, cbs news. >> wow. >> a legend. >> what a career. >> great storyteller. absolutely. >> he could tell any kind of story. whether it's a lamborghini -- >> or the muppets. >> or talking about a village burning in vietnam. >> that's right. in

colleague steve croft will be here at studio 57 and will preview a special edition of "60 minutes." "morely safer: a reporter's life" airs at 8:00, 7:00 central on cbs. >> i liked to see him laugh. it was so genuine. a four-second test in the nevada desert could show the future of transportation. ahead, how the hyper loop could transfer people from city to city at around

a stunning turn in the investigation of one of the worst industrial disasters in texas history. >> ahead, why the deadly explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings was not an accident. the news is back in the morning right here

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vice president joe biden said in a new interview that he had initially hoped to enter the democratic primary race and said, "i would have been the best president," which was awkward because obama was standing right there. [ laughter ] true. >> saying he would have been the best president for 2016. we get the joke, seth. welcome back. coming up in this half hour, a deadly plant explosion in texas three years ago is no longeri i considered an accident -- longer considered an accident. why investigators rebuilt part of the facility to find the trut. plus, did legaliz

to murder? rikki klieman looks at what could be a groundbreaking lawsuit against a maker and seller of edible pot. time to show the headlines. the "los angeles times" report on oracle founder larry ellison donating $200 million to the fight against cancer. a research center bearing his name will be opened at the university of southern california. our dr. david agis will lead it. the center will draw on many scientific fields find the cure. >> the thing about this disease is you beat it, you beat it, you beat it again, but it's still there lurking. it comes back, and it can take away everything you have. this seems like an appropriate way for me to say thank you for everything you've done for my family and my friends. i will be, attorney generally grateful. >> his gift matched the biggest er

[ applause ] >> wonderful news. >> congratulations to you. >> that's very, very, very important. >> yes. absolutely. . >> all we need is more of that. a lot of money in america. >> yeah. "the new york times" says isis is losing power to recruit americans to fight overseas. fbi director james comey says about one american a month has traveled or tried to travel to the middle east since last summer to join the extremists. previously it was six to ten a month. one possible reason is that isis has encouraged more followers to carry out violence at home. "the new york daily news" reports on a tribute to prince by his ex-wives. they reportedly held a secret memorial yesterday in los angeles. the two women invited only the closest friends and family of the pop star. the singer's family is considering a public event. "the dallas morning news" reports on investigators calling a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant an intentional criminal act. the massive blast three years ago killed 15 people and hurt

it is one of the worst industrial disasters in texas history. manuel bojorquez has more from the site where the plant once stood. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the blast struck with such force that it registered as a 2.1 earthquake and left behind a crater here that was 12-feet deep. it has since been filled, but you can still find pieces of debris like this mangled rebar. there's a memorial cross. reminders of the tragedy that happened here. [ explosion ] >> reporter: when the massive explosion ripped through this texas fertilizer plant in 2013 -- >> you okay? >> i can't hear. >> cover your ears. >> reporter: it leveled part of the small town of west. >> there's been an explosion. there are firefighters down at this time. hu reporter: the blast destroyed dsndre of buildings including schools, a nursing home, and an apartment complex.

12 of them first responders who had rushed to the scene. >> we've never stopped investigating this fire. >> reporter: wednesday after more than three years and more than $2 million investigation, federal authorities revealed the fire that sparked the explosion was deliberately set in a seed room at the facility. >> the fire has been ruled as incendiary. this means this fire was a criminal act. >> reporter: during their investigation, authorities said they rebuilt part of the plant in their lab, conducted more than 400 interviews, and analyzed evidence found as far away as 2.5 miles from the blast site. >> there's anger. there's confusion. there's frustration. >> reporter: just days after the blast, we first met paster john crowder and his family who lost their home. we spoke to crowder again wednesday after he learned of the findings. >> i really was surprised. i had settled in my mind that they were going to say it was some kind of electrical problem.

that somebody would intentionally set that fire. >> exactly. exactly. >> reporter: authorities did not name any suspects. >> it just makes you mad. >> reporter: phil calvin, whose son perry was killed, already has a message for whomever is responsible. >> i want them to get the maximum penalty. i'd like to see them put so far back in prison that they don't ever see the light of day. >> reporter: federal authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. they say they believe the investigation is headed in the right direction, but they need the public's help to "get them across the finish line." >> interesting indeed, thank you very much. a new lawsuit claims two marijuana businesses are responsible for the death of a denver mother. in 2014, kristine kirk was shot and killed by her husband after she ate marijuana kand and started had lewis -- candy and started had lllucinatihallucina. her sons

responsible, they say there should have been a warning label describing the side effects. >> the candy "cbs this morning" it is a lawfully operated business that complies with required labels. the seller had no comment. rikki klieman joins us at the table to -- hello, good to see you. we're very friendly here. >> we are. one of the things you said is really, really important. what this is about is a failure to warn. >> this is the first wrongful death case. >> it is the first wrongful death case in the country against marijuana as an industry. it is, in fact, very profitable indust industry. it will be nearly a billion-dollar industry where it is legalized. what these plaintiffs' lawyers have said is, look, it's a product like any other product. it condition be defective. it must have warning labels. warning for

well, it needs to warn about proper dosage. it needs to warn about safe use and side effects. that's the essence of the lawsuit. there are regulations which you noted, but those regulations have only come about in 2015. in 2014, at the time of this terrible tragedy -- and if you listen to the 911 call or read the transcript, the transcript is chilling. that woman was on the phone with 911 for 11 or 12 minutes as she watched what she described as her husband's psychotic break. >> what will be the defense by the marijuana company? >> it's interesting because the defense by the marijuana company is to say, wait a minute here, this is a bad guy. this is a guy what committed a homicide. that defense goes along with a criminal prosecution because the criminal prosecution of mr. kirk is that there may have been ri

difficulties, and this is intentional. this is not about negligence. >> there is legal precedent for companies being held responsible for behavior that happens when other people eat or consume or drive their products. >> of course, of course. and what -- otherwise you would have no product liability cases at all. what we have here is that the defense in the civil case of the husband is exactly what the liability is. >> what do you think happens? >> i think the case goes forward. whether or not we get to a jury trial is another question because in this case, you have edible marijuana. that's what we have to consider. edible marijuana is coming upon you slower and slower. you take something the size of a tootsie roll, which he did. you take a bite, you don't get high. you keep eating.

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imagine this -- traveling from one city to another at nearly the speed of sound. a milestone yesterday in high-speed travel could make that closer to reality. carter evans shows us the big developments in hyperloop technology. three,

>> reporter: blink, and you might miss it. speed is sort of the point. on a test track in the nevada desert, a 1,-500-pound sled went from zero to 60 in about a second. powered by an electromagnetic propulsion system, it reached 116 miles per hour before plowing into a sand barrier to slow it down. >> we demonstrated today a full-scale component of the hyperloop. >> we always said we were going to move this fast. it's amazing to see the team come together behind it and execute. >> reporter: hyperloop 1 hopes to build a carbon-free network of tubes with pods that travel at near supersonic speeds on a cushion of air using electric motors. theoretically, someone could travel the roughly 400 miles from los angeles to san francisco in about 30 minutes. this simulates the pod going through the tube? >> correct. >> reporter: we got an inside look at hyperloop's engineering last fall at the company'st

los angeles. >> we literally build a full-scale tube between any two destinations. inside, we have a pod that we can send people or cargo very quickly. >> reporter: some critics say wednesday's test shows there's still a long way to go. >> keep in mind that this was a very short distance, and its maximum speed was one-tenth the speed of what a hyperloop system would be. >> reporter: the concept hyperloop 1 is working on gained traction in 2013 after tesla and spacex ceo elon musk released a design plan. there's competition. >> the fact that there are several compaies working on this means there are a lot of people who take this idea seriously and are determined to try and make it happen. however, infrastructure is very hard. it just takes time to take an idea and turn it into reality. >> reporter: the hyperloop 1 ceo rob lloyd told us that reality is not so far off.

functional hyperloop system? >> five years from now we'll be moving goods and people. >> reporter: for attorney -- for "cbs this morning," carter evans. >> only five years? >> bring it on. >> we could go to washington in five minutes. >> i hope it's not going to take five years. two or three would be nice. i'd love to try it. >> l.a. in an hour. >> i'd like that a lot. rita maureeoreno turns a commencement address into a surprise performance. >> to lay it on this date, my fate is to relate with rhythm and passion that you have a mission. >> all right, miss rita. ahead, how the entertainment icon channelled the broadway hit "hamilton" to inspire graduating students. you had a commencement address, you should do yours in rap. >> would you write it for me? >>

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it is thursday, may 12th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including donald trump's fund-raising challenge. while he may head to court, the establishment in washington today after attacking it for almost a year. first, here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. house spe pakeraul ryan represents a lot of constituencies. among them, conservatives still skeptical of donald trump. >> conflict more about style or more about content? >> this story will be driven by what brian says at the end -- what paul ryan says at the end. >> the clinton camp points out that even the secretive richard nixon released his taxes while he was teau

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king and norah o'donnell. donald trump and paul ryan will be meeting in less than an hour. republicans will be watching to see if the two can bridge their differences. >> the speaker said last week he is not ready yet to support the presumptive nominee. the two do not agree on many important policies. >> i will do everything within my power not to touch says. >> you cannot tackle the debt crisis in america if you do not fix the entitlement problem. >> it's going to get renegotiated. in my opinion, the taxes for the rich will go up somewhat. >> we want all americans when they look at washington to see spending going down, taxes going down, debt going down. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly not what

have its differences and still unite behind him. a reminder, our 24-hour streaming network, cbsn, will bring you full coverage today of donald trump's meeting with the republican leadership. you can watch at cbsnews.com on the cbs news app and devices like roku, apple tv, and amazon fire. manyrepublicans continue to say they're unhappy with donald trump. 2012 republican nominee mitt romney is blasting trump for not making his tax returns public. romney wrote, "it is disquar qualifying for a modern day nominee to refuse to release tax returns. there is only one logical explanation for mr. trump's refusal to release his returns -- there's a bombshell in them." trump says his returns are being audited. >> i think there's some years outside theud ahait tt might be released -- >> first of all, if they are, they're meaningless. it doesn't matter because they're so far back. i built a company with very little debt. all of this is certified numbers, very, very little debt. tremendous cash

value, assets. that's something. people go over that and are impressed. you learn very little from a tax return. here's the thing -- >> regardless of what the tax returns show, donald trump needs money for the november campaign. the goal is to raise $1 billion by mid-october. that is one reason he's talking with the republican national committee. we have more on the insider's view of how this affects trump's outsider campaign. julianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for donald trump to raise $1 billion, it means he has to bring in about $45 million a week. it's a pretty tall order for someone who's won millions of votes from deriding big money in politics, and now he's starting from scratch. >> i'm self-funding my campaign. i'm not taking blood money. i'm not having lobbyists, and i'm not having citi binge. i fund it myself. >> reporter: it was a defining sales pitch for donald trump. >> you know what i'm getting for this movement? nothing. i'm self-funding my cagn

in ads -- >> i'm self-funding my campaign. >> reporter: in interviews -- >> i'm putting up my own money. >> reporter: and on the campaign trail. >> i'm self-funding. i self-fund so i'm self-funding. >> reporter: it worked. 58% of voters in a recent cbs news poll said trump was not influenced by special interests. but with the nomination in reach, he's reversing course. >> i'm raising money, but i'm raising money really for the party. >> reporter: not only will he be asking for money, but trump already has super pacs. >> i think you're starting at $1 billion right now. >> reporter: frank donatelli is a long time republican fundraiser. he says trump is behind. >> you need people with good contact list that-- lists that write checks and bring their friends and relatives to the table. it takes a full-court press on behalf of the candidate and campaign. >> reporter: the billionaire businessman is scrambling to get that team. he hired top fundraisers who worked for marco rubio and mitt romney. he also t

reported half dozen gop benefactors like billionaire t. boone pickens and sheldon adele son. others like the koch brothers, are still on the sidelines. >> it's bowing to reality that that's what you have to do to be compet95 november. >> reporter: competitive against hillary clinton who has already raised almost $168 million from individual contributions. compared to just over $12 million for trump. even if he's trying to open the fund-raising gloo fund-raising floodgates, he said this -- >> i'm self-funding. look at where hillary is getting money. >> reporter: trump will be kicking off 50 fundraisers this month beginning in california. in order to get to that approximately-dollar mark, he's probably -- that billion-dollar mark, he's probably going to call the special interests he said he'd never bow down to. >> interesting. thank you very much. an unusual twist at the invictus games in florida. elizabma

her swimming events yesterday. it's what she did with one of her medals that is getting attention. she returned the medal when prince harry placed it around her neck. the prince initially refused, marks explained she wanted to give it to a hospital in the united kingdom. she credits the medical team with saving her life in 2014 when she arrived in london to compete in the first invictus games, she had collapsed back then because of difficulty breathing and was on life support. >> this day has been beautiful and special simply because of the people i get to stand next to. i finally got to express how much i the people who supported -- much i love the people who supported me. >> marks is a combat medic. she has no sensation in her left leg after suffering serious hip injuries in iraq. she still serves in the military. what a beautiful gift. >> such a lovely gesture. you could see he clearly didn't want to take it. then you hear the story and go, okay. i will take this back.

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rounds, a preliminary study about autism is raising questions in the autism community. mothers with high levels of folic acid and b12 were more

autism disorder. mothers should keep taking prenatal vitamins needed to prevent other birth defects. tara is back with us after her baby. how's the first baby? >> terrific. we're this love. big sister is doing well. thank you. >> does she love her little sister? >> she does. she does. at times she doesn't, but most of the time she does. >> this is an interesting study. as you know, as a recent mother, and i remember, it's one of the first rules you get -- take folic acid, it's so important. what did this study find? >> researcherts analyzed 1,400 mother/child pairs in boston. they took the blood from the mother one to three days after she gave birth, asked about supplement use, and followed children for 15 years. women who had high levels of folic acid in the blood were two times more likely to have a child diagnosed with asd. if they had high levels of b12, three times more likely. if they had high levels of folate and b12, they were 17 times more

this was a small study. it's not published yet in a journal. it's not peer reviewed. was a single center. there are limitations. it's very preliminary data. >> does it recommend how much? >> it recommendation for how much folic acid a woman should get is 4 t00 to 800 micrograms day. the important thing is that they take it the entire time in their 20s to 40s. the earl week of pregnancy are the times when the neural tube is forming. that is the spine, the brain, and that is the birth defect we see when a woman lacks folic acid. >> the headline is frightening when you see it. >> it is. >> yet, all the major health groups, the cdc, ob-gyns, march of times, even researchers of the study say to take it. we don't want that point to be missed. >> absolutely. that's why we're reporting it. to say that the headline can be misleading. the cdc says one out of four women don't get enough folic acid. and neural tube defects account for 3,000 -- affect

pregnancies a year. because of our public health measures to educate women about folic acid, we've been able to decrease these birth defects by 1,000 a year. >> there's lots of studies that show a correlation. and not it's inially causation. what do you think is behind -- and not necessarily causation. what do you think is behind women of elevated levels of the vitamin and folic acid with children that have an increased likelihood of autism? >> we don't know. there are a lot of possible nextnisms. -- mechanisms. one is that they ate a lot of food with folate in it, used a lot of supplements with folate. they somehow absorbed more folate than other women or dent metabolize it or break it down as well. there are a lot of unanswered questions. we don't know. >> the current medical view of how autism is caused is what? >> i think we don't know. there are a lot of questions about what is happening in early pproduction, during the fetal growth and times that could be preptating development of awe --

precipitating development of autism. >> i thought it could be genetic -- >> it can, but what environmental trigger? we haven't isolated it yet. >> good information. thank you. >> for now, keep taking your folic acid. >> bottom line, keep taking your folic acid. >> not too much. that's right. >> say hello to the baby. >> thank you. >> and the dad and the big sister. the whole family. >> thanks. >> dr. tara narula. glad she's back. the food critic who turns revelations into culinary discoveries. see what pulitzer prize winner jonathan gold is uncovering in los angeles. looks good. that's ahead. goodbye icky sunscreen. hello new coppertone sport. it's reformulated to feel lighter on your skin, but still protects and stays on strong.

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this morning a secret section of new york's central park is open to everybody after being closed for nearly a century. the central park conservancy revealed the hallet nature sanctuary. open for the first time since fdr was president. that's a long time ago. michelle miller is there. you see her very tiney -- why are you, michelle miller, to give us a sneak preview. there she is. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in this city where more than eight million new yorkers and

break from the hustle and bustle of it all, this hideaway offers visitors a chance to get lost in nature right in the heart of the big apple. it's a bird watcher's paradise with picturesque views. hallet nature sanctuary is nestled on a peninsula overlooking a pond, offering visitors a waterfall, nature trail, and promenade. this urban escape opens after a 15-year revamp. part of a $40 million central park revitalization project. >> i think it's unusual to be able to be in midtown manhattan and have a natural area that's access usual. >> reporter: lisa kozlowski is the senior zone gardener. she has the four-acre habitat was overtaken by weeds, vines, and vegetation after it was closed to the public. the original trails practically impassable.

this is different from most of the park. >> yeah. this is where you're going to find the high evidence numbers of organisms, of plants, birds, different wildlife. >> reporter: the sanctuary was closed in 1934 by then-nyc parks commissioner robert moses who wanted to make it a bird refuge. was forgotten until the central park conservancy started renovation in 2001. >> it's very embracing, and it's just -- it feels like a magical place. >> reporter: sema ghadamian and her husband raised money to help rebuild the area. she hopes the sanctuary will be a place to find tranquility. >> it feels more enclosed and cozy than other places in the park. i hope people come and enjoy it. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: new yorkers lined up to get their first peeks inside. >> it's just such a little pocket of serenity here.

you can look down on the water from up there and see sort of the corner of the park. very nice. >> reporter: what are you hoping this spot will be? >> i'm hoping folk will come here as one of the three natural areas in the park that we are restoring and find solitude, find peace, but look at the environment here, the plants, the wildlife. >> reporter: and discover a peaceful sanctuary hidden in a bustling city. >> reporter: if you happen to be in new york city now or will be here throughout the summer, you should keep in mind that this park or this section of the park is only open three hours a day a few days a week. if you want to take a tour at this very moment, i'm going to be giving you a nice walk through on facebook live. just go to facebook.com/cbsthismorning, and get your own private tour. >> good for you.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, a look back at morely safer's extraordinary career. isn't that a nice thing for somebody to say about you? extraordinary career as a legendary newsman. he signs off. his close friend and the "60 minutes colleague" steve kroft -- hi, steve kroft -- here. we'll look at memorable moments from safer's decades of reporting. the first and only pulitzer prize-winning food critic. how jonathan gold uncovers some of the best restaurants you may never have heard of. now it's time to show the headlines from around the globe. britain's "telegraph" reports on fallout from the story we brought you on queen elizabeth making candid remarks on camera. she was talking to a p

for the chinese president's state visit to london last year. critics blasted the bbc for broadcasting the conversation saying the queen should be able to speak privately. the bbc defended its coverage calling it a public event. there is speculation that the queen's umbrella amplified her voice. to show you the reach of this across the pond, it's the front page of "usa today" today, as well. >> i could see why the queen is irritated by that release. i get it. >> she's not the own one. in china, the government is censuring footage. an abc news television commented about the queen's comments was blacked out. officials from china and the u.k. perceived the visit as highly successful. "the guardian" reports on a climber breaking the british record for reaching the peak of mt. everest. 42-year-old kenton cool summited

mt. everest. it was his 12th time reaching the top. he was joined by another climber and sherpas. a mexican summited ten minutes later. they're the first to reach the peak in years after deadly accidents on mt. everest. morely safer is one of the great reporters in cbs news history. he's retiring after 46 years, 919 stories, and countless unforgettable moments. long-time friend and colleague steve kroft shows hue morely brought his -- how morely brought his artist's eye to every "60 minutes" piece. here's a preview. there's something i want to show -- >> reporter: it's worth noting how many of morely's best interviews were with women. >> this is my high school yearbook picture. god. >> reporter: he found them more open and conversational than men. meryl streep -- >> she

classics. >> i loved carole lombard and kate hepburn and barbara dave -- bette davis and barbara stanwyck. i liked girls with moxie. >> reporter: do you feel like a ledge ♪ >> i don't think so. you feel like a bore. >> reporter: he interviewed katharine hepburn 32 years earlier. talk about moxie. >> if you hadn't of been an actress, what would you have been? >> i never thought. i would haver to ter to -- woul have tormented eight men -- tormented a man and had eight children, i think. >> she was a granite woman in her opinions, her character. >> reporter: there was anna win tour, editor of "vogue" magazine. the fashion arbiter with a reputation as fearsome as hepburn's. >> your unauthorized biography reads, "she's a perfectionist. the inside

bidch world of fashion." action ready -- >> perfectionist? >> let's try bitch first. >> you want me to whoop it out for you? >> whoop it out for me. >> reporter: dolly parton and morely got along famously to say the least. >> could you? >> of course. >> reporter: helen mirren is a funny, funny woman. >> reporter: a veteran of movie nude scenes, mirren suggested to morely let's get naked. >> you should try it. >> no -- >> yes, i think we should do this interview both of us in the nude. you'd love it. go on? what the hell? >> reporter: their encounter had a hollywood ending. >> we both looked over and saw this ridiculously beautiful sunset. and just instinctively held hands and walked into the sunset. >> boy. >> wow. >> remember so many of those. >>

>> and steve kroft, good friend to morely safer, is here. let me start with this, morely's sense of curiosity, adventure, and writing made for exceptional work done by remarkable man. you know a good reporter when you see one. what was unique about morely? what is unique about morely? >> morely. what makes a morely safer story? morely safer. he was very much the person off screen that he is on screen. i think one of the things that made him -- he's self-confident. one of the most self-confident, self-assured people -- >> he must have great in mike's presence. >> he -- because he was so self-confident, he didn't try to come one any of them. no affectations. he was just himself. >> loved being a reporter. >> a wonderful person, a real gentleman. >>

we can have accolades -- hopefully you're at home and watching what people are saying about you while you're still with us. i loved that he got tough people, jackie gleason, katharine hepburn, anna win tour, she's a tough kooky. he was considered tough, too. >> charm. >> charm always works. >> yes. i think it's the one word i would use to describe most the stories, they were all charming. he had a way with words, and a sensibility where he was -- his pieces always had a little glitter. he never stabbed anybody in the chest during an interview. he would tweak them for the most part. he handled himself incredibly well. and i think that was the key. >> does he like being on tv? >> he loved being on tv.

there's one quote -- >> like a machine -- >> i thought i was going to refer to pictures of him walking on the beach and typing on the boat. yes. he loved the job. he wouldn't have done it such a long time if he didn't love it. >> look at where he worked, first in vietnam, then asia, then london as bureau chief, then to "60 minutes." we all remember the vietnam war story. the story of why did they burn the village in order to see -- >> yeah. a great story. it created quite a stir at the time. there were people in the white house -- they wanted to get him fired. >> including lyndon johnson. >> yes, and especially bill moyers, the press secretary at the time. >> it was interesting what he picked as one of his most important stories. 1983, a wrongfully accused black man, lionel

from prison. >> there was no physical evidence of jeter's guilt. no gun, no cash. no license plate taken down at the scene of a crime. is that the man who held up kentucky fried chicken? >> no. >> was that the man who held up the kentucky fried chicken? >> no, sir. >> we broadcast our story which was a clear miscarriage of justice. within days, he was out of jail. just about the most gratifying story that a reporter could do. to make that kind of difference and to save a life is pretty hot stuff. >> he had a lot of stories. how hard it was to put it together in an hour? >> well, that story fell to david westing and loren browning. they started with 200 hours of material and got it down to 35

hours. they kept taking, taking. it takes an hour. people say, what's your favorite morely story. i say, it would take an hour to name all of them. they gave us an hour. >> thank you. we can't wait. >> yeah. >> "60 minutes: morely safer's life" airlines sunday at 8:00, 7:00 central on cbs. ahead, a taste for culinary surprises in one of the most diverse cities. >> reporter: i'm lee cowan eating my fourth lunch of the day with "los angeles times" food critic jonathan gold. you get to do this almost every day for your job. find out why coming up on "cbs this morning." this is a lot of food.

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suppose you get the reservation, and plus suppose you come down to the restaurant and we order. what do you think you might order? >> i'd like to have the duck. >> you can't have the duck. >> you can't have the duck. >> why? >> with a financial statement like this, you think you can have the duck? >> in the classic comedy "l.a. story." steve martin pokes fun at the city's snobby restaurant reputation. in reality, los angeles is a wildly diverse treasure trove

delicacies. for 30 years, "l.a. times" critic jonathan gold has drawn the definitive map to that treasure with his restaurant reviews. sunday morning correspondent lee cowan talks with the pulitzer prize winner. they toured what a new documentary calls the city of gold. >> reporter: as you can see, one eats well on pico. jonathan gold looks the way you'd expect a food creditic to look. >> isn't that beautiful? >> reporter: happily plump at home with a knife and fork. have you heifer to diet? >> i've had to be on a diet. it's not like i've done it. >> reporter: his passion for food, in this case a bloody clam is infectious. >> mm. >> reporter: if you follow him on his restaurant rounds like we did -- >> the pork potatoes, too? >> reporter: you'll find yourself eating just about anything. this is pure goodness. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: that's get to stew. >> reporter: that is

you still get surprised as long as you've been doing this. >> i still get surprised, and i will continue to get surprised. >> reporter: his reviews are like nothing you've read. he once compared the loose contents of a taco to beyonce spilling out of a jumpsuit. he grew up in south los angeles and sees the city's food as its connective tissue. the spiritual fabric on which he draws for his readers the cultural map of his hometown. >> i try to give people the tools to look at their entire city the way that i do. >> reporter: gold celebrates the food that few others do. a fact that most are apt to find at a food truck or industrial map. this was the kind of neighborhood you loved, though, right? >> yeah. doesn't everyone? >> reporter: it's regional cuisine. more gritty, more authentic. and he says, far more interesting to write about. he should know. he's the only food critic to ever win a pulitzer prize.

and he's currently starring in his own documentary, "city of gold." >> how you doing? >> reporter: the film documents how his arrival in some restaurants can strike fear in the hearts of chefs. >> boom, he's here. >> reporter: although he's rarely mean, if he doesn't like the food, he generally just doesn't write about it. >> that's probably the best dim sum in town. >> reporter: when he's not eating, he's criss-crossing the vast gastronomic territory in his green pickup truck. he decided to beat the traffic and joined him on an l.a. metro bus instead. >> there's a great kabob shop there. that's one of the best places in town to buy middle eastern, especially iranian. >> reporter: it was years ago on a bus like this where gold's food fascination took a turn. he was fresh out of ucla when he decided to see if he could eat at every restaurant along this

road, pico boulevard. everybody's got to have a hobby, right? pico is a ribbon of concrete that runs straight through a vast array of l.a.'s ethnic pockets. here he could experience the world one bus stop and one dish at a time. >> you drive down the streets, and you see neighborhoods that look monolithic. when you start observing them on the block by block or business by business level, it turns out to be much more of the intricate mosa mosaic. >> reporter: this is an example of why you didn't need to go anywhere elsing to previously a food critic because you could get so much on this strip. >> beak so l.a.'s back porch -- pico is l.a.'s back porch. >> reporter: one of those restaurant is this guatemalan seafood place. a good word from gold can put an unknown hideaway like this on the culinary map overnight. >> wonderful. for everybody. >> reporter: do you think about the power you have to make or break a

i get to make people who do their job superbly well a little more prosperous. that's a nice thing. >> reporter: jonathan gold is as much food critic as anthropologist, on a quest to search out the noodfoods that de him. >> i can't think of anything more enjoyable than checking out a new restaurant in a new part of town for the first time and seeing what's going on. >> reporter: whether you're getting paid or not. >> i probably would. don't tell me boss. cheers. >> reporter: that secret may already be out. for "cbs this morning," i'm lee cowan in jonathan gold's los angeles. >> ah. i like that. >> love to hang out with him. what a great job. make people happy all day. >> yeah. a lottery winner hits the million-dollar jackpot again. next, how the story is about devotion, not just the dollars. and look at some of the special cameras that we have in studio 57. they are called vogue 180-degree

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>> it's my favorite song too. >> good morning i'm chris leary. >> and time markette sheppard. you look great today and have a european flair about you. >> these clothes are covering my european flair. >> i think it's because you have been having a great time hanging out at european embassies around town. >> it's such a good time and i never thought i would be able to actually go into an embassy and me to the ambassador. all the cultures. >> you are hanging out with the ambassador of germany. >> and they are sweet people. i talked to spain, germany, france, and they are really sweet people. >> there are people actually working and making cultural connections and not goofing off. >> maybe more of that. they made it re e

it's the european experience. passport dc is really nice. we did england i believe. >> i want to see some of its. i might get out if i like what you tell us. >> will you bring your family? >> maybe. >> let's check it out. be event passport dc 2016 continues with a taste of the old world. an open door to nations of the european union. >> all the embassies have natural traditions on display like dance, music, and food. >> there are a lot of traditions and 28 different locations to choose from. >> the model was diversity and we are proud we have 28 diverse cultures, languages, traditions and history.>>