captioning funded by cbs it's friday, may 27th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." history in hiroshima. this morning, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit the site since the atomic bombing in 1945. it looked unlikely when he announced his candidacy last summer, but donald trump has clinched the delegates needed for the nomination. already, he's looking to his legacy. >> i want a statue in washington, d.c. [ applause ] maybe we share it with jefferson or something. flyer frustration boils over to airlines as they air t

grievances with the tsa on capitol hill. heading into a busy holiday weekend, airlines are pitch information to help out. f-e-l-d-e-n-k-r-a-i-s -- >> that's correct. [ applause ] >> for the second straight year, two students will share the national spelling bee title. the winning words and what they even mean. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. today, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit hiroshima where seven decades ago the united states dropped the first atomic bomb. early this morning, mr. obama arrived at a marine corps air station about 26 miles southwest of the city. he'll travel to hi

wreath. the bomb killed an estimated 140,000 people. the president remarked briefly on the visit in a speech to the marines. >> this is an opportunity to honor the memory of all who were lost during world war ii. it's a chance to reaffirm our commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a war where nuclear weapons would no longer be necessary. it's a testament to how even the most painful divides can be bridged. >> the president will not apologize for the bomb or second guess president truman's decision to use it. it was nearly a year ago that donald trump launched an unlikely campaign for the republican presidential nomination. he's knocked off 16 rivals, and cbs news estimates trump hit the magic number yesterday, reaching

1,238 delegates. one more than he actually needs. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. trump is campaigning in california today. a state he says he can win in november. yesterday, he celebrated his remarkable political win and looked forward to the campaign to come. >> we had a big day today. today was the day where we hit the 1,237. >> reporter: billionaire businessman donald trump celebrated his lock on the gop nomination with a big mac aboard his private jet. >> now we're the nominee. we're going to have a great convention. >> reporter: these two north dakota delegates were ted cruz supporters until they switched their alliance thursday morning. >> i asked how many delegates do you have. they said they were sitting at 1,235. i said, let me let you talk to 1,236. >> he's the only person left in the battle. i decided to be the 1,-23. >>or

move, trump and bernie sanders may face off in a primetime debate, excluding democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> very excited about it. and i think i'm going to have to rent out the largest stadium you have here in california. [ applause ] >> reporter: clinton says not so fast. >> i'm telling you, i am so looking forward to debating donald trump. i can't wait! >> reporter: before that happen, clinton has to clinch her party's nomination. she's fewer than 100 delegates away, but a new poll shows she's neck and neck with sanders in california where 475 delegates are at stake on june 7th. that proposed debate between trump and bernie sanders is far from a done deal. trump says he wants the network that carries it to donate $10 million to charity. anne-marie? >> we'll see how that goes. hena daniels here in new york. thanks a lot. if you're one of the 2.6 million americans expected to fly this holiday weekend, there is a good chance you

into long airport security lines. the tsa says it's working to try and resolve the issue, and yesterday congress heard from travel executives. mark albert reports. >> reporter: airline and airport executives testified before congress thursday about the impact long lines at tsa checkpoints is having on their business. carrie filapovich says customers are fed up. >> year to date, more than 70,000 american airlines customers have missed flights due to excessive wait times. >> reporter: a new poll shows more than 20% surveyed are changing or canceling summer travel plans because of the delays. not everyone we talked with worried about the long lines. >> speeding things up becomes a major issue. and our safety's a little more important. >> reporter: tsa officials say the biggest problem is they need to hire and train more screeners, meaning long lines at some airports could last throughout the summer. nearly 450 million passengers have been screened this year.

last year. the tsa is doing it with 5,800 fewer screeners than in 2011. congressman buddy carter says outsourcing would solve the problem. >> i'm convinced that the private industry can do this just as well with oversight with tsa and save money and improve customer service. >> reporter: 22 airports across screening process, including san francisco national airport. mark albert for cbs news, arlington, virginia. airlines are pitching in to help free up tsa screeners. american has contributed $4 million, and delta has chipped in five more to hire people to do non-security-related work at checkpoints. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with homeland security secretary jeh johnson about the airport delays and what the tsa is doing to remedy the situation. another night

weather across the plains and southeast. there's flooding in austin where rescue crews are searching for two people who were swept away by rushing water. 137 roads are closed. late yesterday, a tornado rolled through the middle of bryant, texas, northwest of houston. more than 60 homes were damaged. three were completely destroyed. more rain and dangerous flooding is forecast, but there are no reports of serious injury. 19 people who were trapped by rising water in a kentucky cave were able to make their way to safety. two tour groups were in the hidden river cave in central kentucky when a storm hit sooner and harder than expected. the water was neck deep and moving fast. the strand eedlost communications. one group, including students from clemson university, was stuck for more than six hours. two police officers got trapped when they tried to rescue the group. new overnight now, search teams may haveic

signal from egyptair flight 804. egypt's chief investigator says the signal may be coming from the plane's emergency locator transmitter and doesn't mean the plane's so-called black boxes have been located. it does narrow the search area. the jet went down in the mediterranean last week with 66 people on board. this morning, there was an engine fire on a korean air jet about to take off from tokyo. all 302 passengers and 17 crew members evacuated. fire crews used foam to battle the fire. the boeing 777 was headed to seoul. there are unconfirmed reports that seven people were injured during the evacuation. the navy says it's not sure what caused two of its jet fighters to crash into the ocean off the coast of north carolina. the fa-18 super hornet fighters went down during what's described as an inflight mishap off the coast of cape hatteras during a training mission yesterday. there were two crewmen on the jet. two were rescued by a

boat and transferred to a coast guard helicopter. the other two, the coast guard hoisted out of the water. >> there were a couple of oil scenes. we could tell where the aircraft had went down into the ocean. >> all four airmen are in good shape, suffering just minor injuries. coming up on the "cbs morning news," a bounce for women's soccer. the national soccer team gets support from the senate in its bid for equal pay. gawker fires back. harsh words for the billionaire who waged a secret campaign to take it down. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ having acne... ...was always on my mind. so i asked a dermatologist about new aczone dapsone gel 7.5%. i apply it once a day, any time. aczone gel 7.5% is fda approved for the topical treatment of acne for people 12 years and older. aczone gel is a once-a-day acne treatment with clinically proven results. in clinical trials, acne got better for people using aczone gel in just 12 weeks.

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it to become the youngest winner of the national spelling bee. he tied a 13-year-old, younger brother of the 2015 championship. he spelled feldenkrais, body movements designed to ease tension. each wins cash and prizes. and you learned two new words today. the u.s. women's soccer team scores big in its fight for equal pay, and the latest in gawker's battle with a tech billionaire. those are some of the stories on the "morning newsstand." the founder of gawker media posted a letter to silicon valley entrepreneur peter thiel. nick denton called him a thin-skinned billionaire and a comic book villain. the blog network outed thiel as gay nearly ten years ago. thiel helped hulk hogan win a $140 million judgment that could

"the dallas morning news" reports the filing of two charges against the affluenza teen's mom. tanya couch is accused of helping her son flee mexico. she's been indicted on charges of apprehension and money laundering. her son was involved in a drunken crash that killed four people. "the times-picayune"" reports that indiana is extending hate crime protection to police, firefighters, and medical crews. the law signed by the governor lets prosecutors seek stronger penalties when first responders are targeted. the "huffington post" reports senate support for the u.s. women's soccer team in their pay fight. a nonbinding resolution passed yesterday urges the u.s. soccer federation to end pay inequality. five players told the government that they are paid 25% less than the men's team. the federation disputes the figures. and "the daily beast" reports on an

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stock exchange with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. wall street took a breather yesterday after two days of big gains. fed chair janet yellen speaks at harvard today. investors are waiting to hear her views on interest rates before the fed's next meeting in june. the dow lost 23 points yesterday. the s&p dropped about a point. the nasdaq gained six. a big win for google in its ongoing copyright battle with software competitor oracle. a jury found google did not violate copy right laws by using oracle programming tools while building its android operating software. oracle claimed that google stole pieces of its programming language and sought $9 billion in damages. oracle says it will appeal. it's reported that a top apple executive floated the idea of apple buying time-warner. during a meeting with time-warner executives last year. the "financial times" reports the idea never got beyond the preliminary stage. it never involved the chief officers. apple is trying to ramp up its

time-warner owns hbo, warner bros., and turner. facebook and microsoft are banding together to build a giant cable under the atlantic ocean. both companies deal with a tremendous amount of data. the cable will relieve their reliance on telecom companies and deliver faster service to customers. the cable will stretch from virginia to spain. and if you're hitting the road this holiday weekend, there's good news and bad. you'll see the lowest memorial day gas prices in more than a decade. prices at the pump are at their highest level of the year, and they are heading higher. the average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular is $2.31. still, that's about 40 cents less per gallon than last year. nearly 34 million holiday travelers are expected to drive to their destination. their weekend. i cannot believe -- their destination this weekend. i cannot believe it is memorial day weekend. >> the unofficial start of summer. i don't think i'm ready yet -- >> i'm ready. i'm ready. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchangeth

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their hand on weapons following a stabbing. >> love watching her dance. asocial media legend. 107-year-old virginia mclaren of washington, d.c. checked off another item on our bucket list. this broadcast is real time captioned by carrie o'brien. dancing with screech is on my bucket list. will we be dancing in the streets in the forecast. people are enjoying the holiday. what about the weather? >> the weather will really be okay as we head through the holiday weekend. we will see our rain chances increase which memorial day. but for the most part pretty good. another good dry day for many people. but a few isolated showers on your futurecast. another warm day. yesterday in the 60s and today in the 70s. 71 degrees. you probably won't need the jacket. in the 60s for leesburg and fredrick and no 50s this in

by noon 84. another day topping out into the upper 80s amp few isolating showers and thunderstorms. larry, good morning. and good morning to you at home. yes. busy this morning. we expect a lot of the cars to get on the road after the morning rush, during the afternoon showers. so expect that to be busy as well. road construction, you will see that on the inner loop of the beltway. two lanes blocked at this point. so you can watch out for that. so far, so good over the bay bridge. no issues on the eastbound or westbound side of route 50. we'll be back with traffic and weather on the 9s. over to you. new developments in a prince george's county story where a daycare provider has been indicted. >> a 9-month-old child died from excessive shaking in december. biedrins

first degree -- murder. a father is headed to prison. montgomery county judge sentenced the man to 50 years in jail. however, he would be paroled in 11 years. prosecutors are saying back in 2001. he took out a $7,050,000 life insurance policy on his son, shane. and a day after he took the -- shook the baby boy and he died. it was mission not accomplished at the international space station. nasa engineers told crew members to aboard an effort to create the first inflatable chamber. they pulled the plug two hours into the process. when the compartment had barely inflated. the astronaut in charge is saying that is space business. éber is expanding in the

makes repairs. it will reach further into maryland and virginia. it is similar to car pooling and costs half as much as a ride. surcharging will be applied for pool riders. the east coast general managers are saying they are working with metro on commuter solutions. metro starts the yearlong plan called safe track next week. thanks for joining us this friday >> and welcome to the start of the holiday weekend. today marks the unofficial start of upper as -- summer as millions of americans travel during the long memorial day weekend. good morning. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. we will check on the skies. it is warm already. and the bay bridge was

troublesome yesterday. not baso far, but no yellow alerts. no yellow weather alerts in the future future. sunday or monday things will be nice, but the rain chances are starting to butch up -- bump up. and 60 in german town. and upper marlboro you are at 71 degrees. the temperatures near 90 degrees. it will be a warm and humid one. generally dry, but a few isolated thunderstorms. the high pressure in the system will increase our rain chances. i will explain coming up. larry. we expect a lot of the road construction to wrap up by 5:00. they will make sure it is clear before we start to get into the thick of things and traffic picks up about 5:00 this morning. two lanes closed on the inner loop of the beltway. aquiet ride around