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go nephcure! it's monday, july 11th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly new details are emerging this morning after a shooter killed five police officers in an ambush on dallas law enforcement. the cryptic message and evidence of an even bigger attack the killer left behind. protests continued across the country, demanding justice for two black men killed by police last week. the demonstrations left dozens of cops injured and more than 100 protesters behind bars. i could make s
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it. in this one i can't. >> we'll hear from the wife of an ambushed officer who says she prepared for the worst daily, but nothing like this. he said, he has a gun, run. >> and caught in the crossfire. a dallas mom shares her story of survival and her sorrow for the dallas officers killed. >> it hurts. it does. i'm frustrated and grieved. why would he do that? good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. there have been police shooting protests across the country. police departments are on edge and we are learning more about a gunman who killed five dallas officers. the dallas police chief says micah johnson was plotting larger attacks. enough
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found at his home to have a devastating effect on dallas. he wrote a message in blood on the wall of the garage where he was cornered and taunted police during negotiations. don champion is in dallas, don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the community in dallas united over the weekend in the wake of the tragedy. behind me a memorial continues to grow outside of police headquarters. not far away from here, investigators are almost done combing over the massive crime scene downtown and a complex that increasingly disturbing picture of the gunman is emerging. dallas is a city in mourning. four days after the ambush that killed five officers, investigators say the gunman had bigger plans. >> we're convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous. >> reporter: sunday the city's police chief revealed the gunman used his own blood to write
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on a wall in the building where he was killed after negotiations failed. the chief also defended his department's unprecedented use of a robot bomb to kill the gunman. >> without our actions, he would have hurt more officers. so we had no choice in my mind, but to use all tools necessary. >> reporter: as the investigation here in dallas intensefies, protests over police violence continue across the country. in memphis sunday, demonstrators shut down a bridge, angry over the killings of two black men last week. hundreds were arrested during demonstrations in baton rouge over the weekend where one of the controversial shootings took place. president obama is calling for calm. >> i'd like all sides to listen to each other. >> reporter: the president will visit dallas tomorrow where he'll meet privately with families of the slain police officers. and funeral services for the officers killed are stillei
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finalized but we do know at least one of them will be held on wednesday. aside from meeting with families of the officers tomorrow, president obama will also deliver a speech during an interfaith memorial service. anne-marie? >> don champion in dallas, thank you very much, don. in the killing of philando castille, one of the officers injured when police confronted protesters in st. paul, minnesota, has a fractured vertebra suffered when he was hit by a piece of concrete. several hundred protesters blocking one of the twin cities' main highways clashed with police. rocks and fires were thrown at police during the highway standoff. more than 100 protesters were arrested. >> it's really a disgrace. and protesters last night turned into criminals. >> reporter: police used smoke bombs to clear of demonstrators protesting the police shooting of
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back in dallas, the five officers killed by micah johnson, one, 55-year-old michael smith, had received a cop's cop award from the dallas police association. he was an army ranger, volunteered at his church, he was the father of two daughters. his wife told omar villafranca she knew every time he left for work the worst could happen. >> it was always, give a kiss before we leave and be safe. and he had always prepared me for the worst. >> every officer and every family in certain situations, like they answer a domestic call, those are always volatile. but this -- >> that's what makes this so much -- that's what makes this so much different. fy new that he was pulling someone out of a
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he was in an accident or he was protecting someone, it would be different. but this, him being -- a sniper, purposely picking him -- and purposely murdering him -- is just different. than him being at work and trying to do your job and being hurt. i could always make sense out of all the times that he came home hurt. where i had to go to the hospital because he was hurt. i could make sense out of it. and this one, i can't. >> for the medical teams trying to help the victims in the dallas attack, the scene was chaos. the staff of baylor university medical center said there was no warning and no time to prepare
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assist. >> in a matter of minutes we had multiple patients coming in. and i was very thankful that the hospital pulled together. there were multiple people that were already here in the hospital at 9:00 at night, that hadn't gone home yet. pehale tt had just gotten off their shifts turned around and drove back to the hospital to come help us. >> there was no time to prepare. we were receiving phone calls from nursing staff, physicians, that were just stating they wanted to come in and help. we quickly deployed everybody to different sections and different teams. and i told dr. petrie, in teams like these it's when you realize how everyone pulls together as a team. >> besides the five officers killed in the attack, seven others were injured. and one of the victims, shetamia taylor, was shot in the leg trying to protect one of her sons. she attended the black lives matter march with her four sons.
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an officer go down as he was falling he screamed at her. >> he said, he has a gun, run. and my kids started running. and i started -- i wanted to -- make sure that they were all in front of me. so they started running up the block. i'm running behind them. i felt the bullet. i don't know if it bounced off the ground or what. but i felt it when it hit me in the back of my leg. my son andrew had turned around to grab me. because he's in -- i guess he turned around to see where i was, and he went to grab me. but i had already been shot so i grabbed him and pushed him into the street. and i think he hit the car. and we ended up in between the car and the curb. and i just laid on top of him. police officers had started coming up the block, a
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said, is anybody hit? my son said no, because he didn't know i was shot. and i was saying, yes, but i wasn't saying it loud enough so my son could hear me, because i didn't want them to hear me. the officer said it again kind of loud. i said, yes, sir, i'm hit in my leg. that officer jumped on top of me and covered me and my son. and there was another one at our feet. and there was another one over our heads. and several of them lined against the wall over there. and they just -- they stayed there with us. and i saw another officer -- saw another officer get shot. that was two. i'm sorry. i don't know if the
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moved, but they were able to get us up, get me up, help me to get me up and put me in the back of the police car. and another officer was in the back of the car, and my son. and that car was riddled with bullets. i'm thankful that that officer didn't get hit as he was driving us, my son. >> all of taylor's sons escaped. she suffered a bad fracture just below her right knee. coming up on "the morning news," making lemonade. kids across texas get together to raise money for the dallas victims. streaming arrest. a leader for black lives matter is detained during a protest. coming up on "cbs this morning," police and politics. the impact of the dallas attacks on the race for the white house. this is the "cbs morning news."
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a black lives matter leader is free on bond in louisiana. deray mckesson was released sunday after being arrested during a demonstration in baton rouge. he says the dozens of arrests during protests of alton sterling's killing are uncalled for. >> again, i remain deeply disappointed in the baton rouge police department. and i'm hopeful that the department of justice intervenes, both in the death of alton and the way they treat protesters. >> sterling was fatally shot last week by city officers. mckesson is charged with blocking a road, a misdemeanor. small kids are raising big money with lemonade stands for the dallas shooting victims. a front-page editorial calls for healing. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand on our big story of the day, the dallas morning news response to last week's shootings in the city was a dramatic plea for unity.
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front page sunday to an editorial asking what kind of city are we? what kind do we want to be? the "austin american statesman" reports texans are starting lemonade stands to support police officers. the trend spread after a 7-year-old dallas girl and her friends raised $5,000 selling drinks and snacks. they're donating to a fund for families of fallen dallas-ft. worth officers and firefighters. in other news on the morning newsstand now, there are claims that an american reporter was assassinated. "the washington post" reports that syria's dictator may have targeted an american journalist who was killed covering the country's civil war. the family of marie colbin says she was tracked and killed by al bashar's forces. "the wall street journal" reports that violence in south
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estimated 200 people. fighting erupted yesterday between government forces and rebels led by the country's vice president. a power-sharing government was set up recently to end a two-year civil war. the "st. louis post dispatch" reports robbers targeted fans of a smartphone game. playing pokemon go involves visiting local landmarks to score points. four teens in a st. louis suburb are charged with waiting where they knew teens would show up and robbing them. still ahead, taking a last bow. the star of "hamilton" says good-bye to the hit broadway musical and his long hair. excit. oh this is living baby! only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down.
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intriguing tease from tesla. and the ufc rings up a billion-dollar sale. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning. better than expected jobs report sent stocks higher friday ending a strong week on wall street overall. for the week the dow was up nearly 740 points. the s&p gained nearly 92. the nasdaq finished the week 248 points higher. tesla motors chief elon musk says he's working on another top-secret tesla master plan. he tweeted yesterday that he hopes to publish details this week. tesla is under pressure following the fatal crash of one of its electric self-driving cars back in 2006. musk said he had a secret tesla motors master plan in which he revealed the cars that are now known as the tesla model "s" and tesla 3. the ufc, ultimate fighting championship league, reportedly sold for about $4 billion. ufc's a mixed martial arts promotional company.
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empire. the league is 23 years old. its fights are seen in more than 156 countries. the "new york times" reports the league is being bought by the talent agent wmeimg. another box office debut for an animated movie about animals. "the secret life of pets" opened with $103 million in ticket sales, the best opening ever for an original animated film. "the legend of tarzan" second, and "finding dory" came in third. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thank you, jill. coming up, notching a first. portugal celebrates sweet viyctor in the 2016 european championship. ♪ you wanna tell me about the boy in this painting? i dunno...maybe nobody understands him. well, if he were here, i'd say that being different is what makes him special.
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country.
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that is it! portugal has won the european championship! the very first one in their history! >> a substitute goal gives portugal a 1-0 win over host france in the european championship. portuguese star cristiano ronaldo left the game early with an injury but a score late in extra time decided it. fans watching in lisbon went mad with joy. portugal started ranked third in its group. britain's andy murray wins the title he says is more meaningful to him than any other. he beat milos raonic yesterday in straight sets to take the wbs men's single title. it's murray's second win at the all england club. in 2013 he ended britain's 77-year wait for a native t
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good morning. parts of dallas remain closed this morning following thursday night's murder of five police officers. now investigators say that attack could have been much worse. >> metro track phase 3 wraps up today but many of the same riders effected by thisck
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phase 4. >> we know the very first thing at least one of them hamilton creator did after ending his time on broadway. here's allyson with details on the start of this work week. >> it's really nice today. yesterday was pretoria perfect -- was pretty perfect and today the same story. 73 degrees. you still don't need the jacket this morning. the air is drier thanks to some north, northeastern winds. a little bro send -- breezy this morning, 13 miles per hour. 66 for fairfax. all things considered it's a comfortable start and it's going to be a comfortable day today. lots of sunshine. you can leave the umbrellas at home. enjoy some sunshine at noon, 84 degrees. topping out in the upper 80s. we'll talk about when heat and humidity return to the forecast. >> we don't want
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the humidity. we have one accident this morning just south of the icc 97. it's connecticut avenue is where the accident is, between connecticut avenue and bellprix road. over night construction including here on the top of the beltway both your inner and outer loop two lanes getting by in both directions at university boulevard. also we have some more traffic in downtown dc, several points that i'm following right now. we'll go through all of those to get you around some closures, including 8th street shut down as you head eastbound for the morning. guys. >> thank you. breaking over night, a brief 911 outage in montgomery county, the number is back up at this hour. >> however, emergency officials say if you still call and get a busy signal contact your nearest police or fire station. this outage was reported around midnight and the fire department spokesman tweeted out this photo of the dispatch area about an hour later saying the 911te
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was still operating on condition red. meaning emergency communications only. famed guitar istist joe perry is in stable condition after falling ill. he worked with aerosmith. the 65-year-old was on stage with alice cooper, donnie dep when he appeared dazed. so far the hospital is only confirming he's there and i understand going tests right now. for the first time since a state law took effect july 1st virginia state police were providing voluntary background checks this weekend for gun sales between private parties at a gun show. under the new law state police can perform background checks for private sellers who want to make sure they're safely selling or transferring firearms. the checks cost $2. >> that's a quick look at what's going o
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right now. >> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. five officers died but now investigators in dallas say the gunman deadly ier -- gunman had deadlier plans. first up meteorologist allyson ray. plenty of sunshine but what about the humidity? >> that's always a big question this time of year. the humidity is pretty nice for the first half of the day and really most of the day. as we go through the evening hours the winds will turn out of the southeast and that humidity will return for tomorrow. so enjoy a pleasant monday. 73 degrees and the humidity will be on the rise but enjoy today. 87 degrees this afternoon for hagerstown and wind chester into the upper 80s.
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stray shower it would be in the mountains of west virginia. everybody else will be okay. heat, humidity and thunderstorms all in the 7-day and we'll time it up coming up. i wanted to take people right into dc right away. that's where we're seeing most of our construction, a lot of side street projects going on. the first problem memorial bridge as you head west the right lane is closed for some work. we have that continuing work over on the 3rd street tunnel. right now it's d street northwest and 3rd street northwest. there's a new traffic pattern there.

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