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ust meet their financial obligations, and now based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. in fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. very nice. [ apseplau ] and guided by a vision, not blinded by our doubts. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states. [ cheers and
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the president's address is getting mixed reviews on capitol hill. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: house republicans were briefed this morning on their party's plan to replace obamacare. north carolina's mark meadows didn't like what he heard. >> the final result of where we are today is not something that i support. >> reporter: the plan being finalized by gop leaders and the white house replaces some obamacare subsidies with tax credits to help people buy insurance. conservatives like virginia's dave brat say that's just another handout. >> some of the stuff in there is just not what we promised people for six years. it's not a repeal of obamacare. >> reporter: there were more warning signs in the senate where republicans can afford just two gop defections. three conservatives tweeted that a full repeal is the bare minimum they'll accept. >>
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this. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan insisted the holdouts will come around. there was also a lot of churning today over the president's proposal to cut foreign aid and move that money to defense. in a letter to congressional leaders, 120 retired military officers argued diplomatic dollars are critical to preventing conflict. former air force general richard hally. >> the last thing we want to do is go into a place, break a bunch of glass and not have any clue how to put it back together. >> reporter: he found a powerful ally in mitch mcconnell. do you think the senate could approve a budget that slashes state department funding by about a third? >> probably not. i, for one, just speaking for myself, think the diplomatic portion of the federal budget is very important. and you get results a lot cheaper frequently than you do on the defense side. >> reporter: just yesterday,
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the president's were exactly the same, but clearly they diverge on this, scott, and mcconnell told me he simply hasn't had a chance to talk it over with the president yet. >> nancy cordes, thanks. there is a controversy tonight inside u.s. intelligence over whether the trump administration is exaggerating the threat from muslim countries. debates inside and among intelligence agencies are standard and even encouraged. but jeff pegues reports this is different, because some analysts believe they're being pressured to report the results that the white house wants to hear. >> i'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. >> reporter: when president trump signed his executive order banning travel from seven predominantly muslim countries, he said he was keeping the country safe from terrorists. but within the department of
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charged with carrying out the order, intelligence analysts are still split on the threat. former and current government source say the dhs's intelligence unit is so divided, some employees are considering asking for protection as whistleblowers or hiring lawyers. that's because their conclusions do not match those of the white house. last week, this internal dhs intelligence document was leaked to the media. it determined citizens of the seven banned countries were rarely implicated in u.s.-based terrorism. even though the document was prepared by experienced intelligence officers, it was rejected by dhs leadership. and the white house pressed for a new assessment. sources say the contributors do the original document refused to work on the final product, concerned that the process had been tainted by politics. spokesperson told us that other federal law enforcement agencies
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document. scott, dhs officials believe the document lacked classified and sensitive law enforcement information that would have provided a "complete intelligence assessment." >> jeff pegues for us tonight. jeff, thank you. the midwest is being hit tonight by severe storms, including some tornadoes. funnel clouds were spotted near interstate 80 in walcott, iowa. and the national weather service says a number of twisters barreled through northern illinois. damage has been reported outside chicago. mr. trump will emphasize the war on terror tonight, and he will be able to claim the head of the number two leader of al qaeda. david martin reports it was a cia drone strike over the weekend. >> reporter: this is the only known picture of abu al mazri, which helps explain why he survived for so long as one of al qaeda's most senior leaders.
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but his luck ran out on sunday, when, according to u.s. officials, a cia drone strike scored a direct hit on his car in northwestern syria. a son-in-law of osama bin laden, he has been implicated in the 1998 bombings of two american embassies in africa, which killed more than 200 people. the name means he's from egypt, was a long-time confidant of al zawah zawahri. in the years after 9/11, al masri fled to iran and spent a decade under house arrest, but also beyond the reach of american drone strikes. after his release, he went to syria, where al qaeda has been attempting to take advantage of the chaos caused by the civil war to establish a new base of operations. he was back in business but also back in range of drone strikes. on sunday, the cia found him one last time.
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isis is the main target, but now drones have killed about ten senior al qaeda leaders in syria, in the 2 1/2 years since the u.s. began conducting air strikes there. scott? >> david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. coming up next, hundreds of women who worked for a huge jewelry chain claim they are victims of sexual misconduct. the valiant taste times of death, but once!!
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move free ultra, and enjoy living well. ♪living well hundreds of women who worked for some of the best-known jewelry stores in america claimed that they were groped, demeaned, and pressured for sex on the job. they filed suit and manuel bojorquez has their story. >> you do think that people aren't going to believe what happened. >> reporter: kristin henry says she was the 22-year-old manager of this kay jewelers near orlando, when she attended a managers' conference and was cornered in a hotel room. >> i was forcefully kissed and touched in ways that i didn't want to be. >> reporter: this was a superior? >> it was a superior, yes. >> reporter: henry says she phoned the company's tip line to report the incident but was fired two days later after accusations over a missing gold
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chain, a claim she says was made up. >> you feel like somebody that you trusted and somebody that you were told to look up to and gain experience from was physically able to destroy your career. >> reporter: henry's allegation stemmed from an ongoing class action arbitration case filed in 2008, against signet jewelers, the parent company of retailers kay, zales, and jared, for gender discrimination and pay inequality. 69,000 former employees joined the case. sworn statements from nearly 250 of them alleged a corporate culture of sexual misconduct, ranging from inappropriate advances to a "good old boys'" network. in one allegation, in front of a female secretary, one manager asked another, "are you doing her?" signet denies any wrongdoing saying in part -- we have taken the allegations of pay and promotions discrimination raised ins
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we have thoroughly investigated the allegations and have concluded they are not substantiated by the facts and certainly do not reflect our culture. attorneys say a trial is scheduled to begin early next year on the broader question of gender and pay discrimination. scott, the company points out none of the women in the class action has filed a legal claim of sexual harassment. >> manuel bojorquez, thanks. coming up, an alarming increase in colorectal cancer among young americans. make the most of a few minutes with instant moisture from k-y ultragel.
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there's a new study out today that sounds an alarm for younger americans. it says that those born in 1990 have double the risk of colon cancer as those born in 1950. and for rectal cancer, the rate is quadruple. we asked jon lapook for the story behind the numbers. >> reporter: at first, rhea buckner didn't think much of her stomach cramps. >> i sort of assumed that was just part of getting older. i had just turned 30, and i have to be careful with spicy foods now. >> reporter: but it turned out to be something far more serious-- colon cancer. you're 30 years old. you find out you have colon cancer, and it spread to your ovary, your liver, lymph nodes. what are you thinking? >> i didn't even think that young people could get colon cancer. i really thought that it was, like, an old person's disease or, like, an old man's disease. >> reporter: today's study shows a disturbing trend among millennials and gen x'ers, with colon cancer rates since the
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mid-1980s increasing 1% to 2.4% a year but declining for those over 55, likely because colonoscopy in that group removes benign polyps before they can turn cancerous. current guidelines suggest starting routine screening at age 50. after chemo and multiple surgeries, buckner, now 34, has had no evidence of cancer for three years. dr. daniel labow is her surgeon at mount sinai hospital in new york city. why would it be increasing under the age of 50? >> some of the studies have shown reflected on diet, sedentary lifestyle, increased fat, things like that in the diet that are now affecting people younger and younger. >> reporter: those are all risk factors for colon cancer. scott, the authors now say screening should now be considered before the currently recommended age of 50. and, clearly, doctors and patients need to pay attention to unexplained symptoms such as bleeding, abdominal discomfort, and change in bowel habits. >> life-saving information, dr. jon lapook. thank you.
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we end tonight with a look back at a shameful chapter in american history, and a book that helped guide african americans through it safely. here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: there was a time when traveling black americans seldom felt the freedom of the open road. >> when you pulled up to a service station, to a restaurant, to a hotel, you never knew what was going to greet you when you walked in. >> reporter: curtis graves, now 78, remembers seeing america in the 1940s and 50s from the back seat of his parents' car. >> we went to california. we went to florida. we went to chicago.
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we went -- we went all over the place. >> reporter: do you remember being turned away? >> i remember my dad stopping for gas, and they'd look at me and look at him and say, "we don't have any gas for you." >> reporter: black americans were routinely refused service, and in so-called "sundown towns" african americans knew if they were caught after sundown, they could face physical attack. victor green, a new york city postal worker, created a travel guide called "the negro motorist green book." he collected references from other black letter carriers to create a state-by-state list of accommodations, open to everyone. a.c. howard's parents used green's books each summer to drive from chicago to mississippi. did it get worse the further south you got? >> to tell you the truth, it got worse when you left chicago, you know. >> reporter: in some respects, "the green book" was a survival guide. >> it was. it most definitely was. >> reporter: green published 20,000 copies a year from 1936
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with the help of "the green book" families like the graves and howards navigated segregated america. >> at least it gave you the feeling when you left your home, that you would not be embarrassed or demoralized by the experiences of the harshness of segregation. >> reporter: a rare copy of "the green book" recently sold for more than $22,000 but for a generation of travelers, the comfort it gave was priceless. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not to miss "cbs this morning." from the jones day law firm overlooking the u.s. capitol, i'm scott pelley. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> >> president trump set aside some of the fire and brimstone, sounding more optimistic in his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump outlined in broad strokes his ambitious plans to rewrite the tax code, increase military spending, and slash the federal budget. all without touching social security or medicare. some of this puts him at odds with republican leaders, whose help he'll need to push any plans through the congress. here's some of what the president had to say. >> each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president. that torch is now in our han
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and we will use it to light up the world. i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. finally, the chorus became an earthquake, and the people turned out by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple but crucial demand, that america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. [ applause ] our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the united states. we're also taking strong frasures to protect our nation adom rical islamic terrorism. [ applause ] as promised, i directed the department of defense to develop
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a plan to demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims, christians, men, women, and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet. solving these and so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the differences of party. it will require us to tap into the american spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history. but to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the american economy, make it easier for companies to do business in the united states, and much, much haorer fpa comnies to leave our country. [ applause ] right now, american companies
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are taxed at one of the highest rates anywhere in the world. my economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with .yone [ applause ] i'm going to bring back millions of jobs, protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. [ applause ] the current outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers and puts great pressure on taxpayers, nations around the world like canada, australia, and many others have a merit-based immigration system. [ applause ] it's a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially.
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yet in america, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. america has spent approximately $6 trillion in the middle east, all the while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. with this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate. [ applause ] to launch our national rebuilding, i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states, financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of new jobs. [ applause ] tonight, i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare.
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everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved. and every hurting family can find healing and hope. our citizens deserve this, and so much more. so why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right? [ applause ] i am sending congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense sequester -- [ applause ] and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in american history. we are blessed to be joined
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widow of u.s. navy special operator, senior chief william ryan owens. ryan died as he lived, a warrior and a hero, battling against terrorism and securing our nation. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] >> we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars, that dethroned fascism -- [ applause ] and the cold war, and defeated communism. [ cheers and applause ]
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financial obligations, and now based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. in fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. very nice. [ applause ] and guided by a vision, not blinded by our doubts. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> president donald trump
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a north korean delegation is in malaysia trying to collect the leader's brother who was assassinated. two women rubbed a nerve agent in the face of kim jong-nam and he died 20 minutes later. his brother, kim jong-un, reportedly wanted him dead for years, and the korean leader has other targets on his list. bill whitaker spoke to one for "60 minutes." >> i've been in seoul for six months. to be honest, you know, i was never public until now. >> reporter: we went for an evening out in seoul with north korea's former deputy ambassador in london before he defected in august. the first time on the subway? >> yes, that's right. >> reporter: a
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someone of his rank is extremely rare. this was the first time he had walked about in public. just off camera, six bodyguards watched his every move as we made our way down one of the busiest shopping streets in asia. north korea has assassinated defectors in seoul. >> to prevent more possible defections from north korea, i think kim jong-un may do anything. >> reporter: even kill you? >> of course. why not? >> reporter: the man who could order an assassination is kim jong-un, the dictator is the third member of the kim family to rule north korea. they have controlled the impoverished country with an iron clad fist for 70 years. this was last week's missile test. kim devotes a quarter of his country's economy to weapons like this and his million-man army. despite widespread food
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shortages. >> kim jong-un strongly believes that once he possesses icbm, then he can easily scare off america. >> reporter: right now, how dangerous is north korea to the stability of south korea and as a threat to the united states? >> kim jong-un's capability to wreak harm not only to america but also south korea and the world should not be underestimated. ♪ >> reporter: during his five years in power, kim jong-un has expanded north korea's nuclear arsenal, despite international sanctions that have brought his country's economy to its knees. electricity is scarce. from space, north korea is a k
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shining lights of south korea and the china to the north. tai said he was living a comfortable life, here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. >> the safety is guaranteed by the government. >> reporter: his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. you all lived together under one roof? >> yes. >> reporter: so you could keep an eye on each other? >> keep an eye on each other, control each other, and even spy on each other. >> reporter: but he said he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his own uncle in 2013, and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. i've seen a tape of you giving speeches in london. you're very convincing. you seem to be a true believer
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>> if i show any sign of hesitation, then i would be, you know sent to -- i would be sent to prison camps. so my whole family's life will be jeopardized. >> reporter: he said there was one big obsta defection. >> all north korean diplomats are forced to leave one of their children back in pyongyang as a hostage. >> reporter: as a hostage? >> yes. >> reporter: his break came when that policy unexpectedly changed, and his oldest son was allowed to join the family in london. they all agreed to defect. he would not give us the details of his
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but we know he was kept in a safe house by south korean intelligence agents and questioned for more than three months. he said it was too dangerous for us to meet his family. >> i've been talking with you a couple days now. you come from a secretive place. >> yes. >> but i think you still have lots of secrets. >> sure, yes. >> how do we know that what he's telling us is the truth and not just self-serving? >> you know, when a defector makes a decision to jump ship, he's doing it at a very huge cost. his co-workers, relatives, inlaws can be purged or killed. >> reporter: this was south korea's ambassador to national security until last year. he said looks here can be deceiving. the risk of war today is exceptionally high. >> i think most americans right
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from the cold war. >> uh-huh. >> but it seems to be quite hot. >> that's right. this is the only place on the entire planet where you have nearly a million forces on both sides standing ready to fight a war in basically a nano second. and who is right there in the middle of this? it's basically the u.s. forces. >> if there's war, this is where the big flight would take place. >> reporter: lee helped shape seoul's policy towards north korea. he went with us to the village in the 2 1/2 mile wide demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. as we got closer, seoul's sprawl gave way to military checkpoints. the agreement that suspended the korean war was signed here. but there's still no peace treaty. the war began when the communist north invaded
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34,000 americans were killed in what amounted to a stalemate. >> so this is the longest war on paper since world war ii, so we are still technically in a state of war. >> reporter: today, both sides still stare each other down. that's north korea right there, that building just 100 yards away. we were told to avoid sudden movements that could be interpreted as threatening. it wasn't long before north korean soldiers took an interest in all the activity, so we went inside a negotiation hut that straddles the button. >> right behind the door, basically from there on this is north korea. once you go out, that's it. we have no jurisdiction on that side of the door. >> reporter: so if i were to walk out that door -- >> that's it. >> reporter: i'm in the hands of north korea? >> that's true. >> let's stay on this side. >> reporter: it was all surreal. thisar
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seoul had the feel of a cold war theme park, complete with a fake village on the north korean side, built to impress the south. and in case you missed the point, loud speakers blared propaganda. songs praising kim jong-un. a few miles away, tourists crowd an observation deck. snapping photos with troops, cardboard cutouts, and the real ones. what the visitors could not see on the other side of those mountains are 10,000 artillery pieces that the north korean military has aimed at seoul. all of which could reach the 28 million people in and around the south korean capital. u.s. war planners estimate 500,000 people could be killed in a second korean war.
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>> is there any other metropolitan area on earth this vulnerable? >> certainly nothing that approaches seoul in terms of the size, the density of the population. there's nothing like it. >> reporter: u.s. air force general james slythe flew with us over the city. it's just 30 miles from the dmz. we landed at osan air base where korean airmen and their american colleagues monitor all activity north of the dmz. for security, they shut off the giant video displays right before we came in. >> you can see the full report on our website, cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. 40% fewer calories than butter. i can't believe it's made with real, simple ingredients. i can't believe we're on a whale. i can't believe my role isn't bigger. oh, it's real. real ingredients. unbelievable taste. go ahead, enjoy.
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makewith instant moisture utes from k-y ultragel. president trump says he wants better relations with russia, but former russian chess master and human rights advocate gary kasparov has a warning, putin plays a dangerous game. here's jim axelrod. >> sometimes i feel like it's in a bad dream. >> reporter: he doesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladamir putin is taking shape. >> he has never criticized vladamir putin. he always came up with some kind of comparing putin's actions. >> do you respect puten? >> i do respect
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specifically to this exchange. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. do you think our country is so innocent? >> how do we find a person -- vladamir putin was always an exception. >> reporter: the former world chess champion, who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, he was arrested and beaten multiple times, before fleeing. boris nemsov was murdered. >> the way putin has been presenting the world to the russian people, yes, we do certain things we may not like. so everybody does it. and now see, the president of the united states confirms this. >> reporter: this week, after he criticized the day of equivalence, congressman king questioned him
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>> the issue is so painful. and now the representative of the united states, a member of the house, i mean, basically saying that this person is alive. that's proof that vladamir putin is still not that bad. >> reporter: he says putin's goal is to sow instability here and capitalize on the divide. which is why he finds the president's remark so troubling. >> putin's regime cannot compete with the united states technologically or economically. putin needs conflict, and that is what makes me sure. >> reporter: he will be the first to tell you he's not objective when it comes to vladamir putin. his friends killed make that impossible. but he's less concerned with pu
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the spacex founder elon musk says he's got down payments from two space tourists he plans to send on a trip around the moon and back again. manuel bojorquez has the story from the kennedy space center. >> reporter: atlantis was the last shuttle to take astronauts into place. now it's a whole new world. the names of those new would-be astronauts are top secret right now, and so is what they are paying, though experts believe it could be in the tens of millions of dollars. spacex hopes to launch them from pad 39-a, where many of nasa's "apollo" missions began. >> ignition and liftoff. >> reporter: the mission would use a much larger version of the falcon rocket which currently delivers cargo to the space station, using the capsule to
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send two people past the moon by the end of last year. >> there is some risk here. >> reporter: in a conference call with reporters, elon musk laid out the plan. >> this would be approximately a weeklong mission. it would pass the moon, and loop back to earth. >> reporter: humans haven't flown to the moon since the last "apollo" mission in 1972. after yesterday's announcement, nasa issued a statement saying it commends its industry partners for reaching higher. the space agency is planning its own particular mission to sling astronauts around the moon, but not until 2021. >> people should not get the idea this is simple. it's not. >> reporter: space consultant bill harwood points out spacex as a private company isn't subject to the same restrictions as nasa. >> they certainly don't test the way nasa does. you can argue that's a good thing, but you won'ter what's the risk? what is it that they're not
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>> reporter: the company has experienced problems with its falcon nine rocket, one of which exploded on the launch pad last year. and it's had some high profile failures in attempts to reland its usable rocket booster. but elon musk insists the overall success rate is high. >> this should be exciting and gets the world exciting about sending people into deep space again. >> reporter: some experts believe the plan may be too ambitious to pull off late next week. but he says the space capsule was designed to run on auto pilot and the crew will receive extensive training in case something goes wrong. he expressed his gratitude for the folks here, tweeting spacex could not do this without nasa and can't express enough appreciation. >> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a
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news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is the "cbs overnight news." president trump set aside some of the fire and brimstone, sounding more optimistic in his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump outlined in broad strokes his ambitious plans to rewrite the tax code, increase military spending, and slash the federal budget. all without touching social security or medicare. some of this puts him at odds with republican leaders, whose help he'll need to push any plans through the congress. here's some of what the president had to say. >> each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president. t
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and we will use it to light up the world. i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is message deeply delivered from my heart. finally, the chorus became an earthquake, and the people turned out by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple but crucial demand, that america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. [ applause ] our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the united states. we're also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. [ applause ] as promised, i directed the department of defense to develop
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a plan to demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims, christians, men, women, and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our ndfried s anallies in the muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet. solving these and so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the differences of party. it will require us to tap into the american spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history. but to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the american economy, make it easier for companies to do business in the united states, and much, much harder c forniompao es tleave our country. [ applause ] right now, american companies are
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rates anywhere in the world. my economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anne. [ applause ] i'm going to bring back millions of jobs, protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. [ applause ] the current outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers and puts great pressure on taxpayers, nations around the world like canada, australia, and many others have a merit-based immigration system. [ applause ] it's a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country
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ought to be able to support themselves financially. yein america, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. america has spent approximately $6 trillion in the middle east, all the while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. with this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate. [ applause ] to launch our national rebuilding, i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states, financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of new jobs. [ applause ] tonight, i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare.
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everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved. and every hurting family can find healing and hope. our citizens deserve this, and so much more. so why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right? [ applause ] i am sending congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense sequester -- [ applause ] and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in american history. we are blessed to be joined
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widow of u.s. navy special operator, senior chief william ryan owens. ryan died as he lived, a warrior and a hero, battling against terrorism and securing our nation. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] >> we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars, that dethroned fascism -- [ applause ] and the cold war, and defeated communism. [ cheers and applause ]
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financial obligations, and now based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. in fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. very nice. [ applause ] and guided by a vision, not blinded by our doubts. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> presideon
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the president's address is getting mixed reviews on capitol hill. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: house republicans were briefed this morning on their party's plan to replace obamacare. north carolina's mark meadows didn't like what he heard. >> the final result of where we are today is not something that i support. >> reporter: the plan being finalized by gop leaders and the white house replaces some obamacare subsidies with tax credits to help people buy insurance. conservatives like virginia's dave brat say that's just another handout. >> some of the stuff in there is just not what we promised people for six years. it's not a repeal of obamacare. >> reporter: there were more warning signs in the senate where republicans can afford just two gop defections. three conservatives tweeted that a full repeal is the bare minimum they'll accept. >> we're going to be unified on this.
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>> reporter: house speaker paul ryan insisted the holdouts will come around. there was also a lot of churning today over the president's proposal to cut foreign aid and move that money to defense. in a letter to congressional leaders, 120 retired military officers argued diplomatic dollars are critical to preventing conflict. former air force general richard hally. >> the last thing we want to do is go into a place, break a bunch of glass and not have any clue how to put it back together. >> reporter: he found a powerful ally in mitch mcconnell. do you think the senate could approve a budget that slashes state department funding by about a third? >> probably not. i, for one, just speaking for myself, think the diplomatic portion of the federal budget is very important. and you get results a lot cheaper frequently than you do on the defense side.
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mcconnell said his agenda and the president's were exactly the same, but clearly they diverge on this, scott, and mcconnell told me he simply hasn't had a chance to talk it over with the president yet. >> nancy cordes, thanks. there is a controversy tonight inside u.s. intelligence over whether the trump administration is exaggerating the threat from muslim countries. debates inside and among intelligence agencies are standard and even encouraged. but jeff pegues reports this is different, because some analysts believe they're being pressured to report the results that the white house wants to hear. >> i'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. >> reporter: when president trump signed his executive order banning travel from seven predominantly muslim countries, he said he was keeping the country safe from terrorists. but within the department of homeland security, whis
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order, intelligence analysts are still split on the threat. former and current government source say the dhs's intelligence unit is so divided, some employees are considering asking for protection as whistleblowers or hiring lawyers. that's because their conclusions do not match those of the white house. last week, this internal dhs intelligence document was leaked to the media. it determined citizens of the seven banned countries were rarely implicated in u.s.-based terrorism. even though the document was prepared by experienced intelligence officers, it was rejected by dhs leadership. and the white house pressed for a new assessment. sources say the contributors do the original document refused to work on the final product, concerned that the process had been tainted by politics. spokesperson told us that other federal law enforcement agencies
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did not agree with that leaked document. scott, dhs officials believe the document lacked classified and sensitive law enforcement information that would have provided a "complete intelligence assessment." >> jeff pegues for us tonight. jeff, thank you. the midwest is being hit tonight by severe storms, including some tornadoes. funnel clouds were spotted near interstate 80 in walcott, iowa. and the national weather service says a number of twisters barreled through northern illinois. damage has been reported outside chicago. mr. trump will emphasize the war on terror tonight, and he will be able to claim the head of the number two leader of al qaeda. david martin reports it was a cia drone strike over the weekend. >> reporter: this is the only known picture of abu al masri, which helps explain why he survived for so long as one of al qaeda's most senior leaders. but his luck ran out on su
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when, according to u.s. officials, a cia drone strike scored a direct hit on his car in northwestern syria. a son-in-law of osama bin laden, he has been implicated in the çs 1998 bombings of two american embassies in africa, which killed more than 200 people. al masri, the name means he's from egypt, was a long-time confidant of al zawahri. in the years after 9/11, al masri fled to iran and spent a decade under house arrest, but also beyond the reach of american drone strikes. after his release, he went to syria, where al qaeda has been attempting to take advantage of the chaos caused by the civil war to establish a new base of operations. he was back in business but also back in range of drone strikes. on sunday, the cia found him one last time. iss
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drones have killed about ten senior al qaeda leaders in syria, in the 2 1/2 years since the u.s. began conducting air strikes there. scott? >> david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. coming up next, hundreds of women who worked for a huge jewelry chain claim they are victims of sexual misconduct.
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hundreds of women who worked for some of the best-known jewelry stores in america claimed that they were groped, demeaned, and pressured for sex on the job. they filed suit and manuel bojorquez has their story. >> you do think that people aren't going to believe what happened. >> reporter: kristin henry says she was the 22-year-old manager of this kay jewelers near orlando, when she attended a managers' conference and was cornered in a hotel room. >> i was forcefully kissed and touched in ways that i didn't want to be. >> reporter: this was a superior? >> it was a superior, yes. >> reporter: henry says she phoned the company's tip line to report the incident but was
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accusations over a missing gold chain, a claim she says was made up. >> you feel like somebody that you trusted and somebody that you were told to look up to and gain experience from was physically able to destroy your career. >> reporter: henry's allegation stemmed from an ongoing class action arbitration case filed in 2008, against signet jewelers, the parent company of retailers kay, zales, and jared, for gender discrimination and pay inequality. 69,000 former employees joined the case. sworn statements from nearly 250 of them alleged a corporate culture of sexual misconduct, ranging from inappropriate advances to a "good old boys'" network. in one allegation, in front of a female secretary, one manager asked another, "are you doing her?" signet denies any wrongdoing
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saying in part -- we have taken the allegations of pay and promotions discrimination raised in this case very seriously. we have thoroughly investigated the allegations and have concluded they are not substantiated by the facts and certainly do not reflect our culture. attorneys say a trial is scheduled to begin early next year on the broader question of gender and pay discrimination. scott, the company points out none of the women in the class action has filed a legal claim of sexual harassment. >> manuel bojorquez, thanks. coming up, an alarming increase in colorectal cancer among young americans.
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there's a new study out today that sounds an alarm for younger americans. it says that those born in 1990 have double the risk of colon cancer as those born in 1950. and for rectal cancer, the rate is quadruple. we asked jon lapook for the story behind the numbers. >> reporter: at first, rhea buckner didn't think much of her stomach cramps. >> i sort of assumed that was just part of getting older. i had just turned 30, and i have to be careful with spicy foods now. >> reporter: but it turned out to be something far more serious -- colon cancer. you're 30 years old. you find out you have colon cancer, and it spread to your ovary, your liver, lymph nodes. what are you thinking? >> i didn't even think that young people could get colon cancer. i really thought that it was, like, an old person's disease or, like, an old man's disease. >> reporter: today's study shows a disturbing trend among millennials and gen x'ers, with colon cancer rates since the
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mid-1980s increasing 1% to 2.4% a year but declining for those over 55, likely because colonoscopy in that group removes benign polyps before they can turn cancerous. current guidelines suggest starting routine screening at age 50. after chemo and multiple surgeries, buckner, now 34, has had no evidence of cancer for three years. dr. daniel labow is her surgeon at mount sinai hospital in new york city. why would it be increasing under the age of 50? >> some of the studies have shown reflected on diet, sedentary lifestyle, increased fat, things like that in the diet that are now affecting people younger and younger. >> reporter: those are all risk factors for colon cancer. scott, the authors now say screening should now be considered before the currently recommended age of 50. and, clearly, doctors and patients need to pay attention to unexplained symptoms such as bleeding, abdominal discomfort, and change in bowel habits. >> life-saving information, dr. jon lapook.
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we end tonight with a look back at a shameful chapter in american history, and a book that helped guide african americans through it safely. here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: there was a time when traveling black americans seldom felt the freedom of the open road. >> when you pulled up to a service station, to a restaurant, to a hotel, you >> reporter: curtis graves, now 78, remembers seeing america in the 1940s and 50s from the back seat of his parents' car. >> we went to california. we went to florida.
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we went to chicago. we went -- we went all over the place. >> reporter: do you remember being turned away? >> i remember my dad stopping for gas, and they'd look at me and look at him and say, "we don't have any gas for you." >> reporter: black americans were routinely refused service, and in so-called "sundown towns" african americans knew if they were caught after sundown, they could face physical attack. victor green, a new york city postal worker, created a travel guide called "the negro motorist "the green booas
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guide. >> it was. it most definitely was. >> reporter: green published 20,000 copies a year from 1936 until 1967. with the help of "the green book" families like the graves and howards navigated segregated america. >> at least it gave you the feeling when you left your home, that you would not be embarrassed or demoralized by the experiences of the harshness of segregation. >> reporter: a rare copy of "the green book" recently sold for more than $22,000 but for a generation of travelers, the comfort it gave was priceless. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not to miss "cbs this morning." from the jones day law firm overlooking the u.s. capitol, i'm scott pelley. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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this is the "cbs overnight news." president trump set aside some of the fire and brimstone, sounding more optimistic in his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump outlined in broad strokes his ambitious plans to rewrite the tax code, increase military spending, and slash the federal budget. all without touching social security or medicare. some of this puts him at odds with republican leaders, whose help he'll need to push any plans through the congress. here's some of what the president had to say. >> each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president.
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that torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light up the world. i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. finally, the chorus became an earthquake, and the people turned out by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple but crucial demand, that america must put its own citizens first because only then can we truly make america great again. [ applause ] our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the united states. we're also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical islamic terrorism. [ applause ] as promised, i directed the department ofe
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a plan to demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims, christians, men, women, and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet. solving these and so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the differences of party. it will require us to tap into the american spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history. but to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the american economy, make it easier for companies to do business in the united states, and much, much harder for companies to leave our country. [ applause ] right now, american companies are taxed at one of the highest
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rates anywhere in the world. my economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. [ applause ] i'm going to bring back millions of jobs, protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. [ applause ] the current outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers and puts great pressure on taxpayers, nations around the world like canada, australia, and many others have a merit-based immigration system. [ applause ] it's a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially.
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yet in america, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. america has spent approximately $6 trillion in the middle east, all the while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. with this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate. [ applause ] to launch our national rebuilding, i will be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states, financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of new jobs. [ applause ] tonight, i am also calling on this congress to repeal and
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[ cheers and applause ] everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved. and every hurting family can find healing and hope. our citizens deserve this, and so much more. so why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right? [ applause ] i am sending congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense sequester -- [ applause ] and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in american history. we are blessed to be joined
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tonight by corinne owens, the widow of u.s. navy special operator, senior chief william ryan owens. ryan died as he lived, a warrior and a hero, battling against terrorism and securing our nation. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] >> we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars, that dethroned fascism -- [ applause ] and the cold war, and defeated communism. [ cheers and applause ]
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but our partners must meet their financial obligations, and now based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. in fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. very nice. [ applause ] and guided by a vision, not blinded by our doubts. i am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the american spirit. i am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. i am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe once more in america. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> president donald trump
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a north korean delegation is in malaysia trying to collect the body of their leader's brother who was assassinated last month in a busy airport. investigators say two women rubbed a nerve agent in the face of kim jong-nam, and he died 20 minutes later. his brother, kim jong-un, reportedly wanted him dead for years, and the korean leader has other targets on his list. bill whitaker spoke to one for "60 minutes." >> i've been in seoul for six months. to be honest, you know, i was never public until now. >> reporter: we went for an evening out in seoul with north korea's former deputy ambassador in london before he defected in august. the first time on the subway? >> yes, that's right. >> reporter: a defection by
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rare. this was the first time he had walked about in public. just off camera, six bodyguards watched his every move as we made our way down one of the busiest shopping streets in asia. north korea has assassinated defectors in seoul. >> to prevent more possible defections from north korea, i think kim jong-un may do anything. >> reporter: even kill you? >> of course. why not? >> reporter: the man who could order an assassination is kim jong-un, the dictator is the third member of the kim family to rule north korea. they have controlled the impoverished country with an ironclad fist for 70 years. this was last week's missile test. kim devotes a quarter of his country's economy to weapons like this and his million-man army. despite widespread food shortages.
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>> kim jong-un strongly believes that once he possesses icbm, then he can easily scare off america. >> reporter: right now, how dangerous is north korea to the stability of south korea and as a threat to the united states? >> kim jong-un's capability to wreak harm not only to america but also south korea and the world should not be underestimated. ♪ >> reporter: during his five years in power, kim jong-un has expanded north korea's nuclear arsenal, despite international sanctions that have brought his country's economy to its knees. electricity is scarce. from space, north korea is a black hole.
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and china to the north. tai said he was living a comfortable life, here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. >> the safety is guaranteed by the government. >> reporter: his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. you all lived together under one roof? >> yes. >> reporter: so you could keep an eye on each other? >> keep an eye on each other, control each other, and even spy >> reporter: but he said he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his own uncle in 2013, and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. i've seen a tape of you giving speeches in london. you're very convincing. you seem to be a true believer yourself.
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>> if i show any sign of hesitation, then i would be, you know sent to -- i would be sent to prison camps. so my whole family's life will be jeopardized. >> reporter: he said there was one big obstacle to his defection. >> all north korean diplomats are forced to leave one of their children back in pyongyang as a hostage. >> reporter: as a hostage? >> yes. >> reporter: his break came when that policy unexpectedly changed, and his oldest son was allowed to join the family in london. they all agreed to defect. he would not give us the details of his escape and who helped,
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but we know he was kept in a safe house by south korean intelligence agents and questioned for more than three months. he said it was too dangerous for us to meet his family. >> i've been talking with you a couple days now. you come from a secretive place. >> yes. >> but i think you still have lots of secrets. >> sure, yes. >> how do we know that what he's telling us is the truth and not just self-serving? >> you know, when a defector makes a decision to jump ship, he's doing it at a very huge cost. his co-workers, relatives, inlaws can be purged or killed. >> reporter: chong min lee was south korea's ambassador to national security until last year. he said looks here can be deceiving. the risk of war today is exceptionally high. >> i think most americans right
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from the cold war. >> uh-huh. >> but it seems to be quite hot. >> that's right. this is the only place on the entire planet where you have nearly a million forces on both sides standing ready to fight a war in basically a nano second. and who is right there in the middle of this? it's basically the u.s. forces. >> if there's war, this is where the big fight would take place. >> reporter: lee helped shape seoul's policy towards north korea. he went with us to the village in the 2 1/2 mile wide demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea. as we got closer, seoul's sprawl gave way to military checkpoints. the agreement that suspended the korean war was signed here. but there's still no peace treaty. the war began when the communist north invaded in 1950.
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34,000 americans were killed in what amounted to a stalemate. >> so this is the longest war on paper since world war ii, so we are still technically in a state of war. >> reporter: today, both sides still stare each other down. that's north korea right there, that building just 100 yards away. we were told to avoid sudden movements that could be interpreted as threatening. it wasn't long beforenorth korean soldiers took an interest in all the activity, so we went inside a negotiation hut that straddles the border. >> right behind the door, basically from there on this is north korea. once you go out, that's it. we have no jurisdiction on that side of the door. >> reporter: so if i were to walk out that door -- >> that's it. >> reporter: i'm in the hands of north korea? >> that's true. >> let's stay on this side. >> reporter: it was all surreal. this part of the dmz closest to
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seoul had the feel of a cold war theme park, complete with a fake village on the north korean side, built to impress the south. and in case you missed the point, loud speakers blared propaganda. martial songs praising kim jong-un. a few miles away, tourists crowd an observation deck. snapping photos with troops, cardboard cutouts, and the real ones. what the visitors could not see on the other side of those mountains are 10,000 artillery pieces that the north korean military has aimed at seoul. all of which could reach the 28 million people in and around the south korean capital. u.s. war planners estimate 500,000 people could be killed in a second korean war. >> is there any ot
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metropolitan area on earth this vulnerable? >> certainly nothing that approaches seoul in terms of the size, the density of the population. there's nothing like it. >> reporter: u.s. air force general james slythe flew with us over the city. it's just 30 miles from the dmz. we landed at osan air base where korean airmen and their american colleagues monitor all activity north of the dmz. for security, they shut off the giant video displays right before we came in. >> you can see the full report on our website, cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. break through your allergies. introducing flonase sensimist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances
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makewith instant moisture utes from k-y ultragel. president trump says he wants better relations with russia, but former russian chess master and human rights advocate garry kasparov has a warning, putin plays a dangerous game. here's jim axelrod. >> sometimes i feel like it's in a bad dream. >> reporter: garry kasparov doesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladamir putin is taking shape. >> he has never criticized vladamir putin. he always came up with some kind of comparing putin's actions. >> do you respect putin? >> i do respect him.
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referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers, what, do you think our country is so innocent? >> how do we find a person -- vladamir putin was always an exception. >> reporter: the former world chess champion, who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, kasparov was arrested and beaten multiple times, finally fleeing four years ago. boris nemsov was murdered. and vladimir karamuza poisoned, twice. >> the way putin has been presenting the world to the russian people, yes, we do certain things we may not like. so everybody does it. and now see, the president of the united states confirms this. >> reporter: this week, after he criticized the day of equivalence, congressman king questioned kasparov's concerns.
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>> the issue is so painful. and now the representative of the united states, a member of the house, i mean, basically saying that this person is alive. that's proof that vladamir putin is still not that bad. >> reporter: he says putin's goal is to sew instability here and capitalize on the divide. which is why he finds the president's remark so troubling. >> putin's regime cannot compete with the united states technologically or economically. the russian economy is in freefall. putin needs conflict, and that is what makes me shiver. >> reporter: kasparov will be the first to tell you that he's not objective when it comes to vladamir putin. his friends kills and jailed makes that impossible. but he's less concerned with
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rkrkrk i >> wednesday, march 1st, 2017. this is the cbs morning news. >> i am asking all members of conclude to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. president trump softens his delivery, but keeps his bold plan in his first joint address of congress. [ applause ] honoring the fallen. the wife of a navy seal killed during a raid gets a standing ovation, and president trump calls her husband a warrior and a hero. tornadoes touch down.
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