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captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is friday, april 21st, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." france says its security forces are fully mobilized after isis claims responsibility for caring a paris police officer. we're many paris where officials overnight said they detained the alleged gunman two months ago but set him free. the tennessee teacher who ran off with a 15-year-old student is captured in california. we're outside the remote cabin where he was caught with the teenager's emotional reaction to being discovered. plus outrage over the payout by fox news for the sex scandal. but we begin this rn
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opener," your world in 90 seconds. our condolences from our cototry the people of france. it looks like another terrorist attack. what can you say. it just never ends. >> isis cslaimpo resnsibility for a deadly shooting in paris. >> an officer was shot dead and two others were seriously ind.jure >>ka> arnsas executed an inmate for the first time since 2005. >> it is a somber night all across arkansas. president trump at a news conference with italy's prime minister talking about the iran nuclear deal. sp iran has not lived up to the irit of the agreement. and they have to do that. theye hav to do that. the justice department is considering charges against wikileaks and julian assange. fox megastar bill o'ryeill could get a payout as high as $25 million. i think fox wants this out
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their hair. tropical storm arlene. >> this is a very rare april occurrence. a human nt for the teacher from tennessee who kidnapped his student is over after the pair were found in california. amazing rescuegh caunt o camera. a firefighter made a life-saving catch. a baby thrown from a burning building. >> all that -- >> you had denner at the white house? you fed kid rock and ted nugent? >> jesus was booked. >> look at this. th are oney awa from being the next season of t"the apprentice" >> -- on "cbs this morning." starbucks unveiled their latest abomination. it's the unicorn frappuccino. it's only aville evailable unti 23rd or someone dies from
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drinking it. >> oh, iish with i was dead. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." have you guys tried that yet? >> i haven't tried it. why is it so bad? maybe a lot of sugar? >> that's the bad thing. >> a meal in a drink. >> all right. >> scary looking thing. busy day ahead. charlie rose is on assignment so moe anthony mace mason is here. >> a man killed an officer and wounded two others last night. a tourist was also wounded. police then shot and killed the suspect. >> this all happened on the famous boulevard in paris. elizabeth palmer is thering with the investigation of what's been going on all night. good morning. >> reporter: good
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french security services are all out continuing the investigation at the moment focusing on trying to find out whether he had -- the gunman had any accomplices help him in last night's attack. cell phone video of the sheeting still not officially confirmed appears to show the suspect's car next to a police van and two weapons drawn. in another video you can see what looks like the gunman's body lying in the road. he's been named by french media as karim cheurfi, 39 years old. police have not confirmed that but they have sealed cheurfi's home in paris. details of his record emerged. the papers say he'd done jail time for among other things shooting a police officer more than a decade ago. this attack coun'
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at a more sensitive time. voting in france's presidential election starts in less than 24 hours and the country is on edge after multiple terrorist attacks since the mass shootings in 2015. the leading right wing presidential candidate marine le pen has ramped up her top law and order rhetoric, the battle plan to close france's borders and to crack down on what she calls lenient sentences for dangerous criminals. now, isis was very quick to claim responsibility for last night's attack and we just learned in the last few minutes that a handwritten note was found by the gunman's body defending the islamic republic, but it also appears that he has a long history of wanting to target police officers. he had a violent history and was arrested in february for expressing an intention to kill police. anthony? >> elizabeth palmer in paris.
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thanks, liz. congress is still in recess this morning but president trump is giving members plenty to do when they come back. he wants action on the newest plan to replace obamacare before his administration reaches the 100-day milestone eight days from now. congress also needs to pass a budget deal next week to prevejt a government shutdown. major garrett is at the white house with another new issue for the administration. major, good morning. >> yes, good morning. attorney general jeff sessions is taking heat for talking about hawaii. yes, hawaii. well, a federal judge there who blocked the second version of president trump's travel ban. since we're talking about heat, the president as you mentioned, anthony, is going to try to move health care from the back burner to the front burner when congress resumes from recess next tuesday. at a press conference with the italian prime minister president trump said house republicans could vote on a new bill to replace re
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next week. even though it doesn't exist and no one has any idea how much it will cost or what it will cover. >> it's gotten better and better and really good. a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a good chance of getting it soon. >> last month the gop pulled an earlier bill because they lacked the votes to pass it. their immediate priority now is finding a bipartisan compromise to keep the government open as funding for federal agencies is set to expire at midnight next friday. meanwhile mr. trump's attorney general jeff sessions is facing backlash after he criticized a federal court judge in hawaii who blocked mr. trump's travel ban on six majority muslim countries. >> i really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the united states from what appears to be clearly his statutory and
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>> hawaiian democratic senator mazie hirona shot back. we won't succumb to your dog whistle politics. in an interview brian schat says -- >> he wants to follow the boss's lead in attacking the judiciary, communities of color, and people who disagree with him. >> reporter: the judge in question is derrick watson, the federal judge. when sessions was in the senate he confirmed watson as did every other senator casting a ball let in a vote, norah, that went down 94-0. >> thanks so much. an american jailed in egypt is back in the u.s. after an intervention by the trump administration. 30-year-old aid worker aya hijazi was held in
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prison on charges of assault, torture, and trafficking. all of those claims were unfounded. margaret brennan is at the white house with how all of that unfolded. good morning. >> good morning, norah. she moved from her hometown to egypt to help homeless children but she ended up in jail on a widespread crackdown of activists by the egyptian president. earlier this month the president welcomed the egyptian president to the white house effectively restraini restraining. they decided to no longer make human rights a point of public dispute but behind the scenes press for a release of american aid worker aya hijazi. >> how can somebody so pure, so innocent t
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in jail for three years. >> this is his brother. we spoke with him prior to her release. there has been a crackdown on a lot of civil society groups. is that in any way related to what happened to your sister? >> there are numbers that say 40,000 people have been arrested. why aya and why the ngo, we still don't know, but the general atmosphere of egypt allowed that to happen. >> then the general seized power in 2013 and imprisoned tens of thousands of activists, journalists, and aid workers. that widespread crackdown prompted the trump administration to release some funds. also released was her husband. >> there is no reason for anybody not to want her to be shee.
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>> now he and his sister will meet president trump and his daughter ivanka here at the white house later today. a lawyer sent a statement to cbs news saying he is thankful for the help from president trump but also many lawmakers ho have intervened over the years. what's interesting here the president claimed his hands were long tied and that it was up to the courts and they're emphasizing this was the court's decision, not a negotiated release but up to the courts shoo thank you so much. president trump is criticizing iran for not following the spirit of its nuclear deal but he won't say how. the president said yesterday that iran is doing a, quote, tremendous disservice to the agreement. >> it shouldn't have been negotiates the way it was negotiated. i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one. iran has not lived up to the
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have to do that. >> on tuesday secretary of state iran is obeying the terms of the agreement, but a day later tillerson called the deal a failure. iran's foreign minister fired back on twitter telling the u.s. to honor its commitments. he said, quote, worn out u.s. accusations can't mask the ignition of iran's compliance. secretary james mattis said there is no doubt they still possess chemical weapons. he argued the regime of bashar al assad is violating the agreement. assad said the stockpile was destroyed in 2014. the justice department is considering charges against wikileaks and its founder julian assange. his branch of the government is ready to crack downn
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share the sennments of the government secrets. julian assange and wikileaks has been called a major threat. jeff pegues has more. good morning. >> good morning. the justice department is taking steps to do that. they're said to be re-examining cases and they're targeting wikileaks and its founder julian assange. >> whenever a case can be made, we'll seek to put some people in jail. >> reporter: federal prosecutors are assessing whether to file charges for the release of stolen information by the association wikileaks. >> we're going to step up our effort and already are stepping upur efforts on all leaks. >> led by julian assange, welcome leakes has published classified information including three quarters of a
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sensitive documents from manning. >> if you're a wassingblower and you have material that's important, we will accept it, defend you, and publish it. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> the justice department inquiry comes as the cia and the fbi are looking for an insider, either a cia employee or contractor who exposed top secret government documents and hacki ining tools. sources say it was someone who had physical access to the material. from his ecuadorian embassy safe house in london, assange said the thousand stolen cia documents were being passed around before wikileaks published the trove last month. mike pompeo says assange is a national security threat. >> they don't care
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damage they cause. >> it is still early and sources tell cbs news the charges against any one person or wikileaks itself have not yet been finalized. anthony? >> jeff pegues. thank you, jeff. a 50-year-old tennessee teacher is arrested after kidnapping a teenage student. tad cummins was arrested at a remote cabin yesterday. he disappeared with 15-year-old elizabeth thomas in march prompting a nationwide manhunt. carter evans is outside that cabin with how he is doing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thomas is safe and expected to be returned home to her family. they were staying in one of these two cabins. we're in a very remote part of california, just about 60 miles from oregon border.
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investigators had tracked cummins to this cabin. they surrounded it and when he emerged, they quickly took him into custody. after traveling for days, teenage student elizabeth thomas is safe and her science teacher tad cummins is under arrest. >> she will soon be on her way back home. tad is in custody with law enforcement facing a set of charges that could keep him behind bars for many years. >> reporter: the two have been the subject of a nationwide search since march 17th. two days later they were seen in some walmart surveillance video 600 miles away in oklahoma city. police declined toance if thomas left with cummins willingly. >> she's a young girl with a grown man. he needs to be accountable for kidnapping h girl. >> reporter: after traveling they drove more than 1,800
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to cecilville, california. on wednesday a man in the area recognized cummins vehicle from an amber alert and notified local thoughtsle the couple was tracked to this small cabin after this man called 911. >> someone showed me the picture and i said, that's the guy. >> reporter: they waited until 9:30 thursday morning for cummins to exit. he was arrested without incident. they found two loaded handguns inside the building. >> mr. cummins made a spontaneous statement to me at the time that we took him down that, i'm glad this is other. >> reporter: investigators say thomas's reaction was more emotional as she came out of the cab enduring cummins' arrest. >> it was a very traumatic experience for her. the two obviously have a relationship and her response to us kind of escalated up and down. >> reporter: now, the thomas family lawyers say elizabeth's parents are just e
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her return today. as for cummins, he is going to be in court today here in california for an arraignment. he's facing multiple charges including kidnapping and sexual assault. norah, he could face a mandatory minimum of ten years in jail. >> carter, thank you. >> i'm glad it's all over and it ended safely. it's interesting for him to say, e eemg glad it's over too. she's 15 years old. even willingly. >> so much for that girl. you have to feel for her. >> too much. arkansas cared out an excuse for the first time in 12 years. 51-year-old ledell lee was executed. lee was on death row for a murder in 1993. he is among eight prisoners arkansas had planned to execute in an unprecedent wave before the end of april. that's when one drug for the lethal injection expires.
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three more executions are scheduled for next week. former president george h.w. bush got a big morale boost in the hospital from a family member. this picture says it all. george w. bush posing with his dad. a family spokesman said the 92-year-old bush is getting strength from his recovery. even in the hospital, it's nice to see the kids. >> it's nice. >> they look so much alike too. bill o'reilly will reportedly pocket $25 million as he exits fox news. ahead, the growing outrage over the massive
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cbs news, best news there is. this morning they had a poll revealing that 61% of americans support marijuana use being legal. that number like the supporters is at an all-time high. and today marijuana activists passed out thousands of joints to members of congress near capitol hill. well, i will say, i don't know if that's the right thing to do. i'm not sure they should have done that, but if congress does spark up, at least they'll finally be passing something. >> stephen colbert, nicely done. >> thanks for the shout-out. he said cbs mus, best news
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>> it was one of your favorite stories. >> it was one of my favorite stories. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is on assignment for "60 minutes," so according to this copy, we're happy to have anthony mason here. >> it does say that. you can't ad-lib it. we have to say it. we are happy you're here. >> you don't have to say it. i'm just here. >> even if it wasn't written down, we would say, we're happy to have you here. >> i'm happy to be here. it doesn't say that in the copy, but he is. >> there you go. there could be a provoking showdown. they have to pass it friday. the whois wants to use that to beck democrats for the initial wall. it undermines weeks of any go h negotiations to avoid week of a shutdown. i would make a point of privilege. in speakg
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no funding for the wall. there is a fight brewing. >> will there be a shutdown? >> i don't think so. "usa today" says real estate owned by president trump's companies pose a potential conflict. the properties in the u.s. could be sold for at least $250 million. the money would ultimately go to mr. trump. "usa today" says it creates a potential for people to try to influence the president by buying trump properties. since election day. at least 14 luxury condos and home building lots were sold for about $23 million. half were sold to so-called llcs, which can hide the identity of the buyer. >> the "san francisco chronicle" says conservative commentator is vowing to speak somewhere next thursday. berkeley, you may recall, canceled her campus speech next month but she rejected that offer on twi
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are no classes that week. the school canceled the original date due to security threats. >> "the new york times" says a federal air marshal left her loaded gun in the bathroom of the airplane. a passenger found it on a flight from manchester, england, to the kennedy airport. it was given to the flight crew who gave it to the marshal. she failed to report it right away. the tsa is now reviewing the matter. >> isn't it training 101? >> i guess you have to take it off to go to the bathroom? >> i guess. >> it would be a little alarming to go in the bathroom of a plane and find a gun. "the wall street journal" says verizon wireless is slashing prices and offering deals but it's hurting its bottom line. verizon posted a just over 5% drop in quarter will i revenue, which fell to nearly $21 billion. it's the fourth straight quarter of revenue declin
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multi-million-dollar payout to bill o'reilly has generated outrage from bill o'reilly followers and its accusers. he'll be paid up to $25 million after the sexual scandal. $25 million for a sexual predator, it says, is obscene. anna werner is outside fox studios. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the large payment to bill o'reilly is angering some of those lawyers who have women who allege sexual harassment against o'reilly and his former news boss roger ailes. they say in many cases it's the women who report misconduct who are -- who come forward and get punished, not those who commit the conduct. >> tip of the day, we've been very successful. >> reporter: even though he l
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be in line to get an estimated $25 million payout. roger ailes was reported to have left with an even bigger sum, $40 million. between those payments and the sexual harassment settlements, "new york times" reports they've paid out over $85 million. attorney judd berstein. >> it's disgraceful but indicative of what's going on there. >> reporter: former fox host andrea tan tear rose is suing roger ailes. >> you have roger ailes getting a $40 million award and bill oh riley $25 million. it's astounding and then offer her a million dollar to settle. >> reporter: lawyer nancy smith represents gretchen carlson. the former host of fox and friends was the first of
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ailes' alleged victims to come forward. >> bill o'reilly is walking away with a whole lot of money and much more than any of the women he harassed and many of the women he harassed never brought a lawsuit and will never see a dime. >> reporter: still smikts sees progress in the ousters. >> these are extremely prominent men and finally they have had to leave their jobs, not just the victim, and that's important. >> reporter: bill oh riley declined to comment but earlier this week called the allegations this week against him unfounded. roger ailes has denied allegations against him in the past. 21st century fox did not respond to our request for comments. norah? >> it's interesting where anna has been standing for the past few days. they have removed his name. >> including the sign that says bill o'reilly cannot be moved. >> i saw that picture. facebook executive cheryl sandberg is speakg
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for the first time about her husband's death. in 2015 the couple was on vacation in mexico when dave goldberg suddenly died while exercising. the businesswoman opens up in a new book, "option b," facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy." we spoke with her on sunday. it's her first in-depth television interview since goldberg's death. >> what was your immediate thought? >> i thought he had fallen off an exercise machine. that's what the initial report said. then we got the autopsy. then it showed he died of coronary disease. he had cardiac arrhythmia, so he died before he hit the floor. >> reporter: cheryl sanldsberg, she faced her toughest challenge. >> i flew home and told my children. they were 7 and 10, that they'd never see their father again, and as anyone who's ever been through something like t
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tell you, it feels like you're not going to get through a police department, let alone an hour, let alone a day. >> and that idea that you're not going to get through it is why she wrote this book. there's a number of really helpful tips experiencing what she calls post-traumatic growth. >> what does she mean like that? >> meaning she can come out stronger and be more grateful about the thing use have in life. >> i can totally understand that. >> i had the only television interview with her and dave together for "60 minutes" about four years ago. we're going to play a part of that in a piece that airs on sunday morning where she discusses her children, how they're coping with grief, and alts she talks about finding love again. you can see that full conversation this weekend on cbs. >> i'm very happy that she's found love again. the person she's dating, i'll call him otis, is a really lovely guy and dave w
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to know you can get through it and find love again is really niece. i'm happy for her. >> looking forward to it. the florida manatee has been upgraded from endangered to threatened, but that doesn't sit well with some scientists. ahead, we're on the water in florida with why one zoo reported a record number of wounded manatees last year. and we invite you to subscribe to our "cbs this morning" podcasts. find news of the day and our podcast originals on itunes and apple's ipod cast. you're watching "cbs this morning." and the wolf hd
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the florida manatee, the florida state symbol once on the verge of extinction has made a big comeback. they were recently reclassified from endangered to threatened. shay lose protections they need to save them from the number one threat, people. mark lowery is at the tampa park zoo with how boaters are putting the manatee population at risk. mark, good morning. >> good morning. this tank is part of a manatee
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hospital here. the two manatees in it both needed critical care after they were hit by boats. the vets here heal them, but first they often have to just try to keep them alive. the larger debate is whether they should still be classified or protected as an endangered species. florida manatees are jentsle giants. about 10 to 12 feet long, averaging is,300 pounds, grazing slowly on plants in shallow waters along the state's coast. >> what i'm looking for is any kind of move management in the water. >> reporter: mike dunn helped us find a handful of them. it took him ten minutes because they swim right behind his house in crystal river. his charter boat takes out tourists. >> i really do care about them. they're a gentle creature. they remind me of the volkswagen in the '60s. the volkswagen
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by people fell in love with them. manatee, same thing. >> boats gouge them and run over them. bigger boats cut them in half. last year they set a record sfloo we admitted 37 manatees. the majority of those were due to boat strikes. sometimes the injuries are quite catastrophic. >> in 1967 florida manatees were listed by the federal government as an endangered species. at this time roughly 600 were alive. since then their population has spiked to about 6,600. enough progress that last month they were reclassified as threatened. pat rowe should be celebrating the reclassification, right? he's not. he's also executive direct ore f the nonprofit save the manatee club. why is the reclassification likely to hurt than help? >> it can hurtf
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sclien tskly and not legally justified. then you start to pull back protections, which they say they're not going to do, but we know there are user groups that want the laws reduced and they want to be able to run their boats faster. >> as practical matter, what differential does it make? >> the money that goes into saving the endangered species is a lot more than threatening species. >> reporter: mike dunn's on the water nearly every day protecting manatees from his other neighbors, the ones in bolts. >> will you shout at another boater if he's not doing it right? >> i have no problem shouting. if they're in the wrong spot. >> they're going too fat. >> i say, if you hit a manatee, please call it in. we might be able to fine him and save him. >> many manatees are hit repeatedly by boats.
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least once. something else to consider, these manatees both are doing well. experts have high hopes they can be rereleased into the wild. >> that's good advice. at least if you hit them, call somebody. they could possibly save them. >> they could do something. >> i love the comparison to volkswagens. >> i do too. now to this story. have you heard? diet soda might have serious effects on your brain. our dr. tara narula has the research. >> she's pointing at me. >> do you drink diet soda many. >> yes.
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it is friday, april 21st, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a lot of lawmakers are home this week getting yelled at by angry voters. we're on the road to hear what one congressman's neighbors are telling him. but first your "eye opener" at 8:00. >> they're trying to find out whether the gunman had any pos lice htoelp him in last night's attack. >> the president is going to move it from the back burner o th front burner. >> aya hijazi moved to egypt in order to help homeless children but she ended up in
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>> that's pretty good. i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and thoechbanthony ma. charlie rose is on assignment. a gunman killed a police officer and wounded two others. they shot and killed the attacker. french media says that the suspect is 39-year-old karim cheurfi. >> he was detained in february for allegedly threatening police officers. he was released for lack of evidence. another pair is attack in paris will have a big effect on presidential elections. ivanka trump will be be go doing europe in her first official
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assistant to the president. she'll attend an international women's summit to berlin. she was invited by german president angela merkel. trump will also visit a berlin holocaust memorial. president trump is ordering a review of steel dumping to see if it compromises national security. hes with asks if it would affect china. he said, quote, this has nothing to do with china, but he did take the opportunity to lash out at canada over its dairy trade. >> i wasn't going to do this. i was in wisconsin the other day, and i want to end an ad by say i saying that canada, what they've done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace. >> justin trudeau said they have a
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so canada is not the issue. congressman bradley burns, the alabama lawmaker held 11 town halls in four days. he drove himself and his staff across rural alabama where he fielded concerns about the trump administration's plans. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes joined byrnes for an all-day ride-along, and she's in mobile. good morning. >> good morning. you can see why some republicans might not want to hold town halls after the anger they've been faced with last year but congressman byrnes believes theant dote to all of that is more conversationn't he took us on a 120-mile journey to explain why. >> thank you so much. bradley burn does more town hall
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87 of them since he sfifrt began representing the alabama district in 2013. >> all the people turning out are more adversaryial to me about my positions, yeah, and some state their decisions pretty darn forcefully. that's america. that's good. >> reporter: our first stop is e excel, blaech >> do you promise to steer us away from what's the rhetoric? >> yeah, i'll make that promise. >> reporter: there are plenty of supporters here too. >> the press is trying to get everything. >> reporter: byrnes next stop is a senior center in grove hill. >> i'm very concerned about the lighting on u.s. highway 43. >>
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about infrastructure, veterans, and the budget. >> what are we going to do about this expense ivg wall. >> reporter: but here and everywhere, really -- >> don't repeal and replace. >> reporter: health care comes up again and again. >> but i have heard from a large number of people in my district that they circulate been hurt by the affordable care act. >> reporter: unlike some of his call leagues, he does not believe the democrats challenging him at his town hall are coming from out of state. >> i'm so tired of racism. >> the next stop is half an hour away. byrnes tells him the gop obamacare replacement plan will be an improvement. >> it's imploding.
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going to change the way you look at it? >> listen to what they said. when are you all going to get to work, okaysome i think that was probably the strongest message i've heard all day. let's get to work. >> reporter: congressman burch told his constituents he's skeptical about the new plan that would eliminate some of the protections with pre-existing conditions. gayle, preskpifgt conditions was the number one topic we heard about from constituents all day here. >> i believe that. thank you very much. i admire congressman byrnes, not only that he does so many but that he's not going to hear great things. >> he said this is what it's all about. the conversation is everything. >> thank you very much, nancy. diet soda might sound like a good ail tern tough but
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she believes she was on the track of a criminal who has eluded police for decades. >> i'm tracy smith of "48 hours." what's this comedian's packet? it's oswald's wife who was hunting down the golden state killer when she died. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." call trugreen, - america's #1 professional lawn care company. millions of homeowners like you trust us to give them a lawn they can live on. start your trugreen lawn plan today for only $29.95.
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>> it's on the rise particularly in children and it's marketed as a healthy alternative, but is it. this is not the first study to point out a link between diet events and stroke. the question is it the drink or is it not the drink? they tried to kind of look at other factors that might be playing, physical activity, smoking, your diet quality, and they really still found that association when they accounted for those factors. however, and this is important, when they accounted for conditions like diabetes and heart, they no longer attributed which tells you these effects are probably being mediated through them. is it the drink itself that somehow is leading people to gain weight and develop diabetes and causing it or is a high-risk population. people are already diabetic, they want to get healther this and switch and
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previous weight that caused this. >> low calorie sweetens have been prove about safe and there's nothing in the research that counters this well established fact. how can we say? >> there are biological hypotheses that say maybe these types of drinks are increasing your cravings for high glycemic and caloric foods. maybe they're affecting your hormones, microbiome. the bottom line is we really don't know. we need more research. this increases our awareness about ha. >> we use it to lose wait or reduce the sugar. does it mean we go back to sugar? >> it does not. you want to follow the recommendations, less than 9
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women, ten for men chlgts when they looked at sugary beverages, that e had decreased memory and brain volume. so do not just make the decision to step back. >> i know from reliable sources you do. >> i had to think twice. >> what kind of die yet soda do you drink? >> every day. i have to think about it now. >> i may change what's in my cup. three royals talk together about a painful loss. how princes william, harry, and the duchess of cambridge discuss the death of diana nearly 20 years ago. and the late wife of comedian patton oswalt could help solve the mystery of one of california's most prolific serial killers. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs morning rounds sponsored by
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in a preview of tomorrow's "48 hours" -- >> he has made a career out of making laughs but there was rarely anything funny in his wife michelle mcnamara's line of work. she wrote and blogged about true crime stories. >> she had the mind tr the details of true crime the way others do for baseball or film. it was in her head. >> reporter: michelle had learned about the criminal known as the area rapist. he had been responsebling for 50 rapes and 12 murders across california before he suddenly vanished. to this day no one knows who he is. >> she started looking at the devastation that this guy brought. you're taunting the police, taunting the population, and you're never caught? >> repor
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found her next case. >> what's fast naying about this case is it's rich with so many news. >> reporter: she wrould write about it in the l.a. magazine. "the golden state killer." a book deal soon followed. michelle met with investigators from the orange county sex crimes unit. >> she has such good insight and i think it's because other investigators had trusted her. they told her things that weren't in some of the original files. >> reporter: paul says he came to view michelle mcnamara as part of the team. >> once she earned my trust, she literally became my investigative par never. >> reporter: she was motivated by the pain of the victims. jane was raped in her home by the assailant in 1976. >> it was sheer terror.
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>> reporter: the suspect relished tormenting his victims, often calling them after the attack. investigators recorded one of his phone calls. >> i'm going to kill you. i'm going to kill you. >> reporter: so who does this voice belong to? who is the man behind the maverick? michelle mcnamara thought she was getting close to finding him. then she died unexpectedly in her sleep last year. >> in my gut, i think he is going to be caught because of what michelle did and because of what all the cops did before her. >> and tracy smith is with us now. good morning, tracy. >> good morning. >> how did patton oswalt make sure her work continued even before she finished the book. >> he didn't think he could do it alone. he enlisted the help of
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crime writer and they're going to finish it. >> how did she die and how is he doing? >> it was a combination of prescription drugs and an undiagnosed heart condition and it was shocking, devastating. he's now a single parent. he's sad, but he speaks so eloquently about his grief that i really feel like anybody who's lost someone, who's loved someone can get something out of this. >> is her work making a difference on the case? >> it's gotten investigators working together and maybe we'll find out who this person is. >> i hope so. >> thank you, tracy. you can see tracy's full report "48 hours," "the golden state killer" right here on cbs. he's one of the most in demand scientific experts in the world. >> i'm john blackstone in a place in colorado that you won't find on any map but what you will find is one of the most complete records of climate change.
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\s 830 cannons went off to mark queen elizabeth's birthday. she turns 91 today. happy birthday. >> that's nice. happy birthday. i like it. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is on assignment for "60 minutes." we're in good hands because anthony mason is here. voila. >> voila. britain's "telegraph" reports on prince william and prince harry joining the duchess of cambridge to talk about princess diana's death. >> i do think it's incredible how strong and how you've b
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able to cope through this, and i put that down to your earlier childhood. >> we have been brought closer because of the circumstances as well. that's the thing. you are uniquely bonded because of what we even been through. but even harry and i have not talked enough about our mother, you know. >> never enough. >> has anyone made you realize that? >> yeah, think so. i always thought to myself, what's the point in bringing up the past, bringing up something that's going to make you sad. it ain't going to change it or bring her back. >> they released a film to promote mental health. it's so unusual the three of them. like we're dropping in. >> it's so unusual because it's so personal. >> that point that prince harry just made, the idea that you're bringing up something, to remind you. you're reminded of it no matter what, don't avoid it. better to talk about it yoo the "star tribune" of minneapolis is
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to prince on the anniversary of his death. about 2,000 fans paid up to $1,000 each to visit paisley park yesterday. prince died a year ago today of an accidental painkiller overdose. the paper also report his a judge temporarily blocked the release of new prince songs today in a rights dispute. no one sold more albums last year than prince. >> is that right. >> yes. >> wow. many people around the world will celebrate earth day tomorrow to raise awareness about protecting the environment. but oneself-made scientist high in the colorado rockies began doing that unintentionally nearly 45 years ago. bore dom is the reason that billy bar began recording the nation around him. john blackstone made the trek through the diff terrain to meet the climate diarist. >> let's give this a try. >> all right.
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how far is it to billy's place? >> about three miles. >> this is spectacular scenery. >> that's the mountain right in front of us. >> old mining town? >> old mining town. old silver mining town. >> reporter: a springtime visit to billy barr's place is no simple journey. to avoid a three-mile ski from a paved road first you need a forest permit and then you hitch a ride kur tency of dave. but it's all worth it when you discover this remote cabin deep in woods is home to one of the world east most valuable and unexpected troves of scientific data. hey, billy, john blackstone from
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what a great spot you have. >> i came out here in may of 1972. it with us such uith us -- was peace. >> it was a shack. >> it was. 8x10. wind came through the cracks. >> you came here for solitude but you got board. >> a little bit of boredom. >> you'd go out and measure the snow. >> between a day. i would first get a ruler and stick it in the snow and measure how much new snow there was. >> it wasn't just the smonow deh and when it melted. using a hand system he built himself. >> it turns it into the equivalent of water. >> he also calculated how much groundwater that snow would produce when it melted.
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thing. >> twice a day. >> when that wasn't enough, he started tracking wildlife. so when you saw birthdays and animals -- >> i wrote it down, absolutely. >> and recorded it all by hand in a series of now tattered notebooks. you've got to be a little obsessive. >> oh, yeah. >> he needed data for his research on wild flowers. he had heard about billy's notebooks but was shocked when he realized how comprehensive they were. >> i said, billy, you know, your data is really relevant to the climate and how animals are responding to the climate. >> when you started taking measurements, did you have any idea they would have long-term seg cannes? >> not at all.
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if you asked me about climate change, i would say, yeah, i got warm and tookmy sweater off. it meant nothing to me. >> now it means everything. one of these days i'll read them. i wasn't out to prove ned. this winter, 21 record highs, last year, 17. the winter before, 36. >> reporter: like most climate scientists billy is concerned by what his numbers show. temperatures are rising and snow is melting earlier each year. >> will drought increase? will floods and famine increase? >> reporter: but billy leaves the answers to big questions like those to others. he's content to do his part and head out to the wilderness where there's an en
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data. john blackstone, colorado. it's a great country made up of a lot of smart people. >> that preppy sweater didn't go with the looks. i like what he's doing. >> it's very important. >> y'all? >> mixed doubles, anyone. they look into the lieu of alberts einstein. producer brian grazer is in the toyota green room with how curiosity is a super power behind einstein. >> hi, mrs. grazer. >> there's the hat. you can get a genius hat. >> sexy guy. >> sexy guy.
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>> you're insane. >> i'm quite rational actually. it's a construct, my dear betty. first enemy of truth. >> you think rules don't apply to you? >> i love mozart and bach. >> you don't know the first thing about people, do you? >> no, he double. we're pleased to welcome brian grazer to studio 57. your partner ron howard said we wanted to get their attention. it shows you in the opening scene boinking your assistant
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>> we wanted to humanize it. romance, breakthroughs, the way we experience our universe, but the scene you're referring to is he is against the blackboard or has betty against the blackboard sexing her. that's his secretary, and as they finish he decides very gentlemanly to wipe the chalk off his back and continue with his equation. >> i'm still trying to recover from the word "boinking" on "cbs this morning", gayle. >> it's better than the other word. >> we were very fortunate we did "a beautiful mind." that was sort of a version of that. it's difficult to make science cinematic, but ron howard is quite brilliant at this. he did that very well in "a beautiful mind" and "apollo
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123." jien activities and geniuses become very sexy. it's replaced reality television. people all want to know how things are done and genius is a sexy way of accomplishing that. >> it does give the fuller picture, too, of einstein and as "the new york times" describes it, we see him as an errant lover, a draft dogger, clueless, dreamer, stubborn curious soul. >> all we know is crazy hair, brian. >> crazy hair. >> and genius. >> looking at a very attractive woman. he was a bad boy. he was a bad boy in every way. he was kind of an artist bad boy that had to flee where he was because of nazi germany and come to america. he was famous. >> you see him
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disrupter. >> i do but so do many like bill gates, steve. they see him as the beginning of it. you look at newtonians and things. >> your friend director ron howard directed first one. what is the sequence of that relationship? >> kbhun indicating through telepathy. we always intersect on the same kind of value system and taste. this is one of the things we really, really wanted to do. and ron does find a way to make things very cinematic and he brought that to television. >> it's a ten-part series and the prediction is people will want to binge watch. you don't see that in the same sentence. bin nch watch and
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that does it for us. what a show. gayle is being honored. >> thank you. >> norah's coming. >> i'm coming to the luncheon. let's take a look back at all that mattered this week. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: after more than 50 advertisers fled, bill o'reilly will not be returning to fox news channel. >> the success of fox news was
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shoulder os bill o'reilly. >> bill o'reilly worked near her. he would come by her desk when no one was around and make sex eulogily inappropriate comments to her. >> former nfl star aaron hern hernandez committesud icide. >> sending a message to its allies. >> if china is unable to deal stth north korea, the united watesill. >> north korea will not be in tim dated by the u.s. >> nuclear war may erupt at any moment. >> i'mth at ine pot where i snapped. >> it was an alert employee at this mcdonald's who helped police track the suspect. >> he thought it was going to be a mijts for his fries, whicht i wasn't. >> nicknames the rock narrowly passing the architect. >> that will be the least >>eative name. serena williams is expecting a little baby, y'all. yes! congratulations. >> can i just --
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>> inhe t press room rob gronkowski pops his head in. >> well played, rob. >> sean spicer, a huge patriots fan. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." >> hello you. >> do you two want to be left alone? norah and i are here. >> do you mind giving us a few moments? >> let's see it. steve ballmer. >> according to this copy, we're happy to have anthony mason here. >> i know. it does say that. you can't ad-lib it. >> looking like a sea of kids out here. >> i've got one that goes with my easter outfit. what do you think about that. >> they sound like they're purring. is that purring? >> no. they're actually growling. >> i don't know who's cuter, chip or cheetah. >> gayle, he's a married man.
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anything with him. i just said who's cuter. >> there's just some magic about the power of that animal. >> gayle is going, charlie, is that you on that horse? >> jeremiah towers menu made it the place they want to go. >> you consider it prickly in the kitchen. >> whenever i got prickly, i had a glass of champagne and that took care of that. >> did you ever say, i'm going to sit here quietly and just enjoy the game? >> i cannot sit there. >> this is charlie rose in the body of eric braeden. >> that's good. >> say all that. >> all that -- >> he's not going to be able to do that very well. >> and all that matters. >> on "cbs this morning." i was meant to say that. >> both. no, both. >> on "cbs this morning." >> you did it well. >> we'll take it.
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>> does it look okay? >> are you going to give us traffic all hour? >> yeah, i should. >> she's not going to give us traffic all hour the she's going to give us personality. fine personality. >> there's mcdonald's coffee in there, that's what gets us moving through the whole hour. it's amazing. i went to the brazilian restaurant last night, the one downtown, they're starting to do a bar thing, and it was just brilliant. they come to your table and slice these gigantic hunks of meat. it was brilliant. thank you for the invitation out there. it was fun. >> so good. >> it was wonderful. >> that was my first friday, that was thursday, and my second friday, i'm ready to go. >> now it's friday friday. >> you got plans for the weekend? >> yeah, i'm running a 5k today hopefully. >> you are not, are you serious? >> it's supposed to storm. my friend is getting married in cabo this summer. we're going to her wedding dress fitting,
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to bustle it. they say it's hard. i've never had to do one. and then i'm running the 5k in crystal city. >> what time did you wake up this morning? >> 1:30. >> what time is the run. >> it's at 6. that's my usual bedtime. >> i might nap between the dress fitting and the run. >> just lay down a little bit. that will be cool. >> do you have a boat at home? >> i'm from a small town in ohio and our claim to fame is grand lake st. mary's. we have a great little lake about 10 miles long. my family has a boat. i don't have a boat here. >> wow, really? meaghan's got a bunch of boats. >> she has a lot to choose from today. >> the boat show is over there at bay bridge, and she's out there right now. i don't know if she's on a boat or if she's paddling next to one. meaghan, what's going on? >> i know, i feel like i am going to fall off and have to
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