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matic..ta tan captioning funded by cbs it's friday, april 28th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." it's the president's 99th day in office. on today's "to do" list, get a budget pass, keep the government from shutting down and address the latest menacing threat from north korea. and they clash. opponents show up in droves after coulter canceled her speech at berkeley, but the crowd still heard her words. >> when ann gets bullied out of a talk, we have to go hop on a plane and
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family over flash. the nfl's number one draft pick skips the spotlight on the biggest night of his life. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. today the house is expected to vote on a short-term one-week spending bill to keep the government open past tonight's midnight deadline tonight for a shutdown. this will give members more time to negotiate a long-term deal. house leaders also shelved a vote on legislation for the health care act. that cleared the way for a vote. major major conflict with north korea is possible. brook silva-braga is here in new york. good morning, brook. >> good morning, anne-marie. he's given a series of
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in one of them mr. trump has conceded the job of being president is harder than he expected and he painted a dark picture of north korea as his biggest global concern. in a wide-ranging interview with reuters thursday president trump warned it could come to a head if the country continues to pursue nuclear missiles. >> there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. >> though the president said diplomacy would be ideal, the military has put on a show of force in recent days. secretary rex tillerson said it has helped the regime. >> china would be taking sanctions actions on their own. >> the tough talk came as they agreed to keep federal government open for just another week.
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situation. >> they opposed shutting down the gft the republicans moved forward on a revised plan to replace obamacare. >> the democrats have come in and thrown in a lot of monkey wrenches in a nailure to get this one done. >> they denied president trump a major legislative victory one day before his 100th day in office. mr. trump will marriage that 100 day with rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania, meaning he'll miss the white house correspondents' dinner in washington. anne-marie, he told them he plans to go to the dinner neck year. >> okay. the white house is defending it. now the pentagon is involved. as jeff pegues reports documents
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seem to indicate that flynn took the money without advanced approval. >> we have no evidence, not a thread, that he disclosed his payments. >> elijah cummins, the top democrat on the house committee said documents released show retired general michael flynn may have broken the law by making a 2015 trip to moscow where he was paid nearly $34,000 to speak and was photographed at a dinner with russian president vladimir putin. the first document, a letter from october 2014 was sent from the defense intelligence agency or dia to flynn. it informed flynn who once ran the dia that the receipt of consulting fees from a fortunately government was prohibited without advanced approval. >> the pentagon's warning to general flynn was bold, italicized, and could not have been clearer. >> but the second letter from the dia to the house committee said it found no record of
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seeking permission. in a statement, flynn's attorney insisted flynn gave documents to the dia and briefed agency both before and after the trip. flynn has also offered to testify in exchange for immunity, but so far congress has not called it. flynn was fired as president trump's national security adviser after just 24 days for lying to the vice president about his contacts with russian ambassador sergei kislyak. the vice president was also in charge of the trump transition and would have overseen the vetting of general flynn. white house press secretary sean spicer brushed off questions about the thoroughness of that process. >> but all of that pro see was made during the obama administration and apparently an acknowledgement of the trip he took. >> he had the country's most sensitive secrets which is one reason why congress is so concd
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disclose the forp payments could result up to five years in prison. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself from the investigation into russia's role of the election but he'll be in studio 57 this morning. cbs chief correspondent and moderator of face nace john dickerson will interview president trump. "cbs this morning" will broadcast live from the white house on monday, may 1 cents. the pentagon says two american servicemembers have been killed fighting isis in afghanistan. the troops died sunday night near the border of pakistan. a third member was wounded. they have nearly 10,000 troops. the primary mission is to train afghan forces. overnight
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its third prisoner. kenneth williams. witnesses said williams lurched and convulsed 20 times. the governor's office said that was an involuntary muscular reaction. arkansas had scheduled eight execution over the period before one of the drugs expired using at the end of the month. united airlines has settled with a passenger who was dragged off a plane after refusing to give up his seat. it was less than three weeks ago david dao was asked to give up a seat. under the terms the amount dao settled for has not been disclosed. since the incident the airlines has changed its policy regarding bumping passengers. and police in berkeley, california, turned
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to protests over concerns of ann coulter. hundreds of supporters were met by officers in riot gear yesterday. berkeley canceled coulter's speech because they feared violence. defense dominated the first round of the nfl draft. >> the cleveland browns select myles garrett. >> defensive end miles garrett was the number one overall pick. mitchell trubisky went second to chicago. san francisco took solomon thomas, third. another surprise, what jessie waters said about ivanka trump that has him in the spotlight.
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violence breaks out near macedonia's parliament injuring dozens of people. protester broke into the building yesterday after an albanian elected speaker. they have stalled the formation of a new government. a new controversy puts another fox news host in the spotlight, and a court says it's okay that women are paid less than men. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" reports a court decision that lets employers pay women less than men for the same work. federal appeals court judges cited a 1982 case. that said they can set pay salaries under certain conditions. a fox news anchor is going on vacation after
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criticized comment about ivanka trump. critics on the right and left said jesse waters' remark was sexual. he denied it. a.l. covers a plan to form its own school district. gardendale is predominantly white. black students outnumber whites in the wider school district. the bbc finds out why an australian woman is running the equivalent of 40 marathons in 40 days. mina guli is running the rare awareness. and the "washington post" displays remarkable new images from saturn. scientists are using the pictures to learn more about the swirling bands
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♪ and there was no sunlight no sunlight anymore ♪ the postal service will release its first of a kind stamp to celebrate the image of the total eclipse. the eclipse on august the 1st will be the first visible on the u.s. mainland since 1979. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, heineken's forces hard conversation, and facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg face as day on the factory line. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. for a second trading session in a row there wir gains on wall street. there were stronger than expected profits by comcast, under armour and others. the nasdaq gained 23, reaching a new record high for the third time in four days. od
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order a review of offshore drilling sites that are currently off limits. the executive order is called the american first offshore energy strategy. the move could lead to a reversal of drilling bans in areas of the pacific, arctic oceans and gulf of mexico. exxonmobil has been ordered to pay a nearly 20 million dollar air pollution fine. a judge warned they violated a clean air standard by releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air during an eight-year period over a complex in houston. it's the result of a lawsuit filed back in 2010. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg connect with more americans. to that end he spent time working on a ford assembly line in dearborn, michigan, yesterday.
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zuckerberg looked at ford 150s. and heineken taking on hot button political issues in a new ad. >> i would describe my political views as the new right. >> i say that i'm left. >> the four-minute ad is posted on heineken's youtube page. six strangers with political and social views are broken into pairs. the point is to show we have more in common than divide us. of course, ad ends with everyone drinking a heineken. >> of course. you know, a lot of people are comparing that ad to the one pepsi did with kendall jenner that, you know, that was heavily criticized that pepsi missed the mark. this one is good but it's
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minutes long. >> how cool is mark zuckerberg working on the assembly line? i think that's an amazing story. >> i'm sure the person who gets his little signature is going to rip that off and keep it. >> or sell it and make a lot of money. >> hena daniels at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, hena. buckle up. we take you behind the wheels to show you how the test crash dummies are getting bigger and better. this is the "cbs morning news." 'e to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts,
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old. they're penguins hatched at the city zoo. their parents were unable to care for them, so the keepers gave them a big stuffed penguin to cuddle with. the average american is about 20 pounds heavier than 40 years ago. that means crash test dummies needed some serious bodywork. kris van cleave reports from plymouth, michigan. >> reporter: the test dummy has been used in crash after crash. for nearly 50 years this 5'9"-inch 170-pound dummy has been the standard. >> safety features, airbags and most importantly the seatbelts are designed around those dummies. >> reporter: but with americans getting taller, fatter, and older, changes are needed, according to dr. wang from university of michigan center for automotive medicine. >> heavier people get much lower
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>> christopher o'connor runs the test. he said this new dummy is more like a real modern-day driver. >> we have found that obese people, elderly people, people who don't fit that exact size and shape are more at risk in a vehicle now. >> reporter: with nearly 20% of drivers over 65, o'connor and dr. wang are also developing a crash dummy to replicate an elderly more fragile body. >> unfortunately the older population is four to eight times more likely to sustain chest injuries than a younger individual. >> while it will take years to get regulatory approval, carmakers are already giving this big guy a test run to see if a bigger dummy means better safety. kris van cleave, cbs news, plymouth, michigan. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we the people. voters send t
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winds that destroyed, obliterated parts of the town and today we're remembering the resiliency of the people who had to pick up the pieces after the storm moved through. good morning and welcome to wake up washington. we're going to be live in la plata throughout the day. allyson rae is going to be joining us within the next few minutes. that storm 15 years ago, that is what we're remembering. as it moved through the center of la plata, old tobacco road and 301, we had widespread f2 to f3 damage and 100 homes, 49 businesses were completely destroyed. today we're taking a look back at the damage and where the town has come from then, including where the warning system has gone as well. quick check of the weather on your friday. we're starting off, we had a couple of showers move through last night. we're going to see a sunny finish to the
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degrees here, and temperatures as we head up north are in the mid-50s as well. 55 in waldorf and la plata this morning. temperatures make it above average with slightly lower humidity. by lunch time today we're climbing to the upper 70s and then we'll climb into the low and mid-80s. we'll be looking at that weekend forecast in a bit, and ellen we're going to be joined by allyson shortly as well. >> yeah, looking forward to seeing allyson and hear more about what happened 15 years ago. if you are out on the roads we thought we might have a problem by 301. we had a closure, a fatal accident here. someone did die, but they have opened this back up. it is on 301 and village drive west. if you're out on route 17 southb
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long-term construction that has causing delays southbound on route 17. metro this morning, safetrack surge 14, green belt to prince george's plaza. you won't be able to take the trains. you can take the buses and that's impacting college park station as well. arkansas executed a fourth inmate. kenneth williams was pronounced dead last night. witnesses say the lethal injection left him lunching and convulsing 20 times before he died: a bomb threat on an american airlines flight that was flying from los angeles to phoenix was not credible. two people from the plane were taken off at phoenix sky harbor. no one was hurt. there were 153 passengers and 6 crew members on board. metro insists the trains and buses will be on time this morning. the agency is trying to block 500
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in sick. congress is expected to vote on an emergency funding bill today. what is it about the pittsburgh penguin, the caps tie the game, but nick peony know has the game winner for the pens. he is the same player that knocked the caps out of the playoffs last year. and if the wizards want to avoid a do or die game 7 they need to win game 6 tonight in hot lanta. 3 games to 2 lead after winning wednesday night here in town at the verizon center. this is wake up washington on wusa9. >> the pictures are still amazing as we look at them 15 years later. a deadly tornado blew through la plata leaving dect
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five people were killed, more than 100 injured. thanks so much for joining us, welcome to friday, i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm mikea turner. today we are remembering that day, and we're looking at how the town has recovered 15 years since. our meteorologist allyson rae is down there live all morning, and allyson, some tough memories. >> reporter: yes, this is quite a day to remember. it's been 15 years and, you know, howard and topper have been kind of reminiscing the storm and the day of the storm, and it really was one to remember, especially because this was such a powerful storm, the strongest one for maryland and the second strongest storm on the east coast. we just don't see storms this strong with this magnitude, and that's the last time we've seen it. take a listen to what howard and how he described this storm the day of. >> i remember looking at the top of the storm, and it has a crown on it, that's a kansas, oklahoma
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