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>> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. at least nine candidates are in the running to replace james comey as head of the f.b.i. president trump said today his nomination could come within the week. his pick will have to be confirmed by the republican-controlled u.s. senate. the president spoke to reporters en route to liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, where he delivered the commencement address. here's errol barnett. >> and i'm thrilled to be back at liberty university. >> reporter: before returning to the largest christian college in the country for his first commencement speech as president today, mr. trump said a new f.b.i. director is imminent. >> i think the process is good, because almost all of them are very well-known. you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime. >> reporter: washington is still reeling from the president's decision to fire former f.b.i. director james comey amid his investigation into russia. the president told nbc news comey was fired because of how he handled

e-mail investigation. >> what happened, he had a lot of pressure put on, and he exonerated her. he should have never exonerated her. >> reporter: on friday mr. trump denied reports he asked comey for his loyalty the week after inauguration. >> can you answer that question? >> no, no, i didn't, but i don't think it would be a bad question to ask. i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. >> reporter: and refused to discuss an earlier tweet warning comey that there may be tapes of their conversations. >> i can't talk about it. i won't talk about that. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news comey is not worried about possible tape recordings, but top democrats concerned the integrity of the f.b.i.'s investigation into russia could be jeopardized sent this letter to white house counsel requesting copies of all recordings regarding this matter. >> you cannot stop the men and women of the f.b.i. from doing the right thing. >> reporter: current acting direct andrew mccabe is among possible comey replacements. those in consideration include

of texas, alice fischer, a former assistant attorney general, judge michael garcia from new york state court of appeals, and federal judge henry hudson from virginia. four other top-level counterintelligence officials have also been interviewed. another name added to the mix today, michigan congressman mike rogers. he's been endorsed by the f.b.i. agent's association and is head of the house intelligence committee. attorney general jeff sessions and his deputy are still vetting candidates, but once they make their recommendation, president trump will select a nominee who will then seek senate confirmation. reena? >> ninan: errol barnett traveling with the president. breaking news tonight from the korean peninsula. cbs news confirms north korea launched a missile from its. >> sanika: test facility. it's unclear what type of missile was fired and whether the launch was successful. it comes just hours after the communist dictatorship would be open to talks after the united

conditionings. continued missile tests by the north would, of course, ruin any chances of diplomatic breakthrough. adriana diaz has more from beijing. >> reporter: while traveling through beijing international airport, senior north korean diplomat choe son hui, said north korea is open to talks with the u.s. "if conditions are right," she said, "we'll speak to the trump administration." her comments follow president trump's overture to north korea earlier this month when he said he would be "honored to meet with dictator kim jong un under the right circumstances." the ratcheting down of rhetoric comes after months of escalating exchanges between washington and pyongyang. north korea has continued to test banned ballistic missiles. while the u.s. has beefed up its military presence in the region as a show of force, including the deployment of an aircraft carrier off the korean peninsula. the comments also come days te

president this week who prefers engagement with the new york instead of isolation. talks between the u.s. and north korea are still not likely to happen soon. north korea remains committed to its nuclear development program and american officials say they're not willing to sit down with pyongyang unless they change course. adriana diaz, cbs news, beijing. >> ninan: attorney general jeff sessions sent a letter to federal prosecutors calling for the toughest charges possible to be filing against most suspects taken into custody. he said hash,er sentences are needed. >> i am empowered our prosecutors to charge and pursue the most serious offense as i believe the law requires. >> reporter: this week attorney general jeff sessions ordered federal prosecutors to charge defendants with the crime that carries the highest possible sentence. if they can likely prove it,

they must charge it. >> it means that we're going to meet our responsibility to enforce the law with judgment and fairness. >> reporter: this reverses previous policies put in place by attorney general eric holder. his "smart on crime" policy aimed to reduce the number of people charged with offenses that carry stiff mandatory minimum sentences. on friday, holder released a statement criticizing sessions' new policy as "dumb on crime," but sexes defends his policy as a necessary tool to combat an uptick in crime. >> we're seeing an increase in violent crime in our cities particularly, in baltimore, chicago, memphis and milwaukee, st. louis and many others. >> it takes us back to the bad old days of the 1980s when the politically popular thing to do was to say, let's get tough on crime, tough on drugs. >> reporter: marc mauer is the executive director of the sentencing project. >> we know that putting more people in prison is not the most effectivy

problems. >> reporter: this approach is also criticized for having an adverse impact on minorities. >> the entire drug war from start to finish has been disproportionately affecting low-income people of color. >> reporter: but the attorney general believes he's giving prosecutors discretion they need to gain leverage over criminals. >> they deserve to be unhandcuffed and not micromanaged from washington. >> reporter: reena, the most immediate impact of this policy will be people behind bars. the federal prison population has declined over the past several years, but with attorney general sessions, more aggressive enforcement of immigration laws and changes to sentencing policy, that trend is expected to be reversed. >> ninan: thank you. many computers systems around the world are running again after they were froze anyone a massive cyber-extortion attack. tens of thousands compute centers about 100 countries were affected. experts say the so-called ransomware is no longer

latest from london. >> reporter: the massive hack cal ripken med computer systems around the world from taiwan to turkey. spain's telephone system was among the first targeted. russia's largest mobile phone company was hit. american-based fedex announced they were also infected. in the u.k., the virtual attacks at the national health service into emergency mode. ambulances and patients were turned away from hospitals across the country. >> they said, "i'm really sorry, but the computer system is down. i'm going to have to go away. they can't have any appointments. we can't access any of the files." >> reporter: hackers encrypted the files, rendering them unreadable. to encode them, they demanded $300 in ransom. the amount would double in three days, if ignored the files would disappear. the hack exploited a problem with microsoft windows identified and later leaked in a series o

british politicians immediately fired back, including labour party leader jeremy corbyn. >> what we've now got is a bunch of 21st century highway robbers who have hacked into our nhs and basically offering protection money to get the information back on the other io treat cancer patients or anybody else. it's unbelievably disgusting. >> reporter: hackers tricked victims into opening corrupt links disguised as invoicings and security warnings. it's a primitive technique that cyber exterts say can be guarded against by regularly backing up data and updating software. here in the u.k., government officials say computer systems are almost fully back up and running, but it's stull unclear who is behind the attack. but rwandaback analysts say the hack appears to be the work of cyber criminals and not state sponsored. >> ninan: thank you, jon. the u.s.

patrol say they have chosen a finalist to build the border wall between u.s. and mexico. meanwhile, carter evans reports on a controversial plan to punish businesses that build the wall. >> we need the wall, and we will build the wall as sure as you are standing there tonight. >> reporter: as president trump continues to push his plan, some politicians in california are trying to put pressure on companies that bid on the job. >> we're saying for businesses is to really think twice before you invest. >> reporter: state senator ricardo lara is proposing a law the blacklist companies participating in the massive construction project. >> if you want to be part of trump's wall, you're going against california's values, and we don't want to do business with you. >> reporter: in los angeles. city councilman gil cedillo is proposing a local ordinance requiring all companies doing business with the city to

the wall. >> transparency is based on the right of every angelino to know how public money is being sent. >> reporter: in a statement, a california contractor's association says legislation that penalizes contractors for working on a job that's politically unpopular is discriminatory and unfair. felipe fuentes is an advocate for the group. >> don't punish us for the type of work we do. >> reporter: in the end it may come down to jobs, says california business owner rick aguilar. >> if the contract is $300 million, he's got to take 58% of that and give it out to small businesses. >> reporter: the department of homeland security is planning to pick several contractors to build prototypes of the wall along the san diego border. reena, those winners expected to be announced by june 14th. >> ninan: carter evans in los angeles, thanks. it's a rainy and windy mother's day and weekend in the northeast. the town of avalon, new jersey, is one of the coastal

today. pamela gardener is tracking the storm at wbz in boston. >> reporter: unfortunately a soggy mother's day for the northeast as this mininor'easter tracks northeast across boston and maine. that means wind gusts up to 45mph sunday afternoon and evening. a total of half an inch up to an inch and a half of rain accumulation, perhaps up to two inches of rain across the cape, poor drainage, urban flooding. we know the drill. we've had this several times this season, and in your hour-by-hour forecast, new york city could see a burst of sunshine as you take mom out to brunch to celebrate mother's day. then showers redevelop throughout the afternoon. and sunday evening, we'll have just a downpour from boston to bangor. the system slowly pushes out once we get toward monday. temperatures stuck in the 40s, though, and we'll be under the center of low pressure in the northeast. 60 degrees in hartford. if we can get enough sun, 66 degrees in new york city, 71 in philly and midwest moms are going to be nice and happy. plenty of sunshine across the mid-section of thent

70s and 80s. reena, next week, we're track major warm-up for the northeast. >> ninan: pam lark that's great news. thank you so much. today was moving day at los angeles international airport. 15 airlines are changing locations to make way for delta's $2 billion plan to renovate three terminals. guides in brightly colored vests are helping travelers find their gates. well, oprah winfrey gave the commencement address today at agnes scott college in decatur, georgia. she told graduates to focus on living a life of substance and she addressed her decision to end the oprah winfrey. >> this past year and now more than ever i miss it, because i miss the opportunity for the spirit of constructive engagement that that platform offered. >> ninan: oprah will join "60 minutes" as a special contributor this fall. in portugal today, 500,000 people watched as pope francis made saints of two children. they reported seeing the

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family live in the san diego suburb. where are most of these people from? >> syria, iraq, afghanistan. >> reporter: california resettled nearly 8,000 refugees last year, the most in the country. the state also received more syrian refugees than any other. starting over in a new world comes with challenges, like learning english and finding a place to live. it often takes weeks before refugees receive government benefits. with a con stand stream of new refugee families arriving here in southern california each month, volunteers are scrambling to get them much-needed resources. >> these are our family. >> reporter: miry whitehll launched a web site called miry's list. families say what they need and people can donate. it started eight months ago. >> i stopped being able to keep one the messages from volunteers and

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>> ninan: it was one of the most notorious cases in texas history, an ambush in mansion left two people dead and two others wounded. to this day no one has been held accountable. correspondent maureen maher has an update tonight in an all-new "48 hours." >> this is a case that involves wealth, sex, vengeance, murder. >> reporter: kristie jack is a former prosecutor-turned defense attorney. she grew up blocks from the scene of the crime. the 1976 shootings at the mansion belonging to oil millionaire cullen davis and his flamboyaifnt we priscilla. after several years of marriage, the couple broke up. priscilla wanted $50 million and had her husband barred from the mansion, and cullen was furious, says former prosecutor jack strickland. >> cullen's writing thehe

>> reporter: and he can't get in the house. >> he can't get in the house. >> reporter: one august night, priscilla and her boyfriend, a former college basketball player named stan farr, came home with friends and walk entered an ambush. a gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire. when it was over, sam farr was dead, priscilla and a friend were wounded, and in the basement police would discover the body of 12-year-old andrea wilborn, priscilla's daughter from another marriage. >> the d.a.'s officehe tory behind the crime was that cullen committed all of these crimes because of the divorce. his hatred of priscilla was so intense that he was going to kill her and anyone else that stood in the way would be collateral damage. >> reporter: but there was something the d.a.'s office may not have anticipated. cullen davis' wealth seemed to affect the case. >> you always have something to work with when you have an innocent man. >>

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>> ninan: we end tonight in sacramento, california, where a youth center is connecting troubled teens with abandoned dotionz. the kids and animals are helping each other get a second chance. >> reporter: it's the most popular hour inside sacramento's youth detention center. >> look at me. yeah. >> reporter: a class connecting dogs looking for a better future to kids with troubled pasts. >> they could be coming here for a petty theft, or they could be coming here for murder, robbery. >> reporter: because they're minors, california law won't allow us to show you their face, but every teen in this program called "positive impact," seems to light up with each encounter. >> they drop that serious look of, you know, i'm tough and i need to protect myself, and now they just become kids again. >> reporter: the premise is simple: >> we come to the kids and ask them for their help to train these dogs to make them more ad

>> reporter: three times a week for just over a month, the teens teach the animals basic commands. >> sit. yes. >> reporter: sometimes bonding in unexpected ways. >> these are shelter dogs, so they've maybe been abused, abandoned, neglected. they've gone through a lot to get in the shelter, so the kids can connect with them on a deeper let level because maybe they've gone through some of these similar things. >> reporter: the class has been wildly successful for the dogs. every one of the 240 trained here has been adopted. program leaders believe these kids will ultimately find success, too. is this changing their lives? >> i hope so. they're motivated to work with these dogs, so it's making a difference. >> reporter: cris martinez, cbs news, sacramento. >> well, all the animals and the positive impact program come from city shelters. the program was run by volunteers. and that's the "cbs evening news" weekend news for this saturday. i'm reena ninan in new york. from all of us at cbs

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