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captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, june 22nd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight. tropical storm cindy surges closer to the gulf coast. the deadly storm expected to make landfall soon. president trump return to his campaign roots touting his accomplishments. >> they're obstructionists. i said add some money to it. a plan with heart. very few have done what we've done. an officer slashed at a michigan airport.
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investigated as an act of terror. and heartbreaking video in back of a police car after philando castillo was shot and killed by an officer. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. drenching the southeast with heavy rains and life-threatening flooding. a young boy was killed in the storm-related incident. cindy will likely hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. a tropical storm warning is in effect from st. louis pass, texas, to grand isle. some could see 15 inches of rain by tonight.
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>> reporter: heavy rains and strong winds battled galveston saturday night as tropical storm cindy hit closer to the gulf coast. toppling tries in bow loxy, mississippi. >> we had to take off because i think the road is going to be flo flooded. >> reporter: with up to 15 inches of rain in some spots the national hurricane center has released a warning of potential flash floods. >> the water that we're already seeing, there's not going to be a place for anything to andre. >> reporter: some residents say with forecasters expecting above average hurricane season they're prepared for cindy but saving their panic for now. >> this one we're going to bear down and stay in. >> reporter: at least one death is already being blamed on a
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a 10-year-old boy on the shore was struck by a log thrown by the storm surge. >> the child sustained very severe head injuries. >> reporter: it's expected to take a turn hitting the mid-atlantic coast with heavy rain by the weekend. hena daniels, cbs news. a storm surge of up to 3 feet is expected along portions of the gulf coast. chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says it's from the flood producing rain. >> some towns have seen over a half foot of rain from cindy already. it will continue to be the story ore the next couple of days. big circulation as it moves ashore. we've also seen a number of tornadoes and waterspouts. that is common. we'll stel have that risk as we head through thursday. sp'll be watching areas with
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it can be brief. in terms of the rain, we'll watch the system slowly turn northward. bands of tropical rain will feed into the southeast but also moving into the mid south and ohio valley. the systems and remnants will meet up with the cold front and squeed out heavy downpour. this could lead to more areas of flash flooding. all told from the gulf coast stretching right on up into kentucky and ohio and west virginia, the chance for flooding rain as we head through the next 48 hours. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. the attack on a police officer at an airport in flibt, michigan, is being investigated as an act of terrorism. the man stabbed the officer in the neck with a long knife. before he stabbed lieu tent jeff nevertheless, fatuy yelled god is great in arabic. >> he made a statement something to theec
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people in syria, iraq, and afghanistan, and we're going to die. neville is in fair condition. senator mitch mcconnell has been working on a proposal behind closed doors. it would caught and repeat taxes and eliminate funding for planned parenthood. yesterday president trump urged the senate on. >> can't guarantee you with anything but i hope we surprise you with a good plan. we're talking about a plan with heart. said, add some money to it. obamacare is dead. >> last week mr. trump called the replacement mean. there are 50 needed to pass the measure, but that's far from certain. president trump's son-in-law and
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is in the middle east attempting to restart the israeli palestine can peace talks. kushner held a late night meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. earlier he met with israel president benjamin netanyahu. they want documents related to jared kushner's security clearance. members of the house oversight and government reform committee singled out kushner for failure to disclose numerous contacts with officials. meanwhile lawmakers were told about russians attacks. >> reporter: former homeland security secretary jay johnson told the house intelligence committee to expect more russian cyber attacks. >> it's not just an academic exercise. it's a real threat. >> reporter: he said it was
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we not be perceived as taking sides in the election, injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign. >> reporter: his department did alert the public and tried to help states after evidence revealed the russians were infiltrating voter registration bases. >> state election officials are very sensitive about what they perceived to be federal intrusion into their process. >> reporter: 36 states did accept help and dhs has designated an election infrastructure as critical. they said raising awareness about hackers' techniques could go a long way. on the other side of the capitol they pressed senators to identify states hit in 2016. >> i do not believe our country is made safer by holding this information back from the american public. >> i prefer not to go
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details in this forum, sir. >> reporter: dhs said there was no evidence the 26 voter ballots were altered. new video taken after a minnesota police officer fatally shot fill lan dough castillo nearly a year ago has been released. it shows castillo's girlfriend and her brave 4-year-old daughter after they both witnessed the shooting. mireya villarreal reports. >> reporter: moments after philando castile was shot by former officer geronimo yanez, you see a 4-year-old little girl being coaxed out of the back seat by an officer. the girl's mother diamond reynolds was sitting in the front seat. the mother and girl were both placed in the back seat of a patrol car. reynolds was handcuffed, clearly upset. >> it's okay. i'm right
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>> reporter: the young girl c e comforts her mother. >> mom, please stop cussing and screaming because i don't want you to get shooted. i can keep you safe. >> it's okay. i can't believe they just did that. >> i just want to be safe. >> the prayer pray, unaware castillo has died. >> please, lord, tell me he's okay. >> tell god we need him. >> police eventually took the handcuffs
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insurers say eased marijuana laws could make the nation's highways more hazardous. chris martinez has more on the link between legalized pot and car crashes. >> he was a beautiful soul. >> reporter: lonnie britton couldn't hold back the tear. last year a colorado teen was killed for killing britton's 16-year-old son. >> the worst thing that could have happened to colorado was passing the marijuana law. >> reporter: it shows some concerning numbers that may link legalized recreational marijuana an increased risk of crashes. the research examined crash data in three of the first states to make pot legal. >> the big takeaway is that legalizing recreational use in
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has not been good for highway safety. >> insurance data on collision claims showed colorado had 14% more crashes compared to surrounding western states. washington had more than a 6% increase, and oregon was 4.5% higher. it could lead to premiums with legalized marijuana. >> if overall crash risk continues to increase, insurers will have take action to compensate for that risk. >> researchers say the issue needs to be studied more closely especially in other states like california, massachusetts, and nevada, that has recently passed legislation to recreationalize pot. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. viewers who tuned to the bbc's flagship last night heard nothing. veteran hugh edwards sat silently for four long
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right now millions of people along the gulf coast are bracing for more rough weather as tropical storm cindy continues to move closer to landfall. she already began making her presence felt bringing tornadoes to parts of the reason. we
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>> heavy rains and strong winds battered galveston, texas overnight as tropical storm cindy inched closer to the gulf coast. cindy began hitting parts of the region hard wednesday toppling trees in mississippi and flooding low lying areas. >> the water is coming up at our place and we had to take off because i think the wet road is going to be flooded. >> with up to 15-inches of rain predicted for some spots the national hurricane center has issued a warning of potentially life threatening flash floods. >> the rainfall coupled with the already high water that we are seeing is really--there's not going to be a place for anything to drain. >> some residents say with forecasters expecting an above average hurricane season they are prepared for cindy saving their panic for now. >> this one we are just going to bear down and stay in. >> at least one death is being blamed on
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a ten-year-old boy on an alabama beach was struck and killed by a log thrown to shore by a storm surge. >> the child had to be pulled from out from underneath the timber. >> the storm system is expected to hit the mid atlantic coast with heavy rain by the weekend. hannah daniels, cbs news. the atlantic's second tropical storm of the hurricane season which officially began june 1 and the third storm of the year already. allyson rae has been tracking the storm for us. will we see any of that as we wake up here. >> friday and saturday we had a cold front head our way that was going to bring a chance for showers. now the cold front is going to have remnants of moisture adding into the cold front. we are going so see rain friday and saturday morning. it's not like anything like the gulf states but we are going to
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for that reason friday and saturday are yellow alert days. in the meantime it's generally dry, a lot more clouds today than maybe what we have seen as of late. the humidity is going to be higher today than it has been all week long. good news though. wait until your seven day forecast. i think you are going to like what you have to see. not too staby. today it's going to feel like summer for sure. highs into the low 90s. a little above average. we'll say generally dry today a couple of showers to track here and there coming up. also how cindy is going to play a role in the weekend forecast coming up. larry? >> right now around the beltway free and clear of issues. inside of the beltway on the area of chevily for those of you who take the bw parkway. round the capital doing really well this mo
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this is a live look at pennsylvania avenue. free and clear of issues. inbound on i-66 a quiet commute from areas like gainesville into centreville and fairfax all lanes open on the eastbound and westbound side this morning. 95 free and clear of problems traveling northbound working their way from areas like fredricksburg and stafford into springfield. if you are going to be traveling along route 5 or route 4 4 you are good to go there. we are going to walk you around the top side of the beltway plus a look at 95 and maryland coming up shortly. >> thanks larry. remember the guy who stormed into a northwest d.c. pizza shop with a gun looking for child sex traffickers. that whole thing was a hoax and he's going to get a real jail sentence for doing it. he walked in with a fully loaded military style rifle and
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to believe the theory that hilary clinton was linked to the child trafficking ring at the restaurant. prosecutors want four and a half years in prison for this. let me be pretty clear on the hate crime issue. right now that is a myth on social media. there is no evidence at this point in the investigation at all that this was hate motivated. >> investigators are working over time to solve the murder of that 17-year-old girl. fairfax county police are looking into whether she was sexually assaulted during the crime. detectives are waiting on forensic test results. police have charged a 22-year- old with murder. police say it was a case of road rage. 22-year-old otto warmbier will be laid to rest in ohio today. he had been in a coma in north

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