opportunity. >> at the same time if he was up there with machines, wires coming out of everywhere, clearly in pain, clearly suffering, we wouldn't be standing here now. >> no. >> the british courts decision sided with the doctors that further treatment would only prolong charlie's suffering. his mother's anguish was apparent. >> permission to appeal must be refused. with their legal appeals exhausted, the family says they're slowly getting ready to say good-bye to their son. >> in the hospitals justification for refusing charlie's travel to the united states, it argued that the little boy had already suffered extensive brain damage, elaine, and that no treatment can reverse that. >> thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." the family of a pennsylvania teenager shot to death during a road rage attack said today it is relieved that a suspect turned himself in. 2-year-old david desper faces multiple charges including first degree murder. police say that desper shot bianca roberson as they tried to merge. >> in boston today, a taxi plowed into a group of cab drivers who were gathered at an outdoor break area near logan airport. ten were taken to hospitals. one of them in serious condition. police say it appears to have been an accident. the driver hit the gas instead of the

>> federal investigators are ba regional jet as it landed yesterday in denver. everybody on board got out. here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> first responders worked quickly sunday afternoon spraying foam to douse the flames after an engine caught fire on this crj 700 regional jet. it happened just after the plane landed at denver international airport around 2:15 after taking off from aspen, colorado, about a half-hour earlier. >> all fire is extinguished. when you get on the scene. go in. start search-and-rescue inside the aircraft. >> looking at the pictures, i saw some fuel dripping and the bottom of the engine. that looks like it will be some sort of a ruptured fuel line. >> flight 5869 was a united

skywest airlines with 59 passengers and four crew members on board. they used stairs to evacuate this aircraft is not equipped with emergency slides. no one was hurt. in a statement, skywest said the plane experienced engine issues. the faa says the plane reported a tire on fire, which then spread to the engine cowling. the plane taken out of service while the faa works. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> in iraq today, isis sent female suicide bombers to attack iraqi soldiers in mosul killing one. it was an act of desperation. u.s. backed iraqi forces are close to recapturing the entire city. in syria, isis is surrounded in raqqa with sever jockeying for . holly williams in northern syria. >> reporter: in the dusty village of yulumni,

residents, lies one of the strangest front lines in the world. this area is under the control of these u.s.-backed fighters. but if you look over here, about 500 yard away, that is syrian regime territory. and they are backed by russia and iran. and then if you look down here, about a mile in that direction, those are positions that belong to syrian rebels. and they're backed by turkey. and if you are confused, don't worry. because so are many of the people who live and fight here. some of the globe's most powerful militaries are vying for influence in syria. the local commander of the u.s.-backed forces, told us their victims have been the syrian people. >> can you see anyway that this war could be ended? >> it will take a long time, he told us, we could bee her for another ten years. syria's bloody civil war is also full of contradictions.

the u.s. and turkey aria, they groups that are fighting each other. the u.s. says its troops aren't here to fight the syrian regime. but last month it shot down a regime fighter jet. in the nearby city they're battle scarred and weary. in six years of civil war it has changed hand three times. ahmed, a falafel maker who scrapes by here supporting his entire family on $3 a day. >> translator: we are so tired of war, he told us. we feel like we are already dead. >> the u.s. sent troops to syria specifically to help fight isis. how far the u.s. will go to support its syrian allies, once isis has been driven out, is an open question, elaine. as is how long american service members will stay here in syria. >> holly williams, thanks. >>

president trump aphon the two men will meet in person this week at the g 20 conference in germany. ben tracy reports that xi was upset at a u.s. destroyer saltd close to a disputed island claimed by china. >> reporter: the chinese government says the uss stetham was trespassing in its waters when it crossed 12 miles close to an island in the south china sea. the united states disputes china's claims to the areas and accuses the chinese government of building a military airstrip on one of its man made island. china's foreign ministry accused the u.s. of of what it called a serious political and military provocation. the second pass of a u.s. navy ship off the islands since president trump took office. it comes just days after the u.s. announced it is selling $1.4 billion worth of weapons to taiwan. which is also angered the

trump and chinese president xi appeared to form this spring at their meeting in florida, now seems strained at best. president trump hoped china would put enough pressure on north korea it would abandon its weapons program. instead it continues to fire missiles. that prompted the trump administration to impose sanctions on a chinese bank last week, accusing it of helping fund north korea's activities. according to state media here in china, president xi told president trump during they phone call that progress between the two nations was being impacted by "negative factors." elaine that should make for an interesting face to face end of the week in germany at the g 20. >> ben tracy. thanks. coming up next -- we'll go diving with the volunteers working to save florida's dying coral reef. later venus williams gets emotional when asked about a fatal car crash.

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>> beaches are iconic. what is below is spectacular. a maze of coral that stretches 300 nautical miles and home to marine plants and animals. that reef is disappearing says university of miami marine biologist, stephanie shotmeier. >> over the past, 30, 40 years, we have seen drastic declines. and it has been mostly due to climate change. changes in the water chemistry. overfishing. pollution. >> reporter: in ten years, parts of the reef lost nearly half the coral. shotmeier is with rescue a reef a group which enlists the help of volunteers called citizen scientists. >> how important is that to what you do? >> very important. any time a citizen scientist comes out with us. we're able to put more coral on the reef than we would be able to. >> reporter: it is like underwater gardening. they harvest newly grown coral from one part near key biscayne

securing them to the consuming process. >> here we are doing>> biologis monitoring the survival rate. >> identify which corals are able to with stand warming temperatures. >> reporter: billions of dollars at steak from fishing to tourism. the reef also helps protect against beach erosion and another major threat, hurricanes. >> they can reduce the magnitude of the storm surge and the flooding that might occur. so they act as first line of defense against -- storm surge. >> rescue a reef has already replanted 2,000 corals. >> all right. how did it go? >> great. >> this was natalie myrtle's first dive. >> with the coral. the creatures in the ocean can't live. and without oceans, well there is no life. >> so these divers vow to keep doing that -- one coral at a time. manuel bojorquez,

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a bald eagle is receiving medical care in washington this independence day weekend. it was found on a dc street saturday afternoon injured and unable to fly. not long ago, this symbol of america's strength and freedom was hard to find anywhere in the u.s. but chip reid reports the bald eeg is back. >> reporter: in southeastern virginia, near the chesapeake bay. >> some people scum placomplain. >> expert climber shane lawler scales the highest trees in the forest. because that is where bald eagles live.

while their parents circle and scum pla complain high above. >> got it. >> the 5 week old twins are gently placed in a bag and lowered to the ground. >> they go with the flow at this age. >> reporter: where wildlife biologist, brian watts and his team take over. they fit the datesed birds with id bands and give them physical exams most humans envy. >> doctor, he is in pretty good shape? >> this bird is great. >> director of william & mary's center for conservation biology and monitored the health of the bald eagle population in virginia for 30 years. progression has been stunning starting in 1972. when the deadly pesticide ddt was banned. >> if we had not banned ddt and passed the endangered species act where would the bald eagle be today. >> the eagles would be gone from the bay. >> reporter: in 1970 there were 20 breedinai

virginia. but watch how their numbers grew on the james river. last year, virginia had more than 1,000 breeding pairs. in all, 25 to 30,000 bald eagles visit the chesapeake bay region each year. watts says their recovery is one of the greatest conservation success stories in american history. >> and the most gratifying part of that its, the knowledge that we did that. you know? not the small, we of the conservation community, but the large we of the american people. >> we, the people, should be proud he says, that our national symbol has come soaring back from the brink of extinction. chip reid, cbs news, jamestown, virginia. >> that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

this is the cbs "overnight news." hi, welcome off to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. this week, president trump will attend a key economic summit. the big focus informal meeting between the president and russian leader vladamir putin. expected to talk face to face for the first time. over the weekend mr. trump spoke with leaders of china and japan also at the g 20 summit. the white house says they discussed the nuclear threat from north korea. meanwhile the trump administration is defending the latest round in the president's ongoing fight with the media, which this time, featured a wrestling video. chip reid is at the white house t. >> reporter: the president's latest controversial tweet comes a day after he proclaimed on twitter that my use of social media is not

it's modern day presidential. we >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we not let them. >> president trump kept the focus on his favorite target over the weekend. the media. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i am president and they're not. >> sunday morning the president posted a video on twitter showing him bashing the cnn logo. originally from 2007, the video shows citizen trump attacking a wrestling executive. it's unclear who made the new version, first posted on reddit five days ago by a users whose past postings threatened violence against muslims. in response, cnn called it a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. he is involved in juvenile behavior, far below dignity of his office. >> i think no one

that as a threat. i think he is beaten of in a way on cable platforms that he has the a right to respond to. >> homeland security adviser thomas bossert defended the president. >> i'm pretty proud of the president for developing a twitter and social media platform where he can talk to the american people. >> democrats and republicans criticized mr. trump late last week. >> fascinating. >> for his personal attacks on, co-hosts, joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> this is maddening. >> tom carper said the tweets show a lack of leadership. >> leaders don't, push other people down. >> the president ramped up his feud against cnn after a couple major mistakes by the network last week including a story about mr. trump that was later retracted. causing three reporters to resign. a man accused of kidnapping a chien tease exchange student in illinois held without bond. he made his first court appearance monday. he was arrested in the disappearance of

a researcher where she got a >> according to criminal complaint, zhang was on the way to meet a new landlord when christianson approached her. investigator do's not believe she is still alive. surveillanceeo vid shows the the moment that brent christian send pulls over to talk to zhang. zhang gets in the black saturn and they drive away. 26-year-old university of illinois student wearing gray and pink flannel shirt, carrying a blue backpack. at 1. 356789, p.m., zhang boarded a bus and texted her building manager to say she was running late. at 1:52 p.m., zhang got off a bus tried to flag down another. 9 minutes later, encountered christen

zhang and gottethe exchange student missing that night. police determined the hubcap and sunroof matched the 2008 saturn. lance cooper was former academic adviser in physics graduate program university of illinois. >> there was nothing unusual about him. a bit quiet. but he, interacted well with the students. he was quite a good teacher. >> during the june 15th interview with the fbi, christiansen admitted to giving an asian woman a ride. according to the complaint. he said he believed he made a wrong turn because the female becameiced. he claimed he let her out of the car. during a search of his phone, they discovered he visited a forum in april called abduction 101. investigators began monitoring his activities one day after he was in the viewed. the day before his arrest, investigators recorded

stis apartment and held her against her will. the family flew to illinois. >> they kept their hope up until the news came out that the suspect was arrested. and then, the fbi presumed that, she won't be alive. >> acting as family's translator. he says they won't believe until zhang is found. >> the whole purpose of the trip was toing bring zhang home. i'm hoping they can find their kid. >> zhang came to the university of illinois urbana as visiting scholar. planned to join the doctoral program and get the ph.d. >> skywest jet caught fire after landing in denver sunday. investigators are still trying to find out who caused one of the engines to burn. here is kris van cleave. >> reporter: first respond herbs worked quickly sunday afternoon spraying foam to douse the flames after an engine caught

fire on this crj 700 regional jet. >> reporter: it happened after the plane landed at denver international airport at 2:15 after taking off from aspen, colorado, about a half-hour earlier. looking at the pictures. i saw some fuel dripping and the bottom of the engine. that looks like it will be -- some sort of a ruptured fuel line. >> flight 5869, united express flight operated by skywest airlines with 59 passengers and four crew members on board. they used stairs to evacuate. this aircraft is not equipped with emergency slides. no one was hurt. in a statement, skywest said the plane experienced engine issues. the faa says the plane reported a tire on fire, which then spread to the engine cowling.

>> probably a piece of tire acted as a shrapnel getting th which ifs the intake of the engine. and a piece of hot tire caused the fan blades perhaps to fail and the engine caught fire. >> the plane has been taken out of service while the faa works to determine the exact cause of the fire. i'm any kris van cleave. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." people in north carolina are enjoying the long holiday weekend on america's pristine beach. shelley island formed along the north carolina outer banks. a hit new attraction. swimming there could be dangerous. here is mark strassmann. >> reporter: here it is. one mile long. a football field wide, and growing. proof that, who ever said no one was building any more beach front property was wrong. pilot larry eely. >> this got bigger, higher. more built up. >> we set out by kayak with danny couch to explore the newest barrier nd

ninth generation, north carolinian, county c banks. couch has seen barrier island pop up before. but not like this one. he first noticed back in april. >> this is the mother of all sand bars. all of a sudden right here where we are sitting. >> what makes it that? >> it is a hoss, huge. big. >> this area off north carolina's coast one of the most dynamic ocean environments on earth. nicknamed the graveyard of the atlantic. with more than 2,000 documented ship wrecks since 1585. two powerful currents ke lied here. the gulf stream from the caribbean flowing quickly north and the labrador from the arctic pushing south. they collide. churning surf and sand at diamond shoals, underwater sand bars off the coast of cape hatteras. satellite imagery from last march on, o

surfaced it has just kept growing. >> the two currents pushed all this sand together and suddenly here we are. >> yes, sustained the shoals too. nobody will ever be able to predict what is going to come out of the ocean or what it will look like. >> reporter: over memorial day, 11-year-old caleb reagan visit itted for the first time. he noticed shells scattered everywhere and gave the place a name that stuck. shelley island. >> i thought it would be look a little family nick name. that, that i can't believe it had gotten this big. very incredible. >> tourists kept coming to shelley island for the shells and the novelty. elsa adams did. >> for me it is all new. originally from the netherlands. so, yeah. >> in the netherlands do they have island popping up? >> no, we don't have that, no. >> but from the air, we also spotted potential trouble. sharks, swimming near boaters and waders.

regularly patrols here. so who owns this? >> right now, nobody is really claiming ownership. sort of a no-man's land. this could be yours or mine or somebody's. >> we should be so lucky. but it belongs to the american people. a phenomenon. enjoy it. while we have it. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ you make it hurt so good >> john mellencamp's summer hit. the heartland rocker is on tour with his new album. jane pauley caught up with him in a story for "sunday morning." ♪ i was born in a small town ♪ and i can breathe in a small town ♪ >> john mellencamp was born in a small town. ♪ ♪ oh that's probably where they'll bury me ♪ >> reporter: seymour indiana. he still lives in a small town. >> keep your feet on the pegs. >> where last month it crossed my mind i could die in one off

john a long way. >> seymour is 50 miles from here. >> his 86 acre estate, borders lake monroe near bloomington. >> what is it about you and indiana? >> i have to come here. i just feel at home. i mean i could be away for a long time. and come back here. kind of decompress. and boom. >> it is ironic. he extols the bucolic life, but lives a fast one. >> ha-ha. >> feel how fast you just went. >> i think, 85 is what you claim. >> 85. >> oh, lordy. >> but i didn't come home to indiana to ride. i came to talk. where would you rather be than sitting here being interviewed? >> well, card on the table.

interviewed. i have talked 40 years. and i'm just not that interesting. >> not interesting? married in high school. father at 19. mellencamp wasted no time. at 21, he went to new york. to study art. or, to sign a record deal. >> it turned out that -- new york art student league wanted money. but the record company wanted to give me money. let me see -- i ended up getting a regard deal. like that. >> i interviewed the head of a record company. he said within minutes, everybody knows that somebody was walked in the door has something. >> that is the most humility. i say that's what happened to me. they didn't even listen to the demo tape. ♪ little ditty about jack and diane ♪ >> but we are still listening to mellencampla

and diane." ♪ ♪ long after the thrill of living is gone ♪ >> i don't really know how a 25-year-old guy would know that life would go on long after the thrill of living is gone. but i wrote those words. and for me it was very helpful. because i don't know about you, but i want to do something every day. i want to learn something every day. i want to -- make something every day. if i go for a day and don't make anything, i feel guilty about it. >> i love every part of that statement. what do you think is driving you? >> i wrote in the song -- life is short. even in its longest days. >> he has been smoking by the way most of his life. since he was 10. ♪ life is short even in its

>> also a serious and prolific painter. his portraits shown at museums. >> but the music often interrupts the brush work. >> there is a song on the new record called easy targets. i wrote that song in five minutes. i've couldn't keep up with it. so wrosongwriting has become a l surprise to me. and really exciting at my age. it's more exciting now than it ever was. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: his latest and 23rd album is called "sad clowns and hill billies." the critics have taken notice. >> do you read them? >> no. i'm finding this out from you. >> really, really good. >> i don't care. doesn't matter to me. if you, if you care about the good ones, t

>> and so has his name. ♪ i need a >> from the 70s through the 80s he was john cougar. ♪ hurt so good >> first manager thought it would sell more records. >> for a while he went by john cougar mellencamp. but by the early 90s, the cougar was gone. at times overtly political. mellencamp songs about freedom, struggling farmers, the working man led fans to make assumptions. >> quite honestly within of my biggest disappointments you would think with all the people in the world that somebody would have taken

and listen to the lyrics of my song. >> pink houses for instance. pays the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill. >> is not a red white and blue anthem. ♪ for you and me ♪ ain't that america something to see ♪ baby ♪ >> your fans are probably way, way, way on the spectrum to the right of you. >> oh, i have been booed. when the iraq war started i was so against that. $51 billion more to continue his war in iraq. if john mellencamp sound like oneself assured son of a gun -- she is the reason why. >> here's the trick if you want a kid that has confidence. my grandmother told me every day of my life. buddy, don't forget, you are the handsomest, luckiest, talented boy in the world.

the flip side of that is, it is really hard for girlfriends to compete with that. it is an acknowledged fact that relationships have been a struggle. >> what's the greatest lesson you have learned from the women in your life? >> too many to name. apparently women just don't like me very much. that's all i can say about that. >> linked in recent years to perennial cover girl, christy brinkley, actress meg ryan. and before them, three wives. he has five children, and nine grandkids. >> are you looking for another cigarette, i know it? >> yeah. >> can we talk about that? >> what, cigarettes. >> you have a voice to protect don't you? >> are you kidding me. have you ever heard my voice? it is fantastic. are you kidding me. i sound like a black guy singing. >> what?

wanted to sound likei've sounde. now i go out. these are my babies, come on. >> he says he doesn't worry so much about cigarettes and his health. he has got a strange theory. >> rightfully or wrongfully, i believe that it's the combination of cigarettes and alcohol that get people. the two of them combined. >> he hasn't had a drink he says since college. >> it probably is a wacky idea. but it comforts me now that i have said that. two weeks from now. you will read, mellencamp dies of heart attack. >> he has already had a heart attack. at 42. and he does think about mortality. >> i am 65 years old. i've can see the finer line from here. i can see the finish line from here. i only have so m

and i intend not to waste them being old. ♪

>> tom brady spoke about possible concussions during his stellar career. grady's comments come after his wife, told charlie rose her husband did suffer concussions. the nfl downplayed the claim in may. in an espn interview. the five-time super bowl champion did not dismiss his wife's statement. here is jeff glore. >> she sees the hits. she was vocal about that recently on cbs about the concussions. how much do you talk to her about the hits that you take? >> i mean she just, she is there every day. we go to bed in the same bed every night. so, i think she is -- she knows when i am sore. knows when i am tired. she knows when i get hit. >> his response was vague. but patriots' quarterback tom brady didn't aper to reject the concussion claims. first brought up by his wife, to

>> he had a concussion last year. he has concussions pretty much, we don't talk about. he does have concussions. i really think, i don't think it is a healthy thing for your body. >> the blitz through the middle. brady gets buried. >> brady never officially side lined by a concussion. >> this is something an ongoing issue. >> but her comments were taken seriously. and investigated by the nfl's front office. >> we do not have any records that indicate that tom suffered any kind of concussion. >> reporter: in today's nfl teams that fail to remove players with suspected head trauma could be fined hundred of thousand of dollars and lose draft picks. >> she'll support me as long as i want to play. just look my mom, the two together sit in the suite watch me get hit all day i'm sure is not fun. >> that's the "overnight news" for tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning.

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the president versus the media. >> are his nonstop tweets inciting violence. buso tonight, chris christy gets rned. >> i didn't get any sun today. >> but the camera shows the new jersey governor relaxing on a state beach that he closed to everyone else. >> british courts ordered a baby taken off life support against his parents' wishes. tonight the president and the pope weigh in. >> underwater gardeners are trying to re fscuelorida's dying coral reef. >> and -- >> looks like we got two. >> back from the brink. eathe fglesthill e sky once more. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overn n

president trump spent much european leaders preparing for his upcoming trip. but he still found time to fire salvos at the media. among this tweets, at some point the fake news will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy, success with isis, the border and so much else. >> as chip reid reports. there is no cease-fire on the horizon. ♪ >> today his tweet follows a weekend of press bashing by the president including this video that he also tweeted. it shows him tackling and pretending to viciously attack a wrestlemania executive ten years ago during a performance called battle of the billionaires. the new version was edited so that the president along time fan of wrestle mania appears to be punching the logo of cnn. press organizations condemned the president's tweet as

journalists. this tweet is beneath the office of the presidency one group said. sadly it is not beneath this president. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. thomas bossert, homeland security adviser defended the president. >> i am pretty proud of the president for developing a twitter and social media platform where he can talk directly off to the american people. >> it is unclear who created the edited version. but it appears to have been posted first on reddit five days ago with some one with a history of racist messages. just last week, white house spokeswoman, sarah huckabee sanders was asked if the president's tweets and comments some times create an atmosphere of violence. >> the president in no way form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. >> look to punch him in the face, i tell you. >> reporter: on the campaign

trail, mr. trump some times soded li he was encouraging violence against protesters. >> so if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you, seriously. just knock the hell -- i promise you i will pay for the legal fees, i promise. >> in one of his tweets this weekend the president told his critics "my use of social media is not presidential." it's modern day presidential." so welcome to the modern age. elaine. >> chip reid at the white house. chip, thank you. >> new jersey governor chris christy busted by the news media over the weekend enjoying time at a beech he had shut down. first he denied getting any sun and then essentially said too bad. here is don dahler. >> reporter: in a series of photos that elicited outrage and mockery, chris christy, family and friends can be seen lounging outside one of the governor's houses at island beach state park. a park closed to everyone else. because of a three day old budget showdown. on saturday the governor was unapologetic. >> this is the way it goes. run

have the residence. >> in a phone interview today, when asked about all those who weren't allowed on the beach, christy said. >> well i am sorry they're not the governor. >> on this long weekend when new jersey residents and tourists would be soaking of the sun on state beaches and parks, they're being turned away. >> it is a holiday weekend. what about all right kids, birthday parties, paid to rent, to have a barbecue here? it's not fair. >> one of nine states that failed to pass a budget by saturday. new jersey joined maine in of putting in place a partial government shutdown. christy says he has no choice but to shutter all but essential state services, which in new jersey, includes its tax cash cows. racetracks and casinos. they remain open. the budgetary impasse is over a bill christy once passed, that overhauls the state's largest insurance provider. the governor has drawn a line in the sand over the issue. threatening to veto 350 million in democratic proposals, if the legislature doesn't do his bidding.

this afternoon, christy took to new jersey to enjoy the other nonstate run beaches which are reportedly more crowded than usual. on one of the beaches, there were cheers, as a plane flew overhead pulling a banner that read, tell governor christy, get the hell off island beach state park. here at liberty state park, tourist whose ordinarily catching the ferry to visit it ellis island or statue of liberty are being turned away. chris christy's job approval rating is at 15%. that is the lowest for any governor of any state since the university began making such surveys. elaine, he has just six more months on the job. >> don dahler, thanks. president trump and pope francis are offering to help a terminally ill baby in britain. his parents want to bring him to the u.s. for treatment. british hospitals said and courts have said no. charlie dagata is in london.

healthy baby 11 months ago hear, move, cry, or breathe on his own. he is thought to be one of 16 children in the world with this condition. incurable doctors said. and the hospital applied to the british courts to take charlie off life support. but his desperate parents, chris gard and connie yates want to take charlie to the u.s. for an experimental treatment instead. ♪ the pope's statement this weekend, backed up charlie's parents. as did today's tweet by president trump. if we can help little charlie gard as per our friends in the uk and the pope, we would be delighted to do so. >> it is not clear what the pope or the president can do to help. charlie's parents meantime have raised over $1 million for medical treatment in the u.s. >> we don't want to live with the what if, not have this opportunity. >> at the same time if he was

there with machines, wires coming out of everywhere, clearly in pain, clearly suffering, we wouldn't be standing here now. >> no. >> the british courts decision sided with the doctors that further treatment would only prolong charlie's suffering. his mother's anguish was apparent. >> permission to appeal must be refused. with their legal appeals exhausted, the family says they're slowly getting ready to say good-bye to their son. >> in the hospitals justification for refusing charlie's travel to the united states, it argued that the little boy had already suffered extensive brain damage, elaine, and that no treatment can reverse that. >> thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." the family of a pennsylvania teenager shot to death during a road rage attack said today it is relieved that a suspect turned himself in. 28-year-old david desper faces multiple charges including first degree murder. police say that desper shot 18-year-old bianca roberson as they tried to merge into a single lane near philadelphia. roberson was to start college this fall. >> in boston today, a taxi plowed into a group of cab drivers who were gathered at an outdoor break area near logan airport. ten were taken to hospitals. one of them in serious condition. police say it appears to have been an accident. the driver hit the gas instead of the brake.

looking into what caused an engineo regional jet as it landed yesterday in denver. everybody on board got out. here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> first responders worked quickly sunday afternoon spraying foam to douse the flames after an engine caught fire on this crj 700 regional jet. it happened just after the plane landed at denver international airport around 2:15 after taking off from aspen, colorado, about a half-hour earlier. >> all fire is extinguished. when you get on the scene. go in. start search-and-rescue inside the aircraft. >> looking at the pictures, i saw some fuel dripping and the bottom of the engine. that looks like it will be some sort of a ruptured fuel line. >> flight 5869 was a united express flight operated by skywest airlines with 59

passengers and four crew members they used stairs to evacuate this aircraft is not equipped with emergency slides. no one was hurt. in a statement, skywest said the plane experienced engine issues. the faa says the plane reported a tire on fire, which then spread to the engine cowling. the plane taken out of service while the faa works. to determine the exact cause of the fire. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> in iraq today, isis sent female suicide bombers to attack iraqi soldiers in mosul killing one. it was an act of desperation. u.s. backed iraqi forces are close to recapturing the entire city. in syria, isis is surrounded in raqqa with several competing armies jockeying for position. holly williams in northern syria. >> reporter: in the dusty village of yulumni, emptied of

strangest front lines in the world. this area is under the control of these u.s.-backed fighters. but if you look over here, about 500 yard away, that is syrian regime territory. and they are backed by russia and iran. and then if you look down here, about a mile in that direction, those are positions that belong to syrian rebels. and they're backed by turkey. and if you are confused, don't worry. because so are many of the people who live and fight here. some of the globe's most powerful militaries are vying for influence in syria. the local commander of the u.s.-backed forces, told us their victims have been the syrian people. >> can you see anyway that this war could be ended? >> it will take a long time, he told us, we could be here for another ten years. syria's bloody civil war is also full of contradictions.

but here in syria, they back other. the u.s. says its troops aren't here to fight the syrian regime. but last month it shot down a regime fighter jet. in the nearby city they're battle scarred and weary. in six years of civil war it has changed hand three times. ahmed, a falafel maker who scrapes by here supporting his entire family on $3 a day. >> translator: we are so tired of war, he told us. we feel like we are already dead. >> the u.s. sent troops to syria specifically to help fight isis. how far the u.s. will go to support its syrian allies, once isis has been driven out, is an oen question, elaine. as is how long american service members will stay here in syria. >> holly williams, thanks. >> china's president, xi, gave president trump an earful last

this week at the g 20 conference in germany. ben tracy reports that xi was upset at a u.s. destroyer saltd close to a disputed island claimed by china. >> reporter: the chinese government says the uss stetham was trespassing in its waters when it crossed 12 miles close to an island in the south china sea. the united states disputes china's claims to the areas and accuses the chinese government of building a military airstrip on one of its man made island. china's foreign ministry accused the u.s. of of what it called a serious political and military provocation. the second pass of a u.s. navy ship off the islands since president trump took office. it comes just days after the u.s. announced it is selling $1.4 billion worth of weapons to taiwan. which is also angered the chinese government. the ti

trump and chinese president xi their meeting in florida, now seems strained at best. president trump hoped china would put enough pressure on north korea it would abandon its weapons program. instead it continues to fire missiles. that prompted the trump administration to impose sanctions on a chinese bank last week, accusing it of helping fund north korea's activities. according to state media here in china, president xi told president trump during they phone call that progress between the two nations was being impacted by "negative factors." elaine that should make for an interesting face to face end of the week in germany at the g 20. >> ben tracy. thanks. coming up next -- we'll go diving with the volunteers working to save florida's dying coral reef. later venus williams gets emotional when asked about a fatal car crash.

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a maze of coral that stretches 300 nautical miles and home to marine plants and animals. that reef is disappearing says university of miami marine biologist, stephanie shotmeier. >> over the past, 30, 40 years, we have seen drastic declines. and it has been mostly due to climate change. changes in the water chemistry. overfishing. pollution. >> reporter: in ten years, parts of the reef lost nearly half the coral. shotmeier is with rescue a reef a group which enlists the help of volunteers called citizen scientists. >> how important is that to what you do? >> very important. any time a citizen scientist comes out with us. we're able to put more coral on the reef than we would be able to. >> reporter: it is like underwater gardening. they harvest newly grown coral from one part near key biscayne to transplant to another. securing them to the ocean

planting them is a delicate time consuming process. >> here we are doing a stress test. >> biologist, ross cunning is monitoring the survival rate. >> identify which corals are able to with stand warming temperatures. >> reporter: billions of dollars at steak from fishing to tourism. the reef also helps protect against beach erosion and another major threat, hurricanes. >> they can reduce the magnitude of the storm surge and the flooding that might occur. so they act as first line of defense against -- storm surge. >> rescue a reef has already replanted 2,000 corals. >> all right. how did it go? >> great. >> this was natalie myrtle's first dive. >> with the coral. the creatures in the ocean can't live. and without oceans, well there is no life. >> so these divers vow to keep doing that -- one coral at a time. manuel bojorquez, cbs ne

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one golfer used a tree to protect hill self after this encounter. but he ran for it with the moose close behind. a lucky getaway. he may have dropped a stroke. >> next, the mighty eagle soars once more.

a bald eagle is receiving medical care in washington this independence day weekend. it was found on a dc street saturday afternoon injured and unable to fly. not long ago, this symbol of america's strength and freedom was hard to find anywhere in the u.s. but chip reid reports the bald eeg is back. >> reporter: in southeastern virginia, near the chesapeake bay. >> some people complain. >> expert climber shane lawler scales the highest trees in the forest. because that is where bald eagles live. while their parents circle and complain high above. g

>> the 5 week old twins are gently placed in a bag and lowered to the ground. >> they go with the flow at this age. >> reporter: where wildlife biologist, brian watts and his team take over. they fit the datesed birds with id bands and give them physical exams most humans envy. >> doctor, he is in pretty good shape? >> this bird is great. >> director of william & mary's center for conservation biology and monitored the health of the bald eagle population in virginia for 30 years. progression has been stunning starting in 1972. when the deadly pesticide ddt was banned. >> if we had not banned ddt and passed the endangered species act where would the bald eagle be today. >> the eagles would be gone from the bay. >> reporter: in 1970 there were 20 breeding pairs left in virginia. but watch how their numbers grew

on the james river. last year, virginia had more than 1,000 breeding pairs. in all, 25 to 30,000 bald eagles visit the chesapeake bay region each year. watts says their recovery is one of the greatest conservation success stories in american history. >> and the most gratifying part of that its, the knowledge that we did that. you know? not the small, we of the conservation community, but the large we of the american people. >> we, the people, should be proud he says, that our national symbol has come soaring back from the brink of extinction. chip reid, cbs news, jamestown, virginia. >> that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

this is the cbs "overnight news." hi, welcome off to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. this week, president trump will attend a key economic summit. the big focus informal meeting between the president and russian leader vladamir putin. expected to talk face to face for the first time. over the weekend mr. trump spoke with leaders of china and japan also at the g 20 summit. the white house says they discussed the nuclear threat from north korea. meanwhile the trump administration is defending the latest round in the president's ongoing fight with the media, which this time, featured a wrestling video. chip reid is at the white house >> reporter: the president's latest controversial tweet comes a day after he proclaimed on twitter that my use of social media is not presidential, if it's modern day presidential. so, welcome to the modern age.

>> the fake media is trying to silence us. focus on his favorite target over the weekend. the media. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i am president and they're not. >> sunday morning the president posted a video on twitter showing him bashing the cnn logo. originally from 2007, the video shows citizen trump attacking a wrestling executive. it's unclear who made the new version, first posted on reddit five days ago by a users whose past postings threatened violence against muslims. in response, cnn called it a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. he is involved in juvenile behavior, far below dignity of his office. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. i think he is beaten of in a way on cable platforms that he has the a right to respond to. >> homeland security adviser thomas bossert defended the president. >> i'm pretty proud of the president for developing a

twitter and social media platform where he can talk to the american people. >> democrats and republicans criticized mr. trump late last week. >> fascinating. >> for his personal attacks on, co-hosts, joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> this is maddening. >> tom carper said the tweets show a lack of leadership. >> leaders don't, push other people down. >> the president ramped up his feud against cnn after a couple major mistakes by the network last week including a story about mr. trump that was later retracted. causing three reporters to resign. a man accused of kidnapping a chien tease exchange student in illinois held without bond. he made his first court appearance monday. he was arrested in the

appearance of yingying zhand. a researcher where she got a masters degree in may. >> according to criminal complaint, zhang was on the way to meet a new landlord when christiansen approached her. investigators do not believe she is still alive. surveillance video shows the the moment that brent christiansen pulls over to talk to yingying zhang. moments later, zhang gets in the black saturn and they drive away. 26-year-old university of illinois student wearing gray and pink flannel shirt, carrying a blue backpack. at 1:35 p.m. on june 9, zhang boarded a bus and texted her building manager to say she was running late. at 1:52 p.m., zhang got off a bus tried to flag down another. 9 minutes later, encountered christiansen. at 2:38, the building manager texted

university staff, reported the exchange igt police determined the sunroof and cracked subcap on the car in the video matched christiansen's 2008 saturn. lance cooper was christiansen's former academic adviser in physics graduate program university of illinois. >> there was nothing unusual about him. a bit quiet. but he, interacted well with the students. he was quite a good teacher. >> during the june 15th interview with the fbi, christiansen admitted to giving an asian woman a ride. according to the complaint. he said he believed he made a wrong turn because the female becameiced. he claimed he let her out of the car. during a search of his phone, they discovered he visited a forum in april called abduction 101. investigators began monitoring his activities one day after he was in the viewed. the day before his arrest, investigators recorded christiansen, how he kidnapped her, took her to his apartment

and held her against her will. >> they kept their hope up until the news came out that the suspect was arrested. and then, the fbi presumed that, she won't be alive. >> acting as family's translator. he says they won't believe until zhang is found. >> the whole purpose of the trip was toing bring zhang home. i'm hoping they can find their kid. >> zhang came to the university of illinois urbana as visiting scholar. planned to join the doctoral program and get the ph.d. >> skywest jet caught fire after landing in denver sunday. investigators are still trying to find out who caused one of the engines to burn. here is kris van cleave. >> reporter: first respond herbs worked quickly sunday afternoon spraying foam to douse the flames after an engine caught fire on this crj 700 regional jet.

after taking off from aspen, colorado, about a half-hour earlier. looking at the pictures. i saw some fuel dripping and the bottom of the engine. that looks like it will be -- some sort of a ruptured fuel line. >> flight 5869, united express flight operated by skywest airlines with 59 passengers and four crew members on board. they used stairs to evacuate. this aircraft is not equipped with emergency slides. no one was hurt. in a statement, skywest said the plane experienced engine issues. the faa says the plane reported a tire on fire, which then spread to the engine cowling. >> probably a piece of tire acted as a shrapnel getting thrown into the engine cowling

which ifs the intake of the en and a piece of hot tire caused the fan blades perhaps to fail and the engine caught fire. >> the plane has been taken out of service while the faa works to determine the exact cause of the fire. i'm any kris van cleave. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." people in north carolina are enjoying the long holiday weekend on america's pristine beach. shelley island formed along the north carolina outer banks. a hit new attraction. swimming there could be dangerous. here is mark strassmann. >> reporter: here it is. one mile long. a football field wide, and growing. proof that, who ever said no one was building any more beach front property was wrong. pilot larry eely. >> this got bigger, higher. more built up. >> we set out by kayak with danny couch to explore the newest barrier island. ninth generation, north carolinian, county commissioner

here and lifelong resident of the outer banks. but not like this one. he first noticed back in april. >> this is the mother of all sand bars. all of a sudden right here where we are sitting. >> what makes it that? >> it is a hoss, huge. big. >> this area off north carolina's coast one of the most dynamic ocean environments on earth. nicknamed the graveyard of the atlantic. with more than 2,000 documented ship wrecks since 1585. two powerful currents ke lied here. the gulf stream from the caribbean flowing quickly north and the labrador from the arctic pushing south. they collide. churning surf and sand at diamond shoals, underwater sand bars off the coast of cape hatteras. satellite imagery from last march on, onhi

surfaced it has just kept growing. >> the two currents pushed all this sand together and suddenly here we are. >> yes, sustained the shoals too. nobody will ever be able to predict what is going to come out of the ocean or what it will look like. >> reporter: over memorial day, 11-year-old caleb reagan visit itted for the first time. he noticed shells scattered everywhere and gave the place a name that stuck. shelley island. >> i thought it would be look a little family nick name. that, that i can't believe it had gotten this big. very incredible. >> tourists kept coming to shelley island for the shells and the novelty. elsa adams did. >> for me it is all new. originally from the netherlands. so, yeah. >> in the netherlands do they have island popping up? >> no, we don't have that, no. >> but from the air, we also spotted potential trouble. sharks, swimming near boaters

and waders. federal or state agency regularly patrols here. so who owns this? >> right now, nobody is really claiming ownership. sort of a no-man's land. this could be yours or mine or somebody's. >> we should be so lucky. but it belongs to the american people. a phenomenon. enjoy it. while we have it. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. ♪ if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer

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test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test ♪ you make it hurt so good >> john mellencamp's summer hit. the heartland rocker is on tour with his new album. jane pauley caught up with him in a story for "sunday morning." ♪ i was born in a small town ♪ and i can breathe in a small town ♪ >> john mellencamp was born in a small town. ♪ ♪ oh that's probably where they'll bury me ♪ >> reporter: seymour indiana. he still lives in a small town. >> keep your feet on the pegs. >> where last month it crossed my mind i could die in one off

the awe i am not letting go. >> i know, i should have worn a helmet. john mellencamp has come a long way. >> seymour is 50 miles from here. test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test >> what is it about you and indiana? >> i have to come here. i just feel at home. i mean i could be away for a long time. and come back here. kind of decompress. and boom. >> it is ironic.

he eollivea fast one. >> ha-ha. >> feel how fast you just went. >> i think, 85 is what you claim. >> 85. >> oh, lordy. >> but i didn't come home to indiana to ride. i came to talk. where would you rather be than sitting here being interviewed? >> well, card on the table. i don't really like being interviewed. i have talked about myself for 40 years. and i'm just not that interesting. >> not interesting? married in high school. father at 19. mellencamp wasted no time. at 21, he went to new york. to study art. or, to sign a record deal. >> it turned out that -- new york art student league wanted money. but the record company wanted to give me money. let me see -- i ended up getting a regard deal. like that. >> i interviewed the head of a record company. he said within minutes, everybody knows that somebody was walked in the door has something. >> that is the most humility. i say that's what happened to me. they didn't even listen to the demo tape. ♪ little ditty about jack and diane ♪ >> but we are still listening to mellencamp classics like "jack

♪ oh, yeah, life goes on ♪ long after the thrill of living is gone ♪ >> i don't really know how a 25-year-old guy would know that life would go on long after the thrill of living is gone. but i wrote those words. and for me it was very helpful. because i don't know about you, but i want to do something every day. i want to learn something every day. i want to -- make something every day. if i go for a day and don't make anything, i feel guilty about it. >> i love every part of that statement. what do you think is driving you? >> i wrote in the song -- life is short. even in its longest days. >> he has been smoking by the way most of his life. since he was 10. ♪ life is short even in its longest days ♪ >> also a serious and prolific painter.

his portraits shown at museums. >> but the music often interrupts the brush work. >> there is a song on the new record called easy targets. i wrote that song in five minutes. i've couldn't keep up with it. so songwriting has become a real surprise to me. and really exciting at my age. it's more exciting now than it ever was. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: his latest and 23rd album is called "sad clowns and hill billies." the critics have taken notice. >> do you read them? >> no. i'm finding this out from you. >> really, really good. >> i don't care. doesn't matter to me.

if you, if you care abyou tht t about the bad ones. >> reporter: his music has changed over the years. >> and so has his name. ♪ i need a >> from the 70s through the 80s he was john cougar. ♪ hurt so good >> first manager thought it would sell more records. >> for a while he went by john cougar mellencamp. but by the early 90s, the cougar was gone. at times overtly political. mellencamp songs about freedom, struggling farmers, the working man led fans to make assumptions. >> quite honestly within of my biggest disappointments you would think with all the people in the world that somebody would have taken the time to sat done and listen to the lyrics of my song.

>> pink houses for instance. pays the tills, the bills, and the pills that kill. >> is not a red white and blue anthem. ♪ for you and me ♪ ain't that america something to see ♪ baby ♪ >> your fans are probably way, way, way on the spectrum to the right of you. >> oh, i have been booed. when the iraq war started i was so against that. $51 billion more to continue his war in iraq. one self assured son of a gun -- she is the reason why. >> here's the trick if you want a kid that has confidence. my grandmother told me every day of my life. buddy, don't forget, you are the handsomest, luckiest, talented boy in theor

really hard for girlfriends to compete with that. it is an acknowledged fact that relationships have been a struggle. >> what's the greatest lesson you have learned from the women in your life? >> too many to name. apparently women just don't like me very much. that's all i can say about that. >> linked in recent years to perennial cover girl, christy brinkley, actress meg ryan. and before them, three wives. he has five children, and nine grandkids. >> are you looking for another cigarette, i know it? >> yeah. >> can we talk about that? >> what, cigarettes. >> you have a voice to protect don't you? >> are you kidding me. have you ever heard my voice? it is fantastic. are you kidding me. i sound like a black guy singing. >> what?

wanted to sound like louis armstrong. i didn't. i've sounded like a white guy. now i go out. these are my babies, come on. >> he says he doesn't worry so much about cigarettes and his health. he has got a strange theory. >> rightfully or wrongfully, i believe that it's the combination of cigarettes and alcohol that get people. the two of them combined. >> he hasn't had a drink he says since college. >> it probably is a wacky idea. but it comforts me now that i have said that. two weeks from now. you will read, mellencamp dies of heart attack. >> he has already had a heart attack. at 42. and he does think about mortality. >> i am 65 years old. i've can see the finer line from here. i can see the finish line from

and i intend not to waste them being old. ♪

2017. this is the cbs morning news. north korea claim to have launched its first int intercontinental missile. and president trump is done. guys, this is florida. >> a family trip to a florida state park ends in monkey mayhem. good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news