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president trump also blamed mexico for the flow of illegal drugs to the u.s., claiming, "i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug-infested den." in fact, mr. trump lost new hampshire to hillary clinton. new hampshire democratic senator maggie hassan. >> the words were disgusting and outrageous. >> reporter: the "post" also obtained the january 28 transcript of an even more explosive phone call of malcolm turnbull of australia, one of america's most closest allies. referring to a deal with the obama administration to take in refugees, mr. trump said, "i hate taking these people. i guarantee they are bad. they're not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people." turnbull then told the president that "a deal is a deal," and "you are going to stick with it." soon after that, the president abruptly ended the call. we should note that in the months since those phone calls, the president has met with the leaders of australia and mexico, and the white house has described those meetings as
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>> announcer: this is the cbc overnight news. a massachusettswoman faced as much as 20 years in prison for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. but when she was sentenced today, in a first of its kind case, she got a lot less. erin moriarty of "48 hours" was in the courtroom. >> this is a tragedy for two families. >> reporter: 20-year-old michelle carter showed little emotion as the judge sentenced her to 15 months behind bars for the death of her friend, conrad roy, who died three yearsago from carbon monoxide poisoning. prosecutor mary clare flynn was disappointed in the light sentence. >> the defendant's conduct in this case was egregious, and ultimately caused the death of conrad roy. >> reporter: back in june, judge moniz convicted carter of
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involuntary manslaughter, based on text messages and phone calls showing her pushing roy to take his own life. >> this court finds that instructing mr. roy to get back in the truck constituted wanton and reckless conduct by miss carter, creating a situation where there is a high degree of likelihood that substantial harm would result to mr. roy. >> reporter: in the last week of roy's life, carter sent dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself. "you're ready and prepared. all you have to do is turn the generator on and be free and happy." both teens had a history of mental health problems. carter suffered from anxiety and battled an eating disorder. roy suffered from depression and had suicidal thoughts. in court today, conrad roy, jr., said his son was betrayed by the friend he trusted. >> michelle carter exploited my
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a pawn. where was her humanity? >> reporter: as it turns out, michelle carter will not be in prison tonight. she may never go. at the end of the hearing, the judge suspended that prison term to give michelle carter time to appeal the guilty verdict. anthony? >> mason: erin moriarty outside the courthouse in taunton, massachusetts. thanks. tsa just set a record for firearms seized at airports. 96 were discovered in carry oren bags. 85 were loaded. previous seize 89 were in july. >> company best known for selling soap soap is hoping to start a new discussion about race. demarco morgan reports on procter & gamble's thought- provoking new ad. >> there are some people who think you don't dese
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you look like. it's not fair. >> reporter: the commercial is called "the talk." >> remember, you can do anything they can. the difference is, you got to work twice as hard and be twice as smart. >> reporter: a two-minute ad released online last month showing black mothers sharing their truths about bias and racial stereotypes, growing up in america. >> when you get pulled over-- >> mom, i'm a good driver. don't worry. >> this is not about you getting a ticket. this is about you not coming home. >> this commercial, "the talk," is a powerful film, that is really part of a broader platform that we have called "my black is beautiful." >> reporter: procter & gamble's chief brand officer, marc pritchard. >> what this enables people to do is have conversations about bias. and when you have conversations, when you promote dialogue, that promotes understanding. >> reporter: the conversation has sparked debate on social media. one tweet reads, "thank you @proctorgamble for a thought- provoking ad." but another called it a racist ad, insulting and in poor taste. >> i can't say i've seen a commercial like this before. >> reporter: jamilah lemieux focuses on race and pop culture
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one. in your opinion, who is the intended target audience? >> i guess i'm struggling to identify the intended target audience for this commercial. if it is in fact african americans, then one could say, you're preaching to the choir. if this is, in fact, a commercial that is targeted toward white americans-- >> but you are not going to let that word hurt you. >> --i have to say this is commendable. i guess i'm wondering, what are the next steps? >> you are beautiful, period. okay? >> reporter: procter & gamble says the commercial is set to debut on television next week. p&g says it will produce similar ads focused on other issues, like gender equality. anthony. >> mason: demarco, thanks. coming up next the insurance industry hopes this will persuade back seat passengers to buckle up.
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mother told you to buckle up in the back seat. watch this family go flying in a collision. about half of all people killed in crashes are unbelted, and while 91% of front-seat riders told the insurance institute for highway safety they wear a seat belt, nearly 30% in the back do not. >> whoa. >> even if you're in the back seat, the laws of physics are not suspended. you still need to buckle up in order to get the best protection in a crash. >> reporter: jessica jermakian is a senior research engineer for i.i.h.s. >> as more and more people are using ride hailing service, and those people are not buckling up at the same rate, we could see more people getting injured and killed in the back seat. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: just 57% of passengers reported buckling up in hired vehicles. ashlyn st. ours is not one of them. >> even though i know i should, it seems like a barrier, so i usually only buckle up when i'm in the front. >> reporter: in this video, the
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unbelted woman on the left flies across the cabin and slams into the window. this new crash test video shows how an unbuckled passenger can be a danger to the driver, too. watch as the dummy flies into the seat in front. the difference is clear when both dummies are strapped in. while every state but new hampshire requires adults up front to wear their seat belts, 21 states lack that requirement for adults in the back seat. >> reporter: people have different reasons for not buckling up in the back seat. and the most surprising one to us was that people thought that it's safer back there. >> reporter: now, 75% of those surveyed said a simple reminder from somebody else in the car would make them more likely to wear their seat belt in the back. federal regulators estimate about 14,000 people were saved by seat belts in 2015. anthony? >> mason: the evidence couldn't be any more convincing. kris van cleave, thanks. still ahead, can lightning strike one last time? no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks.
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it's vegan! and it's organic! because your carpet there's resolve carpet care. it lifts more dirt and pet hair versus vacuuming alone. resolve carpet care with five times benefits >> mason: this year's kennedy center honorees were announced today. they are producer norman lear, singers gloria estefan and lionel richie, dancer carmen de lavallade, and hip-hop artist l.l. cool j, who said, "yo, this is amazing, to be able to go from the corner in queens beating on a garbage can to getting a kennedy center honor with this type of company is just an amazing feeling." you can watch the gala december 26, right here on cbs. the greatest sprinter of all time will reach the finish line of his career at the world championships this weekend. now nearly 31, usain bolt predicts one last victory in the
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100 meters. unbeaten in three olympics, many wonder how bolt has stayed at the front of the pack for so long. charlie d'agata takes a look. >> reporter: at his peak, usain "lightning" bolt clocked over 27mph. >> he's one of those people, one of those athletes that's just freakishly talented. >> reporter: u.s. champion sprinter michael johnson should know. >> he was just probably born with, you know, a unique blend of speed and power that most people, even most world-class sprinters, aren't born with. >> reporter: but bolt was also born with scoliosis, a curvature of his spine that makes his right leg about half an inch shorter than the left. that should have slowed him down. in dallas, researchers recently discovered bolt's left foot strikes the track with 13% less force than his right. that uneven gait should have slowed him down. and at 6'5", so should his height.
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but the triple world record holder seemed unaware of these handicaps. >> usain bolt is sort of energy spilling out in a lot of different places, but he can afford to get away with that. >> reporter: so he could have been even faster? >> he absolutely could have been faster. >> reporter: remember beijing 2015 when he cruised to the finish line once victory was his? >>usain bolt again! >> reporter: is there part of you even now, looking back at your career, i may have done that even faster? >> personally, no. i mean, when you have the world record, i never really think, "oh, i should have run faster." i think my coach said that once, that i underperformed, yeah. >> reporter: performance has always been a big part of bolt's appeal. regular fans to royalty have struck his lightning bolt pose. they're unlikely to complain that the world's fastest man might have been faster still. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> mason: an amazing run.
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next, a race to save wedding dreams. wedding dreams were hanging by a thread, until a seamstress arrived with a stitch in time. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: alfred angelos' slogan "your dream, your dress" became "your loss" when the bridal giant abruptly closed last month, declared bankruptcy, and left brides-to-be lined up, and stood up. >> where's my dress? >> we're never going to see them again. let's not even bother. they're gone.
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>> reporter: they were gone, both of stephanie huey's bridesmaids dresses, as well as the other dresses of the heartbroken women who purchased them at this oklahoma city store. rozettia ellis took them. >> piled them in my car, trunk, back seat, side panel, on the floorboards until they were stacked all the way up to the top. >> reporter: and headed home? >> and headed home with them. >> reporter: she was a contracted seamstress with the store who lost her job but rescued those dresses. >> at that point we thought, oh my gosh, thank you. you know, we were so grateful. >> reporter: but rose, as she's known, has one more surprise. at her home in tulsa, she's been working on a special wedding gift. stitch by stitch, she's been altering more than 80 dresses-- for free. >> i was dumbfounded. honestly dumbfounded. >> reporter: you don't have to do this. >> i do. >> reporter: said who? >> me. my integrity says i have to. okay? so, you have standards for
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yourself, then you live up to those standards. fills her car with dresses, and drives 110 miles to this oklahoma city hotel to deliver them. motivated to do something, stephanie huey has raised $5,600 for ellis through a go fund me page. >> this is what's left? >> yes, sir, and it's going down fast. i've just been a busy bee. >> reporter: this oklahoma grandmother says she will continue working 15-hour days and making those weekly drives to meet the brides until the 20 or so gowns that are left, fit just right. >> thank you. enjoy your wedding. >> reporter: infinite joy, provided by a single rose. >> it's time to work. >> david begnaud, cbs news, oklahoma city. >> that's the overnight news for this friday for some the news continues for others check back
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for the morning news and cbs this morning from the broadcast anthony mason. thanks for watching. >> announcer: this is the c brks srs overnight news. i'm michelle miller. new transcripts show a different side of president trump's key campaign promise to build the wall along the mexico border getting mexico to pay for the wall was one of his loudest applause lines in his speeches but when speaking to mexican president mr. trump asked him to keep quiet about who will pick up the bill. chip reid with more from washington. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it was the biggest applause line of candidate trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> crowd: mexico! >> reporter: but just one week after taking office, president
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trump said in a phone call with nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically "the least important thing that we're talking about, but politically this might be the most important." the president repeatedly demanded that peña nieto stop saying mexico won't pay for the wall. "if you are going to say that mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that." president trump also blamed mexico for the flow of illegal drugs to the u.s., claiming, "i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug-infested den." in fact, mr. trump lost new hampshire to hillary clinton. new hampshire democratic senator maggie hassan. >> the words were disgusting and outrageous. >> reporter: the "post" also obtained the january 28 transcript of an even more explosive phone call of malcolm turnbull of australia, one of america's most closest allies.
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referring to a deal with the obama administration to take in refugees, mr. trump said, "i hate taking these people. i guarantee they are bad. they're not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people." turnbull then told the president that "a deal is a deal," and "you are going to stick with it." soon after that, the president abruptly ended the call. we should note that in the months since those phone calls, the president has met with the leaders of australia and mexico, and the white house has described those meetings as "productive." president trump's new push to reform legal immigration is facing hurdles as he is backing plan aimed at cutting the number of legal immigrants by half. would be the biggest change to the american immigration system in decades. >> candidate trump promised over and over to fix immigration.
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president trump toyed with the idea of pushing reform, the most bipartisan support. >> this is for struggling families who deserve immigration system that puts their needs and america first. >> president trump called for deep cuts in endorsing immigration endorsing a bill for wealthier applicants who speak english and have sought-after job skills. will also limit chain migration where family members gain entry through lawful green card holders. >> it's not been fair to our people our citizens our workers. >> the proposal would have legal immigration 1 million annually now to 5 million within a decade. the current system argued drives down wages for working class
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americans. highly skilled immigrants creates a shortage of low wage workers can't find american-born laborers to do those jobs. >> if you run a hotel, restaurant or golf course you realize how hard it is to find native-born labor. >> kevin appleby for the center of migration studies. >> will create a magnet for people to come to fill those jobs and undocumented people will try to cross the border to fill those positions. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> the proposal is a legislative
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long shot and not a immediate republican-controlled congress far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budget. investigators trying to figure how a gas leak triggered a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three people are still in the hospital. one in critical condition. fire officials said contractors were working on one of the building as the time of the blast. >> the careful search through the rubble at the academy stretched on for ten hours. late wednesday a second victim
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pulled from the blast is zone, a beloved school alum custodian. >> both bodies in the primarily same location. >> 82-year-old part any janitor leaves behind wife and children. receptionist 47-year-old mother of one engaged to be married. >> building collapses add middlehaha middle school. >> since it's summer only a small number of staff and students were on campus. >> we heard a man yell gas, and get out. >> this student saw the blast during soccer practice. >> i know the man who was standing in the doorway. he did not make it out. >> the powerful explosion instantly changed the face of the century-old private school. >> heard the blast. felt the window shake. saw where the building used to be one continuous building now had a gap. >> the contrast before and after is stunning. the city's fire chief said
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investigators will have to lightly while pinpointing the cause. >> it will be precarious for folks to be in that stewaructur. it is unstable. >> class back in 20 days now in doubt. the truly fortunate thing is school was not in session or a lot of students would have been hurt. "cbs overnight news" will be
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with vicks sinex. ♪ >> announcer: this is "cbs overnight news." most americans will be waiting until at least 5:00 this afternoon to start their weekend but other workers already be enjoying the weekend a day early. connor knighton shows us the growing popularity of summer fridays. >> reporter: the handleds on the office clock always seem to move a little slower on a friday afternoon. embassy duri embassy duri especially during the summer. last place anyone wants to be is stuck in a office to start the weekend at 5:00.
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last weekend graphic designer kicked things off early. he just didn't show up on friday. instead he spent the day at his summer home in maryland tinkering in his garage building clocks instead of watching one. >> i love to be in my studio. it's borrowed time, if you will. i don't own the office any time that week, my family, friends, i can just go in my studio and create and just be me. >> he was encouraged to take the day off by his washington, d.c. firm hok. after working slightly longer hours monday through thursday was able to take advantage of increasingly popular perk a summer friday. >> summer friday's is where companies let their employees leave early on friday in the summer. we see huge number of companies offering it. >> he's at research firm, surveyed fortune 5,000 companies
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found 42% type of summer friday up from 21% just two years ago. >> the companies are giving it every summer because they see it's valuable. >> from memorable day to labor day the headquarters here shut down at 1:30 sharp to allow the employees to beat the rush out of the city for the past two decades. it's a tradition that's started with manhattan advertising publishing firms back in the 1960s now employees all across the country from nike to oregon to mercury marine in wisconsin have started offering a version of the perk. not just out of the goodness of their hearts. >> what they found is by giving the employees a little bit of time back, the gift of time, they become much more loyal, work harder, are more committed to the organization and really shows the employer care s about
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them and wants them to have a great >> the worker bees in this colony need tending to, a chore this architect is only able to accomplish on her occasional fridays off. >>ly take that day to weed the garden, check on the hives, see how the queens are doing, pull some honey frames and do some extracting. >> her hobby is honey. when she is in the office in d.c. sits few desks away from connor who uses his bonus hour to hang out with his little sister. >> what's this? >> banana. >> one friday at a time he's writing a children's book for her. about now i'm sure many of you have started writing a why don't get summer fridays off e-mail to your bosses. that's kind of the point. >> i assume you have other friends who don't have this perk. >> yeah i like to rub it in
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their face all the time. >> you will see happy gloating on friday afternoon s about their bonus hours, a perk could be used as a recruiting tool. >> work-life balance is so important for employees, it's one of the biggest reasons people join a company or why they quit their current company. >> perhaps no company loves fridays more than t.g.i.fs. this is what the dallas headquarters of the restaurant chain looks like starting at 2:00 p.m. any friday no matter what season it is. >> it's invaluable time. all year long. every friday. i think we started calling it endless fridays now. >> in addition to the being the company dj is vp of marketing. after an hour of cocktails, everyone, including the ceo heads out the door. out in the light she's able to get a head start on her weekend
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with her family. >> if at this time where would you be? >> at work. probably sitting in traffic driving home, this is a nice change for sure. >> sinces friday afternoon's are typically the most unproductive time of the week giving this time off doesn't necessarily cost companies that much. but the return can be priceless. >> i think it's less about the three hours of time and more so, at least for me, it says something about this brand and the way that they value individual's personal time. >> it's worth noting this is a perk mostly reserved for white collar workers. the staff at tgi friday rest raunlts certainly don't get the afternoon off. no matter how popular this perk becomes there's some jobs you simply can't take off on a friday afternoon. >> recording track take three.
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the world war ii film d kirk heads to the box office as number one feature in the country. with battle scenes and one of the greatest composers hans zimmer has best original score and four grammys and two golden globes. strassman sat with zimmer for a look at the man behind the music. ♪ frd is . >> dun kirk has been hailed as a visual master piece. but what you hear, the film's sweeping musical score is the latest genius from composer hans zimmer. >> i wrote by going to the beach, picking up the sand, seeing the misery on that beach. you have to get a movie under your fingers. simple as that. >> the german found inspiration
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fris escaping germans. jewish mother escaped the germans in 1939. was it personal? >> yes because i approached it at first of course as somebody who wouldn't be here had my mother not escaped the germans. >> did you think about your mother. >> very much. >> the 59-year-old zimmer has scored nearly 150 movies. >> every job starts the same way. either see a director or get a phone call and somebody says i want to tell you a story. >> his story began in frankfurt, germany as a kid had two weeks of piano lessons that's it. ♪ video skilled the radio star ♪ >> played in the 70s in the hit
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"video killed the radio was the first music video ever played on mtv. >> for me it was the way to good into combining visual and music. this is going to be where i want to go. ♪ >> his hollywood catalog includes hits like "gladiator", 14 years of the "pirates of the caribbean" series. and "the dark knight" batman trilogy. he has had ten oscar nominations. winning in 1995 for disney's "the lion king" all of that success and yet every new project makes him anxious. >> the first two or three weeks are just complete agony of oh, my god i don't know how to do
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thny maybe now i should phone the director, tell him he should hire someone else. all of the nouself doubt is all there. so i contempt a page. all i thought about was like this. ♪ time ticking away. it's just, i'm always adding to it slightly. >> on the phillipinpiano zimmerw he created the music for the movie "interstellar". ♪ >> so, everything pivots around this note through the whole
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score. ♪ >> zimmer became a rock star again this summer. he's currently on a 46-day world tour with a full orchestra and choir. he also played at this year's coachella festival. >> i didn't know what to expect from the audience. the audience it didn't know what to expect from us. >> what did you see in the faces. >> to see so many grown men cry. i mean, we touched them, moved them, we did give them that experience. i think hiding behind the screen i have never looked them in the eye. it's making me a better composer. it really is. >> remember that the next time you're at a big movie and the closing credits say, music by hans zimmer. mark strassman, new york. [ cheers and applause ] >> "cbs overnight news" will be
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right back. millions of americans use sharing services like uber and air bnb but no more is it more popular than in china. it's gotten so big some feel china may be sharing too much. >> bikes are big business in china. the country's two largest bike shares companies ofo and mobike complete a combined 50 million bikes every day. investors poured more than a billion dollars in the companies explaining the millions of bikes on the streets and massive piles of pedals growing. the sharing brings convenience this woman said but this is too much. like a friend who doesn't know when to stop china might we over sharing. you can share a basketball for
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15 cents an hour. charge your phone? a power bank share for that. then came the shared beds, many called napping pods to make it sound slightly less gross. shortly after opening they were shut down for not meeting fire code. in china a entrepreneur opened his umbrella on a dark day and had what he thought was a bright idea. the umbrella share launched in shanghai turned out to be all wet. 300,000 umbrellas went missing, probably because people decided to keep them. >> in the u.s. people may seem it is silly. is it perceived differently here. >> what is different here is there's a lot of adoption of new things. people try things all the time. this idea what's new and cool. >> in a country of more than a billion people it's a lot of jumping.
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their sharing economy jumped and expected to grow another 40% this year to more than $700 billion and could account for china's 20% gdp by 2025. the most successful example is china's version of uber called dede the largest ride sharing company in china. in one year completed 1.4 billion rides. it took uber six years to reach 1 billion mark. >> we don't know where it is going but we know we're at the beginning of something huge. >> one issues is things labelled as part of the sharing economy that aren't, latest is shared refrigerate yoofrs use your phone to open it and decide what you want to eat. in the u.s. we call that a vending machine. >> that's the overnight news for this friday. for some the news continues
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miller. jan, let me start with you. what does it mean that a grand jury is now involved? >> reporter: well, anthony, this is standard tool that federal prosecutors use day in and day out to conduct investigations. it's how they would issue subpoenas and compel the production of documents or testimony, and special counsel mueller had authority to use a grand jury. it was widely assumed that he would, just like special prosecutors have done in the past. it doesn't mean that indictments or charges are imminent. it's just like a vehicle that
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mueller and his team will use to carry out this investigation. s >> mason: what specifically do you think he's doing here? >> reporter: well, let's say that he wanted to get documents or a reporter's notes, and the witness didn't want to turn them over? he would need a grand jury to get a subpoena to turn them over. or if he wanted testimony, he could subpoena someone to come and testify. and keep in mind, as president clinton found out, it's a crime to lie to a grand jury. >> mason: jeff, what does this say about the scope of the investigation? >> reporter: anthony, we know that this is an investigation that is intensifying, and we know that because the special counsel is adding to his team. he's brought on most recently an expert in foreign bribery. and so we know that investigators are trying to follow the money, but also investigate whether there were any improper contacts between the trump campaign and russian operatives. and that's why this meeting at trump tower in june of 2016 that involved donald trump, jr., is so important. investigators want to figure out what was said and communicated before, during, and then after that meeting. and that's where subpoenas could
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come into play, and the grand jury, as well. >> mason: in the past, jeff, the president has said that his finances are a red line. do you think this increases the possibility that he might fire robert mueller? >> reporter: well, that is-- in the last couple of weeks, really become a red line for members of congress. they have made it pretty clear that they're not going to stand for that. in fact, today just introduced legislation by both a democrat and republican that essentially prevents that from happening. and by the way, anthony, just today in response to this grand jury, ty cobb, the special counsel to the president, released a statement saying in part, "the white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly." >> mason: jeff pegues and jan crawford, thanks. here in new york, federal prosecutors are investigating the family business of the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. anna werner and investigative producer laura strickler have been looking into that. >> reporter: this empty lot in
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jersey city, new jersey, is to put two gleaming towers of rental apartments and retail space, a project called "one journal square." but prosecutors from the u.s. attorney's office in brooklyn now want to know more about the project's financing. according to the "wall street journal," they've subpoenaed the company for information on its use of a program that allows foreigners to get green cards, residency in exchange for investing $500,000 or more in projects that create at least ten jobs. they're called eb-5 visas. the kushner companies used eb-5 funding for not one but two projects in the same city. the second, carrying the president's name, trump bay street. a kushner company spokesman told us the program is frequently used by many large developers to raise funds and help create jobs, and they did nothing improper. but in may, the company apologized after jared kushner's
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sister, nicole meyer, told potential chinese investors that the journal square project was important to her entire family and specifically mentioned her brother jared, now a top aide to the president, raising questions of influence peddling. and there are questions about a florida company the kushners used to recruit chinese investors called the "u.s. immigration fund." republican senator chuck grassley is calling for a federal review of that company's arrangements with the kushner companies. jersey city's mayor steven fulop has his own concerns about the financing for the trump bay street project. >> i think goal of the eb-5 project is low income, investment in low-income areas. and i think that obviously didn't serve that goal. >> reporter: it did not? >> did not. >> reporter: jared kushner's trust still maintains an interest in that trump bay street project, but his lawyers point out he has divested himself of the interest in the one journal square project and says he will recuse himself from any matters concerning the eb-5 visa program. anthony? >> mason: anna werner in washington tonight.
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thanks, anna. the president's signature campaign promise was to build a wall on america's southern border. now the "washington post" has obtained a transcript of a contentious phone call about that between mr. trump and his mexican counterpart. here's chip reid. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it was the biggest applause line of candidate trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> crowd: mexico! >> reporter: but just one week after taking office, president trump said in a phone call with mexican president enrique peña nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically "the least important thing that we're talking about, but politically this might be the most important." the president repeatedly demanded that peña nieto stop saying mexico won't pay for the wall. "if you are going to say that mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to
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meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that." president trump also blamed mexico for the flow of illegal drugs to the u.s., claiming, "i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug-infested den." in fact, mr. trump lost new hampshire to hillary clinton. new hampshire democratic senator maggie hassan. >> the words were disgusting and outrageous. >> reporter: the "post" also obtained the january 28 transcript of an even more explosive phone call of malcolm turnbull of australia, one of america's most closest allies. referring to a deal with the obama administration to take in refugees, mr. trump said, "i hate taking these people. i guarantee they are bad. they're not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people." turnbull then told the president that "a deal is a deal," and "you are going to stick with it." soon after that, the president abruptly ended the call. we should note that in the months since those phone calls, the president has met with the leaders of australia and mexico, and the white house has
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>>or involuntary manslaughter, based on text messages and phone calls showing her pushing roy to take his own life. >> this court finds that instructing mr. roy to get back in the truck constituted wanton and reckless conduct by miss carter, creating a situation where there is a high degree of likelihood that substantial harm would result to mr. roy. >> reporter: in the last week of roy's life, carter sent dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself. "you're ready and prepared. all you have to do is turn the generator on and be free and happy." both teens had a history of mental health problems. carter suffered from anxiety and battled an eating disorder. roy suffered from depression and had suicidal thoughts. in court today, conrad roy, jr., said his son was betrayed by the
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friendtr son's weaknesses and used him as a pawn. where was her humanity? >> reporter: as it turns out, michelle carter will not be in prison tonight. she may never go. at the end of the hearing, the judge suspended that prison term to give michelle carter time to appeal the guilty verdict. anthony? >> mason: erin moriarty outside the courthouse in taunton, massachusetts. thanks. tsa just set a record for firearms seized at airports. 96 were discovered in carry oren bags. 85 were loaded. previous seize 89 were in july. >> company best known for selling soap soap is hoping to start a new discussion about race. demarco morgan reports on procter & gamble's thought- provoking new ad. >> there are some people who think you don't deserve the same privileges, just because of what
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you look like. it's not fair. called "the talk." >> remember, you can do anything they can. the difference is, you got to work twice as hard and be twice as smart. >> reporter: a two-minute ad released online last month showing black mothers sharing their truths about bias and racial stereotypes, growing up in america. >> when you get pulled over-- >> mom, i'm a good driver. don't worry. >> this is not about you getting a ticket. this is about you not coming home. >> this commercial, "the talk," is a powerful film, that is really part of a broader platform that we have called "my black is beautiful." >> reporter: procter & gamble's chief brand officer, marc pritchard. >> what this enables people to do is have conversations about bias. and when you have conversations, when you promote dialogue, that promotes understanding. >> reporter: the conversation has sparked debate on social media.
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one tweet reads, "thank you @p ad, insulting and in poor taste. >> i can't say i've seen a commercial like this before. >> reporter: jamilah lemieux focuses on race and pop culture as vice president at interactive one. in your opinion, who is the intended target audience? >> i guess i'm struggling to identify the intended target audience for this commercial. if it is in fact african americans, then one could say, you're preaching to the choir. if this is, in fact, a commercial that is targeted toward white americans-- >> but you are not going to let that word hurt you. >> --i have to say this is commendable. i guess i'm wondering, what are the next steps? >> you are beautiful, period. okay? >> reporter: procter & gamble says the commercial is set to debut on television next week. p&ysg sa it will produce similar ads focused on other issues, like gender equality. anthony. >> mason: demarco, thanks. coming up next the insurance industry hopes this will persuade back seat
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watch this family go flying in a collision. about half of all people killed in crashes are unbelted, and while 91% of front-seat riders told the insurance institute for highway safety they wear a seat belt, nearly 30% in the back do not. >> whoa. >> even if you're in the back seat, the laws of physics are not suspended. you still need to buckle up in order to get the best protection in a crash. >> reporter: jessica jermakian is a senior research engineer for i.i.h.s. >> as more and more people are using ride hailing service, and those people are not buckling up at the same rate, we could see more people getting injured and killed in the back seat. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: just 57% of passengers reported buckling up in hired vehicles. ashlyn st. ours is not one of them. >> even though i know i should, it seems like a barrier, so i usually only buckle up when i'm in the front. >> reporter: in this video, the unbelted woman on the left flies across the cabin and slams into
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the window. this new crash test video shows how an unbuckled passenger can be a danger to the driver, too. watch as the dummy flies into the seat in front. the difference is clear when both dummies are strapped in. while every state but new hampshire requires adults up front to wear their seat belts, 21 states lack that requirement for adults in the back seat. >> reporter: people have different reasons for not buckling up in the back seat. and the most surprising one to us was that people thought that it's safer back there. >> reporter: now, 75% of those surveyed said a simple reminder from somebody else in the car would make them more likely to wear their seat belt in the back. federal regulators estimate about 14,000 people were saved by seat belts in 2015. anthony? >> mason: the evidence couldn't be any more convincing. kris van cleave, thanks. still ahead, can lightning strike one last time? i'm worried i can't find a safe used car. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find.
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now nearly 31, usain bolt predicts one last victory in the 100 meters. unbeaten in three olympics, many wonder how bolt has stayed at the front of the pack for so long. charlie d'agata takes a look. >> reporter: at his peak, usain "lightning" bolt clocked over 27mph. >> he's one of those people, one of those athletes that's just freakishly talented. >> reporter: u.s. champion sprinter michael jhnson should know. >> he was just probably born with, you know, a unique blend of speed and power that most people, even most world-class sprinters, aren't born with. >> reporter: but bolt was also born with scoliosis, a curvature of his spine that makes his right leg about half an inch shorter than the left. that should have slowed him down. in dallas, researchers recently discovered bolt's left foot strikes the track with 13% less
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force than his right. that uneven gait should have slowed him down. and at 6'5", so should his height. but the triple world record holder seemed unaware of these handicaps. >> usain bolt is sort of energy spilling out in a lot of different places, but he can afford to get away with that. >> reporter: so he could have been even faster? >> he absolutely could have been faster. >> reporter: remember beijing 2015 when he cruised to the finish line once victory was his? >>usain bolt again! >> reporter: is there part of you even now, looking back at your career, i may have done that even faster? >> personally, no. i mean, when you have the world record, i never really think, "oh, i should have run faster." i think my coach said that once, that i underperformed, yeah. >> reporter: performance has always been a big part of bolt's appeal. regular fans to royalty have struck his lightning bolt pose. they're unlikely to complain that the world's fastest man might have been faster still. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> mason: an amazing run. next, a race to save wedding
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dreams. >> mason: finally tonight, wedding dreams were hanging by a thread, until a seamstress arrived with a stitch in time. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: alfred angelos' slogan "your dream, your dress" became "your loss" when the bridal giant abruptly closed last month, declared bankruptcy, and left brides-to-be lined up, and stood up.
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>> where's my dress? >> we're never going to see them let's not even bother. they're gone. >> reporter: they were gone, both of stephanie huey's bridesmaids dresses, as well as the other dresses of the heartbroken women who purchased them at this oklahoma city store. rozettia ellis took them. >> piled them in my car, trunk, back seat, side panel, on the floorboards until they were stacked all the way up to the top. >> reporter: and headed home? >> and headed home with them. >> reporter: she was a contracted seamstress with the store who lost her job but rescued those dresses. >> at that point we thought, oh my gosh, thank you. you know, we were so grateful. >> reporter: but rose, as she's known, has one more surprise. at her home in tulsa, she's been working on a special wedding gift.
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stitch by stitch, she's been for free. >> i was dumbfounded. honestly dumbfounded. >> reporter: you don't have to do this. >> i do. >> reporter: said who? >> me. my integrity says i have to. okay? so, you have standards for yourself, then you live up to those standards. >> reporter: once a week, she fills her car with dresses, and drives 110 miles to this oklahoma city hotel to deliver them. motivated to do something, stephanie huey has raised $5,600 for ellis through a go fund me page. >> this is what's left? >> yes, sir, and it's going down fast. i've just been a busy bee. >> reporter: this oklahoma grandmother says she will continue working 15-hour days and making those weekly drives to meet the brides until the 20 or so gowns that are left, fit just right. >> thank you. enjoy your wedding. >> reporter: infinite joy, provided by a single rose. >> it's time to work. david begnaud, cbs news, oklahoma city. >> that's the overnight news for this friday for some the news continues for others check back for the morning news and cbs this morning from the broadcast center in new york city i'm
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anthony mason. thanks for watching. >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news, i'm michelle miller. new transcripts show a different side of president trump's key campaign promise to build the wall along the mexico border getting mexico to pay for the wall was one of his loudest applause lines in his speeches but when speaking to mexican president mr. trump asked him to keep quiet about who will pick up the bill. chip reid with more from washington. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it was the biggest applause line of candidate trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the
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wall? >> crowd: mexico! after taking office, president trump said in a phone call with mexican president enrique peña nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically "the least important thing that we're talking about, but politically this might be the most important." the president repeatedly demanded that peña nieto stop saying mexico won't pay for the wall. "if you are going to say that mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that." president trump also blamed mexico for the flow of illegal drugs to the u.s., claiming, "i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug-infested den." in fact, mr. trump lost new hampshire to hillary clinton. new hampshire democratic senator maggie hassan. >> the words were disgusting and outrageous. >> reporter: the "post" also obtained the january 28 transcript of an even more explosive phone call of malcolm turnbull of australia, one of
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america's most closest allies. obama administration to take in refugees, mr. trump said, "i hate taking these people. i guarantee they are bad. they're not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people." turnbull then told the president that "a deal is a deal," and "you are going to stick with it." soon after that, the president abruptly ended the call. we should note that in the months since those phone calls, the president has met with the leaders of australia and mexico, and the white house has described those meetings as "productive." president trump's new push to reform legal immigration is facing hurdles as he is backing plan aimed at cutting the number of legal immigrants by half. would be the biggest change to the american immigration system in decades. >> candidate trump promised over and over to fix immigration. president trump toyed with the idea of pushing comprehensive
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reform, the most bipartisan support. >> this is for struggling families who deserve immigration system that puts their needs and america first. >> president trump called for deep cuts in endorsing immigration endorsing a bill for wealthier applicants who speak english and have sought-after job skills. will also limit chain migration where family members gain entry through lawful green card holders. >> it's not been fair to our people our citizens our workers. >> the proposal would have legal immigration 1 million annually now to 5 million within a decade. the current system argued drives down wages for working class americans. highly skilled immigrants creates a shortage of low wage workers can't find american-born laborers to do those jobs. >> if you run a hotel, restaurant or golf course you realize how hard it is to find
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native-born labor. >> kevin appleby for the center of migration studies. >> will create a magnet for people to come to fill those jobs and undocumented people will try to cross the border to fill those positions. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> the proposal is a legislative
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long shot and not a immediate priority of the far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budget. investigators trying to figure how a gas leak triggered a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three people are still in the hospital. one in critical condition. fire officials said contractors were working on one of the building as the time of the blast. >> the careful search through the rubble at the academy stretched on for ten hours. late wednesday a second victim pulled from the blast is zone, a beloved school alum and custodian.
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>> both bodies in the primarily same location. >> 82-year p leaves behind wife and children. receptionist 47-year-old mother of one engaged to be married. >> building collapses add middlehaha middle school. >> since it's summer only a small number of staff and students were on campus. >> we heard a man yell gas, and get out. >> this student saw the blast during soccer practice. >> i know the man who was standing in the doorway. he did not make it out. >> the powerful explosion instantly changed the face of the century-old private school. >> heard the blast. felt the window shake. saw where the building used to be one continuous building now had a gap. >> the contrast before and after
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is stunning. the city's fire chief said inig lightly while pinpointing the cause. >> it will be precarious for folks to be in that structure. it is unstable. >> class back in 20 days now in doubt. the truly fortunate thing is school was not in session or a lot of students would have been hurt. "cbs overnight news" will be
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stuck in a office to start the weekend at 5:00. last weekend graphic designer kicked things off early. he just didn't show up on friday. instead he spent the day at his summer home in maryland tinkering in his garage building clocks instead of watching one. >> i love to be in my studio. it's borrowed time, if you will. i don't own the office any time that week, my family, friends, i can just go in my studio and create and just be me. >> he was encouraged to take the day off by his washington, d.c. firm hok. after working slightly longer hours monday through thursday was able to take advantage of increasingly popular perk a summer friday. >> summer friday's is where companies let their employees leave early on friday in the summer. we see huge number of companies offering it.
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>> he's at research firm, surveyed fortune 5,000 companies found 42% companies offer some type of summer friday up from 21% just two years ago. >> the companies are giving it every summer because they see it's valuable. >> from memorable day to labor day the headquarters here shut down at 1:30 sharp to allow the employees to beat the rush out heof t city for the past two decades. it's a tradition that's started with manhattan advertising publishing firms back in the 1960s now employees all across the country from nike to oregon to mercury marine in wisconsin have started offering a version of the perk. not just out of the goodness of their hearts. >> what they found is by giving the employees a little bit of time back, the gift of time, they become much more loyal, work harder, are more committed
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to the organization and really shows the employer care s about them and wants them to have a great worke >> the worker bees in this colony need tending to, a chore this architect is only able to accomplish on her occasional fridays off. >>ly take that day to weed the garden, check on the hives, see how the queens are doing, pull some honey frames and do some extracting. >> her hobby is honey. when she is in the office in d.c. sits few desks away from connor who uses his bonus hour to hang out with his little sister. >> what's this? >> banana. >> one friday at a time he's writing a children's book for her. about now i'm sure many of you have started writing a why don't get summer fridays off e-mail to your bosses. that's kind of the point. >> i assume you have other friends who don't have this perk. >> yeah i like to rub it in
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their face all the time. >> you will see happy employees gloating on friday afternoon s about their bonus hours, a perk coul u tool. >> work-life balance is so important for employees, it's one of the biggest reasons people join a company or why they quit their current company. >> perhaps no company loves fridays more than t.g.i.fs. this is what the dallas headquarters of the restaurant chain looks like starting at 2:00 p.m. any friday no matter what season it is. >> it's invaluable time. all year long. every friday. i think we started calling it endless fridays now. >> in addition to the being the company dj is vp of marketing. after an hour of cocktails, everyone, including the ceo heads out the door. out in the light she's able to get a head start on her weekend with her family. >> if it was wednesday afternoon
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at this time where would you be? >> at work. probably sitting in traffic driving home, this is a nice change for sure. >> sinces friday afternoon's are typically the most unproductive time of the week giving this time off doesn't necessarily cost companies that much. but the return can be priceless. >> i think it's less about the three hours of time and more so, at least for me, it says something about this brand and the way that they value individual's personal time. >> it's worth noting this is a perk mostly reserved for white collar workers. the staff at tgi friday restraunlts certainly don't get the afternoon off. no matter how popular this perk becomes there's some jobs you
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the world war ii film dun kirk heads to the box office as number one feature in the country. with battle scenes and one of the greatest composers hans zimmer has best original score and four grammys and two golden globes. strassman sat with zimmer for a look at the man behind the music. ♪ >> "dunkirk" has been hailed as a visual master piece. but what you hear, the film's sweeping musical score is the latest genius from composer hans zimmer. >> i wrote by going to the beach, picking up the sand, seeing the misery on that beach. you have to get a movie under your fingers. simple as that.
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>> the german found inspiration from his own past. >> it's a movie about people escaping germans. your jewish mother escaped the germans in 1939. was it personal? >> yes because i approached it at first of course as somebody who wouldn't be here had my mother not escaped the germans. >> did you think about your mother. >> very much. >> the 59-year-old zimmer has scored nearly 150 movies. >> every job starts the same way. either see a director or get a phone call and somebody says i want to tell you a story. >> his story began in frankfurt, germany as a kid had two weeks of piano lessons that's it. ♪ video skilled the radio star
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♪ >> played in the 70s in the hit "video killed the radio star" it was the first music video ever played on mtv. >> for me it was the way to good into combining visual and music. this is going to be where i want to go. ♪ >> his hollywood catalog includes hits like "gladiator", 14 years of the "pirates of the caribbean" series. and "the dark knight" batman trilogy. he has had ten oscar nominations. winning in 1995 for disney's "the lion king" all of that success and yet every new
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project makes him anxious. >> the first two or three weeks are just complete agony of oh, my god i don't know how to do this any more. yb hire someone else. all of the self doubt is all there. all i thought about was like this. ♪ time ticking away. it's just, i'm always adding to it slightly. >> on piano zimmer showed us how he created the music for the movie "interstellar".
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♪ >> so, everything pivots around this note through the whole score. ♪ >> zimmer became a rock star again this summer. he's currently on a 46-day world tour with a full orchestra and choir. he also played at this year's coachella festival. >> i didn't know what to expect from the audience. the audience it didn't know what to expect from us. >> what did you see in the faces. >> to see so many grown men cry. i mean, we touched them, moved them, we did give them that experience. i think hiding behind the screen i have never looked them in the eye. it's making me a better composer. it really is. >> remember that the next time you're at a big movie and the closing credits say, music by hans zimmer.
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mark strassman, new york. [ cheers and applause ] >> "cbs overnight news" will be right back. (crows crowing) you'd do anything to take care of that spot on your lawn. so why not take care of that spot on your skin? if you're a man over 50 you're in the group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma, the cancer that kills 1 person every hour. check your skin for suspicious or changing spots and ask someone you trust to check areas you can't see. early detection can put you in a better spot.
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go to spotskincancer.org to find out what to look for. a message from the american academy of dermatology captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 4th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." a grand jury is now being used in the russian election meddling investigation as president trump continues to dismiss allegations of collusion. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is.
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