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they say is american. it could be a sign of how desperate isis has become. its territory now just a frakts of what the extremists once ruled. but around 20,000 civilians are also thought to be trapped in isis controlled territory in raqqa. vulnerable to u.s. coalition air strikes, pounding the city. monitoring groups say, over 700 have been killed by the u.s. and its partners, since the offensive began in june. the united nations called today for a humanitarian pause in fighting in raqqa. to allow civilians to escape the city but acknowledged isis is attempting to use them as human shields which could make escape impossible. anthony. >> holly williams reporting from istanbul. thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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>> this is the cbs "overnight news." the navy said today that recent crashes involving u.s. warships and commercial vessels are part of a disturbing trend of mishaps and ordered a comprehensive review of operations. sunday night the uss john mccain collided with an oil tanker off singapore to. day we learned the names of one sailor who was killed, and nine others who are missing. divers recovered the remains of 22-year-old kenneth aaron smith of cherry hill, new jersey. still missing, are kevin bushell, of maryland, dustin doyo of connecticut, jacob drake, from ohio,
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timothy ecls maryland. and john hoagland, of texas. corey in gram of new york. abraham lopez of texas, and logan palmer, 23 from illinois. the parents of a young american who was beat tine death in greece spoke publicly about their loss for the first time. 22-year-old bakari henderson was pummeled by a mob last night in a bar fight that one witness suggest was racially motivated. gale king spoke with his parents, jill and phil henderson at their home in austin, texas. >> your son was a world traveler and clearly very comfortable traveling around the world. true? >> correct, yes. >> more comfortable overseas than in the united states. so -- his desire. >> what do you mean? >> he felt it was safer in europe and overseas in general. he said, you know with the climate, with african-american
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felt more comfortable overseas. >> isn't that ironic that he could say to you, i feel more comfortable any nother country other than my own. >> yes. >> he ends up losing his life in another skun trcountry. for what reason we don't know. >> nine suspects face charges of voluntary manslaughter, after the beating after the attackers chased bakari out of the bar. >> you looked at the tape of the night. you have chosen not to. >> uh-huh. right. >> because? >> well, i just want memory live. don't want to introduce negativity into my speefrmt i want to remember him as a happy-go-luc happy-go-lucky, energetic, fun loving, happy bakari. i miss that about him. i've miss his energy. his lugs. his laugh. his loud, boisterous laugh, his smile. just everything. >> you can s
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interview with jill and phil lenderson on our website, cbs news,.com. a priest in virginia, made a very public and shocking confession this week about his earlier life, as a cross burning klansman. errol barnett now on sins of the father. >> 40 years. came back again. >> fill tim and barbara butler have been reluctantly recalling the night they were terrorized by the ku klux klan as newlyweds. the man responsible for burning a 7 foot cross in their front yard has been a practicing catholic priest an hour's drive away. >>y ne we need to find out why was done. >> 62-year-old william aitcheson made the confession in the essay published monday. writing my actions were despicable. while 40 years passed i must say this. i'm sorry. adding that images from charlottesville brought back memories of a bleak
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my life that i would have preferred to forget. but church officials say his statement came after a reporter began asking questions. that's when, he acknowledged his past and saw the opportunity to tell his story. after his arrest, decades ago, aitcheson's racist offenses became front-page news because he threatened the life of dr. martin luther king jr.'s wife, core ita scott king and because president reagan visited two of his victims the butlers. >> shouldn't be any place in our country for that sort of thing. >> today a spokesman for arlington diocese, at the time he began ministry here in 1993, the diocese learned of his past as well as his sincere conversion of heart. but the spokesman says, his past was not common knowledge to current staff, 24 years later. the church accepted his offer to temporarily to step away from the public ministry and says he would look to meet with butler family privately.
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until he reveals who helped him burn the cross on their lawn. >> i will never, ever, forgive that. we didn't deserve this. no one deserves this. >> a federal judge ordered aitcheson to pay the family $23,000. they say he never did. anthony, the diocese says efforts are being made to ensure that he fulfills his obligations to the butler family. >> errol barnett, thanks. >> a feud is brewing between the boy scouts and the girl scouts. adriana diaz now on what it is all about. >> reporter: after 105 years of teaching girls to the overcome obstacles, the girl scouts say they're now facing a new one. the boy scouts. the boy scouts of america, or bsa tells cbs news it is considering an expansion potentially creating separate division for girls. in a blistering letter, monday to boy scout leadership, the president of the girl scouts, kathy ha
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campaign to recruit gi citing the boy scouts declining membership to. be clear this is not a statement on the work that bsa has done and continues to do. rather, it is a statement on the shortsightedness of thinking that running a program specifically tailored to boys can simply be translated to girls. >> it is really about empowering our girls. >> troop leader has a daughter in the girl scouts. and a son in the boy scouts. >> they can just be who they are. there is no pressure to be anybody else. girl scouts really starts leadership and empowerment, and good decision making at 6 years old with the girls. i don't find the boy scout program is set to start that quite as early with the boys. >> reporter: in a statement, the boy scouts told cbs news, based pon numerous requests from families, the boy scouts has been exploring the benefits of bringing scouting to every member of the family. boys and girls. no decisions have been made. >> it is definitely frustrating. >> one such request came from 16-year-old sydney ireland who
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>> i think girls should hav joi program. >> she has been an unofficial member of her brother's troop since he was 4 and dreamed of becoming an eagle scout, exclusive to boy scouts. >> i really want to be part of the boy scouts, because, their, their mission and the scout oath and the scout law is really something that i, i live by. >> reporter: we reached out to the presidents of both the girl scouts and the boy scouts. but neither was available for an interview. the boy scouts have not yet set a time line for making a decision regarding girls. anthony. >> adriana diaz with the scouting battle. thanks. coming up next -- did a coach cross the line by forcing a cheerleader to do the splits.
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>> kirsten is alley's t me while i was driving. i almost hit a car and ran off the road. >> the coach does gymnastic exhibitions at football games. williams didn't respond to a request from cbs news. but told a local newspaper, the videos were taken out of context. and insisted this was normal training for splits. he and other school administrators have been suspended. >> stop! >> allie its under the care of a physical therapist. >> this really hurt her? >> yes, it causes her muscle tissue to tear and ligaments as well as pulling a hamstring. >> the incident was in june. the videos surfaced last night. the school's superintendent released a statement saying, the images and actions depected are extremely absolutely contrary to our core values. late this afternoon the families and children met with the denver police department which may
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contemplating a criminal investigation. also at the meeting anthony personnel from children's hospital colorado. >> barry peterson in denver, thanks. >> when we come back, plenty of swings, few misses at the old ball game. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. two kids barfed in class today. it was so gross. lysol disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of bacteria, even those that cause stomach bugs.
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thomas played carla's hockey player husband, eddie lebeck on cheers and within two emmys for portrayal of host, jerry gold on "murphy brown." he was a regular christmas time guest of david letterman. jay thomas was 69. >> in detroit, the hits kept coming to day. batters got hit after one after another. as the the yankees battled the tigers. then came the fights. the benches cleared. three times. with players from both teams, rolling around in the dirt. final score, 5-3. five yankees and three tigers ejected. detroit won the game. 10-6. jeffrey reagle, a die hard fan of the philadelphia eagles who lost more games than they within last year. and after he died last week, his obituary revealed that his last wish was to have eight philadelphia eagles as pall bearers. so the eagles can let him down one last time.
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>> 5 a3-year-old mavis. wanczyk is retiring 12 years earlier than anticipated. >> i called them and told them i will not be coming back. >> reporter: she worked in patient care department at mercy medical center near springfield, massachusetts for 32 years. she says the winning numbers she picked were random, a combination of birthdays and numbers that hold a special meaning. it was yesterday afternoon that this mother of two purchased the ticket from pride convenience store in massachusetts. a close friend told her she won. >> i was reading the numbers. i pull mine out. i go, hey, i have that number. i have that. i have that. you know, let me see that ticket. he goes, you just won. >> bob boldic, owner of the pride store that sold the winning ticket. but lottery officials first said only a $1 million ticket was sold there. >> what's going through your head in that moment? >> not too much. just that, well
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any other but a lot more zeros. >> the lottery commission made a mistake. first saying the winning ticket was purchased at a store in watertown. prompting executive director, michael sweeney to address the media. >> i apologize for any upsetment that caused or confusion. >> for tomorrow night. >> today hundreds flocked back to pride in hopes of a payoff. >> quick pick powerball. quick pick. >> yes. >> the dream is always to win. >> i am a winner. and, uh, i'm scared, but i'll be okay. >> reporter: when it actually happens, it can be hard to imagine a new reality. jericka duncan, cbs news, massachusetts. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news. and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm anthony mason. thank you for watching.
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this the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news," i'm don dahler. people who live along the gulf coast of texas are stocking up on food and water and, fueling up their generators. bracing for the arrival of hurricane harvey. harvey isn't the most powerful storm to rumble through the gulf. but its forecast to linger over the region for days and could bring catastrophic flooding. manuel bojorquez has the story from corpus christi.
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>> reporter: along the texas coast tonight, people are boarding up. piling sandbags around homes and businesses. and leaving store shelves empty as they stock up on food and water. all in preparation for hurricane harvey, expected to make landfall as category iii cause potentially catastrophic damage. some towns issued mandatory evacuations. others like corpus christi called for voluntary evacuations. mayor joe mccomb. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas that you get out and you begin to get out now. >> they are doing just that. leaving their new home on padre island with their safe and some art work. >> we just bought the house. we have been in there, what less than 30 days. >> it is sad. we don't know what is going to happen. if we will come back to a home. what damage we are coming home to. >> reporter: the last hurricane to hit texas was ike in 2008. which packed winds above 140 miles an hour and killed 113 people in the u.s. powerful winds aren't the only danger. storm surge, water pushed on shore by force of the wind is greatest threat to life. responsible for nearly half of hurricane fatalities.
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for the first time, the national weather service issued a storm surge warning covering the coastline. surge levels could rise 123 feet north of padre island. still wasn't enough to convince amy watson to evacuate and leave the restaurant she manages. >> i don't want looters to come in, after it hits and all that. i just want to stay around to keep an eye on everything. >> is there anything that anyone could tell you change your mind. be safe and get out. >> probably not, no. probably not. >> reporter: to the east of here, louisiana is also under a declared state of emergency, which could spell more trouble for new orleans. two weeks ago, parts of the city flooded when several pumps failed. new orleans is now bracing for several inches of rain. in syria, allied forces making an assault on racka, the self proclaimed capital of the so-called islamic state. there are about 20,000 civilians trapped in city. and the united nations says the few or
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are using them as human shields. holly williams has the the story. the boys threats to the u.s. and its president seem to be scripted. >> from around the world have united to establish the rule of allah. my message to trump is to get ready. fight has just begun. >> isis often exploited children in its propaganda. it evelm
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they say is american. it could be a sign of how desperate isis has become. its territory now just a fraction of what the extremists once ruled. but around 20,000 civilians are also thought to be trapped in isis controlled territory in raqqa. vulnerable to u.s. coalition air strikes, pounding the city. monitoring groups say, over 700 have been killed by the u.s. and its partners, since the offensive began in june. the united nations called today for a humanitarian pause in fighting in raqqa. to allow civilians to escape the city but acknowledged isis is attempting to use them as human shields which could make escape impossible. >> interior secretary ryan zinke sent the white house his recommendations for modifying some of the nation's national monuments. we're not talking about the lincoln memorial here. some monuments like the bears ears national monument in utah. cover thousands of acres. that puts them offlimits to private
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more control of the land in their backyards. jeff glor has a look. >> reporter: in northern idaho, on land that seems destined to slide into a picture frame, ranchers herd cattle surrounded by storms and sagebrush. >> this unit is a summer range. >> this is ground that jim hagenbirth's family managed since the late 1800s. much of it federal. >> there is means of federal land here. we used to work with federal land agencies hand in hand. and we're a wonderful team. getting a lot of things done. >> reporter: the federal government still owns nearly 62% of the land in idaho. just over 63% in utah. and about 80% in nevada. >> we are violating the am scan promise and reaping consequences. ion tau, legislature has been clear. >> today a fervent group of advocates and conservatives, including utah state representative, ken ivory say the status quo should change. >> is the
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land in to snau autah? >> terrible. treating the land like it is a museum. lock it up. hands all. don't touch. it makes no sense to have a distant, unaccountable, nontransparent, bureaucracy do a one size fits all hand off don't touch management policy. >> ivory says the federal government which owns nearly half of all land in the west, should get out of management altogether. >> one of the criticisms is that you just want the federal land to go to state so you can eventually transfer to private buyers in some way. >> yeah, i mean the people that want to hyperbolize and scare people. >> you don't want to do that? >> there are rights, interests, expectations to maintain that. how do you do that from a federal bureaucrat unelected doesn't care. or county commissioners with local land use plans, preserve maintain rights and interests. that's what we are looking for. >> representative of the greater
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groups that believes dicing up federal land could eliminate access for the vast majority of americans. since states or private owners would not carry the same on li gagsz. >> why do you think it is so important for public lands to stay public. >> we all use these lands to hunt, to fish, to camp. a big part of teaching our kids, outdoor heritage. the folks who add ve kate for this say it can be managed better on an even more local level. that the state can do a better job. than the federal guchlt aovernm. i think they're blowing smoke. >> it is an issue for now where many conservationists and ranchers have found common ground. >> a lot of people might be surprised a big rancher look you would say let the federal land keep everything, don't, don't, leave that stuff alone. >> let's man a a's manage it. manage the federal land so it has a healthy, social, economic and ecological structure. states haven't got
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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." when congress returns from its summer recess, members will have less than a month to raise the debt ceiling and agree on a federal budget. complicating the talks, president trump has threatened a government shutdown if congress doesn't approve money for a border wall with mexico. the president also wants to overhaul the u.s. tax code and has demanded another vote on health care. and if that's not enough, there its the president's promise to modify a long list of trade agreements. that last point has the eu bracing for a possible trade war. and they're taking aim at american whiskey. mark strassmann reports from bourbon country.
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this is heaven, heaven hill, th. in warehouses like this 1.2 million barrels of aging american whiskey just at this one distillery. but suddenly this industry's gret ma growth market which is overseas is a growing worry. aging well is what bourbon is all about. and no question, america's native spirit its a survivosurv. it outlived the whiskey rebellion, civil war and prohibition. 95% of bourbon today is made here in kentucky. but increasingly enjoyed around the world. places, 4,000 miles away like 65 and king, a bar in london. >> the bourbon sales are spiking. >> undeniable. >> no question people abroad love bourbon. >> fred minic, bourbon authority wrote bourbon, the rise, fall and rebirth of american whiskey. >> for the first time you have foreign markets that are getting the opportunity to
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bourbon. and what that has done created an $8.5 billion industry here. >> bourbon's overseas market alone is now worth $1.5 billion. if president trump imposes tariffs on steel imports the european union threatened retaliatory tariffs against specific american products. like bourbon. >> the europeans have looked quite hard at what might hurt most. >> vicky price is british economist who follows the eu. >> they have found one that they believe will have emotional appeal. and may be, therefore change the mind of president trump. >> reporter: why target bourbon? the eu is serving up a stiff shot of hardball politics straight up. >> the majority of it made in kentucky. well who is kentucky? senator mcconnell. you know, they're going to press where it hurts. >> senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky voted for president trump by a 2-1 margin. 17,500 people work on
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distilleries along the famed bourbon trail. some of them could have jobs on the line. >> it seems to be a built of irony, uniquely american industry, yet that america first policy could bite the industry. >> no doubt that president trump's trade policies could hurt bourbon. the job growth has been unlike anything in kentucky. if we see tariffs come on to bourbon. i think bourbon jobs could beep lost. >> all of this bourbon has to age at least two years, some of it for 23 years. so another trade war worry for this industry is counterfeit bourbon, cheap liquor made overseas with the name bourbon slapped on the side. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better.
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after the deadly racist march in charlottesville, virginia, opponents of the neo-nazis and the kkk, engaged in an internet shaming campaign. they posted shots of some of the marchers online and identified them as white supremacists. trouble is they got at least one guy wrong. david pogue of yahoo! finance has the story. kyle quinn assistant professor at university of arkansas was enjoying a pleasant night out with his wife. >> we went up to bentonville, arkansas, there is a crystal bridges museum. i saw some nice art exhibits with my wife and we want to dinner up there. and just had a lovely even
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inkling you had that something . >> there was a lot of frantic e-mails from the university trying to reach me. thought my weekend was about to be ruined. >> while kyle quinn was at the museum in arkansas, white supremacists were gathering in charlottesville, virginia. and on the internet, outraged onlookers misidentified quinn as one of the participants. >> have you seen the picture of the real guy? do you think there is resemblance? >> not really, i understand, i have a beard. i understand that, that some people could see resemblance there. any one who knows me, knows right away that is not me. >> people who didn't know quinn, decided he had to be punished. >> what sorts of messages were you getting? >> really, vulgar messages, that you could never air. there were messages from my, coming to my e-mail, messages on my work phone. things on twitter, instagram, facebook, as well. >> can you give me a
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>> they were all implysly was,. awe thought was kyle quinn's introduction to the modern form of public humiliation known as internet shaming. wha where online mobs descend on a person in a wildly out of proportion attacks. were these threats to your safety. death threats? >> the most troubling thing to me and my wife really was some one identified where we, where we lived. our home address. anytime you have an angry mob and someone says, hey this is where the guy lives that's a threat. in my book. so, we, decided to, to head over to a friend any house for the, for the evening. >> the internet mob was so aggressive, that the real man in the photo, andrew dodson came forward expressing guilt that attacks were directed at kyle quinn. >> i'm certainly an example that mistakes can be made. >> reporter: internet shamings have become sadly routine. even president trump joins
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sometimes the public piles on to someone famous like comedian kathy griffin who posted a gruesome anti-trump photo. but other times it is a noncelebrity, like, walter palmer, a dentist who shot cecil the lion in 2015. or james daymore, google employee fired after writing that men are more biologically suited to technical jobs than women. >> it's profoundly traumatizing, people kill themselves. i know of four suicides in the last couple months. >> john ronson wrote a back above the internet shaming and tells the stories of regular people who become the target of intense internet harassment. it begins when something you post, intend ford your circle of friends makes its way to the wider online public. >> it can go around the world to millions of people will know about the human being nobody has heard of, an hour earlier. >> waiting in line. next in line. excite add but my free water. >> which brings
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heeft he became a target in 2012 after he recorded, at a tucson chickfil-a. >> chick-fil-a is a hateful corporation. >> the plan was to be part of a youtube protest. this is a horrible corporation with horrible values. awe a >> i hope you have a nice day. >> i will. i did something good. i feel purposeful. >> man, i will upload it. >> the mob soon descended. >> we received letters that had pictures of people having sex, and, and hate, and swastikas, and, someone, mailed feces through the mail. >> then, it got really bad. >> they put my kids' elementary and they're like kindergartners and first graders. that hae when ha that's when we moved out of the house. he lost his job as cfo, was on
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separated from his wife. >> iwhher or not i should be alive. >> i am going to find you and rape you and torture you and rip each of your limbs off one by one until you have the most painful death. >> if you are a woman, the abuse can go to a whole new level of viciousness. can you say that to someone, much less to their face. >> kendall jones a texas cheerleaders who enjoyed big game hunting with her father. her hunts were licensed and legal. and big game hunters routinely take trophy pictures like these, but kendall's photos went viral. >> you're disgusting. you're ugly. you're fat. your hair is ugly. your eyes are too far apart. you look like a horse. >> the goal is to destroy the person. >> a clinical psychologist in new jersey and author of "psychology of the digital age." i asked him how people can treat strangers this way? >> a lot of this boils done to lack of empathy for some one on line. there is a tendency to
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but as an object. as a, a target. >> reporter: internet shamings follow patterns. the victims post or tweet is taken out of context. that was true for kendall jones. >> someone said i shot a tiring. they don't have tigers in south africa. and for adam smith. >> lot of people didn't know it was an organized protest. >> people are misidentified. like kyle quinn. >> were you in fact in charlottesville at all? >> nope. >> reporter: shaming usually dies down after a week or so. according to john ronson for the victim is it not over quite so soon. >> a year and a half they get a new job not thinking about it every morning not wake of in the middle of the night. >> even then a shaming is tied to the victim forever. >> their google search results will always have the transgression at the top. >> what its the advice you give to the shamee. >> i know what its look to be
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you. and i'm sorry. >> can you say it does get better? >> it can get better if the you've face what has happened and you really become, come to terms with, what happened. you really did get, ostracized and publicly humiliated. and it probably wasn't fair. >> he adds they should remember this. >> i would tell them that they are deeper than the comments. that they are love. they don't need to question their worthiness. >> i wondered if there is any hope that the internetd might become a kinder place. >> i wish that i could say that, twitter will be a haven where nothing abusive will ever happen. but we are not always going to get it right. >> dell harvey, vice president of trust and safety at twitter. in the last few years she has overseen a range of improvements designed to rein in, internet shamings. awe all the we now allow you to report multiple tweets at a time.
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abused then it is not sort of this one by one by one by twitter has also tried to make life more difficult for ataerkz. >> the vast majority of the worst of the worst content, not 100 people. it is one person who created 100 accounts. twitter's algorithms shut some people down. progress isn't just taking place at twitter. >> it is a long road to go. there is still a lot of things we already know we want to work on. >> are there people in dwror position then at face book, you guys communicate. >> absolutely. >> clearly i think a demonstration, an online mob that forms is probably not the best we to carry out justice. >> kyle quinn was lucky that his shaming ended quickly. as for adam smith, he is happily employed and still married but even five years later his internet shaming still haunts him. >> emotionally, i am a very different person today than
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a lot of people believe that guardian angels not only exist but walk among us. steve hartman may have found one. on the road. used to be when ginger came across homeless people she would often give them something, her two cents. >> i would say, why don't you got a job? what is your problem? made me uncomfortable. i didn't want anything to do with it. been that way why mole life. a year ago, ginger who owns a cooking school outside houston, decided she didn't like that about herself. and would at least try to change. >> he would stand right here on the corner. >> she began, by approaching a guy she used to see all the time on her way to work. victor hubb. he told ginger how he ended up
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his mother moved away. left him. >> i didn't know. >> ginger listened to his story and went on her way. >> then i couldn't get him out of my mind. it was like, fine, i will go back. but what really got me, this is probably after the third time i met him. he said, when are you coming back? >> people would come by. i was like, you know what i have a friend named ginger. she is on her way. i would tell them, let them know. >> somebody is watching out for you. >> i was taken care of. >> this continued for a few months until the day ginger realize she'd couldn't keep going on like this. it was a cold, december night. and although victor had food and blankets. there is only so much comfort you can pass through a car window. so ginger did something, something the old ginger would have never dreamed of doing. >> i could not leave him there. >> she went to her husband with a request. >> i asked dean would it be okay with you if i went and got him. and i said if he could just st
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>> stop right there. >> i had to think about it. >> sure you did. starting to recognize the slippery slope. >> honest truth is when she says i feel compelled to help this guy. how can i say no to that. >> that's how victor hub barred found his second family. >> oh, yeah. >> he now lives with ginger and dean full time. >> my favorite. >> they helped him get social services and doctors appointments, introduced him to the community and made him part of it. victor also works two jobs now. one at a burger joint. >> yep, just like that. >> another at a cooking school where he has one of the most compassionate bosses in south texas. >> there you go. looks good. >> life is messy. but if you are going to love other people you have to be willing to step into their mess. why whole life i've wanted to aindividual that. that they why i rolled the window up didn't look. >> give it some distance. >> that's whey she now rolls it done to let the blessings blow in. >> steve hartman, on the road, in houston, texas.
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>> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler. here comes harvey. ♪ the gulf coast braces for what could be the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in 12 years. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas that you get out and you begin to get out now. >> also tonight -- the boy scouts courting girls. >> i just want the same opportunities as the boys. >> but the girl scouts say back off. >> a priest confesses to an earlier life as a ku klux klansman who burned a cross in a black family's front yard. >> as i'm driving here. i'm like this isn't true. this can't be. >> ah, but it is
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she hit the powerball jackpot. >> what are you gotoing do ton? >> i am going to go hide in my bed. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." a monster named harvey is creeping up on the gulf coast of texas. when it comes ashore late today or early saturday, it could be the first major hurricane to hit the u.s. in 12 years. with winds over 125 miles an hour. storm surges and as much as 30 inches of rain could bring what the national weather service calls life-threatening floods. watches and warnings are posted up and down the coast. texas governor greg abbott issued a disaster declaration in 30 counties. gasoline prices surged to a three-week high as two refineries in corpus christi were shut down. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage. >> reporter: along the texas coast tonight, people are boarding
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piling sandbags around homes and businesses. and leaving store shelves empty as they stock up on food and water. all in preparation for hurricane harvey, expected to make landfall as category iii cause potentially catastrophic damage. some towns issued mandatory evacuations. others like corpus christi called for voluntary evacuations. mayor joe mccomb. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas that you get out and you begin to get out now. >> they are doing just that. leaving their new home on padre
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island with their safe and some art work. >> we just bought the house. we have been in there, what less than 30 days. >> it is sad. we don't know what is going to happen. if we will come back to a home. what damage we are coming home to. >> reporter: the last hurricane to hit texas was ike in 200 # which packed winds above 140 miles an hour and killed 113 people in the u.s. powerful winds aren't the only danger. storm surge, water pushed on shore by force of the wind is greatest threat to life. responsible for nearly half of hurricane fatalities. for the first time, the national weather service issued a storm surge warning covering the coastline. surge levels could rise 123 feet north of padre island. still wasn't enough to convince amy watson to evacuate and leave the restaurant she manages. >> i don't w
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i just want to stay around to keep an eye on everything. >> is there anything that anyone could tell you change your mind. be safe and get out. >> probably not, no. probably not. >> reporter: to the east of here, louisiana is also under a declared state of emergency, which could spell more trouble for new orleans. two weeks ago, parts of the city flooded when several pumps failed. new orleans t scott pag wor >> anthony, looking like a major hurricane is on the way. see a well defined eye right now. a lot of open, warm walter to strengthen. the official hurricane track. as you take a look, center of circulation, moving north, northwest at 10. wind at 85 miles an hour. as we talked about coming on shore, late friday night into early saturday morning as category 3. then what is interesting to me its by saturday afternoon, still a category 2. and it slows down and then it starts to make its way back toward the coastline. as the a tropical storm. so the concern here is, as it works its way back down to the southeast, possibly over the opening water, restrengthening going into tuesday next week. we talked about the storm surge
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higher in spots. as we take a look, friday, saturday, sunday, monday. some, 25-30 inches rain into louisiana as the track of harvey will start to work its way to the northeast. right now new orleans, 4 inches of rain. could see the number go up. anthony. >> scott padgett, thanks. >> now to the political storm in washington that pits the president against fellow republicans. in a tweet today, the president said the only problem i have with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is that after hearing repeal and replace obamacare for seven years, he failed. but that was not the only problem. the president also complained that mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan, failed to link legislation to raise the debt ceiling to a popular veterans
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bill. the president said "could have been easy." now a mess. >> in syria, u.s. backed forces are tightening the noose around isis in raqqa which the terror group considers its capital. as isis loses ground today it used a young child as propaganda to threaten the u.s. here is holly williams. >> reporter: in the latest propaganda video, isis claims this boy is american. the ten-year-old son of one of the fighters living in raqqa so-called isis capital in steer yeah. now being hammered by u.s. coalition air strikes. we can't independently verify any of that. and the boy's threats to the u.s. and its president, seem to be scripted. >> from around the world united to establish the rule of allah.
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ready, the fighting has just begun. >> isis often exploited children in its propaganda. it even filmed them apparently carrying out executions. but this is the first time the extremists have use aid child they say is american. it could be a sign of how desperate isis has become. its territory now just a frakts of what the extremists once ruled. but around 20,000 civilians are also thought to be trapped in isis controlled territory in raqqa. vulnerable to u.s. coalition air strikes, pounding the city. monitoring groups say, over 700 have been killed by the u.s. and its partners, since the offensive began in june. the united nations called today for a humanitarian pause in fighting in raqqa. to allow civilians to escape the city but acknowledged isis is attempting to use them as human shields which could make escape impossible. anthony. >> holly williams reporting from istanbul. thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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>> this is the cbs "overnight news." the navy said today that recent crashes involving u.s. warships and commercial vessels are part of a disturbing trend of mishaps and ordered a comprehensive review of operations. sunday night the uss john mccain collided with an oil tanker off singapore to. day we learned the names of one sailor who was killed, and nine others who are missing.
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divers recovered the remains of of cherry hill, new jersey. still missing, are kevin bushell, of maryland, dustin doyo of connecticut, jacob drake, from ohio, 23-year-old, timothy eckels, jr., of maryland. and john hoagland, of texas. corey in gram of new york. abraham lopez of texas, and logan palmer, 23 from illinois. the parents of a young american who was beat tine death in greece spoke publicly about their loss for the first time. 22-year-old bakari henderson was pummeled by a mob last night in a bar fight that one witness suggest was racially motivated. gale king spoke with his parents, jill and phil henderson at their home in austin, texas. >> your son was a world traveler
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and clearly very comfortable traveling around the world. true? >> correct, yes. >> more comfortable overseas than in the united states. so -- his desire. >> what do you mean? >> he felt it was safer in europe and overseas in general. he said, you know with the climate, with african-american males in the u.s., that he just felt more comfortable overseas. >> isn't that ironic that he could say to you, i feel more comfortable any nother country other than my own. >> yes. >> he ends up losing his life in another country. for what reason we don't know. >> nine suspects face charges of
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voluntary manslaughter, after the beating after the attackers chased bakari out of the bar. >> you looked at the tape of the night. you have chosen not to. >> uh-huh. right. >> because? >> well, i just want to keep his memory live. don't want to introduce negativity into my speefrmt i want to remember him as a happy-go-lucky, energetic, fun loving, happy bakari. i miss that about him. i've miss his energy. his lugs. his laugh. his loud, boisterous laugh, his smile. just everything. >> you can see gale's full interview with jill and phil lenderson on our website, cbs news,.com. a priest in virginia, made a very public and shocking confession this week about his ea errol barnett now on sins of the father. >> 40 years. came back again. >> fill tim and barbara butler have been reluctantly recalling the night they were terrorized by the ku klux klan as newlyweds. the man responsible for burning a 7 foot cross in their front yard has been a practicing catholic priest an hour's drive away. >> we need to find out why this was done. >> 62-year-old william aitcheson
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published monday. writing my actions were despicable. while 40 years passed i must say this. i'm sorry. adding that images from charlottesville brought back memories of a bleak period in of my life that i would have preferred to forget. but church officials say his statement came after a reporter began asking questions. that's when, he acknowledged his past and saw the opportunity to tell his story. after his arrest, decades ago, aitcheson's racist offenses became front-page news because he threatened the life of dr. martin luther king jr.'s wife, core ita scott king and because
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president reagan visited two of his victims the butlers. >> shouldn't be any place in our country for that sort of thing. >> today a spokesman for arlington diocese, at the time he began ministry here in 1993, the diocese learned of his past as well as his sincere conversion of heart. but the spokesman says, his past was not common knowledge to current staff, 24 years later. the church accepted his offer to temporarily to step away from the public ministry and says he would look to meet with butler family privately. they say, that won't happen until he reveals who helped him burn the cross on their lawn. >> i will never, ever, forgive that. we didn't deserve this. no one deserves this. >> a federal judge ordered aitcheson to pay the family $23,000. they say he never did. anthony, the diocese says efforts are being made to ensure that he fulfills his obligations to the butler family. >> errol barnett, thanks. >> a feud is brewing between the boy scouts and the girl scouts. adriana diaz now on what it is all about. >> reporter: after 105 years of teaching girls to the overcome
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obstacles, the girl scouts say . the boy scouts. the boy scouts of america, or bsa tells cbs news it is considering an expansion potentially creating separate division for girls. in a blistering letter, monday to boy scout leadership, the president of the girl scouts, kathy hannan called it a covert campaign to recruit girls. citing the boy scouts declining membership to. be clear this is not a statement on the work that bsa has done and continues to do. rather, it is a statement on the shortsightedness of thinking that running a program specifically tailored to boys can simply be translated to girls. >> it is really about empowering our girls. >> troop leader has a daughter in the girl scouts. and a son in the boy scouts. >> they can just be who they are. there is no pressure to be anybody else. girl scouts really starts leadership and empowerment, and good decision making at 6 years old with the girls. i don't find the boy scout program is set to start that quite as early with the boys. >> reporter: in a statement, the boy scouts told cbs newsba
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been exploring the benefits of bringing scouting to every member of the fami >> one such request came from 16-year-old sydney ireland who launched an online campaign. >> i think girls should have the opportunity to join either program. >> she has been an unofficial member of her brother's troop since he was 4 and dreamed of becoming an eagle scout, exclusive to boy scouts. >> i really want to be part of the boy scouts, because, their, their mission and the scout oath and the scout law is really something that i, i live by. >> reporter: we reached out to the presidents of both the girl scouts and the boy scouts. but neither was available for an interview. the boy scouts have not yet set a time line for making a decision regarding girls. anthony. >> adriana diaz with the scouting battle. thanks. coming up next -- did a coach cross the line by forcing a cheerleader to do the splits. ho. but will it stop this teen from being embarassed by her parents? nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things.
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screaming in agony while other cheerleaders held her. their coach pushing her legs done to do the splits. >> please don't. please don't. >> she begged nine times in less than 24 seconds for them to stop. >> what was your feeling when you first saw this video? >> i was horrified. >> kirsten is alley's mother. >> my daughter showed them to me e
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i almost hit a car and ran off the road. >> the coach does gymnastic exhibitions at football games. williams didn't respond to a request from cbs news. but told a local newspaper, the videos were taken out of context. and insisted this was normal training for splits. he and other school administrators have been suspended. >> stop! >> allie its under the care of a physical therapist. your toilet is germ-ridden with mineral buildup. clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach is no match against limescale. but lysol power toilet bowl cleaner has 10x more cleaning power against limescale. so switch to lysol. what it takes to protect.
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>> 53-year-old mavis. wanczyk is retiring 12 years earlier than anticipated. >> i called them and told them i will not be coming back. >> reporter: she worked in patient care department at mercy medical center near springfield, massachusetts for 32 years. she says the winning numbers she picked were random, a combination of birthdays and numbers that hold a special meaning. it was yesterday afternoon that this mother of two purchased the ticket from pride convenience store in massachusetts. a close friend told her she won. >> i was reading the numbers. i pull mine out. i go, hey, i have that number. i have that. i have that. you know, let me see that ticket. he goes, you just won. >> bob boldic, owner of the pride store that sold the winning ticket. but lottery officials first said only a $1 million ticket was sold there. >> what's going through your
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>> not too much. just that, well it is same as any other but a lot more zeros. >> the lottery commission made a mistake. first saying the winning ticket was purchased at a store in watertown. prompting executive director, michael sweeney to address the media. >> i apologize for any upsetment that caused or confusion. >> for tomorrow night. >> today hundreds flocked back to pride in hopes of a payoff. >> quick pick powerball. quick pick. >> yes. >> the dream is always to win. >> i am a winner. and, uh, i'm scared, but i'll be okay. >> reporter: when it actually happens, it can be hard to imagine a new reality. jericka duncan, cbs news, massachusetts. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news. and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm anthony mason. thank you for watching.
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this the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news," i'm don dahler. people who live along the gulf coast of texas are stocking up on food and water and, fueling up their generators. bracing for the arrival of hurricane harvey. harvey isn't the most powerful storm to rumble through the gulf. but its forecast to linger over the region for days and could bring catastrophic flooding. manuel bojorquez has the story from corpus christi. >> reporter: along the texas coast tonight, people are
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piling sandbags around homes and businesses. and leaving store shelves empty as they stock up on food and water. all in preparation for hurricane harvey, expected to make landfall as category iii cause potentially catastrophic damage. some towns issued mandatory evacuations. others like corpus christi called for voluntary evacuations. mayor joe mccomb. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas that you get out and you begin to get out now. >> they are doing just that.
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leaving their new home on padre island with their safe and some art work. >> we just bought the house. we have been in there, what less than 30 days. >> it is sad. we don't know what is going to happen. if we will come back to a home. what damage we are coming home to. >> reporter: the last hurricane to hit texas was ike in 2008. which packed winds above 140 miles an hour and killed 113 people in the u.s. powerful winds aren't the only danger. storm surge, water pushed on shore by force of the wind is greatest threat to life. responsible for nearly half of hurricane fatalities. for the first time, the national weather service issued a storm surge warning covering the coastline. surge levels could rise 123 feet north of padre island. still wasn't enough to convince amy watson to evacuate and leave the restaurant she manages. >> i don't want looters to come in, after it hits and all that. i just want to stay around to keep an eye on everything. >> is there anything that anyone could tell you change your mind. be safe and get out. >> probably not, no. probably not. >> reporter: to the east of here, louisiana is also under a declared state of emergency, which could spell more trouble for new orleans. two weeks ago, parts of the city flooded when several pumps failed. new orleans is now bracing for several inches of rain. in syria, allied forces making an assault on racka, the so-called is there are about 20,000 civilians trapped in city. and the united nations says the few terrorist gunmen who remain are using thems
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holly williams has the the story. the boys threats to the u.s. and its president seem to be scripted. >> from around the world have united to establish the rule of allah. my message to trump is to get ready. fight has just begun. >> isis often exploited children in its propaganda. it even filmed them apparently carrying out executions. but this is the first time the extremists have use aid child they say is american. it could be a sign of how desperate isis has become. its territory now just a fraction of what the extremists once ruled. but around 20,000 civilians are also thought to be trapped in
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isis controlled territory in raqqa. vulnerable to u.s. coalition air strikes, pounding the city. monitoring groups say, over 700 have been killed by the u.s. and its partners, since the offensive began in june. the united nations called today for a humanitarian pause in fighting in raqqa. to allow civilians to escape the city but acknowledged isis is attempting to use them as human shields which could make escape impossible. >> interior secretary ryan zinke sent the white house his recommendations for modifying some of the nation's national monuments. we're not talking about the lincoln memorial here. some monuments like the bears ears national monument in utah. cover thousands of acres. that puts them offlimits to
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and some local officials want more control of the land in their backyards. jeff glor has a look. >> reporter: in northern idaho, on land that seems destined to slide into a picture frame, ranchers herd cattle surrounded by storms and sagebrush. >> this unit is a summer range. >> this is ground that jim hagenbirth's family managed since the late 1800s. much of it federal. >> there is means of federal land here. we used to work with federal land agencies hand in hand. and we're a wonderful team. getting a lot of things done. >> reporter: the federal government still owns nearly 62% of the land in idaho. just over 63% in utah. and about 80% in nevada. >> we are violating the am scan promise and reaping consequences. ion tau, legislature has been >>ear.
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advocates and conservatives, in >> is the federal government doing a bad job managing the land in utah? >> terrible. treating the land like it is a museum. lock it up. hands all. don't touch. it makes no sense to have a distant, unaccountable, nontransparent, bureaucracy do a one size fits all hand off don't touch management policy. >> ivory says the federal government which owns nearly half of all land in the west, should get out of management altogether. >> one of the criticisms is that you just want the federal land to go to state so you can eventually transfer to private buyers in some way. >> yeah, i mean the people that want to hyperbolize and scare people. >> you don't want to do that? >> there are rights, interests, expectations to maintain that. how do you do thro
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federal bureaucrat unelected doesn't care. or county commissioners with local land use plans, preserve maintain rights and interests. that's what we are looking for. >> representative of the greater yellowstone coalition one of the groups that believes dicing up federal land could eliminate access for the vast majority of americans. since states or private owners would not carry the same on li gagsz. >> why do you think it is so important for public lands to stay public. >> we all use these lands to hunt, to fish, to camp. a big part of teaching our kids, outdoor heritage. the folks who add ve kate for this say it can be managed better on an even more local level. that the state can do a better job. than the federal government. i think they're blowing smoke. >> it is an issue for now where
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many conservationists and ranchers have ground. >> a lot of people might be surprised a big rancher look you would say let the federal land keep everything, don't, don't, leave that stuff alone. >> let's manage it. manage the federal land so it has a healthy, social, economic and ecological structure. states haven't got the budget. that's millions of acres. that's a daydream. an this ground belongs to mother nature. that rock right there is going to be there in 10 million years. long after we are gone. the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try parodontax toothpaste. ♪ ♪ lysol max cover kills 99.9% of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." when congress returns from its summer recess, members will have less than a month to raise the debt ceiling and agree on a federal budget. complicating the talks, president trump has threatened a government shutdown if congress doesn't approve money for a border wall with mexico. the president also wants to overhaul the u.s. tax code and has demanded another vote on health care. and if that's not enough, there its the president's promise to modify a long list of trade agreements. that last point has the eu bracing for a possible trade war. and they're taking aim at american whiskey. mark strassmann reports from bourbon country. >> reporter: if you love bourbon this is heaven, heaven hill, the world's largest privately owned and operated bourbon maker.
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million barrels of aging american whiskey just at thi is a growing worry. aging well is what bourbon is all about. and no question, america's native spirit its a survivor. it outlived the whiskey rebellion, civil war and prohibition. 95% of bourbon today is made here in kentucky. but increasingly enjoyed around the world. places, 4,000 miles away like 65 and king, a bar in london. >> the bourbon sales are spiking.
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>> no question people abroad love bourbon. >> fred minic, bourbon authority wrote bourbon, the rise, fall and rebirth of american whiskey. >> for the first time you have foreign markets that are getting the opportunity to consume bourbon. and what that has done created an $8.5 billion industry here. >> bourbon's overseas market alone is now worth $1.5 billion. if president trump imposes tariffs on steel imports the european union threatened retaliatory tariffs against specific american products. like bourbon. >> the europeans have looked quite hard at what might hurt most. >> vicky price is british
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economist who follows the eu. >> they have found one that they believe will have emotional appeal. and may be, therefore change the mind of president trump. >> reporter: why target bourbon? the eu is serving up a stiff shot of hardball politics straight up. >> the majority of it made in kentucky. well who is kentucky? senator mcconnell. you know, they're going to press where it hurts. >> senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky voted for president trump by a 2-1 margin. 17,500 people work on distilleries along the famed bourbon trail. some of them could have jobs on the line. >> it seems to be a built of irony, uniquely american industry, yet that america first policy could bite the industry. >> no doubt that president trump's trade policies could hurt bourbon. the job growth has been unlike anything in kentucky. if we see tariffs come on to bourbon. i think bourbon jobs could beep lost. >> all of age at least two i so another trad bourbon, cheap li overs slapped on the side. hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? because switching to geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh! ok.
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one bottle has the grease cleaning power after the deadly racist march in charlottesville, virginia, opponents of the neo-nazis and the kkk, engaged in an internet shaming campaign. they posted shots of some of the marchers online and identified them as white supremacists. trouble is they got at least one guy wrong. david pogue of yahoo! finance has the story. kyle quinn assistant professor at university of arkansas was enjoying a pleasant night out with his wife. >> we went up to bentonville, arkansas, there is a crystal bridges museum. i saw some nice art exhibits with my wife and we want to dinner up there. and just had a lovely evening. >> reporter: w
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>> there was a lot of frantic e-mails from the university trying to reach me. thought my weekend was about to be ruined. >> while kyle quinn was at the museum in arkansas, white supremacists were gathering in charlottesville, virginia. and on the internet, outraged onlookers misidentified quinn as one of the participants. >> have you seen the picture of the real guy? do you think there is resemblance? >> not really, i understand, i have a beard. i understand that, that some people could see resemblance there. any one who knows me, knows right away that is not me. >> people who didn't know quinn, decided he had to be punished. >> what sorts of messages were you getting? >> really, vulgar messages, that you could never air. there were messages from my, coming to my e-mail, messages on my work phone. things on twitter, instagram, facebook, as well. >> can you give me a sample? >> they were all implying that obviously i was, i was a racist. awe thought was kyle quinn's
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introduction to the modern form where online mobs descend on a person in a wildly out of proportion attacks. were these threats to your safety. death threats? >> the most troubling thing to me and my wife really was some one identified where we, where we lived. our home address. anytime you have an angry mob and someone says, hey this is where the guy lives that's a threat. in my book. so, we, decided to, to head over to a friend any house for the, for the evening. >> the internet mob was so aggressive, that the real man in the photo, andrew dodson came forward expressing guilt that attacks were directed at kyle quinn. >> i'm certainly an example that mistakes can be made. >> reporter: internet shamin
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>> yeah. >> because -- >> chick-fil-a is a hateful corporation. >> the plan was to be part of a youtube protest. this is a horrible corporation with horrible values. >> i hope you have a nice day. >> i will. i did something good. i feel purposeful. >> man, i will upload it. >> the mob soon descended. >> we received letters that had pictures of people having sex, and, and hate, and swastikas, and, someone, mailed feces through the mail. >> then, it got really bad. >> they put my kids' elementary
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school address online. and they're like kindergartners and first graders. that's whewe food stamps. separated from his wife. >> i started questioning things, whether or not i should be alive. >> i am going to find you and rape you and torture you and rip each of your limbs off one by one until you have the most painful death. >> if you are a woman, the abuse can go to a whole new level of viciousness. can you say that to someone, much less to their face. >> kendall jones a texas cheerleaders who enjoyed big game hunting with her father. her hunts were licensed and legal. and big game hunters routinely take trophy pictures like these, but kendall's photos went viral. >> you're disgusting. you're ugly. you're fat. your hair is ugly. your eyes are too far apart. you look like a horse. >> the goal is to destroy the person. >> a clinical psychologist in new jersey and author of "psychology of the digital age." i asked him how people can treat strangers this way? >> a lot of this boils done to lackem
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peon but as an object. as a, a target. >> reporter: internet shamings follow patterns. the victims post or tweet is taken out of context. that was true for kendall jones. >> someone said i shot a tiring. they don't have tigers in south africa. and for adam smith. >> lot of people didn't know it was an organized protest. >> people are misidentified. like kyle quinn. >> were you in fact in charlottesville at all? >> nope. >> reporter: shaming usually dies down after a week or so. according to john ronson for the victim is it not over quite so soon. >> a year and a half they get a new job not thinking about it every morning not wake of in the middle of the night. >> even then a shaming is tied to the victim forever. >> their google search results will always have the transgression at the top. >> what its the advice you give to the shamee. >> i know what its look to be you. and i'm sorry. >> can you say it does get
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better? >> it can get better if the you've face what has happened and you really become, come to terms with, what happened. you really did get, ostracized and publicly humiliated. and it probably wasn't fair. >> he adds they should remember this. >> i would tell them that they are deeper than the comments. that they are love. they don't need to question their worthiness. >> i wondered if there is any hope that the internetd might become a kinder place. >> i wish that i could say that, twitter will be a haven where nothing abusive will ever happen. but we are not always going to get it right. >> dell harvey, vice president of trust and safety at twitter. in the last few years she has
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overseen a range of improvements designed to rein in, internet shamings. awe all the we now allow you to report multiple tweets at a time. so if you are being actually abused then it is not sort of this one by one by one by twitter has also tried to make attackers. >> the vast majority of the worst of the worst content, not 100 people. it is one person who created 100 accounts. twitter's algorithms shut some people down. progress isn't just taking place at twitter. >> it is a long road to go. there is still a lot of things we already know we want to work on. >> are there people in dwror position then at face book, you guys communicate. >> absolutely. >> clearly i think a demonstration, an online mob that forms is probably not the best we to carry out justice. >> kyle quinn was lucky that his shaming ended quickly. as for adam smith, he is happily employed and still married but even five years later his internet shaming still haunts him. >> emotionally, i am a very different person today than i was before the protest and before the shaming. i know what it is look to get hurt. i don't want that to happen to anybody else anymore. like we need top
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