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was rigged. during that period, u.s. intelligence officials determined that wikileaks was being used by the russians to disseminate stolen democratic officials e-mail and data. president trump's cia director, has also issued a warning abut wikileaks. time to call out wikileaks for what it is. >> reporter: a lawyer for trump jr. did not respond to requests for comment, but in a statement to the atlantic heap said, we have no concerns about these documents. anthony, many of the messages from wikileaks to trump jr. did go unanswered. >> jeff pegues, thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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the president is winding up his trip to asia in the philippines. his last stop before returning home tomorrow. he appeared to give the country's leader a pass on human rights. major garrett is traveling with the president. president trump grimaces through the traditional asia summit handshake but did not shy away from praising the philippine president. >> it is an honor to be here. and rodrigo thank you very much for the way you treated us. accused of ordering death style killings of thousands of filipino drug dealers and users withut trial. w
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>> the white house says mr. trump and the president have a rapport and human rights came up briefly. pointing to a joint u.s. philippines statement calling the protection huf mof human ri essential. during his 12 day trip the president made nice with russian president vladamir putin who denied interfering in the u.s. election despite the opposite conclusion from the u.s. intelligence community. >> i believe that, president putin, really feels, and he feels strongly that he did not meddle in our election. what he believes is what he believes. >> mr. trump made room for better relations with the north korean dictator while appearing to call kim jong-un short and fat on twitter he sg jested if pyongyang gives of nuclear ambitions they could be friends. >> i think anything is a possibility. strange things h
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if that did happen it would be a good thing for, i can tell you, for north korea. >> reporter: top white house officials argue this human rights debate is too focused on dictators the u.s. is aligned with and argue u.s.-led efforts to roll back isis are an effort to advance human rights. >> major garrett in manila. thank you, major. no evidence that the president's insults on twitter have convinced the north korean leader to slow down his nuclear weapons program. but the administration is hoping a show of military strength is more persuasive. ben tracy got an up close look at the u.s.-led drills. these f-18 fighter jets from the uss ronald reagan could strike targets in north korea in a matter of minutes. three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and
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military exercises just off the korean peninsula. it is the largest display of u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led
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which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on the u.s. to end these large scale military exercises because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea. the u.s. says it need to be prepared. ben tracy, cbs news on board the "uss ronald reagan." >> a u.n. climate conference in germany today, the trump administration talked up fossil fuels including coal. that puts the u.s. at odds with 194 other nations. but some american entrepreneurs and politicians want to make sure the administration does not have the final word. mark phillips reports. despite the kids' demonstration, saving the world has been harder since the trump administration announced its pullout from the paris climate deal. there is an enthusiastic american delegation at t
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send it. state and city governments, and bidsness men like michael bloomberg did. >> the american government may have pulled out of the paris agreement, but the american people are committed to its goals and there is nothing washington can do to stop us. >> washington has other idea. its main pitch here is to promote coal, which much of the world sees as exactly the wrong way to reduce green house gasses that cause global warming. the leaders of this alternative delegation, like california governor jerry brown, say ignore washington, listen to us. >> america, we're here. we are in. we are not going away. thank you very much. >> and the 14 state who have come here say the u.s. can still reduce carbon output by a quarter, over the next eight years, as the promised. partly because clean energy projects are also
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>> i went to colorado and said we can help save the planet. >> russell tensor of united wind told a tech conference in portugal that he sells most of his wind turbines in red states that voted trump. >> if you go after the farms, it is blowing, like the wind, the doors of the flying off the hinges you. can feel it. take that resource, you know do something that makes sense. lower your cost. they get it. >> the argument heard at conferences look this is that, well it would be nice to have the support of the administration in washington and fighting climate change. that support is not ee essential. in the end, economics not politics will prevail. and the newer forms of electricity generation wind and solar, are in the long term not any cleaner, they're cheaper. mark phillips, cbs news, lisbon. still ahead, new charges in the penn state fraternity hazing
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death of tim piazza, the 19-year-old penn state sophomore died in february after falling downstairs. it happened in a night of heavy drinking while he was pledging for the beta theta pi fraternity. anna werner is in state college, pennsylvania. >> the video was in fact recovered and it was in fact brought back to life. >> prosecutors say the deleted material shows what took place inside the fraternity house basement the night tim piazza died. district attorney stacy parks miller says at the same time police were frying to obtain the video, a fraternity member was erasing it. we know the time it was deleted police were in the house. new evidence means 12 additional fraternity members face charges. five with felonies involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. and hazing and furnishing alcohol to minors. police say piazza drank 18 drinks in
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>> never once obtained any of the drinks for himself. brothers were coming up to him and giving him the drinks including in the basement. >> making holiday plans without our son tim because of your actions. >> tim's parents, jim and evelyn piazza say this new evidence gives them hope, but it hasn't eased their grief. >> why are you putting yourself through all appearances press conferences and interviews? >> it's really important for people to see the damage. the far-reaching damage that has occurred. because, these young men decided to, protect themselves and instead of tim. >> we need parents to be talking to their kids about this. we need parents to put their foot down and say you must not do this. >> one fraternity member's attorney told us he believes the evidence will show his client its not responsible, meanwhile the da has refiled the charge of tampering with evidence against the young man she says deleted that video.
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tburn faster. >> iran ended rescue efforts along the border with iraq where a powerful 7.3 earthquake struck last night. more than 400 people were killed. more than 7,000 injured. here is holly williams. >> they searched for survivors today and found many more of
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dead. the earthquake struck at night, burying people beneath their own homes. a wall turned over on me, said this little boy, it fell on me. the quake jolted the city of irbil in iraq, around 130 miles from the epicenter. cctv cameras captured the panic sparked by the shock waves. but the worst damage was in a poor and mountainous region in iran that hugs the border with iraq. 70,000 people are now reportedly in need of emergency shelter. just as winter is closing in. iran is crisscrossed by fault lines. and has grown used to deadly quakes. the worst ones have killed tens of thousands. but that is no comfort for these people, left with just the rubble of their homes. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. long recovery there. up next --
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the episode you haven't seen.
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finally tonight. before dorothy, rose and blanch there were margaret, barbara and nancy. half a century later they still thankful for being friends. here is chip reid. >> seems like a lot doesn't it? >> margaret, barbara and nancy have spent decades redefining the word friendship. you have lived together for how many years now? about? >> closing in on 50. >> closing in on 50. >> iu
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>> i'm moving. >> they met when lyndon johnson was president. margaret and barbara worked on capitol hill, nancy was a librarian. they all ended up living in a group house in the fashionable georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. >> was it a party house? >> oh, yeah. >> yes. >> they thought it was temperature pour ear. as the the years went by they got along so well, they baltimore a house together. >> when you tell people that the three of you have lived together almost 50 years, what kind of response do you get? >> oh, the golden girls. >> they all say that. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> the golden girls which began airing in the 80s revolved around the friendship of four women, of a certain age. they're all adventurous, crisscrossing the globe from venice to yalta to orient express. >> we are daring. >> just like those golden girls these girls look out for each other. >> they drive each other to doctor's appointments, spend
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grow old together buying a house in a retirement community. >> if you have not been living together. how do you think life would be different? >> i think we probably all would be married. i do thin soak. >> i have found a nice young man and gun to hawaii. >> but they say they never found any men who were as much fun as each other. they say those tv golden girls just might have been on to something. >> what were they on to? >> that different kind of people can live together happily. that you don't have to be a man and a woman, you can be a group of friends. >> be just as happy? >> be just as happy. >> a lesson from three girls whose friendship is still golden after all these years. chip reid, cbs news, maryland. and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and, cbs this morning.
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thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ >> this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. battle for control of congress is heating up again. this time the fight is within the republican party. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and moore are tossing political bombs at each other. mcconnell wants moore to step aside and let some one else run. moore says that mcconnell should be run out of congress. now another accuser has come forward. >>nuel bojorquez reports.
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>> reporter: beverly young nelson says when she was 16 roy moore offered her a ride home from her job as a waitress. once in his car, she says he sexually assaulted her. >> mr. moore reached over and be gain groping me and putting his hand on my breasts. instead of stopping he began squeezing my neck attempting to force my head onto his crotch. >> reporter: she says she struggled until he let her go. at today's press conference, nelson brought along her high school yearbook which she says was signed by moore. the message calls her a sweet and beautiful girl. nelson is the fifth woman to accuse moore of pursuing teenage girls when he was in his 30s. one said he groped her when she was 14. moore denied any wrongdoing and calls it all a witch-hunt. >> i think he should step aside. >> reporter: last week, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said moore should drop out of the race if the today, he dropped the qualifier. >> do you believe the allegations to be true? >> i believe the women, yes.
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twitter saying mcconnell should step down for failing conservatives. the scandal has republicans scrambling. some suggested alabama voters write in luther strange who lost the primary to moore. and alabama, moore's loyal supporters remain just that. more than 50 pastors signed a letter saying moore is being persecuted urging those in alabama to vote for him. eric swenson said he hadn't planned on voting but now he will. >> there has been some allegations against him that are so obviously politically motivated that it got me mad enough to say, i'm going to put signs up. >> reporter: the chairman of the national republican senate committee said senators should expel moore if he wins. with the election one month away. one state senator sums things up this way. god help us as we sort through the mess. president trump returns to washington after wrapping up his 12 day trip to asia. major garrett has been traveling with the president and filed this report fr t
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president trump grimaces through the traditional asia summit handshake but did not shy away from praising the philippine president. >> it is an honor to be here. and rodrigo thank you very much for the way you treated us. accused of ordering death style killings of thousands of filipino drug dealers and users without trial. >> we have had a great relationship. >> the white house says mr. trump and the president have a rapport and conceded in talks here human rights came up only briefly. top u.s. officials, defended the president, pointing to a joint u.s. philippines statement calling the protection of human rights essential. during his 12 day trip the president made nice with russian president vladamir putin who denied interfering in the u.s. election despite the opposite conclusion from the u.s. intelligence community. >> i believe that, president putin, really feels, and he feels strongly that he n
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what he believes is what he believes. >> mr. trump made room for better relations with the north korean dictator while appearing to call kim jong-un short and fat on twitter he sg jested if pyongyang gives of nuclear ambitions they could be friends. >> i think anything is a possibility. strange things happen in life. if that did happen it would be a good thing for, i can tell you, for north korea. the pog is putting on a show of force in the western pacific. three aircraft battle groups are conducting joint operations. david martin has details.
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these f-18 fighter jets from the uss ronald reagan could strike targets in north korea in a matter of minutes. three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and ussnimitz are involved in the massive military exercises just off the korean peninsula. it is the largest display of u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that.
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>> but these u.s.-led exercises infuriate north korea. which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on the u.s. to end these large scale military exercises because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea. the u.s. says it need to be prepared. ben tracy, cbs news on board the "uss ronald reagan." do you have high blood pressure? there is a good chance you do. new guidelines from the american medical association show that about half the people in the united states are suffering. dr. jon lapook reports. >> at a health fair in new york city today, adrian williams found herself with a new diagnosis of hypertension. >> a silent killer. something i need to research. i wouldn't have known that had i not stopped by. new guidelines say a top number
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80-89 qualifies as high blood pressure. this used to be considered prehypertension. previously a top number of 140 or more, or a bottom number of 90 or more was considered high blood pressure. the new guidelines add 31 million adults to the category of hypertension. now totaling more than 100 million. american heart association and american college of cardiology are doing this to urge americans to pay attention to hypertension before it causes problems like heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. dr. paul welton chaired the committee that put the guidelines together. he says additional patients now classified as having hypertension, should be able to manage their condition with diet and lifestyle changes alone. >> most of them just need to know they're at high risk, but they can manage that problem on their own. the prevalence
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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." olympic champion aly raisman is blowing the lid off the sex abuse scandal at usa gymnastics. she has six olympic medals including three golds and captain of the teams that dominated the past two summer games. well now she is speaking out about the abuse she suffered at the hand of the national team doctor. abuse that began when sunny was 15 years old. dr. jon lapook reports for 60 minutes. >> i was in denial. i don't think. don't know what to think. you don't want to let yourself believe. that i am, i am, i am a victim of sexual abuse. like it is really not an easy thing to let yourselfie
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that. >> reporter: you are saying you were sixablely abused? >> absolutely. >> by the national team doctor. >> yes. >> while you were out there representing your country? >> yes. >> reporter: few athletes have represented their country with as much distinction as aly raisman. her floor routines at last two olympics dazzled audiences and judges and provided some of the most iconic moments of the summer games. the doctor she says abused her, larry naser worked with the u.s. women's national team and athletes at michigan state university for more than two decades. raisman says naser first treated her eight years ago when she was 15 years old. >> i was just really innocent. i didn't really know. you don't think that, that of someone. so i just, i trusted him. >> reporter: you thought it was medical treatment? >> i didn't know anything differently. we were told he it the best doctor. he is the united states olympic doctor and usa gymnastics
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to see him. >> naser its now in jail. pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, but not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted underaged girls most athletes who say treatment for hip and back pain involved putting an ungloved hand inside the vagina. >> the girls would say, he touches you funny. >> reporter: the first top u.s. gymnast to speak out about naser appeared on 60 minutes in february describe what he did to them more than a dock aid before aly raisman joined the team. over 130 women have filed civil lawsuits alleging similar abuse. naser and his lawyers declined to comment for this story. raisman now 23, talks about her experiences in a new book called "fierce. "the story of a geller who dreamed of going to the olympics and huh she managed to get there. raisman will not discuss the graphic details of what
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insight into a scandal that goes to the highest level of her sport. she told us a lot of people have asked her why naser accusers didn't speak up sooner. >> why are we looking at why didn't the girl speak up? why not look at, what about the culture? what did usa gymnastics and larry naser do to manipulate the girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up. >> you are angry? >> i am angry. i'm really upset. it has been, i care a lot. when i see these young girls that come up to me and they ask for pictures or autographs whatever it is. i just, can't every time i look at them. every time i see them smiling. i just think, i just want to create change so that they never ever have to go through this. >> about 165,000 athletes, and 3400 gyms are members of usa gymnastics. raisman is calling for changes in personnel, training and education to keep athletes safe.
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gymnastics in elementary school. here she is competing at 9. as she got older she sacrificed family vacations, parties and boyfriends in favor of grueling workouts. 4 to 7 hours a day at a gym in suburban boston run by trusted coach, who she credits for much of her success. >> coming up in gymnastics did you think of yourself as naturally very talented. >> no, it is funny. because mihai will say i am the most uncoordinated olympian in the whole world. >> is trite you are afraid of heights? >> yes, very afraid of heights. >> how is that possible flying through the area? >> it doesn't scare me on floor. it scares me on bars. >> her hard work and dedication landed her a spot on the u.s. team for the london olympics in 2012. during the qualifying round in london, this video
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went viral. >> lot's go. catch it! >> at the london olympics you became perhaps the most famous cheering section in history. >> stick it, please. >> stick it! >> yeah! >> i just think we got caught up in the moment, with the all. pressure and you know that she was under at that time. it was just, not easy for us to watch. >> in the first key test in london, the team finals, aly's performance on the floor clinched gold for the u.s. >> raisman finishes the job. team usa has team gold. >> their first gold ever on foreign soil. it was a picture postcard moment that only told part of the story. one of the women standing next to raisman, teammate, said last month that naser sexually abused her before the team's victory. in a twitter most,
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years old and it didn't end until i left the sport. raisman says she and other athletes did not realize at the time that naser gained their trust, through a predatory technique designed to build an emotional bond with athletes. it is called grooming. >> he would always bring me, you know, desserts or gifts. he would buy me little things so i really thought he was a nice person. i really thought he was looking out for me. that's why, i want to do this interview. that's whey i want to talk about it. i want people to know, just because someone is nice to you, and just because everyone is saying they're the best person, it does not make it okay for them to ever make you uncomfortable. ever. >> reporter: usa gymnastics has a long standing policy that adults should avoid being alone with a minor. despite that policy, raisman says she was alone with dr. naser. he treated her and other
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alternative leets other athletes in hotel rooms. >> all those years, representing the united states of america. did the country sports system look out for the way it should have? >> no. i think -- nobody ever educated me on make sure you are not alone with an adult, make sure he is not making you uncomfortable. i didn't know the signs. i didn't know what sexual abuse really was. i think that need to be communicated to all of these athletes no matter the age. >> reporter: after helping her team win gold at the london olympics, aly raisman had a crisis of confidence in the next competition. the individual all-around. she finished fourth. by the time she got to her last chance for individual gold, the floor exercise final, she was so nervous, she considered not doing one of her more difficult moves. but then your coach said something to you. >> he said you worked too hard to not being olympic champion because you're a little afraid.
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>> she took the coach's advice and won gold. >> i felt like i was floating. felt like it was everless. i never felt that look before. it was the best feeling in the world. i learned a valuable lesson that day. in the all-around nienl i was nervous. i doubted myself. and i made a mistake. in the floor final i knew i was going to hit the best routine of my life. and i did. >> she returned from london with three medals. a hometown hero, and an international celebrity. she competed on "dancing with the stars" got involved in business ventures and struck endorsement deals with reeboc and other companies. it wasn't enough. she wanted to compete in a second olympics. something no american gymnast had done in 16 years. did you think some people had writ in you off?
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>> yes, absolutely. i remember when i first said i was coming back. some other coaches said i think it is going to be hard for you. don't think you can diet. >> not the thing to say to you. i don't think you can do it, right? >> there were so many days, should i stop. this is crazy. this is so hard. >> it got harderen the summer of 2015. a year before the rio games, when an investigator hired by usa gymnastics paid raisman a visit. a coach rayed concerns about dr. naser's treatments of athletes. raisman was caught off-guard when the investigator asked her about it. >> i said, well, his touching makes me uncomfortable. but he is so nice to me. i don't think he does it on purpose. because, you know, i think he cares about me. >> reporter: ohm after the investigator left that you begin to put the pieces together? >> yeah, i men i think it is important for people to know too. i am still trying to put the pieces together today. it impacts you for the rest of your life. >> you can seat full
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jamie yuccas paid a visit. >> reporter: a little more than an hour of phoenix is gentle path at the meadows. the voluntary treatment costs $58,000. patrick carnes first popularized the term sex addiction in the 80s. >> like any addiction it is a problem where a person loses their ability to choose. a brain disease. >> an addict's behavior -- harvey weinstein and kevin spacey join a list of celebrities. including tiger woods and anthony weiner. with the drug and alcohol treatment center, cliffside malibu. he says sex addiction is not a recognized disorder. and therapy can be a pr stunt. >> if you call something an addiction then it gives
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have, people like celebrities that can then use that as a disease model and go off to a rehab center where they can spend a lot of money and try to get the help that they need. >> reporter: the doctor says brain scans of people claiming sex addiction don't match those addicted to drugs. the american psychiatric association does not recognize sex addiction as a mental illness. >> there is no good evidence showing that sex addiction is a true addiction like drug and alcohol addiction. treatment at gentle path includes meditation, journaling, group therapy and neurofeedback. patients are asked to commit to a celibacy contract, of at least eight weeks. >> this isn't a vacation. >> not a vacation. like boot camp. >> it can take up to five years with extensive therapy to reprogram an addicts brain. still his facility doesn't release data on how many patients make a full recovery. but as the the list of those accused of sexual misconduct continues to grow, he hopeshe
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we end the half-hour with the story of a book lover that steve hartman met "on the road." >> we are ready. >> reporter: when the doors open on this unassuming warehouse in baltimore, folks flood in with buckets. baskets and boxes. everyone eager for the weekly sustenance. >> thank you very much. >> russell wattenberg is the man in charge. he catered to thousand of hungry, minds. russell calls this the book thing. because the it is not a library. and definitely not a store. no cash register. >> all free. >> cuts down on robberies. >> we encourage shoplifters. >> in the comy
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>> ha-ha. >> thank you. >> reporter: supplied by donations run by volunteers take and keep whatever books you want. as many book as as you want. people do hoard. although often for very good reason. >> everything is going back to my classroom. >> a regular. >> i'm a teacher. and a baltimore city school. i stock the classrooms with books. >> the place is a gift off to the city. like any gift around a while. there was no way for the people of baltimore to fully appreciate it. the number of people with tears streaming down their face. i didn't realize people care as much as they do. >> reporter: in march 2016, fire destroyed the book thing. for many small nonprofits there would be no climbing back from a devastating loss. in the days that followed the people of baltimore responded
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fundraisers. and more than a few books. 7,000 boxes of books here now. all just waiting to be freed. from their cardboard confines. the book thing reopened last month. nobody is taking it for granted anymore. especially not russell. >> i don't have the pash ns to teach somebody to read. i don't have the diligence to be a writer. the only way i see to contribute the written word is by doing this. >> russell wattenberg. that name may never grace a cover but he is already one of america's literary greats. steve hartman "on the road"en baltimore. that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news, and of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan.
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mr. moore reached over and began groping me. >> another accuser. >> i tried to open my car door to leave, but he reached over and he locked it so i could not get out. >> the top senate republican says -- >> i think he should step aside. >> also tonight sounding an alarm about a silent killer. nearly half of adults now have high blood pressure. parents' pain. >> they destroyed our joy. >> frat brothers accused of giving tim piazza. >> 18 drinks in one hour and 22 minutes. >> and -- >> ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> the sitcom ran seven years.
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>> closing in on 50. >> tonight the real "golden girls." ♪ ♪ this the cbs "overnight news." the number of accusers is growing. another woman came forward to say roy moore, the republican senate candidate in alabama, attacked her sexually decades ago when she was a teenager. but even before she gave a tearful account of the incident. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said he heard enough. that moore should drop out. manuel bojorquez is in birmingham. >> mr. moore attacked me when i was a child. >> reporter: beverly young nelson says when she was 16 roy moore offered her a ride home from her job as a waitress. once in his car, she says he sexually assaulted her. >> mr. moore reached over and be gain groping me and putting his hand on my breasts. instead of stopping he began sqin
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>> reporter: she says she struggled until he let her go. at today's press conference, nelson brought along her high school yearbook which she says was signed by moore. the message calls her a sweet and beautiful girl. nelson its the fifth woman to accuse moore of pursuing teenage girls when she was in his 30s. one said he groped her when she was 14. moore denied any wrongdoing and calls it all a witch-hunt. >> i think he should step aside. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said moore should drop out of the race if the allegations were true. today, he dropped the qualifier. >> do you believe the allegations to be true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> moore fired back on twitter saying mcconnell should step down for failing conservatives. the scandal has republicans scrambling. some suggested alabama voters write in luther strange who lost
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and alabama, moore's loyal supporters remain just that. more than 50 pastors signed a letter saying moore is being persecuted urging those in alabama to vote for him. eric swenson said he hadn't planned on voting but now he will. >> there has been some allegations against him that are so obviously politically motivated that it got me mad enough to say, i'm going to put signs up. >> reporter: the chairman of the national republican senate kmeet said senators should expel moore if he wins. with the election one month away. one state senator sums things up this way. god help us as we sort through the mess. anthony. >> manuel bojorquez in alabama. thanks. >> high blood pressure called the silent killer and under new guidelines today, from the american heart association, nearly half of americans have it. that's up from a third. dr. jon lapook has more now about the leading cause of heart disease. >> at a health fair in new york
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suddenly found herself with a new diagnosis of hypertension. her blood pressure in the 130s. >> a silent killer. something i need to research. i wouldn't have known that had i not stopped by. new guidelines say a top number of 130-139 or a bottom number of 80-89 call fietz. previously a top number of 140 or more, or a bottom number of 90 or more was considered high blood pressure. the new guidelines add 31 million adults to the category of hypertension. now totaling more than 100 million. american heart association and american college of cardiology are doing this to urge americans to pay attention to hypertension before it causes problems like heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. dr. paul welton chaired the committee that put the guidelines the
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classified as having hypertension, should be able to manage their condition with diet and lifestyle changes alone. >> most of them just need to know they're at high risk, but they can manage that problem on their own. the pref lance with high blood pressure goes up. but because we are much more, carefully about who will benefit from a drug, that actually doesn't go up too much. it is maybe under 2%. >> the committee says the best ways to lower blood pressure without drugs include weight loss, exercise, and a low sodium diet. alcohol, anti-inflammatory drugs and caffeine can make blood pressure harder to control. anthony. >> dr. jon lapook. thanks, john. there its word that donald trump jr. corresponded with wikileaks during and after the 2016 presidential campaign. jeff pegues. >> wiki leaks, i love wikileaks.
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controversial website for releasing hacked e-mails and damaging information about hillary clinton and her campaign now. a new report confirmed by cbs news, says the president's son, donald trump jr. was in direct communication with wikileaks from december 2016 until july of this year. one source says the website initiated the contact through private messages on twitter. in the first message, wikileaks asked trump jr. about a new anti-trump organization. trump jr. responded i don't know who that is, but i'll ask around. in another instance, wikileaks suggested to trump jr. that his father push for web site founder, julian asange to become australian ambassador to the united states.
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website wrote if mr. trump were to lose, he should not concede and instead claim the election was rigged. during that period, u.s. intelligence officials determined that wikileaks was being used by the russians to disseminate stolen democratic officials e-mail and data. president trump's cia director, has also issued a warning abut wikileaks. time to call out wikileaks for what it is. >> reporter: a lawyer for trump jr. did not respond to requests for comment, but in a statement to the atlantic heap said, we have no concerns about these documents. anthony, many of the messages from wikileaks to trump jr. did go unanswered. >> jeff pegues, thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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the president is winding up his trip to asia in the philippines. his last stop before returning home tomorrow. he appeared to give the country's leader a pass on human rights. major garrett is traveling with the president. president trump grimaces through the traditional asia summit handshake but did not shy away from praising the philippine president. >> it is an honor to be here. and rodrigo thank you very much for the way you treated us. accused of ordering death style killings of thousands of filipino drug dealers and users without trial. >> we have had a great
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>> the white house says mr. trump and the president have a rapport and human rights came up briefly. pointing to a joint u.s. philippines statement calling the protection of human rights essential. during his 12 day trip the president made nice with russian president vladamir putin who denied interfering in the u.s. election despite the opposite conclusion from the u.s. intelligence community. >> i believe that, president putin, really feels, and he feels strongly that he did not meddle in our election. what he believes is what he believes. >> mr. trump made room for better relations with the north korean dictator while appearing to call kim jong-un short and fat on twitter he sg jested if pyongyang gives of nuclear ambitions they could be friends. >> i think anything is a possibility. strange things happen in life. if that did happen it would be a good thing for, i can tell you, for north korea. >> reporter: top white house officials argue this human rights debate is too focused on
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with and argue u.s.-led efforts to roll back isis are an effort to advance human rights. >> major garrett in manila. thank you, major. no evidence that the president's insults on twitter have convinced the north korean leader to slow down his nuclear weapons program. but the administration is hoping a show of military strength is more persuasive. ben tracy got an up close look at the u.s.-led drills. these f-18 fighter jets from the uss ronald reagan could strike targets in north korea in a matter of minutes. three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and ussnimitz are involved in the massive military exercises just off the korean peninsula.
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u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led exercises
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infuriate north korea. which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on the u.s. to end these large scale military exercises because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea. the u.s. says it need to be prepared. ben tracy, cbs news on board the "uss ronald reagan." >> a u.n. climate conference in germany today, the trump administration talked up fossil fuels including coal. that puts the u.s. at odds with 194 other nations. but some american entrepreneurs and politicians want to make sure the administration does not have the final word. mark phillips reports. despite the kids' demonstration, saving the world has been harder since the trump administration announced its pullout from the paris climate deal. there is an enthusiastic american delegation at the u.n. conference but washington didn't
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send it. state and city governments, and bidsness men like michael bloomberg did. >> the american government may have pulled out of the paris agreement, but the american people are committed to its goals and there is nothing washington can do to stop us. >> washington has other idea. its main pitch here is to promote coal, which much of the world sees as exactly the wrong way to reduce green house gasses that cause global warming. the leaders of this alternative delegation, like california governor jerry brown, say ignore washington, listen to us. >> america, we're here. we are in. we are not going away. thank you very much. >> and the 14 state who have come here say the u.s. can still reduce carbon output by a quarter, over the next eight years, as the promised. partly because clean energy projects are also happening in some unlikely places. >> i went to colorado and said we can help save the planet. >> russell tensor of united wi
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told a tech conference in portugal that he sells most of his wind turbines in red states that voted trump. >> if you go after the farms, it is blowing, like the wind, the doors of the flying off the hinges you. can feel it. take that resource, you know do something that makes sense. lower your cost. they get it. >> the argument heard at conferences look this is that, well it would be nice to have the support of the administration in washington and fighting climate change. that support is not ee essential. in the end, economics not politics will prevail. and the newer forms of electricity generation wind and solar, are in the long term not any cleaner, they're cheaper. mark phillips, cbs news, lisbon. still ahead, new charges in the penn state fraternity hazing death. and, hundreds are killed in
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it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. this. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together. video deleted and recovered led to charges in the hazing death of tim piazza, the 19-year-old penn state sophomore died in februaryft
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downstairs. it happened in a night of heavy drinking while he was pledging for the beta theta pi fraternity. anna werner is in state college, pennsylvania. >> the video was in fact recovered and it was in fact brought back to life. >> prosecutors say the deleted material shows what took place inside the fraternity house basement the night tim piazza died. district attorney stacy parks miller says at the same time police were frying to obtain the video, a fraternity member was erasing it. we know the time it was deleted police were in the house. new evidence means 12 additional fraternity members face charges. five with felonies involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. and hazing and furnishing alcohol to minors. police say piazza drank 18 drinks in 1:22. >> never once obtained any of the drinks for himself. brothers were coming up to him and giving him the drinks including in the basement. >> making holiday plan
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our son tim because of your actions. >> tim's parents, jim and evelyn piazza say this new evidence gives them hope, but it hasn't eased their grief. >> why are you putting yourself through all appearances press conferences and interviews? >> it's really important for people to see the damage. the far-reaching damage that has occurred. because, these young men decided to, protect themselves and instead of tim. >> we need parents to be talking to their kids about this. we need parents to put their foot down and say you must not do this. >> one fraternity member's attorney told us he believes the evidence will show his client its not responsible, meanwhile the da has refiled the charge of tampering with evidence against the young man she says deleted that video. anthony. >> awe
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homes. a wall turned over on me, said this little boy, it fell on me. the quake jolted the city of irbil in iraq, around 130 miles from the epicenter. cctv cameras captured the panic sparked by the shock waves. but the worst damage was in a poor and mountainous region in iran that hugs the border with iraq. 70,000 people are now reportedly in need of emergency shelter. just as winter is closing in. iran is crisscrossed by fault lines. and has grown used to deadly quakes. the worst ones have killed tens of thousands. but that is no comfort for these people, left with just the rubble of their homes. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. long recovery there. up next -- the golden girls.
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the episode you haven't seen.
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finally tonight. before dorothy, rose and blanch there were margaret, barbara and nancy. half a century later they still thankful for being friends. here is chip reid. >> seems like a lot doesn't it? >> margaret, barbara and nancy have spent decades redefining the word friendship. you have lived together for how many years now? about?
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>> closing in on 50. >> if you can believe that. >> i can't believe that. >> i'm moving. >> they met when lyndon johnson was president. margaret and barbara worked on capitol hill, nancy was a librarian. they all ended up living in a group house in the fashionable georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. >> was it a party house? >> oh, yeah. >> yes. >> they thought it was temperature pour ear. as the the years went by they got along so well, they baltimore a house together. >> when you tell people that the three of you have lived together almost 50 years, what kind of response do you get? >> oh, the golden girls. >> they all say that. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> the golden girls which began airing in the 80s revolved around the friendship of four women, of a certain age. they're all adventurous, crisscrossing the globe from venice to yalta to orient
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>> we are daring. >> just like those golden girls these girls look out for each other. >> they drive each other to doctor's appointments, spend holidays together and decided to grow old together buying a house in a retirement community. >> if you have not been living together. how do you think life would be different? >> i think we probably all would be married. i do thin soak. >> i have found a nice young man and gun to hawaii. >> but they say they never found any men who were as much fun as each other. they say those tv golden girls just might have been on to something. >> what were they on to? >> that different kind of people can live together happily. that you don't have to be a man and a woman, you can be a group of friends. >> be just as happy? >> be just as happy. >> a lesson from three girls whose friendship is still golden after all these years. chip reid, cbs news, maryland. and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. 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
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thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ >> this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. battle for control of congress is heating up again. this time the fight is within the republican party. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and moore are tossing political bombs at each other. mcconnell wants moore to step aside and let some one else run. moore says that mcconnell should be run out of congress. now another accuser has come forward. manuel bojorquez reports. >> mr. moore attacked me when i was a child. >> reporter: beverly young nelson says when she was 16 roy moore offered her a ride home from her job as a waitress.
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once in his car, she says he sexually assaulted her. >> mr. moore reached over and be gain groping me and putting his hand on my breasts. instead of stopping he began squeezing my neck attempting to force my head onto his crotch. >> reporter: she says she struggled until he let her go. at today's press conference, nelson brought along her high school yearbook which she says was signed by moore. the message calls her a sweet and beautiful girl. nelson is the fifth woman to accuse moore of pursuing teenage girls when he was in his 30s. one said he groped her when she was 14. moore denied any wrongdoing and calls it all a witch-hunt. >> i think he should step aside. >> reporter: last week, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said moore should drop out of the race if the allegations were true. today, he dropped the qualifier. >> do you believe the allegations to be true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> reporter: moore fired back on twitter saying mccon s
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conservatives. the scandal has republicans scrambling. some suggested alabama voters write in luther strange who lost the primary to moore. and alabama, moore's loyal supporters remain just that. more than 50 pastors signed a letter saying moore is being persecuted urging those in alabama to vote for him. eric swenson said he hadn't planned on voting but now he will. >> there has been some allegations against him that are so obviously politically motivated that it got me mad enough to say, i'm going to put signs up. >> reporter: the chairman of the national republican senate committee said senators should expel moore if he wins. with the election one month away. one state senator sums things up this way. god help us as we sort through the mess. president trump returns to washington after wrapping up his 12 day trip to asia. major garrett has been traveling with the president and filed this report from the
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philippines. president trump grimaces through the traditional asia summit handshake but did not shy away from praising the philippine president. >> it is an honor to be here. and rodrigo thank you very much for the way you treated us. accused of ordering death style killings of thousands of filipino drug dealers and users without trial. >> we have had a great relationship. >> the white house says mr. trump and the president have a rapport and conceded in talks here human rights came up only briefly. top u.s. officials, defended the president, pointing to a joint u.s. philippines statement calling the protection of human rights essential. during his 12 day trip the president made nice with russian president vladamir putin who denied interfering in the u.s. election despite the opposite conclusion from the u.s. intelligence community. >> i believe that, president putin, really feels, and he
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meddle in our election. what he believes is what he believes. >> mr. trump made room for better relations with the north korean dictator while appearing to call kim jong-un short and fat on twitter he sg jested if pyongyang gives of nuclear ambitions they could be friends. >> i think anything is a possibility. strange things happen in life. if that did happen it would be a good thing for, i can tell you, for north korea. the pog is putting on a show of force in the western pacific. three aircraft battle groups are conducting joint operations. david martin has details. these f-18 fighter jets from the uss ronald reagan could strike targets in north korea in a matter of minutes. three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and ussnimitz
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are involved in the massive military exercises just off the korean peninsula. it is the largest display of u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jes back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led exercises infuriate north korea.
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which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill reckless and provocative. china and russia have called on the u.s. to end these large scale military exercises because they fear they needlessly provoke north korea. the u.s. says it need to be prepared. ben tracy, cbs news on board the "uss ronald reagan." do you have high blood pressure? there is a good chance you do. new guidelines from the american medical association show that about half the people in the united states are suffering. dr. jon lapook reports. >> at a health fair in new york city today, adrian williams found herself with a new diagnosis of hypertension. >> a silent killer. something i need to research. i wouldn't have known that had i not stopped by. new guidelines say a top number of 130-139 or a bottom number of
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pressure. this used to be considered prehypertension. previously a top number of 140 or more, or a bottom number of 90 or more was considered high blood pressure. the new guidelines add 31 million adults to the category of hypertension. now totaling more than 100 million. american heart association and american college of cardiology are doing this to urge americans to pay attention to hypertension before it causes problems like heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. dr. paul welton chaired the committee that put the guidelines together. he says additional patients now classified as having hypertension, should be able to manage their condition with diet and lifestyle changes alone. >> most of them just need to know they're at high risk, but they can manage that problem on their own. the prevalence with high blood pressure goes up. but because we are much more,
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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." olympic champion aly raisman is blowing the lid off the sex abuse scandal at usa gymnastics. she has six olympic medals including three golds and captain of the teams that dominated the past two summer games. well now she is speaking out about the abuse she suffered at the hand of the national team doctor. abuse that began when sunny was 15 years old.
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dr. jon lapook reports for 60 minutes. >> i was in denial. i don't think. don't know what to think. you don't want to let yourself believe. that i am, i am, i am a victim of sexual abuse. like it is really not an easy thing to let yourself believe that. >> reporter: you are saying you were sexually abused? >> absolutely. >> by the national team doctor. >> yes. >> while you were out there representing your country? >> yes. >> reporter: few athletes have represented their country with as much distinction as aly raisman. her floor routines at last two olympics dazzled audiences and judges and provided some of the most iconic moments of the summer games. the doctor she says abused her, larry naser worked with the u.s. women's national team and athletes at michigan state university for more than two decades. raisman says naser first treated her eight years ago when she was 15 years old. >> i was just really innocent. i didn't really know. you don't think that, that of someone. so i just, i trusted him. >> reporter: you thought it was medical treatment? >> i didn't know anything differently. we were told he it the best doctor. he is the united states olympic doctor and usa gymnastics doctor.
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pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, but not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted underaged girls most athletes who say treatment for hip and back pain involved putting an ungloved hand inside the vagina. >> the girls would say, he touches you funny. >> reporter: the first top u.s. gymnast to speak out about naser appeared on 60 minutes in february describe what he did to them more than a dock aid before aly raisman joined the team. over 130 women have filed civil lawsuits alleging similar abuse. naser and his lawyers declined to comment for this story. raisman now 23, talks about her experiences in a new book called "fierce. "the story of a geller who dreamed of going to the olympics and huh she managed to get there. raisman will not discuss the graphic details of what naser did to her but does provide insight into a scandal that goes to the highest level of her sport. she told us a lot of people have asked her why naser accusers didn't speak up sooner.
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didn't the girl speak up? why not look at, what about the culture? what did usa gymnastics and larry naser do to manipulate the girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up. >> you are angry? >> i am angry. i'm really upset. it has been, i care a lot. when i see these young girls that come up to me and they ask for pictures or autographs whatever it is. i just, can't every time i look at them. every time i see them smiling. i just think, i just want to create change so that they never ever have to go through this. >> about 165,000 athletes, and 3400 gyms are members of usa gymnastics.
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in personnel, training and education to keep athletes safe. >> all right, aly. >> aly raisman joined usa gymnastics in elementary school. here she is competing at 9. as she got older she sacrificed family vacations, parties and boyfriends in favor of grueling workouts. 4 to 7 hours a day at a gym in suburban boston run by trusted coach, who she credits for much of her success. >> coming up in gymnastics did you think of yourself as naturally very talented. >> no, it is funny. because mihai will say i am the most uncoordinated olympian in the whole world. >> is trite you are afraid of heights? >> yes, very afraid of heights. >> how is that possible flying through the area? >> it doesn't scare me on floor. it scares me on bars. >> her hard work aed
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landed her a spot on the u.s. team for the london olympics in 2012. during the qualifying round in london, this video of her parents, lynn and rick raisman went viral. >> lot's go. catch it! >> at the london olympics you became perhaps the most famous cheering section in history. >> stick it, please. >> stick it! >> yeah! >> i just think we got caught up in the moment, with the all. pressure and you know that she was under at that time. it was just, not easy for us to watch. >> in the first key test in london, the team finals, aly's performance on the floor clinched gold for the u.s. >> raisman finishes the job. team usa has team gold. >> their first gold ever on
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foreign soil. it was a picture postcard moment that only told part of the story. one of the women standing next to raisman, teammate, said last month that naser sexually abused her before the team's victory. in a twitter most, maroni wrote, his abuse started when i was 13 years old and it didn't end until i left the sport. raisman says she and other athletes did not realize at the time that naser gained their trust, through a predatory technique designed to build an emotional bond with athletes. it is called grooming. >> he would always bring me, you know, desserts or gifts. he would buy me little things so i really thought he was a nice person. i really thought he was looking out for me. that's why, i want to do this interview. that's whey i want to talk about it. i want people to know, just because someone is nice to you, and just because everyone is saying they're the best person, it does not make it okay for them to ever make you uncomfortable. ever. >> reporter: usa gymnastics has a long standing policy that
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adults should avoid being alone with a minor. despite that policy, raisman says she was alone with dr. naser. he treated her and other athletes in hotel rooms. >> all those years, representing the united states of america. did the country sports system look out for the way it should have? >> no. i think -- nobody ever educated me on make sure you are not alone with an adult, make sure he is not making you uncomfortable. i didn't know the signs. i didn't know what sexual abuse really was. i think that need to be communicated to all of these athletes no matter the age. >> reporter: after helping her team win gold at the london olympics, aly raisman had a crisis of confidence in the next competition. the individual all-around. she finished fourth. by the time she got to her last chance for individual gold, the floor exercise final, she was so nervous, she considered not doing one of her more difficult moves. but then your coach sa
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>> he said you worked too hard to not being olympic champion because you're a little afraid. >> she took the coach's advice and won gold. >> i felt like i was floating. felt like it was everless. i never felt that look before. it was the best feeling in the world. i learned a valuable lesson that day. in the all-around nienl i was nervous. i doubted myself. and i made a mistake. in the floor final i knew i was going to hit the best routine of my life. and i did. >> she returned from london with three medals. a hometown hero, and an international celebrity. she competed on "dancing with the stars" got involved in business ventures and struck endorsement deals with reeboc and other companies. it wasn't enough. she wanted to compete in a second olympics. something no american gymnast had done in 16 years. did you think some people had writ in you off? >> yes, absolutely. i remember when i first said i was coming back.
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some other coaches said i think it is going to be hard for you. don't think you can diet. >> not the thing to say to you. i don't think you can do it, right? >> there were so many days, should i stop. this is crazy. this is so hard. >> it got harderen the summer of 2015. a year before the rio games, when an investigator hired by usa gymnastics paid raisman a visit. a coach rayed concerns about dr. naser's treatments of athletes. raisman was caught off-guard when the investigator asked her about it. >> i said, well, his touching makes me uncomfortable. but he is so nice to me. i don't think he does it on purpose. because, you know, i think he cares about me. >> reporter: ohm after the investigator left that you begin to put the pieces together? >> yeah, i men i think it is important for people to know too. i am still trying to put the pieces together today. it impacts you for the rest of your life. >> you can seat full report on our website, cbs news.com. the "overnight news" will be right back.
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$58,000. patrick carnes first popularized the term sex addiction in the 80s. >> like any addiction it is a problem where a person loses their ability to choose. a brain disease. >> an addict's behavior -- harvey weinstein and kevin spacey join a list of celebrities. including tiger woods and anthony weiner. with the drug and alcohol treatment center, cliffside malibu. he says sex addiction is not a recognized disorder. and therapy can be a pr stunt. >> if you call something an addiction then it gives something to do, you know you have, people like celebrities that can then use that as a disease model and go off to a
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