david begnaud has more. >> reporter: in 2013, the scouts started accepting gay scouts.ow they are making the decision to welcome transgender boys. it's an early birthday present for joe maldenado. he was born jody, but has been identifying as a boy for more than a year. we first heard from him around christmas when he was asked to leave his new jersey boy scout troop. but now he could be welcomed back, even though he's not sure if he wants to return. >> i like to go camping and do science experiments, eat cupcakes and stuff. it was fun. >> reporter: in a statement, the boy scout organization says he will accept and register youth in the programs based on the gender indicated on the application. previously, they only accepted children born male. >> this was a wakeup call for him, of our society could be so cruel. but then i'm happy, because then no other child is going to have to go through what my child went through. >> reporter: when the boy scouts started accepting gay troop leaders in 2015, after accepting gay scouts, the decision was met with both celebration and al

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: this charred shell is all that's left of the victoria islamic center this is the ladies' room here. >> reporter: dr. shahid hashmi is the center's president. he says the fire started just after 2:00 a.m. saturday. he watched for three hours as firefighters lost the fight. >> it's a destroyed place but a sacred place. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. >> reporter: the mosque was burglarized nine days ago. investigators say it's too early to know what caused the fire, but the response has been uplifting. all faiths from the community have rallied in support of the center and turned out for a unity prayer service the day after the fire. around the world. >> from africa, from zimbabwe, from united kingdom. >> reporter: thousands of people have donated through an online go fund me page. you have nearly $1 million. >> we've gotten nearly $1 million from 20,000 people in three days. >> exactly. this is unbelievable. this is unbelievable and so uplifting. i can not thank enough. i cannot thank god enough. i cannot thank the supporting people enough. >> rep

david begnaud is there. >> reporter: thousands of people were enjoying the sights and sounds of mardi gras saturday night when police say 25 year rad neilson rizzuto rammed his chevy pickup truck into the crowd on carrolton avenue. >> a breaking situation right now. tu reporter: rizzuto hit two rrs, then spun out of control into a group of people. a police officer and a three year old are among the issued. ed all ended when rizzuto allegedly slammed his pickup truck into this dump truck which happened to be parked there for police cleanup. iclice believe it prevented more people from being injured. d. there is a gentleman right lere that is being taken away. >> reporter: police arrest the rizzuto at the scene on suspicion of drunk driving and hit and run. this man says he saw the crash. >> it looked like he got frustrated and aggravated so he stomped the gas tried to swerve around people and basically lost control. >> reporter: firefighter gino ascani told cbs news the suspect as in a fetal position behind n e wheel of his truck when ascani pulled him out of the vehicle. 21 people wer

our david begnaud is in austin. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered at the texas capitol today to protest state proposal to further punish sanctuary cities. e goust happened in travis county, where governor greg abbott will withhold nearly $2 million in grant funding. travis county judge, sarah eckhardt. >> i've never actually seen political retribution on this scale before. >> reporter: newly elected sheriff sally hernandez campaigned to keep the sanctuary shatus for travis county. >> they elected me to do the right thing for the right reason, and i'm doing that. >> reporter: the sheriff says she will only hold immigrants who are here illegally if they have been charged with murder, eggravated sexual assault, or human smuggling. currently, there are more than 300 sanctuary cities nationwide which do not prosecute people in lais country illegally for violating immigration law. three states-- california, vermont, and new mexico-- are looking to provide sanctuary yatus statewide. so you think your officers, acting on behalf of federal ice agents, will strain community relations? >> absolute

business is usually tough for the american farmer, but david begnaud has found that right now, it's an even harder row to hoe. >> reporter: in america's heartland, the american dream is in crisis. just ask don teske. >> and people are going broke right and left. >> reporter: tesk sea fifth generation farmener wheaton, kansas, who at 62 years old, says he's barely breaking even. >> corn sold for $8 a few years ago. i sold my corn this year for $2.87. and that don't pay the bills. >> reporter: teske says an increase in worldwide production is contributing to a multi-year decline in prices for key commodities, like corn and wheat. all the while, the cost of operating a farm is steadily increasing. the department of agriculture predicts farmers' incomes will drop an additional 9% this year, extending the worst slide in generations. as a result, more farm operations are expected to close on top of the almost 140,000 that have closed or consolidated in looft nine years. >> it's one of our hay meadows ownby my grandma. >> reporter: in pottawatomie county, kansas, these are fifth generation fa

more now from david begnaud. >> reporter: dashcam video captured the moment of private twin-engine plane plummeted from the sky before crashin crashinga melbourne outlet mall tuesday morning. this happened just 45 minutes before shops would have been filled with patrons and employees. the explosion shook the melbourne suburb of essendon. witnesses like todd owen didn't know what to make of it. >> the plane came over, and i saw the big explosion and the smoke and flames coming up. >> reporter: australian pilot max quartermain and four american passengers were all killed in the crash. the americans have been identified as: the americans were going golfing. the exact cause of the crash is still unknown. superintendent mick fruen: >> we understand that there potentially was a catastrophic engine failure but we're unsure at this stage. >> reporter: police say the pilot called in a may day, shortly after taking off in essendon, en route to king island, about 160 miles south. >> today is a desperately sad dow day. >> reporter: daniel andrews is the local government leader. >> a number of people

business is usually tough for the american farmer, but david begnaud has found that right now, it's an even harder row to hoe. >> reporter: in america's heartland, the american dream is in crisis. just ask don teske. >> and people are going broke right and left. >> reporter: teske is a fifth generation farmer in wheaton, kansas, who at 62 years old, says he's barely breaking even. >> corn sold for $8 a few years ago. i sold my corn this year for $2.87. and that don't pay the bills. >> reporter: teske says an increase in worldwide production is contributing to a multi-year decline in prices for key commodities, like corn and wheat. all the while, the cost of operating a farm is steadily increasing. the department of agriculture predicts farmers' incomes will drop an additional 9% this year, extending the worst slide in generations. as a result, more farm operations are expected to close on top of the almost 140,000 that have closed or consolidated in the last nine years. >> it's one of our hay meadows, it's owned by my grandma. >> reporter: in pottawatomie county, kansas, 34-year-old ma

david begnaud is there.reporter: it is carnival season in new orleans, and the ermosphere is festive, but r'siness owners are not masking their opposition to the mayor's new security plan. by far, the most controversial part of the proposal involves telling bar owners to close their doors at 3:00 a.m., not shut down their business, just shut the doors, to help get people off the street. the proposal has soured on bar owner daniel victory. you're worried about it hitting the bottom line. >> definitely the bottom line. eaich is really my top line. that's my most priority. i'm in business to make money. >> reporter: so the idea of closing the doors, people think you're closed. hs definitely, without a doubt. >> reporter: this large-scale security plan comes three months niter a deadly shooting on bourbon street that killed one din and injured nine others. ake proposal includes adding 200 high-definition cameras at 20 hot spots around the city and signs that make it clear you're being filmed. barriers like these

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: this charred shell is all that's left of the victoria islamic center. >> this is the ladies' room here. >> reporter: dr. shahid hashmi is the center's president. he says the fire started just after 2:00 a.m. saturday. he watched for three hours as firefighters lost the fight. >> it's a destroyed place but a sacred place. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. >> reporter: the mosque was burglarized nine days ago. w vestigators say it's too early to know what caused the fire, but the response has been uplifting. all faiths from the community have rallied in support of the center and turned out for a unity prayer service the day after the fire. around the world. >> from africa, from zimbabwe, from united kingdom. >> reporter: thousands of people have donated through an online go fund me page. you have nearly $1 million. >> we've gotten nearly $1 million from 20,000 people in three days. >> exactly. this is unbelievable. this is unbelievable and so k lifting. i can not thank enough. i cannot thank god enough. i cannot thank the supporting people enough. >>

the governor has declared a state of emergency, and david begnaud is on the scene. >> reporter: it was a large tornado that tore through new orleans east, destroying several homes. >> that's when the roof went flying. >> reporter: sheryl mcbride took cover in the bath tub. >> as soon as i got in, stooped down, the roof came off, things started flying. i asked jesus to cover me, don't let me get hurt. and the next thing you know, here we are. >> reporter: the tornado left a trail of destruction, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. >> it was actually a twister. the funnel come straight over, come straight across, come straight up behind us. >> reporter: a warehouse security camera captured the moment of tornado ripped off the building's roof and flipped over an 18-wheeler. >> it went about two miles, and it covered about a half a mile swath of land. >> reporter: new orleans mayor mitch landrieu: >> we've been able to see the damage. it's devastating. there are a lot of families that lost everything they had. >> reporter: the tornado was part of a larger weather sys

so he is asking the legislature to give him that power. >> david begnaud, at the texas capital.nk you, david. up next, music with a message. >>> born in a little flophouse in new orleans. just because people were crammed in there. spoke five languages. they couldn't talk to each other. the only way they could communicate is with jazz. >> ryan gosling in "lala land" teaching emma stone about jazz. tonight, this american art form is teaching kids how to put harmony back in democracy. ♪ ♪ this is no ordinary class. it's part jazz. part american history. the key lesson that jazz and democracy are based on the same principles. >> look at our band. >> reporter: barry stevenson. >> do we all look exactly the same? do you all think we think the same? >> no. >> reporter: sasha ethridge attends the community school in new orleans. >> the importance they all have their own specialty. which can form something, just, just brilliant and amazing. >> reporter: a third grader, alexander arnold is also in the class. do you prefer to hear one instrument or all together? >> all of them together def

more now from david begnaud. >> reporter: dashcam video twin-engine plane plummeted from the sky before crashing into a melbourne outlet mall tuesday morning. before shops would have been filled with patrons and employees. the explosion shook the melbourne suburb of essendon. witnesses like todd owen didn't know what to make of it. >> the plane came over, and all i saw was the big explosion and the smoke and flames coming up. >> reporter: australian pilot max quartermain and four american passengers were all killed in the crash. the americans have been identified as: the americans were going golfing. the exact cause of the crash is still unknown. superintendent michael fruen: >> we understand that there potentially was a catastrophic engine failure but we're unsure at this stage. >> reporter: police say the pilot called in a mayday, shortly after taking off in essendon, en route to king island, about 160 miles south. >> today is a desperately sad day. >> reporter: daniel andrews is the local government leader. >>

our david begnaud is in austin.hered at the texas cap tool to protest a new state proposal to further punish sanctuary cities. just happened in travis county where governor greg abbott will withhold $2 million in grant funding. travis county judge. >> i have never seen political retribution on this scale before. >> newly elected sheriff, campaigned to keep sanctuary status for travis county. >> they elected me to do the right thing for the right reason. i am doing that. the sheriff will hold immigrants here illegally if they have been charged with murder, aggravated sexual assault or human smuggling. cu there are 300 sanctuary cities nationwide which do not prosecute people in the country illegally for violating immigration law. three states, california, vermont and new mexico, are looking to provide sanctuary status statewide. >> so you think your officers acting on behalf of federal ice agents will strain community relations? >> absolutely. if they're a victim witness. and they're fearful they're going to be depor

. >> reporter: david begnaud, cbs news, pottawatomie county, kansas. are holding the runway at the mosul airport. it is a major advance in the liberation of iraq's second largest city from the grip of isis. david martin is in iraq tonight with a rare look at how u.s. forces are helping. >> reporter: after suffering 500 killed and 3,000 wounded in liberating the eastern half of mosul from isis, iraqi forces met only light resistance as they advanced through the outskirts of west mosul. despite the early success, the iraqis are expecting west mosul to be an even tougher fight once they enter the city. american advisers are with them. general joseph votel, commander of u.s. forces in the middle east, told his troops, "this is the iraqis' fight." >> would it go faster if we did it ourselves? well, it might. but i'm pretty convinced the way we are approaching this, this campaign this time, working through our partners, is kind of the right way of doing it. they own this. we are helping them-- helping them to fight, but we're not doing the fighting for them.

david begnaud is there. >> reporter: thousands were enjoying the sights and sounds of mardi gras saturday night, when a 25-year-old rammed his chevy pick up truck into a crowd on carrollton avenue. >> this is a breaking situation right now. >> reporter: he hit two cars, according to police, then spun out of control into a group of people. a police officer and a 3-year-old are among the injured. it all ended when he allegedly slammed his truck into this city dump truck, which happened to be parked in the area for parade cleanup. new orleans police believe it prevented more people from being injured. >> there's a gentleman right here being taken away. >> reporter: police arrested him at the scene on suspicion of drunk driving and hit and run. this man says he saw the crash. >> people said it looked like he got frustrated and aggravated and he tried to swerve around people and lost control. >> reporter: a firefighter told cbs news the suspect was in a fetal position behind the wheel of his truck when he was pulled out of the vehicle. 21 people were rushed by ambulance to seven area hospitals

david begnaud, thanks.hief weather caster lonnie quinn of wcbs is tracking the severe weather including the flooding in the west. >> good morning. this is the current cray dhar picture. i want to go back in time to yesterday when that storm rumbled through the new orleans area. there it is right there, track it, into the panhandle of florida. what we focus on today, the tornadic threat would still be around the big bend of florida we've actually got it in a slight risk for today. that's a risk nonetheless and stretches into portions of georgia as well. that's when we keep our eyes peeled for twists in the atmosphere. again, a slight risk but a risk. let's go out west. we're talking big rains. the pineapple express is in full force right now, pumping in all that moisture from hawaii. it's going to rain and rain along the coast. these numbers for rainfall are going to be enormous. look at the 24-hour total. i want you to focus on an area like redding, california. 2.35 inches. over the next 24 hours, this pine

that's where we find cbs news reporter david begnaud. >> reporter: as nearly a half dozen powerful tornados barrel through southeastern louisianna, people reported the destruction as it happened. debris filled the air and dangerous winds slipped and pushed what appears to be trailer through a mall parking lot. surveillance footage shows the roof of a building blowing off, and smashing into parked cars. in the background, a 18 wheeler is flipped on it side. a tornado that was add lisa ef2, with winds up to 135 miles per hour, destroyed homes, and knocked out power to thousands of people in the new orleans area. this assembly facility was also damaged in the storm. >> affected about an area that holds 5,000 properties. >> new orleans called zig-zagging tornado a catastrophy. >> like an elephant stomping on your house. >> the roof went up. >> cheryle mcbride's house collapsed around her, she took cover in the bathtub. look what would have fallen on you, had you not gone in the tub. >> no warning, you know, with a flood, you know it is coming, you have type to prepare and to evacuate. i had tim

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the governor has declared a state of emergency, and david begnaud is on the scene. >> reporter: it washat tore through new orleans east, destroying several homes. >> that's when the roof went flying. >> reporter: sheryl mcbride took cover in the bathtub. >> as soon as i got in, stooped down, the roof came off, things started flying. i asked jesus to cover me, don't let me get hurt. >> reporter: the tornado left a trail of destruction, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. >> it was actually a twister. the funnel come straight over, come straight across, come straight up behind us. >> reporter: a warehouse security camera captured the moment a tornado ripped off the building's roof and flipped over an 18-wheeler. >> it went about two miles, and it covered about a half a mile swath of land. >> reporter: new orleans mayor mitch landrieu -- >> we've been able to see the damage. it's devastating. there are a lot of families that lost everything they had. >> reporter: the tornado was part of a larger weather system that was sweeping through louisiana, mississippi, and al

david begnaud is there. >> reporter: this is new orleans east.had up to two or three feet of water during hurricane katrina, and i cannot tell you how many people said to me this was worse in katrina in that they had so little time to get to a safe place. we're about to show you video that is incredible to watch when you consider the fury of mother nature. the first tornado hit at 10:00 in the morning and kept popping up and nailing this area for the next two hours. as nearly half dozen powerful tornadoes barreled through southeastern louisiana, people recorded the destruction as it happened. debris filled the air, and dangerous winds flipped and pushed what appears to be a trailer through a mall parking lot. surveillance footage shows the roof of a building blowing off and smashing into parked cars. in the back ground, an 18-wheeler is flipped on its side. a tornado destroyed homes and knocked out power to thousands of people in the new orleans area. this nasa assembly facility was also damaged in the storm. >> as soon as i sat down, poof, the r

. >> david begnaud in texas. thanks, david. >>> republicans in congress are going ahead with their campaign promise to get rid of obamacare, but some of their constituents are telling them not so fast. here's chip reid. >> we are going to repeal the affordable care act. >> reporter: in the small town of north harmony, new york, things were anything but harmonious this weekend during a town hall held by conservative republcan congressman tom reed. >> the affordable care act doesn't work. >> it is working for a lot of people. >> right! >> 20 million! >> why do we throw want baby out with the bath water? let's fix it! >> reporter: it's similar to the reception other republicans have gotten at home, including jason chaffetz of utah. >> do your job! do your job! >> reporter: anger over the threatened repeal of obamacare is one of the biggest issues, but there are others. >> as long as donald trump, his administration, and this congress are pursuing an agenda that is at odds with the interests of most americans, i thin

david begnaud is along new orleans iconic bourbon street with why business owners are concerned. morning. >> reporter: norah, good morning. happy mardi gras. a lot of changes are already in place, including the cameras and the ball park lights which light up bourbon street. a controversial part of the plan would force bar owners to close their doors at 3:00 a.m. a lot of people argue that would change the culture of this southern city. i've got to tell you, in nola, change is controversial. it is carnival season in new orleans. the atmosphere is festive. business owners are not masking their opposition to the mayor's security plan. by far the most controversial part of the pros al involves telling bar owners to close the doors at 3:30 a.m., not shut down the business, shut the doors to get people off the street. that would require city council approval. not mixing well with bar owner daniel victory. >> you worry about it hitting the bottom line? >> i'm in business to make money. >> the idea being, if you close the doors, people think you're closed. >> definitely, without a doubt.

. >> david begnaud, thanks. >>> a man accused of shooting and killing a man and injuring two others inside a kansas city bar is due in court monday. there are calls for the case to be investigated as a hate crime. paula reed has the latest. >> he did not deserve a death like this. >> reporter: just days after her husband was killed in a possible hate crime, the widow said she feared living in the u.s. as an immigrant. >> i was always concerned, are we doing the right thing of staying in the united states of america? >> reporter: an indian born engineer was shot and killed at a kansas bar wednesday night. 51-year-old adam puritan allegedly opened fire after witnesses say he shouted "get out of my country." police say hours later at a different bar in missouri, he told a bartender he had just killed two middle eastern man. the shooting made headlines across india, on the streets of central deli people lashed out at how they are perceived in the united states. >> they are feeling we are taking their jobs and nothing else. >> reporter: go fund me sites for all three victim's families have rais

david begnaud is in new orleans with what we're learning about the suspect, nielson rizzuto. >> reporterwe were here on bourbon street friday talking about what the city was doing to prevent incidents like the one on saturday. the suspect is in jail held on a $125,000 bail. i want you to hear from a new orleans firefighter who saw what happened and chased the suspect and yanked him from the driver's seat. >> people were like bowling pins. >> reporter: new orleans firefighter was working security and chased after 25-year-old nielson rizzuto as he allegedly crashed his pickup truck into a crowd of people saturday night. >> there was tons of scrapes and crashing sounds. as he kept going, which i was amazed at, he just sped up. >> he got frustrated and aggravated. he stomped the gas to try to swerve around people and lost control. >> reporter: police say he hit two cars with his truck before slamming into a city dump truck parked in the area for city cleanup. >> if that dump truck wasn't there -- >> he would have killed dozens of people. >> reporter: city officials rammed up security for thi