how important is it for baltimore that catherine pugh is gone? >> it's very important.re's a real sense of relief here in town. it was a very strange few weeks here to have a mayor who was on leave, completely visible, no k one realew where she was, completely in limbo, no one kne what was going to happen, so now we finally have some real clarity. we know who our mayor is for the next year. the city council president has stepped up to be mayor, andwe l have an election next year to give us a new permanent mayor. so there's real chance for kind of a treasure from start and reckoning n.w >> you're a resident and have been covering this a long time. what is the path forward for baltimore? >> the path forward takes twoen diff tacks right now, i'd say. one is there has to be further reckoning with what ned in this particular scandal, the scandal involving these children's books that were being sold by the mayor to all sots of people with -- companies with interests in city government, all exposed, thanks to greatby reporting he baltimore sun, lnd there needs to be ful accoun

a lawyer for catherine pugh is making an announcementid am growing requests to resign. she received $800,000 from a hospital network and others that did work with the city for her book. her home was raided by the fbi so a news conference is scheduledfor this afternoono discuss the mayor'se but publisher and ceo francis tony draper said she will resign. thefirst-term democrat became mayor in late 2016. look for updates through our nbc washington app. >>> attorney general barr has informed us that he will not appear today. >> house chairman jerrold nadler announciha t william barr thclined to testify before committee.r nadle said barr objects to asking questions fromf staf counsel due to the possibility they might discuss sensitive topics in the mueller report. ow er awinth theattorney general o wednesday it is not hard to see why barr might want to stay away. >> and now democrats are saying he needs to step downpotts has capitol hill. t> you elect peoplet are supposed to be able to do their own talking. > the administration hase nerve to dictate our procedures. reporter:

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young automatically became the mayor yesterday when catherine pugh resigned. you remember she' o accused receiving roughly $800,000 from a hospital networkhend otrs that did business with the city of baltimore for copies of her children's boo. now yesterday pugh's lawyer read a statement toer report >> i am sorry for the harmi tha have caused to the image of the city of baltimore and the credibility of the officee of th mayor. baltimore dserves a mayor who can move our great city forward. >> catherine pugh has not been see in public inweeks. more than a month ago she began sick leave when she was aspitalized for pneumonia. >>> d.c. police trying to determine whether a body found near the chain bridge is that of a frederick county teen. >> yesterday thepr cipal at taskar ora high school sent out a letter tells patien -- tellins and students about the death. his mains were found in the district over the weekend. police have not officially connected the student's death to the mutilated body found in a wooded area found near the chain bridge but they do sanspect g

. >>> "the baltimore sun" reports the city's mayor catherine pugh resigned amid an investigation intoeclusion. pugh says she was sorry for the harm she caused to baltimore's image. federal agents raided her home and city hall office last month in an investigation over sales of her self-published children's books. state officials had called for pugh's resignation for weeks. they cited her "healthy holly" book deals where she made about $800,000 in the sale of the books that later earned her city contracts. >> it's a sad day for the city of baltimore but a hopeful one. >> bernard "jack" young replaced pugh as baltimore's mayor. >>> "the new york times" says president trump announced a so-called health care rule. mr. trump chose yesterday's national day of prayer to announce the new regulation. under the rule, health care institutions can lose federal funds if they do not respect the rights of workers opposing certain medical procedures including sterilization and suici suicide. critics say the conscience rule could deny those under the lgbtq rule or women seeking abortion. >>> and a san

catherine pugh was under investigation for a children's book she wrote and sold to companies with business before the city. last week, her city hall office was raided and her home. >>> well turn next tonight to an american family's vacation at a caribbean resort. the connecticut father says a hotel worker tried to rob them. that father then fighting back. tonight, they've releemsed a photo of that father's injuries. the island now wants justice, though. that hotel worker later died, and the father's now fighting a manslaughter charge. here's abc's linsey davis now. >> reporter: tonight, that american banker accused of killing a hotel maintenance man while vacationing in the caribbean, releasing this photo, saying he was literally fighting for his life. 44-year-old scott hapgood was with his wife and two young daughter last month in a five-star hotel in anguilla, when he claims 27-year-old kenny mitchel came into his room and tried to rob him. hapgood was charged with manslaughter, posted $74,000 bail and then left the island on a private jet, flying back home to connecticut. leaving behind

catherine pugh faces multiple state and federal investigations amid a growing scandal around the sale published children's book series p last week, numerous federal agencies raided her home and office to determine if she used book sales to disguise kickbacks. attorney general william barr skipped the house judiciary hearing today on special counsel robert mueller's trump-russia report. the decision escalates an already nasty battle between democrats and the justice department. house speaker nancy pelosi says the attorney general's testimony to congress raises what she calls "deadly serious questions." the speaker told reporters she "lost sleep" after watching barr defend president trump in his testimony wednesday before the senate judiciary committee. >> the attorney general of the united states of america is not telling the truth to the congress of the united states. that is a crime. mark: the justice department calls speaker pelosi's charge "irresponsible and false." democrats in washington want special counsel robert mueller to testify before the senate judiciary committee. committ

mark: maryland governor gary -- larry hogan is calling the allegations against catherine pugh deeplyisturbing. the baltimore mayor is resigning immediately. she faces multiple investigations around the sale of the self published children's book series. numerous federal agents raided her office to see if she used book sales to disguise kickbacks. she is the second mayor of baltimore to step down in less than a decade. the last few days of freedom for president trump's former lawyer. michael cohen is due to report to a federal prison north of new york city. he has been sentenced for tax evasion, lying to congress, and campaign finance climbs. forbes once ranked the facility as one of america's 10 cu shiest prisons. fedex -- spacex hasbro's bone the launch of a rocket -- spacex has postponed the launch of a rocket. elon musk's cited technical reasons for the delay. the falcon nine was scheduled to launch from cape canaveral in florida. the company will try again saturday. india is looking to put a man on the moon. this is the country's second lunar mission. the indian space organization

meantime, baltimore mayor catherine pugh announced her resignation today, they called on her to quitt was revealed that she made roughly $800,000 from her children's books about health and nutrition from sales to hospitals with other countries with tied to the city. some believe they were illegal kickbacks. laura? >> laura: unbelievable. trace working hard for us tonight. we will be right back with the last bite. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. oh! no increased risk? ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ ozempic® should not be the first medicine for treating diabetes, or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoa

meantime, baltimore mayor catherine pugh announced her resignation today, they called on her to quitwas revealed that she made roughly $800,000 from her children's books about health and nutrition from sales to hospitals and other companies with ties to the city. some believe they were illegal kickbacks. laura? >> laura: unbelievable. trace working hard for us tonight. we will be right back with thed "last bite." .. >> president trump: every citizen has the absolute right to liv >> every citizen has the absolute right to live according to the teachings of their faith and the convictions of their heart. this is the bedrock of american life. >> trump's words after the national prayer breakfast amazing, especially the comfort provided to rabbi goldstein in the wake of the devastating attack on his synagogue. great moment today not covered by many in the white house, it deserves more attention, that's all the time we have tonight. and exclusive today, kellyanne conway was on fire. shannon bream and the fox news in 19 take it from here. >> we begin with a fox news alert. donald trump toni

mayor catherine pugh quit after taking a month leave of an sense for what she called health problems. she made book deals with the university of maryland's medical system while sitting on its board of directors. not a resignation letter she apologized for hurting the city's image. >> if last night billboard music awards inspired you to go to a concert or warriors game or any other type. event, you're not just fighting with other people for a seat, you're fighting with the bots. >> bots. >> billions of bots. already waiting in line to just grab up all the tickets before you get them and then them to you at a much higher price. so what's being done to stop the bots? we asked consumer investigator chris chmura to look into it. >> reporter: these mysterious digital middlemen continue to drive up prices at a staggering scale and furious speed. if you feel like you never have a chance to buy a ticket at face value anymore blame the bots that buy in bulk. the people who can enforce the law to stop them aren't. >> reporter: "hamilton" returned to san francisco in february and yet it's the hot

they face up to 20 years in prison baltimore mayor catherine pugh has resigned amid a growing investigation into her business deals. last week, the fbi and irs raided her two homes and her city hall office. part of the probe centers on the mayor making more than $700,000 by selling large numbers of her self-published children's books to businesses seeking city contracts and to the university of maryland medical system, where she served on its board of directors. in sudan, hundreds of thousands of protesters took part in another mass sit-in thursday outside sudan's defense ministry. the protesters are calling for civilian rule following last month's military coup that ousted longtime leader omar al-bashir. >> it took is four years are protesting to reach this point. we persevered. we will persevere through ramadan under any pressures, under any challenges. we will persevere until all demands are met. amy: in news from the u.s.-mexican border in texas, a 10-month-old honduran infant has died and three people are still missing, including two children, after a rubber raft overturned in the rio

catherine pugh's resignation came a week after the fbi raided her home and city hall offices. under investigation for allegedly selling the book series to disguise hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks. she apologized in a statement for harming baltimore's image. >>> a look at weather, we are tracking those stubborn storms that have been slamming parts of the south and stretching toward the great lakes. >> tornado sirens have been going off on a regular basis and at least four dozen twisters left widespread damage in their wakes. >> those thunderstorms released a spectacular light show across the skies of north texas, sparking fires and power outages. >> that looks incredible. and there's more to come. severe storms are expected again today from texas to oklahoma and arkansas. they're bringing damaging winds, rain, hail, flooding, and maybe even another tornado. >> we should tell you there will be a separate storm system. cooler and cloudy with showers in most of the northeast. more rain for the ohio valley with flooding likely. dry and warming up in the west. >>> an o

our second prize middle school winner are ellie pugh, catherine golf command rebecca meek, eighth graderst eastern middle school in silver spring, maryland. their winning entry is "the youth ballot: lowering the voting age" it was founded on belief them and inequality, and however many should have a voice in how the country is run. >> the most difficult thing was boiling down everything had learned into a coherent five-minute documentary that everyone can understand. >> after the celebration died down, we sat down together and realized how amazing it was to be part of this production and this opportunity like 3000 people submitted on some hard work that they spend so much time on. it was just amazing to be recognized. this program was so beneficial to us in our school. and me are getting $500 each, and we're just so excited to be part of it. ♪ >> the old saying, youth is our future. i actually think that is not the case. youth are here and now. >> the united states was founded on democracy. the right to vote is a central aspect of what it means to be american. >> democracy, nothing that a

former democratic mayor catherine pugh was considered a reformer but nobody saw the children's book kickback pretty novel scam. the mayor decided to publish a series of children's books called healthy holly. one of the main characters names were misspelled as well as the word vegetable. the mayor's problems sold to the tone of $800,000. that's a huge success, the only problem is they sold to massive organizations like the university of maryland medical system where mayor pugh was on the word and kaiser permanente which was awarded a city contract worth tens of millions of dollars. in that kind of situation it didn't seem to matter that many of the books were never delivered or sat unopened in warehouses or in one instance weren't even printed at all, but the mayor resigned after being absent from city hall for a month of the she was contrite in her resignation statement but back in march she spent a big part of her first apology doing this. >> it was about teaching children to walk, run, crawl, skip, dance. >> that's right, she used a press conference about her sketchy children's book series

. >> baltimore mayor catherine pugh resigned. >> "star wars" fans are mourning the loss of peter mayhew. >> facebook is cracking down on several high profile people it describes as dangerous banning them from its platform and instagram. >> all that. >> the 76ers dominated toronto. >> and all that matters. >> attorney general william barr refused to show up for round two of his testimony. one lawmaker brought a bucket of kfc implying he was a chicken. >> when trump saw that he said i'll be there to testify. save me a leg and wing. >> the late show now represents steve cohen's press conference in its entirety. >> chicken barr should have showed up today to answer question. chicken barr really laid an egg. bis smacks of watergate. that's my time. >> thorn's eye opener is presented by toyota. umors go places. seriousore on a very serious ."sue though. welcome to cbs this morning. you can see anthony mason is that here, vladimir dugtier is here. gayle is in london this morning working on a very special project. she's very excited about it. >> ver things witing lots of things with great inter

sincerely, catherine e. pugh.l provide you all with a copy of the mayor's letter of resignation effective immediately. thank you very much for coming. >> shepard: that answers that. we told you that the baltimore sun had reported this about 35 minutes ago. sure enough, turns out to be true. the lawyers saying amid all the investigations, the mayor had the series of children's books. she had taken in about $800,000 because of it. there's questions about whether there was corruption involved, whether she had gotten the money because of the power and influence she had over a couple of entities, a hot and another organization and a school. whether the books had gone to those entities in exchange for cash because she was enriching herself due to her power as mayor. now, the word that we got at the beginning of the month was that she had pneumonia and she's been out on what amounts to medical leave since the beginning of the month of april. now we know that she is resigning. the calls for her resignation had been widesp

catherine e.pugh. my office will provide you all with a copy of the mayor's letter of resignation effective immediately. thank you very much for coming. >> lawyer for baltimore mayor katherine pughs accused of profiting off the city by getting folks to by her book. her resignation follows intense scrutiny over the last few weeks over this book scandal. she has been on paid leave for more than one month. >> i see tom winter sitting next to me so i know we're moving on to something. a major drug company founder has been convicted, accused of leading a scheme to bribe doctors into prescribing a fentanyl spray that fueled the opioid epidemic, meant for cancer patients suffering from the most severe kinds of pain. but prosecutors say these bribes and kickbacks motivated physicians to prescribe the pain killer to patients who didn't need it. joining me is tom winter. this is the highest ranking pharmaceutical executive to be tried and convicted in a case involving the opioid epidemic. >> that's correct. it's really kind of a shocking case. most of the people that were given and prescribed this drug that was designed for cancer patients exhibiting the most extreme forms of pain actuall