craig boswell has the latest on her presidential bid. >> reporter: hillary clinton features everydayamericans in an internet video with a much anticipated announcement. >> i am running for president. >> reporter: now the former secretary of state, senator and first lady is in a van on a road trip to iowa, posting pictures on social media of voters she is meeting along the way. tuesday she will hold her first campaign event in the state with the first presidential caucuses, all part of the strategy reflected in her campaign mission statement saying we are humble. we take nothing for granted. her opponent already positioning themselves as the anti- hillary. >> hillary represents the failed policies of the past. >> she doesn't have a track record of leadership or trustworthiness. >> reporter: the official field for the race to the white house is expected to grow today with a formal announcement from marco rubio, jumping into the 2016 contest after one term in the senate, and his political team is playing up his age. hillary clinton is from the past, they are saying. marco rubio of the f

craig boswell, cbs news baltimore. >>> the tulsa sheriff's office admits. he's a 73-year-old officer who says he confused his handgun with his taser when he fatally shot eric harris. cbs news has learned the special treatment was given bates. he was allowed to make authorized vehicle stops and when confronted he said quote, he could do whatever he wants and anyone who has a problem with that should go see the sheriff who's a close personal friend. >>> this morning severe weather stretches from texas to the gulf coast. thunderstorms, hail and tornados were a possibility. the twister sailed through a rural area. there are no reports of injury or significant damage. >>> in pittsburgh it looked much more like december than the end of april. snow fell yesterday as temperatures dropped. the temperature is expected to be below freezing. this morning freeze and frost warnings are from south dakota to ohio. >>> this is the third day of testimony in the boston marathon. the same jury that convicted him must be decided whether they should be put to death. you're heari

craig boswell reports. the. >> we will fight for freddie gray! >> reporter: demonstrators went face-to-face with police in baltimore's district. the video was obtained by cbs baltimore station. gray was carried by police his feet dragging on the ground. a half hour later, he was in a coma. an autopsy revealed the cause of death was a spinal injury. >> we know the final outcome of mr. gray unfortunately, he passed away. what we don't have at this point is how mr. gray sustained those injuries. >> reporter: a handwritten report by a police officer said mr. gray was arrested without force. >> when you get them out of an investigation when you haven't found anything. >> reporter: he said he doesn't believe the police promise of transparency. >> you've got to initiate the use of police cameras yesterday because it will make everybody be on their best behavior. >> reporter: craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> in tulsa, the sheriff said the voluntary deputy who shot and killed somebody but admits he can't find all of robert bates' training records.

craig boswell has more from the white house. >> reporter: u.s. negotiators say enough progress has been made to extend talks over iran's nuclear program. the u.k.'s top negotiators say discussions may continue another 24 to 48 hours. >> but it does mean the iranians being willing to meet us whether it's still issues we need to deal with. >> reporter: the stucking points, how much nuclear fuel iran will be allowed to produce in the future and how to verify that fuel is for peaceful purposes only. negotiators also need to decide when economic sanctions are lifted. secretary kerry updated president obama on the talks last night. president obama insists the u.s. is prepared to walk away from the negotiations if iran won't budge. he says no deal is better than a bad deal. not everyone in washington is convinced. >> it's the president who is putting politics above america's best interest. >> reporter: arkansas senator tom cotton who sent a letter to iran threatening to rescind any deal once president obama leaves office is among a group of lawmakers wh

craig boswell has our report. >> reporter: freddie grey's family was joined by protesters. some overcome with emotion. they're looking into the questions of gray's death. he was arrested after he and another man ran from officers. gray was seen being carried into a van by a video. another video also obtained by wjz shows officers removing gray from the van to shackle his legs at a stop during the drive to the western district. at the end of the ride an ailing gray was rushed to the hospital where he died sunday. autopsy results say the cause of death was a severe spine injury. police say they don't know what happened. demonstrators say they will take their case to baltimore's mayor on thursday with a rally at city hall. organizer jamaal bryant wants the six officers involved to face charges. >> i want murder charges for all of them because there was no history or record of him having a spinal injury. all police officers can't say what happened. the mayor has acknowledged in the press that he called for immediate medical attention and nobody gave it to him. >> reporter: the

craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >>> officials say that four years ago hinckley apparently lied to staff at st. elizabeth's hospital after saying he was going to the movies. he instead went to a bookstore where he looked at books about president reagan and the attempted assassination. >>> expect the capitol hill fight over who will replace the embattled head of the dea. michele leonhart is stepping down retiring in may. leonhart served 35 years in the drug enforcement administration and has led the agency since 2007. but she's been under fire following a scathing report about agents attending sex parties by local -- funded by local drug cartels in colombia. several members of congress had called for leonhart's resignation. >>> a u.s. marshal is under investigation for smashing a woman's cell phone. it happened as she was recording police activity near her home. john blackstone has more on what's becoming a growing trend in the country. >> reporter: 34-year-old beatrice piaz says she plans to take action after a u.s. marshal approached her without warning knocking her cell phone out

craig boswell has the story right outside the courtroom. >> reporter: they're singing -- ♪ ♪ and preaching i don't know a man who can set you straight. >> reporter: outside the supreme court as the justices hear arguments in historic same sex marriage cases. the high court is weighing whether states, particularly michigan, ohio, kentucky and tennessee must allow same sex marriages. and if it's not required, whether all states must recognize same sex marriages performed in other states where they are legal. the states argued it should be up to each of them. >> who gets the decide the meaning of marge? is it -- marriage? is it people or the federal courts? and our position has been it's the people. >> reporter: the case is being heard include gym's, the ohio man went to maryland to marry his partner and then his home state wouldn't recognize the union. >> i absolutely feel like i'm being treated as a second class citizen, as someone not worthy of the same rights as the person standing next to me. >> reporter: the plaintiffs argue the constitution protects their rights. >> you don't decide fu

craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >> four years ago while staying at st. elizabeth's hospital hinkley apparently lied twice about going to the movies and instead went to the bookstore where he looked at books about president reagan and the attempted assassination. >>> the pope will visit cuba in september before coming to the u.s. the vatican confirmed the trip but did not offer any details or dates. pope francis has been credited with helping the united states and cuba renew diplomatic relations. he wrote to the leaders of both countries and hosted a final negotiations at the vatican. >>> international travelers will have a smoother re-entry into the u.s. sfo is rolling out automated passport kiosks in the customs arrival area. the kiosks will speed up the long lines. travelers from 38 countries can take advantage of the system. >>> california electricity customers who useless power could end up paying more because of changes to the rate structure. currently customers are in [ indiscernible ] with those who use the most electricity paying higher rates tha

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craig boswell has more. >> reporter: tourists are still talking about wednesday's brazen stunt. a gyrocopter flying across the national mall and landing on the u.s. capitol's west lawn. >> what happened to our security? this is crazy. >> he was in for a joke or big crazy man. what if someone was seriously wanting to do some damage, it would be questionable. >> reporter: postal worker doug hughes was carrying 535 letters to congress to draw attention to what he believes is an urgent need for campaign finance reform. now a number of federal agencies are trying to figure out how he was able to fly some 80 miles at low altitude from gettysburg, pennsylvania through heavily restricted air space to the capitol lawn. >> he's lucky he wasn't shot glrt federal aviation administration says hughes was not in contact with air traffic controller and his flight was not authorized. the agency did not say if it had detected his aircraft. he planned his flight for more than three years and spoke with it withed eowe with the tampa -- with the tampa bay times. >> terrorists don't broadcast their f

craig boswell has more. >> reporter: ril hi clip -- hillary clinton featured everyday americans in an internet video with a much anticipated announcement. >> i'm running for president. >> reporter: the former secretary of state, senator and first lady is in a van on a road trip to iowa. she's posting pictures on social media of voters she's meeting along the way. tuesday she'll hold her first campaign event in the state with the first presidential caucuses. it's all part of a strategy reflected in her campaign mission statement that says, we are humble. we take nothing for granted. her potential republican opponents are already positioning themselves as the anti-hillary. >> hillary clinton represents the failed policies of the past. >> she doesn't have a track record of leadership or trustworthiness. >> reporter: the official republican field for the white house race is expected to grow again today with an announcement in miami from florida senator marco rubio. the 43-year-old will be jumping into the 200016 contest -- 2016 contest after one term in the senate and his political team i

craig boswell is there with more on the emotional ceremony. >> reporter: mourners lined up to pay their respects to freddie gray. friends and family celebrated the 25-year-old's life at a funeral service at new shiloh baptist church in his hometown of baltimore. gray died from a spinal cord injury sustained in police custody. his death has sparked daily protests. saturday a large demonstration turned violent. protesters looted stores and clashed with police. more than 30 people were arrested. gray's family has been part of the call for calm in the city. baltimore's mayor has repeatedly said rioting will not be tolerated while supporting peaful demonstrations. clara davis didn't know gray personally but felt she had to be a today's funeral. >> i'm just here to support the cause. i hope that this will be a peaceful ending, you know, after all that's taken place for the last couple of days. >> the white house sent -- [indiscernible] police in baltimore say they will complete an investigation looking into gray's death by the end of the week. craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> we just l

craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >> the florida man who flew his gyrocopter onto the south lawn of the capitol has been ordered to stay out of the sky and away from washington. 51-year-old doug hughes appeared in federal court yesterday. where he was given home detention. he's charged with knowingly operating an unlicensed aircraft and violating national defense air space. hughes was delivering letters urging congress to take up campaign finance reform. meanwhile, capitol hill lawmakers want to know how hawks flew through -- hughes flew there. >> it's a stunning thing to think of that we have to have visibility and we're very interested in getting answers to that. >> now hughes is allowed to return to washington only to see his lawyer. and none of the 535 letters to congress reached lawmakers because they are now evidence in the case. >>> there are some new developments in the accidental shooting death of an oklahoma man during an arrest ream. questions -- recently. questions now revolve around the training record of the reserves officer who pulled the trigger, don champion has mor

craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> the tulsa sheriff's office admits a review of robert bates was ordered back in 2009 but no further action was taken. bates is a 73-year-old reserve officer who says he confused his handgun with his taser when he fatally shot eric harris. cbs news has learned the investigation found bates received special treatment during his training. bates reportedly used his personal car to make unauthorized vehicle stops and when he was confronted he said quote, he could do whatever he wants and anyone who has a problem with that should go see the sheriff, who is a close personal friend. >>> this morning severe weather stretches from texas to the gulf coast. thunderstorms, hail, and tornados were a possibility. a tornado touched down yesterday near abilene, texas, but the tornado sailed through a rural area. there are no reports of injury or significant damage. >>> in pittsburgh, it looked much more like december than the end of april. snow fell yesterday as temperatures dropped. the temperature is expected to be below freezing. this morning freeze and frost w

craig boswell reports. >> we will fight for freddie gray! >> reporter: demonstrators went face-to-face with police in baltimore's western district. this is where 25-year-old freddie gray was brought after his arrest was recorded on video last week. the video was obtained by cbs baltimore station. wjz. gray was carried by police, his feet dragging on the ground. a half hour later, he was in a coma. he died sunday. an autopsy revealed the cause of death was a severe spine injury. >> we know the final outcome of mr. gray, unfortunately, he passed away. what we don't have at this point is how mr. gray sustained those injuries. >> reporter: a handwritten police report by the arresting officer said gray was arrested without force or incident. the city's mayer is calling for calm and promises answers by next friday. billy murphy junior is the attorney for the gray family. he says he doesn't believe the police promise of transparency. >> you've got to initiate the use of police cameras yesterday because it will make everybody be on their best behavi

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> negotiators have until june 30 to hammer out the finer detailsthat agreement. >>> governor brown is taking the unusual step of releasing his personal emails. the governor released 113 pages sent from his personal account to his staff. this comes after the governor responded to the controversy over hillary clinton's use of personal emails while she was secretary of state. the governor said even though it's not required by state law, he has no problem releasing his emails. the "sacramento bee" which had made the request reports the emails are mostly routine and cover topics such as the high- speed rail and university of california. >> i wish i would have known about it. >> a driver is caught off guard busted for putting on lip balm. why police say her ticket is legit. >> a priceless sale. what this model is saying tonight about her $22,000 >>> an emotional reunion. a sailor lost at sea since january hugs his dad for th >> i was praying to god please protect me. >> reporter: louis jordan may be inexperienced at sailing but he is a master of survival

craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. >> the president was out of town when it happened.ret service says it was never alerted to the fact that the gyrocopter was in flight. >>> rap mogul suge knight will stand trial turns out for murder for a deadly hit-and- run. knight is accused of intentionally plowing his truck into two men at a los angeles burger stand back in january. one of these guys was killed. the other seriously injured. knight has pleaded not guilty. his attorney argues that knight was ambushed and ran over the men trying to flee. >>> just when sony thought that its problems from a massive cyber attack were over, now it's dealing with a sequel. whistle-blower site wikileaks has released thousands of embarrassing emails and documents from last year's hack attack on the studio. the attack was in retaliation for the comedy the interview, which mocked north korea. wikileaks founder julian assange says the documents belong to the public domain. >>> a close call this morning for the country group lady antebellum. one of their tour buses blew a wheel and caught fire!

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cbs news correspondent craig boswell has more. >> reporter: vandals bashed in windows as protests over the death of freddie gray turned ugly demonstrates also clashed with police outside the entrance of camden jar. the tense moments followed a peaceful rally at city hall where demonstrators demanded justice for gray who died in police custody last week. >> i think most of the city is in solidarity. >> reporter: thousand marched the 2 miles from the spot where gray was arrested to city hall. >> we are tired of being pushed around. tired of police brutality and it needs to stop. >> reporter: gray died on sunday of a severe spinal injury a week after his arrest. cell phone video shows gray dragging his legs. police have not specifically said why he was stopped or how he was injured but they admit officers made mistakes. >> our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple time. >> reporter: despite isolated pockets of violence the overwhelming majority of protesters have been peaceful. the organizers of the massive rally to city hall the goal was should

cbs reporter craig boswell on the hopes that the worst is over. >>> reporter: thousands of demonstrators held a peaceful protest march in baltimore late wednesday afternoon in support of freddie gray, the 25-year- old died from an unexplained spinal injury in police custody. after days of unrest, there's still a heavy police presence on the streets but many residents are going about their business. >> violence is not the way. it's just unreal how this just happened. >> reporter: schools reopened and the baltimore orioles returned to action but in the interests of safety no fans were allowed in the stadium. the governor hopes the violence is over but says the national guard state troopers and police will continue to keep watch. >> every, single state agency is fully focused on this crisis and they are providing a number of necessary services and very -- a lot of help that's very much needed in the city. >> police are expected to hand over the results of its investigation into the death of freddie gray on friday to the state attorney general. many here want an official explanation. >> we s

craig boswell cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and it is 5:13, here is our traffic and weather together. katy? >> ukee, still actually tracking what's left at this point of our storm system it, came through basically in two pieces, but there is actually, believe it or not, third piece of there is that's going to be coming through by tomorrow, just secondary cold front that comes along, in the wake of the first two so, yesterday this same time, dealing with the warmfront we ended up with pretty nice day overall in terms of the second half of the afternoon. then of course, all the storms rumbled in last night. we take you on outside. i want to show you what's happening on storm scan, at this point, still messy. you have some activity to work with here, the bulk of moisture pi point is actually well on confined offer to the north. if i where you still have rain falling locally, it is still potentially falling pretty heavily. we do still have similar rainfall intensity we saw this same time yesterday. just not as widespread. your storm circulation actually still off to the north and west, an

while it was mostly peaceful, there were isolated pockets of violence i'm craig boswell in baltimore, that's coming up. >>> today is sunday, april 26th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer, it is 8:00 right now, we send it over to carol for more on today's forecast, an improvement, so that's good. >> it is, you know, we came in, it was dark. but i want to show you a window outside nicole, brightening up, already we've seen a lot of clouds through philadelphia, and i've shown this camera a million times this morning. and every time it was really cloudy now, look at it, a trend we would love to see continue for the rest of the day. we've got blue skies over the ben franklin bridge, we have melting snow, up at jack frost big boulder, with just fun this time of year, also notice the sky beyond that, it is clear, looks really really pretty out there. storm scan3 showing right now we are dealing with clouds, that are on their way out and they will be thinning out as we go through the afternoon, i don't know that they'll be totally gone still we should be fi

i'm craig boswell in baltimore, that's coming up. >>> today is sunday, april 26, good morning to you thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. just past 7:00 right now. we send it over to carol. again, few degrees warmer, we will take it, carol. >> we will take every agree we can get at this point. >> we will. >> yesterday, in the 50's, today, in the 60s, it is an improvement, as we close out the last weekend in april. let's take a look. see outside this morning notice, we do have few clouds there are clouds here, you're going to be finding few clouds even at the shore sun struggling against the clouds, still reflection in the ocean temperature of 43 degrees, ardmore, very quiet out there. the kids are home, doing their homework right now. don't you love that? they're so diligent. looking at storm scan three upped case of some of the showers that are well to the south, in fact, not eastern southern delaware, but there are showers south of that, in our area, some clouds by the time we get to up allentown seeing very few of them, by the time you get up in the poconos looking at

correspondent craig boswell has the very latest from washington. >> you are at war with your conscious. >> reporter: protesters demonstrated outside the supreme court and there was a rare outburst in front of the justices as they waved whether the constitution gives same sex couples the right to marry. chief justice john roberts says definition of marriage has always been between one man and one woman until a dozen years ago. >> we are not seeking to join the institution you are seeking to change what the institution is. >> reporter: justice anthony kennedy, likely swing vote agreed saying the definition had been around for millennium. >> it is very difficult for the court to say oh well we know better. >> reporter: ken pressed the states on how allowing them to marry would harm traditional marriage. justices are considering whether same sex marriages performed in states where they are already legal must be recognized in states where they are not. ohio resident jim went to maryland to marry his partner who then died of als but ohio doesn't recognize the marriage. >> idea serve to have

craig boswell cbs news, the white house. >> president obama was asked about hillary clinton's decisionn. he called her a friend and said she would make an excellent president. but declined to endorse her at this point. >>> still ahead are they leaving their workers in limbo? coming up in tonight's consumer watch, the major stores under the microscope for how they schedu >>> it's taken a while but a campaign to fix a dangerous car defect is paying off. >> as consumer watch reporter julie watts explains, incentives are driving gm owners to deal with their car's ignition switch problems. >> there's still plenty of cars that haven't been fixed but general motors says 70% of its cars recalled for the ignition switch defect has been repaired. the problem got a lot of attention. ignition switches that can suddenly slip out of the run position and then cause the cars to stall. the recall was announced 14 months ago. gm also announced today the families of at least 84 people killed in crashes caused by those switches will get compensation from the company. >>> more than a dozen major retailers

. >> cbs reporter craig boswell joins us live from baltimore. it looks like the fire department and the police department have really been stretched completely thin today. what else can you tell us about what's going on right now? >> they certainly have. good evening to you. clashes with police are popping up across the city as are the fires. we've seen extra fire trucks streaming through this area trying to get to the massive blaze at the senior center. at some point these clashes with police, some police are pulling back, many of them pulling back. there's a sea of vandals and no officers to be seen. at other locations officers in riot gear are coming in and they're dispersing those crowds. >> reporter: rioters torched a police car threw rocks at officers, and looted stores during clashes in baltimore monday afternoon. officers responded in force carrying batons and using teargas to try to disperse the crowds. >> officers have been placed in harm's way and we know some have been injured. we're going to do everything we can to make sure another

cbs reporter craig boswell has more from the white house. >> reporter: secret service director josephlancy is facing yet another scandal within his agency, xavier morales, a senior supervisor is a accused of making unwanted sexual advances on a female subordinate at agency headquarters after returning from a party march 31st. washington post reports that the female agent told police morales tried to kiss her and grabbed her arms when she resisted. she added two scuffled, before morales relented. director clancy said any threats or violence that endangering our employees in the work place is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. senior soup variety or was put on leave with his security clearance suspended. he was one of the first promotions director clancy made in an attempt to clean up an agency rock by scandal. >> over past several months i have made extensive personal until changes in an effort to bring about positive change. >> reporter: the change has not happened fast enough for many lawmakers. last month, two other supervisors were suspended after driving through an ago i have

craig boswell cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> philadelphia police officer is at home after he was shot in line of duty. officer was wheeled out of pen presbyterian. nineteenth district officer on routine patrol thursday night when he approached a man at 52nd and mass their suspected every doing struggles. that man shot the officer in the shoulder than he returned fire. the suspect remains in the hospital this morning. >>> two south jersey police offers remembers in trouble with their own department for actions caught on camera. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us the tape and tells us why police officials from cumberland county say it is important that everyone sees it. >> two separate videos showing two millville police lieutenant before their arrest. lieutenant carl haague is her now on paid administrative leave after his colleagues say he assaulted customer inside a liquor store. his colleagues, lieutenant edward was pick up for dwi in a separate incident outside popular sport bar over the weekend. >> we did everything that we could possibly do. >> lieutenant jody, has been

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> the department of homeland security inspector general is investigating the incident. >>> he is face the nation just about every sunday the past 24 years, but now veteran newsman bob schieffer is calling it quits, why and when and who could possibly take his place next. >> but first. >> reporter: at age 93 a final good-bye today for a heroic tuskegee airman. i'm prince george's county bureau chief scott broom coming up from glen arden, the remarkable legacy of leroy boots battle. >> we've got some good stuff to the way, but first we got to get through the yucky stuff. topper is up next after the break to tell us all about it. >>> this was a remarkable day at the first baptist clump in men arden. >> there was a -- church in glenarden. >> there was a funeral there for a tuskegee airman most people have not heard of but who paved the way for an integrated military as he served in world war ii. scott broom joins us to remember leroy boots battle and all he accomplished during wartime and after. >> reporter: what a name for a warrior for justice,

craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> the sentencing phase for the convicted boston bomber started today. they started by showing jurors the photos of the people who died in the terrorist attacks. they also showed a photo of dzhokhar tsarnaev making a crude gesture to a jailhouse camera after his arrest. they say it shows that he was unrepentant. 21-year-old could face the death penalty if all 12 jurors agree on that penalty. >>> still ahead, a new distraction on the road. smartwatches now a billion- dollar push to make using them safer. >> plus, brand-new housing for 200,000, but before you try to sign up, this one is meant for a very specific group of people. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. female narrator: for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of shoes is a small but important gift. my shoes have a hole in them. i can barely fit in these anymore. i hope no one would notice. they hurt my feet. i never had new shoes before. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift

craig boswell brings us the story.r: as millions of americans race to file their taxes, pressure is building on the irs and the justice department to stop a growing tax scam, lawmakers say con artists contacted more than 400,000 people and defrauded 3,000 taking 15 and a half million dollars. the scam often begins with a threatening phone call. >> there has been a legal case which has been filed --. >>reporter: they are pretending to be government officials working for the irs a federal agency that frankly makes most americans apprehensive. >> i was the perfect victim. >>reporter: he was scared when a caller accusing him of tax fraud demanded immediate payment for back taxes and threatened jail time. the north carolina pastor paid the scammers $16,000. >> my only reward is for being public with my shame is to communicate to as many people as possible. >>reporter: lawmakers say the scam plays on fears and want the department of justice to do more to shut it down. no one from the department testified at wednesday's heari

cbs news correspondent craig boswell tells us that baltimore is slowly getting back to normal what do we want. >> justice. >> reporter: demonstrators in baltimore held a peaceful protest in support of the freddie gray who died from than a unexplained spinal injury in police custody. after days of unrest, there is still a heavy police presence on the streets but many residents are going about their business. >> violence is not the way. it is unreal how this just happened. >> reporter: schools reopened and baltimore orioles returned to action but in the interest of safety, no fans were allowed in the stadium. the governor hopes violence is over but says that the national guard state troopers and police will continue to keep watch. >> is there still some raw emotions out there still some frustration and we're just going to make sure that we can continue to maintain peace in the city. >> police are expected to hand over results of the investigation in the death of freddie gray on friday to the state attorney general. many here want an official explanation. >> we still don't know why fredd

craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >> suspects in baltimore are supposed to have their seatbelts on when they are transported. >>> i'm scott broom in baltimore where one focus of the freddie gray investigation is whether or not he was intentionally harmed while riding in the back of a police van. if so, it wouldn't be the first time here. testimony-in-laws has shown police have a name for it, the cowboy ride or rough ride, intentionally slamming on brakes or taking tight turns to rough up unsecured prisoners locked up in the back of police cage vans. twice since 2005 baltimore city police have paid out multimillion dollar settlements to victims who have ended up paralyzed after so-called rough rides despite a policy to seatbelt all detainees. this week a baltimore city official said freddie gray was not belted in. at 6:00 i'll have a look at the disturbing history of the so- called rough ride here in baltimore city. >> according to the baltimore sun, maryland governor larry hogan plans to sign legislation that would raise the cap on how much money people can collect in civil loments

as cbs news correspondent craig boswell reports it, comes a mid major gap that allowed florida man to land his gyro copter on the captor lawn. >> visitors and washington resident will notice changes to the fence around the white house in the coming weeks. speak will be added to the top of the fence as earl ace next month, national park service, and secret service describe them as anti-climb measures. part of number of changes still under review, after an is her sees of perimeter breaches including fence jumper who made it deep into the white house last september. >> vets interesting california. >> for visitors, i don't think quite the look. very nice in terms of safety, i think is a good idea. >> permanent security renovation also still being debated, could be approved later this year, three different government commission haves to sign off on any charges to how the white house complex looks. >> no matter what this, needs to be some sort of anti-climb feature on the top of the fence. >> several agencies also taking fresh look at security gaps that allowed florida man to fly a gyrocopt

craig boswell is at the white house with more. >> reporter: president obama's meetings with leaders at the summit of the americas in panama are a warm-up for a highly anticipated and historic face to face with cuban president raul castro. >> we don't have a formal meeting scheduled at a certain time, but we certainly anticipate they will have a discussion tomorrow. >> reporter: the two leaders spoke by phone for only the second time earlier this week as the u.s. and cuba work to normalize relations. thursday president obama was asked about changes expected in havana as the two nations begin to reestablish ties. >> we will continue to have differences with the cuba government, but we don't want to be imprisoned by the past. >> reporter: it's possible president obama will also use the summit to announce the u.s. will remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. he initiated that process last december when he announced the thaw in relations between washington and havana. >> the president will make a decision when all of the various elements of our review are completed. >> rep

craig boswell cbs news, the white house. >>> coming up, it was supposed to be just a pit stop.t's kept this solar plane on the ground for weeks. >> plus, a royal gambling frenzy. the biggest bets relate female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> you don't have to be a warriors fan to be impressed by this. tonight at 10 we'll show the trick shot that steph curry attempted. that and more on nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. >>> weather conditions have grounded the experimental solar- powered plane in china. >> you just know that it's an adventure you do with the forces of nature and you wait for the good conditions to go. but, of course, sometimes it's a little bit long when we wait. that's for sure. >> yeah. this was supposed to be just a pit stop but it turned into an almost three-week stay. the plane called solar impulse is attempting to fly

correspondent craig boswell has very latest from baltimore. >> reporter: baltimore civil rights groupounced thursday it will get its own investigators to look in the death of freddie gray. >> make everything transparent and that is only way we will get justice within way or the the other. >> reporter: the 259 year-old died from spinal cord injuries a week after his arrest. cell phone video shows baltimore officers putting him in the police ran with his legs dangling. >> these right here have become one of of those lethal weapons that the community has had their hand on to expose the brutality and as well as the behavior of the police department. >> reporter: baltimore's mayor asked governor to send state troop tours help keep peace as tensions filled during daily protest. >> we will get to the bottom of this and justice will prevail. >> reporter: while the official inn votesgation continues, great's family is planning a funeral for monday. >> how their son how their twin brother had his life necessary eventually snatched with no provocation breaking in laws are still unbelievable for

craig boswell reports the man says that he was just delivering a message. >> reporter: it's not a birdane. a florida man managed to land what's called a gyrocopter on the grounds of the u.s. capitol in washington wednesday afternoon. visitors never expected to see this on their tour. >> we are wondering what it is, amazed at it but still confused. >> reporter: u.s. capitol police arrested 61-year-old doug hughes, a mail carrier who said on a website he had a delivery for congress. letters to each member demanding campaign finance reform. he made his intentions public in a video from the tampa bay times. there's a no-fly zone over the capital and hughes says he knew the risks. >> i'm defenseless. they could knock me down -- a boy scout with a bb gun could shot me down. >> reporter: the surprise landing closed the visitors center and local streets. capitol police officers picked up the copter and loaded it on a trailer. they found nothing hazardous on board. craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. >> hughes could face civil and criminal penalties. >>> still ahead finding light from a dark

craig boswell for cbs news capitol hill. >>> police are asking for public's help identifying suspect in the vicious attack yt a 7-eleven on temple university's campus. take a look at the this video you can see the man enter the store on march 22nd and begin punching a customer standing there at the counter. that 19 year-old victim was hospitalized with facial injuries. if you you recognize this suspect give police a call. >>> still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 5:00 how do you get rid of bed bugs inside a rental car. that is one way to do it. we will tell you how this battle led to a giant explosion that sent him to the hospital. >> not the best way, we know that. >>> also tonight a hunter is in the cross hairs, comedian ricky gervais tweets a photo that shames a woman seen smile next to the giraffe that she had killed. that tweet led to worldwide anger, we will tell you how she's defending the the picture and the hunt that led to that giraffe's demise. >>> you filed your taxes, what about that refund, before you go wild with the sudden wind fall consumer reporter jim donovan

craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a government audit finds bad policies on unreasonablek load and poor leadership for blame for miss management at philadelphia veterans affairs department. the report obtained by the associated press says these are the reasons for miss handling of the disability and pension claims. the va inspector general's 78 page record says the office mishandled mail, untimely responses, and manipulated dates to make old claims look new. we will have have much more tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 he just might be the the best boss ever, one ceo promising ceo's an salary of the at least $07,000. we will tell you how he plans to pull it off. >>> a family goes from having one child to six and in just a matter of minutes, we will tell you why the the birth of quintuplets actually in made history here in the u.s. we will be right >>> you know what i did today. >>> what did you do today. >> opened windows in the house and let the fresh air in. it was great. >> so nice. >> the sun, all of it, it really does

cbs reporter craig boswell on the hearings that started today. >> reporter: john hinkley junior spends time living with has mother at her home in virginia since he shot president reagan and three others 34 years ago. now he is fighting for more freedom. since a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity, hinkley has lived at a mental hospital. for the past year, he has been allowed to spend 17 days a month in his mother's gated community in williamsburg. he has been following strict requirements including meeting with a psychiatrist and therapist and getting a volunteer job. sandra worked with hinkley at a local hospital. >> i don't think they should fear him because i don't think, you know, that is a danger to anyone. >> reporter: hinkley was 25 when he shot president reagan. now nearly 60, reagan's daughter patty davis wrote this week she believes he is still a danger and others agree. >> anytime you know you have someone in your community that's committed the types of crimes that mr. hinkley committed, it's a concern. >> reporter: several doctors have testified in u.s. district

i'm craig boswell in baltimore that's coming up. >> today is sunday, april 26, good morning to you thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. it is 6:00 right now. we send it over to carol for more on the forecast, shaping up to be pretty nice day carol. >> i think the seven day isn't bad either. so temperatures right about where they should be this time of the year. yesterday we stopped in the upper 50's, far column err than it should be this time of the year. but today getting closer to the normal mark. and that would be about 67 degrees, i don't think we'll make it today at 67, but we will couple of those days on that seven day forecast. right now, we have 46 degrees no winds as we take a look from the palmyra grove nature park looking over at the city of philadelphia, across the delaware. our storm scan3, showing some clouds overhead. and you can see those really from trenton areas to the sugarhouse showers even farther than that. temperatures that where you have the clouds, they stayed up, where you don't have the clouds, those temperatures dropped. notice allentown 36 degrees

craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> hillary clinton will officially announce her candidacy for president of the united states this weekend. cbs news confirms that clinton will make that a announcement sunday with a video posted on social media, and, and. >> and a day after, candidacy for official marco rubeo is expected to announce his presidential campaign. he will deliver a speech on monday in miami, florida. he will bypass his second term nerd to run. >>> now to the race for philadelphia's next mayor. today, democratic candidates will be attending a forum on immigration. on friday, the candidates collaborated with young voters on ways to move the city forward. topic of discussion economic growth. attendees got a chance to ask candidates questions, directly. >>> now you can see the candidates talk about the issues that face philadelphia on the moving philadelphia forum moderated by our very own ukee washington. it airs tonight at 11:35 here on cbs-3, reairing again tomorrow morning at 11:00 on the cw philly. >>> well melissa marie bailey is philadelphia's only republican

craig boswell, cbs news baltimore. >>> relatives of convicted marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are inoston this morning as the penalty phase of his trial continues. the prosecution wrapped up its case with emotional testimony thursday. kris van cleave said the jury heard and saw how his victims suffered. >> reporter: martin richard suffered an ex-death. david king testified martin's body was shredded by the force of the bomb but the child did not die instantly. a survivor found himself on the ground next to the boy saying i saw martin's face and i could see a boy who looked like he was fatally injured. he lost a leg. his 3-year-old son suffered a skull fracture. the same blast left mark withouts actions in their final push to convince the jury to sentence him to death. a survivor walked into court on thursday on a prosthetic leg designed for her beloved high heels. abbott told jurors her choice to amputate was probably the hardest decision i ever had to make. >> i think it will be a relief when the sentence is handed down. it's another part of this whole experience that will be put in

craig boswell is in baltimore tonight. >> reporter: six officers involved in the arrest in transportation of gray are suspended with pay. protesters are pressuring police to charge them. >> they cannot be business as usual on saturday in baltimore, maryland. activists want to shut down the city saturday with a massive rally. gray's death sparked a week of angry mostly nonviolent protests, but now there's a concern out of town demonstrators may have other plans. >> we specifically are not planning civil disobedience. we don't know about others who are doing it, but we know that their motive is the cause for justice. >> gray's funeral is monday. the police investigation into his death is expected to take at least another week. >>> we're monitoring new developments in that deadly police shooting in tulsa, oklahoma. reserve deputy robert bates is charged with manslaughter in the death of eric harris. the attorney for the family of the man killed has documents that claim bates only required a fraction of the required training. there are also claims officers were intimidated to alter training r