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police fatally shot him outside a baton rouge convenience store last year and david begnaud spoke to the family with their out rage where they found out out out the decision on the news on social media. >> reporter: two baton rouge police officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of alton sterling last july 5. the dispatcher sent officers blane salamoni and how we like to the triple s coen with a gun and the officers tased, tackled and shot 37-year- old alton sterling while he appeared to be on his back. his autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds to his back and chest. a detective reported a gun in his pants pocket and that he was reaching for it. salamoni and the lake were put on administrative leave. dozens of peaceful protesters held a vigil tuesday outside the triple s. >> we never had grace! >> reporter: the sorrow has not ended for the family. >> we hurt. we hurt so bad. >> reporter: sandra stirling wanted federal intervention after the killing of her nephew. >> it is crazy. we waited all this time for nothing. >> reporter: and attorney for the family tol

david begnaud, cbs news, austin. >>> singer ariana grande is ready to get back on stage this weekend. her publicist announced this morning that the pop star will hold a charity concert in manchester, england on monday to raise money for victims and families. other stars will join her. she is offering free tickets to those at her arena show during the deadly attack. >>> the police report on tiger woods is now public. turns out he wasn't drunk at all when officers found him asleep behind the wheel. woods was spotted in his car on the side of the road monday morning in florida. police say the car's engine was running and the lights were on. woods told police he had taken several prescriptions including vicodin and vioxx. but his broad and urine tests showed no alcohol -- his blood and urine tests showed no alcohol. he failed a sobriety test. golfers are defending him. >> his life has been, you know, chaotic and difficult, i think, for years. >> woods spent about four hours in jail before he was released. he is due in court july 5. >>> still ahead, a london zoo is closed after a zookeeper

david begnaud, cbs news, wisconsin. >>> back here in the bay area, google just kicked off its annual developers conference in mountain view. the company has already unveiled some cool new technology. google will now have three new features for your photos, which includes being able to share your entire photo library with the special people in your life, probably one of the most anticipated changes is from the google assistant. starting today, you can get the google assistant on your iphone. >>> now to a check on wall street. the big board shows the dow is down about 316 points. banks and other financial companies are leading stocks lower as bond yields fall. >>> forbes magazine is out with its 2017 list of america's richest self-made women. among the top 10 are little caesar's pizza cofounder marian ilitch at number one. and meg whitman number 6. facebook coo sheryl sandberg at number 12. oracle coceo at number 26 and marissa mayer at number 35. >>> cbs just announced its fall line-up. 23 shows are returning and six new shows will be added. a military drama starring david borian nas

david begnaud, thanks. with some insight is john john dickerson, the chief anchor of "face the nation." john, we saw concerns about preexisting conditions. that's just one landmine going forward as this goes to the senate. >> that's right. there are a number of senate republicans who think the house legislation weakens or removes just too many of those obamacare protections on items like preexisting conditions and also on some of the guarantees that were part of the affordable care act that certain health benefits would be covered. also medicaid might shrink too much under it, and if that scepticism kills the bill, then the house republican members will be stuck having voted for an up popular piece of legislation. >> pelley: john, the non-partisan congressional budget office analyzes these bills to senators and congressmen how they'll affect the american people. last month when this came up, the congressional budget office said it would cost 24 million americans their insurance. this time the republicans di

david begnaud has this. >> this law does not keep our community safe. in fact, it goes against public safety. >> reporter: sally hernandez, the sheriff of travis county, which includes the capital of austin, has been in a standoff with texas governor gregg abbott over the legality of sanctuary cities, which are communities that don't entirely comply with federal immigration law. but now honoring those requests will be mandated by a new state law in texas. she and other law enforcement officials must carry them out after governor abbott signed the law sunday night live where he didn't have to answer questions. >> this law cracks down on policies like the travis county sheriff who declare that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crime. >> reporter: if the law goes into affect, what will you do? >> i will have to change my policy, becausely in the violate the law. >> reporter: the law forces sheriff's to honor requests made by the federal government to hold people already in jail who may be here illegally. failure to do so could result

the shooting last summer sparked protests in a number of cities. epre's david begnaud. >> reporter: amid security concerns, the federal courthouse in baton rouge was barricaded as the long-awaited announcement .as made by acting u.s. attorney corey amundson. >> we simply did not have d fficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that either officer violated the federal criminal civil rights laws. >> reporter: alton sterling died on july 5th at the hands of baton rouge police officers iiaine salamoni and howie lake ii. a 911 caller reported a black man in a red shirt had pulled a gun on someone. two officers confronted sterling. h resisted. they tased him and tackled him. ckficer salamoni yelled, "going for his pocket. he's got a gun, gun. then prosecutors say salamoni fired three shots into his chest, and as sterling rolled over, he fired three shots into his back. prosecutors say eyewitness videos do not clearly show whether sterling was reaching for a loaded .38-caliber handgun that was pulled out of his front tocket. >> we were unable to establish beyond a reasonable doubt th

david begnaud, cbs news, dallas. >>> and that's the overnight news for this friday. some of you the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city i'm anthony mason. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> welcome to the overnight news. i'm jericka duncan. james comey may be gone, but the investigation into russian influence on the presidential election and possible collusion with president trump's associates continues. comey's replacement, andrew mccabe, went before the senate judiciary committee, and he wasted little time dispelling much of the white house rationale for comey's sudden firing. jeff pegues begins our coverage. >> reporter: inside fbi headquarters there are growing concerns the white house is trying to get in the way of the bureau's russia investigation. in the wake of james comey's firing one federal law enforcement official tells cbs news, "there is a whole lot of interfering happening." the person added, "this is a crisis." >> we consider it to

david begnaud explains. >> reporter: robin perrot, a mother of four from walker, louisiana says she wastoday's vote. >> it is frightening. i'm worried about what that impact will have on my family and the medical bills that we might incur. >> reporter: her three-year-old son collin has a preexisting condition called hydronephrosis. it prevents his right kidney from draining properly. >> are they going to cover him, will they cover enough of it because without what we had we would still be in debt and we would forever be in debt i have a million americans covered by obamacare have preexisting conditions. this new house bill would allow states to file for a waiver from the requirement that guarantees their coverage. to qualify, states would have to set up so-called high-risk pools, money used to help pay for expensive premiums. back in louisiana, officials have not signalled that they will seek a waiver, but $138 billion has been set aside in the gop bill for all 50 states to help fund those high-risk pools. >> this bill does not automatically eliminate coverage for people with preexistin

david begnaud has this. >> t community safe.it goes against public safety. >> reporter: sally hernandez has been in a standoff with texas governor abbott over the legality of sanctuary cities. which are communities that don't entirely comply with federal immigration law. but now honoring those requests will be mandated by a new state law in texas. she and other law enforcement officials must carry them out after governor abbott signed the law on facebook live where he didn't have to answer questions. >> this law cracks down on policies like the travis county sheriff, who declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crime. >> reporter: if the law goes into effect, what are you going to do? >> i will have to change my policy, because i will not violate the law. >> reporter: the law forces sheriffs to honor requests made by the federal government to hold people already in jail who may be here illegally. a fine, jail time or removal of the sheriff in office. it also allows police officers to ask crime victim

david begnaud, in wisconsin. >>> now, first alert weather rated dc's most accurate forecast. >>> severeweather is responsible for tornadoes yesterday and wisconsin and oklahoma, and that will eventually be heading our way. before it gets here, this is the heat that we will be talking about. we've got 90s in terms of temperatures and near if not breaking record highs today and tomorrow. in dc, we are up to 82 and the dewpoint is rising to the 60s and today and tomorrow it will be right around the mid-60s but going through friday, the or the heats, making it very uncomfortable outside. we already have upper 80s, 85 in manassas and at lunchtime, factor in the humidity and it feels like it is near 90 degrees right now in culpeper. for the rest of the day, temperatures will be near records. the record in dc is 92, 93 in dallas for 1960 and martinsburg, we may not make a but it will be hot with an air quality alert. if you have a respiratory condition, limit your time out doors. there is some relief on the way and it will be here by the weekend and we will talk about that with the heat in a f

here's david begnaud.> reporter: suspected serial baby killer genene jones was just months away from getting out of jail because of a asndatory release law from the 1980s that was aimed at reducing prison overcrowding, but now she may never breathe the air of freedom. mentnew indictment against the s -year-old comes 36 years after the death of 11-month-old joshua sawyer. s osecutors say jones was working as a pediatric nurse at a hospital in bexar county, texas, when she injected joshua with a lethal dose of an anti- seizure drug. district attorney nico lahood. >> reporter: what was the motive? >> i can't speak for a motive. all i can tell you is i believe she is evil. >> reporter: after lahood took office in 2015, established a ssk force to investigate jones for the suspected murders of 60 children. >> she appeared to be very passionate about children, like she cared about them. she put on a show. she was a bunch of smoke and mirrors. >> reporter: in 1985, jones was convicted of injecting petti mcclelland

david begnaud talks with a louisiana mother who has concerns. >> are we going to have my son's insuranceut? are they going to cover him? will they cover enough of it? because without what we had we would still be in debt and forever be in debt, i have a feeling. >> more than 2 million americans covered by obamacare have pre-existing conditions in louisiana. that including 30% of the population under 65. some of president trump's supporters saying his executive order making it easier for churches to get involved in politics doesn't go enough. it instructs the irs to pack off churches and tact exempt groups from endorsing political candidates. >> no american should be forced to choose the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith. >> the order could also allow religious organizations to deny employees insurance coverage for birth control, but the aclu alert for strange activity that may signal a truck attack. >>> former president barack obama endorsed french presidential candidate emmanuel macron. he's an independent and faces a far right candidate marine le pen. he

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: suspected serial baby killer genene jones was just months away frometting out of jail because of a mandatory release law from the 1980s that was aimed at reducing prison overcrowding but now she may never breathe the air of freedom. the new indictment against the 66-year-old comes 36 years after the day of leath-month-old joshua sawyer. prosecutors say jones was working as a pediatric nurse at a hospital in bear county, texas, when she injected joshua with a lethal dose of antiseizure drug. what was the motive? >> i can't speak for a motive. all i can tell you is i believe she is evil. >> reporter: he established a task force to investigate jones for the suspects murders of 60 children. >> she appeared to be very she cared about them. she put on a show. she was a butch of smoke and mirrors. >> reporter: in 1985, jones was convicted of injecting patty mcclelland's daughter, chelsea wa muscle relaxer that caused paralysis. >> she gave her her a shot in her left leg and she immediately started having a hard time breathing. >> reporter: genene jones never

. >> glor: david begnaud, thank you very much. joe biden has said he does in the plan to run for president, but there are indications he may be rethinking that. the former vice president is ioarting a political action committee called american possibilities. the pac says it's dedicated to electing people who believe the country is about dreaming big. we have new details on a deadly attack in portland. three good samaritans were stabbed when they came to the aid of two teenage girls who were the targets of an anti-muslim tirade. mireya villarreal has the police account of what happened. >> you call it terrorism. i call it patriotism. >> reporter: this chilling courtroom outburst gave us a glimpse inside the depraved mind of 35-year-old jeremy christian as the sole survivor of the deadly rampaged watched from a front-row seat. michah fletcher reached out to supporters on social media today. >> there is no amount of money that will ever bring back the lost loved ones. >> reporter: now court documents are painting an even more horrifi

david begnaud is outside the convenience store where sterling was killed. david, good morning. >> reporter: charlie, good morning. you may remember, once he died, the next few days there were protests and officers targeted and killed in dallas and baton rouge. that was shortly after he died in the handicap staal in front of this door at this gas station. the governor called to ask them to personally investigate civil rights violations. they said yes. now governor says he's even been kept in the dark about a decision being made. two baton rouge police officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of alton sterling last july 5th. dispatchers sent two officers to a convenience store. someone said there was a man with a gun. the officers tased, tackled, and shot alton sterling while he appeared to be on his back. the autopsy showed several shots to his back and head and chest. salamoni and lake were put on administrative leave. dozens of protesters stood outside the sss. the sorrow has not ended fur sterling's family. >> it hurt. it hurt. it h

david begnaud is in >> the man allegedly pulled a weapon from the back pocket.t and killed a deputy and three other women at the home and then his arrest was caught on camera. >> love my wife. i love my kids. they would not me live and let live. >> officers tackled and arrested the alleged killer willy godbolt following a shooting spree. the first shooting happened around 11:30 at this home where godbolt's wife was staying with two children. the wife purportedly left him about three weeks ago. >> someone called the officer. that's whahe they cost him his life. i'm sorry. >> in addition they say godbolt kill toledo women at this home and then fled. over the next roughly six hours god bold killed four more people at two other homes in lincoln county, mississippi. once arrested he said he wanted the police to kill him. >> my intentions was to have the cops kill me. >> barbara boui ye said jordan blackwe blackwell, her grandson, was one of the victims. >> he was a ventriloquist who was an amazing died. >> he made a promise to durr's widow. >> i told him, we've got t

david begnaud is in san antonio with more on this story.morning. >> reporter: gayle, good morning. i'm standing in parking lot where the incident happened. there was a keen see eta going on, a young girl's birthday party going on. they allege 4-year-old girl assaulted a police officer. the girl's family said, look, she was trying to help break up the fight and recorded this on camera. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the grainy video captured on saturday night appears to show a san antonio police officer strike a 14-year-old girl in the face at least once. several officers then appeared to forcibly subdue her. you hear the screams of onlookers. the woman seen here in white dress is the girl's mother, april johnson. >> i actually played the video ore and over and over again and actually seen that i was in arm's reach of my child and got pulled back. i know she was trying to break up anything from happening again. >> reporter: the eighth grade girl whose family says she's an honor roll student with no history of violence was arrest and held in a d

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: amid security concerns, the federal courthouse in baton rouge wasthat they violated the federal civil rights clause. >> reporter: alton sterling died on july 5th at the hands of the two officers. a 911 caller reported a black man in a red shirt had pulled a gun on someone. two officers confronted sterling, he resisted. they tased him and tackled him. one officer yelled, he's going for his pocket, gun, gun. then prosecutors say he fired three shots into his chest. as sterling rolled over, he fired three shots into hess back. eyewitness videos do not clearly show whether sterling was reaching for a loaded .38 caliber hand gun that was pulled out of his front pocket. >> we were unable to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the precise location of mr. sterling's hand at the time they said he was going for a gun. >> this decision by the justice department to not file charges does not mean the police officers acted appropriately. >> reporter: it also has not discouraged cameron sterling, alton sterling's 16-year-old son. >> i can't be angry. >> reporter:

david begnaud is in baton rouge outside the convenience store where sterling was killed. d, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've just found out that louisiana's governor has formally been notified that the department of justice will make an announcement in the alton sterling case today. cbs news is reporting the announcement will be that no federal charges will be filed against the two baton rouge police officers who were involved in the death of sterling right in that handicapped spot in front of the door here in front of the triple s mart. after sterling died it set off a series of protests that led to the shooting death of police officers in dallas and baton rouge. two baton rouge police officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of alton sterling last july 5th. a dispatcher sent officers blane salamoni and howie lake to the triple s convenience store. someone said there was a man with a gun. the officers tased, tackled and shot alton sterling while he appeared to be on his back. his autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds to the back and

david begnaud is outside the state capitol in austin. david, good morning. >> good morning. there were a lot of protesters in the capitol at that time and they were loud. what happened was a republican representative claims that he saw a protester holding a sign said i'm illegal and i'm here to stay. that representative then went and told his colleagues he had just called federal immigration police on those protesters. now that's when things got ugly. decorum was lost in the texas house monday as elected officials started pushing one another during the final day of the legislative session. >> i did shove him around a little pbit. democrat poncho nevarez and matt rinaldi's dust up came after rinaldi told fellow lawmakers he called immigration officials to report protesters gathered in the house chambers. >> i called i.c.e. he said "f" them. >> you say things to incite people and that's what i did. >> reporter: an estimated 1,000 people were inside the capitol monday protesting lawsuit which forces texas sheriffs to help enforce federal immigration law. the house business stop

david begnaud, thank you. >> severe thunderstorms could threaten 46 million people today from texas tok. the biggest risk is across the carolinas and from south texas to the lower mississippi valley. in parts of missouri, powerful wind gusts over the weekend pushed over trees and knocked out power to thousands. two people were killed in branson, missouri, and one person missing after floodwaters swept away their car. >> sunday's indianapolis 500 was a battle from start to finish. with a lot of accidents in between. >> oh, my goodness what a huge crash. >> the scariest of the day involving scott dickson on lap 53 went airborne, hit a fence after striking jay howard's car. you won't believe this, both drivers walked away. takuma sato went on to become the first japanese driver to win the indy 500. so excited crossing the finish line he screamed into his radio once, twice, and then some more and then had his 2% milk to celebrate it all. >> real milestone for japan that's great. good for them. >>> a scary mishap caught op camera is prompting new concerns about water slides safety. ahead, h

david begnaud travis county sheriff who was singled out. >> reporter: the law goes into effect september. you have this new sheriff in travis county and said i don't have resources to enforce immigration law all the time so i'm not. governor said really? you better or i'll take away state funding and pass a law that could jail you or remove from you office. the sheriff didn't flinch and the governor made good on his word. >> i think it's bad for our community. >> reporter: in austin texas, sally hernandez says s b 4 hurts her deputies to fight crime. >> we have witnesses that are undocumented that see a crime but won't feel comfortable coming forward. >> reporter: governor greg abbott says police can't pick and choose which laws they want to enforce. he believes sb 4 will keep criminals off the street. >> this law cracks down on policies like the travis county sheriff who declared s not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes. >> misinformation based on fear. i honor detainers for the more violent crimes. >> reporter: like rape and murder. >> right. >> reporter: many texas sheri