i'm don dahler.ulian assange of wikileaks gained fame by releasing documents that governments around the world would rather keep secret. that's finally caught up with him. he was kicked out of the embassy in london after nearly seven years. he is under arrest and could be headed to the u.s. where he is a wanted man. paula reid has the story. >> reporter: after nearly seven years, julian assange did not go quietly. dragged, screaming out of the ecuadorian embassy this morning, handcuffed, resisting, as police shoved him into a van. assange was taken to court, where his lawyer confirmed he was wanted by the u.s. >> we've received a warrant and provisional extradition by the united states. >> reporter: hours later, they charged him with computer hacking, stealing government secrets and releasing them through his platform, wikileaks. assange achieved worldwide fame after wikileaks released hundreds of thousands of documents and videos taken from u.s. government and military servers. like this video, that

don dahler is in boston. >> lori! lori!reporter: the arrivals were not the type of red carpet treatment the actresses were used to receiving, but the media crush was their premiere of sorts where actresses lori laughlin, felicity huffman, and 10 other allegedly overzealous parents made their initial appearance in front of a federal judge. all are accused in a $25 million scheme, by lie or by bribe, of fraudulently getting their kids into elite schools. laughlin and her designer husband mossimo giannulli face fraud charges, allegedly paying half a million dollars to have their two daughters named as recruits to u.s.c.'s crew team, even though they were not competitive rowers. when the "full house" actress arrived at boston logan airport yesterday, she did pause to sign autographs for fans. "desperate housewife" star felicity huffman faces similar charges after allegedly agreeing to pay $15,000 to get her daughter's s.a.t. score higher. her celebrity husband, william h. macy, was not charged, although officials believe he kne

don dahler on why he refused to give up. >> to the finish line!e memorable moments from this year's boston marathon, none stirred more emotion than this, aman on hands and knees inching towards the finish line. >> i'm doing this on my own. >> reporter: that man is marine veteran micah herndon. ( cheers and applause ) up until the 22nd mile, herndon had been doing well, but that's egen the 31-year-old ohio native says his legs locked up. >> let's hear it for all of them here! >> reporter: by the time he was within 100 yards of the finish line, he could no longer run, so he crawled. others in his dire condition were helped across the line, but this marine said "no," because ris marine was not running the race for just himself. on his hand and on his shoe were the names of his three friends who were with him when their vehicle was blown up in afghanistan. >> i say their last names out loud, you know. i just repeat ballard, hamer, juarez. >> reporter: herndon says he still suffers from survivor's guilty and p.t.s.d. when he hauled his exhausted body a

i'm don dahler. of washington is in spin mode after the release of the long-awaited mueller report. president trump and his allies insist the report clears him of any wrongdoing, and moscow's effort to influence the 2016 presidential election. but the reports also details a long list of contacts between president trump's associates and russians, and it recounts numerous instances where the president attempted to block the investigation. the report itself has long sections blacked out. congress plans to subpoena the full report along with the underlying investigative documents. william barr is already scheduled to testify on capitol hill, and democrats also want to hear from special counsel robert mueller himself. paula reid begins our coverage. >> i'm having a good day too. it was called no collusion, no obstruction. >> reporter: president trump took a victory lap today as congress and the public finally got to read the redacted mueller report. the much anticipated document was delivered to lawmakers

from the broadcast center in new york c y, i'm don dahler. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, april 19th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> damaging details. the mueller report paints a portrait of dishonesty in the white house. now all eyes are on congress to see what happens next. >>> severe weather alert. the south is expected to get hit with heavy rain, winds, and thunderstorms, bringing the chance for possible tornados. thountain climber are edy. presumed dead after a trip up the mountain went horribly wrong. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom here at cbs headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> it's now up to congress to decide what to do with the special counsel findings of the presidential campaign and the russian meddling awe heil lighted in the 448-page report. robert mueller said in his report that president trump discouraged witnesses from cooperating with prosecutors and encouraged aides to mislead the public on his behalf. while mueller declined to prosecute the president

but don dahler reports sometimes amazon's alexa isn't the only one listening. >> reporter: in the sci-fissic "2001: a space odyssey," a sentient computer keeps an eye and ear on the human it's meant to help. >> just what do you think you're doing, dave? >> reporter: not unlike today's digital assistants. >> alexa, turn on the fan. >> okay. >> reporter: but according to an investigation by bloomberg news, that alexa in your home isn't the only one listening in. amazon has thousands of employees pouring over audio clips, some allegedly recorded when owners didn't know alexa was eavesdropping. amazon confirmed the recordings in a statement, explaining that "the information helps us train our speech recognition and natural language understanding systems so alexa can better understand your requests." >> my first reaction was, this is creepy, but it's not surprising at all. >> reporter: "wired" magazine editor-in-chief nicholas thompson. >> if you put a recording device in your home, stuff in your home will be recorded. >> reporter: according to the report, amazon workers hear up to 1,000 audi

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler. ♪ ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> it's fridayril 12th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> julian assange under arrest after hiding in an ecuadorian embassy for seven years. the u.s. charge he now faces and the extraditions battle. >>> april snowstorm. tens of thousands are without power after a deadly blizzard pummels the central u.s., while another part of the country faces new weather trouble. >>> plus chicago sues jussie smollett. the city now wants three times the amount it originally demanded for an alleged hate crimes hoax. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange now faces a single u.s. federal conspiracy charge related to one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets. the justice department says assange conspired to hack into a pentagon computer. they wa the u.s. wants to extradite him, but assange is vowing to fight it. ian lee reports. >> reporter: he was disheveled and shouting out

don dahler, cbs news, new york. >> glor: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight.l see you tomorrow. l have as of right now there is no indication the suspect was involved. >> now at seven, police and the fbi trying to figure out why a man intentionally ran over a group of pedestrians in sunnyvale . >> ptsd when he was in the army. that is the only reason why he would do something like this. >>> it is no walk in the park, pathway to the trans bay transit center rooftop open in less than a month and already in need of a major rebuild . >>> back-to-back days of hot weather in the bay area. ua cool down had . >>> game five in the nba playoffs, one more win to the warriors and it's on to the next round.

don dahler is there.f red carpet e treatment the actresses were used to receiving, but the media crush was their premiere of sorts where actresses lori loughlin, felicity huffman, and ten other allegedly overzealous parents made their initial appearance in front of a federal judge. all accused in a $25 million scheme by lie or by bribe of fraudulently getting their kids into elite schools. loughlin and her designer husband mossimo giannulli face fraud charges, allegedly paying half a million dollars to have their two daughter's named as recruits to usc's crew team, even though they were not competitive rowers. when the "full house" actress arrived at boston logan airport yesterday, she did pause to sign autographs for fans. "desperate housewives" star felicity huffman faces similar charges after allegedly agreeing to pay $15,000 to get her daughter's s.a.t. score higher. her celebrity husband, william h. macy was not charged, although officials believe he knew about the scheme. in court, the parents liste

here is don dahler. >> it's been less than 20 years since doctors began teaching civilians cpr, and nowp of them want to make trauma training just as common with the growth of terror attacks as well as mass shootings, they feel it's important to equip regular people, even students with those life-saving skills. >> there you go. you can feel how excited. >> reporter: this isn't your ordinary high school science class. >> extend that leg. >> reporter: but a lesson on how to save lives. >> apply enough pressure to keep the bleed on. >> reporter: training how to apply the right amount of pressure against a wound and to apply a tourniquet to stop bleeding. >> so you had to apply more pressure than you thought to use? >> it gets tiring. i didn't expect that. >> if you're ever in a situation like that like in a trauma, most of us agree we'd probably freak out, but this gives a little more confidence. >> reporter: a person could bleed to death in a matter of minutes, precious time that can't be wasted on waiting on first respond. >> doctors also mentioned that at one point adrenaline is going t

don dahler is at the federal courthouse. don, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yeah, in addition to him, two other parents who were charged here say they are now in talks with prosecutors as well about a possible deal so we might be seeing more guilty pleas, but there's no indication that the two most recognizable names and faces who are caught up in this scandal are part of that group and that, of course, would be the "full house" actress and the "desperate housewives" actress. >> felicity, anything to say? >> reporter: it may have looked like a hollywood premiere at times. but the scene outside lori loughlin and felicity huffman's initial court appearances was no red carpet event. we followed loughlin when she walked out of court. are you concerned about the impact this is having on your daughters right now? are you thinking about a plea deal? >> reporter: the hollywood stars are now the faces of what federal prosecutors say was a $25 million scheme to secure highly coveted admission slots at elite universities. >> lori, lori, pay for my tuition, lori. >> repo

. >> for "cbs this morning," don dahler. >> i'm very curious about that. he went to work the first day, was sweating so much but didn't go back. he had a girlfriend. but he said that winning ticket didn't have anything to do with the ticket we bought together. >> i think he's about to have many more new friends. >> you're so right, john. >> a first of its condition drug-free dream wins approval >>> good wednesday morning to you. a mild start to the day. we'll see plenty of sunshine with warm to hot conditions. so another day of hot temps especially inland. 90 in fairfield and livermore. upper 80s in concord. mid 80s in san jose and santa rosa. mid 80s in san francisco, and cooler along the coast in the mid to upper 60s. cooling down as we head through the rest of the workweek into the weekend. much cooler early next week. >>> we have much more news ahead. newly released video shows a controversial police shooting near the yale university camera. why missing video makes it harder to answer questions about what really happened. >>> plus, the documents that s

don dahler has the latest. good morning to you. >> good morning.whether parents will take this all the way to trial or seek some kind of a plea deal and to help them with that very tough decision, a felon who did time in prison said he's been contacted by at least one of those parents for advice. actress lori loughlin has remained tight-lipped about her legal strategy ahead of the court appearance. loughlin and her husband are accused of paying half$500,000 getting their two daughters into usc by label them as playing sports. felicity huff man is accused of paying rick singer $15,000 to have a proctor correct her daughter's s.a.t.s. we're now learning some are seeking plea deals and are seeking advice from someone who spent time behind bars. stockbr served prison time for fraud and now works with wealthy clients. he says he's been hired by one parent charged in the scheme and is in talks with several others. >> what's most surprising to me about the first conversation is how many of them didn't see their actions as criminal. >> reporter: he says he

don dahler is here with the intense race to make it happen. i hope you have your seatbelt. e, 300 miles per hour is approaching half the speed of sound it. may be hard to imagine what that would feel like behind the wreel of a car. there are three companies on the road closer to finding that out. we visited one headquarters in texas. this is what hennessey performance engineers is known for, obscene speed, turning hot cars into super cars, and the exorcist is one of their most popular, a modified camaro that goes from zero to sixty in less than three seconds. its top speed, 217 miles per hour. but that's not the texas-based company's fastest model. five years ago founder and ceo john hennessey set a new record for speed in a production vehicle with his 270-mile-an-hour venom g.t., tantalizingly close to the magic number. why is 300 the holy grail? >> i think, you know, at some point in time, maybe 100 years ago, there was the first car that could hit 100 miles an hour. then fast forward into the late '90s and what was the first production car that you could go buy that, you

don dahler is in boston with how some students in the area are learning about trauma care.g. you know, it has been less than 20 years since doctors began teaching civilians cpr. and now a group of them want to make trauma training just as common with the growth of terror attacks as well as mass shootings, they feel it is important to equip regular people, even students, with those life saving skills. >> there you go. >> reporter: this isn't your ordinary high school science class. but a lesson on how to save lives. >> apply enough pressure to keep that bleed -- >> reporter: nurses train students how to apply the right amount of pressure against a wound and use tourniquets to stop bleeding. >> you have less pressure. >> gets tiring. >> if you ever were in a situation like that, in a trauma, most of us can agree we probably would freak out, but this gives you a little more sense of confidence. >> reporter: a person could bleed to death in a matter of minutes. precious time that can't be wasted waiting on first responders. >> doctors mentioned that at one point, adrenaline wil

don dahler got the lovely assignment of looking at this. i want to hear about this.rink a lot more alcohol. in colonial times they averaged seven gallons a year and now we're down to two gallons. the types have changed from cocktails to mass produced beer to california wines to single malt scotch to craft beers now, but for the future of alcohol, some are looking to the past. it looks like a brewery. it smells like a brewery. actually it is a brewery. but this isn't beer. it's hard come bu cha. an ancient fermented tea that has exploded in popularity. >> how's business? >> can't make enough. >> really. >> yeah. >> al is the co-founder of booch craft. one of several breweries in southern california that have entered the better for you market and are having a hard time keeping up with demand. his company is already expanding with 20 gleaming new stainless steel tanks with a million gallons a year. >> are you thinking they're looking for something traditional? >> they want something more refreshing, not weighing them down, and tasty. >> he's responsible for coming up wi