i'm jim axelrod.en organizers first planned the rally in baltimore today, it was billed as a protest. that was before six police spherdz were arrested yesterday in connection with the death of freddie gray and charged with a number of crimes, including murder and manslaughter. the speed of the arrests after a week of rioting in baltimore seemed to stunt city, and certainly changed the tone of the rally today to something that felt more like a celebration. we have two reports from baltimore tonight beginning with mark albert. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: the march began with hundreds and grew to a demonstration of several thousand. parents even brought their young children as police and national guard calmly watched. eugene puryear told us he is guardedly optimistic after the surprise arrest of six officers. >> we still have to go through the trield. we have to get convictions so it won't be a full victory until they bang that gaffe expel say "guilty." >> reporter: after gray's arrest polic

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i'm jim axelrod. pick a kind of severe weather-- hurricanes tornadoes flooding, hail, even blizzards and tens of millions of americans are dealing with it tonight. on this mother's day weekend the calendar packed with college celebration ser moans much of texas is under a tornado watch as parts of oklahoma, kansas, and colorado which also this week had to deal with eight inches of hail. other parts of colorado are under a winter storm watch along with wyoming nebraska, and south dakota. the black hills could get more than two feet of snow. two weeks before the official start of hurricane season, tropical storm ana has the carolina coast in its crosshairs. but we begin tonight with don champion in woodward, oakia homa. >> reporter: chaser captured this tornado on video near sysco texas this afternoon. elsewhere, heavy rains caused flash flooding on land already saturated by storms earlier in the week. today marks the fourth day in a row states like oklahoma and texas have seen severe weather. baseball-

." >> axelrod: good evening, i'm jim axelrod. and this is the western edition of the broadcast.e begin with the verdict in the latest high profile case involving the use of deadly force by police on unarmed african-american suspects. in cleveland, today, officer michael brelo was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of two timothy russell and malissa williams two and a half years ago, this was a bench trial, meaning no jury. this morning the judge ruled that when officer brelo fired 15 bullets into the car they were driving 15 directly at them from the hoo standing. it was quote, reasonable despite knowing now there was no gun in the car. jericka duncan picks up the story. >> i am not critical. >> it took judge o'donnell nearly an hour to explain a decision he knew many people had been waiting for. >> and therefore >> and therefore finding brelo using deadly force was a constitutionally reasonable response. >> reporter: it was a dramatic ending to a case that highlights the strained relationship in this country between african americans and police. it was november 201

i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight with a successful u.s. raid on isis targets deep in eastern syria. in an early-morning mission conducted under the cover of darkness, a team of delta force commandos took out roughly a dozen isis fighters, including a key isis leader, the man described ass head of the terror group's lucrative oil operations. abu sayyaf was his name, known to be a key associate of abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of isis. as david martin reports, this was a high-risk operation for the u.s. military which apparently yielded high rewards including the capture of sayyaf's wife. >> reporter: the delta force commandos went into syria aboard black hawk helicopters. their target was a building where abu sayyaf lived with his wife and oversaw black market oil operations, a major source of isis income. one pentagon official called him the chief financial officer of isis. isis oil facilities have been frequent targets of the u.s.-led pomming campaign, but this time, the delta commandos intended to capture the man who ran the operation

jim axelrod gives us a peek behind the beak. >> reporter: you probably don't recognize the man behindou have seen him countless times before. >> they say what do you do? i say you have seen "sesame street." >> you would know his voice anywhere. >> it's easy to do it. doesn't cost me a cent. >> just doing voices. >> reporter: at 81 he's launched 4,000 episodes of big bird since the start operating one of the largest hand puppets. since big bird stands 8'2" his head goes to the bottom of big bird's neck. he operates the mouth with his arm. he didn't create just one iconic character, he created two. >> such a bad mood all the time, i don't get it. you know this guy. she is no oscar. she's known that from their first date in 1973. >> when he first asked me out, i went home and really did do cartwheels cartwheels. >> reporter: what was making you so euphoric? >> i'm dating big bird. >> he's more like the lovable, goofy, fine feathered friends to children like the 5-year-old boy sick with cancer whose parents asked big bird. >> they put a call to his head. i said hello, joey this is me big

correspondent jim axelrod has been telling us that american troops and veterans are being prescribed dubious pain medications that are expected to cost taxpayers up to $2 billion this year. jim's back tonight with today's developments. jim. >> reporter: and, scott, we can report tonight there are now multiple federal investigations under way into 90 compounding pharmacies and doctors for suspicious practices. last night we reported on a doctor named paul bolger in davenport, iowa, who wrote me a prescription for pain creams even though we'd never met mt. or even spoken. dr. bolger told us he was one of hundreds of doctors doing this part of an explosion in prescriptions for compounding creams. the pentagon tells us today they have suspended payments on all prescriptions signed by dr. bolger as well as three other physicians. payments to four compounding pharmacies scott have also been suspended. >> pelley: jim axelrod with our original investigation. jim, thanks. in another cbs news investigation, "60 minutes" reported that lumber liquidators was selling laminate floorgt made in china

i'm jim axelrod. the nation's deadliest natural disaster so far this year is not over yet. the floods in texas and oklahoma are now blamed for at least 28 deaths and sadly it probably won't stop there because 11 more people have been missing for a week in wimberly, texas, near austin. today a slow-moving storm threatened to dump as much as five more inches of rain on central and south texas where rivers are still rising. we begin tonight with don dahler who's in carrolton, texas. >> reporter: for the second day, dallas-area residents woke up to storms. for the second day floodwaters surged on to roadways and into homes. and for the second day people had to be helped to reach dry land. >> the 100-year flood i've heard it all my life. >> reporter: residents were evacuated from this trailer park north of dallas this afternoon. it's been an exhausting two days for first responders. yesterday, hundreds of people had to be saved from the rapidly rising waters. a police officer was blocking a flooded road when his s.u.v. became trap. >> so many things can go wrong and it's just li

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i'm jim axelrod with cbs news. >> i'll come in right there. >> reporter: when we visited dr. bolger's office last week, he agreed to answer a few questions. doctor, how does this square with your training that you would write a prescription for somebody hunever met? >> i'm not disagreeing with anything you're saying. i'm not disagreeing with anything you're saying and this is why -- >> reporter: what i'm saying is you were doing something wrong. >> i couldn't disagree with that. yeah there-- you know, i'm not going to make excuses for what i was doing. it's not that i had bad intentions. it was that i was under the mistaken impression that these-- that patients such as yourself were being spoken with qualified medical provider, someone who's qualified to screen you do an-- do a-- do an intake over the pope and make sure that you are safe to have these meds. >> reporter: dr. bolger told us he has sent prescription requests like ours by a service that pays him to review patient files from states where he's licensed. new york is not one of them. >> and i'm only supposed to be se

jim axelrod has more. >> everyone may be seated. >> reporter: the spiral notebook has long thought to hold clues to holmes' state of mind at the time of the attack, but this was first look inside it. this afternoon excerpts were read aloud by aurora's police sergeant. on some of the 29 page, holmes wrote rambling questions: what is the meaning of life and what is the meaning of death? on several pages he repeated the question, why, why why? on other pages accounts of scouting several theaters in the days before the attack. holmes apparently considered targeting an airport but decided against it not wanting his attack to be confused with terrorism. the message is: there is no message, holmes wrote according to files. he chose a theater even though holmes put the chances of being captured at 99%. >> the bullet point says three options of attack. >> reporter: jurors who will decide on a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity followed around with their own copies as the notebook was read aloud. "the obsession to kill since i was a kid with age became more and more realistic. i decided t

tonight jim axelrod gives us a peek behind the beak. >> reporter: you probably don't recognize the manough you've seen him countless times before. >> they say what do you do? i say well, you've heard of sesame street, i'm big bird. >> i'm a very good bird. >> oh, it's him all right, you know carrol spinney's voice anywhere. will you do it again? >> oh, sure. it's easy to do it. it doesn't cost me a cent. >> reporter: at 81, spinney has logged some 4,000 episodes as big bird since the start of "sesame street" in 1969, operating what's essentially one of the world's largest hand puppets. since big bird stands eight feet two inches tall, spinney's head only goes to the bottom of big bird's neck, he operates the mouth with his right arm. but carrol spinney didn't create just one iconic character he created two. >> why are you in such a bad mood all the time? i don't get it. >> it works for me. >> reporter: you know this guy. how grouchy does he get? >> not very grouchy. maybe in traffic. >> reporter: but his daughter says spinney is no oscar. >> when he first asked me out i went home. i re

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and tomorrow, "cbs this morning" is going to take us to theew york as charlie norah and gayle broadcast from the 102nd floor observation deck of the new 1 world trade center. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by >>> bruce in tears as rumor's "a "a" list support skyrockets. does she have the edge tonight on "dancing's" finale? >> wait till you hear what the judges told us backstage. >> you were my favorite. you're the winner. >>> what bruno and carrie ann wouldn't say on the broadcast as stars root for rumor. >>> then bruce jenner reacts to kim's "e.t." interview. >> kim kardashian says -- >> the happiest i've ever seen him. >> i got caught off guard. >> and after kris' tears, meet tv's other family living with a dad once charlie, now carly. >>> plus our top ten letterman moments. >> "entertainment tonight," that right? >>> also size 16 and proud the

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and tomorrow, "cbs this morning" is going to take us to theew york as charlie norah and gayle broadcast from the 102nd floor observation deck of the new 1 world trade center. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. narrator: puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support, putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story... woman: "unfair treatment from washington." man: "thousands without medications." woman: "it c's arisis that could imperil the whole economy." narartor: washington must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late. >>> police have identified the victim in an officer-involved shooting. in arlington county, the latest coming up. >> in prince georges county with a video that is angering many while some are saying this teacher di

and here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: for as much joy as new york city's street musicians bring theirs amazing, really amazing. >> reporter: ...they are not always welcome. >> everybody that walks by us wants to be like, hey, there's those bums again, you know. because we're not bums. we're street musicians. >> reporter: which is why today the sunnyside social club is among the 60-plus acts auditioning to earn the official approval of the new york city subway system. ( applause ) what do you think they could be looking for? >> us. that's what they're looking for. >> reporter: only a third of these performers will get the thumbs-up giving them access to the most lucrative spots in subway stations, as well as something to show the cops to make clear they're good to go. henry prince is a judge. >> you can imagine that people are going to come and hear you and immediately relax and be transported out of the subway. so they think they're somewhere else before the train comes. maybe miss the subway. >> reporter: prince, a subway musician himself, understands the power of subway performers t

jim axelrod shows us hundreds of millions selling them.ound them marked directly to members of the military and they're billed to the pentagon at prices that are hard to believe. major general richard thomas has a big expensive problem on his hand. >> it's just been an astronomical explosion of charges in a relatively short period of time. >> reporter: general thomas who's also a doctor oversees try care, the military's health benefit system. in the last year try care's compoundsing prescriptions surged from 2 million dollars a month to more than $300 million. >> we're on the way to spending $2 billion. >> these scar and pain creams. they can be billed for up to $15,000 for a one-month supply. is there anything in these creams that justifies the expense? >> not that we can find. >> reporter: these creams are marketed directly to military personnel. at events like this one outside the gates of ft. sam houston in san antonio. a free lunch to thank soldiers for their service. >> there's no free lunch. their patriotism is directly tied to thei

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the abuse of patients and the bregthstaking bills have surged in recent months and jim axelrod is looking into this. >> reporter: major general richard thomas has a big, expensive problem on his hands. >> it's just been an astronomical explosion of the charges in a relatively short period of time. >> reporter: thomas, who is also a doctor, oversees tricare the military's health benefit system. in the last year, tricare spending on compounded prescriptions has surged from $42 million a month to more than $300 million. >> we're on track this year to spend over $2002 billion unless we get our hands around this, $2 billion. >> reporter: visually all of the spending is for products the dodd believes are of diewrs clinical benefit, like these scar and pain creams. they can be billed for up to $15,000 for a one-month supply. is there anything in these creams that justifies the expense? >> not that we can find. >> reporter: the creams are marketed directly to military personnel. at events like this one outside the gates of fort sam houston in san antonio a free lunch to thank soldiers for their s

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more now from jim axelrod. >> the world's most popular sport is now mired in perhaps its history's ugliestpter. seven high-ranking officials of fifa, soccer's international governing body, were arrested at a five-star hotel in switzerland. they're among 14 people indicted by u.s. prosecutors. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch. >> they were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. instead they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. >> reporter: the indictment alleges a pattern of fraud bribery and kickbacks that netted international soccer officials and marketing executives $150 million over the last 24 years. richard weber is with the i.r.s. >> this really is the world cup of fraud, and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> reporter: the scope of the allegations is stunning. take the 2010 world cup in south africa. prosecutors say the south african big committee paid a $10 million bribe to get three key votes, ensuring south africa would be the host. then there's another fifa to