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john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: meet edward.scampering calf and his mom, victoria, are southern white rhinos. edward took his first steps about two weeks ago and made history as the first southern white born in north america and frozen sperm. how thrilling is this? >> this is amazing. he's so active. he's so healthy. >> reporter: barbara durand is the zoo's director of reproductive science. edward's birth confirms their theory that victoria could eventually serve as a surrogate mother for a northern white rhino embryo. >> it's a big step in the overall plan, which is to help the northern white rhino come back from the brink of extinction. >> reporter: the next step: to transform rhino skin cells into stem cells. >> a stem cell is a cell that has the potential to become any other cell in the body. and the eventual goal is to redirect them all the way to sperm and eggs. >> reporter: so far, they've succeeded in turning stem cells into beating cardiac muscle that makes up part of a heart. the stem cell technology you'll be using, d

john blackstone has more on the latest breakthrough in the fight to save the northern white rhino. >>ter: meet edward, this scampering calf and his mom victoria are white rhinos. edward took his first steps and made history has the first born using artificial insemination and frozen sperm. how amazing is this? >> he is so healthy. >> reporter: edward's birth confirms their theory that victoria could eventually serve as a surrogate mother for a northern white rhino embryo. >> it's a big step in the overall plan, which is to help the northern white rhino come back from the brink of extinction. >> reporter: the next step, to transform rhino skin cells into stem cells. >> a stem cell is a cell that has potential to become any other cell in the body. and the eventual goal is to redirect them all the way to sperm and eggs. >> reporter: so far, they've succeeded in turning stem cells into beating cardiac muscle that makes up part of a heart. the stem cell technology that you'll be using, it must seem like magic. >> it does. the stem cell technology is very, very complex. >> reporter: the wor

john blackstone has that story. >> reporter: this scampering calf is named edward.and his mom victoria are southern white rhinos, a distant relative of the northern white. johnny was the lead rhino keeper. >> they have behaviors quite like a puppy. the tail wags and makes it look like he's happy to be alive and happy to be here. >> reporter: no one is happier than barbara durant, the director of reproductive science. edward is the first baby rhino born in north america using artificial insemination and frozen sperm. this reproductive technology is well-established in humans now. why such a challenge in rhinos? >> the techniques that we're developing are difficult because we don't understand the complexities of her reproductive cycle. and her reproductive anatomy is very complicated. >> reporter: to decipher the reproductive system, they trained victoria to walk into a chute and to stand for ultrasounds. that led to a successful artificial insemination. assisted reproduction is the only way to save the northern whites. >> it's a big step in the overall plan which is

john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday.of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in york city, i'm john dickerson. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm mola lenghi. hurricane dorian is on a collision course with the u.s. mainland. the storm passed to the east of puerto rico as a category 1 hurricane, but is picking up strength as it moves north and east and could make landfall anywhere from florida to virginia. lonnie quinn has your "overnight news" forecast. >> it has 80-mile-per-hour winds right now. it's a category 1, moving to the west-northwest at 14 miles per hour. we doveanl somewhere along the southeast coast of the u.s. is going to be probably a category 3, maybe a strong category 2. about 115-mile-per-hour winds. if it's 111, okay, we drop down to a category 2. either way it has nothing now to prevent it from strengthening. it missed all the mountains in puerto rico. i

. >> reporter: john blackstone, escondido, california. captioning funded by cbs cani is the morning news." last will and testament. jeffrey epstein reportedly signed away his assets just days before he apparently took his own life behind bars. this as britain's prince andrew breaks his silence about his ties to the disgraced financier. >>> police officer fired. the man behind the choke hold arrest that helped galvanize the black lives matter movement is out of a job. so what happens next? >>> denouncing the ban. two u.s. congresswoman are now speaking out against the travel restrictions placed on them by the israeli government. ♪ srbs heas i'm anne-marie green. new details are emerging this morning about jeffrey epstein's final days. cbs news has learned epstein signed a will two days before he apparently hanged himself inside a federal jail in new york city. the will filed in the u.s. virgin islands shows epstein's estate worth more than $577 million. epstein put all of his holdings in a trust with no word on beneficiaries. meanwhile, on

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john blackstone reports this beast has its own twitter account. >> in san francisco, the fog is in.poke into the sun but much of the city is engulfed in gray. presenting a challenge for tourists searching for the perfect picture of the golden gate bridge. >> where is the golden gate bridge? >> i have no idea. >> this weather pattern may disappoint some many others are on a first name basis with san francisco. >> karl the fog. >> who is karl? >> karl the fog came out of someplace and now has gone viral. >> it has 360,000 followers, posting selfies on instagram. and now karl is an author with a book of photos and wisdom. the big best is the human behind karl can't tell you anything. steve is one of the few people that know his identity. >> how do we know it's not a part of a russian campaign to -- >> when the picture is not perfect at least we can blame karl. who is he really? sorry, i haven't the foggiest. >> for norah o'donnell, i am john dickerson. good night. ♪ >> this is the cbs overn >> welcome to the overnight news. there was outrage and tears in a new york city courtroom where

john blackstone reports. >> reporter: played here by johnny depp in the movie "public enemy" john dillingerssured charming hoodlum with a knack for escaping jail. he was involved with a dozen bank heists making off with $300,000, the equivalent of 4 million today. a police officer was killed in one of the robberies, leading dillinger to be considered public enemy number one. it all came to a halt when federal and local law enforcement tracked him to a theater in chicago and gunned him down on a sidewalk outside. a month after his 31st birthday. dillinger's infamy jrue thousands of curious spectators who wanted to look at his body before it was buried here in section 44 of the crown hill cemetery in indianapolis. >> it's an interesting story and it just keeps enduring. >> reporter: spiro runs an organization that owns the largest collection of dillinger artifacts. >> he's been dead for 85 years. why is there enduring interest in this guy? >> he created this image of robinhood that people during the great depression bought into. >> reporter: in death dillinger became the focus of books, more

john blackstone has the story. >> shame on you. >> reporter: a passionate crowd gathered for what mayewing of an 83-year-old mural in san francisco's george washington high school. >> we need conflict to grow. >> reporter: the mural could soon be paint over in response to complaints that it's demeaning in its depiction of slaves and a dead native american at the feet of settlers. >> sure there are those who say this is no different than taking down civil war statues in the south. >> they are out to lunch. >> reporter: former san francisco mayor willie brown has known the mural since his daughter was a student at washington high. one complaint about it from african americans is that it shows slaves simply being subservient, simply sitting there under the white man's rule. >> but that's the way america was. but it was clearly put on display so we would all be for sure instructionateely disgusted with america and its late practices. >> reporter: russian born painter victor argonoff painted it in the 1930s. peter is his grandson. was your grandfather subversive in a way in what he put int

john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: this scampering calf is named edward.e a distant relative of the northern white. this was the northern keeper. >> his tail wags and that tells us he's happy to be alive and happy to be here. >> reporter: no one is happier than barbara durant, the zoo's director of reproductive science. edward is the only baby rhino born in north korea america using frozen sperm. >> this is well established in humans now. why such a challenge in rhinos? >> the techniques we're developing are difficult because we don't understand the complexities of her reproductive cycle, and her reproductive anatomy is very complicated. >> reporter: to decipher the rhino's reproductive system, keepers taught her to walk into a chute and perform. the hope is that southern whites will eventually become surrogate mothers for northern white embryos.n futuristic science taking part in safari park's frozen zoo, the largest bank in the world for thousands of animals, including northern whites. thus far they've transformed a rhino's skin cell into stem cells. >>

john blackstone reports. >> shame on you. >> reporter: a passionate crowd gathered if what may be theral in this george washington high school. the mural could soon be painted over in response to complaints that it is demeaning in its depiction of slaves and a dead native american at the feet of settlers. >> certainly this is no dichbl than taking down civil war statues in the south. >> they're out to lunch. >> reporter: former san francisco mayor willie brown has known the more real since his daughter was a student at washington high. >> one complaint about it from afric african-americans is that it shows slaves simply being subservient simply sitting there under the white man's rule. >> but that's the way it was. it was put on display so we would all for sure be instructed, disgusted that with america and its slave practices. >> reporter: russian-born victor arnautoff painted the mural as part of the federally funded works. peter is his grandson. >> he was trying to go against the grain of common nashive of history that was probably being portrayed in the schools at that time. >> re

john blackstone has that story. >> reporter: in san francisco it's a typical summer day.ridges may poke into the sun, but much of the city is engulfed in gray. >> we have the coolpechner who p be. we're coming along here. there's nothing but a wall of white white out there. >> for summertime in san francisco, that's what you're going to see is a wall of white. fog is the natural air conditioning in san francisco. >> it's foggy. >> reporter: but it presents a challenge for tourists searching for that perfect picture of the golden gate bridge. >> the main thing is the golden gate. >> the golden gate? where -- where is it? >> reporter: while this weather pattern may disappoint some -- >> we came to enjoy the view. >> reporter: -- many others are now on a first name basis with san francisco's fog. >> i know karl the fog is here. >> who? >> karl. >> who's karl? >> the fog. >> reporter: when it comes to views of the golden gate bridge, the fog giveth and the fog take equity away, and now san francisco's fog is on social media. it even has its own coffee table book. on twitter,

. >> john blackstone. >> right. this is deeply engrained in our recent history and not going to go away without some kind of change. ignoring is, history shows us will not make it go away. i fine a lot of hope in the fact that these kinds of conversations were not happening at the time of my study. all of the events in the book were known at the time, covered in major newspapers. the klan paramilitary camps one or the today show or good morning america, very unfunny saturday night live sketch but greensboro and. there wasn't a shift in the tide. i think at charlottesville there's a different moment and that gives me hope. >> the book, the latter third of the book, you discuss ruby ridge, waco, oklahoma city as these kind of key movements, not just of action in the case of oklahoma city but of radicalization. ... >> this is always the nervous making questions for historians where we are taught not to prognosticate. i think in the time that i'm looking at, there were kind of two different spheres. one of them is above

john blackstone has got the story. >> reporter: this scampering calf is name edward. he had his mom victoria are southern white rhinos, a distant relative of the northern whites. >> reporter: they do have behaviors that are quite like a puppy, the tail wags and he makes us feel like he is as happy to be alive and here. >> reporter: no one is happier than barbara duran. the zoo's director of reproductive science. edward is the very first baby rhino horn in north america. using artificial insemination and frozen sperm. this reproductive technology is well-established in humans why such a challenge in rhinos? >> the techniques we are developing are difficult because we don't understand the complexities of her reproductive cycle and reproductive anatomy is very complicated. >> reporter: to decipher the system, keepers trained victoria to walk into a chute and stand for ultrasounds. that led to a successful artificial insemination. assisted reproduction is the only way to save the northern whites. >> it is a big step in the overall plan. which is to help the northern white

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two names we are told who acted as intermediaries, steve schwarzman head of blackstone, john thornton former head of goldman sachs who has ties in china. it remains unknown who the u.s. intermediaries are right now, who is talking to who at this point. though you heard the president mention talks at different levels. treasury secretary steve mnuchin talked about, quote, communication among intermediaries earlier this week. by the way, deirdre, connell, president trump will leave the white house next hour. he will head to camp david this weekend where he will monitor hurricane dorian. deirdre: thanks, blake. connell: speaking of monitoring, we're monitoring breaking news that has to do with twitter. breaking news, the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey may have been the victim after hack on his own twitter account. he has four million followers, jack dorsey @jack. there were number of slurs and expletives tweeted across on his account. only thing we know about this report on the wire that jack dorsey's twitter the account was apparently hacked. we're waiting for confirmmation or comment from

have been given that have been intermediaries, you see them on the screen, steve schwartzman of blackstone, john thornton, former president over at goldman sachs. to be clear, though, it is unclear at this moment who the intermediaries are, who might be talking to china on that intermediary level. either way, the treasury secretary steve mnuchin alluded to this earlier this week in france, saying that they are quote, communicating. jackie: thank you, blake burman. so much to watch for coming out of washington. it will be interesting to see how it develops this weekend as well. thank you. >>> let's take a look at the big board right now. we are watching the dow jones industrials down 33 points right now. meantime, campbells soup heating up to its highest level in over a years. sales for its soup and snack units which include kettle brand potato chips jumping in the last quarter. higher growth margins and a profit beat satisfying investors. shares currently trading higher by almost 5%. >>> hurricane dorian threaten ing what could be a record travel weekend for travelers. we have the latest on stor

sources tell fox news that john thornton, former ceo of goldman sachs who was a professor at a university in beijing, and blackstone group ceo steve schwartzman, have been acting as intermediaries. sharing information and trail ballooning between the countries as a way to keep the lines of communication open. whether china will be willing in the next round of trade talks to give in on crucial items like intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer remains to be seen. they had made an agreement to do that back in the spring and then reneged on it. so we don't know which way they are going to go. but there does seem to be -- well, it maybe ever so subtle, a shift in the chinese position here. molly, perhaps there's an opening. wouldn't wall street like that? >> molly: a big month in september as far as this battle over tariffs go. john roberts to be an this. thank you. this sunday, afl-cio president richard trump sits down with chris wallace for an exclusive interview. they will likely talk about how union workers feel about the trade war with china. most of the impact he could have at the ballot box in