john. , dickerson: weijia, thanks. president's former personal attorney michael cohen is getting ready to hire a new legal team and that's raising questions about whether he's ready to cooperate with the special counsel. paula reid joins us. paula, why is cohen making these changes now? j reporter: well, john, cohen re currently under federal investigation for his business dealings, including that $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair pth the president. is that is happening in new york, and so cohen is now looking for a new lawyer who has relationships with manhattan prosecutors and investigators handling that case. but this move has prompted speculation that perhaps he is going to cooperate with special counsel, but sources tell cbs news there is no plea deal at this point. >> dickerson: and what are your sources telling you about whether he might cooperate? >> reporter: well, we're told that there is no arrest that is imminent as investigators are still combing thro

here's john dickerson. >> was asleep. my wife woke me up. k, bobby, bobby had been shot. ♪ but -- it is amazing 50 years later. it is still real. >> john andersen was a campaign aide for robert f. kennedy in 1968. and managed the guest list on the funeral train that day. i was struck by the size of the crowds. every now and then there would be one, two people standing with the flag or, or sign. it was very emotional. it still is. >> also aboard the train, photographer, paul fusco, he captured the faces, black and white. male. female. young and old. staring into the train window. >> mixed in age and sex and color and size. new jersey is mixed. >> john ma len who was 20 at the time stood along the tracks in new jersey. >> did it feel look a funeral? >> it actually did. the sense was that you were at a wake the you were paying your respects. and just, just here to do that. and, stay quietly,aitingor the fratrain to come >> one of the houses here, i could hear a woman crying. and as the train came by she, she just called out oh, bobby, oh, bobby.

john dickerson, cbs news, baltimore. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight.ight. see you tomorrow. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ps.. and >>> kpix 5 news begins with the race for mayor of san francisco still up for grabs. the frontrunner flips and with tens of thousands of ballots still to count, anything can happen. good evening. i am allen martin. >> and i am elizabeth cook. leno now leads by a difference of only 1100 votes. there are tens of thousands of votes still to be counted. >> reporter: this race could go anyway -- any way. let's take a look. thanks to an unusually high turnout, city hall workers today are still busy sorting and counting some 85,000 ballots from yesterday's election. >> nothing has been determined. whatever we saw on election day or election night, as far as the results, really has no bearing on what happens next. >> reporter: that leaves the race frontrunners and their campaigns very much in the air. >> there could be some back-and- forth. >> you never know what's going to happe

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john dickerson is off today so bianna golodryga is in for him. vladimir duthiers is also here at the table. just hours after a gunman rampaged through their newsroom, the dedicated staff at the capital gazette company in annapolis published their regular morning paper today. five of their colleagues were killed in the attack. >> the victims range in age from 34 to 65 years old. they include four journalists, a sales assistant for the newspaper. cbs news has new information on why the suspected shooter may have carried out the attack, armed with smoke and flash grenade and a shotgu >> police say the suspect, who they identified as 38-year-old jarrod ramos, threatened the capital gazette a few hours before the shooting. he is charged with five counts of capital murder. norah o'donnell is in annapolis. norah, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to all of you, let me just tell you, there's some new information this morning. the suspect will be in court this morning. the police chief here telling "cbs this morning" they do believe he acted al

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and john dickerson looks at rfk's emotional final journey 50 years after his death.minutes. ♪ ♪or by cbs >> glor: on this wednesday ofening, the president comsthe g nvt afppfr kim kardashian. and the investigation after graphic tape emerges of four arizona officers making a violent arrest. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds.arrest. >> president trump has commuted ree life sentence for alice marie johnson. -t a first-time nonviolent drug ofnd who heen serving a life sentence. >> kardashian wrote on twitter, "best news ever." >> i said we're not going to have a summit under those strcumstances. kim jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it. >> it's probably not the mood fsic you want for the summit. >> reporter: i'm manuel bojorquez in guatemala, e fallye communities that were largely cut off by the volcano's explosion. >>ha

. >>> john dickerson -- >> jeff just got back from singapore. >>> new report finds a 6.0 earthquake in tied to a dip in the groundwater which typically happens in the summer. be back in 30 minutes to talk about that. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs on the " >> dickerson: on the "cbs evening news" this wednesday night. the president declares the north korean nuclear threat "over" as we learn what is really in the bu agreement. rninit depends on who you ask. and a warning about a new email scam that could cost home buyers every cent they have. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds.nt they have. in the president saying that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. on i think we've done something very historical already in one way, but to me, a success is when it gets done. isthe federal reserve is raising interest rates to keep e with the strengthening economy. >> wildfires have broken out across the drought-stricken western united states. >> as you can see, it's pretty much all gone.

. >> reporter: "cbs this morning" coanchor john dickerson toured the train coach that carried robert>> this is the parlor. and this is where the casket was placed. >> reporter: bennett levin was one of the thousands of bystanders in philadelphia who came to pay their respects 50 years ago. he now owns the coach. >> i think people came out because in their hearts, they believe the message that he was offering them, and that was the only way they could show respect. >> reporter: a solemn feeling that can still be felt today through fusco's work. >> one of the reasons that i think the photographs are so powerful today is that what they stand for and what bobby kennedy stood for are values that we seem to really miss. >> ninan: portraits of america in a time of profound loss. well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." for more news any time, go to our streaming news channel cbsn at cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us. good night. hillside... above some homes. right now... the firefight is on. plan pping retardant... fir

a great series for john dickerson.icy. >> politics has become so tribal in america that political conversations can now feel like the equivalent of the debate over laurel v. janne. no amount of shouting changes what we want to hear. this debate looks at the splitting of families crossing the border. the critics were the usual ones. liberals, elites, and supporters of looser immigration. the president blamed democrats. >> that's the democrats' law. >> reporter: the attorney general said the bible approved, and is secretary of homeland security said the separations weren't happening at all. none of this was true, and that felt familiar also. mean while, the children that were officially not being separated from their parents kept being separated from their parents. but then the pattern broke. the president's allies in congress abandoned it, religious leaders, even sympathetic ones, were appalled. splitting families could not be defended by splitting hairs. in the pulpits and at picnics, purple momentarily replaced red an

i'm norah o'donnell along with john dickerson and alex wagner.him proud. alice johnson ran to her family with her arms in the air after her release from prison in alabama last night. she spent 21 years behind bars for her nonviolent role in a memphis-based cocaine trafficking ring. it does not erase her conviction. >> this was the seventh time the president has granted a pardon or commuted a sentence. most have been for high-profile people or celebrities. kim kardashian who push ed for the release said telling johnson the news is a moment she'll never forget. the white house is preparing dozens of other pardons, but did not say who or when. >>> kate spade's husband is revealing details of her mental health struggles. the fashion designer suffered from depression and was actively seeking help. she was found dead tuesday. we should note dr. lieberman did not treat kate spade. good morning. >> good morning. >> her husband said there was no indication, no warning that this was going to happen. how unusual is that and what were the warning signs? >> s

over to you, john dickerson. >> it takes me a long time to catch up.see my legs. >> yes, i do. i actually do. >> you can -- come on. lebron james. you can follow that, right? >> chicken legs may come to find but -- >> you're right. i don't want to see them. >> thank you, lebron. it may just stick with him, the fashion statement. i'm norah o'donnell with john dickerson and gayle king. >>> investigators are back at a massachusetts property where three bodies have been found. police believe it is the home address of 47-year-old stewart weldon. he was arrested during a traffic stop sunday and charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting the woman in the car with him. >> very disturbing story. that woman is in the hospital with very serious injuries. she told police that weldon held her captive for a month. investigators found the bodies yesterday while searching the home. connection with the remains.in >>> mexico, canada and the european union say they'll retaliate against the u.s. for new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. the trump adm

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. >> john dickerson, bianna.ocess for immigration always will be dysfunctional. the president tweeted yesterday we knts allow all of these people to invade our country. we must immediately with no judges or court cases bring them back from where they came. the aclu and others say that could violate the constitution. >>> president trump's remarks are in sharp contrast to those of many republicans, including the president's own attorney general, jeff sessions. who says there should be more judges to handle a backlock of asylum cases. the president has repeatedly attacked the judicial system and criticized its role in the immigration process. >> just to show how ridiculous. we have judges. we have thousands of judges. do you think other countries have judges? we give them like trials. that's the good news. the bad news is they never show up for their trial. >> the whole system is corrupt. it's horrible. so, yeah, you need thousands of judges based on this crazy system. whoever heard of a system where you put people

john dickerson joins us now from new york. >> reporter: good morning. ahead, david begnaud traveled overnight to brownsville, texas, where babies right hand toddlers are being separated from their parents reportedly being held in tender age shelters. plus, only on "cbs this morning," bill ford talks to gayle about cars without steering wheels, wh ford s today,hi and what he thinks o his car making rival elon musk. >> and the newest stars of social media don't even have a pulse because they're fake. how brands are using computer generated avatars to sell products. all that plus the eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. we'll see you at 7:00. >> they look so real. john, see you at 7:00. thank you. >>> the biggest wireless companies say that they will stop providing customers locations to data brokers. verizon, at&t, sprint and t- mobile have pledged to omsi practice drawing criticism priv the data has apparently allowed outside companies to pinpoint the location of wireless devices without the owner's knowledge. >>> disney is sweetening its offer in the b

so we are going to check in with john dickerson, who joins us now from new york. and there he is. ned up. hey, john. how are you doing? >> hm. that's right. we are just trying to keep you on your toes this friday morning. we are gathering information on this morning's shocking news, the death of chef and tv host anthony bourdain. also, we are in quebec and singapore with what to from m summit with north korea. on nonaddictive this painkiller that could be an opioid replacement, the team working on that nonaddictive painkiller. and we talk about forest bathing, the mental and physical benefits from spending time in nature. eye-opener, your world alin l th plu90 seco we'll see you at 7:00. >> thank you. >>> looks like the gig worker economy is fading. gig workers are those who rush to on-call jobs as opposed to working regular hours. according to the u.s. bureau of iscsti, those people mlaade r stup 10.1% of t workforce last year down from 10.9% in 2005. independent contract work is also down. contractors accounted for 6.9% of workers in 2017 compared with 7.4% in 2005. >>> some palo

john dickerson joins us now from new york. good morning. >> good morning. all over the raccoon news. hopefully an interview tomorrow. but for today we'll look at the military implications of the agreement with north korea. former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral sandy winifield is in studio 57 with the potential risks of ending joint military exercises with south korea. plus, more than one-third of american adults may be unknowingly taking medications that can lead to depression. dr. tara narula is here with what you need to know about some common drugs. and we'll talk with the ceo of linkedin about why employers are having such a hard time filling the millions of u.s. job openings. all that plus the eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. we'll see you at 7:00. >> thank you. >>> cupertino-based apple has changed some of its app store rules. the changes are meant to limit how developers use information about iphone owners' friends and other contacts. developers have been asking users for access to the phone contacts and using that informatio

john dickerson joins us from new york. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday. ahead, we'll have some of america's closest allies who are vowing to retaliate after the u.s. imposed new tariffs on steel and aluminum. we'll look at how it will affect american businesses and consumers. plus, a georgia boy was taken away from his parents because they gave him marijuana. they will tell us why they felt it was their only hope to help their son with his daily seizures. and a hometown rivalry takes center stage at the national spelling bee. this year's winner will join us after he almost didn't even make it to the competition at all. all of that plus the eye- opener, your world in 90 seconds. we'll see you at 7:00. >> pretty cool. we had two students from the bay area who were in the national spelling bee and they did pretty well so we're proud of them, too. >> it's amazing anyone was there at all. it's a real skill. >> it is. john, we'll see you at 7:00. thanks. >>> new video now shows a bear wandering in a neighborhood in los angeles county. take a look. it was road r

it made me think in particular of this john dickerson piece in "the atlantic" where he writes the presidency't grown in power, it's grown in scope, complexity, degree of difficulty. each time a president has added to the job description. a president must now be able to jolt the economy like franklin roosevelt. tame congress like lyndon johnson. comfort the nation like ronald reagan. what do you make of that? do you think that we have set our expectations too high for an american president that they have to be everything and all things to all people? >> i think so, katy. i write about the world as it is. part of the point that i was making in the book is that, there's this expectation that the u.s. president is going to solve literally every problem in the world. crisis takes place on the other side of the globe. there could be many different factors that are at play there. the question here is what is the u.s. president going to do to solve that problem. frankly the world is not something that any one person can solve on their own. i do think that a lot of this comes to the president. what i

i apologized to john dickerson.i said it had to be a boy because girls would never do that. >> i didn't know they did a check on the gender. >> they didn't know until they got her and flipped her over. there are some difrmss there, and she's a girl. so apologies to you. >> i'll accept the apologies. >> i said, john, you know that's a boy, that's such a boy thing. she's all good. >> she's aldl good. >>> here are three things you should know. security is tight for the world cup. 3.2 million people are expected to tune in for the tournament. the u.s. will not be playing for first time since 1986. >>> and you can place bets on the world cup in new jersey today. legal sports bedding will go live there after years of court battles. governor phil murphy will place the first bet at monmouth park raszing track. new jersey is the second state after delaware to legalize sports betting after the ruling. >>> and happy birthday to president trump. if you see him today, say happy. why? he turns 72. mr. trump is the oldest presiden

. >> i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell. party. alexandria ocasio-cortez defeated joseph crowley. he was considered a potential successor to minority leader nancy pelosi. >> they captured her screaming as she saw the results come in. she was an organizer for bernie sanders campaign and as recently as november, she worked as a bartender. >> we're joined now on the telephone. good morning. i know you won by about a 15-point margin. why do you think your message resonated with voters? >> well, i think a lot of working class americans and voters here have been waiting for an unapologetic champion. and we provided a very direct message, a very clear message, and voters also knew that i was the only candidate in the race that did not take corporate money in a time when economic marginalization is really increasing in new york city. so i think it created a lot of trust in our community. and our message really inspired a lot of folks that don't usually turn out in an off-year midyear primary. >> is part of your message often when th

. >> i'm john dickerson with gayle king and norah o'donnell.ith north korean leader kim jong-un is just hours away. secretary of state mike pompeo says the president spoke of the leaders of south korea and japan just ahead of the summit. >> a short time ago kim went out to walk among the gardens and visit hotels of the . zblt the foreign affairs minister posted a selfie with the north korean leader. another official says they were showing kim around the city. cbs news anchor jeff glor is leading our coverage from singapo singapore. >> good morning. what a morning on the eve of this summit. president trump and kim jong-un staying less than a half mile ap part from each other, a remarkable evolution from these leaders who seemed to be on the brink of war less than a year ago. they will sit face-to-face and talk about north korea possibly giving up its nuclear arsenal. major garrett is here with a look at the president's strategy as of tonight. good morning no sitting u.s. president has met face-to-face with a north korean leader. the risk for pre

. >>> i'm john dickerson with norah o'donnell and alex wagner.nment along the u.s. border. president trump plans to meet with white house republicans -- with republicans tomorrow at the white house. he faces a growing outcry over his zero tolerance immigration policy. >> thousands of people protested across texas yesterday. they say the policy separating some undocumented children from their families at the border is cruel. the administration says the strategy is needed to discourage law breaking. gayle king is at a border patrol facility in mcallen. gayle, good morning. >> good morning, norah. this is just one of the facilities where migrants caught at the southern border are sent. it canolbod a so we hautve to rely on images released by the government to show you what it looks like because cameras are not allowed inside. david begna was allowed inside without his camera and he saw people in chain listeninged enclosures. he's calling them cages. they get two meals a day and can shower every other day and children have access to entertainment. so

. >> i'm john dickerson with norah o'donnell and gayle king. a major leaguer. >> yes. that's a memory. very good memory. >> that's great. >>> president trump is pushing harder to take away undocumented immigrants' constitutional right to due process. the president used most of a nearly hour-long speech in south carolina to fire up his supporters. he called for more border security and fewer judges, and he attacked democrats on immigration. >> the democrats want open borders. they want anybody they want, including ms-13 pouring into the country. if a person comes into our country, steps one foot, they take their name, bring them to court, then release them, they go into the country, you never see them again. 's t craziest thing i've ever seen. >> but the trump administration is sending mixed signals about its zero tolerance policy. attorney general jeff sessions said all adults who cross the border illegally are still being prosecuted while the border control says it has stopped referring undocumented immigrants with children for prosecution. >>

. >> i'm john dickerson. they will be wearing that this year. busy, busy morning.ent trump and kim jong-un headed home after their busy and historic nuclear summit. the two leaders met face-to-face for the first time and shook hands at 9:04 this morning local time. spoke with optimism before going into a one-on-one meeting for about 40 minutes. mr. trump says he expected a tremendous discussion. kim said the two would overcome old prejudices. >> just before 10:00 a.m. they were joined by advisers for about an hour and a half. that meeting was followed by a working lunch with a menu that included short ribs, shrimp. after lunch mr. trump told reporters they were going to sign something. >> the two leaders emerged about an hour later and signed an agreement at 1:41 p.m. committing to denuclearizing the korean peninsulpeninsula. cbs evening news anchor leading our coverage from singapore. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. those times you are talking about those were singapore times. a lot of this for americans played out overnight as signing took place.

. >>> i'm norah o'donnell with john dickerson and gayle king. >> recuers in guatemala are racing to finded in ash from a massive volcano eruption. at least 25 people have been killed. that number is expected to increase. the volcano of fire is near guatemala city. it spread thick black smoke over the city. >> the volcano exploded just before noon yesterday. more than 3,000 people were evacuated. this was the second time the volcano erupted this year. it's the most violent explosion in more than four decades. >>> canadian prime minister justin trudeau is blasting trump's new tariffs. u.s. has added a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum from mexico, canada and the european union. trudeau calls this move disrespectful. >> the idea that the canadian steel that's in military vehicles in the united states, the canadian aluminum that makes your fighter jets is somehow now a threat, the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable. >> chief white house economic adviser larry kudlow says the u.s. needs to protect itself a

. >> that i am, john dickerson. >> there you go. >>> no u.s.er met with a north korean dictator. ahead, we will preview trump's summit with kim jong-un and look at how you prepare for a meeting that is the first of its kind. you're watching "cbs this morning." you're watching "cbs this morning." hi.i just wanted to tell you that chevy won a j.d.power dependability award for its midsize car-the chevy malibu. i forgot. chevy also won a j.d. power dependability award for its light-duty truck the chevy silverado. oh, and since the chevy equinox and traverse also won chevy is the only brand to earn the j.d. power dependability award across cars, trucks and suvs-three years in a row. phew. third time's the charm... why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good? it's a bold blend of coffee with rich flavors of uganda, sumatra, colombia and other parts of south america. like these mountains, each amazing on their own. but together? magical. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to

i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and john dickerson.ess are under new pressure to change a zero tolerance policy that is splitting up families who entered the u.s. illegally. the associated press reports that babies and other young children separated from their parents are now being housed at three what they're calling tender age detention facilities in south texas. a fourth facility is planned in houston, according to the mayor there. tender age is typically defined at 12 and under by the department of homeland security. >> the report emerged as president trump met with house republicans about two immigration bills. both address family separation but the president did not endorse one plan over the other. >> senators from both parties are expected to meet today to discuss a fix. republican leader mitch mcconnell says any solution will be narrowed and targeted at keeping families together. >>> senator james lankford of oklahoma is one of 13 republican senators asking the justice department to pause the separation of families while congre

. >> reporter: "cbs this morning" co-anchor john dickerson toured the train coach that carried rfk'sis is the parlor and where the casket was placed. >> reporter: benett levin was one of the thousands of bystanders in philadelphia who came to pay their respects 50 years ago. he now owns the coach. >> i think people came out because, inheir message that hes offering them, and that was the only way they could show respect. >> reporter: a solemn feeling that can still be felt today through fusco's work. >> one of the reasons that i think the photographs are so powerful today is that what they stand for and what bobby kennedy stood for are values that we seem to really miss. >> it's not just history, but also a little mystery. james danziger tells us no one in this picture of a family lined up according to height has ever been identified. he says it is the most famous picture in the collection. and bobby kennedy was so inspirational to so many people as you can see through those images, he used to say, paraphrasing ancient greeks he thought of us as the opportunity to sort of tame the sa