meg oliver, c brrks s news,-- cbs news, new york. data from a flight r0rders on the ethiopian airlines jet that crashed within week ago has been downloaded 6789 ethiopian airlines said the black boxes show clear similarities with a lion air jet that crashed last october. both planes were boeing 737 max 8 aircraft. but u.s. officials warn that further amal sis is. all 157 people on board died last sunday. >> the u.s. government is currently in a legal battle over the longest continuous oil spill in american history. cbs news is the first network to gain access to the site that is still leaking, nearly 15 years later. omar villafranca reports. >> captain rick jiannuzzi took us to where the taylor oil rig once stood. >> well, it looks smooth. >> from the air that sheen is visible for miles. even from space. >> we are about 15 miles from shore on top of where the oil is coming up. and not only can we smell it, you can also see it. in 2004 hurricane ivan destroyed the m.c.20 oil platform operated by taylor energy. the company has spent ov

meg oliver shows us how twin sisters led to a breakthrough for researchers. >> reporter: 97-year-oldher identical twin sister virginia were always close. when virginia started having trouble with her memory and thinking, scott knew something wasn't right. and virginia was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. >> it was not like her because she was so outgoing and loving. she wasn't going to be who she had been before. and that is tragic to see in a person you love. >> reporter: with one twin having alzheimer's and the other healthy, researchers at duke eye center studying the link between eye and brain health thought the sisters were a good case to examine. they took images of their eyes saying the sister with alzheimer's had decreased blood flow in the retina. that spurred a study of more than 200 people. >> cognitive healthy normal individuals do not have these changes in the retina. >> reporter: leader research dr. sharon fekrat said the eyes may be a window to the brain health. >> these changes happening in the retina of the eye may actually mirror the blood vessel changes happenin

meg oliver, cbs news, clifton, new jersey. >> reportedly named in avenatti's extortion case is attorneye geragos. geragos has had a long career representing celebrity clients including michael jackson, colin kaepernick and jussie smollett. geragos is not charged with the crime but is already feeling the fallout. cnn dropped him as a contributor. >>> overseas now, israeli forces struck targets against the gaza trim this morning in response to a rocket attack from palestinian territory. the latest round of fighting erupted ahead of elections for prime minister now just two weeks away. the israeli army said at least 30 rockets were fired into israel. last week, president trump declared that washington recognizes israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. >>> a father whose daughter was killed in the shooting at sandy hook elementary has taken his own life. dr. jeremy richman's daughter avielle was one of 26 children and staff members killed in the shooting in 2012. he established a foundation, an organization that aimed at preventing violence through brain health research. just last week,

meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> the list of contenders for the 2020 presidential election has grownone potential democratic favorite hinted over the weekend that he may soon be jumping into the ring. mola lenghi has more. [ chants ] >> reporter: former vice president joe biden slipped or tip says his hand about officially joining the race on saturday night. >> i have the most progressive record of anybody who would run. >> reporter: a biden entrance into the race would significantly shift the growing democratic field since he's widely seen as the party's front-runner. while he continues to hold out, others wasted no time. >> that's why i'm running for president. >> reporter: senator kerstin gillibrand officially stepped on to the campaign trail sunday joining 13 other democrats who hope to knock off donald trump in 2020. >> i think this is a great problem for us to have as a party and as a democracy. so many choices, so many different life experiences -- >> reporter: former texas congressman beto o'rourke was on the trial in wisconsin. others made stops in iowa and nevada this weeke

meg oliver has more. shouts of "stephon clark" have pitted police against the community. >> stephon clark! >> reporter: the shooting death of 22-year-old clark by sacramento police last year, and other high-profile shootings of unarmed black men, have also pivoted elected officials to introduce legislation to make police criminally liable for such deaths. >> most of the officers are not being prosecuted for the use of lethal force, and so california would be among the first states to actually implement a statewide policy. >> no racist police! >> reporter: as the proposal is considered, separate investigations from the sacramento county district attorney and california's attorney general concluded the officers did not violate protocol. >> our investigation has concluded that no criminal charges against the officers involved in the shooting can be sustained. >> reporter: clark had been pursued by a police helicopter for car break-ins when two officers chased him into his grandparents' backyard the night of

and, jeff, more rain is in the forecast. >> glor: meg oliver stranded, but safe tonight., thank you. today, two republican members of the house oversight committee accused michael cohen of lying in his testimony yesterday. the president's former attorney wrapped up his third day on capitol hill. here's paula reid. >> reporter: michael cohen spent eight hours answering questions behind closed doors. >> there's not much i can say. >> reporter: lawmakers and federal prosecutors are still digesting his bombshell public testimony yesterday. in vietnam, president trump blasted his former personal attorney. >> he lied a lot, but it was very interesting, because he didn't lie about one thing. he said, "no collusion with the russian hoax." and i said, "i wonder why he didn't just lie about that, too, like he did about everything else?" >> reporter: cohen implicated the president and those around him in several crimes, including campaign finance violations and financial fraud. >> every day, most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something. >> reporter

meg oliver pretty good it too >> it's devastating. devastating. >> he had to be plucked out of the flood waters. >> i was scared. i was petrified. i didn't know how fast it was coming up. >> it's expected to crest sunday at more than 40 feet omaha. they reskey people off the roof of pick up trucks. in nebraskaer and the bridge collapsed. his body recovered hours hater. it's the aftermath of bomb cyclone. some roads have been wiped out. dozens of cans are isolated. >> i was blown away. utter devastationter. major flooding to last through the end of this week. frors >>> data from the flight corters on the ethiopian jet that crashed has been down lowed. they clear similarities and naasz maf tagt neighborhood. all 157 people on board lasted this 14. we'd love some help with laundry. here's how you do it. spray and scrub anything with a stain. soak your nasty jersey. it stinks! wash the really dirty clothes separately. remember -hard work builds character! new tide pods with upgraded 4-in-1 technology unleash a foolproof clean in one step.

i'm meg oliver.ent trump tweeted veto after congress rejected his national emergency declaration to build a border wall. they claim by shuffling funds around the president would be stepping on the constitutional power of congress to control the nation's spending. trouble is opponents don't have the votes to override a presidential veto. nancy cordes has the details. >> for me, this is a constitutional question. >> reporter: utah's mitt romney was one of 12 senate republicans who broke with the president today. >> the joint resolution has passed. >> reporter: voting against his emergency declaration. >> this declaration is a % dangerous precedent. >> reporter: the president responded with one word, "veto.d of miles of up s >> repor the splnhe president's party has less tntt. by declaring a national emergency, mr. trump gave himself the power to redirect billions of dollars that congress had already authorized for other military construction projects, from hawaii to kuwait. >> we don't know which ones.

meg oliver has been looking into the rise in injuries at these parks. >> good morning to all of you. just days before that utah law was signed, a high school football player was paralyzed after being injured at a trampoline park in that state. in the last seven years, cbs news has confirmed at least six people have died from injuries at trampoline parks. that number could be even higher because many of those injured are often forced into arbitration and sign confidentiality agreements that stop them from speaking out. on most weekends, trampoline parks are packed with hundreds of kids bouncing, jumping into pits, and playing tag. their popularity is leading to new cases for attorneys like david chacin. he represents more than a dozen people injured at trampoline parks in new jersey. >> look below the screen there. >> at the bottom right of the screen, a father unknowingly causes what's known as a double bounce. his 4-year-old son falls to the mat. >> the force of the trampoline coming back up from the father's hop across broke the 4-year-old's femur. >>

meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> tonight the organizers of new zealand's largest gun show have cancelt saturday's event, out of respect for the victims. >> tonight, ethiopian investigators are preparing to analyze cockpit audio recordings from last weekend's deadly plane crash. french investigators finished downloading the data last night, they have transferred it since to the ethiopian team for analysis. french are still working to retrieve data from the flight data recorder, 157 people from 35 different countries were killed, when it ethiopian airlines 737 max eight crashed shortly after takeoff from a last sunday, it was headed for nairobi in kenya. u.s. investigators say the path is similar to the lien air flight that crashed in october. the erratic altitude changes indicate the pilots were struggling for control, the 737 max, is now grounded worldwide, amid suspicions that faulty centers and software contributed to both crashes, us- based boeing, is now under pressure to prove that the jets are safe. the company says the software update will be ready next month, it is also taking

meg oliver's at the harmony medical marijuana dispensary in secaucus with the controversial proposal. to you. >> reporter: gayle, good morning from under some loud fans and yellow lights that simulate the sun. workers here are preparing for a sudden increase in demand, but it's still unclear whether there are enough votes to pass the measure today. the state's governor frames this as a social justice issue. [ cheers ] since colorado and washington became the first to legalize weed in 2012, a growing number of states have followed. now new jersey's governor wants in. >> we're digging out of decades of injustices here. i believe folks deserve a second chance. >> reporter: phil murphy calls the drug situation in his state unacceptable. marijuana arrests have risen faster in new jersey than anywhere else. and a report by the american civil liberties union shows black new jerseyians are three times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites, despite similar usage rates. >> we're not inventing marijuana. it exists. >> reporter: he's pushing a bill to legali izize pot fo