>> roxana saberi in new york. thank you. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," senior an alt list france townsend joins us to talk about the latest on russia and syria. >>> white house press secretary sean spicer triggered an outcry when he tried to compare bashir al assad with hitler. >> you have someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. >> the remarks which overlooked the fact that millions of jews died in nazi gas chambers in world war ii lead spicer to apologize. >> frankly i apology. there's holocaust and there is no comparison. i apologize. >> not everyone was satisfied. they called for his firing. >>> china believes north korea should end its nuclear program. xi told the president that stan between a passenger and airport security officers turned bloody. >> i'm not going. i'll tell you right there. >> social media has turned the doctor's removal from the flight to a public relations disaster for the airline. don champion reports. >> reporter: hundreds of millions of people h

roxana saberi has the latest. >> for two days flames raged across florida's kollier county forcing thousandsf residents including jack bersen to pack up and head for safety. >> this is my farm, my family farm that is burning down as we speak. >> reporter: rain is bringing some relieve to florida's army of firefighters. even the national guard is pitching in. >> take this time, make sure your home is safe. this won't be the last fire of the fire season. >> reporter: firefighters eventually got this fire under control allowing people to go home. >> our whole street, concernie avenue just engulfed as a fun elf flames. >> reporter: anthony's backyard was completely torched. >> four boats and about nine vehicles. but the house is still there, all the animals are safe and we are safe. >> reporter. >> i know it's very toxic and then it's kind of hard for me to breathe. >> reporter: 100 -- 125 fires are blazing across nearly 85,000 acres of florida. firefighters have contained another massive fire in polk county. >> it's amazing what they can do. >> reporter: so far no homes or lives have been lost

>> roxana saberi in new york. thank you. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning" dan senor, senior adviser to mitt romney in the 2012 campaign joins us to talk on the foreign policy. >>> egypt is in mourning today after suicide bombers killed at least 44 people at two coptic churches on palm sunday. isis has claimed responsibility. teri okita has more. >> reporter: video of the men's choir was streaming live on the internet when a bomb exploded at the coptic church in the town of tanta. rescuers sifted through broken glass and bloodies pews which minutes before had been filled with people celebrating palm sunday. at least 27 were killed and isis has claimed responsibility. but it wouldn't be the only attack on christians. four hours after the first blast, a suicide bomber targeted st. mark's church in aalexandria 80 miles away. more than a dozen people were killed. angry crowds gathered outside, stepping on bloodied palm fronds left in the wake of the violence chanting no more terrorism. in st. peter's square pope francis

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roxana saberi for cbs news. >> this might not be the first time united has caused issues with overbooked flights. last week another passenger paid $1,000 for a first class flight from hawaii to irvine. before take-off, the flight attendant told him he had to get off. the reason? the flight was overbooked and they needed a seat for a passenger with first class priority status. he refused to get off and was reportedly threatened with handcuffs. >> she said, if you don't leave voluntarily, we'll summon security and have you escorted off the plane. if i waited five more minutes, my wife said that would have been you on the tv. >> he flew home on economy. the airline sent him an apology and credit. >>> later this morning there's going to be a meeting about flooding in san francisco neighborhoods. the city spent millions of dollars on settlements from damages claimed by homeowners. the public utilities commission plans to report on short term and long-term plans to fix the flooding issues. >>> we're not expecting any flooding this week but we are seeing rain. >> we certainly are. i have heard

here's roxana saberi. >> reporter: as the trump administration threatens to crack down on sanctuary cities-- >> sanctuary jurisdictions put criminals back on the streets. >> reporter: ...local leaders are pushing back. >> it's incredibly insulting. >> reporter: that's how new york city police commissioner james o'neill described this statement by the justice department. it singled out new york as a sanctuary city that's soft on crime. >> when i read that statement by d.o.j. this afternoon, my blood began to boil. >> reporter: o'neill later tweeted, "even with a million more people, new york city now has one-fifth the crime of 1990 sound like we're soft on crime? a recent analysis of f.b.i. data by a progressive think tank suggested that sanctuary areas have "significantly lower" crime, possibly because illegal immigrants are less afraid to report crimes to police. on friday, the justice department also sent these letters to sanctuary jurisdictions, including neyochicago, and nevada, threatening to cut grant money if they don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities. at a border sec

roxana saberi for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> "fox news" host bill o'reilly won't be on tv for couple>> o'reilly says he is going on vacation and it was plan last year but move comes as 60 of his testers have pulled out of his show amid sexual harassment allegations. o'reilly and network have paid 13 million-dollar to five women to settle those complaints. o'reilly said he will be back april 24th. >>> we are following some breaking news this morning, elderly man, terrorized overnight in a home invasion. suspects stole thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry, guns and a car. i'm jan carabao, coming up find out why police say this man may have been targeted. >>> when we realize what we could do. >> realization changed her life and hundreds of others, moving movement, that she started in this weeks story of brotherly love. >>> and looking outside we are moving toward this morning, with an accident on the schuylkill, another in hamilton township and possible wet roth ways that might slow you down. updates to the center city sinkhole repairs and construction, we will have those coming up, bu

roxana saberi, for cbs news. >>> two additional aviation officers involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. >>> there have been some grieve vans about planes leaving or landing at sfo, as well. an airport spokesman says that noise complaints have spiked more than 300,000% in three years. in 2013 there were 278 complaints. that was 580 in 2014. in 2015, there were over 100,000 complaints. but the most came last year over 860,000 noise complaints. the airport says those grievances were reported by 4500 people. >>> 8 minutes now after 5:00 and two bay area police officers will not face charges after they shot and killed a man. how the district attorney says he was convinced to make that decision. >> and constant construction in san francisco is making a mess of traffic. the new data that tells us just how much. >> 5:09. from the kpix weather center, good morning, everybody. the big question now, not when it's going to rain but when is it going to stop? and when will the sun make an appearance? we have the full forecast coming up. >> and

roxana saberi for cbs news. >> vice president pence is set to travel to south korea this weekend. discussions about north korea's nuclear program are on the agenda. and that threat has become one of the most serious issues facing the trump administration. >>> president trump has given states permission to defund healthcare providers that offer abortions. the president signed a resolution yesterday. the resolution does not impact funding on the federal level. but it overturns obama era rules that prohibited states from withholding money from healthcare providers for political or religious reasons. >>> today in federal court funding for sanctuary cities takes center stage. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in san francisco on why bay area counties will confront the administration >>> reporter: well, it's shaping up to be a landmark case one that could block part of president trump's executive order dealing with immigration. santa clara and san francisco counties today will be in court arguing that the president can't legally or constitutionally cut federal funds from cities or countie

roxana saberi has the latest. >> the secretary of state is holding a sit down, but not with vladimir putin himself. we are hearing mixed messages about the trump administration's stamp on syria. rex tillerson met with them as the u.s. presses allies to support the white house's strategy in syria. boris johnson who was involved in the talks said plans could involve sanctions. >> what you have got here is the world coming together to try to support america in their response. >> since last week's missile strikes, they publicly contradicted one another on whether assad must go on military action. shaup spicer tried to clarify things. >> if you gas a baby and put a bomb to innocent people, you will see a response from this president. >> he said his statement was not meant to indicate a policy change, but the president would act in the national interest. >> this kind of war crime is unaccepted in the world today. >> the u.s. shouldn't wait for another gas attack to happen. he believes the russians anyhow the syrians were using chemical weapons because they operated out of the same base. >>

roxana saberi for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> working to preserve memory of a founding father, stillt under repair and when it will be ready for public, pat. >> good morning, guys. we are here at terminis bakery in south philadelphia and we are making one and only, easter bread. freshly, they are letting me touch the dough this morning. i don't know why they are letting me do it. budd they are. i think i'm getting it, right. it works for me. we will show you how it is done when we come right back. >> ♪ >>> you know what goes well easter bread? >> what, rahel. >> coffee. >> ahh. >> we know where you can get free coffee and fill up for absolutely nothing. >> absolutely free. >> um-hmm. >> today. >> oh, my. >> yes. >>> one of the philadelphia's most popular historic spots is having repair work done. crews have, cordond off grave of the ben franklin at christ church burial ground to repair cracks in the grave stone. the eagles, university of pennsylvania and rock star john bon jovi and others raised more than 80 you this dollars for the work which should be done by end of the movement do

roxana saberi is at the new york stock exchange with that and more.g, red sox a in. >> good morning, anne-marie. following the results from the first round of france's presidential election. election is widely being seen as a vote on the european nun. centrist emmanuel macron finished first and says he is committed to universal community and marine le pen plans to pull france out. >>> last week the dow gained 97 points. the s&p finished 20 points higher. and the nasdaq ended the week 105 points higher. >>> apple ceo testimony cook reportedly scolded uber eo travis kalanick when they found out uber had been tracking customers' iphones. he threatened to pull'veer from the iphone store if they didn't stop. they were tracking customers without their permission. >>> at the box office the fate of the furious remained in first place. the eighth installment of the "the fast and the furious" franchise earned over $80 million after having the biggest opening of all time last week. "t"the boss baby"" came in a distant second followed by "beauty & the beast." >>>

>> roxana saberi. thanks. >>> the director of the cia mike pompeo is taking aim at wikileaks, accusing it of working with russia to interfere with a u.s. presidential election. nancy cordes has the latest. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is. >> the cia director did not hold back, accusing wikileaks of working directly with the russian government to release e-mails stolen from the democratic party and the clinton campaign. >> our intelligence committee determined that the russian intelligence used wikileaks to release data of u.s. victims through cyber operations against the democratic national committee. >> pompeo argued it's time to stop giving wikileaks a platform. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> something president trump did routinely on the campaign trail. >> wikileaks also just released an e-mail with bill clinton's chief of staff. >> wikileaks reminded pompeo he himself publicized their material last year. in a tweet he says he does not remember sending. wikileaks founder

in recent days trump administration has taken a hard stance on syria and now cbs, correspondent roxana saberi says secretary tillerson is urging russia to step aside. >> reporter: that is how, president trump characterized bash ab al-assad in an interview, mr. trump called last weeks chemical attack beyond barbaric. >> when you drop gas, or bombs , or barrel bombs and these massive barrels with dynamite and they drop them right in the middle of the group of people, and in all fairness you see the same kid with no arms in, legs, no face , this is an animal. >> reporter: president's comments came on the same day that secretary of state rex tillerson arrived in moscow for a high steaks sit down with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, tillerson hopes they can help reconsider their support for assad regime. >> russian president vladamire putin won't be easily convinced. on tuesday he dismissed u.s. accusation as begins assad, comparing them to the weapons of mass destruction claims, proceeding the 2003 invasion of iraq, the white house says russia is trying to cover up, what happened. >> he w

as roxana saberi reports, the baby is already looking up to its mom-- way up. >> reporter: before a liveience of more than a million youtube viewers, april the giraffe delivered what many had waited weeks to see-- her calf. hooves first, then the snout, then the rest. on social media, fans cheered, congratulating the new mom and celebrating their obsession with her maternal progression. the giraffe gestation sensation started in february when animal adventure park in upstate new york starting live streaming april in her pen. youtube briefly pulled the feed after receiving complaints that it was sexual in nature. park owner jordan patch says giraffe fans fought to get the feed back up. >> the people, the fans, the people that are personally invested into this journey with april and her calf, they got the feed back on. so we thank them. >> reporter: april's 15-month pregnancy kept the virtual world captivated for hours at a time. the 15-year-old inspired this viral video of a pregnant mom dancing in a giraffe mask. ♪ won't you pop on out of there >> reporter: and even this song: ♪ end this

roxana saberi has the story. >> reporter: more than two years after chinese security phan-gillis, she's back home in the u.s. in a statement, her husband said, "many of sandy's friends and family members have been crying tears of joy." the 57-year-old is an american citizen of chinese descent. in 2015, she was visiting china on a trade mission with houston officials and business people when suddenly, she disappeared. >> she was subjected to repeated threats, including the threat to take away her access to doctors and medicine. >> reporter: last month, her husband, jeff, told senators her captors accused her of spying for the u.s. >> sandy is not sp top-secret agent for the f.b.i. she is a wife and a mother and a business woman. >> reporter: phan-gillis' detention created friction between washington and beijing. her case had stalled until secretary of state rex tillerson recommendly raised it on a trip to china in march. on tuesday, china sentenced phan-gillis to three and a half years in prison and ordered deportation. texas congressman al green who called for her release, says she arri

jurisdictions include the state of california and some of the nation's biggest cities including roxana saberi is here this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. they sent a letter say being they don't cooperate with authorities they could lose federal grant money, but it was a separate statement from the just cities department about immigration enforcement that set off a dispute between new york city and the trump administration. >> it just shows how out of touch this administration is with what's happening on the ground in this city. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio had harsh words for the justice department and its leading attorney general jeff sessions. he was reacting to a department news relief that calls new york city soft on crime. >> it's an outrageous statement and is absurd and ignores the progress we brought down in crime. fu reporter: it's an effort to promises, a crack down on illegal immigration. the administration threatened to fund millions of dollars from the city if they don't help federal authorities find and deport illegal immigrants. while

number of city leaders say they will remain defiant even at the risk of losing federal funding. >> roxana saberi at new york city hall. thanks, roxana. >>> the killing of a suspect in a shooting may affect voters when they cast ballots tomorrow in the first round of the presidential election. french authorities say the gunman was known to law enforcement, having spent 14 years in prison. he was shot and killed by police during thursday's attack. a note defending isis was found near his body. elizabeth palmer is in the french capital with the latest on an election that is anything but predictable. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, it's a very crowded field. there are 11 candidates running in the most hotly contested race in years. it's no secret that passions are running high. just look at the graffiti. and as if things weren't contentious enough, while officials were putting the official touo finishing touches on the vote machine, a terrorist opened fire on a group of police officers, killing one. and within seconds he was dead. john finney and his family from kentucky were ten

cbs news correspondent roxana saberi has details. >> reporter: democrat john ossoff took the stage at his atlanta headquarters tuesday night, gearing up to split georgia's sixth congressional seat in two months time. >> there is no doubt that this is all ready, a victory for the ages. >> reporter: democrats pumped millions of dollars in ossoff 's campaign hoping that the 30 year-old former congressional staffer would win yesterday's special election, out right. that would have turned the district from red, to blue, for the first time, in nearly 40 years. >> only you can stop the super liberal democrats, and in particular, john ossoff. >> president trump countered those efforts in the series of robo calls and tweets. >> i think president is interested in what happens here. >> reporter: ossoff will face karen handle in the run off june 20th. rocks san a saberi for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> president george w. bush is recovering from pneumonia. the former president has been at houston methodist hospital since friday. doctors diagnosed him with mild case of pneumonia which has been sin

roxana saberi has the latest. >> reporter: for two days, flames raged across florida's collier countythousands of residents, including jack burrson, to pack up and head for safety. >> this is my farm. my family farm that's burning down as we speak. >> reporter: rain is bringing some relief to florida's army of firefighters. even the national guard is pitching in. >> take this time. make sure your home is safe. this won't be the last fire of the fire season. >> reporter: firefighters control, allowing people to go home. >> our whole street, kearney avenue is engulfed. as a tunnel of flame. >> reporter: anthony's back yard was completely torched. >> four boats and about nine vehicles. but the house is still there, all of our animals are safe and we're safe. >> reporter: smoke is still a danger. >> i know it's very toxic, and it's kind of hard for me to breathe. >> reporter: 125 fires are blazing across florida. firefighters have contained another massive fire in polk county. >> it's amazing what they can do. >> reporter: so far, no homes or lives have been lost there. polk county offici

roxana saberi has more. good morning. >> reporter: it was supposed to kick off friday. e therwas trouble in paradise. this is what promoters sold the public. >> the actual experience exceeds our expectations. >> a one-of-a-kind music festival on an undeveloped island in the bahamas. advertised for months by supermodels and actresses. instead organizers watched the fire festival go down in flames before it even got started. the chaos was chronicled on social media as festivalgoers who made the rendezvous to the caribbean realize it was not the opulent experience they were promise for tickets that went as much as $12,000. the food, far from a feast. the luxury villas advertised in tents reportedly with no running water. happened. >> he was contrite. he said we recognized we didn't have the right people in place and our dreams were a little bit too big and then it blew up. >> on thursday head liners blink 182 announced they were canceling their appearance. also friday a hearst broeking jan rule posted a statement on facebook. he said we're working right now on getting ever