i'm tony dokoupil. the battle lines are already drawn in what's shaping up to be a political war over president trump's nominee to the supreme court. brett kavanaugh has a long history of conservative writings and rulings, and his confirmation would move the high court to the right, possibly for generations. opponents say he could endanger abortion rights and the affordable care actersnsiss the. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: at the capitol with the vice president, judge brett kavanaugh started meeting with senators who will determine his fate. >> we look forward to the confirmation process and it will unfold in the next few weeks. >> reporter: nominated to replace the court's key swing justice, kavanaugh is considered an intellectual powerhouse with a clear, conservative, judicial philosophy and a lengthy record. >> voters are watching you! >> reporter: with the court in the balance, liberal judicial activist groups were urging democrats to oppose the nomination even before the president announced

here's tony dokoupil. >> i am not giving away anything. it's tyler perry. to share this warning. >> post this everywhere so people will know that it's not true. >> reporter: his message was meant for fans like manny ramos, who says he nearly became a victim. scammers posing as tyler perry told manny he won $2 million. but first they asked him to wire them $200. that's when manny caught on. >> teaches me a lesson. don't believe everything you see. >> reporter: perry says his team has to get dozens of fake accounts shut down daily. but the star is just one of a growing number of celebrities -- >> never give out any of your private information. >> reporter: -- who have been publicly warning about these scams. ♪ country music star trace adkins has also been a target. >> there are a lot of impostor accounts out there. >> reporter: he took to facebook earlier this year to warn. >> please done engage with these people or send them money. >> reporter: adkins says in the last year it's gotten worse. >> these people are starting to show up at concerts saying that i i

but as tony dokoupil reports, this is raising privacy and data security concerns.at rolling river day camp on long island, they are using facial recognition technology to help keep parents connected. >> they're very busy in their daily lives, so if they can have a software program that can just send them a text alert when pictures go up about their kid, i think it just makes it more convenient for them and it just makes the overall experience a lot better for them. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the technology used at rolling river is called "waldo photos." the software uses an algorithm and family-provided selfie of a camper. it scans photographs taken at the camp that are uploaded to waldo. the software then matches those images to the selfie, and sends the pictures and text messages to parents. if not for this, what would you use? >> i would scan through hundreds of pictures until i found him. >> i think most people's perception when they hear facial lecognition is they think, "oh my gosh, this company has run facial recognition on me or one of my family members, so now they

tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," in the continuing series "work are reinventing the traditional concept of employment. >>> plus, the performer from prince harry and meghan markle's wedding have signed a record deal. they tell us how their lives have changed. >>> and an 11-year-old girl bullied because of her skin color started a business with a message to combat racism. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm michelle griego. i'm emily turner, kenny is off this morning... >>> good morning this tuesday, july 31st. this is a look at the bay bridge. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm emily turner in for kenny choi. >>> crews in lake county are doing all they can to drive flames away from homes, but warn the danger is not over. the ranch and river fires are threatening towns on the western edge of clear lake. officials have expanded evacuation orders there. smoke over the area is heavy and unhealthy. there are huge clouds billowing up from both of t

is a person, probably not so different from you. ♪ i've had the time of my life ♪ >> reporter: tony dokoupilg news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> a new day in relations between the united states and north korea. >> mr. president, this is not talk about irreversible. >> what exactly was agreed to here? >> they have this great strategy, why should we believe them now? ♪ chopper five is li >>> good evening, i am elizabeth cook. >> we will begin with breaking news. chopper 5 is live where an operation is underway to say the man trapped in a cement holding tank that is full of dry cement. this is playing out at you as pipe. the structure is several stories tall as you see there. more than one dozen firefighters are on scene. they have managed to secure him with a harness that appears to be strapped to that fire truck ladder. that will stop them from sinking. they are also draining the bottom of the tank. resc

tony dokoupil has more. >> reporter: angela hernandez is now battered and bruised in a hospital bed, is unbroken. >> angela is an amazing, amazing, young woman. she was a fighter. she had the will to survive. >> reporter: driving to southern california along the famous big sur coastline, hernandez swerved to avoid hitting an animal, and plunged 250 feet onto the rocks and into the ocean below. on her facebook page, she recounted those first moments trapped in the car with a brain hemorrhage, six broken bones, and a collapsed lung. "i found a multitool i kept near my front seat. i started hitting the driver's side window with it. eventually, i was able to break out of my car and jump into the ocean. i swam to the shore." heavy fog and no cell service kept rescue teams from finding her. she survived only on water. >> she found what i believe was a radiator hose, and she found what was a natural spring coming out of the cliff in the area, so she used that radiator hose to collect the water from that natural spring. >> reporter: seven days later, hernandez was finally rescued when hikers

elaine, not the end of this. >> quijano: all right, tony dokoupil, thank you. 17-year-old palestinian was given a hero's welcome when she returned home. ahed tamimi spent several months in an israeli detention center after slapping two soldiers. a viral video of the incident helped her become the new face of the palestinian resistance in the conflict with israel. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: to israelis, she's seen as a provocateur. to palestinians, ahed tamimi is a hero. the teenager was greeted with banners, cheers, and palestinian flags as she returned to her home in the west bank, after spending eight months and celebrating her 17th birthday in prison. tamimi became an international symbol of the israeli- palestinian conflict back in december, after she kicked and slapped two israeli soldiers during protests. her mother filmed the incident live on facebook where it quickly went viral. some israelis claimed the video was staged and a theatrical effort to fuel more protests. tamimi says she struck the soldiers out of frustration after troops serio

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tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [ music ] the cbs evening news with jeff moore week. >>> [ music ] a deal with rich landowners, has made this pristine stretch o kpix five news begins with the beach out of reach, a deal with rich landowners has made this pristine stretch of california coast nearly impossible to visit. our reporters did just that. it's a big week in a battle over beach access. >>> tomorrow the state postal commission will launch three days of public meetings and they will talk about this deal that could set a precedent on the coast. it would allow wealthy landowners in santa barbara county to permanently block land access to court a canyon beach. the only way to get there would be by sea. our reporters teamed up to make the trip by kayak and it wasn't easy. here is the first report in the week of special coverage on beach battles. >>> >> reporter: floating somewhere along the coast it hits me, we are either

tony dokoupil has the story from holyoke. >> reporter: holyoke, massachusett hasn't been a boom town since the early 1900s when every single one of these abandoned paper mills were in business. >> there's a ton of space available. vaca me.5 million >> empty space. >> yes. those mills closed and moved elsewhere. >> reporter: but the city's ocan for the cannabis industry in massachusetts? >> in massachusetts, probably in the country. yes. >> so the paper city will have a new nickname? >> yeah, the rolling paper city. >> reporter: morris hopes to attract cannabis companies looking for the space to grow, process, and sell cannabis. perhaps even with a few amsterdam-style cafes where people can enjoy it too. >> i think there's a big stigma in the industry and a lost of folks still have their head in the sand about it. >> reporter: just down the road he showed us the first green shoots of his plan. after backing this politically how does it feel to look at it in reality? >> yeah, it's just further affirmation, 50,000 square feet of vacant unused space is now generating revenue, jobs for th

i'm tony dokoupil.'s a new chapter in the ongoing story of the president and the "playboy" model. and this one has audio. president trump's former lawyer released tapes of a phone call where the two discussed buying the story of laymate karen mcdougal. she says she carried on a year-long affair with mr. trump while he was married to his current life, melania. paula reid has details. >> reporter: surrounded by resi truefusedhe oval offic to talk about his taped attorney michael cohen. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: the recording was made two months before the 2016 election. the two men are heard talking about a payment to effectively silence former "playboy" playmate karen mcdougal, who claimed she had an affair with president trump. >> i have spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so what do we got to pay for this? one fifty? >> funding -- yes. it's all the stuff zblshee-i was thinking about that. >> because you never know where that compan

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from the broadcast center in new york city i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs ih0?0? >>> it's thursday, july 26th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> fires range out of control in the west and in the east the rain won't quit as flash floods continue. >>> and lawmakers looking at impeaching the person over the russian investigation and it looks like the trade war with the eu may have been averted. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking news out of beijing. there was an explosion outside the embassy. it's located in northeastern beijing. an individual detonated a s device. the only person injured was the bomber and police identified him as a 26-year-old man. his motive is not known. >>> in this country, it's another morning of severe weather affecting millions of people. here on the east coast unrelenting rain continues to cause flooding concerns, but out west dangerous heat is helping to refuel the fires. out in east los angeles, one fire threatened and

york city, i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, july 11th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump kicks off a european tour today including the nato summit, and the stakes are high. >>> mission accomplished. celebrations for the rescue of a thai soccer team and its coach from the flooded cave. the latest on their health. >>> i ran aside and i saw a mushroom cloud. >> and a massive explosion destroys complexes and forces people from their homes. >>> good morning from the cbs 57 studio at cbs headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president trump is in brussels, belgium this morning for the start of a two-day summit that promises some confrontation with some of the european closest allies. he's attacked the alliance and again this morning pushed nato members to pay more for defense. laura podesta is here in new york with the details. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the president railed against germany, saying it was, kwoes, very inappropriate that the u.s. was paying for defense against russia while germany

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cbs says it's investigating those claims, and tony dokoupil has our report. >> reporter: monday's regularly scheduled gathering of the cbs board of directors comes after a bombshell new yorker report on friday alleging that six women who had professional dealings with les moonves said he sexually harassed them between the 1980s and early 2000s and 19 current and former employees claim former cbs news chairman and current "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager allowed harassment in the news division. both men have denied allegations of wrongdoing, and the cbs director said friday they're investigating the claims. in one of the claims, actor/producer illeana douglas said she went there for a script meeting in 1997 where she said the executive held her down on the couch, quote, vie lnltly kissing her. she said the physicality of it was horrendous. moonves acknowledges the kiss but denies sexual assault. douglas believes the alleged incident derailed the future career i would have had at cbs. late saturday she added real change will occur when i can walk through the front doors of cbs and r

. >> glor: tony dokoupil, thank you. the weather extremes do extend far beyond the united states. temperature in japan just west of tokyo hit 106 today. that is the highest temperature ever recorded in japan. a heat wave there is blamed for at least 44 deaths. a heat wave in sweden inside the arctic circle is feeding dozens of wildfires. one of the worst outbreaks the country has ever seen. strong winds are fanning wildfires in greece, including two major fires near athens. at least two have been killed. we move now to a political firestorm in washington. the white house says the president is looking into revoking the security clearances of a number of former national security officials who served during the obama era. all have been very critical of president trump. here's paula reid. >> reporter: president trump may strip security clearances from some of his most outspoken detractors, among them former f.b.i. director james comey, former director of national intelligence james clapper and former n.s.a. director michael hayden. he's also targeting former c.i.a. director john brenn

here's tony dokoupil. >> reporter: angela hernandez is now battered and bruised in a hospital bed, butt is unbroken. angela is an amazing, amazing young woman. she was a fighter. she had the will to survive. >> reporter: driving to southern california along the famous big sur coastline, hernandez swerved to avoid hitting an animal and plunged 250 feet onto the rocks and into the ocean below. on her facebook page, she recounted those first moments trapped in the car with a brain hemorrhage, six broken bones, and a collapsed lung. "i found a multi-tool i kept near my front seat. i started hitting the driver's side window with it. eventually, i was able to break out of my car and jump into the ocean. i swam to the shore." heavy fog and no cell service kept rescue teams from finding her. she survived only on water. >> she found, what i believe was a radiator hose, and she found what was a natural spring coming out of the cliff in the area. so, she used that radiator hose to collect the water from that natural spring. >> reporter: seven days later, hernandez was finally rescued when hikers

tony dokoupil visited the port where regulators say the influence of the mob has never been greater.it's already the busiest port on the east coast, and now the cranes and docks of new york harbor are poised to get even busier as giant new ships arrive from around the world. but this modern waterfront still hasn't shaken its criminal past. according to the watchdog group responsible foor fighting organized crime on the docks. >> i like to say if you watch "on the waterfront" not much has changed except the waterfront's now in color. >> reporter: walter arsenalt is executive director of new york harbor a special bistate agency created in 1953. >> new york is blessed if thaez the word in quotes with five organized crime families. >> all those families in some way are connected with the port? >> absolutely. >> reporter: as a choke point in the global economy, the port has historically been exported by criminals who forced payoffs and other kickbacks by controlling who unloads the ships and how quickly. that's still the case, says arseneault. >> the crazy thing about the waterfront is yo

tony dokoupil is here. tony, good morning. >> good morning. authorities are hoping they'll get a better understanding of last night's attack and what an attack it was. a man walking up and down the sidewalk, pointing a gun directly into crowded restaurants and cafes and firing. cell phone video appears to show the alleged shooter dressed in black and armed with a handgun. the first 911 calls went out around 10:00 p.m. witnesses say they heard between 20 to 30 gunshots. >> i thought it was fire works at first because it was a rapid fire. >> clip being spent, reloading, clip being spent, reloading, clip being spent, that's what i heard. >> reporter: first responders quickly swarmed the area and engaged the suspect. >> there was an exchange of gunfire. >> reporter: toronto police chief mark saunders says the suspect died from gunshot wounds. he says it's too soon to know the shooter's motives but that the attack was not random. the attack took place in toronto's greek town neighborhood, which investigators hope will help them in their search for

to tony dokoupil in pennsylvania. >> reporter: here come the rains again. if you want a preview of what could be in store for much of the east coast this is it. i'm standing in the creek where typically people can wade across. instead, it's a raging river. out there in the middle, where there's normally about ten feet of clearance, you've got debris stacking up against the bridge, including right there in the middle, a dumpster, threatening the bridge. the missing person, a young woman, she disappeared along a different flooded creek about 30 minutes from here where, get this, they got a month of rain in mere days. rescuers served in the dark for a woman swept away in a swollen creek near harrisburg last night. the 19-year-old was walking with a friend when she both went under. the friend was able to escape safely. about 80 miles northwest of philadelphia, raging floodwaters swallowed the town of trem nnsylvania. officials there declared a disaster emergency because of the flash flooding. in nearby pine grove, a stranded driver took cell phone video of the

tony dokoupil has the story of one couple at the center of this fight.. >> really fascinating. good morning. more and more couples are deciding to freeze their embryos in opens of one day becoming parents. the department of health and human services says there are more than 600,000 frozen embryos in the u.s. what happens when these coupems divorce? the legal dispute has become increasingly complex. >> i wanted to one day become a mom. >> ruby torres always wanted kids. when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she decided to undergo in vitro fertilization. >> i wasn't sure what was going to happen in my future, and s wanted to ensure that i had that option. >> reporter: doctors used her eggs and her then fiance's sperm to form seven embryos. by the time she was medically cleared to try to get pregnant, they were divorcing. and he no longer wanted children. a judge ruled that torres had no right to use the embryos. >> i was disappointed. i was angry. there's a potential for children to be born that will have my dna, and they will never -- i will