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onnellki news so bob, what do you take for back pain? blagojevich from federal prison before i take anything,t. more than 11 years after "the apprentice" contestant tried to salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors sell barack obama's senate seat. for effective, non-addictive relief. plus the president pardoned salonpas lidocaine. seven others, including junk patch, roll-on or cream. bond king michael milken and hisamitsu. former new york police hey allergy muddlers... commissioner bernard kerik. making the stage. achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? former new york mayor mike try zyrtec... bloomberg qualifies for tomorrow's democratic debate as ...it starts working hard at hour one... his rivals pile on. and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. how the other candidates plan to zyrtec muddle no more. target the billionaire who has now spent more than $400 million on ads. coronavirus impact: more americans are released from quarantine here in the u.s. >> o'donnell: new details tonight in the bizarre story of after being airlifted from the a woman in washington state accused of drugging a new mom
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virus hot zone. and with china on virtual lock down, how the coronavirus is now with a cupcake in a plot to kidnap her baby. the suspect is now charged with hurting american businesses. attempted kidnapping and flash flooding alert. with mississippi still assault. jamie yuccas reports. underwater, new concerns tonight >> reporter: tonight for the across the southeast. first time, juliette parker the warnings issued across four states with more heavy rain in appeared in court, smiling and the forecast. taking pictures as prosecutors >> crash into the wall, into the air! gh trir intl: a fiery crash. revealed dramatic new details. court documents say parker contacted a former boyfriend over thanksgiving, asking if he dangerous crash at daytona. how he survived thanks to the could get her g.h.b., the date technology in his car. rape drug. she suggested they get a baby filing for bankruptcy. facing a barrage of sex abuse fr hpersonnd raise it as their own, and she would marry him on the spot if he lawsuits, the boy scouts filed for chapter 11. could get her a baby girl in the what the decision means for the victims and for the future of next five weeks. scouting. then came the cupcake plot. the victim says she was drugged fixing home insecurity. the change ring says it's making after eating a cupcake offered by the suspect, then called 911. to your home security cameras to keep people from gaining access late today chilling words from to your home. and salute to a superhero. the victim. preschoolers show their support >> i don't like being at home. for a classmate who is i'm not sleeping. hetermined to conquer one of the i'm not eating. i'm terrified she's going to get back out. most dangerous threats of all. like, this is my kids. this is my house.
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>> this is the "cbs evening she violated that. she violated my safety. she tried to kidnap my daughter. news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's >> reporter: in court parker maintained her innocence. capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los we're going to begin tonight with breaking news. president trump says he is angeles. >> o'donnell: amazon's home commuting the prison sentence of rod blagojevich, freeing the former illinois governor and security system ring is tightening its privacy and security settings following a "apprentice" contestant from federal prison. wave of camera hacks. blagojevich was convicted inbi ring says customers will now and the president isn't stopping have to use a second layer of there. he's also pardoning bernard verification known as two-factor kerik, whose spectacular fall authentication when logging into from new york city police the system. customers will receive a one- time code through e-mail or text commissioner and cabinet nominee ended in prison time for tax fraud and other crimes. all in all, the president issued all righ coming up next, you don't want four commutations and seven to miss this story. pardons, including one for the kids who put on their best costumes to support a real-life 1980's junk bond king michael milken. weijia jiang reports tonight superhero, their classmate. from the white house. >> rod, you're fired. >> reporter: former illinois governor rod blagojevich lost "celebrity apprentice" but won my body is truly powerful. his freedom back today when president trump commuted his i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. 14-year prison sentence. >> it was a tremendously because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates powerful, ridiculous sentence in my body to release it
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my opinion. like it's supposed to. >> reporter: the president noted he had seen blagojevich's wife argue for his release on fox trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. ound guilty of trying to i take it once a week. sell an appointment to barack it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes obama's senate seat after he became president. blagojevich bragged about it in or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, a notorious wiretapped conversation. you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, >> i've got this thing, and it's or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. ( bleep ) golden. >> reporter: the president also stop trulicity and call your doctor right away pardoned bernie kerik, the former commissioner of the if you have an allergic reaction, n.y.p.d. and a frequent mar-a- a lump or swelling in your neck, or severe stomach pain. lago guest who served prison serious side effects may include pancreatitis. time for tax fraud. also insider trader michael taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin milken, known as the "junk bond increases low blood sugar risk. king" of the 1980s. at the white house, n.f.l. side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, belly pain, legends celebrated edward and decreased appetite, which lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. debartolo jr. for making the list, a former owner of the san francisco 49ers. i have it within me to lower my a1c. ask your doctor about trulicity. >> i take my hat off to donald trump for what he did. >> reporter: not on the pardon list today, roger stone, who will be sentenced thursday, and former national security adviser mike flynn, who has asked to withdraw his guilty plea. >> i think roger stone has been
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treated unfairly. i think general flynn has been treated very unfairly. >> reporter: mr. trump continued to tweet about the stone case today against the wishes of his attorney general bill barr. >> o'donnell: and weijia joins us now from the white house. so weijia, does what happened today foreshadow the possibility of pardons for stone, flynn, or former campaign manager paul manafort? >> reporter: well, president trump said today that he had not given any thought to pardoning those friends-turned-felons, but clearly stone's case is on his mind given he tweeted that the judge should grant stone a new trial. we also know the president is feeling emboldened post- othroughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. impeachment, and he often rewards those who have been vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together loyal to him, which includes all the men you just named. in the fight for gun safety laws, norah? to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help >> o'donnell: all right, weijia, thank you. a new candidate is set to make his debut on the presidential teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. debate stage. former new york city mayor mike obama: at a time when washington is divided in bloomberg's latest strong old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when showing in a national poll has him in second place behind we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. senator bernie sanders. that puts him over the top,
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bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. qualifying him to meet rivals head-on at tomorrow's democratic debate in nevada. nikole killion has more on hey portal, call kermit. wow! bloomberg's surge. >> reporter: he's not competing (kermit) fozzie! (fozzie) kermit! in nevada, but bloomberg will be (kermit) i sent everyone a portal so we can be together on the debate state here against no matter where we are! five rivals who have been debating for months. (animal) ala lala lala lala! (floyd) look, it's going where you go! bloomberg hasn't debated since (janice) i think it's got like a smart camera. he ran for a third term as new york city's mayor in 2009. (ma bear) how's chicago? (fozzie) ah, great city! but the winters are unbearable! >> we have brought people together. (fozzie and ma bear) ahhhh! >> reporter: he's been away from the campaign trail preparing for the attacks he'll likely face (kermit) piggy, it's good to see you. from the other candidates. (piggy) you too, kermie. you, too. >> i want to thank you. >> reporter: elizabeth warren (fozzie vo) portal from facebook. lost her voice, but made sure it was heard on twitter, posting, i need all the breaks, that i can get. "the debate will give voters eager to defeat president trump at liberty butchumal- cut. a live demonstration of how we liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. each take on an egomaniac kind of. liberty mutual customizes your car insurancesh them... billionaire." kale, you eat it for breakfast... >> he could have just been the sometimes. >> reporter: bloomberg has you go far to eliminate stubborn fat. but sometimes life gets in the way. $415 million of his own money on coolsculpting takes you further. ads, and it's paying off. a non-surgical treatment that targets, in the super tuesday state of freezes, and eliminates treated fat cells for good. virginia, he's now tied for the lead wit discuss coolsculpting with your doctor.
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some common side-effects include temporary numbness, billion, you can run for president, and you can buy discomfort, and swelling. don't imagine results, see them. the airwaves. coolsculpting, take yourself further. my friends, that is called oligarchy, not democracy. >> reporter: sanders, the one to beat here in nevada, has been engaged in a tit for at the battle with bloomberg. on twitter today bloomberg's on twitter today bloomberg's campaign warned, the opposition research against the democratic socialist is damaging, perhaps even disqualifying. >> o'donnell: tonight we can all tonight the bloomberg campaign learn a lesson from a brave isn't saying what information it preschooler and her classmates in new jersey. has that could be disqualifying nikki battiste on the power of and the sanders campaign isn't friendship. commenting, although aides have >> reporter: who's your hero? privately expressed concern that >> riley. >> reporter: five-year-old riley bloomberg could be their most formidable opponent. norah? chicino's tiny classroom chair >> o'donnell: all right, nikole, has been empty since she was thank you. tonight the quarantine is over diagnosed with leukemia last for some of the americans summer. >> my heart dropped. evacuated from china because of >> reporter: riley's mother the coronavirus. kaylie manger says the hospital stfety they're finally heading home. and we have this update. cases worldwide now top 75,000. daughter. >> she was just saying, "i wish more than 2,000 people have my bones weren't sick anymore."
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died. carter evans has more on today's and she just fell on the floor, developments. and i hugged her and i said, "we're going to get through it." >> reporter: today hundreds of american evacuees from china >> reporter: to show their support, riley's pre-k boarded buses on military bases classmates at the learning experience in north haledon, new in both northern and southern jersey, have special dress up california after an exhausting days, wearing superhero costume, wild hair, and pajamas. >> yeah, happy to be home. they're also helping to raise money for the leukemia and >> reporter: but hundreds more remain in quarantine around the lymphoma society. country, like jerri serrati- >> riley! goldman and her husband carl, >> say hi. >> reporter: recently riley who were evacuated from the "diamond princess" ship docked surprised her classmates, and in japan. the impact she had on them was something to behold. >> he woke up, burning up. >> reporter: carl was taken to >> you're our hero. the hospital in omaha after developing a fever during evacuation. >> it was... we have missed her so much. he now has the virus. >> the care where we are is supposed to be top in the >> reporter: riley is now in country, so i'm not in fear at remission but still receiving all that he's not going to have bi-weekly chemo treatments. what did you think when you a full recovery from this. walked in and saw all of them? >> reporter: and now the scramble is on to track passengers from the cruise ship >> crazy. "westerdam." >> reporter: it was crazy. led by their very own brave when it docked last week in cambodia, everyone was given the warrior, this community fights all clear and a gracious welcome by the country's prime minister, on. >> you know, when you have that but over the weekend an american kind of upport when you're
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going through such a hard time, woman who had been a passenger tested positive for the virus. it's priceless. >> reporter: nikki battiste, cbs beyond the human toll is a growing concern about a hit to the global marketplace. news, north haledon, new jersey. >> o'donnell: riley, you're our superhero, too. we'll be right back. 47,000 u.s. companies depend on supplies from the affected regions of china. aside from manufacturing, tourism in the u.s. will also in fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® take a hit. >> we get approximately three million chinese visitors every in providing significantly clearer skin. year. they're not coming. and they spend a lot, almost tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. $7,000 per chinese person per trip. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. >> reporter: after the u.s., china is the world's second serious allergic reactions may occur. largest economy and some analysts believe the coronavirus has already caused the country's tremfya®. uncover clearer skin that can last. gross domestic product to fall by 1%. janssen can help you explore here at travis air force base, cost support options. the next round of evacuees is set to be released on thursday. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, carter. thank you. tonight flood watches and it's surprising how the bigger a city gets... warnings are posted across the the smaller it starts to feel. south and central u.s. as millions are under states of emergency in mississippi and which makes it even more surprising, alabama. how big it feels in here. more than 1,000 homes and businesses are flooded in the with sliding rear seats... jackson, mississippi, area. omar villafranca is there and and more available second row legroom than say...
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reports floodwater is slowly receding, but frustration is a chevy suburban. rising. this is the completely reimagined 2020 ford escape. >> reporter: in the hardest-hit neighborhoods, police won't allow residents back into their homes because the water is still too high. janet harris and her three children evacuated on friday. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? what were you able to grab? >> nothing. memory support brand. >> reporter: nothing? >> just a little few items for you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. my kids, because the room was limited. >> reporter: flood levels are prevagen. healthier brain. better life. down around jackson, mississippi, but the storms have not moved out. since january, jackson has been hit by 19.9 inches of rain. that's a foot more than the average. >> it is the next to last house on the right. >> reporter: sarah kimmel can see her home of 28 years just ♪ down the street surrounded by water, and she can't get close enough to check it out. do you know for a fact that water went inside your place? ♪ >> i just know that it's in the garage for sure. >> reporter: okay. >> and hopefully it's not over that new flooring that's stored there. hi susan!) >> reporter: there is rain in the forecast today, wednesday honey? yeah?
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suffered only non-life- threatening injuries. believe him. >> they want to be safe. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >> reporter: ken willis is a sports columnist for the "daytona beach news journal." >> it has been a long, long time since we've seen a race car driver in nascar hauled away from an accident. >> reporter: it was 19 years ago today that dale earnhardt, sr., died during a final-lap crash at daytona. and changes to the sport followed soon after. the racetrack walls are now designed to help absorb impact. the driver's one-piece seat belts minimize head and neck injury risk, and the car's roll cage is built to maintain its integrity and protect the driver's head, though in newman's case, the roll cage othroughout the country for the past twelve years, appears to have caved. mr. michael bloomberg is here. : ion. willis believes speed mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together restrictions keep racers too clustered. >> odds are you're going to have in the fight for gun safety laws, more wrecks like this, and the to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help more wrecks you have like this, sooner or later somebody is bound to get hurt. teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. >> reporter: newman has survived multiple crashes in the past, obama: at a time wus what can be achieved whenis including a previous one here at daytona, and he's been an we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions.
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advocate for stronger safety measures. before last night's crash he was bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. in the lead and close to winning his second dna tle. ow. so fortu to be alive. one of the biggest youth organizations in the country, right now at 7:00. >> new details just in on a filed for bankruptcy protection. the scouts face an onslaught of new confirmed coronavirus case in the bay area. lawsuits from men who claim they where the patient is being were sexually abused, sometimes cared for right now. >> first of all, they need to going back decades, by scout masters and other leaders. errol barnett on the secret be in an isolated room or files that alleged victims want single room that has negative pressure. >> traffic is so bad downtown, public. >> reporter: declaring bankruptcy allows the boy scouts that certainly something to continue operations while raising a compensation fund that could top $1 billion to pay the victims of sexual abuse. >> i just couldn't deal with it. i started drinking. >> reporter: ralph morse is one of them. he says he was molested by a respected scout leader when he was 11. >> i mean, he's pushing on my backside and he's reaching around in the front and groping me. >> reporter: in an apologetic letter, the b.s.a. says it encourages victims to come
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forward and file claims, but under the structure of this bankruptcy, there is a deadlinet b.s.a. say261 locats make asse>> i think what ralph and or abuse survivors really want now is accountability. >> reporter: michael pfau represents morse and he says the scope of abuse in the revered organization's 110 year history is immense. >> we know there are thousands of perpetrators in scouts, and that's because the scouts kept files, and they kept these files quiet. >> reporter: errol barnett, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: today a new york jury began deliberating harvey weinstein's fate. the movie mogul is charged with rape and sexual assault. if convicted he could face the rest of his life in prison. weinstein's lawyers insist all of his encounters were
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totoisrations resume tomorrow. calling the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in syria "cruel beyond belief." since december, 900,000 civilians have been forced to flee syrian and russian bombs in are women and children. holly williams on what they have been forced to endure. >> reporter: this is the war that never ends. nine years of terror, and in she thinks the bombs and mortars idlib they still live are part of a game. if only that were true. powerlessly, impotently, as their own government bombs them out of their homes. if only the last nine years were a nightmare and syria could wake there are more than three up. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. million people crammed into syria's last major rebel stronghold. the regime's latest offensive, >> o'donnell: it's hard to look away from those pictures. backed by its ally russia, has there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening forced hundreds of thousands of news." them to flee for their lives and disturbing new details in the case of a woman accused of left people homeless in the middle of a bitter winter. trying to steal a newborn baby, "i am begging for a place to including how a cupcake tainted with drugs played a role in the plot. shelter my kids," says this man. amazon's ring security system "the bombs didn't kill them, and i dt them to die of the
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