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They were then taken for processing to the Mississippi National guard station near jackson. One of the locations targeted was pico foods, which has 3,600 employees in mississippi. Pico is the eighth largest poultry producer in the country. At a press conference today, u. S. Attorney Michael Hurst put businesses that break the law on notice. To those who use illegal aliens for a competitive advantage or to make a quick buck, if we find that you have violated federal criminal law, we are coming after you. Reporter back in 2008, ice raided a different mississippi plant and arrested 595 undocumented immigrants. Patricia ice is the legal director of mississippi immigrant rights alliance. What does this do to the families that were not at the plant . Its devastating. Children may go home and find that their parents arent there. Reporter immigration Officials Say the migrants will be sent to a facility in louisiana for further processing. And patricia ice said some could be deported and others could enter the long immigration process. All right, omar villafranca, thank you for those late details. A big portion of the east coast is getting pummeled tonight by severe storms. A too he this afternoon in springfield, new state this year. The garden some buildings were damaged and trees knocked down. Buckets of rain caused flash flooding on highways, and theres plenty of lightning as the storms move through. Good morning to you and welcome to cbs this morning. A womens natural lubrication varies throughout her cycle. This can effect how pleasurable sex can be. To supplement your lubrication for even better sex try ky natural feeling. The lubrication you want, nothing you dont. Ky natural feeling get what you want a cbs news investigation looks at the changes made by law enforcem brown in ferguson, missouri, five years ago this week. The unarmed black teen was killed by a white officer. There were months of protests, and we reached out to more than 150 Police Departments. 69 of those that responded said they now have training to confront racial bias. In our series jeff pegues met with some officers who say its not working. Reporter what do you think the image of mesa p. D. Is . Embarrassing. Reporter with their identities concealed, these two white mesa, arizona, Police Officers are speaking freely about their departments implicit bias training. People are inclined to stereotype black individuals as more aggressive. Reporter an effort to confront historical prejudices in their departments ranks. The training itself, the contents, was the absolute worst training we had. Reporter all right, so what do you think the agenda is . Reinforcing that the police are racist, but specifically the white male police are racist. Reporter we heard the same criticism of the training in the Phoenix Police department, too. We also agreed to put the face of this white officer in shadow. I dont know that it opened my eyes too much to too much more. Reporter will it change how you do your job . No. Reporter why not . I dont think i was doing it incorrectly to begin with. Reporter what do you think has come out of these changes that you dont think are good . Officers second guessing their actions. Reporter officers second guessing their actions . Correct. Reporter so theyre thinking too much on the job . Knowing that what i do right now is going to be judged. Reporter sounds like that could be dangerous. Deadly. Reporter but st. Louis Metro Sergeant Heather Taylor, president of a local black union with nearly 19 years on the force, says the problem in her department is obvious. Do you think that there are White Supremacists on the police force . Yes. I think so. Reporter you didnt even pause. Have you seen some of the facebook posts of some of our suspended officers right now . Yes. Reporter taylor is referring to the recent report by the plainview project, which found more than 400 racist posts on social media linked to current and former st. Louis metro Police Officers. Five years after the ferguson protests, the debate over implicit bias training continues. Has it worked . I think thats pretty obvious that it hasnt. Reporter based on our investigation, it is difficult to say conclusively whether implicit bias training is effective. About 59 of the Police Departments across the country that responded to our followup questions say that they dont have a way of measuring if the training is actually working. Norah. Jeff pegues, thank you. And jeffs series continues tomorrow on cbs this morning with a look at how the f. B. I. For the first time is tracking the use of force by police. Next our exclusive interview with tiger woods on his comeback and why his kids worry about him. And later, can ecigarettes cause seizures . And how an American Flag was lost and found. 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The return to glory. Reporter it was a return to glory for tiger woods at the masters in april and a chance to finally share the moment with his two children charlie, who is 10; and samantha, now 12. Until his fourth back operation two years ago, tiger could barely walk. Selfinflicted scandals had ended his aura of invincibility on the course. But time away from golf transformed him into a fulltime dad. When we caught up with him today he reflected on what that masters win meant to tiger the father. Daddy has won golf tournaments. Hes not the youtube guy. Hes not the youtube golfer. Theyve seen highlights. You know, that theyve seen the highlights. Reporter like a video game. Theyve seen highlights of that guy. Im not that guy. I can still do it. Reporter there are still mixed emotions for his kids. I am just dad. Thats all they know, im dad. And they associated golf with pain. And that still is one of the tougher things that theyre both excited on playing again, but also you okay, dad . That kind of thing. They remember those times when dad couldnt get off the couch. Dana jacobson joins us now. Its very rare that tiger ever does an interview, meanwhile playing. Ive known him about 15 years now. I reminded him of that. He sort of laughed about it, and then he just talked about how appreciative he is, and that was never more apparent then today. We were on the same hole where six years ago he collapsed in pain after hitting a shot. And he was so happy to be back, so happy to share that with everyone. I reminded him, youre not just back here playing. Youre the reigning masters champ. He got the great tiger grin and said, crazy. Isnt it . He was a little stiff today. Reporter were getting older as i reminded him. Dana will have more of her interview on cbs this morning tomorrow. And you can watch the Northern Trust tournament right here on cbs. Still ahead, whats causing a rise in mercury levels in some seafoods. Freedom came today for cyntoia brown. She was released from a tennessee prison after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man who hired her for sex when she was just 16. Celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and lebron james, pushed for browns clemency, calling her a victim of sex trafficking. Brown, now 31, and recently married, will remain on parole for 10 years. New today, the food and Drug Administration is stepping up its investigation of a possible link between ecigarettes and seizures. The agency says its received 127 reports of people suffering seizures after vaping. That since 2010. Now, the evidence does not yet point to a cause, but high levels of nicotine are known to cause seizures in lab animals. And we have Important News if you eat a lot of seafood. Mercury levels in fish are rising. Theyre up 23 in atlantic cod, 56 in atlantic bluefin tuna. Studies say Climate Change may be to blame by altering their feeding patterns. High levels of mercury can cause neurological problems in children. Up next, a banner day for a couple of veterans. We end tonight with a grand story about a grand old flag. It was dropped somewhere between there and the beltway, right down there. As William Holley was moving to a new apartment in maryland, an American Flag in a display case fell out of his truck. It honored his uncle, world war i vet marcellus herod. We figured somebody stopped, picked it up. And headed on out. Somebody did, navy veteran tom jarrett. I do know how important that flag is. Its presented for sacrifice for the United States of america. Jarrett turned the flag over to the police, and this Youtube Video helped track down holley. Thank you very much for your patriotic duty. In a solemn ceremony, holley, himself an army veteran, was reunited with the red, white, and blue. This means a lot to the family, but as fellow veterans, we understand the story behind this flag and what it stands for. Mission accomplished. Holley has old glory in his new home. And speaking of sacrifice, today is National Purple heart day. The purple heart is the nations oldest military medal for service members. It was first given by George Washington in 1782. Im norah odonnell. Thanks for watching. Hope youll join us again tomorrow. Good night. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im omar villafranca. President trump is back at the white house this morning after playing the role of consoler in chief in dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. The two cities were racked by Mass Shootings last weekend. But it was not altairs and hugs during the president s visits. He was also met with angry protests from people who say his words helped spark the violence. Janet begins our coverage in el paso. 22 people died. Reporter tempers flaring at the El Paso Walmart me more yoe even before the president s visit today. Mourners telling a woman twaweag a maga hat it was disrespectful. A large group turned out near the hospital the president visited. He put a target on our back and all these people are dead. Reporter becky and her husband are angered by the president s divisive rhetoric. He doesnt care. If he cared, he would do something about it. He doesnt. Reporter President Trump and first lady melania met with victims and First Responders, but largely stayed out of public view. A front page editorial in the El Paso Times attacked the president for characterizing this border town as one of the most dangerous cities. In his state of the union speec. Thank you so much. Reporter congresswoman Veronica Escobar turned down a white house invitation to join mr. President trump. Here he comes. Reporter this morning the president was in dayton, ohio, in the role of comfor shooting which killed nine people. He visited with First Responders and victims. This photo was taken by hosp personnel. Press cameras were denied access to the events. Outside angry residents along the motorcade route and at the hospital accused the president of doing nothing to stem gun violence. Were going to dayton first. Reporter as the president was leaving the white house this morning, he said he would bring up an assault weapons ban, but said there was no political appetite for it at the moment. That may be the case on capitol hill, but in a recent poll there seems to be plenty of will to ban the sale of assault weapons. The hostility both here and in dayton is unusual at a time of National Tragedy and makes it even more difficult for the nation to heal. Before he left for dayton, President Trump engaged in a little verbal warfare with Vice President joe biden. Ed okeefe has that part of the story. We have a problem with this rising tied of supremacy, White Supremacy in america. And we have a president who encourages and emboldens it. Reporter former Vice President joe biden in iowa today accused President Trump of inspiring Mass Shootings in texas and pennsylvania. How far is it from trump saying, this is an invasion, to the shooter in el paso declaring, quote, this attack is a response to the hispanic invasion of texas . How far is it from White Supremacists and neonazis in charlottesville, trumps very fine people chanting, you will replace us. To the shooter at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh saying, juice aews are committi genocide on his people. I dont think its that far at all. Its both clear language and in code. This ptd hresident has fanned t flames of White Supremacy in this nation. Reporter biden, the Democratic Party front runner noted white nationalists and ku klux klan leaders had celebrated mr. Trumps 2016 election. Our president has more in common with George Wallace than George Washington. Trump is trying to weaken our institutions. The courts, the press, the congress, precisely because they are the only checks on his power. Thats what this is all about. R, the abuse of power. Reporter as biden spoke, the president tweeted from air force one, calling bidens speech so boring. Told later about the tweet, biden replied . He should get a life. Reporter cbs news has learned the president was outraged and began writing the speech over the weekend. We also spoke with the Trump Campaign which pointed out the president s response included denouncing White Supremacy. One other note. Trump aides noted the pittsburgh synagogue shooter had posted antitrump messages on the internet. There was terror at the crossroads of the world. Loud bangs sent hundreds running for their lives in new york citys times square. It was president gunfire. Just a motorcycle backfiring. Nikki battiste has the story. Reporter hundreds of people panicked and started running for their lives and ducking into stores for cover after mistaking the sounds of a motorcycle backfiring for gunshots in times square last night. We heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. It felt like somebody came here and started shooting people. Reporter police say the stampede caused nearly two dozen injuries. Several people were taken to the hospital. Hats and shoes, anything that dropped, they didnt care. Reporter a few broadway shows ended early as scared pedestrians rushed into nearby theaters. Nerves were also on edge at a utah mall yesterday. Shoppers mistook a falling sign as gunfire and started fleeing. Some yelling, hes got a gun. Its a new normal. Reporter dr. Jeff man, chair of psychiatry at Columbia University said the cumulative effects of Mass Shootings produce high levels of anxiety and fear across the country. So even if youre hundreds of miles away and you hear about these Mass Shootings it can still have a real psychological impact . You wouldnt think so, but it does. So any type of Natural Disaster and in this case a mass violent attack, has reverberations. Some people are more resilient, they brush it off. Other people are freaked for days, months and even longer. Reporter i just spoke with the n. Y. P. D. They told me the public responded just the way they should have, by running and hiding. They also said they have increased Police Presence since the two Mass Shootings this weekend. Nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. More than 500 people were arrested at seven Food Processing plants in mississippi. And it may be the biggest i. C. E. Sting in u. S. History. The sting was the largest single place workplace raid in a single day. More than 650 special agents conducted raids at Food Processing plants, arresting the majority latino work force and several employers. Before their hands were tied, migrants were told to place their personal belongings in plastic bags. They were then taken for processing to the Mississippi National guard station near jackson. One of the locations targeted was pico foods which has 3600 employees in mississippi. Pico is the 8th largest poultry producer in the country. At a press conference today, u. S. Attorney Michael Hearst put businesses that break the law on notice. To those who use illegal aliens for competitive advantage or to make a quick buck, if we find that you have violated federal criminal law, we are coming after you. Youre watching the cbs overnight news. Well be right back. vo sleep this amazing . Thats a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. Our liquid has a unique botanical blend, while an optimal melatonin level means no next day grogginess. Zzzquil pure zzzs. Naturally superior sleep. The game can be rough on skin. Rehydrate and strengthen your skin. To bounce back. And rebound strong. 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She says allen agreed to pay her 150 with the intent to have sex, then drove her to his home. He just grabbed me like in between my legs, he grabbed real hard and gave me this look. He rolls over and reaches like hes reaching to the side of the bed or something. Im thinking, hes not going to hit me, hes going to get a gun. What did you do at that time . I grabbed the gun and i shot him. Reporter brown was 16 at the time, but under Tennessee Law was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison for murder. I have prayed for a very long time to reporter last year brown got her first bid for freedom before a parole board. I am a changed person. Because i have no choice but to be. Reporter seven months later Governor Haslam granted clemency. Shes a child. You dont throw them away. Reporter he fought to keep brown in prison. Hes been advocating for her release. She has all the potential in the world not to just go and do good, but to actually mentor other people. Errol barnett reporting. Brown, by the way, plans to release a book this fall about her listory. Tomorrow marks five years. The unarmed teenager was shot by a Police Officer who says brown attacked him. It touched off months of protests that grew louder when a grand jury decided not to indict the Police Officer involved. Outraged over similar incidents in other cities led to changes in Police Training. But is it working . Jeff has our cbs investigation. Reporter we reached out to 150 departments nationwide. 69 of them told us they have added training that teaches officers how to manage unconscious biases that we all have including race. More than half of those departments say they have added bias training since ferguson, but when we asked if it works, most say they dont have a way to measure success. Some officers even told us that its made their jobs tougher. Implicit bias training, has it worked . No. Reporter you dont think it works . The training itself, the content was the absolute worst training ive ever had. Reporter these are current mess a, arizona, Police Officers. They are both white. We agreed to hide their faces and alter their voices so that they can speak freely. And you have to make a decision like that. Reporter this is their departments implicit bias training. So theres research that has documented implicit biases and theyve linked it to ethnicity and race as one. Reporter they are taught how to recognize and minimize negative impacts that hidden gg society that hasan males, one of the first videos introduced in that training was reaffirming that youre born a victim if youre minority. Reporter what do you think the agenda is . Reinforcing that the police are racist, specifically the white male police are racist. Reporter to our knowledge, these veteran officers have not been involved in the kinds of highprofile incidents that have divided the community and led to what they see as an over correction in new training. Trying to change what we have done that has worked overwhelmingly effectively, it becomes an officer safety issue, causing officers to second guess themselves. Which is a complete change to when we first started. Reporter well, there have been some pretty highprofile incidents here. Robert johnson getting knocked ar. Brie ramirez, officers squeezed his neck after he was handcuffed. Daniel shaver on his knees begging for his life in a mess a hotel room caught on video. Theres nothing that those officers did that was outside of the training that they had received. That Robert Johnson video, is that what youre taught to do . Were taught to handle a situation. Reporter was that handling the situat Excessive Force . That was handling the situation. Reporter the officers involved in the ramirez and johnson cases were not charged with crimes. Officer philip braillesford was charged with murdering daniel shafr but was acquitted after trial. Similar incidents called for police to change their approach. A cbs news survey of departments in americas largest cities reveals part of that response. 75 of departments who completed our survey told us that they changed their training after controversial use of force incidents. 90 of departments who say they have implicit bias training say it is required of all officers. But training methods vary. For example, honolulu, hawaii told us they have one half hour session a year. Raleigh, north carolina, said they do eight hours per year. I want our community to feel safe. Reporter despite what we heard from the mess a officers, chief Ramon Batista told us the training is working. In the last nine months weve reduced use of force related events by over 30 . Points to the fact that were making progress. Reporter but there is no universal measure of success. Other city departments we surveyed like new york se ri deucing physical altercations between officers and the community doesnt necessarily mean implicit bias training is working. They judged a book by its cover. Reporter departments in hauds huh, oregon, georgia, and nebraska told us they track bias complaints against officers to determine success. But about 59 of departments who spornd spor responded to our followup questions say they dont have a way to know if implicit bias training is working at all. These officers say some of the new training is just for show. They start the video saying, we are not telling you to do this. We are here to present it. Reporter at the beginning of the session they say, dont do this but you have to watch it . Correct. It kills morale because to pay for this training, we had to give up something else, right . So instead of doing more firearms training, okay, now weve taken the function there, so the officers and morale, they look at it like you dont care about me and you dont care about the citizens. You care about putting on this little show. Reporter there are Police Officers who believe more needs to be done. Jeff will have that side of the story when we return. Youre watching the cbs overnight news. Im alex trebek, here to tell you about the Colonial Penn program. If youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. 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Hundreds of officers in multiple states have recently been exposed for posting hateful and racist messages on facebook, twitter and other social media. St. Louis and philadelphia are at the center of the controversy. Jeff has part two of his investigation policing in america. Reporter the st. Louis metro Police Officer that you are about to hear from says the culture among her departments top brass is allowing bad cops to slip through the cracks. When we asked the department had training to address possible racial bias, the answer wasnt clear. Do you think that there are White Supremacists on the police force . Yes. You didnt even pause. Have you seen some of the facebook posts of some of our suspended officers right now . Yes. Reporter Heather Taylor is an almost 19year veteran on the st. Louis metro police force. She points to the recent report by the plain view project which flagged thousands of racist and derogatory social media posts, including some from 22 current st. Louis metro officers like this one that compared black lives matter to the kkk. As president of the Ethical Society of police, a predominantly black local union, taylors mission is to root out Racial Discrimination among police. Protests in ferguson took place about ten miles from st. Louis metro p. D. Headquarters and led to changes in training there. Slmpd told cbs news in a survey implicit bias training has been mandatory for officers once a year since october of 2014. Thats two months after Michael Browns death. Implicit bias training, theyve had that here. Reporter has it worked . I think its pretty obvious that it hasnt. Reporter if implicit training is mandatory, it doesnt seem to have left an impression on Heather Taylor. Have you been through it . No. It was optional. Reporter lieutenant cheryl orange, a Patrol Officer for the department, says she doesnt remember taking it either. Wasnt it mandatory . Not that i recall, but it may have been. Reporter weve been trying to get slmpds police chief to comment on our cbs news investigation that found a majority of departments nationwide are adding training to address possible racial bias. Over a period of months there have been phone calls, emails, and each and every time the Police Department has declined our request for interviews. There is a change. Umhmm. Reporter we went to the man who hired the police chief. Jimmy edwards is the Public Safety director for the city of st. Louis. We had an officer tell us she knows that there are White Supremacists on the police force. Im not surprised. My job is to root that person out. Reporter implicit bias training, is it mandatory for all officers . Yes, it is mandatory. Reporter weve talked to officers who dont remember taking implicit bias classes. Well, everybody in the city of st. Louis have taken implicit bias training. Reporter and they cant remember it . I dont know. Thats a good question for them. Reporter thats odd. It is odd. Reporter still, edwards says, use of force incidents are down in st. Louis city, which he credits to new training. But he also concedes police have a long way to go before he can assure a black mother he met that changes have taken hold in the department. She asked me, can you change our Police Department . Because every time my little black boy encounters a police, i think one of two things is going to happen. That my child will lose his liberty and go to prison, or that my child will die. We have challenges. But were overcoming those challenges a bit at a time. Reporter taylor says that should include better screening of applicants and breaking down what some have called the blue wall of silence, a term for police cover ups of internal wrongdoing. Your fellow officers, they might see your comments and be offended. How do you go back to work after making comments like that . Because when you know youre doing right, you can hold your head up. I dont think that all of our department is bad, but instead of complaining about me, how about you do something to change the culture that you know exists . Reporter it is still unknown whether any Police Training technique could Impact Trends in use of force. One reason is because there has never been a federal use of force database to study. But for the first time the fbi is now back before atms and credit cards, john dill enjer was the most infamous bank robber in the nation. He was killed in a gun fight with the fbi 85 years ago and buried in indianapolis. But some of his family members dont believe its him. And recently got a permit to exhume the body. John blackstone reports. Reporter played here by johnny depp in the movie public enemy John Dillinger was a ruthless selfassured charming hoodlum with a knack for escaping jail. He was involved with a dozen bank heists making off with 300,000, the equivalent of 4 million today. A Police Officer was killed in one of the robberies, leading dillinger to be considered public enemy number one. It all came to a halt when federal and local Law Enforcement tracked him to a theater in chicago and gunned him down on a sidewalk outside. A month after his 31st birthday. Dillingers infamy jrue thousands of curious spectators who wanted to look at his body before it was buried here in section 44 of the Crown Hill Cemetery in indianapolis. Its an interesting story and it just keeps enduring. Reporter spiro runs an organization that owns the largest collection of dillinger artifacts. Hes been dead for 85 years. Why is there enduring interest in this guy . He created this image of robinhood that people during the Great Depression bought into. Reporter in death dillinger became the focus of books, more than one museum and, of course, movies. But with that also came conspiracy theories about whether he was really even dead. Theories his descendants may be trying to clarify. Cbs news obtained this permit permissi to have hisas, but the told us its relatedo a documentary. He thinks theres no mystery to this history. I think he got gunned down. I think were going to find that its him laying under two tons of concrete at Crown Hill Cemetery. Spoiler alert for everybody watching at home. Reporter dillingers relatives filed an affidavit with indiana officials qutioning whher the gangster is actually buried in tt grave. And the History Channel is looking into it. But while thats interesting, the fbi says there is no doubt its John Dillinger. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. And thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back later for the morning news. And, of course, cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im omar villafranca. Captioning funded by cbs its thursday, august 8th, 2019. This is the cbs morning news. First funerals. Some of the first victims will be laid to rest. The day after President Trump visited grieving communities in dayton and el paso. A crime spree of robbeies and stabbings have left some dead in southern california. Severe weather strikes several states. And reallife hero