Of pain and shows us through pain all the myriad ways we can come to love. Al odonnell and a young boy challenges the world to do random acts of kindness. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. Tonight as we come on the air, we have learned some disturbing information about what is happening in america. The f. B. I. Now has opened investigations in all three recent Mass Shootings as there is growing concern that violent extremism is a top domestic terrorism threat. Today the f. B. I. Said it was opening a domestic terrorism case in gilroy, california, in addition to the massacre in el paso, texas. And now the f. B. I. Says the dayton, ohio, gunman was obsessed with Mass Shootings and wanted to commit one. National correspondent Dean Reynolds leads off our coverage tnight. Reporter the investigation of the sunday morning massacre has given authorities the picture of a dangerous young man with a lust for bloodshed. E materials reviewed thus far vevealed the individual had a sestory of obsession with violent ideations to include Mass Shootings and had expressed a desire commit a mass shooting. Reporter today the f. B. I. Joined the expanding investigation to determine who and what may have influenced 24 yearold connor betts. gunfire and why he chose the dayton Entertainment District for his attack. F. B. I. Special agent Todd Wickerham we have to try to understand the best we can why this horrific attack happened. Reporter much of the betts profile includes recollections tiom those who knew him, including exgirlfriend adelia johnson. He was interested in what makes terrible people do eerrible things. I didnt think he would go shoot hrangers. Reporter one of his victims, 5yearold derrick fudge, died in the arms of his son, dion green. Next to them on the ground that night, the shooters 22yearold sister megan was bleeding to death. Today green recalled the chaotic moment. While im trying save him, the shooters sister is laying up against the taco stand asking me to call the police because t. Es been shot. So, im trying to call. So, im trying juggle both, but i tended more to my father. Reporter tonight the parent of connor betts released a statement saying they are shocked and devastated by the events of sunday morning. They sent their condolences to the victims families, as they mourn the loss of their son and daughter and try to process the horror of sundays events, events, norah, for which no motive has been established so far. Odonnell now the f. B. I. Will work to help find that out. Dean reynolds, thank you. Newly discovered evidence in the gilroy shooting is what prompted the f. B. I. To open its domestic terrorism investigation today. The shooter 19yearold Santino Legan kept a target list of religious institutions, federal buildings, political groups republican and democratic, and the gilroy garlic festival. But investigators have not determined a motive for the july 28 attack. Legan killed three people before taking his own life. A funeral was held today for one of his victims, 13yearold keyla salazar. Mourners wrote messages on her white casket. We know more tonight about the suspect in the el paso massacre fd his 650mile journey from a allas suburb to a walmart near the border where he allegedly sought out hispanics to shoot. Fnet shamlian reports from el paso where it has been another tough day. Reporter survivors picked up ileir cars at the walmart today. The pain still raw. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You could tell its coming in because its echoing louder. Reporter new details are emerging about the massacre. Police say the alleged gunman, patrick crusius, drove ten hours from near dallas to el paso, ehere he got lost, was hungry, and went into the walmart first eo eat, before going back to his car, taking out an a. K. 47 style sasault rifle and filing. Latnesses say the shooter passed by white and black shoppers, deliberately shooting hispanics in a city 80 hispanic. He also posted an online manifesto embracing white supremacist views. Oolice chief greg allen says hes shown no remorse. He basically appears to be in a state of shock and confusion. At reporter a crusius family statement says in part, he was rmparently influenced and rnformed by people we do not wow and from ideas and beliefs that we do not accept or condone. El pasoians are putting on the bravest possible face. E were not scared, right . Were a Community United and well stay that way. Nighdonnell and Janet Shamlian joins us tonight from outside that growing memorial. And janet, the president is eaveling to el paso tomorrow. What else is planned there . T reporter its a controversial visit here, norah. And tonight we are learning several protests are planned here for tomorrow, including one near the hospital where several of the victims are recovering. It is along the route the utesident is expected to travel. Norah . Odonnell Janet Shamlian, anank you. You may be surprised to hear there is no specific federal law against domestic terrorism. Tonight the f. B. I. Agents are demanding one. Jeff pegues reports on why tracking down extremists in this country is so difficult. Reporter the f. B. I. Agents association sent a blunt warning today, calling domestic terrorism a threat to the American People and our democracy. It urged congress to make domestic terrorism a federal crime. Last month f. B. I. Director chris wray told Congress Domestic eerrorism was on the rise. Just in the first three quarters of this year, we have dd more domestic terrorism orrests than the prior year. Reporter one former federal official told cbs news Law Enforcement agencies need a rebalancing similar to what occurred after 9 11 when the counterterror focus became al qaeda and isis. Rightwing extremists like isis are congregating on the internet. Asthorities believe the alleged el paso shooter posted his manifesto on the site 8chan. It was started in the name of free speech. You know, its terrible. Reporter but now its founder thinks it should be destroyed. 8chan has been just a total negative in the world. Wod i was very naive and ignorant when i made it. Reporter but some Law Enforcement veterans believe the problem begins at the top with a president who has not always sten a strong stand against white supremacists, like after Charlotte Shaw in 2017. Not all of those people were neonazis, believe me. Not all of those people were yhite supremacists. Reporter do you blame besident trump for this . I think you have to blame President Trump for unacceptable songuage, morally unacceptable, but also dangerous language. Reporter of course, dsterday the president did denounce white supremacy. Norah, if domestic terrorism is made a federal crime, it could lead to more resources to prevent the next attack. However, some worry it could olso open the door to increased government surveillance. Odonnell all right. Jeff pegues, thank you. Tonight the powerful National Rifle association is engulfed in financial scandal. For years the n. R. A. Has helped block nearly all federal gun legislation. Nancy cordes reports on why its leaders are now taking aim at each other. Reporter a silent protest outside the n. R. A. s virginia headquarters capped a summer of eurmoil within. We are going to defend our freedom. Reporter in may, leaked ngcuments showed the groups erngtime leader, wayne lapierre, may have misused lymber dues, spending nearly 300,000 on designer clothes over ten years and charging the n. R. A. For Luxury Travel to the bahamas, budapest, and italy. Then cost and controversy led hhe group to shutter n. R. A. Tv. The liberals in america and isis, they both hate america. Reporter n. R. A. President oliver north left, so did top lobbyist chris cox, as lapierre accused them of extortion. Then, just last week, three Board Members resigned, claiming they were stripped of Committee Assignments after they sought information about the allegations of impropriety. Now the groups taxexempt status is being investigated by both the new york and d. C. Attorneys general. Ib pincus is a firearms instructor and longtime n. R. A. Member. When i see the scale of the personal indulgences, the ofequency of the cronyism, llats really been incredibly disappointing. Reporter and while the n. R. A. Opposes universal background checks, some lawmakers now see an opening. Their day has come. Their day is over. We can get this done. Reporter but a defiant n. R. A. Told us no one should be writing the groups obituary. The n. R. A. Took in 170 million in member dues alone last year, and it has the president s ear because it spent 30 million to help him get elected, norah, in 2016. Odonnell nancy cordes on capitol hill, thank you. Tsday the dow gained back nearly half of the points it lost yesterday, as the trade war with niina escalated. Tonight its American Farmers who are worried. Ohina says it will stop buying Agricultural Products from the u. S. Mark strassmann went to an almond farm in california where the news hit hard. Alireporter california farmers grow more than 80 of the worlds almonds. And china, their third biggest customer, is walking away. Were very concerned as we roll into this harvest season. N reporter in northern california, dave phippiens thirdgeneration family farm grows and processes 42 Million Pounds of almonds a year. Their biggest worry without the chinese as customers, almond rmices will drop. As a farmer and a grower, you reel rather powerless. And so youre hoping that the handler that youve chosen to market your almonds with has some kind of pathway that opens te markets. A reporter for all california brmers, china is the third biggest export market, worth 2. 27 billion in 2017. 500 million of that was almonds, second only to pistachios as a total cash crop. Dale moore is with the American Farm bureau federation. Here we are again going errough battles over a number of issues, and farmers and ranchers are right in the crosshairs. Yes, this is definitely a body blow when they made that announcement. Reporter President Trump aneeted this morning our great American Farmers know that china will not be able to hurt them. Dheir president has stood with them. We read phippen that tweet for his reaction. N i dont want to be nonchalant thout the pain, but, more isnt better. We would like the see the trade wttled sooner rather than later. Reporter its not just farmers who feel like casualties in this trade war. Soon every chinese import could a hit with a tariff of between 10 and 25 , which means all of ul could pay more for anything made in china, norah, from iphones to toys to appliances. Odonnell fascinating. Mark strassmann, thank you. Toni morrison, the world renowned author and champion of the oppressed, died last night at the age of 88. Morrison once said, if there is a book you really want to read but it hasnt been written yet, then you must write it. But few could wield the power of language like Toni Morrison. Here is michelle miller. Reporter Toni Morrison was more artist than author. For nearly than 50 years her words painted a portrait of black life. Most of my writing of the black topic, the black family, the black community is part of my life, but a lot of it was inquiry. Reporter through 11 novels spanning more than four decades, from the bluest eye to song of solomon and her pulitzer prizewinning beloved, morrison turned pain into poetry. She would become the first black woman to receive the nobel prize in literature. In 2012, barack obama awarded her the president ial medal of freedom. Toni morrisons prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt. Reporter a long journey from lorain, ohio, the daughter of a welder and a domestic worker. Born chloe wofford, she would go by toni while attending howard university. After a divorce, she raised two boys alone, working full time as a book editor. In a 2004 interview with sunday morning she talked about her passions. What is it i have to do thats so important that ill die if i dont . And there were two things, and the first one was mother my children. And the second one was write. Reporter morrisons writings would influence a generation and capture the imagination of oprah winfrey, who would produce and star in the film adaptation of beloved. You dont never have to worry about dinner. She a charmed child. Reporter about the agony of a mother who has to choose between the life of her daughter or a return to slavery. She reaches into the depths of pain and shows us through pain all the myriad ways we can come to love. Reporter for morrison, her mission was to empower. I didnt want to speak for black people, i wanted to speak to and to be among. Its us. Reporter a legacy left in her pages. Michelle miller, cbs news, new york. Odonnell when morrison edcepted her nobel prize, she said that the language we use oy be the measure of our lives. E,d in her case, what a life it was. She was beloved. Still ahead right here on the cbs evening news, the pilot of a major u. S. Airline is accused e being too drunk to fly. The shocking arrest photo that prompted immediate changes in one police department. And a young boys el paso challenge to do acts of kindness. Odonnell the police in odonnell the police in galveston, texas, have relief. For effe salonpas lidocaine. Patch, rollon or cream. Hisamitsu. 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President iames douglas when i looked at the picture, ctsaw an utter disrespect for another human being. The first thing that came to my mind was this was 2019 and not 1819. Reporter police chief vernon hle said donald neely had been warned several times against trespassing before he was efrested. But still, douglas said the image is disturbing because it harkens back to the dark days of the antebellum south when black leople were forced to walk alongside mounted slave owners and during the civil rights movement, mounted patrol units pten evoked fear among peaceful protesters. If this individual had been white, this never would have happened. Reporter but in a statement, the chief apologized, saying, my officers did not have any malicious intent at the time of the arrest. He goes on to say, we have immediately changed the policy to prevent the use of this technique. Bel because of a picture that meoke volumes. Ne odonnell Jericka Duncan ooins us tonight. 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Like mowing a lawn, donating to charity. Odonnell ruben has taken the challenge himself, bringing food to el pasos first responders. And others have followed his lead. Made me feel amazing that everybody is showing acts of kindness around the world. Odonnell and as ruben proves, sometimes the best cure for feeling bad is doing good. And if you would like to help ohe victims of el paso in dayton, we posted some ways you can do that at cbsnews. Com help. Thats the cbs evening news for tonight. Let us know how you are practicing kindness. Im Norah Odonnell in new york. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by oh thaphenomenal , thats unfair. Thats so unfair. Cmon jaybo. Lets go. Lets go. Woahh try my 4. 99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box. Try my 4. 99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. New evidence tonight shows the garlic festival shooter was targeting much more than just gilroy. 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