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Odonnell heartbreak in alabama, after the body of a missing girl nicknamed cupcake is found in a pile of trash. Stop the stigma. Cbs news investigates americas Mental Health crisis. Tonight, one Police Departments unique approach to responding to Mental Health emergencies without weapons. And hes a centenarian sentinel. Thats right, the oldest living american to guard the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National cemetery gets a special surprise. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell good evening, and thank you so much for joining us this is our western edition. Were going to begin with a dramatic side show today at the impeachment inquiry. As if on cue, following President Trumps orders yesterday for republicans to get tougher on impeachment, a tougher on impeachment, a group of republicans barged into a closeddoor hearing today. Most were not members of the committees conducting the inquiry and were, therefore, uninvited. But republicans who are on the committees have been taking part in these closeddoor hearings. Democrats saw the protest as merely a delay to protect the president against mounting evidence of misconduct. They pressed on, questioning laura cooper, a Senior Defense Department Official who oversees ukraine policy. Her testimony came a day after a top u. S. Diplomat testified that he was told the president withheld military aid to ukraine unless ukraines president went public with the promise to investigate democrats. That is the quid pro quo that the president has been denying. Nancy cordes has more on this day of political theater on capitol hill. We want to know whats going on. Reporter they staged their revolt in the basement of the u. S. Capitol. Were going in. Reporter more than two dozen House Republicans stormed a secure area, and refused to leave a scheduled deposition. By golly, if theyre going to do it, do it in public reporter one member broadcast the rebellion from behind closed doors. What the republicans are asking for is insane. Reporter the sitin delayed the testimony of pentagon official laura cooper by five hours, the eighth private interview by democrats and republicans on the three committees currently handling the impeachment inquiry. Whats really going on here is yesterday, ambassador bill taylor testified and gave the most sweeping and devastating testimony about President Trumps efforts to shake down the ukrainian government. Reporter closeddoor hearings on capitol hill are not unusual. The republicanled Benghazi Committee did several. How is this different from that situation . This is impeachment of the president of the United States. Its a different thing altogether. When when were talking about removing the president from office, it should be completely transparent. Completely open. Reporter democrats cited the clinton and nixon impeachment proceedings, which included closeddoor interviews. Can you understand their frustration . They want to know whats going on in a very important investigation. Investigations are not public. When the investigation is done, there will be public hearings. Thats how its always been done. Reporter tonight, republicans say its time to hold those public hearings, and in a letter obtained by cbs news, they tell democrats that the witness they want to hear from most is that anonymous whistleblower who first revealed the contours of this ukraine scandal. Norah. Odonnell all right, nancy, let me ask you, president zelensky of ukraine has publicly denied that he felt pressure from President Trump. But what new details are we learning tonight about what was going on behind the scenes . Reporter well, cbs news has learned that zelensky actually held a meeting with his top advisers back in may, even before he was sworn in, to discuss some of these unusual requests they were getting from President Trumps personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and others. Apparently, norah, they were very concerned about getting tangled up in a u. S. Election. Odonnell all right, nancy, thank you. President trump stopped short of declaring Mission Accomplished in syria today, but gave his reasons for pulling out of the wartorn country. The president announced that hes lifting sanctions against turkey, after turkey agreed to a permanent ceasefire against Kurdish Forces inside syria. Now, the president s special envoy for syria said u. S. Forces have seen evidence of turkish war crimes against the kurds, and revealed that dozens of isis prisoners have escaped. Weijia jiang has more from the white house. Reporter President Trump applauded himself for what he called a permanent ceasefire in northern syria. This was an outcome created by us, the United States, and nobody else. Reporter the president sanctioned turkey after it invaded earlier this month. Vice president pence negotiated a ceasefire, but turkey only agreed to completely stop the attack after striking a deal with russia. The deal requires Kurdish Forces to abandon the area, which they had controlled with the help of american troops, until mr. Trump pulled them out about two weeks ago. Now turkey, syria, and others in the region must work to ensure thaisoes not regain any territory. Reporter republican senator lindsey graham, usually an ally of the president , said that was not a solution. But you cannot rely on syria, russia, or turkey to protect the United States against isis. Reporter the administration insists the nearly 12,000 isis prisoners in northEastern Syria remain under lock and key. There were a few that got out a small number, relatively speaking. And theyve been largely recaptured. Reporter but mr. Trumps special envoy to syria, james jeffrey, told a different story on capitol hill when asked about how many had escaped. We would say that the number is now over 100. We do not know where they are. Reporter jeffrey also testified that isis is pitching the u. S. Withdrawal as a victory, and warned there are consequences for leaving before the mission to defeat isis is over. President trump says hes keeping a promise to bring those troops back home, but, norah, there is no timeline for when that will actually happen. Odonnell all right, weijia, thank you. Now weve got an exclusive view from inside syria. Holly williams was granted access to turkish troops as they crossed the border into an area once controlled by americas kurdish allies. Reporter turkish soldiers wanted to show us that theyre bringing stability to Eastern Syria. Theyre detonating explosives that turkey says Kurdish Forces left behind and safeguarding markets. Health clinics are open and being run by turkish medics. We are all okay here. The people are happy, as well, and theres no problem, actually, here right now. Reporter but the turkish offensive, unleashed after u. S. Troops pulled back this month, cost hundreds of lives. Hundreds of thousands of civilians fled the fighting. And syrian militiamen, backed by turkey, have been accused of war crimes. Just three weeks ago, kurdish led forces, allied with the u. S. , were in control of this stretch of territory. Now the Turkish Military is in control. Kurdish fighters, who were u. S. Partners in the battle against isis, say theyve been betrayed by america. For now, the fighting has stopped. This is part of what turkey says will be a roughly 20miledeep safe zone along its border. Turkey is home to over three million syrian refugees, and has plans to resettle more than a million of them here. As for the americans, President Trump confirmed today that the u. S. Does have plans to keep a small number of troops in Eastern Syria to protect oil fields there. A u. S. Official told cbs news they could number around 200, and their mission would be to deny isis oil revenue. Norah. Odonnell all right, holly, thank you. Facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg found himself on the hot seat today. He went to capitol hill to talk about the social media giants cryptocurrency plans. But as ed okeefe reports, zuckerberg ended up getting grilled on a range of controversial issues. Fair or not fair, youre here today to answer for the digital age. Reporter Mark Zuckerberg wanted to talk about the new Digital Currency facebook is pitching, but Lawmakers Said he had other issues he had to deal with first. Youve proven that we cannot trust you with our emails, with our phone numbers. So why should we trust you with our hardearned money . Reporter the 35yearold billionaire, who hadnt appeared on capitol hill in about 18 months, was criticized on everything facebook, including for running potentially misleading ads from political candidates. Why should the very politicians who lead our country be held to a lower standard for truthfulness and decency than the average american . Congresswoman, this isnt about helping the politicians. This is about making sure that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying. I know, but mr. Zuckerberg, it is hate speech. It is hate. And its leading to violence and Death Threats in my office. Reporter missouris ann wagner also hammered zuckerberg for not aggressively blocking sex traffickers. What are you going to do to shut it down . Were working with Law Enforcement and building technical systems to identify well, youre not working hard enough, sir. Reporter as today demonstrated, facebook generates plenty of controversy, and even as he was talking up his plans for new Digital Currency, zuckerberg admitted to lawmakers, im sure people wish it was anyone but facebook putting this idea forward. Norah. Odonnell there will be more on this story for sure. Ed, thank you very much. The body of threeyearold Kamille Mckinney was found in a pile of trash. The girl, named cupcake, was kidnapped earlier this month outside a birthday party. Two suspects are facing murder charges. Mark strassmann has more on this heartbreaking case. Its a tough moment for our city. Reporter birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin talked about Kamille Mckinney, the little girl with a big winning smile. This community now mourns for her family. Your grief, your tears, your pain is not ignored. Reporter kamille was last seen at this apartment complex october 12. Surveillance video shows her playing with a friend. As you can see, they followed a man, and kamille vanished. Police zeroed in on this toyota sequoia, spotted the same day by security cameras at this nearby gas station. Its driver, 39yearold patrick stallworth, and his girlfriend, derick brown, were initially arrested on other charges, stalled worth for possessing child pornography on his phone. Police found kamilles body in the local landfill yesterday after tracking trash from her neighborhood. The couple now faces capital murder charges. Birmingham police chief Patrick Smith this is something that they thought about, and they saw an opportunity to take a young child, which they did. Reporter there is no known motive, only bewilderment and outrage, and at city hall, people here who never met the little girl felt like grieving together. Its heartbreaking, especially when you have kids and grandkids of your own. Reporter there are two other vigils for her planned tonight here. And at dusk, norah, city hall will be lit up in purple, the little girls favorite color. Odonnell such a difficult story to cover. Mark, thank you. And we have new details tonight about a terrible case of suspected human smuggling. The bodies were found locked inside the trailer of a semi truck at an Industrial Park near london, england. The truck had arrived by ferry from belgium and was registered in bulgaria. The 25yearold driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder. There is still much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Visitors to disneyland may have been exposed to measles. The f. D. A. Calls for new warnings for breast implants. And well show you how one city is responding to americas Mental Health crisis by dispatching unarmed emergency responders. Dispatching urmed emergency responders. Depressive lows. crying take you to uncontrollable highs. muffled arguing or, make you feel both at once. Overwhelmed by bipolar i symptoms . Ask about vraylar. 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Reporter Manning Walker is a medic, and Laurel Lisovskis is a Mental Health crisis manager. The pair are members of cahoots, crisis assistance helping out on the streets. They answer calls, like suicide interventions and overdoses. Theyre unarmed, and most of the time, without police backup. We always move as a team. Whoever is talking and making contact, the other person is. Reporter being the eyes and ears . Yeah. Reporter they took our cbs crew on an exclusive ridealong. Their first call was for a woman theyd met before. They believe shes schizophrenic. She told us her name was kayla. Would you rather deal with someone with cahoots or, like, a Uniformed Police officer . Definitely cahoots. Reporter how come . They, like, help you when youre in a time of need or when youre hungry or certain things like that. Reporter cahoots was founded in 1989. Last year, they responded to nearly 23,000 calls in eugene and springfield, oregon. Denver is starting their own version of cahoots. City leaders from oakland; olympia, washington; and even new york city are all considering similar pilot programs. Tim black is cahoots operation coordinator. We handle almost 20 of the entire external safety reporter a fifth call volume for our area. But there was such a dramatic need coming in through the 911 and nonemergency lines, that there was a need for there to be this kind of Behavioral Health first response. Let them know that youre out of your meds. Reporter cahoots team members are trained to de escalate when responding to a Mental Health crisis. Thank you guys so much. Reporter a recent study found 25 to 50 of fatal officerinvolved shootings involved someone with a severe Mental Illness. Eugenes police chief chris skinner. They dont need jail. What they need is they need to be able to be deescalated from their crisis, they need a ride to a Mental Health facility or to a medical care facility or wrapped around with services. Thats what the people need. 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Com odonnell were going to end tonight at Arlington National cemetery with a special salute to the oldest living american who stood watch at the tomb of the unknown soldier. David martin introduces us to this centenarian sentinel. Reporter theyre called honor flights, and they have flown nearly a quarter million veterans to the Nations Capital to visit the monuments built in their honor. Its safe to say, no veteran has felt prouder, or just plain happier, than 100yearold jack eaton did today. 38, 39, and 40. Oh, my gosh. Reporter 80 years ago, he stood guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier, the awesome monument to americas fallen that has the power to silence teenagers. It has been guarded round the clock since 1937. Eaton became a sentinel in 1938, and served for three years. At night, it would be mighty quiet, and you do a lot of thinking about who that is under that marble statue there. Reporter there are no records dating back that far, but he was able to prove his service by remembering details only a sentinel would know, like this small chapel hidden behind the tomb. So today he was back, not just to witness another changing of the guard, but to see his name go up on the honor roll of those who have stood watch over the unknown. Thats going to be up there forever, and when im gone, people can come up here and look at it. Reporter your place on the wall can be revoked if, later in life, you bring dishonor on the tomb a d. U. I. , for instance. But thats not likely here. Unless dancing becomes a crime. When the music starts, my feet want to move. Reporter never will i falter, the sentinels creed reads, and though his step has slowed, jack eaton never did, for 100 years and counting. David martin, cbs news, Arlington National cemetery. Odonnell jack is an inspiration to all of us, and thank you for your service. That is the cbs evening news. Thank you for watching. 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