Transcripts For WUSA CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20150410

Town, at least two to be hit in the area last evening. Two women in their late 60s were killed in fairdale, about 80 miles west of chicago. They were friends. One was found today. Shed taken refuge in it her shower and was holding her purse. More than a dozen others were injured and anna werner is in fairdale for us this evening. Anna. Reporter scott, you can see how strong the winds still are at this hour, and the tornado that came through last night, literally tore the front off of the house behind me. And its not just here. This is the kind of damage we saw driving a 20mile radius all around us. The tornados path of destruction was clear homes flattened, wood splibterred and piled like matchsticks as far as the eye could see in the tiny farming town of fairdale. This tractor trailer was toppled like a toy. The twister struck around dinner time no sirens, little warning. Wow, you were right here. The tv was sitting there and we were watching the news. Reporter Earl Hagemeyer says he and his wife had to run for their lives after looking out a window and seeing the tornado bearing down on their house. So we made a dive for the basement. We got in the basement and it came through. Reporter you ran down the basement you barely made is down and the storm comes and took the roof off. I was in about three minutes of having it happen. It wasnt long. This is the worst day of my life. Reporter bay daylight, rescue crews went house to house looking for possible victims. In the nearby town of rochelle, firefighters were called in to dig people out of rubble that used to be a restaurant. Customers and employees were eating and had to make a dash to a cellar just before the tornado ripped the building apart. Raymond kramer was among them. When it hit definitely, we knew it hit. We didnt know how bad. Reporter Melissa Jaime worked there. When i got out, and the first thing i saw was there was a semi that was flipped over, over here and the buildings pretty much gone. Reporter now authorities have been using cadaver dogs to search for any remaining victims, but at this point, they do believe that everyone is accounted for. But, scott residents have still not been able to get into town to see whats left of their homes and they wont before tomorrow. Pelley so many lucky people though. Anna, thank you very much. In california today the San Bernardino county sheriff has suspended 10 deputies after a suspect was brutally beaten. It was captured on video, and the f. B. I. Is investigating. Heres carter evans. Reporter these were the final moments of the threehour police chase when 30yearold Francis Pusok was knocked off a stolen horse. It was caught on camera by knbc in los angeles. Suspect being tased. Reporter Authorities Say the taser was inefficientive, so deputies immediately started kicking and punching pusock, even though he was lying facedown with his hands behind his back. They struck him at least 50 times for more than two minutes. Pusocks booking photo shows some of the injuries to his face. Jim terrell is his attorney. There was not a need for a hit or a kick. How do they justify kick anyone when their job is to cuff him. Its over. Reporter pusock has a lengthy rap sheet that spans more than a decade. It it including convictions for driving on the sidewalk, attempted robbery animal cruelty and resisting an officer. Thursdays pursuit began when deputies attempted to serve a search warrant on a home pusock just happened to be inside. He was not a suspect. But investigators say he fled to avoid a potential parole violation. San Bernardino County sheriff john mcmahon. Youve seen the video. Was that an appropriate response from your deposit . It appears to be excess toif me based on what i saw in the video. Reporter pusock was basically charged with felony evasion, theft, and possession, scott, of stolen property. Pelley carter evans reporting tonight. Carter, thank you. There was a wakeitate taid for walter scott who was shot last saturday by north charleston, South Carolina Police Officer michael slager. Slager, now fired and charged with murder, got a visit in jail today and vicente reporter today is the first time officer slagers wife, jamie, and mother, karen sharpe, have been able to see him since he was charged. Jamie slager is eight and a half months pregnant. Slagers Attorney Says hes being held in an Isolation Unit for his own protection. His mother told us shes worried. Hes a wonderful person. Hes very sharing very caring. He and his wife are having a baby very shortly. Im anxious about that. He wont be there for the birth so im worried about her. This is not how you think it would ever be. Reporter when you found out that he was being charged with murder, what was your reaction . I was shocked. Just i just shocked. I couldnt imagine this of michael. Reporter today a new complaint was filed against slager and two other officers for a traffic stop last august. The complaint allegation slager ideal, watch out im going to tase. Then used his taser on the driver who was already. His attorney and police went unanswered. Investigators met today with a passenger in Walter Scotts car. He was not charged. He told them he didnt want them to reveal his identity. Scott told officer slager he had just. Ed the mercedes. Today, scotts boss, dennis nye corroborated that story. Nye says scott a forklift driver at his warehouse, gave him a ride and said he just gawt baut it from a neighbor. He said he just got engaged and was about to get married to his longtime girlfriend. He was happy ready to settle on down. Reporter police returned that mercedes to the family. His funeral is tomorrow. Pelley vicente arenas, thank you very much. Earlier this week, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Said that slager could face the Death Penalty. Our researchers have been looking out, the Death Penalty may be imposed only if theres an aggravating circumstance if, for instance, the victim is a child or the murder happened during a robbery. It appears in this case, the maximum penalty would be life without parole. A kansas man could face life in prison if he is convicted. The f. B. I. Arrested him today as he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter what former rotc cadet john booker thought was an explosive was actually fake. According to Court Documents booker, otherwise known as Mohammed Abdullah hassan, headquarter planning the attack on fort rile nekansas for months. Booker allegedly told a confidential informant we will be coming after american soldiers in the streets. We will be picking them off one by one. Prosecutors also say booker, who was recruited by the u. S. Army, has wanted to hit military targets over a year. Shortly before reporting for basic training last spring, booker allegedly wrote on facebook getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush. When the f. B. I. Questioned him investigators say booker admitted that he wanted to commit an insider attack against american soldiers, like major nidal hassan who is on death row for killing 13 slajtz fort hood in 2009. After he was questioned by the f. B. I. Booker was denied entry into the military but he stayed on Law Enforcements radar. Scott, i had attorney did not respond to our request for comment. Pelley jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. Jeff, thank you very much. Jeff just mentioned the fort hood massacre. Well, today, the victims of that terrorist attack were awarded purple hearts, an honor that had been denied. It was five and a half years ago that major nidal hassan shot 45 people at the texas post. Manuel bojorquez was there today. We honor those touched by november 5. Reporter family members of the 13 who were killed received medals on their behalf. On behalf of a grateful nation. Reporter the 32 who survived, still carry the weight of that day. So what do you have there . Retired Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford carries one of the bullets fired into his body. Another bullet is lodged in his back. Now what gets me upset is that it wasnt a onetwo shot. It was seven. The faster you pump your arms the faster you will go. Reporter lunsford moved home to North Carolina where hes a School Athletic director. He pushed government to reconsider how the attack was classified. When the government initially categorized this as Workplace Violence, your thoughts were what . What person in their right sane mind would call this Workplace Violence . Reporter evidence has shown hassan communicated with an al qaedalinched muslim cleric before the attack. Hassan has since been convicted and sentenced to death. Last year, congress redefined the meaning of an attack by a Foreign Terrorist Organization to include the fort hood shooting. All soldiers killed and injured that day became eligible for the purple heart. When you look at it, you know that you paid a price for it, and it wasnt a price in vain. taps reporter now lunsford has more than a bullet to remind him of that day. He says he finally has a badge of honor. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news, fort hood texas. Pelley president obama is about to make history. He will meet tomorrow with in panama with the cuban president raul castro, and hes expected to remove cuba from the list of state sponsors ofro terrism. Major garrett is traveling with the president in panama c reporter before leaving washington wednesday, president obama spoke by phone with cuban dictator raul castro their second call since mr. Obamas historic decision to normalize relations with cuba. Ahead of their meeting tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry met with cubas foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez thursday night the highest level engagement since 1959. Cuba is one of four countries on the state sponsors of terrorism list, landing there in 1982 after supporting terrorist groups in spain and colombia. The president s likely decision to remove cuba would allow it access to u. S. Finance and arms sales and could accelerate the opening of embassies in embassies in havana and washington. As we move towards the process of normalization, well have our differences government to government with cuba on many issues, just as we differ at times with other nations within the americas, just as we differ with our closest allies. Theres nothing wrong with that. Reporter but human rights issues still divide the u. S. And cuba. The administration denounced violence here wednesday when castro supporters attacked political dissidents outside the cuban embassy. Senior officials told us the pace of political reform in cuba will remain painfully slow for some time adding, scott that a meeting between president obama and castro, though historic, will be less important than the increased travel and commerce normalized relations will bring. Pelley Major Garrett in panama tonight. Major, thanks. Hillary clinton sets the date for her big announcement. And a 60 minutes investigation finds thousands of hackers are capable of launching attacks like the one that crippled Sony Pictures. Those stories when the cbs evening news continues. I accept that im not 21. I accept im not the sprinter i was back in college. I even accept that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. But i wont accept giving it less than my best. So if i can go for Something Better than warfarin. I will. Eliquis. Eliquis. 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Pelley but what about this controversy of her using her private email account when she was doing business as secretary of state . Is that going to hurt her . Reporter i tell you, i think it does have the potential to do just that, scott because what that does, it really kind of opens the door to cause people to start thinking about and looking back, and once you start down that trail and Start Talking about, you know, the whitewater and the rowes law firm, and did they get improper business while bill clinton was president , and one scandal after another, i think if it gets if this campaign becomes about what used to be, i think shes going to have a problem especially in the general election. She, again i would just emphasize, has to keep the focus on looking ahead defining herself, not her husband and telling people what she can do better about their future than whats being done right now. Pelley the analysis of Bob Schieffer tonight. Bob, thank you very much. You bet. 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Reporter if you want to talk about stateoftheart hacking or whats going on in the International Cyber arms market, jon miller is a good place to start. He turned down a job with the n. S. A. And a government car while he was still in high school because he says he was already making more money doing private consulting work and honing his skills as a penetration tester. So youre a hacker . I was. Now im aun a Computer Security professional. But, yeah, i mean, for the majority of my career was an ethical hacker where i would actually go out and hack companies and then work with them to make sure they didnt get hacked by somebody else. Reporter since miller says hes been well paid to hack into Nuclear Power plant we wanted to know what he thought about the sony attack and the malware the North Koreans used to pull it off. If i set you down and gave you a pence and i will paper and said write a list of a dozen people who could do this. Oh, yeah, there are way more than a dozen people. There are probably three four, 5,000 people that could do that attack today. Reporter and not all of them are in friendly countries. No, not all of them are in friendly countries and the number is growing rapidly. Reporter i mean, its certainly in the realm of possibility that a terrorist group could go out and put together a team and do some real damage. I mean, isis hacked sentcoms twitter. The barrier to entry is low. Pelley its a fascinating reporting, and you can see all of it, including what the government is doing to protect us this sunday on 60 minutes. The masters is becoming a oneman show. Through 21yearold speith has a fivestroke lead at 14 under par. He has posted the lowest 36hole score, breaking a 39yearold record. Tiger woods is 12 strokes behind speith. You can watch the masters, of course tomorrow and sunday right here on cbs. Steve hartman is next tonight with a College Basketball player who achieved her lifelong dream while inspiring the nation. Pelley the most touching tweet we have read in a long time comes from basketball great lebron james. After he learned that College Player lauren hill died today james made a request of her. So did our Steve Hartman. On the road. Reporter she was passion personified. Pure bravery, bottled in a basketball jersey. At the time we met this Mount Saint Joseph University Freshman last october, she was already so sick she could barely dribble but here she was at a 6 00 a. M. Practice. One, two three reporter lauryn hill may have had a terminal brain tumor but dying was the last thing on her mind. Because i feel like id be a quitter. Reporter her sights were set on making it to her first College Basketball game. I wanted to wear that jersey and feel like a super hero again because thats what i feel when i put on the jersey, and that number. Reporter her number was 22 and everyone near where she lived outside cincinnati, ohio, would eventually come to know it. In fact, by game day lauren was so well known around here, folks lined the streets just to see her bus drive by. And the game itself . Sold out 10,000 seats gone in an hour. It was the first game of the College Basketball season, and arguably the best. Everyone expected lauren to play just a few seconds and no one expected her to score. But right off the opening tip this kid who was eligible for hospice made her first hoop. cheers sports hadnt had a moment quite like that since lou gehrig. Today has been the best day ive ever had. applause thank you guys, so much. Reporter her last days really were her best. After the game, she got on a wheaties box. Her school gave her an honorary doctorate of humane letters and most importantly to lauren, through her layup for lauren challenge and other events, she helped raise more than 1. 5 for pediatric brain cancer research. This afternoon, at a school vigil, friends got together to mourn their loss. This was the only part of dying that lauren dreaded. She hated thinking about how sad people would be. But other than that, she was remarkably accepting of her illness. In fact, in one of her final interviews, lauren said if someone had to get this disease shes glad it was her. She said kids who suffer from pediatric brain cancer needed an advocate. Im so happy to be their voice. Im so happy to be fighting for them. Reporter she really was that remarkable. And i really hope that, you know i can bring a change in the world. Reporter lauryn hill, gone at 19, but still an undying force. Steve hartman, on the road. In cincinnati, ohio. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world im scott pelley. Ill see you sunday on 60 minu the latest on the suspect in that kidnapping car chase and shooting at the Census Bureau. He had a long record. Eporter after chaos here at the Census Bureau thursday it is much calmer here friday, but one family is grieving tonight. Reporter a Fairfax County Police Officer is under investigation for alleged child pornography involvement. Im peggy fox, the story coming up. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. And im jan jeffcoat. Were gathering some new information about the crime spree that gripped the region last night. It began with the kidnapping outside a battered womens shelter, involved a shooting at the Census Bureau and ended on h street in northeast. Well have the latest on that in a moment. But first at 7 00 a stormy evening across the region. Tenacious topper is tracking some showers and maybe storms as they head our way with your first alert forecast. Most of the showers and storms are ducking south of us. We talked about the storms being over by 8 00. Here is the radar the past hour, again most of the activity between d. C. And fredericksburg. That. , they had more sun today, more instability in fact, they had more sun today, more i stability and thats where youre seeing instability and thats where youre seeing bigger storms. Well zoom in. Pretty good storms. We dont see hail. Wind gusts about 40 miles an hour, but from fredericksburg to spotsylvania south on 95 pretty hefty activity. On the legend you see red, heavy rainfall. Theyre moving essentially east toward farmers fork at about 7 26. They could become heavier as they move into southern Charles County and st. Marys county. Well keep you posted. Temperaturewise look at this, 73 in culpeper, 70