The lawn of the u. S. Capitol, where he was promptly arrested. Was trying to make a political statement but the unintended message he delivered is just how easy it still is to breech the most secure air space in america. Jeff pegues is live in washington near the capitol near the landing site. Jeff, what happened today . Reporter well, scott, this is the kind of security breech that doesnt happen very often, but this gyrocopter that you mentioned landed behind me here on the west lawn of the capitol. It caused quite a stir, shutting down roads here and catching the attention of tourists, as well. This was a gyrocopter piloted by a 61yearold man a man named doug hughes from tampa who was trying to make a point about Campaign Finance reform. He flew that gyrocopter into this restricted air space by the washington monument, and you can see the white house in the foreground. He ended up here on the west lawn of the capitol. Now, this is something that he has had planned, according to the Tampa Bay Times and his friends for some time. In fact, one of his friends that we spoke to today said that they had been interviewed by the secret service over a year ago about a year ago, and the secret service was aware of the fact that doug hughes had something planned. But Authorities Say they are not commenting right now. They referred us, the secret service did, to the Capitol Police. Scott . Pelley well, the secret service would be the wrong agency because, as you just pointed out the. I was just watching the video here. As you piloted out the Capitol Police have control of the capitol area. It would be their responsibility. We heard from norad earlier today, the north american air defense command. They said that military radars did not pick up this aircraft. I understand that a cbs camera earlier in this flight path caught the gyrocopter going past the white house, past the washington monument, all the way up the mall and then landing finally there on the west front of the u. S. Capitol. Now, jeff, i understand that the pilot had 535 letters with him on the helicopter. What point was he trying to make . Reporter well, we know that he was trying to make a splash. He certainly got a lot of attention out here today. He was trying to deliver those messages to members of congress. This is a point he was trying to make about Campaign Finance reform, scott. Pelley there was no effort that we know of to intercept the gyrocopter. The u. S. Coast guard keeps helicopters at Reagan National airport for that purpose but none of them were scrambled because apparently the man never showed up on radar, but hes in custody tonight. Jeff pegues reporting for us from the west front of the capitol. Jeff, thank you very money. Aaron hernandez is about to complete a twisted journey from the super bowl to prison by the age of 25. Today the former new England Patriots tight end was found guilty of firstdegree murder and was quickly sentenced to life without parole. Anna werner is following the case. Guilty of murder in the first degree. Reporter Aaron Hernandezs mother and fiancee hugged each other and sobbed after the verdict was read. Jurors took seven days to find hernandez guilty of murdering his friend odin lloyd in june of 2013. Lloyds body was found in an Industrial Park less than a mile from hernandezs home. He had been shot six times. Bristol County District attorney thomas quinn. Aaron hernandez may have been a wellknown new England Patriots Football Player however, in the end the jury found that he was just a man who committed a brutal murder. Reporter hernandez was a rising star for the new England Patriots with a 30 million contract, but he was dropped from the team after being arrested. Most of the evidence against him was circumstantial, but there was a lot of it. In text messages, hernandez urged lloyd to meet him the night he was killed. A neighbors surveillance camera captured lloyd getting enter a car that prosecutors said was driven by hernandez. Surveillance video from hernandezs own home showed him holding something resembling a gun the day lloyd was killed. Video also showed his fiancee shayanna jenkins, removing a box from their home. She told the Court Hernandez told her to get rid of it. Did he indicate to you what was inside the box . No. Reporter odin lloyds mother, ursula ward, spoke after the verdict. He was my son. I love him dearly. Reporter hernandez also faces other charges including for a double homicide in boston. Scott, the prison where hell be serving his life sentence is just three and a half miles from the stadium where he used to play football. Pelley an narcotic thank you very much. The controversy continues tonight about a Police Officers use of what one expert called a 3,000pound bullet. We showed you last night an arizona officer using his patrol car to take out a gunman and carter evans follows up. Reporter police hit the suspect with enough force to break through a cinderblock wall. Man down. Reporter dash cam ras in two pa roll cars were rolling arizona ads Police Officer Michael Rapiejko accelerated and aimed his cruiser directly at man with a loaded rifle. Thats not an easy decision right there. Thats a tough tough, tough decision. Reporter police chief terry rozema defends his officers action last february, claiming it prevented a potential shootout with the suspect, 36yearold mario valencia, who was suicidal. This guy walked away out of the hospital two days later and was booked into jail to be held accountable for his crimes. Reporter but valencias defense attorney Michelle Metzger disagrees. How can you believe youre attempting to save a persons life by almost killing them. Reporter Surveillance Video showed valencia stealing a rifle from a walmart. He was already the suspect in robbery, arson and auto theft that day. He had the rifle pointed at his head when officers caught up with him. You dont want to do this. You dont want to do this. Reporter instead he aimed at police and fired a round into the air and kept walking toward homes and businesses. Thats a splitsecond decision. I frankly think it was a good one. Reporter former lapd deputy chief Stephen Downing says while officers are taught to follow protocol there are exceptions. You have a situation with a guy with a gun who has used a gun, who is wanted for robbery. Hes in a neighborhood. It was unconventional. It was also smart i think. Reporter the officer involved was cleared of any wrongdoing within days of the incident and according to the police report, the suspect, mario valencia, was treated in the hospital the night before for a meth overdose. Scott, doctors told police he had a Skull Fracture and some other minor injuries after the crash. Hes now in jail facing multiple felonies. Pelley carter evans in our los angeles newsroom. Carter, thanks very much. We hope this wont come as a surprise, but it is tax day. The good news is more than 77 million americans have already received refunds, but others may not be so lucky. Cbs news has been investigating complaints that refunds are being seized by the government without notice. Heres Wyatt Andrews. I i would describe it as a theft. Reporter shalita grant is a tonynominated actress who plays a federal agent on tv. Cool it, cowboyment im a fed. Reporter but to Social Security shes been an outlaw, not because she did anything wrong, but because her father was overpaid more than 13,000 in disability. Grant grew outraged when Social Security seized her 1,500 tax refund without warning or any evidence against her. Im asking for a bill. Im asking for something that says that i owe you. I feel like you guys stole from me. And i have nothing to show for it. Reporter stolen is a strong word. Oh, yeah, and i feel strongly about that. Reporter over the last year, cbs news has contacted a dozen taxpayers who say Social Security has taken their tax refunds because a relative had been overpaid in benefits. No proof at all . No. Reporter jessica vela, a u. S. Navy veteran, lost a 6,000 refund last year when she was eight months pregnant. I had a baby due the next month. Reporter you grew emotional as you recalled that. There are no words to explain how helpless the situation has been. Reporter helpless because Social Security admitted it had overpaid jessicas mother, not her. I have told them until im blue in the face, i was a minor. I was learning to ride a bike during that time. Reporter here you are navy veteran and youre describing yourself as defenseless . Against your own government. Reporter Social Security declined to speak to us on camera. In court files it says it has the Legal Authority to go after the relatives of people overpaid in benefits. However, the agency has repeatedly denied its ever done some in january the agency told congress, we did not collect any debt that was incurred by a parent or another family member. Reporter is that true . Its a in the lie. It is an absolute boldfaced lie. Reporter after our investigation, Social Security admitted that the taxpayers in our story were not to blame that the money had indeed gone to their parents, and beth of those women got their refunds back, but, scott thats also an admission that Social Security is doing the exact kind of aggressive Debt Collection its told the public it would never do. Pelley investigative reporting by Wyatt Andrews tonight. Wyatt, thank you very much. Cbs news broke the story this morning that the home addresses of current and former top officials with the f. B. I. , c. I. A. And Homeland Security had been posted online. Investigators became aware of it yesterday. They tell us that a rightwing Extremist Group may be responsible. Most of boston paused this afternoon to mark the second anniversary of the marathon bombings. Silence fell at city hall and at fenway park at 2 49, the time first bomb went off. Survivors unveiled banners on boylston street where three were killed and 260 wounded. Don dahler met a couple whose lives changed forever. Reporter in april 2013 Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes had been married seven months when they stopped to watch the marathon. The first bomb destroyed both of their left legs and badly damaged her right. It would be two weeks before they saw each other again. In the hospital the couple was visited by a group of marine, including b. J. Ganem. We just went into the hospital rooms and asked if they wanted us to come in, and immediately there was an instant connection. So all of a sudden i see these big, strong, notsogoodlooking guys walk into my hospital room. And theyve got prosthetic, all of them. In that short time i had been in the hospital, i had crossed off all these things in my life i wasnt going to be able to do anymore, running climbling, biking. Reporter they were members of the Semper Fi Fund an organization for disabled vets. They didnt have to come back. They didnt have to give us hand bikes. But they came and gave us so much of a piece of them that theyll forever be part of our experience. Reporter kensky made the agonizing decision to have her second leg amputated and isnt ready to talk on camera yet but she did testify in tsarnaevs trial, telling the jury the amputations were especially difficult because i wanted to paint my toenails, put my feet in the sand. The feet arent there anymore, so you have to have other ways to make her feel beautiful and special, make her feel like a woman. Report maybe you should let her paint your toenails. Thats actually been put on the table once before. Reporter two years on, did this experience strengthen or strain the marriage . I think its been a lot of both. Weve been able to find strength in our moments of weakness. Reporter when you look at that nowfamous photo, do you still see yourself in that picture. Oh, yeah, you can see jess face. Reporter but its this photo that best defines the couple now crossing the finish line at last years marathon together. Don dahler, cbs news boston. Pelley and next week the jury that convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the attacks will begin deliberating his fate in a new cbs news poll out today. 60 of americans said he should be executed. There has been a deadly outbreak of dog flu in the midwest. And the noah who is about to drop anchor on Late Night Television when the cbs evening news continues. N has two systems . One helps keep you awake the other helps you sleep. Science suggests when you have insomnia, the wake system in your brain may be too strong and your neurotransmitters remain too active as you try to sleep, which could be leading to your insomnia. Ohh. Maybe thats whats preventing me from getting the sleep i need talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. Ufferers. 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Pelley just as flu season is winding down, turns out theres a deadly outbreak in the midwest. But this one is among dogs. Heres Dean Reynolds. Reporter Brittany Siciliano went to the doctor today with her friend franklin. This is franklin. And franklin is how old . Franklin is three months old. Reporter franklin feels fine, but his owner is a bit concerned because of the outbreak, some call it an epidemic, of canine infectious respiratory disease. Theres no specific vaccine for it, though some vets think its effects might be lisdzenned by the regular seasonal flu vaccine that franklin received today. Lulu the French Bulldog is one of 1,100 chicagoarea dogs hit by the new flu. And while lulu has gotten better, at least six dogs have died. This new dog flu strain called h3n2 was somehow imported from asia and has never been seen in the u. S. The first signs are a persistent cough and lethargy but this is no kennel cough. Were finding the numbers of dogs was far more than we normally see and the severity of the disease is much worse. Reporter dr. Natalie marks is coowner of if blum Animal Hospital on chicagos north side. Our Dog Population here is what we call naive. Theyve never seen anything like this before so their immune system isnt providence, rhode primed and ready to fight it. Reporter the illness has spread to wisconsin and indiana and in one case georgia. Pet specialists are avoiding pet owners to avoid places dogs congress grate like dog parks until the outbreak subsides. This new dog flu is no threat to humans, scott, but if we come into contact with a sick dog the virus can get on our hands and on our clothes and then we can spread it to other dogs. Pelley Dean Reynolds reporting for us tonight. Dean, thanks very much. A spacex rocket had a pictureperfect launch, but a rough landing. Thats next. [upbeat music] defiance is in our bones. Defiance never grows old. Citracal maximum. 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Debora patta traced his comedy roots to south africa where he was born. Can i ask you a question . Reporter whether hes portraying a californian surfer girl. If youre like from africa have you like ever had aids . Reporter or savaging a double amputee olympic track star. But look at Oscar Pistorius look at him no leg but he didnt let that stop him from becoming a killer. Reporter trevor noah spares no one. He likes to say he was born a crime. His mother is black, his father swiss it. Their marriage once illegal during apartheid. I dont care, i dont care i want a white man. Crazy, my mom crazy, you know, and my dad was like, you know how the swiss love chocolate, so he was. Reporter the racial tensions of south africa infuse him humor, so do his soweto roots where he was raised by his grandmother francis. She told us he was always getting into trouble. Such a beautiful love and bond for each other. We just have this thing. Ever since she hit me. All of his life. Reporter 13 years ago his agent says that noah walked into her office as a teenager with big dreams. He was full of pimples. I said, what about these pimple darling. I think probably his first comedy routine was inspired by me. You can call it that. Reporter noahser rev rant style of humor caught up with him after he was named the new host of the daily show. A handful of his tweets have been criticized as antisemitic and sexist. But hes always shown scant regard for political sensitivities. He once portrayed a drunk Nelson Mandela teasing bill clinton. I did not have sexual relations with that woman. [laughing] reporter now the test will be whether his homegrown brand of humor has the muscle to transcend borders. Debora patta, cbs news johannesburg, south africa. Pelley and thats the cbs evening a florida mail carrier takes his call for Campaign Finance reform to the skies over the capitol. A Fairfax County Police Officer now facing child pornography charges. We hear from his stunned neighbors. Its a vile, evil, depraved predator. This gaithersburg man sentenced to 150 years behind bars for a string of beer pong rapes. And the man who targeted a local synagogue by attacking it with hateful words has been arrested. Good evening. A mail carrier landing a tiny aircraft on the hill at the capitol. He says the stunt was an effort to have his voice heard on the issue of Campaign Finance reform. That pilot is under arrest and ellison barber has more. Reporter just it wassmall ultralight aircraft flying maybe 30 to 40 feet off the ground. It was very low. Reporter he saw the plane land with one bounce. He landed and sat there. Two cops came forward and started yelling dont move, dont move and he complied. Reporter seconds later police and fire flooded the area holding rifles. Witnesses say the man didnt resist arrest. He stood up and calmly put his hands behind his back. He was taken away. Then a bomb dog was brought, circled around the craft. 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