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KYW CBS Overnight News October 18, 2017

Today, President Trump went further. Invoking one of those families to make a political point. He put the spotlight on his chief of staff, john kelly, urging reporters to ask him whether he had received a call from president obama after his son robert, a u. S. Marine was killed in 2010. I mean you could ask general kelly did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. White house officials claim to be unaware of mr. Trump had spoke tine kelly before making the remark. The retired marine corps general actively avoided calling attention to his sons death making it clear he does not want tight be exploited. But on a memorial day trip to arlington cemetery, President Trump called attention to the familys loss. Robert died fighting the enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter today, despite the president s prodding, kelly decleaned to comment. But a white house official who requested anonymity told cbs news, i can tell you obama did not call general kelly after the death of his son. The white house records show that kelly and his wife did attend a closed door breakfast with mr. And mrs. Obama to honor gold star families a year after their sons passing. Obama staff told cbs news that kellys were seated alongside the first lady but could not confirm a prior call. You have sacrificed nothing. And no one. It is not the first time mr. Trump withstood controversy over a gold star family. As a candidate he sparred with the parents of kahn killed in iraq in 2004 they had spoken at the Democratic National convention. If you look at his wife, she was standing there, had nothing to say maybe wasnt allowed to have anything to say. Reporter late today the white house said President Trump did speak with all four families of the green berets killed in niger and thanked them for their sacrifice. Anthony. Margaret brennan at the white house. Thanks. All of this happens as americans mourn the loss of four Service Members in niger earlier this month. This evening the body of one of the green betters, sergeant ledavid johnson was flown to miami. Sergeant johnson was 25. He leaves a pregnant wife, and two children. Our Holly Williams was one of the few western journalists to witness the celebration yesterday as u. S. Backed forces pushed the last isis fighters from raqqa. Today the militias declared victories in city isis considered its capital. Holly reports it came at a terrible price. Reporter we walked into the heart of raqqa today, once the pride of the socalled islamic state. Now, reclaimed after a four month battle by these u. S. Backed fighters. Who took us to the circle. It is a place where isis showcased its brutality. This photo of a jihadis young son captures depravity. What isis did here in el nahim circle was designed to terrorize, not only witnessed in person but an where people saw photos and videos on the internet. To get rid of the extremists they have destroyed the city. Leaving hardly a building unscathed. U. S. Coalition air strikes have flattened many of them and inadd killed civilians according to survivors. Buried beneath the rubble we may never know for sure how many died here. The commander raqqa offensive. And amazingly told us this city will be rebuilt. But the extremists did damage that can never be repaired. He escaped raqqa two months ago he told us, but as he evacuated the city, an isis bomb tore off both his legs. And killed his wife. I want to kill hundred of them he told us. At a graveyard, north of raqqa, they come to pay their respects to the hundreds of u. S. Backed fighters, who have died in battle. A war that has cost people here, the lives of their sons and daughters. Three years after the u. S. Led coalition began its Bombing Campaign against isis, the group is coming close to losing all of its former territory in syria and iraq. But that doesnt mean the end of isis. And as far as we know, the strikes havent killed the groups leader. Anthony. Holly williams reporting on the devastated but now liberated city of raqqa. Thanks. Federal investigator tuesday said the pilot in the nations deadliest hot air balloon disaster had valium, oxycodone and antihistamine benadryl in his system. 16 people were killed in july last year when the balloon hit power lines in austin, texas. The pilot, Alfred Nichols should not have flown with clouds approaching and the drugs likely impaired his decision making. Coming up next, new pressure on ford to recall more than a million explorers. And later, High School Students try their hand at real world poll politics. That cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. 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So far, it says it found no actual evidence of car been monoxide poisoning but hours after henderson Louisiana Police officer brandy sicky crashed her explorer, doctors diagnosed her with Carbon Monoxide poisoning. I think ford needs to take care of problem. Reporter this california Police Officer says he passed out behind the wheel of an explorer due to Carbon Monoxide and crashed and now suing ford. Texas resident erin gaston gets fumes in her 2013 explorer. Every time you are in the vehicle, started it up, ac was on, blowing, that smell was there. Ford insists the suvs are safe but has known about issue since at least 2012. According to arbitration documents. A come of pane representative acknowledged it was likely a design issue. After Austin Texas Police pulled more than 400 explorers in july, ford began a nationwide effort to fix police suvs. Blaming those issues on after purchase installation of equipment. Ford is responding to the recall request indirectly saying it is always looking for ways to improve but confident its processes. What ford is not agreeing to a recall. Anthony. Kris van cleave in atlanta. Thanks. Still ahead, now Harvey Weinsteins brother, bob, is accused of Sexual Harassment. Living well when life gets busy, choose the immune supplement with more. Airborne® with 2 times more vitamin c than emergenc gummies. And specially crafted with vitamins, minerals and herbs. Airborne® also with probiotics. Studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. She said. My daughter is. Dadgo pro with crest prohealth. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm. These crest prohealth. Products help maintain a. Professional clean. Go pro with Crest Pro Health crest prohealth. Really brought my mouth. To the next level. I had this chest cold, but my medicine kept wearing off. coughsah hey, chad i missed you. Ah i was in the tree watching you, and then i fell. Im not eating pizza from the trash. 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Still ahead, theyre not old enough to vote yet, but theyre running for governor. It is 55 weeks until the 2018 election and we have our First Campaign story. Dean reynold now with forecandidates who have a very good chance of graduating. You have to work through it. Reporter these four High School Students are smart, politically active, forward thinking and running for governor of kansas. I mean governor, come on, right . Why not . Why not . Why not indeed because it seems the 19th century state leaders never thought to include age requirements to run for governor. Or any requirements. You can live in spain. Youve know, wouldnt matter. Last year when he was 15, he filed to run as a democrat. Im going to go and fight for what the people want and i think when you give people a true honest choice that its very rare in american politics, theyre more likely to vote for you. Tyler rousic is a republican. Of course a chance we can run. No matter how big the chance is, what matters the four of us have a chance of winning the election. There is really no chance of one of the kids becoming the governor of kansas. None . No. Neil allen, political scientist at Wichita State university. None of the teenagers has any experience in elected office. But our president didnt have any experience in elect the office until he was elected. So, maybe were seeing a trend. I encourage the legislature. Governor sam brownback, is leaving office and the race is crowded. But the republican is undaunted. Youthful point of view in a field of career politicians could be be really good. A libertarian whose friend say theyre not surprised his hat is in the ring. Yeah, ethan for governor. Something he would do. Nothing crazy. Not any crazy reactions at all. Reporter positions vary. Decriminalize almost any drug. Most important is public education. Transparency. To cut taxes cut spending as well. Campaigning would have to be extra curricular activity for them. They all say they can adjust their schedules to study and stump. You may say we are not serious about it. We fit the legal requirements. If we are running, were in it to win it. Why not run for class president. I already did that. The Party Primaries are next august. Election day is november 6, 2018. Dean reynolds. Cbs news, wichita. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im anthony mason. Thank you for watching. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news, im michelle miller. President trumps efforts to roll back the Affordable Care act may have put the program on life support. But it is not dead yet. Two u. S. Senators, republican Lamar Alexander and democrat, patty murray have come up with a plan to rein state federal subsidies and stabilize the insurance markets. The president says he supports their effort, but called it a short term fix. Meanwhile, the president stepped up his war of word with arizona senator john mccain. Nancy cordes has details. It is absolutely bizarre, this bizarre conduct. After holding back for nine months, the former Vice President unloaded to day, for a scathing, seven minutes. We have a president who does not understand governance. Forget his policies for a minute. He doesnt understand how the government functions. He said the president s behavior and language. Get that son of a off the field right now. Are rapidly perhaps irreversibly shattering societal standard. Violating the norms of personal conduct, jen rates more anxiety and fear, than any policy prescription that this president has annunciated. Still he begged top officials not to abandon ship. All of people who are in administration who are still there, they call me all time. I say, please stay. Please stay. There has to be some competence and normalcy. His note of alarm,ic comments made by senator john mccain who described politics this day. Reversion to the 1930s, the isolationism that brought on world war ii. This way last night. Some halfbaked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. President trump was asked about that in a radio interview. You heard what he said yesterday, senator mccain. I hear it. People have to be careful because at some point i fight back. And you know i am being nice, very, very nice. At some point i fight back the if the wont be pretty. President trump opened up another political can of worms this one regarding americas fallen soldiers. Margaret brennan has the story. President trumps claim yesterday that past commanders in chief did not call the parents of the fallen created a firestorm. The traditional way if you look at president obama and other president s, most didnt make calls. Staffers for clinton, bush, obama, quickly refuted mr. Trumps claim saying they each called, written to and met with gold star families. He put the spotlight on chief of staff john kelly urging report tires ask him whether he receved a call from president obama after his son robert, a u. S. Marine was killed in 2010. I mean you could jenn general kelly did he get a call from obama. Ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. White house officials claim to be unaware of mr. Trump had spoke tine kelly before making the remark. The retired marine corps general actively avoided calling attention to his sons death making it clear he does not want tight be exploited. But on a memorial day trip to arlington cemetery, President Trump called attention to the familys loss. Robert died fighting the enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter today, despite the president s prodding, kelly declined to comment. But a white house official who requested anonymity told cbs news, i can tell you obama did not call general kelly after the death of his son. The white house records show that kelly and his wife did attend a closed door breakfast with mr. And mrs. Obama to honor gold star families a year after their sons passing. Obama staff told cbs news that kellys were seated alongside the first lady but could not confirm a prior call. You have sacrificed nothing. And no one. It is not the first time mr. Trump withstood controversy over a gold star family. As a candidate he sparred with the parents of kahn killed in iraq in 2004 they had spoken at the Democratic National convention. If you look at his wife, she was standing there, had nothing to say maybe wasnt allowed to have anything to say. Reporter late today the white house said President Trump did speak with all four families of the green berets killed in niger and thanked them for their sacrifice. President trump looking for a new candidate to head the office of National Drug control policy. His first choice, penns

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