Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Jeff Glor 20180523

And, military veterans receiving the highest honor. Reporter i bet you would have no trouble saying hes a hero. Absolutely. Can you find bombs with your nose . This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with the big question will the summit happen . President trump today said his muchdiscussed meeting with kim jongun of north korea could be moved or scuttled altogether. Right now that summit in singapore is scheduled for three weeks from today. Ben tracy joins us from north korea in just a moment, but we begin tonight with Major Garrett at the white house. Were moving along, and well see what happens. There are certain conditions that we want, and i think well get those conditions. And if we dont, we dont have the meeting. Reporter Trump Administration officials today hinted the summit of the ages now appears shaky. Im not a betting man. laughs so i i wouldnt care to predict wherever whether it will happen. Well, as the president often says, martha, well see. Well see what happens. We continue to prepare for the summit, and if they want to meet, we will certainly be ready. If it doesnt happen, maybe it will happen later. Maybe it will happen at a different time. But, we will see. Reporter south korean president moon jaein remains optimistic, and flew to washington for facetoface preparations. Moons National Security adviser placed the likelihood of a midjune summit in singapore at 99. 9 , far short of President Trumps current assessment. I dont want to waste a lot of time, and im sure he doesnt want to waste a lot of time. So if it doesnt work out, thats okay. Reporter the summit appeared on track until last week, when north korea pulled out of talks with the south and lashed out at the west. The president today made another overture to dictator kim jong un, promising he would not seek regime change if a deal to dismantle north Koreas Nuclear weapons was reached. I will guarantee his safety, yes. We will guarantee his safety. And weve talked about that from the beginning. He will be safe. He will be happy. His country will be rich. Reporter mr. Trump also said his goal was immediate denuclearization, not a prolonged process. All in one would be nice, i can tell you. Im not going to go beyond that. It would certainly be better if it was all in one. Does it have to be . I dont think i want to totally commit myself, but all in one would be a lot better. Glor and major is, again, at the white house. Major, china has played a major role in this diplomatic dance as well. The president also talked about that today. Reporter yes, he did. He said it was his sense that the chinese president xi jinping was not doing all he can to facilitate the summit. Specifically, the president said the north drove a harder line after a second meeting with the chinese president and the north korean dictator. That development, the president said, has left him disappointed and could negatively affect u. S. Relations with china on trade and security matters. Jeff. Glor interesting comments about china tonight. Major, thank you. As we mentioned off the top, ben tracy is inside north korea tonight. Kims government says it will officially close and begin dismantling its main Nuclear Test Site this week. It is in a very remote part of the country, and ben is headed there now. Cbs news is the only American Broadcast Network on that trip. Reporter so were on a plane with other journalists who have been invited in by north korea to see them shut down their Nuclear Test Site. And, like the last time we flew to north korea, theyre still showing the propaganda video on the plane. But unlike that time, the newspaper they gave us, there is not a single bad word in here about the united states. In fact, theres a glowing review of secretary of state mike pompeos recent visit to north korea. Weve just landed, and we are in wonsan, north korea. This is on the countrys east coast, and as you can see, this is a large, modern, new airport here. Theyve spent hundreds of millions of dollars in this part of north korea. Theyre trying to turn it into an International Tourist destination. The North Koreans built this airport a couple of years ago, but its really never been used, so all of this is being done for our arrival the people who are working here, the magazines over here, the north korean flags that theyre selling. Once we leave, we assume most of this will be shut down. But north korea brought us here to see Something Else its remote Nuclear Testing site punggyeri, located deep in the mountains. This is where the north has carried out all six of its nuclear tests. While satellite images show the regime has already begun dismantling the site, outside Scientists Say it was no longer usable after the last test in september. Critics call kim jonguns pledge to close it now an empty gesture and not a real concession. North korea says the site is still usable, and that closing it is a gesture of good will. Now, i asked one of our north korean guides if they are going to allow any outside experts to come in and supervise the closure of the site, and he said no, just a north Korean Nuclear scientist. Jeff. Glor pretty fascinating stuff from inside north korea tonight. Ben, thank you. One of two escaped murder suspects was recaptured today. Tyshon johnson was tracked down in winstonsalem, north carolina. Thats more than 200 miles from the South Carolina jail he escaped from. Green is still on the run. The third escapee was recaptured on sunday. President trump had more sharp words today about the f. B. I. s use of an informant within his campaign, as the bureau investigated russian meddling. And the secretary of Homeland Security made a surprising remark about the investigation today. Paula reid has more on all of this. That would be one of the biggest insults that anyones ever seen. R speaking in the oval office, President Trumpteor responde rd to news that an f. Informant was in contact with members of his campaign. If they had spies in my campaign, during my campaign, for political purposes, that would be unprecedented in the history of our country. Reporter during the 2016 election, the informant met with at least three Trump Campaign advisors after the f. B. I. Learned they had suspicious contacts with russians. Was the f. B. I. Spying on Trumps Campaign . No, i no, they were not. Reporter today, former direct of national intelligence, james clapper, defended using an informant. They were spying on a term i dont particularly like but on what the russians were doing, trying to understand were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage and influence . Reporter while the president fumed over surveillance, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen stunned some lawmakers by saying she wasnt aware of the u. S. Intelligence assessment that russias meddling was intended to help mr. Trump get elected. I do not believe that ive seen that conclusion, that the specific intent was to help President Trump win. Im not aware of that. But i do generally have no reason to doubt any intelligence assessment. Reporter the department of Homeland Security tried to walk back neilsens comments, insisting that she has read the intelligence assessment, and that she is aware of the threat posed by russia. Jeff. Glor paula, there are multiple reports tonight that a Business Partner of trump lawyer Michael Cohen has now agreed to cooperate with government prosecutors as part of a plea deal. Tell us about the significance of that tonight. Reporter well, its significant because this could be used to pressure cohen to cooperate in the special counsel investigation. But cohen could resist that pressure if he believes the president would grant him a pardon in exchange for not sharing Sensitive Information about the president s inner circle and his family. But, a president ial pardon, jeff, that only protects you from federal charges, not anything filed by the state. Glor paula reid, thank you very much. There were two new eruptions today at the summit of hawaiis kilauea volcano, and the red, hot lava flowing from it is creating a new danger. Mark strassmann is on the big island. Reporter this is the big islands new potential crisis a rogue lava flow thats pooling on the edge of an 800acre geothermal plant. If that lava breaches one of the plants three pressurized wells, it could unleash hydrogen sulfide, a toxic, flammable gas. Plant workers have quenched two of those wells, filled them with cold water, and sealed them. But the final one has resisted treatment. We are actually monitoring and keeping plant personnel, 24 7 around the clock. Reporter that lava has now crept within 200 yards of the nearest well. This is fissure 22 behind me, by far the most volatile and dynamic fissure right now on the big island. It has been spewing lava for the last couple of days. You can see it shooting to the sky. All of this lava that has pushed its way 2. 5 miles to the ocean. Several fissures reignited overnight. Six of them are now active. National guard major jeff hickman people maybe havent had a lava threat, but now they have, and theres multiple issues. Reporter those issues include new lava that is hotter, fastermoving, and more unpredictable, and a crisis that could last deep into the summer. As more lava moves toward the geothermal plant, state officials are reviewing evacuation plans. Jeff, another 2,000 people in the lower Puna District may have to go. Glor wow. Mark strassmann again on the big island this evening. Mark, thank you. The father of the Texas School Shooting suspect is shedding new light on his sons state of mind prior to the attack. Eight students and two teachers were killed at Santa Fe High School last friday. Today, thoughts turned to preventing the next attack. Omar villafranca is in sante fe. Sante fe, were grieving differently. Mainly we just want to be left alone, is what the community wants. Reporter Megan Maguire is a junior at sante fe high and was at the school on the day of the shooting. Shes also part of the march for our lives movement, the Gun Reform Group that gained momentum after the deadly School Shooting in parkland, florida. Weve been a small town, and associating ourselves with huge movements and reforms and everything, we would no longer be that small town. Were just trying to get back to normalcy. Reporter at the capitol, texas republican governor, greg abbott, held the first of a series of roundtables on safety and security at public schools. Lawmakers, teachers, students, even survivors of other mass shootings, and both sides of the gun debate, were asked to participate. Whether you are a republican or democrat. Whether you are progun or believe in more gun regulations, the reality is that we all want guns out of the hands of those who would try to murder our children. Reporter were also learning more about the suspected shooter in the days leading up to the massacre. His father, antonios pagourtzis, talked to greeces antenna tv and said, on the day of the shooting, his son told him, i love, you dad. Im off. I love you, and ill see you this afternoon. He added, ive lost my boy, and the only thing i can try for is that they dont execute the kid. My son, to me, is not a criminal. Hes a victim. Funerals for the victims are scheduled to start later on this week. As for that School Resource officer who was shot, hes still in the hospital in critical condition. Jeff. Glor Omar Villafranca remains in sante fe tonight. Omar, thank you. Tonight, lawmakers are demanding answers from fema following our cbs news investigation of the National Flood insurance program. We spoke to homeowners who spent years trying to get the money to fix their ruined homes while law firms hired to fight their claims collected huge fees. One Louisiana Law Firm we looked at made at least 29 million of taxpayer money fighting Superstorm Sandy cases alone. Todays bipartisan letter to fema expresses concern about the Flood Program after our report revealed what they called a shocking lack of oversight by fema, especially related to litigation expenses. Fema tells us its been reforming the program, and insists it will pay every dime policy holders are due. R b singer r. Kelly is facing new accusations of misconduct tonight. A young woman is suing him for failing to disclose a sexually transmitted disease that she claims kelly gave her. The woman also accuses him of Sexual Battery. Jericka duncan spoke with her. Reporter faith rodgers was 19 when she says she met r. Kelly after his concert in san antonio last year. Rogers says they kept in touch over the phone for two months before kelly invited her to new york city for his concert. She says he agreed to pay for her flight and hotel. The morning after the concert, she says kelly knocked on her door. Hes like, take off your clothes. And he says it, you know, with authority in his voice, not just you know, hes demanding me to do this. And i didnt take off my clothes because, why would i . Just wasnt ready. Reporter according to rogers, she ultimately submitted to having sex, and alleges kelly recorded it on his ipad without her consent. Did you want to have sex with him . No. He has this type of, like, intimidation right off the bat, you know. So i was just waiting for it to be over. Reporter what happens after that . What sort of conversation did you guys have . He comes over and he starts, like, rubbing the side of my face. And he asked me how old i was . And i told him. And hes like, if youre really, you know, 16, that you can tell daddy, right . Reporter rogers is suing r. Kelly for Sexual Battery and willfully, deliberately, and maliciously infecting her with herpes. And she claims kelly mentally, sexually, and verbally abused her. She believes the now51yearold kelly pursues teenaged or underaged girls and lures them into engaging in sex acts. Last month, rogers filed a criminal complaint in dallas, where she lives. She said under the advisement of police she recorded a phone call with kelly hoping he would admit to knowingly giving her an s. T. D. Reporter why file the lawsuit . I want it for girls like me who are going to run into him in the future. Reporter cbs news reached out to representatives for kelly, who told us they have no comment on this new lawsuit and these new allegations. In a Washington Post article, though, in april, a representative for r. Kelly says the singer categorically denies all claims and allegations of sexual misconduct. Jeff. Glor Jericka Duncan continues her reporting on this story tonight. Jericka, thank you. Up next on the cbs evening news, the troubling history of the driver involved in a Deadly School bus crash. School bus crash. How long do you think well keep oooooohhh you stopped youre gonna leave me back here at year 9 . How did this happen . It turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. We have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. Lets plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. Prudential. Bring your challenges. [ director ] k9 advantix ii kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes through contact. 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Reporter jeff, the new Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission tells cbs news the driver has held a license since 1975, and has had 14 license suspensions. Now, 13 of those were for administrative issues, not tied to moving violations. The most recent, over an unpaid parking ticket. Hes also received eight speeding tickets, a careless driving ticket, a ticket for an improper turn in 2010, and in 2013, when he was licensed to drive a school bus, he was cited for not wearing a seat belt. A tenyearold student and a teacher were killed last week when the school bus he was driving collided with a dump truck. Last year, we investigated the stunning lack of oversight of School Bus Drivers, which can potentially lead to dangerous drivers, or drivers with disqualifying medical conditions, being behind the wheel. Cbs news also found, on average, at least once a week, a School Bus Driver is arrested for driving under the influence, child pornography, or even sexually assaulting a child. And just today, the National Transportation safety board issued a host of recommendations stemming from two Deadly School bus crashes in 2016. Jeff. Glor 14 license suspensions and he was driving a bus full of fifth graders. Kris, thanks. Reporter hard to believe. Glor when we come back here tonight, a leap into danger, and not a moment too soon. Not a moment too soon. Things c. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,. With reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. And the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. Otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. Tell your doctor if these occur. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. 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Reporter before working here, summer did her bomb sniffing in afghanistan, where she saved the lives of numerous u. S. Marines. Today, summer was on capitol hill, where she received the canine medal of courage, one of five military dogs honored for their extraordinary valor. You ready . Good boy good boy, jag jag also served in afghanistan, but retired Army Sergeant dennis dow. He came under fire. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we did. Reporter did he understand the seriousness of that . Absolutely not. In no way, shape, or form. Reporter he was just having a good time. Damn right. Reporter would you be alive today if it werent for him . No way. Theyre lot of guys who would be dead today. A whole lot. Reporter dows wife, jacqueline, says jag still plays a vital role, helping her husband overcome severe p. T. S. D. Jag is the reason dennis gets out of the house, really, the only reason why. Reporter dow tries every day to pay jag back for all hes done. He took care of me. Its my turn to take care of him. Reporter taking care of our nations heroes, and giving them the respect and honor they deserve. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. Glor jag and summer are my new heroes. That is the cbs evening news. Good night. Over this photo. A man apparently shooting up in a station elevator. Kpix5 news beginning with a bart worker fed up over this photo. A man apparently shooting up in a station elevator. Not in san francisco, but concord. We first exposed the problem of rampant drug use in barts civic center station, but it doesnt stop there. John ramos spoke to the concord station agent who wants everyone to see what is happening in the Early Morning hours. Reporter but now, you have probably seen this video of heroin addicts openly shooting up in san franciscos bart station. If that seems like the gritty reality of the big city, guess again. Last week, concord station agent barbara was told there were people using drugs in the garage elevator. 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