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But we start with the u. S. Navy because cbs news has learned of a letter from the commander in charge of the navy seals, warning that, we have a problem. Jan crawford leads off our reporting tonight with some of the disturbing details. Reporter in his letter, rear admiral collin green says the order and discipline problem must be addressed immediately so the seals can recalibrate our culture and regain our credibility. It was the seals who killed osama bin laden, a respect for their heroism has been undermined by a series of high profile scandals, most recently osseals platoon kicked out of iraq after a drunken fourth of july party and allegations of sexual assault. Those seals were from the same team as eddie gallagher, who was found not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of an isis fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing with an enemy corpse. And still other scandals. Two seals implicated in the hazing death of special forces Sergeant Logan melgar. And cocaine and other drug use in seal team 10. Cbs news obtained an internal Navy Investigation that revealed seals passing drug tests by swapping out their urine with clean samples and calling the heug Testing Program a joke. So the problems that were having now isnt just in the last year or two. Reporter retired navy seal eric deming is one of several who have come to cbs news over the past two years with complaints about corruption. He spoke this week to david martin. Re i got two boys that are old enough, and i wouldnt even let them be part of it. Reporter really . I would not. Odonnell jan crawford joins us tonight. And, jan, did this retired seal say what he thinks should be done . Reporter well, yes, for one thing, accountability. He and other retired and active duty seals met with admiral green on monday to detail their concerns and according to one account green told them, heads toe going to roll. One of them might be his. Norah. Odonnell all right, jan, thank you so much. From the navy, we turn now to the air force dealing with a tsoblem of its own an epidemic of suicide. So far this year, there have been 30 more suicides among uirmen than there were by this time last year. David martin now on what the air force is doing about it. We lose more airmen to suicide than any other single enemy. Even more than combat. B of our brothers and sisters have given up on life this year alone. Reporter in an extraordinary video message, chief Master SergeantKaleth Wright explained why the air force is ordering a firstever suicide standdown. A day off from training to focus on an epidemic of young people, like airman xinhua mesenburg, taking their own lives. The stress life has given me finally broke my will to live, he texted his parents, just before he shot himself last january. If we dont do something, we could lose up to 150, 160 airmen in 2019. Reporter in the marines, 2018 was the worst year ever. 77 suicides and 354 attempts. L neral robert neller, w recently retired as commandant, wrote that in four years, he had lost 224 marines to suicide, and only four to combat. He posted this message to facebook so let us help. Let us help each other. Reporter in his letter, neller speculated social media might have something to do with it, but he walked away from his own use of social media, looking discouraged. Whats happening in the military is also happening in the civilian world. Suicide rates nationwide are up 31 since 2001. Among young people, norah, they are the second leading cause of death after accidents. So odonnell so alarming and deserves our attention. David martin from the pentagon, shank you. President trump said today he ss no problem with a new series of launches by north korea since they are shortrange missiles. U. S. Officials say they appear similar to two previous missile launches into the sea of japan this week. The north is demonstrating its frustration over planned u. S. South Korean Military exercises and stalled Nuclear Negotiations with mr. Trump. L deral accident investigators are headed to the site of a massive natural gas explosion in junction city, kentucky. One person was killed and at least five others were hurt. Urd as meg oliver tells us, it was seen and heard for miles. Its getting bigger. Reporter the gas explosion sent a thunderous fireball 300 feet in the air. It felt like you were standing next to a blow torch. Reporter 53yearold Jodie Coulter lived less than 200 yards from the blast. She suffered burns on both arms as she ran from her burning house. We opened the backdoor but it was like a tornado of fire going just around and around. And he said, were trapped. Reporter the explosion killed one person and leveled several homes. As you can see, there is nothing but blackened earth behind me, and 12 hours later, its still smoking. Oh, my god. Reporter it took emergency enficials several hours to get the fire under control. Authorities said the blast was caused by a rupture in a 30inch gas pipeline that stretches from asxas to new york city. The pipeline is over 9,000 miles long. Officials say the blaze was so thae that it showed up on radar. R. E Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline is operated by enbridge. In a statement, the company said, we have isolated the affected line and are working closely with Emergency Responders to manage the situation. This is the first time you came back . I thought there would be a Little Something left. I didnt expect it just to be, like, incinerated. Ve reporter over the last decade, thousands of serious fipeline incidents across the country have killed nearly 120 people. H,rah, it could take days before residents are allowed back in here. Odonnell meg oliver, thank you. Also in kentucky, its day four of a protest by coal miners in harlan. Theyre blocking a train loaded with coal from leaving the mine after its owner, blackjewel, one of the nations largest coal companies, declared bankruptcy. Although mining jobs have increased 4 during the trump administration, more than 35 have been lost in the last decade. As Errol Barnett reports, its the miners still fighting for igeir pay who may lose everything. No pay, no coal no pay, no coal no pay, no coal no pay, no coal everyone out here is either a coal miner who has been laid off or are supporting our actions. We all worked for that coal, and that coal is our money. Reporter most of these men were employees of blackjewel, which was the countrys sixth largest coal mining company. It abruptly filed for bankruptcy a month ago, leaving hundreds of nonunion workers without severance or health benefits. Th even stopped payment on their last paychecks. Next thing i know my account is 3,000 in the hole. And my accounts frozen out. Hole. Orter miner jeff willig reporter minor jeff willig is now is now relying on his wife, sarahs, income to care for their six kids, including two with autism. Is im in the middle of a move, process of moving from house to house with six kids and a wife. Reporter in addition to dealing with everything else. In addition to dealing with gll this, correct. On reporter this protest began monday when willig and other miners heard trains were about to haul a Million Dollars worth of coal out of their former mine. Were not out here trying to get more than what we earned. Were not all about that. Were just out here to get what we earned. Reporter day and night, dozens of miners, family, and Community Members have camped out on the railway. Eventually allowing the train engines through without the coal. applause all theyve heard from blackjewel c. E. O. Jeff hoops was in this letter to employees where he accepts responsibility onor being unable to lead this company through these difficult icmes. Imllig, who supports President Trump, has tweeted requests for help. You know, do something about this company. See what theyve done to us, and what were going through. Why cant their stuff be frozen . Reporter now, blackjewels assets will be auctioned off tonight, but creditors are likely to be paid first. Keep in mind, everyone that weve talked to here say they are not moving until they get their money. Norah. Odonnell Errol Barnett, thank you. The president upped the ante today in the trade war with china. He said he will impose 10 tariffs september 1 on the remaining chinese imports he hasnt already taxed. Ngat means americans will pay more for cell phones, sneakers, and toys. The news sent the stocks plunging. The dow, which had been up nearly 300 points earlier in the day, closed down more than 280 or just over 1 . Tonight its a packed house for President Trumps rally in cincinnati. Earlier in the day, the president said he would prefer not to have a repeat of what happened at his last rally. Remember, thats when supporters chanted, send her back. Paula rema of people i spoke with said they i didnt want to cause any trove, there was no chance of send herb back or really too many new lines from President Trump tonight but he did take some shot at his democratic reasonables, Elizabeth Warren and joe biden. They want to see the wall built along the southern border, want to see undocumented immigrants supported. President trump didnt talk too much about the wall tonight but reporters we see here in cincinnati says they believe the president has kept his promises and they are confident he will be reelected in 2020. Odonnell no lly the, paula, thank you. Naval investigators are looking for clues in a fighter jet crash in california. The pilot was killed yesterday. He has not been identified. Carter evans spoke with a witness in Death Valley National park. So i turned around to look, and we saw this gigantic mushroom cloud. Reporter tim castel was working at his resort when the fighter jet crashed. He rushed to the scene to check for survivors. All i saw was just scorched rock and burning bushes. Reporter no sign of the pilot. No sign of the pilot, no sign of the aircraft. Reporter today, the military confirmed the pilot of an f a 18e superhornet was killed 1ring a routine Training Mission wednesday morning. Sources tell cbs news, no parachute deployed and no emergency beacon was activated. The crash happened in an area nicknamed Star Wars Canyon because Fighter Pilots can often be seen maneuvering the planes between the mountains like the fictional xwing fighters in the star wars movies. The location often attracts sightseers, including seven tourists from france who suffered cuts and burns from flying shrapnel. Erey didnt want their mdentities revealed. A recent Congressional Committee report found that nearly four times as many members of the military died in training accidents as were killed in combat. Its hard to see, but the super hornet crashed right into the side of the mountain right behind me. The Defense Department tells cbs news its now reconsidering using this canyon for flight training. Orrah. Odonnell all right, carter evans, thank you. Tiere is still much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. What the f. C. C. Is doing to silence robocallers who try to trick you with those phony caller i. D. S. Good samaritans risk their lives to save a passenger trapped in a toashed s. U. V. And a plane in trouble and nowhere to land but on a busy highway. Limu emu doug look limu. A civilian buying a new car. Lets go. Limus right. Liberty mutual can save you money by customizing your car insurance, liso you only pay for what you need. Y oh. Yeah, ive been a customer for years. Huh. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. 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Reporter in june, robocalls rang up americans at a rate of 1678 per second. Nearly two billion were from scammers, many from overseas using a technique known as spoofing to make it look like they were calling from the u. S. Foreign scammers hijacked beverley figerouas number, using it to call countless potential victims. You feel so helpless, because you have no control over where your phone numbers going. Reporter leaving her to deal with hundreds of angry people who called back. Call back when youre not scared to talk to me. Runimous vote today made it illegal for foreign callers to spoof a u. S. Number with the hope it will prompt phone companies to block more calls and texts and give Law Enforcement new tools to go after scammers. F. C. C. Chairman ajit pai. Im still getting a bunch of these every single day. Absolutely, and thats one of ae reasons why weve been making sure we do everything we n n to stop this. 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