Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20170223

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im anthony mason. This is our western edition. We begin tonight with a Major Development in a story many of you saw sunday on 60 minutes about a michigan Sports Medicine doctor who treated the nations top female gymnasts. Today, 53yearold dr. Larry nassar was hit with 22 criminal charges, accused of sexually assaulting nine girls. And he has many more accusers. Our dr. Jon lapook has been investigating this story, and a word of caution some of what youre about to hear is graphic. This guy is disgusting. This guy is despicable. He is a monster. Reporter Michigan Attorney general Bill Schuette has charged dr. Nassar with sexually assaulting young female gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment. Todays complaint alleges that nine athletes, all under the age of 16, had treatments that included digital penetration of the vagina and anus. Since december, nassar has been held without bail in michigan, charged with possession of child pornography, and criminal Sexual Conduct involving the daughter of a family friend. Complaints against nassar first became public in september 2016 after an investigation by the indy star revealed sexual abuse allegations against gymnastics coaches. That prompted young women to come forward with accusations about nassar. He was the team doctor for the womens olympic gymnastics team. Thats him right after kerri strugs famous ankle injury in the 1996 olympics in atlanta. According to the attorney general, more than 80 women have come forward so far with complaints against nassar. Taking the apple cart and flipped it upside down. Reporter jamie dantzscher, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics, says nassar teeated her without a glove or chaperone. She spoke with 60 minutes on sunday. I started having really bad lower back pain on my right side ent y back. So i went to him for my back pain. Reporter what specifically would he do . He would put his fingers inside of me, move my leg around. He would tell me i was going to feel a pop, and that that would put my hips back and help my back pain. Reporter how old were you then when he first did that procedure . I was either 13 or 14. Reporter nassar pleaded not guilty to the previous charges against him in michigan. In a statement from his lawyers, he has defended his treatment as legitimate. Mason dr. Jon lapook, thank you, jon. Protesters taking a stand against the Dakota Access pipeline were ordered to break camp today, but some ignored the deadline and refused to go iietly. Omar villafranca is there. Reporter north dakota authorities moved in and srested several holdouts just after 4 00 p. M. Some of them put up a fight. Most of the protesters left earlier. Some packed up in cars. Others marched out chanting to drums. Chase iron eyes stayed through the brutal winter. Right now, there is a forced removal happening an ethnic cleansing. Reporter tents and other structures were set on fire in what protesters say is part of a native american ceremony for sacred structures. Todays eviction, for safety , ncerns according to the tovernor, marks the end of a sevenmonthlong protest that sometimes turned violent. The Sheriffs Department says between 50 and 75 people are still in the camp and will be arrested. Anthony, construction on the pipeline has resumed and completion of that onemile section is expected in less than 80 days. Mason omar, thanks. President trump sent two members of his cabinet south of the n rder today to explain his new crackdown on illegal immigration. More about that now from state Department Correspondent margaret brennan. Reporter the fencemending Mission Began with secretary of cite Rex Tillersons arrival in mexico city for a meeting with mexicos president. Earlier, Homeland Security chief john kelly assured guatemalas leader that President Trump is not interested in mass deportation. He has given me emphasized a mission of intercepting irregular immigrants from any country on our border, treat ouem humanely, and return them to their country of origin as fast as possible. Reporter but the topic of Fence Building is still a sore subject. R xicos foreign minister said today hed take the fight to the u. N. To defend the rights of immigrants in the u. S. President trumps new immigration order could subject millions of People Living in the u. S. Illegally to deportation back to mexico, even if theyre originally from a third country. It prioritizes anyone convicted of a crime or charged with an offense. The policy is deeply unpopular in mexico, as is the wall that President Trump has vowed to build along the 2,000mile shared border. Today, House Speaker paul ryans Office Released a picture of him touring the border area. White house Spokesman Sean Spicer downplayed the tension, calling relations with mexico phenomenal. I think that secretary tillerson and secretary kelly are going to have a great discussion down there and to walk through the implementation of the executive order. On how to intemple antidiscrimination laws, that strike down the guidance to school totion allow transgender students to use the locker rooms and bathrooms that correspond with the gender identity of their choosing. Sh margaret brennan, thanks, margaret. Today, Vice President mike pence visited the Jewish Cemetery outside st. Louis that was desecrated by vandals over the arekend. After sharing a prayer, he helped clean up the sacred ground where more than 150 headstones were damaged. Pence denounced the vandalism and said the outpouring of support for the Jewish Community have inspired the nation. Republican members of congress holding town meetings with constituents are facing loud protests from opponents of President Trump. The administration claims professional outside agitators are partly to blame. Congressional correspondent enncy cordes went to metairie, louisiana to look into it. Reporter if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson ryrish library today, we didnt meet them. Look at us. Yes. Yes. Do we look like loud individuals . Do we look like paid protesters . Reporter this group of mostly retired women, brought home made signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a newfound sense of activism. Ill be in this until i die, if thats necessary. There you go. Reporter really, you feel that strongly . I feel that strongly about it. Reporter they came to confront louisiana senator bill cassidy about the trump agenda and about obamacare. Where is he w reporter and when he was late, they started without him. This child standing in front of you is completely reporter cassidy is a doctor himself, and one of the few republicans to introduce his own obamacare replacement. Now, under our plan, you could actually end up with more people insured. No, no reporter but the tax credits hes proposing to help buy insurance have turned off colleagues on the right, while the left worries about the power std give states to scale back medicaid. And the instability that that would create in the state, in our Health Insurance market, thats not good for anyone. Reporter susan todd runs a local association of Nonprofit Health care providers. Dae helped spread the word about todays town hall. D w does this crowd match up to tur expectations . Its pretty good. We did have, you know, over 1,000 people r. S. V. P. On facebook. Reporter could you pay protesters if you wanted to . No. Nor would i. Reporter the white house calls these protesters a vocal minority, and here in louisiana, they may well be right. President trump won the state by rtout 20 points. But, anthony, the tea party was a vocal minority, too, and still succeeded in pushing Congressional Republicans to the right. Mason nancy cordes in metairie, louisiana. Thanks, nancy. In one of his First Executive actions, the president gave the pentagon until next week to develop a new strategy for defeating isis in the middle east. Such a plan could include more u. S. Ground troops on top of the 5,000 already in iraq. David martin is traveling with the head of u. S. Central command as he evaluates whats needed. Reporter with iraqi forces closing in on what remains of the isis selfproclaimed capital mm mosul, the commander of u. S. Forces in the middle east says he wont hesitate to ask for more american Ground Troops in both iraq and syria. Ive always been encouraged if we need more, we will ask for more. Reporter general joseph votel told cbs news additional american troops would be especially useful in syria. The u. S. Backed fighters are preparing an offensive to retake raqqa, the other selfproclaimed capital of isis. The forces that were operating with in syria are much more indigenous. Theyre much lighter. They dont have as good a mobility. They dont have as much firepower. So, you know, we have to be prepared to fill in some of the, some of those gaps for them, and that may involve, you know, Additional Fire support capability to help offset some of those gaps that they have and we would take the burden on ourselves to provide that aspect of the fighting. Reporter that sounds like more boots on the ground in syria. Perhaps that is what were doing. We may do that, but right now i havent made that determination. Reporter votel said the basic strategy, begun by the obama administration, of letting local forces do the fighting mell not change. But in iraq, 450 american advisers are moving forward with iraqi forces into the city of mosul, getting closer to the front lines than ever before. General votel is in jordan tonight as he makes one last tour of the battlefield before recommending to the secretary of defense ways to accelerate the campaign against isis. His top field commander already has predicted both mosul and raqqa will be liberated within six months. N thony. Mason david martin in amman tonight. Thanks, david. Theres a new strange twist in the airport murder of the half brother of north korean dictator kim jongun. Investigators in malaysia say the female suspects used their bare hands to deliver a fatal llse of toxic chemicals. Adriana diaz is following this. Reporter Airport Security footage shows how kim jongnams female assassin attacked him from behind, wiping his face with poison before rushing to the bathroom. Inspector general Khalid Abu Bakar she knew very well that it is toxic, and she needed to wash her hands. Reporter police dont know what kind of chemical was used but say the woman and her accomplice practiced the attack in local shopping malls. We strongly believe they are being trained to do that. See this is not something just in movies. Reporter the women were likely trained by these four men, all north koreans, who Police Believe have fled the country. Today, police announced theyre also looking for a Senior North Korean diplomat, pointing to possible government involvement in the plot. The mystery deepened further when Police Revealed there was an attempted breakin at the morgue where kim jongnams body is being kept. North korea still refuses to acknowledge that the man killed the in fact, the halfbrother of its leader kim jongun. Sid, anthony, its yet to respond to malaysias request for d. N. A. Samples that could settle the matter. Mason adriana diaz with a case that just keeps getting adre bizarre. Thanks, adriana. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, nascars popularity, its a bump in the road. Popularity, its a bump in the road. Coaching means making tough choices. 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Nascar has been for decades one of the most thrilling, unpredictable, and dangerous sports americans love to watch. Ert enthusiasm for the sport has been sputtering in recent years, and today, nascar is facing record declines. In 2004, eight Million People tuned into nascars sprint cup series. Last year, only 4. 6 million did, a decrease of almost half. There are also fewer fans in the stands. Admissions are down 30 since 2010. David scott covers nascar for the charlotte observer. He says there are several factors to the decline. First, the new generation of drivers is more corporate than the socalled good old boys that made it famous. Theyre going to have to watch what they say and what they do a little more carefully than they did in the old day. Reporter the second is safety. In the past, fans would fill stadiums to watch their favorite racers crash into each other. The safety has become so much improved over recent years, that there hasnt been as much a risk of serious injury as there used to be. I feel like our sport ye reporter 19yearold gray aculding is the youngest racer on the circuit. He believes the sport sells itself. You dont get that feeling until you show up to the race track, you smell the fumes, you see the tires. Ikfeel like a lot of people still come to the races just because its so exciting. Reporter promoting Young Drivers like gray is part of nascars strategy to counteract an aging fan base. Anthony, theyre also change the race itself with a new point system which is meant to create more action on tv. Mason Manuel Bojorquez in daytona. And still ahead, scientists discover planets that could be just like earth. Like earth. rebecca i struggled with depression, i thought i needed cigarettes to cope. I was able to quit smoking, and then i started running. Now i feel a lot better. announcer you can quit. 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T. weve made a giant, accelerated leap forward in the arch for habitable worlds. Reporter three of the planets are in the socalled goldilocks zone not too hot, not too cold, just the right temperature for liquid water, the key to life as we know it. N s possible all seven have water. A nasa artist with a vivid imagination thinks this is what the fifth planet could look like. Its neighbors easily visible and the sun much closer than ours. Fortunately, its also much smaller and cooler, which keeps the planets from getting fried. These heavenly bodies are 39 lightyears away. Thats 235 trillion miles, but by astronomical standards, theyre practically next door, esose enough that when the James Webb Space Telescope is launched bxt year, it will be able to analyze the planets atmospheres, a big step towards answering the question, are we alone . Chip reid, cbs news, washington. N mason that is exciting news. R amext, teenage refugees wonder whether america is still a beacon of hope. 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Do you think the president and his team understand what it is to be a refugee . No. Th i definitely dont, you know. They dont really think about who theyre affecting. You leave everything in your old country just to get here, and then its like a slap in the face. Exactly. They dont understand how hard it is. Reporter more than 100,000 Somali Refugees have fled to the u. S. Since 1991. They escaped decades of civil war, famine, and islamic extremism. 15yearold shadia saeed was born here after her parents fled that war. 18yearold hamdi abdi arrived a year ago. I felt like america was like you had opportunities. Theres always money and everyones happy. And you actually meet humans and tu one would actually really want to kill you. So thats what i thought it was. Then when you came you had trump, and hes hes him. I guess ideas changed of what i thought america would be. Most of us are looking for a second chance, you know. And i felt like as if he just just was like, oh, all muslims are bad, you know. Reporter has this issue t anged your view about what america represents . Since the u. S. Is a country of liberty, freedom and such, and then you ban all these countries that have weak d onomies and weak governments and no ones there to help. Whatever the u. S. Does affects every other country. Youre the leader. You should actually lead with some respect and dignity. All over the world, its taught to be the country where people who have no hope, thats where they go. But now you see that, you know, theyve changed their their core ideals what they believed in. So theyre losing that special ering that they had for people all over the world. Reporter if you had the chance to talk to President Trump about this, what would you say . I would say you need to be more understanding of others, not just yourself. Try to put yourself in other peoples shoes. Islam is not the enemy. All the muslim countries are not the enemy. Oienating all these other countries will not help you in the long run. Reporter Mark Strassmann, cbs news, clarkston, georgia. Mason and thats cbs evening news. Scott will be back tomorrow. Im anthony mason. Thanks for watching. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group some evacuees in san jose cleared to go home tonight now, kpix news at 6 00 begins with demands for answers after a flooding disaster. Some evacuees cleared to go home tonight. Now new questions about how the city was caught off guard. Good evening. Im veronica de la cruz. Im allen martin. 36,000 homes were affected by this flooding. This afternoon some of the mandatory evacuations were lifted. The San Jose Fire Department rescued more than 400 people trapped in the floodwaters over the last 48 hours. The water is receding but will have to be pumped out in some neighborhoods. City leaders have started lifting evacuation orders along a 7mile stretch of coyote creek between 237 and 280. Mandatory evacuations are in effect in other neighborhoods. We begin with the mystery of what triggered the flooding. Water started spilling from the anderson dam last weekend. Today we learned san jose officials were monitoring the flow of water along the coyote creek. They believe the creek had the capacity to handle the runoff, but something went wrong near the rock creek neighborhood in san jose. Now the city is investigationing whether a blockage now the city is investigating whether a blockage contributed. Devin fehely is taking a closer look at the mystery in the flood zone. As you can see, there is still significant flooding here in the rock springs neighborhood. Even as the water comes down the frustration level is going up amongst neighbors who believe if the flooding couldnt have been prevented, it should at least have been predicted. Somebody should have that day said its going to be far worse than we thought. It could be catastrophic. We never heard that. Reporter that may be because San Jose City leaders say they too were caught off guard by the rapidly rising water from coyote cek