>> she called him about being woken up by a sound that troubled her, and then they debated for a while, and then she heard them again and decided to call him again. he recommended that she call 911. >> reporter: officer noor's partner, matthew harrity, told investigators the two drove down an alley behind damond's south minneapolis home with their lights off searching for the suspect. harrity says that's when he heard a loud bang. immediately after damond approached the driver's side window. noor, sitting in the passenger seat, fired his gun and shot damond. she died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. officer noor declined to be interviewed by investigators, but anthony, the attorney representing his partner says that it is reasonable to assume that the two may have thought they were being ambushed. >> mason: jamie yuccas in minneapolis. thank you, jamie. venezuela is in crisis. the economy tanked when oil prices fell. food is scarce, and at least 90 have died in protest. president trump is threatening sanctions if the socialist president goes ahead with a new power grab. manuel bojorquez reports tonight from its border with colombia. >> reporter: at this border checkpoint, luggage is the easiest way to spot venezuelans looking for a new life. marcos gonzales crossed into cucuta, colombia, with his wife and son. a lot of pain? this is real life. tens of thousands of venezuelans cross into colombia, even just for the day, in search of food and work, but now they're fleeing the deadly fighting between the venezuelan military and protesters who blame the government for the country's economic collapse. >> translator: she said you need to go. >> reporter: jose oropeza fled venezuela two months ago, leaving behind his wife and two children, because he feared becoming a political prisoner. why? >> translator: because i see children who have nothing to eat, people who are hungry, the elderly knocking on my door for coffee or food. >> reporter: medicine is also in short supply. on the colombian side of the border, cucuta's main hospital used to see one or two venezuelan women a week for prenatal care. now it's up to five or six a day. some have crossed to give birth. dr. juan montoya is the hospital's general manager. >> translator: we can't keep treating venezuelan patients and not being reimbursed, he said, but they keep coming not knowing when they may be able to cross that bridge back home. >> reporter: venezuela's president refuses to back down, even in the face of further u.s. sanctions. anthony, the opposition is planning a nationwide strike tomorrow, setting the stage for even more unrest. >> mason: manuel bojorquez on the venezuelan-colombian border. and still ahead, o.j. simpson makes his case for parole, and hollywood got it wrong for the t-rex running was no walk in the "jurassic park." ok, let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together. hundreds of dollars on youmy car insurance. saved me huh. i should take a closer look at geico... 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>> o.j. had a very positive attitude. he knew he was going to get paroled, and that's all he thought about. >> reporter: now 70 years old, simpson will make his case thursday to nevada's parole board. >> i think he'll say, "i committed a crime. i've paid my time. i've accepted responsibility." >> reporter: criminal defense attorney trent copeland has followed simpson's legal troubles since his acquittal in the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. >> some people will say, nevada did what california couldn't do. that 1994 case involving o.j. simpson cannot be part of this parole board hearing at all, as a matter of law. >> reporter: even with a flurry of recent films about simpson, he hasn't spoken publicly since his last parole hearing in 2013. >> i'm just sorry that all of this had to happen. >> reporter: felix says simpson has been a model inmate and deserves to be released. what will happen to him if he doesn't get paroled? >> if you're in o.j.'s shoes and you've kept clean for nine years and you get denied parole, how is that even possible? it might destroy him. >> reporter: but even freedom could carry a price. if he gets released, what will life be like for o.j. simpson now? >> he still will live with the albatross that comes with being a social pariah who many people believe is a murderer. >> reporter: if simpson is granted parole, he won't leave this remote desert prison immediately. his actual release date, anthony, will not be until october. >> mason: john blackstone in nevada. thanks, john. and we're back in just a moment. you don't even want to know protection detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. lysol. what it takes to protect. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. i can't believe it comes in... how great this tastes! vegaaaan. and organiiiic. try i can't believe it's not butter! in two new ways. it's vegan! and it's organic! baltimore police have video that seem to show a police officer planting in a lot, unaware the body cam are is recording. moments later, he retrieves the can with a bag of white capsules. prosecutor brought charges against the man. the afghan robotics team that competed in washington this week is going home with a silver medal. they were honored for courageous and a can-do attitude. they were allowed to come to the u.s. at president trump personally intervened to get them visas. up next, the t-rex, why getting around was no small feat. this portion is sponsored by: >> mason: finally tonight, you've been to the museum, seen "jurassic park," talked to your kids, and you're ready to declare you're up to speed on the tyrannosaurus rex. well, scientists say not so fast. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: it's one of the most iconic moments in steven spielberg's legendary "jurassic park." an angry t-rex charges at a group of terrified researchers, who look like they don't stand a chance. but you may not need four-wheel drive to escape when you've got two feet. a new study suggests the tyrannosaurus could barely run at all. >> t-rex was quite a lot slower than people have thought. >> reporter: professor william selers, who led the study, says the prehistoric beast was so big its legs would have buckled under the high speeds of 45mph it was once believed to run. >> the problem with that is that running that fast, it actually breaks all the bones in its legs. >> reporter: the mighty t-rex, less stealth predator, more awkward park jogger. selers' research at the university of manchester analyzed the dinosaur's bone size, density, and movement to determine the t-rex was limited to walking speeds. at its fastest, an adult t-rex can only reach about 12mph, left in the dust by olympian usain bolt. even the average human is faster. >> if it couldn't move very quickly, was it an ambush predator, for example, or was it going around and relying on already-dead animals and just being a sort of scavenger? >> reporter: while scavenger doesn't exactly hit hollywood's killer image, the t-rex still holds one key title -- strongest jaws of any animal on land. what it lacks in speed, it makes up for in bite. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. that's the overnight for this thursday. for some, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morni morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm anthony mason, thanks for watching. welcome to the overnight news, i'm michelle miller, o.j. simpson steps back into the spotlight today. he's up for parole and appears in court via video conference from the lovelock correction center in nevada. he was acquitted in what many called the trial of the century, the murder of his wife and her male friend. years later, he was convicted of robbery and other charges and sentenced to 33 years in prison. that was nine years ago. john blackstone reports. >> reporter: o.j. stiimpson nev kbi convicted of a crime until this botched robbery. simpson said he was trying to take back memorabilia that belonged to him at gun appointment. he was sentenced to 33 years. >> first time i met him was in the gym. >> reporter: he was one of the first guards at the lovelock correctional center. >> he had a positive attitude. he knew they was going to get parole, and that's all he thought about. >> reporter: at 70 years old, he'll make his case thursday to the parole board. >> i've paid my time, accepted responsibility. >> reporter: the criminal defense lawyer, trent copeland, followed his troubles since the acquittals of his ex-wife and her friend, ron goldman. >> some say, nevada did what california couldn't do. that case cannot be a part of this at all as a matter of law. >> reporter: even with the flurry of recent films about simpson, he has not spoken publicly since the last parole hearing in 2013. >> you know, i'm just sorry that all of this had to happen. >> reporter: felix said simpson is a model inmate and deserves to be released. what happens to him, do you think, if he doesn't get parole? >> if you're in o.j. shoes and waited for nine years and them you get denied parole, how is that even possible? i mean, it might destroy him. >> reporter: even freedom could carry a price. if released, what's life like? >> he'll live with the ash trosz that comes with being a social praia who many people believe is a murder. >> reporter: if granted parole, he's not leaving this prison immediately. his actual release date will be october. the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act is the bill that just won't die. senate majority leader mcconnell couldn't round up votes to bring it to the floor for debate. president trump is demanding that senators cancel their summer vacation plans and stay in washington until they push it through. nancy cordes has the latest. >> i'm ready to act. i have pen in hand. believe me. i'm sitting in that office. i have pen in hand. >> reporter: 24 hours after the obamacare replacement plan hit a dead end, the president urged senate republicans to restart the car, appealing to their sense of duty. >> people are hurting. inaction is not an option. >> reporter: and their sense of shame. >> you know, for seven years you had an easy route. we'll repeal, we'll replace, and he's not going to sign it. well, i'm signing it. >> reporter: he even issued this veiled threat to moderate holdout dean heller of nevada, who was seated conveniently to his right. >> look, he wants the remain a senator, doesn't he? and i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> reporter: but the president himself has sent mixed messages. in the last 24 hours he's promoted repeal and replace, repeal alone, and doing nothing. >> we'll let obamacare fail. >> reporter: today he was back to option one, belatedly selling a replacement plan that all but died two days ago. >> you'll have forms of insurance that you don't even know about right now. >> reporter: republican leaders have already moved on to a fallback bill that repeals obamacare without a replacement. >> we will look like fools if we can't deliver on that promise. >> reporter: but today the non-partisan congressional budget office warned that approach would leave 17 million americans without coverage next year, a number that would climb to 32 million by 2026. moderate republicans already have the votes to block it. >> we promised we would repeal and replace. we want to do that, but we want to do it the right way. >> reporter: the president's scolding did prompt senate republicans to scheduled a meeting once again tonight to find a consensus on a replacement plan. the president told them they should not leave town until they do, but the white house would not say, anthony, whether he too plans to abide by that directive. leaders in venezuela call for a strike today to protest the president's plan to rewrite the constitution. the country's in turmoil, and a lot of people are trying to get out. manuel reports from colombia. >> reporter: at this border check point, luggage is the easiest way to stop venezuelans looking for a new life. crossing into colombia with his wife and son. >> translator: a lot of pain. this is real life. >> reporter: temperatures of thousands of venezuelans cross into colombia, even fjust for te day in search of food and work, but now they flee the deadly fighting between the venezuelan military and protesters who blame the government for the country's economic collapse. >> translator: she said you need to go. >> reporter: he fled two months ago leaving behind his wife and two children because he fear the coming of political prisoner. >> reporter: why are you a part of it? >> translator: children have nothing to eat, the elderly knocking on my door for coffee or food. >> reporter: medicine is in short supply. on the colombia side of the border, the main hospital used to e see one or two venezuelan women a week for prenatal care. now it's up to five or six a day. some have crossed to give birth. the doctor is the hospital's general manager. >> translator: we can't keep treating venezuelan patients and not being reimbursed, he said, but they keep coming not knowing when they can cross that bridge back home. >> reporter: venezuelan's president refuses to back down, even in the face of u.s. sanctions. the opposition is planning a strike tomorrow, setting the stage for more unrest. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. every year, kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. lysol disinfectant spray kills viruses that cause the cold & flu. ♪...nausea, heartburn,♪ indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ here's pepto bismol! ah. ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. this. here? 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>> thought steve's never going to find the lost city, that's ridiculous, but, you know, who knows, even if he doesn't find anything, it's a good story. >> reporter: but this time? he had something no previous expeditions to the area did. >> check things here. >> reporter: this high-tech laser mapping system peering through a hole cut in the bottom of an old sky master, scanned hundreds of square miles of dense jungle in a matter of days. the problem? it was expensive. >> this one shows the full scale of the convoy. >> reporter: enter the documentary film maker who agreed to foot the million-plus dollar bill to capture this on film. >> this technology could see through the jungle canopy and potentially reveal the contours of what might be underneath it. it seem like a valuable gamble. >> i'm here for the moment. >> reporter: one that soon paid off. what it revealed once the jungle canopy was removed shocked everyone on the team. >> i zoomed into this level, and i just went, holy crap, and i said, this is what looks like structures -- >> look at that. >> i mean, that's as linear lines, and the right angles. >> either manmade or the world's most intelligent gophers were out there doing things they had never done before. >> reporter: what did you think you had found initially? >> well, i knew we found the city. an ancient city. that i knew. what was behind that? that was for the archaeologist to find out. >> reporter: that was colorado state's chris fisher. >> sounds like a big deal. >> i think it is. you know, for this area, regionally, it's very, very important. >> reporter: he helps national geographic artists come up with a rendering of what the city might have look like. >> there is the interior of the plaza. >> reporter: you have to get there on foot to know for sure. >> that's the stairway that goes here. >> reporter: taking three long years of planning. just to get into the jungle is dangerous. once you're there, a thick, thick poisonous snakes. this deadliest viper, docile during the day, but one slithered into the camp under darkness caused panic. on the team, a warfare expert. >> the snake exploded rat poison, striking everywhere. squirting venom, you know, streams of venom across the night air. >> reporter: the next morning, the jungle seemed a little less ominous. the march to the site began. like cutting your way through a shag carpet. what was not growing was oozing with mud. >> right there. you're looking at it. big lump. >> can't say i see a whole lot from here. >> that's what it is. that's a pyramid. made out of earth. >> reporter: no stone structures to speak of, just foundation. the next day, almost by accident, disappointment turned to jubilation. >> first thing i saw was a jaguar head carved in stone. >> woah! everybody stop! back up. don't touch anything. don't do anything, please. >> reporter: their at their feet, a trove of artifacts believed to date from the 16th century, personal blonings of inhabitants who fled the valley, in a desperate attempt to escape disease and slavery. >> it was phenomenal to think that in the 21st century we could still find something like this on the surface of the earth. >> reporter: some in the academic community, however, are not easily impressed. >> we don't go out looking for treasure anymore. we go out looking for knowledge. >> reporter: rosemary joyce says an expedition led by mill m makers reeks more of indiana jones than real science, and 20 other archaeologists agreed. >> we have no objection to the story, but it's portrayed as archaeology, and it's not. >> reporter: some indigenous people gristle when the president removed the first artifact himself and considered the site sacred and said it should be left alone. in the end, what this expedition unearthed was more than relics, but a stew of excitement, questions, criticism, and ill-health. >> well, maybe you'll end up in the hospital like this. >> reporter: months after leading the jungle, he noticed a bite that would not heal, so did chris. the national institutes of health diagnosed it as a frightening parasite disease. >> the parasite migrates through the mucus membranes of the mouth and nose and basically eats them away. your nose falls off, lips fall off, and eventually, your face is a huge open sore. >> reporter: about half the expedition had early systems and had painful treatment. >> that's the helicopter shot. >> reporter: still, two were spared, and their documentary about the venture is now in its final edit. doug bucking the criticism entitled his book "the lost city of the monkey god," as for the site, only a fraction has been excavated and questions linger about how or if to go back again. >> too dangerous to stay there. it's too dangerous, and getting in and out is dangerous. >> reporter: seems the jungle is still fighting to keep its secrets, the trees make a better accounting for what's really there is difficult at best. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. daughter: uh oh. irreplaceable monkey protection. detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria, but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. lysol. what it takes to protect. if you have $3.5 million laying around, pick up the new bugatti shiron, fastest production car in the world going 0-60 in two and a half seconds topping out at 260 miles an hour. while kris van cleave may never own that, he did take a spin. >> that's what $3 million sounds like. this is the most expensive production vehicle made, and if you think it looks good sitting here in the showroom, wait until you see it on the road. it's designed to get your attention, but you better look fast. accelerate and hit the brakes ha hard. like a fighter jet, we pulled nearly 2 gs hitting 116 miles per hour in just a few seconds, but that need for speed doesn't come cheap. you'll need to be in the tom cruise tax bracket to afford one. what do i spend if i want a bugatti? 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>> believe me, you're not the first to ask. >> reporter: so that's a no? >> no. >> reporter: to get one of these? you're going to be patient. there's a three and a half year waiting list, but you're one of only 140 or so in the u.s. to own one. what ,$8drw a lot of dinosaur lovers see red out of new i think land claiming the t-rex could barely walk, much less run, and also had to ska advantage for his food. here's more for us. >> reporter: this is known as an apex predator, meaning anything standing in its way could become its breakfast. fortunately, for the visitors, he's a robot, but if he was real, new science says to avoid being eaten, you just had to run away. it's a classic scene in cinema, an angry t-rex charges at a group of terrified researchers in "jurassic park," but the stuff of the legend could just be fiction. new science saying the mighty t-rex could barely run at all. >> it was quite a lot slower than people have thought. >> reporter: this professor who led the study says the prehistoric beast was so big its legs would have buckled under the high speeds 45 miles per hour it was believed to run. >> the problem with that is running that fast it actually breaks all the bones in its legs. there's a lot of people who would love to believe that t-rex was a stuff of nightmare, and it was running around, and enormous animal, and you have to bring reality into it. >> reporter: sellers' research at the university of manchester analyzed the t-rex's bone size, density, and movement to determine the t-rex was limited to walking speeds. an unflattering simulation shows the prehistoric beast is less stealth predator and more awkward park jogger. at its fastest, an adult t-rex can reach 12 miles per hour left in the dust by the olympian running 28 miles per hour and the average human is even faster. >> i'm a little bit disappointed, i have to say, not necessarily surprised, but i was hoping for it to be a bit quicker. >> reporter: the new research has rock the science community and how we understand the monsters of our past. >> not fast enough to be a predator, maybe just a scavenger in the environment. >> reporter: that doesn't fit hollywood's image of the ruler of the rock. predator versus scavenger at this point still unclear, though the t-rex homes one key title for now. scientists believe he had the strongest jaw of any animal to ever roam earth. ten times more powerful than the alligator. and captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, july 20th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." senator john mccain begins what could be his greatest battle, fighting brain cancer. as both sides of the aisle unite and show their support. president trump with a new plan to get rid of obamacare. and o.j. simpson makes a plea for freedom. the former football star and convict's fate is in the