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[ laughter ] >> it's time for you all to put down your phones and pick up the next generation of phones. they have a much better camera. >> don't forget the people that brought you to this place. i'm talking about the uber drivers. they're the real heroes of today. >> i was in your shoes once and your underwear. you should really lock your door. >> 50 years from now when you look back on your life you'll ask yourself was i famous enough? did the paparazzi pay enough attention to me or were they more interested in my wife? >> in case you didn't know justin theroux's wife is jennifer aniston. >> preach justin. >> it's true. they care more about her than him. have a great night everybody. >> take care. >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job to sort that out. >> reporter: deferring to the special counsel, comey instead laid out his version of the facts, that the president after firing national security adviser mike flynn urged comey to drop his investigation into flynn's post-election conversations with the russian ambassador. >> i took it as a direction. >> reporter: but even if comey thought that, it's not necessarily a crime. what's key for obstruction is intent, whether the president thought flynn was punishment enough or whether he corruptly endeavored to influence, obstruct, or impede the investigation for an improper purpose. >> i think the one overall takeaway would have to be obstruction of justice. >> reporter: scott fredricksen is a former federal prosecutor. >> the fundamentals might be there potentially, but there is more investigation in the future. >> not a question i can answer in open setting, mr. chairman. >> some of comey's testimony like this exchange with committee chairman richard burr bolstered the president's claims he did not obstruct. >> did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? 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>> reporter: presidential historian robert dalic remembers when then senate majority leader lyndon b. johnson arranged for a television network to broadcast the congressional testimony. >> johnson knew this, that once they saw mccarthy with his 5:00 o'clock shadow and having people see how rude and abusive he could be, it undercut him terribly. >> our activities in south vietnam -- >> reporter: years later in 1966 the vietnam hearings exposed a stunning admission. >> i think our military involvement in vietnam has to be recognized as unfortunate, as something we would not choose deliberately if the choice were ours to make all over again today. >> reporter: the u.s. was stuck in a war it was unlikely to win. >> it raised questions about what was the purpose of it, why were we fighting there. >> reporter: from the iran-contra affair -- >> i came here to tell you the truth. >> reporter: -- to the infamous she said -- >> i could not keep silent. >> reporter: -- he said. >> it is a high-tech lynching. >> reporter: of the clarence thomas-anita hill scandal. public hearings have become part politics, part theater. americans watched as bill clinton became the second president in u.s. history to undergo an impeachment trial. >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is. >> that's exactly what we did. >> reporter: and then watched again when hillary clinton endured an 11-hour grilling from the house benghazi committee. >> i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done or should have been done. >> reporter: the most explosive hearing of all was watergate. >> these mistakes were made by only a few participants in the campaign. >> reporter: it uncovered the extent of the cover-up by the nixon administration. >> i began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. >> reporter: what began with a burglary ended with president nixon's resignation. >> so of course it leads up to these comey hearings, which create a sense of anticipation that people may hear something that's going to change the course of history. it's a kind of new national soap opera. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ok honey you play with your monkey while i get your little brother cleaned up. daughter: uh oh. monkey swimming. irreplaceable monkey protection. detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria, but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. daughter: uh oh. lysol. what it takes to protect. bite into magnum double cookies and cream... and unleash your wild side. made with cookies & cream ice cream and rich belgian chocolate. discover magnum. no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. 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. our national space council will re-energize the pioneering spirit of america in space, and it will ensure that america never again loses our lead in space exploration, innovation, and technology. >> vice president mike pence introduced nasa's newest class of astronauts this week. some of them could take part in missions aboard spacecrafts built by private companies like spacex. nasa is counting on spacex to bring cargo and eventually astronauts to the international space station. spacex relies on nasa contracts and its launch pad. but this cooperation could turn into competition. manuel bojorquez has more from the kennedy space center in florida. >> reporter: complete with a hollywood soundtrack, nasa for years has promoted plans to send humans into deep space. but its space launch system won't be ready to bring humans around the moon until at least 2021. so it came as a surprise to nasa when spacex founder elon musk held a conference call. >> so this is, yeah -- should be super inspirational. >> reporter: announcing plans to use a powerful rocket that hasn't yet flown to sling private tourists around the moon next year. an ambitious timeline according to mary lynn ditmar, who represents some of spacex's competitors through the coalition for deep space exploration. >> if you're putting all this schedule pressure on you're automatically creating an environment where you are operating at higher risk because you have to meet a deadline. >> do you see that happening currently? >> i'm concerned about the 2018 deadline for spacex. >> reporter: the company is already busy launching commercial satellites while working on a nasa contract to launch astronauts to the international space station. >> and lift-off. >> reporter: nasa has relied on russia for rides to space ever since its shuttle program ended in 2011. >> not anythng against the russians, but it would be good to have americans that are able to move back and forth now from earth to space using our own vehicles. >> reporter: the bigger prize is mars. both nasa and spacex are working separately on plans to get to the red planet. >> do you see any scenario where nasa and these companies might be stepping on each other's toes at all? >> well, yes. people have to relearn the dance steps, right? >> reporter: charles miller is president of next gen space. he advised president trump's nasa transition team to embrace competition between traditional aerospace contractors and companies like spacex. it seems to have worked. president trump's proposed budget for nasa in 2018 increases cooperation with industry. >> it's my belief that the human space flight endeavor of nasa will collapse unless we get more innovation from american free enterprise. >> we've been evolving to that new way of business for a while. >> reporter: acting administrator robert lightfoot appeared to agree. >> we want big companies. we want small companies. we want everybody to come help us do this because this journey is hard. >> reporter: yet some basic differences still have to be resolved. a nasa safety group raised concerns about spacex's plans to fuel its rockets with humans on board after this explosion while fueling an unmanned rocket last year. mary lynn ditmar worries any disaster involving spacex could have larger implications for the future of space exploration. >> might people extrapolate from that, well, this is so dangerous nobody should be doing it? >> is there that danger? >> i think there is that danger. i would hope not. you know, i would hope that people wouldn't go down that road. but i do worry about it. >> reporter: spacex would not comment for this story. but elon musk has defended the fueling process and said the company's doing everything it can to minimize the risks. later this year spacex is planning to test a larger version of its falcon rocket, the one that will eventually carry tourists going around the moon. the broadway music "come from away" is up for seven tony awards this sunday night. it's about a small canadian town that offered safe harbor to thousands of stranded airline passengers after planes were grounded there on 9/11. mo rocca introduces us to the cast members and a pioneering pilot who's depicted on stage. ♪ >> reporter: it's being called broadway's surprise hit of the season. ♪ now "come from away" is playing to standing room only crowds. >> more and more people keep coming, and you look surprised and grateful and you all have this -- you're beaming. what is -- what is drawing people? >> i think people are coming here repeatedly to heal. >> reporter: yes, "come from away" is less about the terrible events of 9/11 and more about the kindness of strangers. >> through tragedy comes joy. they always say the light at the end of the tunnel. but if you really open your eyes, the light is always there. ♪ pretty ladies waving from the dock ♪ >> reporter: to shine that light 12 cast members play both newfoundland natives and stranded airline passengers from all over the world who for five days nearly doubled the population of gander, a town with about 10,000 residents. >> on the northeast tip of north america on an island town in newfoundland. >> reporter: most characters are a compilation of real people whom the writers interview for the show. ♪ they said girls shouldn't be in the cockpit ♪ ♪ hey lady, hey baby >> reporter: the pilot portrayed by tony nominee jen calella, however, is based on real-life airline pioneer beverly bass. >> nothing was made up. everything is real. and it is the way that it really happened. >> reporter: the first female captain of a major american airline and one of the pilots diverted to gander that day. >> did meeting her change your performance at all? >> yes. absolutely. we -- i mean, look how we're sitting right now. look at how we're sitting. like i have adopted a lot of her mannerisms. >> reporter: the two have become close friends. beverly, how many times have you seen the show? >> well, last night was 68 times. ♪ 1986 the first female american captain in history ♪ >> i never get tired of seeing it. so i'll see it many more times. ♪ suddenly i got my air wings >> reporter: i feel like i'm soaring when i'm listening to her sing. what does it feel like for you? >> it is unbelievable. she's so little, and the way she belts out that voice. ♪ and i always just take a deep breath because i know it's going to be beautiful. >> i like to think that you're breathing for me. that's sweet. my heart's racing too. >> i think you might be the first people from labrador that i've met myself. >> reporter: christina bromley is the one cast member who's actually from newfoundland. >> i meet people every night who are so proud. and for me that's one of the biggest rewards of doing this show, because when in your life is your job something that makes other people proud? >> 13 new musicals this season. that's the most in many, many years. you've got some stiff competition across the street. you've got "dear evan hansen." >> we're in a season in which everybody has a chance. >> yes. >> and that's exciting. >> i get that the show is heartwarming, but drop the act. we're talking about the award. [ laughter ] what do we got to do to knock "dear evan hansen" out? >> we've actually discussed this, and we feel like we're fine. >> yeah. >> whatever happens. ♪ >> reporter: it really is a beautiful show without a scintilla of cynicism. pretty rare for this day and age. and yet it's making more than a million dollars a week. i'm mo rocca from the schoenfeld theater on broadway. >> and don't miss the 71st annual tony awards, hosted by kevin spacey. tune in sunday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on cbs. we'll be right back. a new version of youth football is being tested for younger players across the country. changes include a smaller field, fewer players, and some different rules. this comes as the sport faces continued pressure to address safety concerns and other issues. here's jeff glor. >> shake hands. >> reporter: on a field in mentor, ohio -- >> ready? go. >> reporter: two teams demonstrated rookie tackle for us. >> there you go. [ whistle ] >> reporter: there are no kickoffs or punts. players start in a crouch instead of a three-point stance. there are six to eight kids on a side instead of the usual 11. and the field is 40 yards long, not 100. >> right down this line here would now be the out of bounds line. >> reporter: the executive director of usa football, scott hallenbeck, says the primary purpose of this new game is to increase individual attention and help players develop. >> you do want this to be a safer version of youth football. >> absolutely. our focus is always on how we create a better, safer environment. >> reporter: that was on kelly gilchrist's mind when she signed up her 9-year-old son tyler. >> he's been playing tackle for a couple of years. >> yes. >> any reservations about that? >> at first we were a little bit taken back. i know that there's a lot of fears and a lot of parents that we know. that's why we like the seven on seven idea. >> reporter: usa football is targeting a transition phase because numbers show that while organized youth tackle football participation is down sharply in the last five years the number of kids playing flag football is actually up. the sport wants to capture that momentum. >> what do you say to parents now who come to you and express concerns and say i just don't know if my son should be playing? >> right. i'd say come and take a look at this game. come take a look at what we're working on here. >> reporter: to teach rookie tackle, usa football is relying on coaches like chuck kyle, who's won 11 high school state championships in ohio. >> it's america's passion. but it shouldn't turn into a gladiator sport. and what do i mean by that? people yelling and screaming and loving it but not out there playing it. that's a shame. >> reporter: even as the new program is unveiled, however, it is facing criticism. >> this is their way of saying that boys of that age are not able to play the game the way it's designed. >> reporter: terry o'neil runs a group called practice like pros. he says all youth football should be flag football until high school. >> youth contact football is not correct, not safe. and when there's another way to play the game, why take those risks? >> are you worried about the future of football? >> i think actually the work that we're doing right now is going to ensure that this game is around for many generations to come. >> one, two, three -- that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." captioning funded by cbs it's friday, june 9th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >> those were lies, plain and simple. >> bombshell testimony from james comey. the ousted fbi director didn't miss words calls the president's character into question. >> i was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting. and breaking overnight, britain's snap election ends in a hung parliament. prime minister may keeps her job but falls short of keeping her party in power. now she's facing calls for her resignation.

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