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"4 .15 I'm Shawn Anderson. I'm Anne Kramer thanks for joining us. President Biden's son Hunter Biden is open to testifying in public before the Republican led House Oversight Committee as part of an impeachment inquiry of his father President Biden his lawyer in a letter sent to the panel today it says could happen as soon as December 13th but the question is will it happen? Well joining us live is CBS News Senior Investigative Correspondent Catherine Herridge. Catherine good to talk with you again this afternoon. So why is Hunter Biden's team pushing so hard for his public testimony here? Well in the letter attorney from his to the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee Abby Lowell says that they would prefer to have an open testimony rather than an interview behind closed doors because he says that in the past they've seen strategic leaks that can distort the evidence that's presented in the testimony but that wasn't enough for the Republicans who are point making the that this is part of how they've been operating the investigation. They first do depositions and they have open testimony. And to go into that a little bit how are Republicans on the Oversight Committee reacting to this request? Sure, so what we anticipate at this point is that the Republicans have in effect shut the door on public testimony from the president's son on December 13th. They're saying that he must be held to the same standard as someone else who subpoenaed to appear before Congress and the subpoena was for a closed -door deposition and then providing documents. Their argument is that they like to do this in two stages. They have the closed -door deposition as kind of a fact -finding stage they and have then the public testimony where they say they can be more targeted in their line of questioning. And it true is that that's how they've handled some of these whistleblowers who've come forward from the IRS behind closed doors and then that very public testimony. So that's where it stands, but it's not clear whether Hunter Biden and his team will agree to those terms. So how much of a reaction and overall is this having to the investigation of Hunter Biden himself with this request? In terms of the congressional investigation, I think it's really starting to reach its climax in a lot of ways, but all of this is unfolding against a backdrop of the special counsel David Weiss. We know through our reporting at here CBS News that a grand jury is sitting in California and considering the president's son's case and whether tax charges will ultimately be brought in that jurisdiction and charges even that relate to foreign lobbying laws. If that happens and if it does, the expectation is that it would be felony because the misdemeanor deal fell apart in the summer. President's son is looking at potentially prosecutions in two different states, California and then the gun charges in Delaware and then what's happening on the Hill. So it's not getting more streamlined, it's in getting fact just more complex. Catherine, always good to talk to you. Thanks much for helping. Thank you. CBS senior investigative correspondent Herridge Catherine on Skype. Quick look at the top stories we're working on at A tribute today for former first lady Rosalynn Carter. She's being remembered as a humanitarian and a wonderful grandmother. More hostages released on this first day of the extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And the trial opens for a local cop accused of shooting and killing a man in handcuffs. Keep it here for full on details these stories in the minutes ahead. WTOP's traffic and weather together.
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"President Joe Biden, his lawyer in a letter sent to the panel says, that could happen as soon as December 13th next month. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge talks more this morning about why Hunter Biden's team is pushing so hard for public testimony in this case. In the letter from his attorney to the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Abby Lowell says that they would prefer to have an open testimony rather than an interview behind closed doors because he says that in the past they've seen strategic leaks that can distort the evidence in the testimony. But that wasn't enough for the Republicans who are making the point that this is part of how they've been operating the investigation. They first do depositions and then they have open testimony. And go into that a little bit, how are Republicans on the oversight committee reacting to this request? What we anticipate at this point is that the Republicans have in effect shut the door on public testimony from the president's son on December 13th. They're saying that he must be held to the same standard as someone else who was subpoenaed to appear before Congress. And the subpoena was for a closed door deposition and then providing documents. Their argument is that they like to do this in two stages. They have the closed door deposition as a kind fact of -finding stage. And then they have the public testimony where they say they can be more targeted in their line of questioning. And it is true that that's how they've handled some of these whistleblowers who've come forward from the IRS behind closed doors and then that very public testimony. So that's where it stands, but it's not clear whether Hunter Biden terms. So how much of a reaction and overall is this having to the investigation of Biden himself with this request terms of the congressional investigation? I think it's really starting to reach its climax in a lot of ways, but all of this is unfolding against a backdrop of the special counsel, Weiss. David We know through our reporting here at CBS News, that a grand jury is sitting in California and considering the president's son's case and whether tax charges will ultimately be brought in that jurisdiction and even charges that relate to foreign lobbying laws. If that happens, and if it does, the expectation is that it would be felony because the misdemeanor deal fell apart in the summer. President's son is looking potentially at prosecutions in two different states, California and then the gun charges in Delaware, and then what's happening on the Hill. So it's not getting more streamlined, it's in fact just getting more complex. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on WTOP in a conversation with Anne Big look at the top stories we're following for you this early Wednesday morning on WTOP. Recapping, a dozen hostages more have been released by Hamas this week in Gaza on Tuesday, and embattled New York Congressman George Santos could be expelled from Congress as soon as later today this Wednesday. Keep it here for full details and more on these stories in just minutes. You are listening to 103 .5 FM at WTOP .com Hi, What brings you to the clinic today? Oh, the baby's not feeling well. I think she might have a fever. Oh,
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"Service and devices, actual speeds vary. This is WTO P news. 1245, and I'm Mark Lois, we're learning more about what appears to be classified U.S. documents that recently turned up online. The Pentagon says those leaked materials pose a serious security risk, giving the world a rare look at how the U.S. gathers intelligence on adversaries and on allies. He or CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge, getting reaction to the league. We don't know who's behind this. We don't know what the motive is. Pentagon officials are working to identify the source of leaked war documents meant for senior decision makers like the joint chiefs of staff. Pages seem to be drawn from classified military briefing books, including CIA updates. Not even The White House can say if the crisis is contained. We don't know. And is that a matter of concern to us? You're darn right it is. How serious is this situation? This is very concerning. Republican congressman Mike Turner, chairman of the House intelligence committee, was briefed Monday. The access to these documents would presuppose some access to even additional and more documents that might be of greater concern or higher classification. The leaked information is largely focused on the war in Ukraine, with the spring offensive against Russia approaching the documents apparently reveal Ukraine's reported need for new munitions, so acute, its air defense could crumble. A former Intel official says it also indicates that the U.S. and others may be keeping tabs on the Ukrainian president's conversations. I think it's really a new frontier in many ways. HR McMaster, former national security adviser and CBS News contributor says the apparent mix of authentic and doctored records looks like disinformation warfare. The combination of elements of truth with falsehoods to advance and adversaries agenda. He also warns it could potentially impact diplomatic relations. Some of these leaks can draw into question our reliability, our trustworthiness with allies who are going to have to do some damage control. Pentagon investigators are tracking who had access to the classified material the Justice Department has opened a criminal probe, the head of the House intelligence committee, told CBS News, it could amount to espionage. At CBS, CBS correspondent Catherine herridge on CBS morning
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"Facts matter. Good Wednesday Good morning, midweek. Welcome in. If you're just joining us on this November 29th in the midnight hour, a cold alert we're under till daybreak under a clear sky low 20 exactly in some parts of the region Winds anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour gusting out of the west. Right now we're looking at 27 degrees in our nation's capital. It's 1244. Good morning. I'm Dean Lane. Welcome in. Glad you're in with us this early morning. This is WTOP news as we've been telling you on WTOP this early Wednesday morning, Hunter Biden is open to testifying in public. Apparently before the Republican led House oversight committee, all as part of an impeachment inquiry of his father, President Joe Biden, his lawyer in a letter sent to the panel says that could happen as soon as December 13th next month. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge talks
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"Being with us tonight. President Joe Biden has signed a bill requiring declassification of intelligence documents related to the origins of COVID, the new law directs the federal government to declassify any and all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan institute of virology and the origins of COVID. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge joined our Dmitri sodas and Hillary Howard with more. This will be a multi agency declassification and the director of national intelligence as the nation's top intelligence official has a 90 day window to provide the declassified declassified documents to Capitol Hill. So we should see it sometime in the next three months pending a release from lawmakers. Are there intelligence reports that stand out here? Absolutely, if you think back to January of 2021, there was a State Department fact sheet that was released that talked specifically about several researchers inside the Wuhan institute of virology who had become sick in the autumn of 2019 with COVID like symptoms. And this is considered extremely important because it predates the identification of the virus here in the United States and other parts of the world. So understanding what the underpinning was for that finding is super important. So from the beginning, there's been a lot of focus on the Wuhan institute of virology. Why has it been so difficult to actually figure out where this originated? Well, there's been so much focus on the Wuhan institute of virology because they were doing research with the closest cousin to COVID-19. And they've had spills from that lab in the past. And the Chinese government has not been transparent about the work that was done there. Some of which we know through our reporting had the support of U.S. grants from NIH as well as USAID. The bottom line is that there's this lack of transparency, the Chinese government has wanted to find an animal link to the pandemic, perhaps more than anyone else. And we had recent congressional testimony that about a 100,000 animals had been tested and still they had not found the host for COVID-19. So it's a lack of transparency. It's the complexity of the pandemic. And not really being able to understand with total clarity what the nature was of the research in Wuhan and why those researchers became sick so late in 2019 before the pandemic was declared. That is CVS senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge. A quick look at the top stories that we're working on for you tonight on WTO barricades around the U.S. capitol, and anticipation of an indictment of former president Donald Trump in New York. A legal battle is brewing in Wyoming over a ban on abortion pills. Keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead on WTO. It's now ten 18. Traffic
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"And I'm Shayna Steen, thanks for being with us. Two of the four Americans kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead. The other two have been rescued. One of the two survivors severely injured, the group of friends traveled from South Carolina. So one of them, a mother of 6, could get a medical procedure in Mexico. Joining us live on Skype CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge, Catherine, what are you learning about the cartel that may have been behind this attack? Well, a U.S. law enforcement source has told CBS News that investigators believe a group called the gulf cartel is one of the oldest organized crime groups in Mexico is responsible for the attack on the Americans. Based on our reporting, though it's not clear yet to investigators, whether this was an ambush, a case of mistaken identity that they were drug traffickers or somehow caught in the crossfire of these warring factions with the gulf cartel. What has the State Department confirmed for us about these Americans? Well, the State Department didn't have a lot of additional information, but they confirmed that two of the Americans had returned to the United States and they were working to repatriate the remains of the two that were killed by the cartel. It's a difficult situation to say the least, but it does seem that they've been working expeditiously to try and get the return to the United States. Yeah, I imagine. We've been reporting that one person has been arrested, at least Mexican officials say that. How does the Justice Department fit into all of this? Well, the attorney general told reporters that he's getting regular briefings from the FBI. He didn't go into what prosecutorial steps might be next door and investigative steps. But we know through our reporting here at CBS News that it would not be unusual for the U.S. to seek the extradition of a suspect for prosecution in the United States. And this is a fairly routine as these kinds of cases go. So this would certainly be a possibility in the murder and the injury of these Americans. Catherine, thanks as always, appreciate it. Sure, you're welcome. That is, Katherine Harris. She is CBS News senior investigative correspondent
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"Com today and schedule your free in home estimate We have breaking news on WTO P, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigation of former president Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election results. The New York Times reports that special counsel Jack Smith is demanding the pair testify before a federal grand jury. This news comes just two weeks after mister Smith subpoenaed former vice president Mike Pence. Mister Pence plans to fight the subpoena by arguing that his former role as president of the Senate shields him from certain Justice Department demands. Keep it here on WTO P, we will bring you more on this developing story. For 11, we now know the transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be traveling to east Palestinian Ohio tomorrow a day after former president Trump's visit to that area. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge joins us live on Skype hello, Catherine. Hi, thanks as always for having me. Thanks for being here. So you've been investigating this derailment in Palestinian. What are you learning? We've been working with the environmental advocate Erin Brockovich and she's had a number of whistleblowers come forward and in one case they provided documents to her. It's an internal document from the EPA regional office in Chicago to the Norfolk Southern railway company and the key thing here is the timeline. It was written on February 10th and it talks about these toxic chemicals either known to have been or continue to be released into the air, the surface soils and the water. And that does not sync up with the public claims from the governor two days earlier that it was safe for residents to return to east Palestinian. One of the many questions here was whether or not there was an option to contain the chemicals rather than burn them. Was there indeed an option here? Well, Erin Brockovich said that she'd heard through a number of whistleblowers that there was an option to try and contain the materials to sort of in effect suction them out from the railcars. But in instead, what she told us is this hole was dug, and then the fire was started and in her view, contaminating the water table. And that this decision up front is what has made this spill into derailment so much worse and sort of the critical question from our point of view is was this a decision that was made in isolation by the real company or was it done in concert with the state or the federal authorities? Catherine also today there's a new report that physical attacks on the U.S. power grid rose 71% over the past couple of years. More serious incidents are even expected this year. Can you dive into that for us? So we first got an FBI, what's called a sort of situational awareness report in January that was circulated to state and local law enforcement. And it confirmed, in my view for the first time that there are dozens of open FBI investigations into attacks on the power grid in more than a dozen states. So what explains it? They're seeing theft. They're seeing arson, they're seeing tampering and then also shooting, like this alleged plot in Baltimore recently. And in many cases, they think these are opportunistic or criminal, but of course we all understand that when these groups are successful and there's an ideological component, it takes on even greater ramifications. Catherine good to talk to you again. Thanks so much. Thank you. Catherine herridge, CBS senior investigative correspondent. It's four 14
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"A nearly 6 decades, one of the first black officers in the army's elite green berets will get the Medal of Honor, which is the nation's highest combat award for his heroism in Vietnam. On Monday, President Biden personally called retired colonel Paris Davis, who now lives in Alexandria with the news. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine herridge first reported on the Davis case two years ago, she joins us live now on Skype. Catherine good to have you back. Thanks much. Thanks as always for having me. So what explains the delay here? Well, in 1965 and then again in 1969, Paris Davis Medal of Honor paperwork was lost twice by the army. Davis and this team of volunteers, many of them veterans say race was a factor. And then this was compounded by the bureaucracy, which unfortunately can have the habit of perpetuating these injustices. But its remedying that Catherine, and it's because of what happened on the battlefield in Vietnam in 1965. In 1965, at the battle of bong song, then captain Paris Davis was ordered to clear out by his commanding officers. And he disobeyed that order because he had two soldiers who were pinned down by snipers on a rice paddy, one of them had been shot in the head, the medic and the other had multiple gunshots to his legs and could not walk and Davis crawled out over several hours onto that field and he pulled both of them to safety. One was Billy Wong, who went on to have a very celebrated career in special forces and CIA and the other Robert Brown never regained consciousness, but he was able to die at home in Ohio with his family. What a story. Are there other deserving veterans who should be recognized but are tied up in this red tape? One of the things we learned in our investigation is that there are probably hundreds of deserving veterans like Paris Davis who will never be recognized in part as one historian told us the service award system is broken. And the paperwork for many of these veterans is just on index cards. It's not digitized. And a lot of that history is being lost. I know another veteran here in the Washington D.C. area very similar action to Dave's. But there's just not simply any paperwork to begin this process of proper recognition. So they can't make a commitment to remedy this. Well, the Defense Department and the archives could absolutely make a commitment and that just may be our follow on story because we are losing history every day and the records of these service members. Catherine, thanks for sharing the story. Appreciate it. You're welcome. Senior investigative correspondent for CBS. Catherine heritage. Alex Ovechkin out for the capitals for the foreseeable future that's next four 43
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"Weekend, Police found guns, ammunition, body armor and drugs at a hotel near course field in Denver. One of the four suspects arrested as a result says, however, there was no plot to shoot fans taking part in festivity surrounding the baseball All Star game tonight. Still, speculation is swirling about how those weapons were going to be used. Joining us live on Skype to talk more about what she's learned CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge Catherine We know the FBI is deeply involved here. What is their assessment? Well, Based on our reporting here at CBS News, the Denver police remain the lead agency. But the FBI in Denver has taken the unusual step of putting out a statement that they had no reason to believe that the weapons, the ammunition and the body armor or in any way connected to terrorism or a direct threat to the game through my own reporting. What I've learned through my contacts is that investigators have been very busy scrubbing the digital media of the suspects, so phones and Computers and social media to try and determine whether this may have been part of a broader conspiracy. Or it was limited to the four individuals they've already arrested. While these four suspects have been in court, what are we learning about the weapons and the drugs and a possible motive? Well, one of the suspects recorder. Rodriguez did a jailhouse interview with the CBS affiliate in Denver. And in that interview, he described the arsenal that was in the hotel to include a handful handful of sniper rifles as well as some assault rifles, ammunition and body armor. He claimed that the individual who brought the weapons to the hotel room, which is really just A block from Coors Field was trading the weapons with individuals collecting them as part of a debt and maybe even training trading them rather for drugs. So he emphasized that this was not about the game. It was about something completely different. Observers say. The hero in all of this is the hotel housekeeper saw something and said something. Do we know anything more about that? Well, the housekeeper has really stayed in the background for now, But what we learned at a news conference is that the hotel had really trained people on what to be on the lookout for and then how to act if they saw something that was suspicious, and this is really a reflection of what was a seminal moment for big events like the All Star Game and then also hotel security, which was the shooting in Las Vegas. In 2017 when that lone gunman opened fire on the music festival and killed dozens and injured hundreds more And really, security has never been seen the same way again and we saw that play out. Fortunately in Denver this week, Catherine thanks as usually appreciate it. You're welcome, CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge still ahead..
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"News has learned. The U. S government is now fast tracking sensor technology to detect the cause of a mysterious illness, known as Havana syndrome, sometimes debilitating condition has affected American diplomats and other personnel overseas. CBS chief investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge spoke with former CIA officer Mark Parliament. Uh uh, Palamar opus who came down with the symptoms while living in a Moscow hotel. Venus syndrome is the name given to a mysterious neurological condition, first reported by State Department personnel in Cuba five years ago who experienced a similar set of symptoms. Pressure in the head. Yes, Loss of balance. Yes, ringing In the years. I've had a headache for three years. It feels like a vise clamp down here And then there's pressure that comes over the top of my head. Mark says. It took three years to get help. At the Walter Reed military Hospital. They diagnosed me with a traumatic brain injury. The national Academies of Sciences recently found the most plausible explanation was post radio frequency energy.
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"London Former Olympian reality TV star and prominent transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner has launched a beautiful California governor. North America correspondent Catherine Dis reports, Republicans have been pushing for an election to unseat the Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, giving he mishandled the Corona virus pandemic If the recall vote proceeds. Caitlyn Jenner, a longtime Republican, has declared she'll enter the race. Celebrities running for office in California is nothing new. Voters have previously elected Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Reagan. Miss Jenna supported former President Donald Trump early on when he ran for office, but withdrew her supporting 2018 after his administration repeatedly attacked
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"In Washington a little more than a month after the real thing. The pro Trump riot at the U. S. Capitol was replayed by video and audio for the benefit of senators who had been witnesses and are now a jury. Charged with determining the role of the impeach Donald Trump accused of impeachment of incitement. Utah Senator Mitt Romney sat completely still, as he watched video of Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman direct him away from incoming rioters. He later said it was overwhelmingly distressing an emotional and said he looked forward to the chance to thank Officer Goodman later. Democrats, in particular, were very upset to watch footage of writers hunting for Speaker Pelosi in the capital and then banging on the door of a conference room where several members of her staff had barricaded themselves just moments earlier. This is Rebecca Kaplan on Capitol Hill. This is a law enforcement source tell CBS News of new leads in the riot investigation, one of them concerning advanced trips to the capital. By some of the alleged rioters official said that they had not seen any evidence so far, indicating that there was reconnaissance done with the aid of lawmakers or foreign support, but that these were significant issues that would be thoroughly reviewed investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on the pandemic front. Some of you are both tired of hearing about masters. Well, it's tired about wearing them. Today. The CDC updating its mess wearing guidance after new research suggests to mask are better than one. A CDC lab study shows wearing one mask protects the wear from around 40% of particles coming in compared to a cloth mask over surgical masks that blocks 80%. Correspondent on Your Back is the new commander in chief want to visit the Pentagon his first time there in that role here's correspondent scholar Henry Different Secretary Lloyd Austin was among those who greeted the president and vice president Kamila Harris. Austin and retired four star general is the first African American to hold the top job. Their visit to the Pentagon shows the importance that they place on our national security. And importantly, the value that they place in the men and women of our department and Mr Biden talked of a new security review of U. S relations with China tonight, the White House tells us Mr Biden has since spoken by phone with the leader of China, discussing matters of mutual interest and matters of dispute. Quite a few.
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"Keyes, Illinois's governor, is sending some 500 National Guard members to the nation's capital to help with security. At the request of the Defense Department. The announcement this week comes one day after the U. S. Department of Homeland Security issues a rare warning of threats from violent domestic terrorists who have been emboldened by the deadly assault on the U. S Capitol earlier this month. The agency says the environment could continue for several weeks. CBS News Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins us with more but this is the first alert of the Biden administration. And what we know through our reporting here at CBS News is that the Department of Homeland Security does not have intelligence about specific or credible threats, but they are anticipating that more violence is possible in the weeks ahead. Especially the targeting or possible targeting of elected officials as well as federal buildings. So what groups are they talking about? Are they talking about single people or groups of people? And are they talking about a particular political leaning? One of the striking things about this bulletin? Alison is that it's very politically neutral. It doesn't label groups on the left or on the right. It talks about domestic violent extremism. Or what law enforcement calls DVDs and based on the way the document is written, it says they have a number of grievances. Whether it's the 2020 presidential election grievances that are based on false information or false narratives, and then also the impact of the cove in 19 lockdowns. So was talking about not just individuals. It also groups acting in concert to carry out violent acts. So are they suggesting that there's anything that the general public should watch out for our public buildings or elected officials being targeted here? This bulletin is what I would call a situational awareness document. It's put out very publicly, so all of us can read. And if you do see something that seems off for a little out of place, We're asking the public to speak up not to remain silent. I'm wondering, Catherine, you've been covering this beat for a long time. And it seems like for the last several months, the whole Mantra out of law enforcement has been terrorism, terrorism, terrorism. Do you think that this is going to shake out and calm down any time soon, Or is this something that we need to look out for the long haul? Well. This document from Homeland Security says they believe that this heightened threat environment will go on for at least several weeks. The document does not expire until April. What also has my attention. Alison is that it talks about the impact of the successful breach on January 6th at the Capitol. It talks about that act may embolden some of these groups. In other words, people who've been thinking about taking violent activity saw what happened on January 6th and what they perceive as the successful breach of that building and this will give them The mo mentum to carry out the acts themselves and really briefly. I understand that there are lawmakers now that say that they are in fear of their personal safety and the wake of that attack on the capital. We confirmed here at CBS News that bipartisan group of House lawmakers about the 30 have written to congressional leadership, and they're asking to use some of their office allowance for personal security. When they're outside of Washington, and they don't have the protection of Capitol Hill police and that's a direct reflection of this heightened threat environment. CBS News Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge Federal investigators are looking closely at the role of far right nationalist groups such as the three percenters, the oath Keepers and the proud boys and whether they communicated during the attack on the Capitol that left five dead and whether they had a role in helping to plan the assault. CBS is Lilia Luciano has been covering the proud boys and joins us with the latest since Social media Platforms did something about the radicalization, the hate speech and all that and removed a lot of accounts out of whether was Facebook and Twitter. Lot of these groups have gone underground. In a way they're converging in places like telegram and it's and they're kind of competing in the way that I think the algorithms in the past and YouTube Would AH push content towards you. That's more extreme. Now. The groups like groups like the Boogaloo Boys, and The Proud Boys almost seems like they're competing amongst each other to see which one is more radical. So a few months ago or several weeks ago I interviewed and to get that video the chairman of the proud boys who likes to say, You know we're not racist. Look at me. I'm after the Latino. I'm Cuban. We're not, you know, anti Semitic were not male showman is just show Veniste's basically, you know, West, his best kind of ideologies. Where is that was the messaging before now, after the insurrection. Ah, lot of their messaging has become just pure hate speech. Ah, lot of their their means are more offensive than they were. Well, maybe a little bit kind of like they were in parlor. But I think a lot more radical because in places like telegram, they more anonymous. It's not like your personal profile as much as just whatever nickname you have, so they're communicating. About things like that. Another thing that's been interesting about the proud boys for say's that they've kind of turned on Trump ever since President Trump denounced the insurrection and didn't pardon the people who took part in it. They're they're just turning on him, too. And they're they're trying to, uh, assemble and elevate the So called patriots or what they would call Patriots is some kinds of heroes and anybody who considers into radical to be, I guess against their valleys. So are they. Are they advocating for more violence in the wake of the storming of the capital and this new and their new animosity toward the former president? Or are they just in the process of organizing more deeply now? I think it's there were more in the process of organizing. A lot of their messaging is is hateful and can be violent. But I haven't seen anything like you know, actually the day of the inauguration. I did see some some videos that seem to push for gatherings or protest or things like that. And the messages that were used were very offensive and very violent. I haven't seen that right now. I think now they're kind of in the business of growing they're following and doing so, in the most radical ways. CBS is the Leo Luciano, California.
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"Opie and just weeks after the deadly riots inside the U. S. Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security says Morva violence could be ahead. A bulletin yesterday warned of a heightened threat environment due to domestic extremists who are motivated by quote perceived grievances fueled by false narratives. Because of these threats, several members of Congress and now looking to tighten up their own security, joining us with more CBS News, senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge How you Catherine, What do we know about the intelligence behind this bulletin? And how long will it be in effect? Well, CBS News has learned that homeland Security doesn't have specific or credible intelligence about plotting. But still, the bulletin warns that more violence is possible against elected officials and government buildings in the weeks ahead. This bulletin is in effect until April, and it's really a reflection of some of the internal documents and FBI in the national character a reason we've seen here at CBS News. They go to this heightened threat level. That's a reflection of these deep grievances. Whether it's the election or the cove in 19 lockdown now use this threat impacting lawmakers. We were first confirmed here at CBS News that a bipartisan group of lawmakers about 32 mostly Democrats, but a handful of Republicans are contacting the congressional leadership and they're asking if they can use part of their office allowance for personal security when they're back in their districts, and that's when they don't have access to capital police and we were told that this is reflection of this heightened threat environment. Catherine what is the bulletin say about the new administration's approach to homeland security? We spoke with two former senior homeland security officials. And they said to us the thing that struck them the most is that the document had really had a lot of political language, a stripped out of it. It didn't talk about groups on the left or groups on the right. It talked about the broad issue of domestic violent extremism, and in their view, it was sort of taking the page back to the earlier days of the department. Under Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Chertoff. All right, Catherine. Thanks as always, You're welcome. Thanks, CBS News. Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on Skype for 44 Every time the Maryland lottery sells a fast play progressive ticket, the jackpot grows The lucky numbers Fast Play game has a jackpot that starts at $100,000 and goes up from their new diamond mines. Jackpot starts at $250,000 and keeps growing and growing, played.
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"Register him. They were gone already and all the other sites that we went online forward. No appointments available. There was nothing to any of the hospitals nearby. The whole system is just totally totally chaotic. The CDC is projecting 85,000 additional U. S covert deaths over the next few weeks. The president is ready to take executive actions on healthcare and access to abortions. Correspondent Stephen Portnoy Abortion rights advocates call it the global gag rule, and it's been a policy ping pong between Democratic and Republican administrations. For decades, President Biden will again lift the rule and permit U. S tax dollars to flow to international organizations. Provide abortion counseling overseas. Separately, Mr Biden will order a three month open enrollment period on healthcare dot gov aimed at extending access to insurance for people who have lost their jobs or their coverage during the pandemic. Weeks after the attack on the U. S. Capitol. There's fear in Congress correspondent Catherine Herridge has exclusive details. CBS News has learned. A bipartisan group of 32 House lawmakers is asking congressional leadership. Use their office allowances for more personal security in their home district, where they don't have capital police protection. Citing the increased threat. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized former President Trump after the riot at the Capitol. But CBS News confirms the two men will meet in Florida Today. Mr Trump and his attorneys are preparing for his defense. Next month. Senate impeachment TRIAL A David and Goliath battle continues on Wall Street with the struggling Gamestop chain at the center of it. All company shares have soared almost 800% over the past week. Stephanie Meta at fast company that kind of sticking it to the big institutional investors, the hedge funds by basically forcing the big guys to lose money because they had been shorting or betting against Gamestop s and P futures up. 20. Dow Futures ahead 1 99. This is CBS News. Never miss a moment. Top news from W T O p 24 73 65 Listen on air on Alexa and on the W T. O. P s.
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"Sorry. Here you the nine House Impeachment managers walk through the capital just weeks after a mob stormed the building, resulting in five deaths to present the article of impeachment to the Senate, blaming former president Trump for inciting the riot. Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin Donald John Trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the United States. Now pretrial proceedings get underway with arguments expected to begin February 9th. Steve Dorsey, CBS NEWS Washington and one of the people charged in that capital riot appeared in federal court. Riley Williams, now accused of stealing the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is laptop computers. She's been in what amounts to home confinement in Pennsylvania, and she's been given no access to any Elektronik whatsoever. And what we heard from the government today is that they say there is evidence and indicators. She not only started believing her own accounts of messages, but had begun instructing others to do so. As well. Correspondent Catherine Herridge Riley Williams could face charges of obstructing an investigation and destroying evidence after almost a week without enough Huh? Hoping to boost federal government purchasing from American manufacturers. President Biden is changing some of the rules has this pandemic is made clear. We can never again be in a position We have to rely on a foreign country that doesn't share interest in order to protect our people during a national emergency. We need to make our own protective equipment, essential products and supplies. Although us covert that's continue to lead the world by far, health experts are saying the worst of the search could be over. With the number of new covert 19 cases dropping, Governor Gavin Newsom said. California is able to end it statewide lockdown of the woods. We're seeing a flattening of the curve. Everything it should be up is up. Everything it should be down is down. Another positive factor. Hospital admissions are going down, making Maura ICU rooms available. This doesn't mean the end of all restrictions in the state, but it will now be decided by each individual county. Steve Futterman. CBS NEWS Los Angeles Street, Several retail stocks saw roller coaster action with soaring highs, followed by plunging lows. Nation's biggest video game chain. Gamestop had the wildest day with the stock skyrocketing to $159. Correspondent Jason Brooks. This is CBS News. Never miss a moment..
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"D. C. Metro area medical centers 12 41. Now the FBI has arrested a woman whose former romantic partner says she took part took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is office during the capital riots. CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has details of capital Rioter Riley, June Williams In this particular case, it talks about a witness coming forward to the FBI and it states. The witness claimed Williams intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia. Who then plan to sell the device to the SVR. This is the Russian Foreign intelligence agency, and according to the witness, the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons, and Williams still had the computer device or had destroyed it. Williams, now charged with entering a restricted building without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Meantime, in Loudoun County today, there could be more political pressure for the resignation of state delegate Dave LaRock. The Loudon County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on a resolution demanding the resignation of Dave LaRock, who represents part of Loudon County. It says low Rock has continued to make false allegations about the fairness of the election. Iraq tells wtl PVs Amazed that loud and supervisors hate what he and other conservative stand for so much that they use county resource is to engage in a political witch hunt. Iraq says supervisors who support the resolution should resign near log unstained w T O P knows also in Leesburg. Ugly graffiti promoting white supremacy has been found here in elementary school. The slogan Revolution is tradition followed by Patriot Front. I'd us was painted on the bridge behind Frederick Douglas Elementary School in Leesburg, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that formed in the aftermath. The deadly unite the right rally in Charlottesville allowed in times reports the graffiti is easily seen from the popular W Oh Indy trail. This follows KKK fliers being left in driveways and Leesburg and other parts of Loudon County. Over the weekend. Kyle Cooper w T O P. News We'll get the latest on what could be a new general manager headed to the Washington football team. 12 44. Joy. Thanks. He order breakfast at the McDonald's drive through. Tell yourself you'll wait to eat it at work, but it's most way.
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"O. P. S. We've been reporting this afternoon. Authorities are looking into the possibility that last week's deadly ride inside the U. S Capitol was planned. And as that investigation picks up momentum, authorities are also warning of more violence in the days leading up to President elect Joe Biden's inauguration next Wednesday, joining us now via Skype to talk about her reporting, CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge Katherine always great to have you with us. What are we learning about this new intelligence fortune? This intelligence bulletin is a joint bulletin from FBI Homeland Security as well as the NCTC, the National counterterrorism center. They track terrorists overseas and then also extremist groups here in the United States. And it's a very long and complicated document. I was able to review it. But I think the most important headline is that it assesses that the successful breach of the capital on January, 6th will on Lee embolden extremist groups to carry out violent attacks not only in the near term but also in the medium term as well. So what is behind these extraordinary threats? Well for lack of a better term, it's like a sort of a witches brew of condition that has come together. So, for example, There is political division racial Division, the tension and pressure of the lockdowns and then the ultramarine tive about fraud during the presidential election, and all these factors have come together to create. Essentially highly toxic environment that has taken these groups from thinking about actions toe actually carrying out these actions, and again, I come back to this idea. January. 6th is so important because it was a successful action in their minds, and it's embolden them or strengthen their resolve to act again in the future. Katherine can you kind of rate the concern Of law enforcement on this. Well, I would just say in my own view. I've been here in Washington since October of 2001. And I first started covering this issue when Tom Ridge was the White House homeland security adviser and the depth and breath of the concern not only for next week, but really in the weeks and months ahead. I think it's probably the gravest I've ever seen it in part because we're living in a time where there's a tsunami of information. And it's extremely difficult for investigators to discern whether Statements made online are credible or whether this is aspirational or wishful thinking on their part part and they have to make these decisions you know, in a very truncated time line, and that's that's difficult under the best of circumstances, but the information flow right now it's just extraordinary. Kathryn. Good to talk to again. Thanks much, of course. Thank you, CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. It's 4 44 2023 Year of the pandemic, unemployment, uncertainty,.
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"Look, Lou Curtis, our producer coming up. President Trump's favorite social media tool has banned him. More Democrats call for the president to be impeached after the violence of the capital, Dr Anthony Fauci reassures black and brown people about covert 19 vaccine safety. I'm kin Duffy. It's 9 31 Theo. FBI is working quickly to investigate whether some who stormed the capital had other, more disturbing motives. Some writers were photographed carrying zip ties, leading to a theory that they may have been looking to kidnap lawmakers or staffers. Adding to the investigations urgency. Twitter noted that plans for future armed protests have begun circulating online, including a proposed second attack on the U. S capitol and assaults on state government buildings on January 17th. We're also learning more about pipe bombs that were placed at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and at the Democratic National Committee they were made from galvanized steel galvanized deal is important because it's what what's called an anti personnel device. That means it's designed To create shards and shrapnel to maximize the physical naming of individuals and also importantly, they both had timers. I don't know what the timers were set to, but my contacts report that they're investigating. Whether they were used in concert with the breach to either pull first responders away from the capital to facilitate the breach or to take advantage of these evacuation orders that followed because they were located at places where they would be targeting individuals from both of the parties that CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge The FBI has arrested a man in Arkansas who was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is office. Richard Barnett turned himself into sheriff's deputies and Arkansas and he said this at the courthouse when he was being booked. Possibility. I didn't do anything. I didn't break the doors. I got shot here. You need to be in there. He's facing federal trespassing, disorderly conduct and theft charges. Twitter has permanently suspended President Trump's accounts. A day after his accounts were banned from Facebook and Instagram. President Donald Trump no longer has access to his favorite platform Twitter band Trump Friday, citing the risk of further incitement of violence. The move came two days after pro Trump rioters invaded the U. S Capitol in a siege that resulted in the deaths of five people, including a U. S. Capitol policeman. Twitter initially suspended Trump's account for 12 hours after he posted a video that repeated false claims about the election fraud and praised the writers at the Capitol. But Twitter had been under increasing pressure to take more action against Trump Might cross CIA Washington Now that the president has been kicked off Twitter, he may resort to other platforms like parlor and alternative to Twitter that's been popular among his supporters. But parlor has problems now Google suspended parlor from its APP store, claiming people are using it to incite. Violence in the U. S. The company cited an ongoing public safety threat and said parlor would not be reinstated until those issues are addressed. Apple has issued parlor a similar warning, giving a 24 hours to fix those problems. President elect Joe Biden says President Trump is not fit for the job. But he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls that he be impeached for a second time after his backers stormed the capital. Democrats say the president is too dangerous to stay in office. They're expected to introduce articles of impeachment Monday, with sources saying a house vote could happen mid week. Senate conviction, though, would be unlikely when just a dozen days left until the president leaves office and is replaced by Joe Biden, who is not weighing in what the Congress decides to do. Is, uh, is for them to decide. A White House spokesman says A politically motivated impeachment would only further divide the nation. Soccer Megane Washington A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's most sweeping asylum restrictions. Rules for asylum seekers were supposed to go into effect Monday they would have brought in the grounds for judges to rule that some asylum applications or frivolous and would have redefined who qualifies for asylum. The administration's goal was to end abuse within the system. But a judge ruled that acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf does not have authority to impose those rules. Advocacy groups had said the rules were an attempt to end the asylum system and people facing potential violence in their home countries would have been denied asylum in the U. S. That's Fox is Jill. NATO reporting a passenger jet carrying 62 people has lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia. She is capital on a domestic flight. The Boeing 7 37 500 took off from Jakarta and lost contact with the control tower. About an hour. After that, there were 56 passengers and six crew members on board boats and rescue teams now coming the area where the plane was last seen on radar. North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal in response to what he calls hostile American policy. BBC reporter Laura Baker has the latest North Korea has managed to significantly advance its arsenal despite being subject to strict economic sanctions. Mr Kim City summits with Donald Trump have also failed to lead to any significant deal. These remarks are likely aimed at applying pressure on President elect Joe Biden. Biden is called Kim, a thug and his criticism. Ized hiss summits with President Trump. Twitter ban of the president marks a sea change in social media censorship..
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"Google has suspended the social Media APP parlor from the Google Play store due to continued posting that seeks to incite ongoing violence. In a statement, Google said it had reminded parlor for months of its policy that requires APS to moderate user generated content. However, content seeking to incite violence has continued to be posted without moderation, according to Google. Google's action comes after the U. S. Capitol riot President Trump's ardent supporters have flocked to parlor Gabin, other free speech, social media sites that cater to conservative voices. Some were used by the people who stormed the capital. We have new information about the bombs discovered at the offices of the DNC and RNC during Wednesday's chaos. They both had timers. I don't know what the timers were set to, but my contacts report that they're investigating whether they were used in concert with the breach to either pull first responders away from the capital. To facilitate the breach or to take it vantage of these evacuation orders that followed because they were located at places where they would be targeting individuals from both of the parties. CBS NEWS Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, North Korea's dictator is presenting a stark challenge to President elect Joe Biden. Just days before he takes office. He's calling for more advanced nuclear weapons and says the U. S. Is the country's biggest enemy. Kim Jong UN's speech to the party Congress described plans to develop the country's nuclear arsenal. He outlined a list of desired weapons, including long range ballistic missiles capable of being launched from land or sea. Mr Kim added that he did not intend to use nuclear weapons unless horse L forces plan to use them first. That's the BBC's Laura bicker in Seoul coming up after traffic and weather. Just how rocky is this presidential transition? We go in depth. It's 6 36 Way.
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"Today. Senate runoff Stakes in this election could not be higher. President elect Biden made a pitch for the Democratic challengers. One stain part, of course not just for the next four years. For next generation. Today's Leffler Warnock, Purdue Asaf races will determine the balance of power in the Senate. But President Trump spent most of his time intended to rally Georgia Republicans protests in his own election defeat. CBS is Debra Alfa, Rhone explains. There's no way we lost your do this No way. Democrats are now calling for a criminal investigation into President Trump after his phone call. Pressuring election officials to change the results. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Rapids burgers spoke to CBS evening news anchor Norah O'Donnell about that call. Why do you think the president wanted to speak with you directly, probably to see if you can upload speed to change my decision. The proud boys have arrived in Washington for tomorrow's protest to coincide with congressional certification of the presidential election. When the group's chairman got there. He was arrested and charged with setting fire to a black Lives matter Banner at a Trump rally last month. Correspondent Catherine Herridge says more charges are possible. At the time of his arrest. The proud boys leader on re Kate Oriole had to high capacity firearm magazines. Ah, source familiar with the case tell CBS News of felony charge for possession could also warned a stay away order from the district. The post holiday coronavirus crush in Southern California has become so critical ambulances are now being directed not to transport patients to hospitals if they have virtually no chance of survival. L. A County health director Barbara for rare, We're losing on average a person every 15 minutes. The actors union wants a temporary halt to in person. TV show production in Los Angeles.
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U.S. officials call government hack a "grave risk"
"Critical federal infrastructure in at least seven government agencies more from CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge a sobering warning from senior cyber security officials. Hackers believed to be linked to Russian intelligence are now feared to be deep inside American infrastructure network's and across government agencies. U. S officials call the heck highly complex and a grave risk. CBS News has been told that President Trump has
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U.S. moves to drop case against Trump ex-adviser Flynn, who admitted lying to FBI
"Development this week in the justice department they're dropping the criminal case against president trump's first national security adviser Michael Flynn following abandons a prosecution that became a rallying cry for the president and his supporters in attacking the F. B. I.'s trump Russia investigation prosecutors say that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with Russian ambassador in a January twenty seventeen interview one pleaded guilty he walked raider and Robert Muller's investigation of the president but then withdrew that guilty plea president trump demanded accountability what they've done is a disgrace and I hope the big price is going to be paying a big price should be paid there's never been anything like this in the history of our country CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge is covering there was a filing by the justice department and it was based in part on new evidence that came to light as part of this independent review by the U. S.
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Nurses share heartbreaking stories amid cross-country protest
"One some nurses at hospitals in several states are protesting this week over what they call a lack of preparedness by their employers and the lack of protective gear during this pandemic across the country please are the same from healthcare workers they need protective equipment and they needed now and some nurses have been speaking out to CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge about the dangers and the personal challenges they're facing what I can tell you is it has quickly grown into a war zone IC you nurse Diane case shot this video inside her Yonkers New York hospital because she says she's so concerned the lack of personal protective gear is putting her and her fellow nurses at risk no isolation gowns and we are riddled with fear and anxiety because we don't have the proper equipment to take care of these patients so what we're Expendables that's how we feel CBS news spoke to more than a dozen nurses in six states who said their hospitals or nursing homes are rationing critical supplies is now routine to re use gallons and masks it's not made to be used multiple times question Hughes works at a long term care facility in Washington state her husband found a box of N. ninety five masks in their home emergency kit I wish I had enough to give them to everyone I decline to a young lady that I work with is seven months pregnant I'm afraid that I'll see my coworkers dying New York City I see you nurse tree Quan came back from maternity leave last month I was really torn about returning because I was worried about leaving My Baby and breast feeding and also just bringing back you know the virus but I I couldn't stay home and Connor watch she returned to overwhelmed emergency rooms and colleagues with corona virus symptoms the units and nurses are getting so Derek we are in the ice use now as patients but going public about their concerns also his wrists asked what is at stake during our interview Dianne Kay said my job and quite possibly being granted there's a a real big line here and some doctors don't face the same retribution is that nurses tail ill health care worker deserves to martyr themselves to this broken system I can't kiss my children I can't hold my children and this is gonna go on for months we work hard for patients because we're in actions about what we do but we didn't sign up to be exposed to a killer virus without proper protection since our interview Shelly Hughes who gave one of her and ninety five mass to a pregnant colleague has begun self isolating Hughes has some symptoms and she doesn't know whether it's her asthma acting up or covert nineteen that CBS senior investigative correspondent Catherine
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U.S. stockpile of medical supplies "very stressed"
"The former director of the largest U. S. stockpile of medical supplies is telling CBS correspondent Catherine Herridge there is not enough inventory to meet the needs the system was very stressed great derail retired in January after twelve years as head of the strategic national stockpile the nation's eight billion dollar supply of medical equipment drugs and protective gear can the stockpile support the needs of American hospitals the strategic national stockpile is that very last lifeline it doesn't have everything unlimited resources that people like it the U. S. began tapping that lifeline earlier this month shipping supplies across the country from government warehouses their locations kept secret for national security
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America's prepper culture kicks in
"Americans know how to prep all saying it. In the movies there was even a US reality TV series called Doomsday prepares. The term prepa is often used to mock people who prepare often intensely for all kinds of calamities. These basic survival skills have come in handy. Recently as millions of Americans have stocked up to bunk down as the virus takes hold North America correspondent Catherine discs reflects on how she isn't a PREPA and in this case she really should have been so just come to do my and I'm not a precursor and it's a bit of a problem. Not many cans of food left the show so excited I might just be getting some of the basics milk. Get someone ask seems to even on is still for sale. There's no meat left. Looks like you know they get one. Y'All WanNa be Dr Americans certainly how to stock up now. Let's see is in the vet favorite commodity selects that sterling's long slow March. Is there any toilet Haifa? There is this is the Feast supermarket. I've aintree with as being no toilet paper and signs which say Judah High Demand. We're now limiting the quantity of units per person. So it looks like it's paper towel for now so that was my experience. Just one of the supermarkets. I visited over the weekend. You'd think that I would have been more prepared. I've been talking about panic. Buying on a Fidesz these food bank at the heart of New York's outbreak now making home deliveries to the elderly here. In the nation's capital businesses will shut from tonight. America has just upriver. I never have been. I think there was something about my upbringing with the mother who always had five of everything that put me off stockpiling. I genuinely height hoarding. My husband. Who is back in Australia for work? Stock to all the shelves before leaving two months ago knowing full. Will I'd only shop for food two days in advance. He said when he left. You've enough in the Fraser to last you about six weeks. I brushed off his concern when he suggested on three separate occasions last week. It's best to do a big shop. Hey shore shore turns out. He was right but I am making loss of a very serious situation at a costco in Georgia. A man was stabbed with a bottle over a packet over in New York. A food bank started home deliveries to society's most vulnerable they can't get out like some of us can like and I so for them. They are affected because they cannot eat and gun shops across the country have almost sold out. Show your bed is empty. Logan's empty guns handguns. Let's see what hanging is we have none and none none. You Guys WanNa see what amyloid have. Let's look at this almost none. No ammo this is happening everywhere. Right across the country. It's even prompted the Corona Virus Task Force to tell people to stop stockpiling one of the biggest problems. Here is a shortage of general medical supplies. He's an emergency department. Dr ON CNN. Through five months now. Six months worth of supplies in less than a week and we are scrambling we're scrambling and even to the point. Where these are in ninety five masks We've got three days of supply of and ninety five mass on hand in order to preserve these and get them the last longer. We have began. We've got a team. People sewing mass together. This is surgical sheeting and this is our prototype. We've got about three thousand of these made. We believe we can make two hundred thousand of them. It will take a few weeks but this is. This is the kind of what we're having to do because we don't know when that next shipment is coming. It's prompted the US president. Donald trump to enact a wartime power the defense production act giving him the control to order companies to make more supplies deemed necessary to national security and gives him the ability to take hold of the civilian economy to redirect those critical materials which are in such short supply towards protecting the nation. Tonight we don't know of any circumstance where these power has been used to combat a public health. Emergency we'll be invoking the defense production act just in case we need. It can do a lot of good things if we need it and we will We will have it all completed signing it and just a little while right after. I'm finished with this conference I'll be signing. It's prepared to go. In the first instance the act is most likely to be used to try and source face masks and ventilators which have so far been in short supply. As the nation has grappled with ways to contain. The outbreak
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Trump orders killing of key Iranian commander in Baghdad airport strike
"U. S. airstrikes at the airport in Baghdad have killed Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani CBS news correspondent Catherine Herridge a senior US government official confirms to CBS news that the strike was in response to an active threat to US interests in the region personally overseen by general so the money the official said through the money played a quote significant role in what was described as an active plot the official make clear the U. S. is prepared to take further action if diplomats our soldiers are threatened by so the money's replacement Catherine Herridge CBS news
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Thailand's new visa troubles
"Now unless you're an expat living in Thailand or a regular business traveler to that country perhaps you've probably never heard of the TM thirty visa tobacco tobacco in recent months though it's been causing outrage among the Southeast Asian nations one million strong expert community it stems from a forty year old law that has never have been enforced until now with Thai chilies determined to crack down on international criminals hiding out in the country South East Asia correspondent Catherine. This has the story I finally landed my dream job. I was now a foreign correspondent but little did I know just how long it would take to get my visa or all that I was flying into the middle of visa crackdown controversy facing foreigners the topic of conversation tonight as you can see is Thailand's controversial immigration Russian laws and the consequences will come back to that but first we need to go through a little history it all comes down to a low written almost forty a US ago after the fall of the Kamei Rouge regime in Cambodia in nineteen seventy nine. There was a major influx of refugees across the border. People people were also coming in via boat from Vietnam so as a security measure tile authorities put reporting requirements in place to monitor the movement amount of foreigners but as with much in Southeast Asia it was never publicly enforced until now under the system all non immigrant visa holders that is any expat living in the country is now required along with their landlord to report win they leave their home province and upon their overturn within twenty four hours every single time so for example if you live in Bangkok and traveled to poo kit for the Kent you're required to report and of course the system used to enforce it doesn't work so smoothly as you can imagine being a foreign foreign correspondent. I travel a lot for this job like many other experts so Wanda standardly it's causing furor among the Expat community immunity and has become such a hot topic of discussion over drinks at Thailand's foreign correspondent club. The board invited immigration officials to explain blind why it was needed. Dominic folder chaired the discussion. This law is from forty years ago from the Cold War period and the bureaucracy that is being applied to administer it is from the same era. How can you justify this. They they onerous for seizure this procedure that causes a lot of difficulty an inconvenience to people. I can absolutely understand that skip your heart Tom doing that but understand us. You're going to know that you start that hot. We've tried to make things easy. System is erratic non-functioning so basically a system has been launched which people like this are expected to deal with the does not work is is that a good way of doing things is about telling your wife that you're already at home. Trust me is went back and forward like these four hours with the immigration officials giving away little to satisfy the frustrations expressed by the crowd and insisting the changes are needed to catch foreign criminals both just going back to this idea of why why this suddenly became because nobody has noticed a particular deterioration and in the security situation in Thailand. It's not apparent on the outside surface things. It's been changing in the country Thailand in all over the world. The the criminal amid is getting stronger. The requirements are so onerous landlords some apartment complexes are erecting signs saying no oy foreigners while others jokingly say the new tourism slogan in Thailand is travel less. A group of experts have launched a petition against it and perhaps even more concerning is the impact on investment with some investors weighing up whether it's just too hard to do business here. Luckily Luckily I have a local office manager. Who's able to help me out with the paperwork but this was just one of the many steps required of me as I madly sought about getting Ching my visa. We started the process even before left Australia bought. It still took three months to gain approval. When I got an interview with the immigration in department fairly soon after my arrival I thought it would sail through but no it dragged on and on and because of the time it took I had to travel in and out of the country a few times to renew my tourist visa and then my husband and I were required to travel to the Thai Embassy in another country to register for a journalist visa. We thought we could go in and out in one day but as we eagerly lined up in a long line of other expensive tie embassy input on pen. We were told it would take three days to process. That's only gave us a three-month visa from there. We had to apply to extend it for for a year. I had started to wonder if I can get my visa before my year-long posting was over then a week later back in Bangkok and after hours of waiting in the immigration office we had good news. We finally gained approval a few days later. I found out I was being posted to our Washington Washington bureau so the process dance all over again. Let's hope this time it doesn't take quite so long. Catherine this with final report out of Bangkok.