This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, president obama passed the torch to the person he hopes will succeed him, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. The president , the outgoing head of the party, would like to clear the field for clinton before the july convention. But democratic don quixote Bernie Sanders is not letting go of his impossible dream. Heres nancy cordes. Im with her. I am fired up. Pelley in a threeminute love letter to the presumptive nominee, president obama called clinton the most qualified person ever to run for the white house. I have seen her judgment. Ive seen her toughness. Reporter the Clinton Campaign posted the video an hour after the president met with Bernie Sanders, whose prolonged exit from the race has distracted attention from clintons achievement. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can Work Together to defeat donald trump. Reporter it was his first acknowledgment that the competition is over, though he still wouldnt answer the big question how much longer do you intend to stay in the race, senator sanders . The democratic leaderses who met with sanders on capitol hill couldnt nail down a timeline, either. Im not pushing him to do anything. I think he needs a little time to just decide what he wants to do. Reporter what exactly is he holding out for . I think he is somebody who is interested in changing the direction of the country. I think hes done that with his historic election. I think hell, of course, be involved in the process. Reporter and that means pushing clinton and the party to embrace at least some of his positions. Those might be things ranging from the 15anhour minimum wage, to ending fracking in america. Reporter oregons jeff merkley was the only senator to endorse sanders. To have the the party united, you have to have it embrace these core, fundamental visions that have mobilized the grass roots in america to support Bernie Sanders. So good policy in this case is good politics. Reporter after the president s announcement today, donald trump weighed in with this tweet, obama just endorsed crooked hillary. He wants four more years of obama but nobody else does. Clintons campaign respond simply, delete your account. But that just opened clinton up to a series of republican digs about missing emails and her controversial server, scott. Pelley nancy cordes for us tonight. Nancy, thank you. Tonight, we have a followup to our cbs news investigation that exposed an insurance scam in which taxpayers are the victims. Members of the u. S. Military have been duped into getting unnecessary medical tests that are paid for by the pentagons insurance plan. After our report aired last night, we confirmed that the federal government has opened a criminal investigation. Heres jim axelrod. Reporter this heap of trash dumped into a shed at a clinic near fort hood contains soldiers Social Security numbers, medical information, d. N. A. Specimens and more than 60 photo copies of military i. D. S. Its outside one of three clinics we showed you last night where marketers offered soldiers 50 walmart gift cards in exchange for their urine and d. N. A. Some of those samples were sent to the cockerell dermapathology lab in dallas, which billed the militarys insurance, tricare, for millions of dollars worth of drug tests, many of which were unneeded. Pentagon investigators are now trying to find out who made money at their expense, and how much. Tricare, like many things within the department of defense, is a very large operation. Reporter today, pentagon spokesman peter cook addressed our story. Reports like this, obviously, are of concern to us and something we want to address. Reporter this is not the first time tricare has been targeted by scammers. These criminals were filling sandbags with cash as quickly as they could before we cut it off. Providing medical care to our troops. Reporter until april, retired twostar general Richard Thomas ran tricare. As we reported last year, claims for custommade prescription creams called compounds had grown exponentially, until the pentagon stopped paying for most of them due to their dubious medical value. We spoke with thomas in march tricare was 1. 3 billion in the hole. Uhhuh. Reporter is that largely due to this fraudulent bilge of compounded drugs . Youre right, absolutely, it was. That was the biggest Single Source of us being overspent. Reporter to Cover Health Care for the troops, the pentagon had to reallocate money from its fuel budget. What makes this especially egregious is the fact they were specifically going after our military force, and their families and our veterans. Reporter so far, theyve recovered about 240 million. Youve, clearly, put a stop to one fraud. It appears, from our reporting, another fraud is popping up. What does that say to you . Its not over. The fight continues. We have to always have our scouts out and be vigilant. Reporter cockerell dermapathology tells us there is a possibility individuals did not follow the companys compliance requirements, and is voluntarily returning significant amounts of money. Scott, one estimate pegging the number of soldiers duped in the scam to be at least 2,000. Pelley jim axelrod with our investigation tonight. Jim, thank you. Well, muhammad alis funeral is tomorrow in louisville, kentucky, but at a service there today, prayers were offered for perhaps the most wellknown muslim in the world. Jericka duncan was there. Reporter the body of muhammad ali arrived for the Traditional Prayer Service this morning. His wife, lonnie, sat silently, her eyes covered, her face showed no emotion. It was the first time the family has been seen in public since alis death. An estimated 14,000 people packed a louisville expo center, including ali abdul awho says he converted because of ali. Muhammad ali is the one who actually made people tond what the True Religion was about. Reporter muhammad ali wanted this service to be open to nonmuslims like rosetta fackler. He was such a wonderful role model for everybody because of the way he treated people, because of his faithfulness to what he truly believed in. Reporter ali embraced the islamic faith in 1964 after upsetting sewn liston, cassius clay announced his conversion and adopted a new name. He became the most famous and influential muslim in america. This man was a messenger of peace. Reporter dr. Mohammad bobber is a leader in the local Muslim Community. What does it mean to thes Muslim Community to have lost someone like muhammad ali . Timing could not be worse. At this time when islamophobia is at its height, when hatred and bigotry is become the world of politics, we needed muhammad more than ever. Reporter tomorrow morning, alis hearse will travel through the streets of louisville. Scott, the Memorial Service will follow in the afternoon and include eulogies from former president bill clinton and comedian billy crystal. Pelley jericka, thank you. Be sure to watch our coverage in the morning on cbs this morning. And we will be anchoring this broadcast from louisville tomorrow evening with extensive coverage of the funeral. Today, the third of Six Baltimore Police officers charged in death of freddie gray went on trial, the only officer charged with murder. Grays neck was broken while he was being drif nen a police van last year. Jeff pegues is covering this trial in baltimore. Reporter prosecutors say officer Ceasar Goodson jr. , the police vans driver, intentionally took pretty gray on a 45minute rough ride to jail. Deputy states attorney michael scatzow blamed goodson for not ensuring the 25yearold was wearing a seat belt. There was no good reason not to belt him in, he told the judge, except to bounce him around. After a number of injuries suffered by people in transport vans, Baltimore Police had been reiterating to officers that prisoners be seat belted in. Prosecutors allege goodson ignored the rule. But officer goode sons attorney, andrew graham, told the judge prisoners are virtually never belted saying grays death was a freakish accident and that conducting a good officer to satisfy a desire to have someone to blame will just make a tragic situation worse. Grays arrest and subsequent death last year exposed longsimmering tension between Baltimore Police and the community. Riots erupted after his funeral. More than two00 Police Officers were hurt. More than a dozen buildings and business were torched. The states attorneys decision to charge the officers brought some measure of peace to baltimore, but so fares can mow has failed to prove guilty, and her offices tactic vehicles malined. Last december, William Porter walked free after a hung jury. And last month in a bench trial judge Barry Williams found officers edward nero not guilty. Both officers faced lesser charges than officer goopped son. The same judge will decide his guilty or innocence. Today he scolded prosecutors for failing to turn evidence over to defense about another prisoner in the transport van with freddie gray. The pressure is increasing on prosecutors to get a win here. Scott, the states attorney in the city is feeling the heat from members of the community who say they want justice. And many in Law Enforcement who dont see this as justice at all. Pelley jeff pegues in baltimore for us. Jeff, thank you. Tonight, israel has sealed off the west bank and gaza strip for the next three days in response to the terror attack in tel aviv. Two palestinians opened fire in a restaurant last evening. Four israelis were killed, nine hurt. Police shot and wounded one suspect. Israeli media reports that the other was arrested while hiding in a nearby home. It turned out that an Israeli Police officer lived there. France is on high alert with the european soccer championships kicking off tomorrow. For europeans, this is as if the super bowl and the world series were being played every night fair month. 2. 5 million visitors are expected. Elizabeth palmer is in paris. Reporter unprecedented security for an unprecedented threat. Less than seven months ago, isis attacks against a paris so, game, cafes, and a concert ended with 130 dead. Now the french government knows isis wants to strike again. So its put the police through antiterrorist training with mock attacks. This one, staged in one of the huge socalled fan zones where thousands will gather to watch the soccer games on bigscreen tv. Thats just asking for it, says the city councilor. Why take the risks, he says when all the Intelligence Services say the threat has never been so great. This is the new normal soldiers are just part of the scenery at french tourist sites like the Louvre Museum sergeant jules tells me three years ago he was fighting terrorists in west africa. If somebody had told you then what you would be patrolling france against terrorism, would you have believed it . Not a chance, he says. But that is the reality. In a command center outside paris, we saw police from across europe tracking threats to the soccer tournament, a megaevent that france is determined to go ahead with, even though it is a perfect target. Jean Francois Martins is prances deputy mayor. If we want isis to win, we just have to cancel it and say, another you won. Reporter tonight the celebration has begun with a massive concert beneath eiffel tower. That will be the first big test for this massive French Security operation, scott. And after that, 30 more neivewracking days until the soccer tournament is finally over. Pelley Elizabeth Palmer in the city of light tonight. Liz, thank you. A small plane fell from the sky today in houston, crashed into an unoccupied car in a parking lot. All three people on board the singleengine aircraft were killed. No one has been identified. The plane was flown from normand, oklahoma. There is no word yet on the cause. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, the f. D. A. Is accused of being too slow with food recalls and two quickthinking kids save a little girl from drowning. Pelley contaminated foods sometimes remains on store shelfs for months because the f. D. A. Is slow to order a recall. Thats according to a report released today by a government watchdog group. Anna werner spoke to the investigator in charge. Reporter government investigators focused on two recalls from 2014 where they said consumers remained at risk of illness or death for several weeks after f. D. A. Knew of potentially hazardous food. One was a salmonella outbreak linked to nut butter that caused 14 illnesses and in 11 states. Investigators found it took 165 days from when the product was identified to the date of the firms voluntariural. And in a ali outbreak later that year, linked to cheese products, auditors determined a series of recalls took 81 days to complete. At least nine people became ill, including an infant who died, and two pregnant women lost their fetuses. George nedder is lead auditor. Unless you get all the product off the shelf, people still are at risk. If you were playing russian roulette and you took all the bullet out of the gun and put it to your head, there is no risk but if there are stale couple of bullets in there, youre still playing russian roulette, arent you. I think that we have traditionally done a very good job. Reporter you sound though, as if youre saying that nothing went wrong in those two cases, 81 days and 165 days. There are situations in which its very challenging to be able to take the actions that need to be taken as quickly as possible. Reporter but nedder says fixes are needed immediately. Its too long. How many days would america expect them to take to figure out and get this product off the shelf . Reporter aletters are highly unusual. Nedder says hes only issued three of them in the hundreds of cases hes worked on over the past 27 years. And, scott, the f. D. A. Is already responding to this, saying its setting up a new internal review group to push for quicker action on recalls when needed. Pelley anna werner, thanks. When we come back, the Vice President s strong support for a victim of Sexual Assault. T pain. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra. Can be a sign of existing joint damage. That could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. 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Piper protects air traffic at the airport from bishedz and other wildlife. Here, he hoans in on geese near in the main runway. Bird strikes can be catastrophic but often lead to costly repairs and forced landings. Piper has been on the jock about two years. Have you guys noticed a different since that time. Absolutely. Quite honestly, ive been in a number of airports. Usually shotgun blanks. Birds get used to that. They know, hey, jiewfts a sound. Nothings going to happen. When you deploy a dog that chases after them, they go running and they remember it. Reporter Brian Edwards is pipers partner. What is the best part of having piper here with you every day . I get to work with my best friend every day. Reporter brian has only had piper for three years. Despite not being previously trained it only took this old dog about a year to get comfortable on the tarmac. The airport is his home. I have to drag him out of here wherever we leave. Reporter it was edwards idea to post pictures on instagram. Now piper has about 10,000 more followers than the city has residents. Thats noct to shake a stick at, and honestly, piper would rather you throw it. Kris van cleave, cbs news, michigan. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, im scott pelley, and well see you right here tomorrow from louisville. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org applause . Oh, yeah. Here we are. This is what its all about right here. Good evening, family, im ukee washington. Hi, everyone, im jessica dean and this is tenth annual stand for hope and we are so happy to be here to celebrate alex scott and her legacy and her dream. Man, what a day this is. Im telling you. 7 00 to 8 00 well be going live. This is what we like to call the hour of power. No question about it. And you all have the power at home to help us make it happen. 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