Our series, american wonder, finds one of the rare places where the night sky still shines brightly. Its wednesday, august 27, 2019. Heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Well be meeting with some of the victims and paying my respects. The president heads to the scenes of two Mass Shootings. I heard from victims still in the hospital as they grab my arm and tell me, tell him not to come here. The fbi is now looking into the dayton shooters violent idealogies. The gunmans former girlfriend said she saw several red flags. Im not shocked he did something horrific. The fbi has now opened up a domestic terrorism investigation into the shooting in gilroy, california. The gunman created a hit list. The shooter was exploring violent idealogy. The shootings have people on edge. Chaos in onew york city as a car backfires. Its the largest pedophile ring on earth. Baltimore is bracing for another round of strong thunderstorms after heavy rain and flooding. All that this is a french bulldog. It looks like hes trying to get on the 2020 olympic volleyball team. Hes that good. And all that matters. This is a highway in chicago. Two semis collided. One of them lost a lot of wine. They immediately dispatched several local book clubs. On cbs this morning. They just read the rules of octobers debate. After calling the field for the september debate, the rules could let some of the candidates back in for october. The whole point of this is elimination. There is a reason that march madness doesnt go from the elite eight to the final four to the terrific 12, to the nifty nine to the thrifty 13. They go down he does have a pretty good point. Dont give them any ideas, though. I dont want to change the march madness format. Sometimes it does feel likee an eternal campaign, doesnt it . Welcome to cbs this morning. Im anthony mason. Gayle king and Tony Dokoupil are getting some muchneeded rest. Michelle miller and Dana Jacobson are here. The president is traveling to dayton, ohio and el paso, texas where two Mass Shootings took place last weekend. He said his rhetoric had no impact on the country. You asked the president about banning assault weapons. What did he say . Reporter the president said there is no call for a ban on assault rifles, and when i asked him if he supports that, he dodged that question. He is expecting to be the chief in dayton and he will pass oel s not being welcomed with open arms. The mayor in dayton says he will not be welcome in the city that left nine people dead. Mental illness pulls the trigger, not the gun. Reporter the president s t rhetoric is not going well in either community. The mayor in el paso is receiving lots of hate mail for the president of the united states. Emotions in el paso are particularly raw. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says the president should apologize for past comments. Se scribe mexicans and immigrants are racist words that fuel hate. Reporter the accused white supremacist who allegedly killed 22 people at the walmart there said he was responding to what he called the hispanic invasion of texas. The president has often used the word invasion to justify his border wall immigration policies. Many illegal aliens trying to rush our borders. It is an invasion. Mexico should step up and stop this onslaught, this invasion into our country. Reporter the president continues to insist hes the least racist person ever. And the white house is pushing back on the pushback. Its not the politicians fault when someone acts out their evil intention. Reporter and some in el paso, like republican blanca del rona see the president acting out of respect. He is a representative of our nation and he is coming as such. Reporter beto orourke said the president should not visit el paso today. In a tweet, President Trump said he should be quiet. Orourke replied, 22 people are dead in my town inspired by your racism. They will not be quiet nor will i. He is attending an action event while the president is in el paso. In our next hour well speak to nan whaley. You heard her criticism. We will talk to her about that and gun control. Thats coming up at 8 00. An investigation has been opened up on the dayton gunman as he previously expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting. Investigators also say connor betts had a history of violent idealogies. It seems the republican governor there has some new proposals. Reporter thats right, but first the fbi will be looking at three main things. What idealogy may have influenced the attacker, who, if anyone, helped him or noour of his intentions beforehand, and why he chose to commit that specific act. All o of this comes as the shooters parents have made their first public statement. Late tuesday police delivered a statement on behalf of connor betts parents. It included an expression of horror and grief over the loss of both of their children. They asked that everyone respect the familys privacy in order to mourn the loss of their son and daughter. Reporter connor betts went on a 30second rampage in daytons district, and in that time, he killed nine people, including his sister megan, before police shot and killed him. We have evidence throughout the course of our investigation that the shooter was exploring violent idealogies. I didnt think he would go shoot strangers, especially his sister. Reporter adelia johnson, the shooters exgirlfriend, said they dated from march to may. Betts was studying in college and thats why at first she didnt think of much of his obsession with violence. He was interested in what made people do certain things. Reporter on their first date, he showed her a video of a mass shooting. They broke up in the spring. Im not shocked that he did something horrific. I am shocked that he did it to this level. Reporter were also learning more about the victims. Nicholas k aurumar was studying cancer care. Thomas mcnichols was the father of four children, all ages eight and under. Deion green said he wasnjoyinga the shooter opened fire. He saved my life. There is no way i shouldnt have been the one that got hit. Reporter his dad died in his arms. He was just staring at me, just staring at me, and im like, come on. And he just stops breathing on me. I just lose it. I grab him and hold him. Just tell him i love him and hold him. Reporter the fbi says the shooter was not on its radar before this incident, and while they are not saying what specific idealogy he may have embraced, they are saying they found no evidence that this attack was racially motivated or influenced by events in el paso the day before. Anthony . Dean reynolds, thank you, dean. In the wake of the dayton shootings, ohios governor is calling for tough new gun control measures. Republican mike dewine wants to require background checks for nearly all gun sales. Hes also seeking improvements in the States Mental Health resources and a socalled red flag law. That would allow courts to take away firearms from people who pose a threat. Its not clear how much support the proposals will have in ohios republicancontrolled legislature. For the first time we are hearing from the parents of the suspect. In the wall street journal, the parents wrote, patricks actions were objeapparently influenced by people we do not know. Janet, good morning. Reporter the parking lot is emptying as people involved in the shooting are coming back to pick up their cars. Several walmarts in the country could be pretty empty as well as they are calling for a nationwide walkout over ohios gun law. Here in el paso, the emotions are still very raw in the wake of this horrific tragedy. It was so quick, just boom, boom, boom. Reporter she couldnt hold back tears as she finally returned to the walmart tuesday for the First Time Since the shooting to pick up the car she left behind. My husband asked me what it was, was that gunshots . I told him i didnt know, it sounded like fireworks. And he said, hes shooting, hes shooting, hes shooting. Reporter authorities are learning more about the alleged shooters movements after he stormed the walmart. The suspect was driving a honda civic about a quarter mile from the store. He reportedly stopped, got out of the car with his hands in the air, and surrendered to a cop on a motorcycle. Now as el paso grieves, some of them are well enough to share their story. I just feel grateful im alive. He had the chance to kill me but he didnt. Reporter octavio was shot in the foot and has had several reconstructive surgeries. The youngest victim, 15yearold javier ramirez, was shot and killed. It was a horrible image and i hope nobody ever goes through it. Reporter that pain has been felt by an entire community, as well as the suspects parents who, in a statement to the wall street journal, said in part, there will never be a moment for the rest of our lives when we will forget each and every victim of this senseless tragedy. Janet, thank you. Just days after the Mass Shootings, americans remain on edge. Last night in new yorks times square, crowds ran for cover after there was a loud noise that some apparently mistook for gunfire. Police say that noise was from motorcycles backfiring and there was no danger. Some people reportedly ran into stores, theaters or restaurants for safety. Police tell our new york station wcdstv that 22 people were hurt in the stampede. Four were hospitalized. All are expected to be okay. A woman who says she was a 16yearold sex Trafficking Victim when she killed a man left prison early this morning. Cyntoia brown, now 31, was granted an Early Release from her life sentence in january. That followed support from celebrities, including rihanna and james. Shes served a sentence for a long time. Reporter thats right. Considering Cyntoia Brown has spent nearly half her life behind bars. She earned her degree and encouraged scores of people to champion her release. Now she wants to use her experiences to help other young women and girls escape abuse. Reporter she left prison hoping for privacy as she reenters society. But her case, drawing attention for years, already speaks volumes. Brown, seen in this 2011 documentary, says 43yearold Real Estate Agent johnny allen picked her up in 2004 in an area of nashville known for prostitution. She says allen agreed to pay her 150 with the intent to have sex, then drove her to his home. He just grabbed me, like, and he just grabbed real hard and he just gave me this look. He rolled over and hes reaping to t reaching to the side of the bed or something. And im thinking, hes not going to hit me, hes getting a gun. What did you do at that time . I grabbed the gun and shot him. Reporter brown was 16 at the time but was sentenced as an adult and sentenced to life in prison for murder. I have prayed for a long time to be released. Reporter last year brown got her first bid for freedom before a parole board. I am a changed person because i have no choice but to be. Reporter seven months later, former tennessee governor bill haslem granted brown clemency. She was 16. You dont throw away a child. Reporter he is a former state prosecutor that once fought to keep brown out of prison. He is advocating for her release. She has all the potential to not just go and do good, potentially mentor other people. Reporter now, schiff actually says he wants to fight for justice for the thousands of other women in similar situations but of course much lesser known. As for brown, she will be on parole for the next decade and she will stay that way so long as she does not break any laws, holds a job and receives counseling. Also this fall she does plan to release a book about her life story. Dana . Errol, you see that video of her so young and so many others that may have been in a similar situation. Thank you, we appreciate it. Severe weather slammed parts of the midwest and east. A dramatic and fastmoving storm swept through north dakota with heavy wind, rain and ma marblesized hail yesterday. Cars were standing in water several feet deep. Some drivers had to abandon their vehicles. Storms in the next few days could bring heavy rain to the west and the east. Politicians, writers, musicians and fans are paying tribute to activist Toni Morrison who died wednesday. She was 88 and died after a brief illness. The Nobel Laureates influence went far beyond the world of books. Michelle miller remembers the author who transformed how we look at africanamerican life. I think i write well. And i think i have a distinctive voice. Reporter Toni Morrison used that voice to challenge beliefs on race and gender. Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. She wrote that in her novel beloved about a runaway slave who chose death over bondage for her daughter. The book won the pulitzer prize. Through 11 novels spanning more than four decades, morrison delved into the struggles of the oppressed. She received the nobel prize for literature in fir black woman to accept the honor. She was very much aym mentor and a beacon. Harold donaldson said he might not be an executive at randomhouse if she had not gotten him his first job in publishing. What will you miss most . I will miss her mystery, her laughter and her abiding faith in human beings. Reporter he said up until her death, Toni Morrison was working on a new book, perhaps one last piece into her lens on humanity. For cbs this morning, michelle miller, new york. What a phenomenal woman, a real truth teller. I was saying during the break i went to a reading not too long ago, and you realize how important those words were asking who we are, why we are and how we can be better. A political contribution to american culture. A cbs news investigation reveals what Police Departments nationwide say they are doing to combat potential issues of racial bias. Its been nearly five years since a Controversial Police killing in ferguson, missouri that was followed by months of protest. That and similar incidents in other cities led to changes in g we wd toifhe begay led our investigation. Reporter we compiled data from six big city Police Departments and half of them said they conducted training. Ahead, youll hear those officers say that training could we have much more news ahead. 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