She has always been doubted in ways that men never are. Its friday, august 23rd, 2019. Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. At least 80 people already arrested in what is called one of the biggest scams the country has ever seen. The fbi busts a global crime ring. Millions of dollars were taken through a variety of b. E. C. Scams, romance scams, and other online frauds. Billionaire david koch has ed businsman, one of the richest people in the world and a donor to the republican party. In new york city a man is dead after an elevator accident. The elevator suddenly dropped as he tried to exit. People are getting stuck, theyre always down, there is something wrong with the elevators. Everybody was scared. Some tense moments for passengers. The plane made an Emergency Landing in hawaii because of smoke in the cabin. You just couldnt see. It was instant. Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein facing a new indictment. Prosecutors have said the new indictment should not delay his trial. Fires are still raging in brazils amazon region. Climate experts say the infernos are putting the planet in peril. All that terrifying moments. The truck ra a light pole and flips over. The driver survived. The bears swiping a package right off the front porch. Getting his little midday snack. And all that matters. 11, fly shot, a fair ball and a winner red sox resuming a suspended game from august 7th. The game started in the tenth inning. Kansas city lost and get this, 11 minutes. If you bought tickets for this one i hope you kept the car running. On cbs this morning. Billie eilish, one dad in arkansas decided to put his own spin on this song. Used to be a tough guy like a really rough guy just cant get enough guy now im the dad guy sunday mow the yard guy did you change your oil guy buy your bag of chips guy im the dad guy dinners ready. [ laughter ] i love that kids face. I hope he keeps the video to show him again one day. Welce to cbs this morning. Im Anthony Mason with Tony Dokoupil. Gayle king is on assignment. Welcome. Investigators are searching for suspects in an internet fraud case that nearly anyone who has received a suspicious email will recognize. These six fugitives are thought to be in the u. S. , 80 people in all, most from nigeria, face charges after a threeyear investigation. At least 11 people overall were arrested yesterday in southern california. Theyre charged with money laundering, fraud, and identity theft. Prosecutors say millions of dollars were stolen from unsuspecting people online. Jamie yuccas is tracking the investigation. Jamie, these scammers have become much more sophisticated in recent years. Who were they targeting with these scams . Reporter prosecutors say the defendants preyed romance to businesses and the elderly. The investigation began in 2016 with a single bank account and one victim and grew to include dozens of victims in the u. S. And around the world, some who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Common Thread is that all of these schemes involve the internet to defraud victims. Reporter federal authorities took 11 defendants into custody near los angeles thursday as part of what they say is a highly sophisticated crime ring. According to a 252count indictment 80 defendants are accused of hacking email accounts to convince businesses and individuals to make bogus payments. The suspects would then funnel that money to nigeria. The money launderers routinely went as far as registering fictitious business names with l. A. County so they could open Bank Accounts in the fictitious business names. Reporter prosecutors say the alleged thieves stole 6 million and tried to make off with another 40 million. The suspects also allegedly used online romance scams similar to the one Debby Montgomery johnson fell victim to in 2010. I talked to him a few times. We messaged every day. Reporter the widowed mother of four thought she was communicating with a british businessman only to find out it was a nigerian con man. She says she lost much of her life savings. Federal officials have warned about the riese in online fraud in Public Service announcements like this one. Mr. Jacobs just transferred the money for the emerson project. What emerson project . Dont be that guy. Reporter their hope is the latest bust will send a strong message to criminals thinking of preying on innocent people. This case is part of our ongoing efforts to protect americans from fraudulent schemes. Reporter if convicted all of the defendants could face decades in prison. In the days ahead federal authorities will be working with their foreign counterparts in Nine Countries to apprehend nearly 60 additional suspects, tony. Jamie, back here in this country what should people look out for to avoid getting scammed like this . Reporter that is a good question. The fbi is reminding americans they should never send money to someone they dont know, have not met, and really have no reason to trust. And to never provide bank account information. They also urge people to be cautious of urgent demands for money, tony. Thanks. Scary stuff. Thank you, jamie. For the first time were hearing from someone who says he witnessed part of the deadly confrontation between a connecticut man and a worker at a caribbean resort. Scott hapgood faces a manslaughter charge for the death of Kenny Mitchel who died after a struggle with happen gad. Now a bellman first to arrive on scene is describing what he saw. Errol barnett spoke to the employee. What exactly did he tell you . Reporter he says he arrived at Scott Hapgoods room moments after the confrontation between him and Kenny Mitchel began. You can see the Luxury Resort where this all took place over my right shoulder. What is important is that clarkes story is at odds with hapgoods version of events and is raising new questions about what really took place at this hotel back in april. I cannot say what happened initially. I only came there for the aftermath. Reporter Geshuane Clarke is a bellman at anguillas resort and says he is the first person to find Scott Hapgood restraining another Hotel Employee on the floor of his bathroom april 13th. I saw kenny on his back and mr. Hapgood over kenny. Reporter clarke says he saw hapgoods forearm on mitchels neck and was told mitchel came after hapgood with a knife asking for money. What are you saying at this time . Well, i keep telling him, okay. Yes i understand what you are saying but you still need to give him proper breathing space. Reporter at one point clarke says mitchel tried responding. He said, can i speak . Then in that same position mr. Hapgood came, looked down at him and said, you dont have a thing to say. Reporter clarke says he and his security manager tried to intervene but hapgood refused to budge for roughly 30 minutes. He said he would not move. He would not get up. He would not do anything until the police is present. Reporter clarke also says hapgoods wife came in the room after he did and recorded part of the encounter on her phone. How do you know it was video and not pictures . No, because i saw when she pressed the record button. Reporter an autopsy shows mitchel died from positional asphyxia. A toxicology report also shows he had drugs and alcohol in his system. Hapgoods family says scott was bitten and stabbed but clarke says the knife mitchel was allegedly carrying was clean. When i checked the knife, there was no blood on the knife. Reporter outside the courthouse following thursdays hearing cbs spoke with mitchels brother marshall. What would justice look like for you . You take a life. You understand . Reporter hapgood who was vacationing in anguilla with his family back in april says he is eager for a trial where his innocence will be proven. Some day i will be able to tell the real story in a legal setting. The sooner that day comes, the better. Thank you. Reporter now, a representative for the hapgoods say they deny most of clarkes account except for the delay in releasing mitchel. Mr. Hapgood has said through his representatives that he was afraid that the hotel staff were part of some type of plan to attack him and he didnt trust them. Anthony, the next hearing in this trial is set for september 9th. Errol barnett in anguilla thanks. We learned this morning david koch has died. His brother and Business Partner charles said in a statement, anyone who worked with david surely experienced his giant personality and passion for life. How important was david koch . By any measure david koch was an enormous figure in the business and political world. David koch had stepped down from his role at Koch Industries in june, 2018, due to declining health, but he still shared majority control of the second largest private firm in the United States along with his brother, charles. David was worth 42. 4 billion. That made them the 11th Richest Company and family in the world according to forbes. The Koch Brothers are well known for their political act vich and helped shape right wing politics at the grass roots level in this country for many, many years. They donated money to issues and candidates mostly conservative but also libertarian. Along with his political donations david was also known as a significant philanthropist and was a survivor of Prostate Cancer and donated 207. 1 million to memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center. He and his wife julia live here in new york city. David koch was 79. As much money as he pumped into the political system what do you think this will mean for the political world . The Koch Brothers now, charles koch, hell remain in politics and americans for prosperity is their grass roots organization, foundational imprint in american politics. Theyll stay around. They did not support President Trump. They stayed out of the president ial campaign in 2016 and have no intention of participating in 2020. But at the grass roots level, registering republican voters, motivating them on conservative causes, and being welcomed at the white house as part of the broader Republican Coalition will all remain. Now just charles koch, they will continue to be active in politics at the conservative libertarian level. The two brothers worked together . Indeed. Hell be remembered by many for his funding of Climate Change denialist organizations as well. Thank you very much. More than a dozen workers at the new york city jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have been ordered to answer questions about hi death. Sources tell cbs news a grand jury issued subpoenas to Corrections Officers and Staff Members in a probe of possible pcriminal wrongdoing at the metropolitan correctional center. The disgraced financeer accused of sex trafficking underage girls apparently hanged himself in his cell nearly two weeks ago. Guards were supposed to check on epstein every 30 minutes but records reportedly show they left him alone for hours before his suicide. Okay. This is horrifying. Scary moments on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from oakland to honolulu carrying 184 passengers when it suddenly encountered a problem. Dramatic cell phone video captures the cabin filling with smoke on flight ha47 yesterday. Air Traffic Control audio caught the moment the crew prepared for an Emergency Landing. Emergency aircraft. We will be evacuating on the runway. Flight 47 just want to verify that you said you will evacuate on the runway . We plan to evacuate at this time. That is affirmative hawaiian 47. The filllight touched down i honolulu without incident. Emergency slides were deployed to help. Seven people were transported to hospitals for smoke related symptoms. In a tweet the airline said a seal failed in the left engine causing oil to leak citing that as the cause of a problem. I always worry about that when flying over an ocean because there is nowhere to go. A lot of parts on those planes. Incomplee behrgh an Emergency Landing. They are terrifying. President and mrs. Trump will fly to france tonight for this weekends g7 summit. The annual meeting has highlighted divisions between President Trump and some of the strongest u. S. Allies. Weijia jiang is at the white house. Why do they say this years summit will be very different than previous years . Reporter good morning. For the first time in the 44year history it will not end with the leaders signing a joint statement. The host french president Emmanuel Macron said the break in tradition signaled a deep crisis in democracy. Last year President Trump refused to sign the agreement and left the summit early amid disputes over trade. This year the group will take on several big issues including a weakening global economy. Iran tension, and the possibility of russia rejoining the group after it was kicked out in 2014 over the annexation of crimea. President trump has recently said it would be good and appropriate for moscow to come back. Macron said that cant happen until Vladimir Putin agrees to take steps to resolve the crisis in ukraine. Theres also a newcomer this year who will likely make the event a little more interesting. New british Prime Minister boris johnson, who is known for being brash and bold will be there. The president has reportedly told aides his meeting with johnson is the only bright spot of the trip. Now, after the g7, President Trump will head to poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii. As weve been reporting he was supposed to move on to denmark but abruptly canceled that leg of the trip because the Prime Minister said it would be absurd to talk about the u. S. Purchasing greenland, which is something the president wanted and tony selfishly that means we had to suddenly unpack our bags to copenhagen, too. All right. Weijia jiang, thank you very much. Attorneys general from every state in america are joining forces with major phone companies to fight the rapidly growing problem of robocalls. An estimated 4. 7 billion robocalls were placed in july, alone. Many of those are from scammers. Consumer investigative whats t n for all of us consumers . Hopefully it will help stop the cars, right . That is the idea. Consumers lose millions of er 12 major Telephone Companies say theyve been worki for nearly two years to implement a new, voluntary, nationwide, antirobo call agreement. The Companies Say they will offer free Call Blocking tools to customers. That includes blocking unwanted calls and deploying a system that labels fake calls. They also agreed to dedicate sufficient resources to investigate suspicious calls and patterns, which all sounds good. Very good. Finally some relief because im not even answering the phone sometimes if i dont recognize the number. I know. Will everything be free . You mentioned some of the cell Call Blocking services will be. When will we see relief . This is for free. However, not all of the companies are part of this. The agreement does not cover those who use old copper land line phones. There is no timeline for the 12 Major Companies to make good on these voluntary promises. This agreement targets scam robo callers, so legal robo callers like debt collectors are still allowed. They can still call you. Anna, thanks. Environmental organizations say humans are to blame for fires devastating the amazon. A region vital to our planets climate. More than 74,000 fires have begun in brazil this year with roughly 40 in the amazon area alone. Manuel bojorquez is on his way to brazil and joins us from miami. How do these fires compare to those in previous years . Reporter scientists are telling us there has been an 84 increase in forest fires this year and many believe deforestation is partly to blame. Brazils leadership argues that some of the environmental laws protecting the amazon could actually be hurting the brazilian economy. Regardless of the impact, these fires could be devastating in the fight against Climate Change. The amazon rain forest, the socalled lungs of the world, are now filling with smoke. The forest, which accounts for an estimated 20 of the earths oxygen, is burning. Earlier this week, smoke blanketed sao paulo, brazil, the fire so large they can even be seen from space. Some blazes have been linked to an increase in deforestation from logging and the rise of industrial farming. To understand the Environmental Impact this tower allows us to measure how forests breathe in and out. Reporter our Vladimir Duthiers visited the amazon earlier this year. That tree is probably three or four tons of carbon it is storing. Reporter what happens if the trees are cut down and the carbon released . The carbon goes into the atmosphere and contributes to that. Reporter as the fires rage on so does a political battle. The brazilian president jair bowls leonardo suggested that environmental groups could be responsible for the fires, a claim he later walked back. But the groups and protesters blame him. His government is inviting this destructive behavior in the amazon. Reporter this is a direct result of the this is a direct result of the government undermining protections. Reporter the dry season in brazil could last until good morning. Its going to be a beautiful weekend