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KPIX CBS Overnight News July 13, 2024

The first monday of october means the start of the new Supreme Court term, and there could not be more at stake in this one. Jan crawford is our chief Legal Correspondent and has covered the court for 25 years. And jan, i know this is shaping up to be a historic term. Well, i mean they are taking every hot button issue thats out there. Youve got gay rights, abortion, immigration, gun rights, and they are going to jump right into it. Starting tomorrow with the case that really looks at whether or not federal civil rights law protects gays, lesbians, transgendered people from discrimination in employment. And then in the months to come, theyre going to look at abortion, whether or not states can put more regulations on abortion clinics. Theyre going to have a case that looks at President Trumps efforts to try to end that Obama Era Program called the Dreamer Program course that was designed to protect people who came to this country illegally as children. And then there is gun rights. Theyre going to look at whether states can put a lot of restrictions on peoples ability who have legally owned firearms to take them outside their homes. My goodness, every single hot button issue it seems. And of course this is a new court because it has Brett Kavanaugh in that. How will that affect these decisions . Replacing Justice Kennedy. Theyre both conservatives, but Justice Kennedy sometimes would side with liberals on the social issue cases like abortion and gay rights. So will Brett Kavanaugh see those issues differently, decide them in a more conservative way . And then of course there is the chief justice. Liberals and conservatives will be scrutinizing his actions, and his actions if possibly he is the presiding judge in a senate trial if President Trump is impeached. Oh my goodness. So much at stake with the Supreme Court. Were glad to have you. Thanks, jan. Acting Homeland Security secretary kev walked off the stage today at Georgetown Law School after he was shouted down by protesters who chanted the names of Migrant Children who have died in custody. Mcaleenan was trying to give a speech on immigration policy and law. All right, thats much. What do we do . Stand up, fight back. Mcaleenan tried several times to start the speech, but he gave up after about seven minutes. In new york city today, a vigil was held for four homeless men who were beaten to death over the weekend. The accused killer is himself homeless. And as mola lenghi reports, the incident is drawing new attention to the struggles of some half a million americans living in the shelters or on the streets. Reporter a cloud of grief still hangs over new york citys chinatown. I cant believe he was killed that night. Reporter the shocked community remembering the four homeless victims beaten to death saturday night as neighbors and friends. I met him when i was a little girl. Reporter cheun kok was the oldest of the four victims. He was 83. A homeless man, 24yearold randy santos was arrested soon after, reportedly still carrying the alleged murder weapon. Surveillance video shows santos wielding a metal object, beating the men as they slept on the street. Police say the attacks were random. The incident has renewed focus on the countrys vulnerable Homeless Population crisis. Nationwide in 2018, there were more than 550,000 Homeless People. In new york city, there are more than 60,000 Homeless People. And in los angeles, its more than 30,000. In 2018, 39 Homeless People were killed in l. A. , ten more than 2017. This cannot be the best that we can do. Giselle routhier is with the coalition of the homeless. We need deeply Affordable Housing for people who are homeless. We need the government to step in when our Housing Market is not fulfilling that gap for people. Reporter well, in addition to the four men killed, a fifth homeless man was also injured in the attack. He is still fighting for his life tonight. Meanwhile, the suspect, randy santos is facing four counts of murder, norah, as well as an attempted murder charge. All right, mola, thank you. There is still much more ahead. Hospital officials take Emergency Action after a deadly bacteria strikes premature babies. How a prodemocracy tweet is threatening the nbas multibillion partnership with china. And tyler perry has made millions making audiences laugh. Now hes making movie history. Here at. Snowfest. For your worst sore throat pain try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. Ahhhhhh vaporize sore throat pain with Vicks Vapocool drops. Tonight the nba is under fire for backing down to china over a prodemocracy tweet. The league is accused of putting its multibillion brand ahead of free speech. Jim axelrod explains how the tweet sparked an international incident. Reporter in the worlds most populous country, the most popular Pro Sports League is the nba. The nba is the only sport in the world that has a chance to be a Truly International sport thats based in the united states. They need china to do this. Reporter antigovernment protests have been raging in hong kong for the last four months. So when the Houston Rockets general manager darryl moreys friday night tweet, fight for freedom, stand with hong kong angered the chinese government, the nba jumped in quickly, and not on the side of free speech. Moreys views said the nba deeply offended many of our friends and fans in china, which is regrettable. The rockets biggest star james harden also chimed in. We apologize. We love china. We love playing there. Reporter with more than half a billion chinese fans in the matchup of free speech versus big business, commerce says Sports Writer bill reiter was a slamdunk. Whatever principles you bring to the table, including free speech, you check that at the door if you want to do business with china. Reporter that seemed pretty clear from moreys walkback tweet yesterday. Ive had a lot of opportunity to hear and consider other perspectives. I did not intend my tweet to cause my offense. The nba is getting plenty of blowback itself and creating some strange bedfellows in the process. Republican senator ted cruz from texas said the nbas retreat is shameful. Beto orourke, the democrat from el paso called it an embarrassment. And norah, as you know, normally you cant even get those two to agree on what color the sky is. Yeah, a lot of blowback indeed. Jim, thank you. Still ahead, the stitches to prove it, americas oldest president may also be its toughest. Ah come on lets hide in the attic. No. In the basement. Why cant we just get in the running car . Are you crazy . Lets hide behind the chainsaws. Smart. Yeah. Ok. If youre in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. Its what you do. This was a good idea. Shhhh. Im being quiet. Youre breathing on me if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Lets go to the cemetery s before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do . vo cascade platinum does the work for you. Prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. mom wow thats clean vo cascade platinum. Breaking news from danville, pennsylvania. A hospital is transferring some babies to nearby hospitals after three infants died from a bacterial infection. They were among eight premature babies who were infected by bacteria thats spread by water. Officials are working with state and federal Health Officials to make sure no other babies get sick. There is no slowing down former president jimmy carter. Today he and rosalynn appeared at a habitat for humanity event in nashville one day after he took a nasty fall at home in georgia. A black eye and 14 stitches were visible beneath his hat. Mr. Carter turned 95 last week, the first president to reach that milestone. Also recovering, president ial candidate bernie sanders. He and his wife jane took a walk in the rain today in burlington, vermont. Sanders suffered a heart attack last week and had two stents inserted into an artery. All right. Coming up next, actor tyler perry goes from when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. Hi, im joel osteen. Im excited about being with you every week. I hope youll tune in. Youll be inspired, youll be encouraged. Im looking forward to seeing you right here. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race thats been designed for you. We end tonight with history in the making. Actor tyler perrys new film and tv studio is now open for show business more than 2,000 miles from hollywood in atlanta. Meg oliver has some of gayle kings exclusive interview with the inspiring studio boss. Reporter tyler perry is the first African American to independently own a major film studio. Its the largest film complex in the country, bigger than the burbank, california lots owned by warner brothers, paramount, and Walt Disney Studios combined. Hollywood alisters celebrated perry on saturday. Beforehand, he spoke with cbs this mornings gayle king. The New York Times said you are the most successful mogul hollywood has ever ignored. Do you think hollywood gets you . No. I clearly believe that im ignored in hollywood for sure, and thats fine. I get it. Wait a second, is that fine . It is. My audience and the stories that i tell are African American stories that i grew up with, and we speak a language. Hollywood doesnt necessarily speak the language. Who doing your hair . Reporter but perrys madea films have had universal appeal and he hopes to build on his success. Rodney ho has covered entertainment in atlanta for decades. Is this considered the next Delta Airlines or cocacola for atlanta . When people bring up atlanta, youll think of cnn and ted turner. Youll think of hank aaron and the braves, and cocacola, and youll think of tyler perry. Reporter the studio is built on a former Confederate Army base. That irony is not lost on perry, who named each of the studios after prominent African Americans in the film industry. Meg oliver, cbs news, new york. Im Norah Odonnell in washington. Thanks to the Jones Day Law Firm for this incredible view of the capital. And well see you tomorrow. Good night. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im meg oliver. The pentagon is scrambling to contain the fallout after President Trump ordered all u. S. Troops out of Northern Syria. The move clears the way for a threatened invasion by turkey, which considers Kurdish Forces along its border to be terrorists. For years, the kurds were americas closest allies in the war zone, serving as the Ground Forces in the battle against the islamic state. Critics of the pullout call it a betrayal. David martin has the story from the pentagon. Reporter u. S. Troops abandon observation posts along syrias border with turkey ahead of a threatened incursion by the turkish army, which u. S. Intelligence estimated could happen within the next 24 to 48 hours. President trump said its only 50 soldiers who are being moved out of harms way. I dont want those 50 people hurt or killed or anything. I dont want anything bad to happen to our people. Reporter but he made it sound as if the final american pullout from syria had begun. Turkey, syria, let them take care of it. Let them take care of it. We want to bring our troops back home. Its been many, many years. Its been decades in many cases. We want to bring our troops back home, and i got elected on that. Reporter the surprise move announced in a latenight White House Press release was immediately denounced by more than half a dozen republican senators. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell warned a precipitous withdrawal of u. S. Forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran, and the assad regime, and it would increase the risk that isis and other terrorist groups regroup. Senator Lindsey Graham called it a betrayal of the Kurdish Forces, which have been leading the fight against isis. The kurds stepped up when nobody else would to fight isis. If we abandon them, good luck getting anybody to help america in the future with radical islam. Reporter the pullback came after a sunday phone call between the president and turkeys president erdogan, who has been threatening for weeks to send his army into Northern Syria to clear out what he considers kurdish terrorists threatening his country. The pentagon had tried to talk turkey out of it by conducting joint security patrols along the border. Administration officials insist President Trump did not give turkey a green light to invade syria. In one of his tweets, the president threatened to, quote, totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey if it does anything that i in my great and unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits. Holly williams has been covering the war in syria since it began. She discussed the situation there with Norah Odonnell. Well, norah, those kurdish fiegers that were talking about are known as the Syrian Democratic forces, or sdf. And we spoke with them over the phone earlier today. They told us they feel betrayed by the u. S. They are clearly very angry. Now ive been in and out of that part of syria over and over again since 2014, and i have gradually witnessed the sdf become americas closest partners on the ground in the fight against isis. They say they have lost around 11,000 of their fighter, mostly young men and women, and that fight is not over, because although isis lost all of its territory back in march, the group is still carrying out suicide attacks and assassinations. And the risk is that the sdf will now say to the u. S. Youve betrayed us once again, and when it comes to the fight against isis, were going to look after our interests, and not do your bidding. And holly, thats really the question. Whats going to happen to these thousands of isis fighters that are imprisoned in northeast syria . Well, norah, the sdf say they have around 12,000 accused isis fighters in those prisons, including what 00 foreigners. We visited one just last month. The nightmare scenario is the sdf no longer has the resources to guard them, there is a mass prison break, and then we see isis reforming their army. The impeachment inquiry into President Trump continues to pick up steam. A second whistleblower has come forward with firsthand knowledge of the president s call with ukraines leader. And subpoenas were issued to both the pentagon and the office of management and budget. Major garrett brings us up to speed. This is a sm, and the people are wise to it. Reporter President Trump again denounced the house impeachment inquiry that continues to ensnare more parts of his administration. And its lucky that im the president because i guess i dont know what. A lot of people said very few people could handle it. I sort of thrive on it. Reporter a second whistleblower has emerged, this one according to their lawyers with direct knowledge of President Trumps phone call with ukraines president. The House Intelligence Committee is considering extreme measures to protect the first whistleblowers identity, such as interviewing the person behind a curtain, and obscuring his or her voice. Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi we have to take all precautions, because we cannot burn his or her identity. Reporter the House Intelligence Committee led by california democrat adam schiff today subpoenaed documents from the pentagon and office of management and budget, in part to learn the reasons behind the white houses decision to withhold Critical Military assistance to ukraine. White house critics accuse mr. Trump of holding back that aid to pressure the new ukrainian president to launch an investigation into former Vice President joe bidens son hunter. Later this week trump donor and ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will testify before the house, as will the president s former ambassador to ukraine, masha yovanovitch. She was abruptly dismissed from her post earlier this year. I heard very, very bad things about her for a long time. Not good. Is the president among republicans still has a 90 approval rating. That makes him more popular than many of the lawmakers who are republicans in congress. And as the president just said today, he thrives on a fight. Many republicans based on the facts as they know them now simply do not want to get into a fight with this white house or this president. A homeless man in new york city is charged with murder, accused in a deadly rampage over the weekend. Four homeless men were bludgeoned to death in their sleep. A feith is in critical condi

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