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A yearlong investigation by our cbs chicago station uncovered a disturbing pattern of wrongful police raids that often leave children badly traumatized. Heres bin get down. Police Reporter Police body cameras captured this nighttime raid in one of chicagos poorest neighborhoods. Get on the [ bleep ] ground. Reporter heavily armed officers carrying assault weapons and wearing body armour raided this home, looking for a suspected drug dealer. But instead they found then 9yearold peter mendez at home with his family. It was like my life just flashed before my eyes. Reporter mendez says he and his little brother were traumatized during the raid as their father was handcuffed and guns were drawn on them all. Where did they point the gun at you . I want to say like right here, but, you know, straight at it. Reporter chicago p. D. Say they were acting on a tip from an informant who gave them this address. As police tore through their apartment, peters mom grabbed the warrant. She told the officers they were in the wrong place. They live upstairs. Thats the couple upstairs. Reporter peter mendez is one of 23 children that weve met through our yearlong investigation whose home was wrongly raided by chicago p. D. They had their finger on the trigger. I was afraid and confused. Reporter where did they point the rifle . It was around reporter our investigation found a disturbing pattern in these cases. Chicago police getting drug or gun tips from informants, then failing to verify the addresses before busting in on innocent families. You did not conduct any surveillance of the building, correct . Thats correct. Reporter officer Joseph Capello got the warrant for the mendez raid, relying on a tip from a confidential informant. At a deposition, capello admitted he failed to independently verify the tip. The john doe was very persistent on the address, and went off what he was saying. Eto. Were on the wrong door. Reporter during our investigation, we learned that over 11,000 search warrants were approved by the States Attorneys Office since 2016, ke jusw e tell us theyre not chicago ce superintendent eddie johnson. Do you have any contingency plans in place for when small children are present . Well, yes, if we have small children in those situations, their safety is paramount, you know. We dont try to traumatize them, but we just cannot know going in all the time if there are small children. Reporter how were they holding them . Like this. Reporter 7yearold somari boswell was celebrating her 4yearold brother t. J. s birthday when 17 plainclothes officers stormed into they are familys home. I thought they were they was going to shoot me and my brother and everybody else. Reporter we found this was another case of a bad informant tip, and Police Failing to investigate. The suspect hadnt lived in the building for five years. In the peter mendez raid, officers were caught whispering in the wrong apartment. He gave us the wrong [ bleep ] apartment. He gave us the wrong apartment. Reporter but that didnt stop them from still searching. They even searched Peters School back pack, which left him devastated. They really hurt you that day. What did they make you feel . They made me feel like the police werent even what i thought they were. Dave joins us here tonight. That little boy peter mendez, how is he doing . Norah, peter is doing much better since we met him last year. Hes been in therapy. And because of our investigation, a law was passed in illinois and named after him called the peter mendez act. It requires deescalation autic tuations like these raids, norah. Incredible investigation. Thank you so much. There is still much more ahead. This 18 month old fell 11 stories in a cruise ship accident. The charges her grandfather faces tonight in her death. 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Chloe fell out of her grandfathers arms. The attorney said hes never seen a case like this. Did they have to prosecute this case . No, they didnt have to. But its discretionary. Usually when theres a dead person, in this case an infant, theres an inquiry that they want to make, and they decided that they want to find the facts reporter n puerto rico charged donello with negligent homicide. They believe the cruise ship is responsible, not the grandfather. They find it unnecessary and unfair. Its really pouring salt on the open wound of this grieving family. Reporter the family is planning to sue Royal Caribbean. The cruise line told us they cannot comment because of the pending lawsuit. He is expected back in court in san juan, puerto rico, next month, norah. He faces three years in prison if convicted. Jericka, thank you. Coming up, dinners at the door. New tonight, how amazon is changing the game for grocery deliveries. Score one tonight for Americas College athletes. Ncaa officials bowed to pressure voting to open the door or student athletes to make money from endorsements. The change was prompted by a new law in california that blocks schools from punishing athletes for accepting paid endorsements. The grocery delivery wars are heating up. Amazon announced today that its amazon fresh delivery is dropping its 15 a i month fee for prime members who have used the service. The move is in response to competition from walmart and other food delivery services. The minimum up next, a highclimbing veteran gives new meaning to the words peak performance. We end tonight with a mountain marathon. A British Special forces veteran from nepal just set a new speed record, scaling the worlds highest peaks. Ian lee has more on this epic feat. Reporter with each step nirmal purja pushed into thin air and the record books the mountain ear scaled 14 peaks. It took the previous record holder eight years. All the while, he made it look easy we de it. Not only for us, we made it for everybody. Reporter purjas journey took him to some of the most stunning but dangerous places on the planet, to heights where the human body starts to die from a lack of oxygen. During those six months, he also rescued several climbers. Are you okay . Reporter the former elite british soldier battled subzero temperatures, blinding snowstorms, and traffic jams. In may he snapped this photo of 320 climbers waiting to summit mt. Everest. And in the end, just after sunrise, he summited his final peak, posting on instagram, mission achieved. A mission not just to push human endurance, but to inspire others. Ian lee, cbs news, london. That is the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im norah odonnell. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Hi, everyone. And welcome to the overnight news. Im errol barnett. We begin with another dramatic day of testimony on capitol hill in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. On tuesday, house lawmakers heard from a decorated army officer serving on the president S National Security council. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman testified about his concerns over mr. Trumps efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rivals. Heres nancy cordes. Ter lenlon fullar ac ty he told congressional investigators that he did not think it was proper for the president to demand by phone that the ukrainians investigate his campaign rival joe biden. Today, colonel vindman made a very strong case that what the president did happened and was very, very wrong. Reporter vindman is a harvard educated iraq war terawe policy at the white house. I realized, he said, that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. I think his commitment to this country, but he is wrong in this. Reporter republicans dismissed the damning testimony. The fundamental facts have never changed. We can read the call. We know what President Trump and president zelenskiy have said. So you think he was wrong to be concerned . No, ill tell you what troubles me. What troubles me is the fact that these, these proceedings are being done in secret. We came from kiev. Reporter vindman immigrated from ukraine, then part of the the presidenmed him day s 3. As a nru some defenders went further, questioning vindmans allegiances. Some people might call that espionage. It seems very clear that he is incredibly concerned about ukrainian defense. I dont know that hes concerned about american policy. Reporter vindman is is a purple heart recipient who has served in the u. S. Military for 20 years. Basically the republicans got nothing. Thats why what theyre doing is pathetic. Reporter Republican Leaders quickly clamped down. Were talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation, who have put their lives on the line. And it is shameful to question their patriotism. Also on capitol hill, the c. E. O. Of boeing testified for the First Time Since two deadly plane crashes killed 346 people. The testimony came on the First Anniversary of one of those tragic accidents, as boeings 737max fleet remains grounded. Heres kris van cleave. I would walk before i was to get on a 737max. I would walk. Reporter one by one, senators took turn criticizing boeing c. E. O. Dennis mullenberg. Youve not told us the whole truth, and these families are suffering because of it. Reporter members of those families were sitting just behind the boeing chief. And at the committees request, stood with pictures of their loved ones. We are sorry, deeply and truly sorry. I think about you and your loved ones every day. Reporter mullenberg admitted mistakes were made, but West Virginia republican Shelley Moore capito wanted to know why the 737max wasnt grounded after the first crash in indonesia one year ago today. I think about that decision over and over every day. And if we knew everything back then that we know now, we would have made a different decision. Reporter but some at boeing may hano had flaws nearly two years before the first crash. Messages show two test pilots complaining about the Flight Control system known as mcas, one calling it egregious, saying, its running rampant in that system was linked to both deadly crashes. Mullenberg acknowledged knowing about the messages months before the second max crash, but says he only recently learned the details. Youre the c. E. O. The buck stops with you. Reporter Roland Ray Horn and his wife joan who lost their 24yearold daughter angela in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, found mullenbergs performance unsatisfying. Do you believe mr. Mullenberg when he says hes sorry . I have to say no. Reporter why not . Because if hes sorry, he would have resigned. Reporter they brought their daughters remains home from africa just one week ago. Its torn me apart. Angela and i were so close. A new government whistleblower is speaking out against the trump administration. This time at the cdc. A top scientist there tells cbs news the agency backed climate e and even talked about using different terminology over fears of upsetting the white house. Heres mark strassmann. Reporter george luber was such a celebrated scientist, he hung out with other stars. Like matt damon. They flew around los angeles and the show time special talking about rising temperatures. Its a small field, but im one of the worlds experts. I wrote what i like to think of as definitive textbook on the subject. Reporter in late 2016, luber change er. Al gorehec climate ke but right after donald trump was elected president , lubers boss called him n. In. I was told the optics are not good and i needed to cancel it. Reporter did he explain what the optics issue was . The meeting was happening three weeks after the inauguration. Reporter and the white house would be unhappy . Um, yeah. Reporter americas new president had a dim view of lubers science. Global warming, a lot of its a hoax. Reporter luber said his boss wanted Something Else. Dont say Climate Change. Can you call it extreme weather, call it Something Else . Reporter youre saying the centers for Disease Control was suddenly afraid to use the term Climate Change . Yeah. Absolutely. I was told to use a different term. Reporter in march 2018, the cdc revoked lubers badge, phone and credentials. Ards a seemingly holng but one and was allowed to stay. But luber said the cdc dismantled his climate and Health Program which the agency denies. The program has not changed. The program is the same. It was just placed in a different administrative unit. Reporter at the cdc, dr. Patrick brycy is dr. Lubers boss. Hes the senior manager who luber ordered him to scuttle the science conference. It wasnt canceled. We postponed it. Reporter you didnt feel any pressure at all . No. Reporter politically . No. Reporter that conference happened but without cdc sponsorship. Were any cdc employees ever told stop using that phrase Climate Change . Not to my knowledge, but we did discuss it. Reporter you changed from Climate Change to extreme weather because, because Climate Change was more radioactive . We never made that change. We talked about possibly making that change, but we never made the change. Reporter whats unchanged, brycy insists, is the cdcs commitment to studying climate science, but without its star george luber. I asked brycy why. 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Climate change and poaching are threatening the survival of the snow leopard. A majestic and reclusive cat that roams across central asia. Only 4,000 Snow Leopards are left in the wild meaning they are a vulnerable species. Most dont protect the animals, but a program in the remote mountains of russia is trying to save the local species and its working. Elizabeth palmer traveled to the area for a rare up close look. Reporter in these remote mountains in southern siberia, three decades of hunting and poaching had almost wiped out the snow leopard. In the village, we found boris markoff, a former poacher. Back in the day, he told me, just one pelt was worth a car. Our journey deep into russias National Park took us off road and on horseback to meet park biologist and researcher, alexis. Its part of the plan to bring leopards back with motion cameras hidden in the wilderness. The results are astounding. Intimate shots of animals so shy theyd do anything to avoid humans. Even alexi has only seen a snow leopard once, though theres not much he doesnt know about their behavior. Like the way they scratch to mark territory. Like domestic cats. And heres one caught on camera doing exactly that. Sergei is another sergei has ch. Hes one of several former hunters getting a salary through the World Wildlife fund to monitor the cameras. When you get the photo cards out, do you look at the pictures yourself to see whats there . [ speaking Foreign Language ] translator oh, yes. Its so interesting. I check right away to see if there are