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KPIX CBS July 3, 2024

Here are tonights headlines. As migrants illegally crossing the border near record levels and major American Cities struggled to handle the influx, the aboutface from the white house. As the Immigration Crisis grows, President Biden breaks a Campaign Promise, but insists he had no choice. I cant stop it. Ukrainian Officials Say dozens of people are dead after a Russian Missile hit a Village Store and cafe in eastern part of the country. Norah we are tracking Tropical Storm philippe as it moves up the atlantic. Where it could hit. Our 60 minutes interview with mark milley. What americas former top general tells us about President Bidens age. The dog days may be over here at the white house. Why President Bidens German Shepherd was removed from campus and what happens to the dog now . Norah the impact popular drugs like ozempic are having on Grocery Stores like walmart. The soldiers without voices. Our on the road tonight except the pain of army horses and the new ways they are being treated. I do not ever want to bring the horses back if they cant be taken care of appropriately. Norah a fedex plane crash land, skidding off the runway in tennessee. The new details about what happened. The Powerball Jackpot has risen to 1. 4 billion, with a b come after no Winning Ticket was drawn last night, so your chances of scoring the grand prize are listed as one in 292 million. Worth a shot, right . [laughs] norah good evening, and thank you for joining us on thi thursday night. We begin tonight with a major reversal by the Biden Administration due to the ongoing crisis at the southern border. ThE Administration is moving forward with plans to build new Border Barriers in south texas. And that is an abrupt change from a Campaign Pledge made by thencandidate joe biden. The president defended his decision, saying he has no choice because the funding was approved specifically for a border wall. Or just the second time in history, data from the department of security shows apprehensions along the southern border surpassed 2 million in the past year. Southern states are not alone in feeling the impact, with Texas Governor greg abbott sending busloads of asylumseekers to socalled sanctuary cities. Mayors from new york to los angeles say they are being overwhelmed by the massive influx of migrants. Cbss nancy cordes is going to start us off tonight from the White House White house. Good evening, nancy. Reporter norah, good evening. Not only is the Biden Administration fast tracking the construction of this wall, it is also weaving 26 different laws and regulations to do something that President Biden o do. 18foot high steel panels will be installed along a 20mile stretch of the rio grande near mcallen, texas. They are meant to stop seems like this, hundreds of migrants racing toward the u. S. Border on tuesday night. President biden insisted today he didnt want to build the wall, but that his hands were tied by a law Congress Passed in 2019p i have to use the money for what is appropriate. I cannot stop that. Reporter do you believ the Border Wall Works . No. Reporter but his own Homeland Security secretary traveling in mexico said they do work. Secretary mayorkas issued a notice stating there is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States. Immigration is a sensitive political issue for President Biden, who made this Campaign Promise in 2020. There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. Reporter but as a legal Border Crossings have surged above 200,000 last month alone,s political allies have grown critical. In chicago, hundreds of migrants are sleeping on the sidewalks outside police stations. Illinois governor j. B. Pritzker rode, the federal governments lack of intervention and coordination at the border has created an untenable situation for illinois. New york citys democratic mayor has also been outspoken and issued this morning in mexico today. We want to give a real picture of what is happening in new york city. We are at capacity. Norah late this afternoon, E Administration announced it will be restarting direct deportations of venezuelan migrants back to their home country. Venezuelans accounted for nearly a quarter of all illegal Border Crossings last month. Norah . Nancy cordes, thank you. Turning overseas to ukraine and one of the deadliest attacks against civilians in the war. A Russian Missile today slammed into a cafe and Grocery Store, killing at least 51 people, including a 6yearold boy. That is in the eastern part of the country. Cbss Ramy Inocencio is on the ground in ukraine with the latest on this horrific attack, and a warning, some of the video is disturbing. Reporter in a playground turn to mortuary, the grieving look for their loved ones, many barely recognizable. Before this horror to date, The Village Of Proza near kharkivs Eastern Front might have nearly 300 people. Now it is believed one of every six is dead, including a 6yearold boy, with several more wounded. Many had gathered for a week to remember a neighbors life, then their own were suddenly y cut shshort. Senseless tragedy, needless l lossss. Just t two days ago, ukraines president , volodymyr zelenskyy, made a trip to this region to raise soldier morale. Today, he condemned the attack as no blind strike and brutal. So brutal, it is one of the bloodiest since the first two months of russias invasion, when missisile strikes k Killed Hundreds Inn A Theater In Mariupol and more than 60 at a rail station in kramatorsk. This new strike comes as a poll shows american Show Military Aid for ukraine following 5 since the summer. How worried are you about Defense Spending . 100 worried. Reporter Oleksandra Ustinova is a ukrainian congresswoman overseeing weapons from overseas. Animals needed types of weapons right now for us is the3 air defense missiles. If we dont have any more of those coming, we would have Hundreds And Thousands of civilians dead this winter. Reporter for The Village Of Proza, any missiles that would have come to defend our too late. And Congresswoman Ustinova told us the high mars, the mobile rocket launchers, the u. S. Gave ukraine, are idle 90 of the time. That is because missiles just arent available. Norah . Norah Ramy Inocencio, thank you. Tonight, there has been an arrest in a Stabbing Death that shocked and saddened many in new york city. Cbs new york was at the scene when 18yearold Brian Dowling was takeken into custody at his home this morning. He is charged with murdering 32yearold Social Activist ryan carson in a brutal attack caught on surveillance video. It happened on a brooklyn street early monday, when carson and his girlfriend were heading home from a wedding. Nowhere get on a motive. Turning now to the weather, with Tropical Storm philippe picking up speed as it passes bermuda and heads towards new england. Tonight, residents from new york to maine are bracing for heavy rains and possible flooding, plus strong winds, beginning on saturday. The National Hurricane center predicts that landfall could take place Sunday Morning in maine, with 60 mileperhour winds. This is now the fourth consecutive weekend the northeast will be impacted by a tropical system. Tonight, a Top Executive at the Worlds Largest retailer says popular drugs like ozempic could end up slimming Grocery Store sales. Cbss carter evans reports on the correlation between cutting calories and possible cuts to the bottom line. Oh, oh, oh, ozempic reporter it turns out popular drugs used to suppress appetite like ozempic and wegovy may have an economic side effect. People who take them appear to be buying less food at walmart, where today Elladean Nicholas got her prescriptions and her groceries. Yeah, absolutely i believe that i am buying less. Reporter she started taking ozempic after having two heart attacks, and she has lost 36 pounds since may. Has it changed what you eat . 100 . The sweet stuff just literally turns my stomach. My shopping used to be overflowing because i had all of the junk and sodas and all of that. Now its. Its less than half of what it used to be. Reporter walmart has one of the most sophisticated systems for collecting data on its shopper and u. S. Ceo john furner told bloomberg they exceed smaller checkouts from people taking these medications. We do see a slight pullback in overall baskets. Less units, slightly less calories. Does it surprise you that walmart is looking at the sort of data . I think every large retailer is looking at this sort of data. They have the data through their Loyalty Program spewed reporter leo feler is the chief colonist and numerator, a company that analyzes Shopping Receipts for millions of people. We use that data to help inform retailers come help inform food manufacturers. Reporter Health Care Manufacturers wrote more than 9 million prescriptions for Weight Loss Drugs in the last three months of 2022 and Morgan Stanley estimates 7 of the u. S. Population will be taking these medications by 2035. Over the course of the next ten years, this will likely change the way that the consumers shop and what consumers are buying. Reporter for Elladean Nicholas and her husband, thats already happened. I buy groceries, so its also helping him to eat healthy. Reporter now, as more people start taking these medications, and analysis from geoffreys Financial Group says snack makers like kellogg, hersheys, and hostess, could be impacted, but Even Airlines might benefit from this, with lower fuel costs, as passengers lose weight. Walmart did not respond to our inquiries. Norah . Norah fascinating. Carter evans, thank you. Now to our 60 minutes interview you will see this weekend. General mark milley just finished his fouryear term as americas highest ranking officer. As the president s top military advisor, he spent a lot of time at the white house, so we ask him about his experience with the commander in chief. President joe biden has been portrayed by his political opponents and even some of his allies as too old to be president. Im not asking for your political opinion here, but how does he seem to you . Look at, i am not going to comment. I didnt comment on the former president S Mental Health, physical health, and im not going to comment on the current president S Mental Health and physical Health Vehicle i think thats highly inappropriate forr high officer of the United States military to do that. I would just tell you that i meet frequently with the president , and every single time i meet with him, he is just f fine. How people interpret that is up to them. I engage with him frequ frequently, and alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read ahead material. And he is very, very engaging in issues of very serious matters, of War And Peace and life and death. So if the American People are worried about an individual who is, you know, someone who is making decisions of War And Peace, has access makes the decision, nuclear weapons, that sort of thing, i think they can rest easy. Norah our story with general milley, including his public falling out with former president trump, and his thoughts on the war in ukraine, will air on 60 minutes this sunday. We turn now to a widely publicized pet problem at the white house. The president and first lady forest again to remove one of their beloved German Shepherds from the premises after a series of biting incidents. Cbss weijia jiang has more on commanders move from the white house to the doghouse. Reporter President Bidens dog, commander, was spotted at the white house on saturday, but after biting someone last monday night, he no longer lives here. Cbs news has learned there have been more than 11 biting incidents involving the 2yearold German Shepherd, and secret Service Officers. At least two had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. Following an incident last november, one secret Service Officer emailed a colleague, my leg and arm still hurts. He bit me twice and ran at me twice. A fellow secret Service Officer replied, what a joke. If it wasnt their dog, he would already have been put down. Sources tell cbs commander also bit white house residential staff and other workers. The dog, a gift from the president s brother, is the second to be removed from the white house. Major bit two people in one month back in 2021. He is a sweet dog. 85 of the people there love him. Just all he does is lick them and wag his tail. Here. Reporter dog trainer Robert Cabral says canine behavior depends on several factors, like genetics, socialization, and training. When youre dealing with the president s dog, nobody is going to want to correct the president s dog, and sadly when you are in a position of power, people are going to tell you what you want to hear and not tell you the truth. The truth is this dog needs structure. Reporter tonight, the white house is not saying whether commander is permanently banned from living here on the grounds or if he will be returning. The biden dogs are not the first president ial pups to act up, either. In just one example in 2008, president george w. Bush is Scottish Terrier Barney that a reporters finger. Norah . Norah i remember that. Weijia jiang, thank you. One of Arlington National cemeterys most honored traditions has been suspended after an Army Investigation found in proper care for the horses that carry the nations Fallen Heroes to their final resting place. In tonights eye on america, cbss david martin shows us the two women that spoke up to save one of the militarys oldest ceremonies. Reporter the horsedrawn caisson at Arlington National cemetery is one of the nations most solemn and majestic rituals. Back at the stable, watch what happened to a horse named george. When i touch georges neck, he fell to his knees. Which is a very abnormal response in any horse, and i have never encountered such a painful horse. Reporter Major Beth Byles is the veterinarian for the horses. So george basically just buckled under the pain . He did. It was shocking. Reporter cbs news obtained photos of other horses with scars from wearing illfitting harnesses and saddles while pulling a 2600pound caisson. They were all suffering from severe musculoskeletal injuries, neck pain. Reporter they were supposed to work two weeks on, two weeks off, but some ended up working six weeks straight. Soldiers with limited training didnt recognize the problem, and higherups werent listening. Educating the chain of command on how to take the appropriate steps was a challenge. Reporter did you have a hard time getting through . Initially, yes. Reporter then, two horses died and this Army Investigation finally declared conditions unsafe. The army brought in hearses to give the horses a full year to recover. They were sent to rehab for therapies like cold water soaks for their aching limbs. There was a lot of work to be done. Reporter Monique Hobie had been brought in as the new herd manager and started getting rid of saddles whose design dated back to world war

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