Transcripts For KPIX CBS Overnight News 20160524 : vimarsana

KPIX CBS Overnight News May 24, 2016

Reporter 59yearold beth eagan the closest living Family Member two her nephews, both are heroin addicts. Theyre absolutely like my sons. I cant, and i dent want to lose them. Everybody else in the family loves them of course. But they keep saying you know you got to walk away, beth. But i cant. Hope he looks that good again some day. Auntie beth as they call her has been looking out for the boys ever since her sister, their mother died of cancer when jason twas 11. Eagan was the first person, jason scald for money the day he allowed cbs cameras to follow him as he looked for drugs on the streets of boston. Can you save me 30 . He used the money sent by his aunt beth to sniff crushed pills in a bathroom stall in city hall then to buy heroin later. Which we saw him inject several times. Is it hard to watch . Absolutely. Red means go when you are shooting heroin. Reporter knowing that jason has overdosed eight times. Yeah. I have been there for one of them. Reporter eight times. You have seen one . Uhhuh. Reporter what was it like . It was not nice. At all. I actually screamed i got removed from the hospital. But i screamed at him. Who do you want to be buried next to, mom or dad. Reporter jasons life wasnt always lake that. Until her death, eagans sister raised her boys in a happy home in massachusetts. Jason and andrew then went to live with their father. Jason was a good student. Played sports and went to college. He made the mistake of trying the opioid pill oxycontin and got hooked. A few years in, jasons father died of liver failure. By then, jason had been caught stealing and went to say goodbye escorted by police. I went to his wake in shackles and like handcuffs and a jumpsuit. My aunt was there with me. We sat there for hours in the prison. He kept saying, you know, i did that to dad. I did that to dad. Of course he didnt. You know. He blames himself . Yeah, he thinks he did stuff that probably added to his dads death. Do you think your father had a broken heart . Absolutely. He didnt want to face the fact that both sons were heroin addicts. I think he gave up a little bit. You know . Reporter jasons brother andrew is also walking in the shadow of death. He and jason remain very close. Each hoping the other lives to beat their common addiction. Andrew has a young son. He and jason are fighting to live for him. I dont want him to be without a father. Thats just that would just suck, you know . But, if i keep getting high, i cant like [ bleep ] see him. You know what i mean . Andrew is homeless, an addict who had trouble committing to detox. Jason is now in rehab working hard to stay clean. He wants to show his brother they can do it. Never going to overdose. My brother wont overdose. He is going to survive. He is going to get it this time. I have to lead by power of example. I cant tell him to stay clean. You dont want the call, that your brother is dead. You dont want the call . Absolutely not. That is the call i am dreading. Hope it never happens. I get on my knees in the morning and on my knees at night. Something i changed. You believe he is looking out for you . He has to be. I would be dead if he wasnt. Jason made it through eight weeks of rehab. Able to get a scholarship to go to Recovery Centers of america. For most people addicted to heroin, finding help is not so easy. Norah, in our next report, we explr wplore ways people can f assistance for themselves or loved ones. Incredible series, demarco. Thank you to you and jonathan. We posted more about jasons journey and places to find help for addiction all on our web site at cbs news. Com. Twitter erupted to day over remarks the va secretary made about health care wait times. And five climbers die in the thin air of mt. Everest. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Thope to see you again soon. Whoa, whoa, i got this. Just gotta get the check. Almost there. I cant reach it. If you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. What . Its what you do. I got this. Thanks, dennis if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Growwwlph. Its what you do. Oh that is good crispy duck. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. Breyrich chocolate sauce. Ato, Peanut Butter cups. Tonight is perfect. Can someone read me another story . Daddd . Mmm coming breyers gelato indulgences its way beyond ice cream. sound of music histling introducing new ky touch gel creme. For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. A little touch is all it takes. Ky touch. To date man recruited by president obama to fix the department of Veterans Affairs compared wait times at va hospitals to long lines at disney theme parks. Julianna goldman reports it wasnt long before he took incoming. When you go to disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line . Or the number, whats important . Whats important is what you are satisfaction with the experience. Reporter comments from secretary bob mcdonald prompted an outcry from leading republicans. House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted this is not makebelieve, mr. Secretary. Veterans have died waiting in the lines. And presumptive president ial nominee, donald trump, tweeted i will take care of our vets. Mcdonald was brought on by president obama in 2014 to fix the wait times. But the problems continue. Inspector generals report from february, found that at one Outpatient Clinic in colorado springs, colorado, out of 450 cases, 288 veterans waited over 30 days for a con suit or appointment. Investigations are on going. Norah, in a statement the va said it is working hard to increase access to care and focusing on patients with most Urgent Health care needs first. Thank you so much. A deadly weekend on mt. Everest. That story when we come back. Climbing mt. Everest one of the greatest challenges known to man. It certainly among the most perilous. Don dahler reports in three days, at least six people have died on the worlds tallest mountain. Reporter death on everest comes in many forms. From violence to silence. Avalanches to heart stopping cold. Last thursday a 25yearold nepalese guide fell to his death. Since friday, dutch climber, australian woman and indian man suspected to have succumb to altitude sickness. Death by drowning on a mountain 29,000 feet above sea level. When it gets really bad, you can get water pooling in your lungs, brain and be fatal in a day or so when it strikes. Jim davidson knows everests dangers well. He was there last year when an earthquake and avalanche killed 19 people. Things have improved over the years, but we will never get the risk to zero. A dangerous game, a lot of things can go wrong. Reporter at sea level, oxygen makes up 21 of air. At higher altitude, 21 as well. In the thin air there are fewer oxygen molecules per breath. At 18,000 feet, one breath of air has half the amount of oxygen than at sea level. So close. Two expert American Climbers, Adrian Ballinger, and Cory Richards expected to summit are using live snapchats to show the world extremes. Since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary have conquered everest. 260 have died trying to reach the heavens. To date bodies of two more indian climbers were found. Too many climbers trying to descend at the same time may have led to bottlenecks that kept people at higher altitudes until the path cleared. Norah since 1900, at least one person has died on everest every year. Well be watching the two American Climbers to see how they do. Don, thank you. ,,,,,, the death of freddie gray in baltimore last year and the riots hat followed, put a spotlight on a city plagued by violence. We end tonight with one womans campaign to keep the children of baltimore safe. Heres jeff pegues. You going in . Reporter every day after school in one of baltimores toughest neighborhoods, 100 kids pack into this small room. Simply to have fun. Are you eating or playing . You cant do both. The founder of the kids safe zone. Wasnt this an old laundro t laundromat . Indeed. Reporter she opened the center one week after the rioting that followed the death of freddie gray. While fire engulfed parts of the city, allston was thinking abut a rinse to the violence. The whole world got to see our children, standing face to face with officers and throwing rocks. They didnt have another outlet. We have created an outlet. Reporter baltimores streets are among the most dangerous in america. Last year, there were more 300 murders. Here, giant footprints are spray painted on sidewalks. Showing the safest route to school. 7yearold Eric Harrison comes to the kid safe zone every day. When i go home when they go out the door what do they face . An Obstacle Course of not buying or selling drugs. Drugs are being sold on every corner. Its open season or children here. Reporter allstons pleas for help are being answered. The program moved into a bigger building thanks to Public Private donations. We see the kids playing games in there. Theyre having fun. What are they learning . Theyre learning that they matter. Theyre learning that someone cares. We care. Reporter it is a lesson that may seem elementary to most, but not here. Jeff pegues. Cbs news, baltimore. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im norah odonnell. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don dahler. President obama continues his historic trip to vietnam today with a stop in ho chi minh city. Used to be saigon. The capital of South Vietnam during the war. Before he traveled south the president took in the night life of hanoi. He had dinner at a local noodle shop with anthony bourdain. No word of what was on the menu. A huge crowd waited outside to catch a glimpse of the president. Wasnt all fun and games. Mr. Obama met with vietnams president as well as communist party leaders. And announced he was ending the ban on arms sales. Margaret brennan is traveling with the president. Reporter president obama is here to build Stronger Economic and security ties with vietnam. That decision to lift the arms embargo is aimed at sending a message to china that the u. S. Will not let it militarily dominate asia. With a warm welcome from vietnams communist government, president obama tried to put to rest the ghosts of the brutal war with the u. S. That killed tens of thousands of people from both countries. Just a generation ago we were adversaries now. We are friends. Should give us hope. Reporter vietnamese are eager to build ties with their cold war era foe in large part because of the threat posed by a militarily aggressive china which is seizing territory in the east and south china seas. In an effort to stop that land grab, president obama made the decision to sell vietnam americanmade weapons. Removing a ban that has been in place for over four decades. A controversial decision since vietnam is controlled by an authoritarian regime. But this change will ensure that vietnam has access to equipment it needs to defend itself and removes a lingering vestige of the cold war. Reporter in Exchange Vietnam will give u. S. Ships more access to its ports. Mr. Obamas next stop on the trip will be to a former enemy, japan. He will make an historic trip to the city of hiroshima, decimated in 1945 when the u. S. Dropped the very first atomic bomb during world war ii. More than 100,000 died. President obama told Japanese Television he will not apologize. I think its important to recognize that in the midst of war leaders make all kinds of decisions. Reporter the white house says the president will not revisit the decision to drop the bomb. But he will say, norah, that it gives america the unique responsibility of making sure that a Nuclear Weapon is never used again. Closer to home, Washington State holds its republican president ial primary to day. There is little suspense as donald trump is already the presumptive nominee. Two new polls show the race between trump and Hillary Clinton is neck and neck. And abc News Washington post poll shows trump up by three points. Nbc news wall street journal poll has hillary on top by three. But nearly half of the voters say, they want another choice. Nancy cordes has more. While clinton doesnt Pay Attention to the polls her campaign is feeling pressure to begin focussing on her general election candidate. As she and her husband unveiled some new attacks on trump. What would make America Great again, what it really means, hey, i will make it the way it used to be. You will be better off. If you are not at least you will have somebody else to look down on. That is a dumb idea. It will not work. Reporter campaigning in california, bill clinton mocked Donald Trumps slogan, make America Great again. Previewing a key strategy. We are not going to let, at least my campaign is not going to let, donald trump try to normalize himself. Reporter new cbs battleground polling, from florida and ohio, say voters think clinton is far more prepared than trump to be commanderinchief but they said trump is far more likely to tell it like it is. They were also more likely to say he is too extreme. Clinton may be ready to focus on trump. Sanders reminded his supporters sunday that polls show he would be the stronger challenger. Itch we win the nomination, i assure you, donald trump will not become president. [ cheers and applause ] clinton argues sanders only polls better because he hasnt been subjected to republican attacks the way she has the. I dont think he had a single negative ad ever run against him. Reporter campaigning in california, in interviews, sanders lumps clinton in with trump. I dont want to see the American People voting for the lesser of two evils. Reporter sanders who only recently became a democart reap peatedly clashed with the partys chair, congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman schultz. This weekend, began raising money for her primary opponent. I have known debbie for many years. Personally i like her. Do i think she is the kind of chair the Democratic Party needs. No, i dont. He has long argued that she favors clinton over him. While shell krilt sicriticized not doing enough to calm supporters in nevada. In the fundraising email the campaign put out. They said electing her progressive opponent will send an unmistakable message to the Democratic Party. Newest issue dividing the candidates. Gun rights. This weekend. Trump picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle association. At the same time, clinton was meeting with the mothers of children killed in gun violence. Chip reid reports. Reporter trump and clinton think they can win on guns, and over the weekend the Second Amendment became one of the topics to get the candidates to engage in what could be a preview of a general Election Campaign fight. Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, donald trump. When donald trump accepted endorsement of the National Rifle association, he wasted no time firing shots at Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton wants to abiologicalish the Second Amendment. Just remember that. Clinton hasnt pro posed getting rid of the right to bear arms, but her campaign is seizing on trumps position on guns in school. I will get rid of gun free zones on schools. The first day it gets signed. Okay. That idea isnt just way out there. Its dangerous. Reporter at an event in battleground, florida, for mothers who have lost children to gun violence. Clinton fired back. Parents. Teachers and schools should have the right off to keep guns out of classrooms. Just look donald trump does at many of his hotels. Trump tweeted. Clinton was wrong regarding his position on guns in schools. But he struggled to clarify, sunday. I dont want to have guns in classrooms. Although in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms frankly. Issues of guns is tricky for beth campaigns. Democrats site, bill clintons assault weapons ban one of the reasons they lost big in the 1994 elections. In 2808, Hillary Clinton struck a different antigun tone. Then barack obama called her out. She val use the Second Amendment. She is talking like he is annie oakley. Trump hasnt always sided with the nra. In his book, trump rote, i support the ban on assault weapons and slightly longer waiting period to position a gun. Two position hes now opposes. Cbs checked with several hotels and resorts. Bearing the trump name. Bearing the trump name. Some claimed ugh, this pimples gonna last forever. Bearing the trump name. Some claimed oh come on. Clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. And acne wont last forever. Just like your mom, wont walk in on you forever. Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen you see what im saying. Acne wont last. But for now, lets be clear. Clearasil works fast. And discover clearasil 5in1. One simple step to fight five signs of acne. When you can choose to smooth . Choose suprises over dull. Design, over in a lull. Choose skin you adore. Choose venus. Choose more. Choose to take a stand. Choose to smooth. Venus. Narrator breakfast. Dishes. Dinner. Dishes. Marriage. Dishes. Divorce. Dishes.

© 2025 Vimarsana