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KPIX CBS This Morning June 17, 2017

Opener, your world in 90 seconds. The Navy Destroyer, the uss fitzgerald, was badly damaged in the collision with a merchant ship off the coast of japan. The search continues for seven missing sailors. Three sailors have been airlift off the ship. Among them the captain. What do you make of the president s tweet . Im hoping he will not cause a crisis, but the echoes of watergate are getting louder and louder every day. Air force one flew through the cloud of the investigation to miami. Effective immediately, i am canceling the last administrations completely onesided deal with cuba. The woman accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. Although we are very pleased with the verdict, in reality there are no winners here today. Crowds gather the in minnesota gathered in minnesota. The jury found the officer accused of shooting a black driver not guilty of manslaughter. What is it going to take . Im mad as hell now, yes, i am storms pounded nebraska. Line of huge thunderstorms. Floating down the street. Absolutely crazi. Anger is growing in the wake of londons deadly tower fire. Protesters filled the streets. All that wouldbe robbers got more than they bargained for. The owner had his own machete sending the attackers scrambling. Left center field and score what a finish [ cheers ] and all that matters. This is my last broadcast for the ccbs evening news. We hope this has been somewhat of a lighthouse for you in a stormy world. On cbs saturday. You are one of the latest great tv newsmen, you have the calm of cronkite, scott, on behalf of the entire cbs corporation, damn son, your abs are on point tummygoals see you at 60. [ applause ] welcome to the weekend, everyone. Im Anthony Mason along with alex wagner. We begin with a collision at sea. Overnight the u. S. Navy says seven sailors from the uss fitzgerald are still missing after it collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. The Navy Destroyer was damaged and took on water but managed to make it to port this morning. There were no reported injuries on the container ship. It happened off the coast of japan, home of the u. S. Seventh fleet. We are more, good morning. Reporter good morning. It is not yet known whether some of the missing sailors were thrown overboard or if they may be trapped in some of the damaged compartments of this ship. This is the uss fitzgerald heading back to shore after it collided with a much larger container ship based out of the philippines. There appears to be significant damage to at least one side of the guided missile destroyer. The navy says there was flooding in some compartments, but that it was not at the risk of sinking. Now three members of the u. S. Navy were injured and had to be medically evacuated off the ship. And that includes the commanding officer, bryce benson. Hes a native of green bay, wisconsin, and has been on board the uss fitzgerald for nearly two years. Hes said to be in stable condition. In total, there were 300 crew members on board. Were told that one was able to facetime with his grandmother in alabama after the collision to let her know that hes okay. Alex . Thanks, ben. President trump is keeping up his attacks on the justice departments investigation into russias alleged meddling in the u. S. President ial election. On friday, mr. Trump took aim at Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who is sunripervisin the investigation and his integrity. We have the latest from the newsroom. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President trump tried to cap what the white house calls Work Force Development week with a show of productivity. But the cloud the president feels is hanging over his administration shows no signs of clearing. And by venting his frustrations on line, mr. Trump may be making political and legal headwinds worse. Strengthening the policy of t the United States toward cuba. Reporter friday the president delivered on another campaign promise, chipping away an Obama Presidency move to strengthen ties with cuba. I am canceling the Obama Administrations completely onesided deal with cuba. Reporter he surprised many earlier in the day, confirming a report that he is the subject of an investigation into potential obstruction of justice. The president tweeted, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. Wi witch hunt. He may be fired only for good cause, and i am required to put that in writing. Reporter mr. Trump appears frustrated with rose drose rosenstine. He made a recommendation. But regardless, i was going to fire comey. Reporter trump cited russia as a reason for the move. When comey revealed he had detailed memos of their private meetings, rosenstein appointed mueller as special counsel. Trump initially praised mueller but now cause it witchhunts, decrying leaks. I cant imagine constitutional law prfr jonathan turnly. I cant imagine the special council completing this investigation without hearing the testimony of the Deputy Attorney general. So once you think you may be a witness its time for you to for remove yourself. Reporter on friday democratic supporters voiced support for mueller. I think itll be a disaster if the president fire the special counsel. Mueller is a decent man and i hope hell focus on his assignment and not law it to turn into a farranging fishing competition. Reporter its clear legal risk amounting for the president s associates as well. Obtained a letter presented by two staffers directed him to observe any and all documents related to their work. Also Vice President mike pence who was in charge of transition hired a person lawyer described it to reporters as routine. Anthony. For more of whats going on in washington were joined by cnn news political Leslie Sanchez and eric baits. Good morning to you both. Leslie ill start with you. What do you make of all the talk of the possibility of trump firing the special counsel . And questions about whether Rod Rosenstein will recuse himself . Sure. I think theres a political and media issue going on. The president is trying to move the narrative that its a biased effort, the witch hunt and so on. But base republican and certainly Republican Leadership thinks its not a good idea, thats the chilling effect. I think the subtle words of senator cruz there, lets hope its not a fishing expedition but a fair one. Theres no appetite in washington to end that investigation early. Eric, it feels like the president is not doing himself a favor with these tweets. Lets week it was fish structure week this week i think its work force, then hes tweeting about russia. The president comes out on real estate and reality t. V. And neither of those are reward restraint. He knows how to keep the narrative changes and how to keep the focus where he wants it to be. Obviously we know him well enough to know Something Like infrastructure week is not going to put him in a box. Leslie as we heard thursday, members of President Trumps Transition Team were ordered to preserve documents, what do you think that say about the direction of muellers investigation at this point . Its very serious, real and long. When you look youre talking about those emails but its also going to be financial records with respect to Trump Administration, thats a chilling effect. Ive also heard there are individuals who thought about going into the position of the white house to other senior vels in the administration and they dont know what the ramifications are. Its not just the indi o the campaign that might have to hire their own individual counsel but everyone thats thinking about being part of this effort. Well, lets keep in mind the special investigation creates a cloud of uncertainty over white house staffers including the Vice President. Staffers that think they need to lawyer up. Some of them already have privately. Some are seeking counsel. You have folks that came from a Campaign Apparatus that dont know washington culture and protocol. There theres always a learning curb with administrations. This is a team that had a slow start because of the the president robust messaging approach. And it does create a lot of jeopardy and a lot of instable. Not to mention all the positions that are still unfilled and theyre not going to be able to fill because of the cloud. Thats the point, two or three months ago i had individuals to talk to everybody was pursuing to seek these covenant positions and thats changing, thats allowed down. I think im going to wait j see. Thats the poll thats over the poll investigation and its not going to end soon, thats the struggle. There was a lot of talk this week after the horrible attack on the congressional baseball practice about unity and the need for toning down the rhetoric a bit. Do you see any of that actually happening . No, i certainly dont. None of these shootings have changed it had narrative going back to gifford, to kentucky, over and over again. In fact, right after the shooting we had Republican Congressman coming out oand seeing we need more weapons so they could defend themselves on the baseball field. I dont think this kind of event has the healing affect that we might hope it would. And simultaneously the senates pursuing a drafting of repeal bill for the Affordable Care act, eric, thats not winning them the favor among democrats thats saying show us whats in this bill. Exactly. Some republicans and democrats that th are complaining that this process has been behind doors, theres no way to know whats going on, this is just going to be a boom take it here it is. Erick baits, Leslie Sanchez great to see you both. The gunman who open pedestrian fire on Republican Congress members at a baseball practice this week was carrying a list of names which included some public lawmakers. Included congressman moe brooks, jeff did you knuncan and trent. He was shot and killed by police after shooting five, including house majority, steve scalise. On friday it was noted his condition is improving. His risks of death right now is lower than he came in. And whatever you think of the word critical, he was at critical as you can be when he came in. Along with scalise, lobbyist matt mika remains in critical condition. Crystal gri ner is also still in the hospital. Theres word of minnesota shoot thousands of people took to the street in minneapolis, st. Paul and blocked a intersection. The offer was cleared of a shooting including Philando Castillo last year. His girlfriend filmed it to facebook live. Yanez testify castillo was pilling the gun out when will the gun was fired. Following the verdict cast still owes mother slammed the verdicts. It never continues to fail us. The system continues to fail black people it will continue to fail you all. The city kills my son and the murderer gets away. Zpiets being clear on criminal charges yanez was released on friday from the police force. A woman being found of Involuntary Manslaughter sending text to encounter her boyfriend to commit suicide. This court having reviewed the evidence and apply it to law there to now finds you guilty. Reporter the defendant 20yearold Michelle Carter lost her exposu lost her come poe sure as the judge announced his ruling. The judge found a stream of tech messages and phone calls from cater persuaded 18yearold roy to take it own life eastbouven had doubts. The court finds that instructing mr. Roy to get back in the court constituted wanton and reckless conduct by miss carter. In the last week of roys live carter sent doesness of messages inis that gaiting him to kill himself. Youre ready and prepared all you have to do is turn the generator on and be free and happy. But it was this text to carter to her friends sent two months after roys death that sealed her fate. I could have stopped him shlgs i was on the phone with him and he got out of the car because it was working and he got scared and i told him to get back in. Defense argues that roy would have tan homicide life anyway he had a history of suicide attempts. Reporter prosecutors ray burn. There are no winners here today. Reporter admissible carter was 17 when comrade roy died and in essence was tried as an adult which means she faces up to 20 years in prison. Shes out on bail until shes sentenced. Were cbs this morning saturday, taunton, massachusetts. Jurors in the bill cosby sex assault trial will resume deliberations this morning after failing to reach a verdict for the fifth straight day. Cosbys lawyers have repeatly demanded a mistrial. The jury told the judge they were deadlocked but the judge ordered them to keep at it. Cosby broke his silence last night when leaving the courthouse. And i want to thank the jury for their long days and their honest work individually. I also want to thank the sporters whos been here. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting andrea constand, a coach. For more on the cosby trial by legal analyst ricky kleman. Good morning. Good morning. 50 hours so far, longer than michael jackson, longer than o. J. How long can it go on for . It can go on for as long as it takes, as they say. This judge are a jury come back once and said they were deadlocked. He gave an instruction, well talk about that in a second. Ultimately, he will not interrupt those deliberations. That until they come back again and say theyre deadlocked, they can go on and on. If they come back again and say theyre deadlocked, at that point in time i think he will declare a mistrial. Rickey, the order that the judge delivered, he wants the jury to deliver the spencer charge. What is that . Its one of the things that defense lawyers hate and prosecutors love. When a jury has been out for a long time and they come in and say that they are hopelessly deadlocked, they cannot reach a verdict, there is a charge, an instruction, that we call in the lawyer business the dynamite charge. Its often known in many states as the alan charge. What it basically is telling the jury is to go back and deliberate. And i think that the language is it says that while you should not hesitate to reexamine your own views and change your opinion if youre convinced that your opinion is erroneous, do not feel compelled to surrender your honest belief as to the weight or effect of the evidence solely because of the opinion of your fellow jurors. This is interesting because, i mean, s, and thats why hes calling for a mistrial. Well what happens usually with the spencer charge or alan charge is that a jury gets it, and then within a couple of hours, they come back with a guilty verdict. I in my own personal experience have never seen a jury after a spencer charge come back with a not guilty verdict, or they come back hours later at dinnertime or after dinner or the following morning and say, look, we really cant reach a verdict. And thats the end of the case. Mike mcmonagle, the defense lawyer for mr. Cosby is saying, judge, look, i think they think that they can never come back and tell you they cant reach a verdict again. That the only way that they can come in is with a verdict. And so theyre being held hostage here. And if they had a reasonable doubt as to andrea constands testimony, on monday night after four hours of deliberation, their duty was to acquit because either they believed her beyond a reasonable doubt or they didnt. Our inhouse legal eagle on judicial watch. Thanks for your time as always. Thank you. A wet fathers day weekend is expected for many people as a powerful storm system in the he strong winds tion moves east. Knocked down trees and flooded streets in the south and Southeast Nebraska overnight. No significant damage was reported. In northern new mexico, more than 100 people have been evacuated as a wildfire burns across more than 700 acres. At least ten major wildfires are burning in the west and southwest fueled by dry conditions and temperatures over 100 degrees. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The cape cod times reports at least nine people were injured last night when a highspeed ferry from nantucket struck a jetty in hyannisport, massachusetts. The 48 passengers and nine crew members were stranded on board for hours before they could be rescued by helicopter or boat. Rough seas and strong winds hampered the effort. The coast guard is trying to determine why the ferry struck the breakwater. The Los Angeles Times reports that oscarwinning director johnad brought the world rocky in 1976, and the karate kid among other notable films, has died. He was credited for sentimental films often showing an underdog rising to the top. He was 81 years old. The New York Daily News prp reports two protrump demonstrators interrupted the performance of julius caesar. This is unacceptable get off the stage the woman was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct and trespassing. The other protester was escorted out. The play is criticized for making close associations between the roman dictator and President Trump. The performance continued after the interruption. And Rolling Stone reports the boss is taking his act to broadw broadway. Bruce springsteen will begin the eightweek run starting in november. Springsteen was interested in playing in an intimate setting, and the theaters owners made him an over he could not refuse. You think theres going to be any demand for those tickets . I know, thunder road goes to broadway. Its 22 after the hour. Heres weather for your weekend. The flames may be out in that incredible london highrise fire, but they have been replaced by a burning rage. How grief has turn to anger over a disaster that some say came with ample warning. And later, amazon goes shopping, snapping up a retail food giant. How that purchase may one day change the way we get our groceries. Youre watching cbs this morning saturday. Its one of the last steps in creating a film but can leave a lasting impression. Ahead, how movie music is

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