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KYW CBS Overnight News June 27, 2017

And nearly surrounded by americas allies on the ground. A rag tag army known as the Syrian Democratic forces. The extremists are losing territory quickly, some times leaving their weapons behind. Under isis control, raqqa became infamous for depraved acts of violence. American journalists were beheaded nearby. This child was captured holding a severed head. And even now that raqqa is under siege, isis is still deadly. When part of our team moved forward, they were spotted by an isis sniper. Our producer, omarabdul kadir had no choice but make a run for cover. They were safe, pinned down behind a concrete wall. Darkness before we move. We cant move from street to street. Because of the snipers. Said, this man who has been fighting isis for four years. And then, came word there was a suspected isis suicide car bomber nearby. 400 yards away the fighters told us they lost five soldiers to one of the bombs the day before. They are worried that a suicide car bomber is coming towards the point where we were just sitting. So, they asked us to move over here to take cover. It turned out to be a false alarm. Minutes later this home made armored car arrived. Known as the scorpion. It drew another barrage of isis gunfire. Before ferrying our team to safety. Even faced with inevitable defeat, isis showed us theyre determined to wreak more death in this shattered city. What we did not see in raqqa were the areas under isis control. Thats most of the city, anthony. An estimated 2500 isis fighters and tens of thousand of civilians. Holly williams with some extraordinary reporting. Thank you, holly. The Drinking Water in wilmington, North Carolina is tested for a toxic substance called genx used in nonstick products. It turned up recently in the Cape Fear River, which supplies 250,000 people. Jericka duncan is in wilmington. Reporter this fayetteville plant 80 miles upstreet from wilmington where genx is manufactured by dupont, and Company Officials revealed the chemical has been released into the river for nearly four decades. They caught us offguard. Wilmington mayor bill safo. We dont know what will this do to us drinking it for long period of time. Three year study by North Carolina State University and the epa out this past fall, showed an elevated presence of genx in wilmingtons tap water. But the findings werent publicly disclosed until this month. So i ask all of you to keep this going until our walter is clean reporter last Week City Council meeting was standing room only. Why has this been allowed to go on for so long . I have been drinking this water my entire life. Reporter the Long Term Health effects of genx are unknown. Studies submitted by dupont to the epa have shown it caused tumors in reproductive problems in lab animals. What you going to do now . Lisa grogans son battled rare kidney cancer. She and other parents with cancer in the area arent pointing fingers but are wondering if toxins in Drinking Water was the cause . Because of what our kids have been through. Hard to look at out us and say the water is probably okay. We are not willing to accept that risk. Amy hermans son, jacob had leukemia. Seems odd we are having to fight for clean water after we have fought for our childrens lives. Reporter there are currently no federal Drinking Water standards for genx. Under epa rules, dupont and the release of genx into the water may have been perfectly legal. Thats because the it is a byproduct of another substance. There is a loophole that needs to be looked at. By congress to make certain that we have safe, good Drinking Water. In this country. State inspectors are now testing the current levels of genx in wilmingtons water and the epa is also investigating. We as citizens of this nation, need to know what those chemicals are. So at least we can make decisions for our own families as to whether we should drink water or not. It will no longer release the byproduct of genx into the Cape Fear River. And they believe that, product has the not had an impact on the safety of Drinking Water in wilmington. Anthony, today the North Carolina department of health said it will take a look at cancer rates, specifically, in this region. Jericka duncan. Thank you. Well be back in just a moment. It says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. This. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. No matter who was in there last. Protection. New lysol power fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a justcleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Reached a 3 million settlement with the city of saint anthony, minnesota. Castile was fatally shot last year by a Police Officer during a traffic stop. Yanez found not guilty of manslaughter ten days age that case and others illustrate the difficulty of prosecuting Police Officers. Mistrial in this case. Reporter from cincinnati. We the jury find the defend, dominique heagganbrown not guilty. To milwaukee. To minnesota. Three trials, in seven days. All ending with juries not convicting Police Officers, charged with fatally shooting black men. No justice, no peace. That led some to ask why convicting officers is so rare. These cases are not easy cases. Bowling green State University professor, Phillip Stinson researching that very question. His data shows Police Fatally shoot more than 900 people every year. Since 2005, 8 officers have been charged but 29 convicted. Jurors are seemingly very reluctant to secondguess the life and death street encounters. More importantly stinson says the law is on the officers side the moment they enter the courtroom based on 1989 u. S. Supreme court ruling that dictates how juries should deliberate. Jury instructions like these in the trial state that officers can use deadly force if they belief there is an if nent threat to themselves or others. And, use of force, must be judged from the perspective of of a reasonable officer on the scene, and not with 20 20 hindsight. He has his hand there now. Though some officers lose their jobs, the objective is to avoid the court cases altogether. The president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense fund. He says, deescalation training is needed. Not every occasion in america, do we need an aggressive bulldog. Or certainly a pit bull. We dont need Police Officers, barking at the end of their chain and snapping and snarling at, citizens. Awe all the of those 29 officer convictions, 15 were found guilty by a jury. There are at least 20 Police Officers, currently waiting to stand trial across the country, in use of force cases. Anthony. Thank you. And coming up next, wildfires in the west, chase hundreds out of their homes. 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Hot dry wind fanning flames in the west where 20 large wildfires are burning tonight. The largest has burned more than 67 square miles in southern utah. Jamie yuccas is there. Reporter by air and ground, man against nature in the mountains of utah. 1100 firefighters have been called in to battle this massive blaze which is spread in two directions. After a day of calmer weather, strong winds picked up again today. Along the fires northern edge. Crews race to bulldoze a fire line along the perimeter to keep the flames at bay. Fire spokesperson, jesse bender. The objective there is once the fire reaches the dozer line wont have any more fuel to burn. An estimated 1500 residents have been forced to leave the brianhead area in the last week. Families have lived in these mountainside communities for generations. They now anxiously wait to find out if anything is left. Sleepless nights. 20 years of memory on the mountain. Our dna on the hill. Further west, 878 acre brushfire near los angeles over the weekend. Caused drivers to do a to turn as thick smoke and flames engulfed part of the freeway. In arizona where 100 degree temperatures persist, dry conditions continue to fuel a wildfire near the city of prescott. The fire here in utah its just over that hill, you can see and smell smoke. Throughout the town. But anthony, firefighters are hoping for a little bit of a break when the strong winds subside just a tad and temperatures are in the upper 80s instead of 90s by tomorrow. Jamie yuccas with an ominous scene behind her. Thanks, jamie. Ahead, bankruptcy follows the the largest airbag recall in history. Takata filed for bankruptcy protection so it can keep supplying replacements for faultily inflaters. A defect caused some to explode sending shrapnel into the vehicles. 16 deaths, 180 injuries worldwide linked to this. Ore than 100 million inflaters have been recalled. The government says Bernie Madoffs late sons benefited from his massive ponzi scheme. Today their estates agreed to turn over 23 million. Mark madoff, committed suicide in 2010. His brother, andrew died of cancer in 2014. Neither was charged in the fraud for which their father is serving 150 years. A trustee has recovered about 2 3 of the 17. 5 billion madoffs customers lost. Look who showed up at the airport in boston yesterday . Ready to board a flight. A 20pound live lobster. It was spotted inside checked luggage. The tsa says there its nothing wrong with bringing a live lobster on the plane in a proper container, they just thought you would look to see this one. Up next, 20 years of wizardry. No one knew it at the time. 20 years ago an industry was born. When harry potter and the philosophers stone was First Published in britain. J. K. Rowling had been living in poverty. After rejection letters, she landed a 2,000, publishing deal. Just 500 hard cover copies were printed. There would be six more volumes of course. More than 450 million books sold in 79 languages, movies, games, toys, followed. A generation has grown up reading about the boy wizard with the lightning bolt scar. And fans now try to relive the hogwarts experience in amusement parks. A First Edition of that first harry potter novel can sell for as much as 55,000 today. It features a printing error on page 53. On the list of equipment, one wand appears twice. Today, rowling tweeted 20 years ago today a world i had lived in alone was suddenly opened to others. Its been wonderful. Thank you. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back later for the morning news, and of course, cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im anthony mason. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im tony dukopil. The battle in syria its entering crucial stage. U. S. Backed troops are closing the noose around raqqa. Which isis declared as its capital. The fighting fierce, much of the city destroyed. Holly williams and her crew were the First Western news team to make it inside raqqa. Heres holly. We walked into raqqa. For three years an isis stronghold. Now pummeled by u. S. Air strikes and nearly surrounded by americas allies on the ground. A rag tag army known as the Syrian Democratic forces. The extremists are losing territory quickly, some times leaving their weapons behind. Under isis control, raqqa became infamous for depraved acts of violence. American journalists were beheaded nearby. This child was captured holding a severed head. And even now that raqqa is under siege, isis is still deadly. When part of our team moved forward, they were spotted by an isis sniper. Our producer, omarabdul kadir had no choice but make a run for cover. They were safe, pinned down behind a concrete wall. Darkness before we move. We cant move from street to street. Because of the snipers. Said, this man who has been fighting isis for four years. And then, came word there was a suspected isis suicide car bomber nearby. 400 yards away the fighters told us they lost five soldiers to one of the bombs the day before. They are worried that a suicide car bomber is coming towards the point where we were just sitting. So, they asked us to move over here to take cover. It turned out to be a false alarm. Minutes later this home made armored car arrived. Known as the scorpion. It drew another barrage of isis gunfire. Before ferrying our team to safety. Even faced with inevitable defeat, isis showed us theyre determined to wreak more death in this shattered city. What we did not see in raqqa were the areas under isis control. Thats most of the city, anthony. An estimated 2500 isis fighters and tens of thousand of civilians. Before the july 4th recess. Monday they released a version of the bill, trying to woo some gop senators off the fence. Then the Congressional Budget Office released its review and all bets were off. Nancy cordes reports. Obviously, its not good news. Arizonas john mccain says he is staying on the fence. After congressional number crunchers determined his partys Senate Health care bill would result in 22 million more americans going without coverage by 2026. A slight improvement over the house version. Which President Trump described as mean. That was my term. Because, i want to see i want to see, i speak from the heart. Thats what i want to see. I want to see a bill with heart. The Congressional Budget Office says the biggest drop in coverage would come next year. When 15 million more people would be uninsured, primarily because obama cares penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated. Coverage would decrease in later years because of lower spending on medicaid. And, substantially smaller average subsidies for coverage than obama care provides. These programs are greg at an unsustainable rate. Republicans who support the bill say their market based approach will lead to more choices, and lower costs. But the cbo projects that under the gop plan, most people purchasing insurance on the individual market, would have higher out of pocket spending on health care. Even democrats, note as the the wealthy, get a tax break. Despite internal resistance, Republican Leaders are vowing to hold a vote this week. Oklahomas jim inhofe, predicts gop holdouts will come around. The choice is you want to go back home and say, well i supported obama care over the republican plan. And, i dont think they do. Still the 22 million coverage figure is a set back. A short time ago, anthony, the white house put out a statement saying the cbo has a history of inaccuracy. Pointing out the cbo was off when it predicted coverage under obama care. Too. The Supreme Court has handed President Trump a partial victory in the legal battle over his proposed travel ban. Jan crawford has details. Reporter the federal government will gear up to start denying visas to certain people from six majority muslim countries at the justices handed the president his first victory in the legal appeals over his travel ban. In an unsigned opinion announced by chief Justice John Roberts the court said the interest in preserving National Security is an urgent objective of highest order. A rebuke to two federal appeals courts that issued sweeping nationwide injunctions against the bans. The courts said it amounted to unconstitutional religious discrimination against muslims and exceeded the president s authority under federal law. The ban is expected to take effect within 72 hours. The contrast to the initial travel ban announced in january with little warning and much chaos before lower courts blocked it. The department of Homeland Security said this ban will be done professionally, with clear and sufficient public notice, particularly to potentially affected travelers. But the courts stopped short of allowing the president s full ban to take effect. Saying it would not apply to people from those countries who have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States such as close Family Member or position at American Company or university. Three justices took issue with that part of the courts decision and in his dissent, clarenc thomas warned that the courts compromise was unworkable and will invite a flood of litigation until this case is finally resolved on the merits. Now the justices, scheduled arguments on the merits. But by then the case would be moot. The administration said it needed the temporary plan while it reviewed vetting procedures. By october the review should be complete. Supreme Court Decision touched off tweet storm from Presi

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