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WUSA CBS Overnight News May 11, 2016

Donald trump and donald trump and Hillary Clinton have all but wrapped up their nominations. But there are still primaries on the calendar. Yesterday nebraska, West Virginia. For the republicans, trump is now unopposed. And despite the delegate haul, he has not yet reached the magic number of 1237. For the democrats in West Virginia, Bernie Sanders keeps his winning streak alive. Although he has no mathematical chance to win the nomination. Here is nancy cordes. Now secretary clinton says my idea is too big. Reporter in stockton, california, sanders took on clinton as if they were neck in neck. We have a chance to end up with a majority of the pledged delegates. Reporter a slim chance would involve him winning 2 3 of the remaining pledge delegates. Still his hot streak, this late in the game is bad optics for clinton. Shes the one who has proven she can get it done. Her campaign started running ads in kentucky after pulling them. Learning to swaddle a baby that is an art form. At a day care in lexington, kentucky, clinton laid out her plan for federal subsidies to cap child care spending at 10 of income. The proposal aimed at winning over the kind of progressive whose are still stuck on sanders. Do you envision that all families would get the subsidies including wealthy families . It will be a sliding scale like most programs are. But i think that a lot of the a lot of the cutoffs are too low. Given the costs that family a facing and given particularly the high cost of child care. Clinton notes she had her own late surge in 2008 winning six of the final nine contests before conceding to president obama. His Vice President joe biden said today, for the first time, scott that he is confident that clinton will eventually be the partys nominee. Nancy cordes for us. Nancy, thank you. Hillary clinton might have a chance to thrash trump if he doesnt begin winning the financial backing of his party and support of its leaders. Major garrett tells us today, trump was tormented by the ghosts of campaigns past. Well it is great to be back in the welcoming embrace of washington. Senator ted cruz returned to washington after ending his president ial bid a weak ago. Cruz decleaned to back the partys presumptive nominee. Will you endorse donald trump or will you rule that out . There will be tires make the determination. Trump whose views buck gop ideology can only find luke warm republican support on capitol hill. Thursday, trump will meet with paul ryan who withheld his endorsement and mitch mcconnell. Do you share some of your colleagues anxiety about what donald trump means to your party as presumptive nominee . Hes won the nomination. The oldfashioned way. He got more votes than anybody else. And we respect the voices of the republican primary vote ears cross the country. New york House Republican and ally Chris Collins is trying to change minds. Holding weekly meetings that from its the tick tight victory. We are bringing people along. Ulgts do you have people who are curious and want to be and curious and reluctant . We have some of everything. Interviews with nearly a dozen Congressional Republicans showed gradual begrudging Movement Toward trump, scott. That evolution driven more than anything else by surveys today showing trump neck in neck with Hillary Clinton in the pivotal states of florida, ohio, and pennsylvania. Major garrett on capitol hill. Thank you. There is an Important Development in aster we brought you last month. Victims of lead paint poisoning had told us they had been trekd out of millions of dollars in settlement money. Today, marylands attorney general sued several finance companies and he sat down with one reporter. Anna werner. The set of circumstances makes my blood boil. Reporter for attorney general brian frosh, the conclusion is clear. It looks to me like sophisticated ve aggressive folks targeting the most Vulnerable Peoplen our society. People who are poor. People who are cognitively impaired. People who are young and unsophisticated. He is suing Access Funding and entities alleging they duped at least 74 victims of lead point poisoning in baltimore. People like crystal linton, suffered lead poisoning as a child and left functionally illiterate to. Safe guard her future she received a 630,000 structured settlement guaranteeing monthly checks for 40 years. But after getting fliers from companies, promising quick cash, linton sold her future payment stream then valued at 40 ,000 for just 66,000. Some of it to Access Funding. Do you feel like you understood . No. How it worked . No. You dont know how you signed away your money essentially . No. Ep money was gone. It hurts. It was exploitation in its worst form. Reporter the attorney general says 17 million in payments to victims vanished. Now through the lawsuit, he is trying to get their money back. What would you say to people who say, hey, you know what, these people are adults. They made their own decisions to sell these settlements thats life. Sadly that may end up being the case for many of these people. Reporter attorney earl nesbitt with national aassociate yags of settlement purchasers and represents some companies in court. It is very unfortunate what happened in maryland. But it would be a mistake i think for anyone to judge the entire industry or every transaction by what happened in an isolated place involving a particular funding company. Do you trust when the industry says, well it its only in maryland . I would be were only happening here. We reached out to principals from Access Funding but have not heard back tonight. In Previous Court filings, the Company Called the attorney general allegations incorrect. And the company send it made disclosures, volunteer sales approved by the courts. The Company Claims that it lost money in its two years of transactions. 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Now a study by aaa found the number of fatal accidents involving drivers who recent leap used pot more than doubled between 2013 and 2014. Why do you drive around smoking . You know that its not a good idea, right . Yeah, i do. Reporter the study found currently there is no reliable test to determine the amount of marijuana in the blood stream that lead to impairment. Jake nelson Aaa Foundation director of research. Biologically, marijuana and alcohol are different things. Trying to establish a. 08. This dashcam or video shows a speeding driver cutting through traffic struggling to maintain his lane. Let me ask you this. Where is the weed at . I will give you one chance to answer me honestly . Officer, honestly, to be honest i smoked and just finished smoking my marijuana. A 2015 federal government report, found crash risks with drugs like pot are influenced by age and gender. Scott more than a dozen states are kidding measures to legalize marijuana. Kris van cleave. Thank you. Well be back in a moment. Late today, detectives investigating the death of prince returned to his paisley park mansion outside minneapolis. The cause of his death has not been determined though opioids were found at the scene last month. A search warrant today reveals that a doctor who saw prince the day before he died had prescribed medications for him. After a 60 minutes report this past sunday, the World Antidoping Agency says it is expanding its investigation of doping at the olympics. A whistle blower told 60 minutes that four gold medals were won by russians on steroid at the 2014 winter games. Russias track team could be banned from the summer olympics. Coming up next a rock star puts his heart into feeding the soul. Who says you cant go home but why should i get tested for colon cancer . I dont have any symptoms. [female announcer] Colorectal Cancer is the 2nd leading Cancer Killer in the u. S. And it doesnt always cause symptoms, but im only 53. Im too young. [announcer] screening should begin at 50. But. That test. [announcer] there are several kinds of screening tests for Colorectal Cancer. Ask your doctor which is right for you. Ive been screened. And it turned out i had polyps. And the doctor removed them before they had a chance to turn into cancer [announcer] if youre 50 or older, get screened. Who says you cant go home John Bon Jovi never left home to. Day he showed gail king his new project to help his jersey shore neighbors. Things like this old kitchen arent a part of the usual rock star fodder. Soul kitchen is brain child of bon jovi and his wife dorthea, it allows diners to pay for their meal by making a donation or volunteering their time in the kitchen. One hour of work earns a three course meal. When you come into the restaurant there are no prices on our menu. If you are in need you participate. That means busing a table. Washing a dish. Working in our gardens. People are coming in. Choose from a men to. Sit at a beautiful table. Everyone has the the same experience regardless how they got there. You walk into the building uh yo instantly feel a since of wow. I want to eat here. It just looks like another restaurant. You have off to understand those in need dont have the opportunity to go to a restaurant. That is a luxury. Its my life its now or never reporter known more for guitar skills than culinary skills, bon jovi can occasionally be seen working in the restaurants kitchen. Do you know anything about cooking or washing dishes . An expert in the field for washing dishes. Im not afraid of getting dirty. All soaped up and down and dirty in the kitchen. Reporter although bon jovi has been focussing on his charities he has not abandon his music. At 54yearold rocker releasing his 14th album later this year. What excites you most about the music that you are doing . Songwriting to me is the greatest thing i am able to do. Much more noon recording anything or ever performing. Performing is third on my list that i care to do. It is. Really just to get the songs heard by people. Oh, my gosh. Now for John Bon Jovi it wont just be his music that will bring people together. Gail king, cbs news, toms river. Thats the cbs overnight news for this wednesday. For some the news continues. For others check back with us later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Welcome to the overnight news. Im michelle miller. The Summer Travel season right around the corner. A lot of travelers are already dreading the long lines at the Security Check points. The Transportation Security Administration is blaming the strong economy. And insisting there are many more people taking to the skies these days. But the people who run the airports insist the tsa is to blame. And theyre looking for alternatives. New york citys three major airports are threatening to gift tsa the boot. And hire their own security screeners. San francisco and kansas city already use private security. And the Busiest Airport in the country, atlantas Hartsfield Jackson is threatening to join ite list. Planes are the fastest way to travel, but wait times just to get on board keep getting longer. Airports complain tsa staffing isnt keeping up with increased traffic. Flit toyou had to get to thet two hours early to get through the security line. Not only unfortunate, but unacceptsable according to the Port Authority of new york and new jersey. In a letter to the Transportation Security Administration it says the patience of the flying public has reached a breaking point. We can no longer tolerate the continuing inadequacy of tsa passenger screening services. Because the lines are so long. I missed my flight. Put me on the next flight. Reporter the Port Authority says it might implement a plan already under consideration in atlanta and seattle where officials could hire outside help. Contracting with private security companies. Were looking at all the options in to investigate, what it would take to privatize. Looking at air ports thamt have the tsa is working to decrease passenger wait times by using canines to expedite screenings, asking kong regs to approve overtime pay and speeding up the hiring process to bring on new officers. We are working very hard to improve our ability to move people through. Training more people than we trained people before, on a w k weekweek basis. In new york, at least, things are getting worse. The Port Authority says that from march to april, jfk reported 20 minute waits at the security gate 253 times. A year aget was only ten times. Even if the Port Authority does decide to hire private screeners, they went be on the job this summer. North carolinas governor is not backing down in the feud with the federal government over it requires people to only use restrooms and showers corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. Omar villafranca has the story. The department of justice gave the state of North Carolina until monday to three out the law. North carolina sued the doj accusing them of overreaching. That didnt sit well with them. This is about the dignity and respect that we acord our fellow citizens. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch hit North Carolinas law hard monday afternoon. Likening the bill to segregation era policies. This is not the first time we have seen discriminatory responses to historic moments of progress for our nation. We saw it in the jim crow laws that followed the emancipation proclamation. Dont go there there is n connection. Governor pat mcroar restruck chak. That is divisive rhetoric and unrelated to tan issue on whether a male or female should use a male bathroom. Monday, North Carolinas governor, and secretary of Public Safety, filed a law suit against the department of justice. Calling their attempt to reverse the law a baseless, blatant overreach. As a result of their decisions we are moving forward. The department of justice, responded with a federal suit of its own. Aimed at the state, the governor, the department of Public Safety and the university of North Carolina system. Under the law, people are required to use restrooms and changing facilities that match the gender on their birth certificate. Since it passed in march, complaints have poured in from around the country. Baby we were born to run reporter several major artists corporations slammed it. Madeline goss is a tar heel state native. This makes a laughingstock out of our state. This is North Carolina, we love everybody. On monday, the university distanced itself from the governor in a letter to the doj saying, we believe that the university has at all times acted in compliance with federal law. Interesting note, while covering the Governors Press conference yesterday inside the governors mansion, i asked to use the restroom. The staff directed me to the only restroom available to the press, it was the ladies room. Donald trump ran unopposed in yesterdays primaries in West Virginia and nebraska. His next major battle is trying to convince the republican establishment to back his campaign. Major garrett has the the story. Congressional republicans have come to accept donald trump will be their party nominee. Acceptance isnt scum for the. And a long way from cooperation. A series of capitol hill in will try to solve that. One sign will be whether hois Speaker Paul Ryan retains his slot as chairman of the national convention. He is the nominee. I will do whatever he wants. With respect to the convention. House S

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